Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 603 Become a major shareholder of CAA

   in the cafe

  Michael Ovitz finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Yang Chen had signed.

  30 million US dollars is really a life-saving medicine for today's CAA.

   In America, in Hollywood, it is very difficult to maintain a film company.

   Even if it is as strong as the eight major film companies, there is a danger of collapse. Not long ago, Lianmei, one of the eight major films, was merged by MGM due to financial problems.

   In the same way, if a brokerage company cannot maintain the livelihood of its artists, the people who gather together will collapse in an instant and go their separate ways.

   He was deliberately left out by Yang Chen for three days, and he didn't receive a call until last night. This morning, Michael Ovitz arrived in Las Vegas with the share transfer contract signed by several CAA partners.

   This time, Yang Chen didn't procrastinate. After checking the contract, he directly signed his name.

   From this, he Yang Chen is also the only major shareholder of CAA.

   With this capital injection, Michael Ovitz believes that CAA will surely usher in a period of rapid development in the future.

   After signing the contract, Yang Chen took out the checkbook, filled out a check for $80 million, and handed it to Michael Ovitz in front of him.

   "This is a cash cheque from Standard Chartered Bank, totaling $80 million."

  ‘Eighty million? ' When Michael Ovitz heard the words, he couldn't help but move his hand, and looked at Yang Chen with a puzzled expression, his hand stopped in the air, he didn't accept the check, and he didn't accept it.

  Yang Chen put the check on the table, and then slowly said: "The 30 million US dollars is for the shares of CAA, and the remaining 50 million US dollars is me, the major shareholder, as a gift to the company."

  'Meeting gift:' Michael Ovitz looked bewildered, 'What meet-and-greet gift, the first sale is $50 million in cash:'

  Michael Ovitz didn't speak, his eyes were rolling, he really didn't understand what Yang Chen meant by this greeting.

  Yang Chen explained: "I have three movie scripts on hand, and the remaining 50 million US dollars is my investment. Since I have become a shareholder of CAA, this business will naturally not flow to outsiders."

   After finishing speaking, Yang Chen glanced at Lan Meiren beside him, and saw Lan Meiren hand over three scripts Yang Chen had written earlier to Michael Ovitz.

   Seeing that Michael Ovitz was motionless, Yang Chen couldn't help but smile and said, "What? CAA has regulations, as a shareholder, can't you send business to your company?"

   "Of course not" Michael Ovitz shook his head quickly.

   What are you kidding? Nowadays, what CAA needs most is the investment of investors. There are not many movies released in Hollywood this year that can break through 100 million yuan.

  The cost of a movie is more than 10 million US dollars, which is already considered an ordinary large-scale production. Not every director is as awesome as Cameron. The cost of any movie can make a film company go bankrupt.

   Now Yang Chen has come up with three scripts at once, regardless of whether the content is good or bad, the investment of each script costing more than 10 million US dollars alone is worth half a year of CAA's business.

  Michael Ovitz looked at the check on the table, then glanced at the three scripts in front of him, pointed to the script on the table and asked, "Can I read this script?"

  Yang Chen nodded and said, "These three scripts are a series. After the filming is completed, and when it is released next year, it will definitely make CAA's reputation to a higher level."

  Michael Ovitz directly ignored what Yang Chen said later, the filming has not been filmed yet, what happens in the end, you have to watch the movie box office and speak with strength.

   However, based on the fact that the customer is God, and Yang Chen is now one of the shareholders of CAA, Michael Ovitz doesn't have anything to say, he can only keep everything in his heart.

  Michael Ovitz watched the beginning and couldn't help but say, "Comedy?"

   Now that Christmas has passed, what is the effect of shooting this thing at this time?

   Yang Chen seemed to understand what Michael Ovitz meant, so he smiled and said, "This is the movie I'm preparing for next year's Christmas. Starting from the end of the month, after shooting three movies, there should be plenty of time."

  Michael Ovitz nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and read the script seriously.

As the boss of a brokerage firm, Michael Ovitz does not only go to other brokerage firms to dig for a foothold. As the main source of income for the brokerage firm, Michael Ovitz's knowledge of movies is not much worse than his own. .

   Although the script written by Yang Chen was very detailed, Michael Ovitz frowned when he saw it.

Why?

   All because of Yang Chen's script, it's a one-sided comedy. Comedies are not as popular in the United States as they are in Hong Kong.

   Fortunately, Yang Chen came up with the script, and he invested 50 million US dollars directly. Even if the script was rotten, he had to read it all.

   Seeing Michael Ovitz's appearance, Yang Chen just smiled faintly, not affected by it at all.

   The three scripts he came up with have all been tested by the market of later generations, with Xiaoboda, one of the most successful series of Hollywood movies, "Home Alone".

   In the early 1990s, the first Home Alone, Rocky Episode 5, Starring Home Alone and superstar Sylvester Stallone, premiered the same week.

  At the very beginning, in the two films, Home Alone was an existence that was directly and nakedly ignored, and no one regarded it as Rocky's opponent at all.

   However, the truth is often so unexpected.

   In the face of Rocky's pressure, the first film, Home Alone, has been the box office champion since the first week, and then topped the box office for eight consecutive weeks, which shocked Hollywood at the time.

  The cost is only 18 million, and the global box office has reached more than 500 million. The box office exceeded the cost by nearly 30 times. It was not an exaggeration to describe it as a miracle at that time.

   This comedy film, Master Little Devil, Yang Chen has only watched the first three films in his previous life. In any era, comedy films will not be outdated, and they will not make people feel old-fashioned.

  I am used to Zhou Xingxing's nonsensical comedies, Yang Chen is also not averse to movies like Home Alone, so he took a little time to write down the entire storyline.

The    series are the hardest to shoot, especially those that hit the big box office, and it’s even harder to make a sequel after a big box office hit.

   After the release of the previous life, Home Alone, it attracted a lot of attention at the time, not only at the box office, but also the characters in the play.

   Anyway, he is not short of that money. Once Home Alone is as popular as the original world, it is a bit difficult to double the 50 million to ten times, but five or six times is still no problem.

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   Thanks for the thousands of rewards from the 110 bosses in the rest of your life, thanks for the reward from the boss of Zenji, and the two bosses for tea. .

   (end of this chapter)