Chen Feng smiled: "Hehe, then I also welcome you to invest in our China." ”

Richard Raiden nodded solemnly: "Well, I will give priority to this investment plan." ”

Liu Yongsheng over there smiled happily after listening to what the interpreter next to him told Lei Deng: "On behalf of our people in Xiuzhou, I welcome Mr. Mayor to invest in our Xiuzhou at any time." ”

Richard Layden nodded politely to Liu Yongsheng, and then said: "I believe that several of our Hollywood film companies will be interested in your film and television city plan, so I will inform them." ”

After signaling to the two, Richard Raidon went to inform those on the other side whether they cared about the high-level people of several film companies on the other side.

Richard Layden went to relay the news to them, and sure enough, they were very interested when they heard that Long was planning to invest in the construction of a film and television city in his hometown in China, and they all came over and asked Chen Feng for details.

Chen Feng naturally handed over the task of narrating to Liu Yongsheng, and he was personally in charge of the translation. In order to attract more foreign investment, the planning project team of the film and television city is also painstaking, not only to create ancient buildings with national characteristics, but also to create film and television buildings with Western characteristics, but also to focus on the profit model of the film and television city, and slightly exaggerated elaboration, and the huge consumer market formed after the completion of the film and television city. These foreigners are also very moved. In fact, for Liu Yongsheng's statement, as well as the promised various preferential measures, they are secondary, mainly the relationship with Long, if they can invest in the construction of the film and television city with Long, does it mean that the two sides will have the opportunity to cooperate with each other in film and television in the future. Now the outside world is full of expectations for the development of Long in the film and television industry, and Long's hundreds of millions of fans around the world are his huge consumer team, that is to say, even if Long's movies he participated in shooting are bad, there may be hundreds of millions of fans who come into the cinema to watch his movies. Compared with investing in film and television cities, spending millions of dollars is still secondary.

First of all, it was the vice president of MGM Films, Chris McGuck, who expressed great interest in the investment plan of the film and television city, and after inquiring about Liu Yongsheng in detail about the details, although he did not immediately agree, he also said that he would persuade the board of directors to agree to this investment plan after he went back, and the initial investment amount would be about 5 million US dollars, which was converted into RMB at that time, but it was more than 40 million.

Chris McGouck's inner plan is to hope that through this investment cooperation, Guò can officially establish a relationship with Long, so that the two sides can carry out better cooperation in film and television in the future.

MGM is one of the top five studios in Hollywood. Filmed one of the best films in the history of cinema - "Gone with the Wind", created the enduring screen classic - 007, created the immortal cartoon character - cat and mouse, initiated the establishment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and launched the Academy Award (i.e., the Oscar)...... You know, any of the above achievements can make this company immortal, not to mention several myths in one. The company's emblem is the Hero, once considered a symbol of America, with its star-studded superstars and the myth of Zào releasing a movie every week.

But as the saying goes, there are no 100 days of redness, and the same is true for the film company, MGM has been hit one after another, and three of them are fatal.

In May 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled under antitrust law that large corporations had illegal monopolies. The judgment required the production company to control only the films, and to abandon the distribution and cinema operations. This is a fatal blow to a large company like MGM, which combines production, distribution and screening, because its main source of revenue has been cut off.

The second blow came from the television industry. After World War II, television began to enter homes in large numbers, and by the fifties, the moviegoer was half as small as in the forties, and by 1957, MGM's 30-year lucrative situation was broken.

The third blow was Meyer's departure. Meyer was MGM's greatest hero, and his film proposition was to entertain the public, while the company's board of directors became increasingly suspicious of him. By the early fifties, he was at odds with his assistant Doyle Charry, and eventually the board of directors left Charry and let Meyer go. In 1951, Meyer, once the most powerful man in Hollywood, was forced to leave MGM.

Due to the oppression of television, MGM began to work on the wide screen and the large production of zuò. In 1959, a new version of Ben-Hur, which they had been carefully preparing for several years, debuted. The film cost $15 million, the highest cost for a film at the time. The film also won 11 Oscars, a record that has not been broken to this day. After the film was released, the audience was pulled back to the cinema from the front of the TV, and MGM also ushered in a brief period of revival.

However, the large system zuò could only be done occasionally, in the following 10 years. Although MGM has "North by Northwest", "Qinglou Yanji", "Lolita", "Doctor Zhiwag" and other masterpieces, it still loses money year after year.

Due to successive losses, in 1970, MGM was bought by American gambling tycoon Kirk Kercorion. Kercorion is the gambling king of Las Vegas, keen on the casino and hotel industry, when he thinks of casinos, he naturally thinks of gangsters, this gambling king his original intention of buying MGM is nothing more than to launder money, there are many ways to launder money in this world, and investing in movies is undoubtedly one of the good ways to be bright and profitable.

With no cable channels, television networks or broadband pipes, and no media conglomerates to back them up, independent studios like MGM are naturally at the mercy of others.

This year, MGM will rely on the performance of "Hannibal" and "Legally Blonde" to get more than 400 million box office revenue, but the other films they launched are not profitable. Next year, MGM spent $120 million to invest in the war blockbuster "Wind Whisperer", directed by the famous Chinese director John Woo and starring actor Nicolas Cage, but in the end the box office revenue was only $33 million, the box office failed miserably, the company's top management was forced to resign, and MGM entered the auction ranks again.

Chen Feng's original plan was to use MGM as a cornerstone for Huateng Entertainment Group to move into Hollywood, and buy it next year. Therefore, Chen Feng is very kind to the vice chairman of MGM, and maybe he will be an employee of his own in the future.

Secondly, Chen Feng's goal is Universal Pictures. Rick Finkelstein, chairman and chief operating officer of tonight's reception, was also very interested in the plan to invest in the film and television city in Long's hometown, compared to MGM, Universal Pictures has paid more attention to the Chinese film market over the years, and has invested in several "Chinese films" to test the waters, and has achieved certain results. The company's investment in film and television cities in China, especially in cooperation with local governments and long, is undoubtedly equivalent to knocking on the door of the Chinese film market, so she also asked in great detail about the details of the investment plan.

On the other hand, Chen Feng is also very interested in Universal Pictures, although it ranks second among the eight major Hollywood companies and became the most powerful film company in Hollywood in the initial stage of the company, but because the founder Carl Lemmer only runs the company with his own funds and does not have a strong chain of theaters, by the mid-twenties, he had ceded the number one position to the newly established MGM Company. In the decades since, Universal has become a second-class citizen of Hollywood, as the company has little money and few star signings, and is adept at low-budget horror films like "The Mummy" and "Frankenstein," as well as Westerns, popular dramas and series that small-town audiences love.

By 1936, Universal's founder, Carl Lemmer, had lost control of the company, just like William Fox of Fox. After that, the new owner Cheever Cardin only gave the green light to the small production Zuò, and the company's only stars, William Wheeler and Margaret Sullivan, also left. After World War II, British entrepreneur Arthur Ranke bought a quarter of Universal Pictures, and the company finally changed course and began producing and distributing larger, higher-quality films, including David Lean's "Great Expectations" and Lawrence Oliver's "Hamlet."

It wasn't until the seventies that Universal had the opportunity to return to the ranks of Hollywood's top companies. In addition to making a fortune from the release of George Lucas's American Painting, Universal has worked closely with talented directors such as Steven Spielberg, releasing films such as Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and later Jurassic Park, as well as Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future series) and Ron Howard (Apollo 13) After 2000, Universal became Hollywood's best at developing sequel films and comedies, including the "American Pie" series, the Impostor, the "Fast and Furious" series, the "Meet My Father-in-Law" series and Chen Feng's favorite "Spy Shadow" series.

After 1962, Universal Pictures continued to change hands, first the American music company merged with Universal, the new company was called MCA Universal, the new owner brought what Universal dreamed of, all the customers of American Music Company, including directors and stars, can actually be used by Universal, and Universal is finally expected to return to the ranks of first-class film companies after nearly 40 years. But it came too late, because moviegoers were losing so quickly.

In the 70s, Universal Pictures released a series of blockbuster films, including "The Airport", "Deception", "American Painting" and "Jaws", but Universal became a film company that mainly produced TV shows.

In order to raise more money for the broadcast and cable businesses, the head of the American music company, W. Zelman, sold Universal to the Japanese company Matsushita Electric, but the new owners were confused by huge cultural differences, and five years later, Panasonic sold Universal to the Canadian brewing giant Seagram. When Seagram acquired Universal, it was determined to build a media empire, buying PolyGram and several other entertainment companies in 1999, but Seagram, who was unfamiliar with the entertainment industry, soon paid the price for its blind expansion.

In 2000, Vivendi, a French water conglomerate, became the owner of Seagram, and Vivendi clearly attached great importance to Universal, as the new combined company would be called Vivendi Global. But the new owner was short-lived, and a few years later, Vivendi, riddled with debt, had to sell 80 percent of Universal Pictures to General Electric, which brought Universal and its NBC together to form a new company, NBCUniversal. According to Chen Feng's estimate, Huateng Entertainment can buy 80% of Universal Pictures' shares before General Electric, or even eat all of them.

Although the ownership of Universal changed every few years from the eighties, Universal Pictures, under Longmayer, returned to the ranks of Hollywood's leading companies. Mainly through the cooperation of Guò with powerful production companies such as Amblin and Morgan Stream, a large number of blockbuster films have been shot around the world, including "Jurassic Park", "Gladiator", "The Mummy" series, as well as "The Impostor" and "King Kong". Ridley Scott ("American Gang"), Paul Greengrass ("Spy" Part 2 and 3) and Judd Apato ("Forty Years of Virgin" and "One Night Belly" are some of the best directors who have worked with Universal many times. In the same year, six of Universal's films grossed more than $100 million in North America and more than $1 billion overseas. Compared with MGM, Universal Pictures seems to be more dynamic, but how it is, Chen Feng still depends on the specific operation of Yang Tianming, the president of Huateng Entertainment Group. He believed that his sworn brother could bring him unexpected success, just like Karina.

Founded in October 1994 by Steven Spielberg (the "S" in DreamWorksSKG), Jeffrey Katzenberg (the "K" in DreamWorksSKG) and David Geffen (the "G" in DreamWorksSKG) and David Geffen (the "G" in DreamWorksSKG). DreamWorks' products include movies, cartoons, TV shows, home video entertainment, records, books, toys, and consumer products.

It is the only studio that can compete with Disney in producing animations such as Prince of Egypt, Shrek the Monster, My Little Pony Elf, Sinbad The Legend of the Seven Seas, Chicken Run, and many more.

In terms of movies, DreamWorks also has many excellent works: CatchMeIfYouCan, The Ring, TheTuxedo, Vanilla Sky, Gladiator, TheHaunting, and GalaxyQuest are all well-known classics. The first impression of the DreamWorks film is the beautiful picture at its opening: the quiet sky at night, a little boy leaning on the moon fishing, this scene instantly creates a wonderful and magical dream, this is people's childhood dream, we have long lost her, but DreamWorks presents them again in front of people, and preserves the fairytale story forever in the purest place of our hearts.

In Chen's memory, the three founders of DreamWorks had ambitions to make it a new Hollywood highlight, but in December 2005, they decided to sell it to Paramount and finalized the acquisition agreement for about $1 billion. This shows that DreamWorks can also be bought.

Jeffrey Katzenberg, one of the founders of DreamWorks, also attended the reception, but apparently he still didn't have much confidence in front of other big-money old film companies, and only listened quietly on the sidelines. Because he had already obtained it from Spielberg, Chen Feng intended to cooperate with him, and naturally he didn't want to sneak this big fish to other film companies.

Although the heads of several other film companies did not express their positions immediately, they also expressed certain intentions to Liu Yongsheng and Long, and they all said that they would hold a board discussion after they returned.

At this point in the reception, it can be said that the main purpose of the Xiuzhou visit to WÈN has been achieved halfway, and Chen Feng can be regarded as a successful retirement.

Los Angeles Mayor Richard Raiden also wanted Chen Feng to hold a press conference, so after he gave the public notice in advance, many media were already waiting in the conference hall of the Hilton Hotel.

After almost three hours of this reception, Richard Redden pulled Chen Feng and Liu Yongsheng to explain a little, and then left.

When Chen Feng and he arrived at the press conference hall under the protection of bodyguards and guards, it was already full of many media reporters who had heard the news.

This is not the first time Chen Feng has seen this kind of battle, and he is very calm and walked onto the news rostrum with Richard Layden.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am calling you here on behalf of the City of Los Angeles, and many of you must know this very well. We have a wonderful city in Los Angeles, and I hope everyone can do a good job of protecting it. At present, nearly 20,000 fans are stranded around the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly, which has caused a lot of problems in that area, and has caused huge hidden dangers to environmental health and social security, so in the name of the mayor of Los Angeles, I hope that these fans will take the initiative to leave there and go home. ”

After Richard Layden finished speaking loudly on the podium, he stepped aside and stretched out his hand to signal Chen Feng to come forward and speak.

Chen Feng was not polite, and walked directly to the podium to stand, and the flashing lights, which were originally a little sparse, suddenly flickered and clicked like a storm at this time. Chen Feng, who was about to speak, had to stop his mouth for a while.

After the flash light stopped for a while, Chen Feng officially spoke: "Good evening everyone, first of all, I want to apologize to many people, because of my fan relationship, it has caused a lot of inconvenience to the lives of residents in Beverly District, and also caused losses to some nearby businesses, and secondly, I want to say that I believe that the original intention of my fans is very simple, they just want to see me and me." Together', I was touched by their little wish, and they didn't want to cause any trouble to others, so I asked those who complained about them to forgive them. However, although my fans and friends have simple intentions, they have caused a lot of inconvenience to the residents living in Beverly District, and have also caused some environmental problems, and are more likely to cause public security hazards and social problems, so I have to say, I-long, I hope you don't continue to gather there, leave there in a calm and orderly manner, and go home...... I love you. ”

As soon as Chen Feng's words fell, there was continuous warm applause at the scene, and these media reporters expressed their appreciation for Chen Feng's personal qualities.

Seeing that Chen Feng's speech was over, Los Angeles Mayor Richard Raiden walked to the podium again and said simply: "This is the end of this press conference. ”

This very brief press conference between the city of Los Angeles and Long ended in a hurry, and the reporters present were not very satisfied, after all, they had a lot of questions to ask Long. But it is clear that this wish will not be realized.

After the statement was issued, Chen Feng and Richard Raiden came to the previous reception together under the escort of a large number of bodyguards and guards. Of course, a large number of journalists were brought with them, but in the end, these uncrowned kings could only be blocked by a large number of security guards and policemen at the door of the banquet hall, and could not enter.

Chen Feng turned around and saw them looking at him with blank eyes, and some people asked him loud questions, seeing this situation, Chen Feng was a little reluctant to go, so he stopped, signaled to the entourage around him, turned around and walked back towards the door.

Seeing that Long seemed to be interested in being interviewed, the news reporters gathered at the door were all excited, and everyone rushed to ask Chen Feng questions.

"Everyone, be quiet!" Chen Feng raised his hand to speak loudly to these reporters through the police at the door, and finally quieted these people, "I will only answer the three of you questions, but I don't guarantee to answer all of them, now I will randomly select three of you reporters." After Chen Feng finished speaking, he casually ordered a reporter, "You come and ask." ”

In the envious eyes of many peers, this middle-aged female reporter with an average appearance and a fat body said excitedly: "Hello, long, I am your fan, of course I am also a reporter of "The Sun", Christina Bayrome, my question is that I heard that your LONG fund has now been taken over by a professional management team, and many foreign countries, including Britain, France, Germany and Japan, have asked to establish branches of the LONG fund in their countries, what is your plan for this? Will the LONG Foundation continue to expand the scope and scale of its bailouts?"

The news of this Sun reporter is quite well-informed, and the fund management team sent by Huateng headquarters just arrived in Los Angeles this afternoon to officially take over the management of the Long Fund, and she got the news here. However, there is no need to hide it.

Chen Feng didn't think much about it, and answered her question: "Your news is very correct, in the past, the Long Fund has always been operated by Adams, the president of Jupiter Records, and his subordinates, which has caused a lot of interference to their own work, so I specially hired this fund management team." We are currently conducting a careful investigation and evaluation of each country for foreign fans to set up a LONG Foundation chapter organization in their country, and if there is no accident, the LONG Foundation will give priority to the regions that need the most help as the location for the establishment of the club. The original intention of the establishment of the LONG Fund is to help more people in need, I naturally hope that the LONG Fund can help more people in more areas, but after all, the establishment of our LONG Fund is not very long, and it is still in the initial stage of development, especially the lack of manpower, so we LONG Fund is very much in need of a large number of volunteers to participate, after all, charity must work together to achieve better results, only more people participate, the LONG Fund can further expand the scope and scale of assistance。 ”

Chen Feng's answer was very satisfactory to the other party, and after a pause, Chen Feng randomly clicked on a young reporter in his twenties who wore glasses. The reporter was of course very excited when he was suddenly chosen, and his words were almost the same as those of his predecessor: "Long, hello, my name is Elaine Recoz, and I'm your fan." I'm an intern reporter for the Los Angeles Morning Post. My question is, the last time you hinted at the Oscars that you were interested in entering the film and television industry, is it true? If so, which film company are you going to work with and what kind of films are you going to make?"

Chen Feng didn't have anything to think about about this problem, and said frankly: "I am very interested in movies, and I also want to make a movie, but I think it is impossible within this year, because I am preparing my next album, and I have to go to school, and the time is very limited." What the future holds, I want to rely on chance, if I like a good script, I don't mind what film company to work with. As for what kind of genre, I don't have too many requirements, but I don't want to shoot those movies that are psychologically gloomy, and the content is preferably positive, healthy and sunny. ”

Chen Feng's second answer also made these reporters very satisfied.

In the end, in the expectant eyes of these media reporters, Chen Feng pointed to a little girl who had been standing there just now and looked very excited, who looked to be in her twenties at most, and maybe she was also an intern reporter. In Chen Feng's opinion, this girl is obviously also his fan when she is so excited, and as his fan, it should be impossible to ask questions that are difficult for Chen Feng to answer.

After being selected by Chen Feng, she almost jumped up with excitement, and her face was even more smiling, and she said loudly: "Long, I love you! I'm your fan, and the song "Travel Light" you sang at the Oscars last time was really great. Oh, by the way, I'm Clarinda Cole, an intern reporter for The Washington Post, and my question is, I heard that you're going to represent your school at your provincial high school games in your province this May, and you've signed up for five track and field events. As far as I know, you have broken two national records in the previous city's middle school games, so do you have a great grasp of the upcoming provincial middle school games, and will you also participate in next year's World Middle School Games?"

This question is really simple enough, but it must also attract a large number of readers, after all, in addition to Chen Feng's achievements in music, not many people know about his achievements in sports. This can be seen from the surprised expressions of several reporters at the scene.

Chen Feng replied very naturally: "It's too early to say whether it's sure or not, I can only say do my best." As for next year's World Student Games, I haven't decided whether to go or not, and even if I want to go, I may not be able to go, after all, this is a major competition to represent a country, and there are many young elite athletes in our country who are no less than me. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Feng clapped his hands at these reporters and said, "Okay, Mr. and Miss reporters, this is the end of this interview. ”

After finishing speaking, Chen Feng turned around again and walked towards the banquet hall.

At this time, Liu Yongsheng and Richard Layden were discussing together, and seeing the two talking happily, Chen Feng knew that there should be no problem with Xiuzhou and Los Angeles becoming sister cities this time.

After greeting a few groups of Los Angeles celebrities who came up to meet him, Chen Feng finally became a little impatient and officially submitted his resignation to Liu Yongsheng and Richard Raidon.

Liu Yongsheng saw that the purpose of this reception had basically been achieved, so he didn't force it anymore, and personally sent him to the door of the banquet hall with Richard Raidon.

Chen Feng took a helicopter from the Hilton Hotel, and when he arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel a few minutes later, he was surprised to find that the fans who were originally densely surrounded near the hotel and used this side as a campsite were almost scattered, leaving only a small number of people, at most three or four hundred people, and still some stubbornly holding a large portrait of Chen Feng, gathered at the door of the hotel and did not disperse, which made Chen Feng somewhat helpless.