Actually, it wasn't a big problem whether they merged or not. What Lao Deming truly cared about was who would be the leader.
Now, it was rather hard to do in the film and entertainment industry. Faced with Hollywood's technical blockade, the production cost had been continuously increasing. Furthermore, there hadn't been any blockbuster movies appearing in recent years. Finally, there was a movie called "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre: Pugilistic World," and it was even a collaboration with Hong Dali.
It wasn't an overstatement to say that the performance of Penghui Movies now wasn't very optimistic — if it was, Lao Deming wouldn't have appeared here to talk nonsense with Hong Dali. After all, no one would want their company to be taken over by others, right?
But the problem was, this superprodigal Hong Dali was too powerful.
The top eight downloads on So Cool video-sharing website were all created by Hong Dali, and this did not include the follow-up content.
The script for "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre: Pugilistic World" that they collaborated on was also changed by Hong Dali.
Li Nianwei, the number one goddess in the Heavenly State, was under Hong Dali's command. "I Am a Singer" made more than ten celebrities popular at once.
Lao Deming had no choice but to lower his head in the face of such pressure.
He had no choice. Even if Hong Dali was slightly unhappy, he would really have no food to eat if he started his own movie …
Hence, the moment he said this, Lao Deming's little heart started beating rapidly, as if there was a little deer inside.
"Oh, that's simple." Hong Dali answered matter-of-factly. "Of course my Sister Cai will be the CEO."
"This …" Lao Deming's hands instantly trembled. "Young Master Dali, look at the scale of our company. After this merger, it won't be mine anymore. Do you think I will agree to it?"
The meaning of his words was very obvious. If he did not make him the president, they would not merge. It was better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. Even if they did not merge, he was still the leader. At least his words were useful.
If they merged and made Zhang Cai the CEO, wouldn't he be handing over the entire company to someone else?
However, Hong Dali completely ignored him and directly threw out a heavy bomb. "En, looks like I can only find someone else to invest in this 50 million film …"
Fifty million!
Lao Deming directly knelt down …
He worked tirelessly to get sponsors, but this "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre: Pugilistic World," which was originally called "Wind Pursuer," only managed to get 10 million in sponsorship. But now, the young man in front of him was telling him that he planned to invest in a 50 million film …
Therefore, Lao Deming was very depressed now.
Because he truly felt a deep sense of crisis. Putting everything else aside, just based on this movie, if this prodigal in front of him were to collaborate with other companies, then that company would definitely rise overnight and become so popular that it would be blacklisted. Lao Deming was absolutely sure that the cast of this movie would be unbelievably luxurious.
Especially since he had also heard Hong Dali's heroic words previously!
"Why must Hollywood be in the US?"
From the looks of it now, Young Master Hong Dali was really planning to make movies! With his family's wealth and background, and the fact that this prodigal often had amazing ideas, coupled with an estimated investment of 50 million — damn it, even if he didn't take the top spot, once this movie was completed, he would definitely benefit a lot from it!
Since he had come today, Lao Deming was already prepared to agree. However, he didn't expect that he wouldn't even have the courage to discuss the conditions and would be smashed to the ground by a single sentence …
"Let's do it!" Lao Deming fiercely nodded. "Young Master Dali, what benefits can I get after the merger?"
Humans die in pursuit of wealth, birds die in pursuit of food. Naturally, he had to understand what he could get first.
"In the future, for the movies I film, you and your team will get half of the dividends." Hong Dali directly gave such an irresistible condition. "You don't need to take a single cent."
Then, Lao Deming completely knelt down. "Thank you, My Lord!"
He knew how to do it now …
"Hehe, you won't lose out if you follow me." Hong Dali laughed heartily. "Sister Cai, tell him about the movie I'm going to film. Now, this' The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre: Pugilistic World 'is about to enter the post-production stage, right? Once this movie is done, we'll start! "
Speaking of which, this Lao Deming was indeed quite a magnanimous person. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to make Penghui Films become one of the top few in Heavenly State in just a few years.
Many a time, boldness and decisiveness were the only way to do business. Those who were indecisive would often miss good opportunities.
Therefore, it was very obvious that Lao Deming was very happy now.
Because he once again verified the correctness of the saying "you won't lose out if you cooperate with the Young Master" — ever since Zhang Cai started to tell him about the general content of this full-CG animated movie, "Holy Warriors of the Goddess," that Hong Dali was going to film, Lao Deming knew that he'd bet on the right treasure.
Then, his whole body broke out in cold sweat as if he was about to collapse …
"Holy Warriors of the Goddess," Li Nianwei, Black Tortoise, Mu Zixiao, Geezer Wang, Liu Mingxin, Liang Yifeng, Wang Mingyu, Hong Dali's nine lackeys made cameo appearances, and the number one technological geek in history, Lin Chuyin, was the production engineer for the holy garment. The investment budget was as high as 50 million, and it could be said to be the movie with the highest investment in recent years. Moreover, the setting was chosen to be the sci-fi education city that Hong Dali was going to build — New Lanxiang Academy City …
The holy garment was real, the academy city was real, and it was equipped with Virtual Reality Projection technology, then processed by the animation production team. It could be said that, although this was an animated movie, everything inside was actually real!
Facing such a movie, Lao Deming was first so scared that his heart almost stopped beating, then he was so happy that his heart almost jumped out from his throat …
What the heck, this was totally perverted. Who would have thought that the first movie that Young Master planned to make would be so extravagant?
One could almost imagine that, without needing to consider the plot or anything else, just the movie that was made with this amount of money, coupled with those things that Young Master had created, would definitely be able to scare the entire film industry.
It was really too wise of him to directly agree previously!
Therefore, after Lao Deming finished listening to those things that Zhang Cai said, the way he looked at Hong Dali was completely different.
In the future, if anyone dares to tell me that Young Master Hong Dali is a prodigal, I'll risk my life with him! How could he be a prodigal? He was obviously the Child of Wealth that the Jade Emperor had sent to the human world!
Therefore, the attitude that Lao Deming had when talking to Hong Dali now made others doubt their ears. "Young Master, you must be thirsty, right? I'll ask someone to brew a cup of tea for you right now. What flavor do you like? As long as you say it, I guarantee that it will be sent over immediately! If you don't like tea, coffee or fruit juice is fine too! "
"Forget it." Hong Dali pouted. "Don't talk about these useless things with me. Oh right, I've thought of something just now. "
"What is it, please say it, Young Master!" Lao Deming's attitude was humble, as if he was Hong Dali's most loyal lackey.
"En, do you know where I can get ores? It's best if there are gems inside. "Hong Dali asked.
The reason why he asked Lao Deming was that since this fellow was in the movie industry, he must have been to quite a lot of places — not to say that he followed the film crew all over the world, but at least he might know where such things could be found.
He had just obtained two skills. The first was Machine Breakdown and Modification Assembly, and it was quite awesome. The second was Gem Processing, Embedding, and Magic Enhancement. Naturally, he had to try it out.
"Ores? Gems? " After hearing Hong Dali's words, Lao Deming carefully thought for a while and suddenly said, "If I didn't understand wrongly, Young Master should go to Qingwu District in Beijin City, which is close to the south of our Tianjing City. There should be something that Young Master needs there."
"Qingwu District in Beijin City? Where are there more ores? "Hong Dali was confused by Lao Deming's words.
"En, that's a stone gambling market. It's very suitable for Young Master to go." Lao Deming smiled and said.
"Stone gambling?" Hong Dali's head was full of question marks. "What's that? It's related to gambling? Is it fun? "
He had to clarify this. His Great Prodigal System prohibited the host from gambling. If stone gambling was like buying a lottery ticket, then it would be very troublesome — he definitely couldn't touch it. God knows what would come out if he were to deduct it now!
"Yes, it's stone gambling. This stone gambling is very complicated. It means that when the jade gems are mined, there is a layer of weathered skin covering them. We don't know whether the things inside are good or bad. We can only know if the jade we bought is good or not after cutting it. This is stone gambling. The thickness of the outer skin of the jade mainly depends on the degree of weathering. The higher the degree of weathering, the thicker the skin. A piece of jade raw material has a colored skin, and the surface is very good. When you cut it on the first time, you might see green, but when you cut it on the second cut, the green might disappear. This is also very common. Outside of the jade mine, the chance of the jade rising is only one in ten thousand. In the jade mine, the chance of the jade rising is much higher. You can become rich overnight if you gamble for one jade, but most of them end up in failure. "
After Lao Deming finished introducing stone gambling, he secretly looked at Hong Dali. "But Young Master, I think there shouldn't be any problem with you going to stone gambling …"
Wasn't that obvious? Who among the upper echelons of Tianjing City didn't know about this little prodigal from the Hong Family whose luck was so good that it defied the natural order?
"Is that so …" Hong Dali was a little depressed. This stone gambling seemed to be similar to buying a lottery ticket. No matter how it went, it was still about whether it would rise or fall. If it fell, it meant that there wouldn't be any good stones and it would be a waste of effort. But if it rose and the System deducted a few million, then he wouldn't be able to live anymore …
But how would Lao Deming know about this? Seeing that Hong Dali was obviously a little hesitant, he hurriedly said, "Sigh, what a pity. My luck isn't good. I like to gamble normally, but if I go there to gamble ten times, I will lose at least nine and a half times. Especially the last time, I lost a raw stone and lost more than 500,000. Since Young Master is here today, why don't we go and try our luck. "
Uh, I lost more than 500,000 just from one gamble? Listening to this Lao Deming's tone, it's just a small gamble. This fellow is definitely planning to follow me to get some benefits.
But this Lao Deming's words reminded Hong Dali — there were big and small risks in stone gambling!
That meant that if you wanted to play big, you could play big. But if you wanted to play small, that's not a problem too. It's all up to you.
Then this is easy to handle. If it's no big deal, let's go and try it out first. Let's buy a 10,000 yuan stone to play with first!
Brouhahaha! Then there's no problem!
"Director Lao, you're really something. Haha!" Hong Dali was extremely happy now. "Then, let's go and take a look now! I'm really quite curious about how this stone gambling works! "
"Young Master, you really want to go?" Lao Deming obviously didn't react in time. He thought, Just a few words from me managed to convince Young Master, this big prodigal whose luck defies the natural order? Brouhaha, Young Master is mighty! Following the Young Master is indeed beneficial! "
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