Hong Dali told Yu Meiqin and the other children about his glorious story, from the concert to the purchase of houses and land, and then to the family meeting to save Big Turtle. His story was extravagant and exuberant, and the children clapped and cheered as they listened, exclaiming that it was great.
At the same time, on the other side of the ocean, Merika, Hollywood.
In a huge conference room.
There was a huge round table in the center of the conference room. There were eight chairs around the round table, and there was a person sitting on each chair. At this time, the lighting in the room was specially created to create a dim effect, making it hard to see everyone's faces clearly, and it was filled with a sense of mystery.
Today, the place these eight people were in was one of the most important meetings in Merika's Hollywood, the Round Table Conference.
The eight people who could sit here were all top figures in the few big Hollywood companies, the kind that could make Merika's entertainment industry tremble with just a stomp of their feet.
It could be said that every time the Round Table Conference was held, it was the time when Hollywood faced the most important matter.
And at this time, one of the eight people held a report in his hand and slowly read it out. "Hong Dali, the only son of Hong Weiguo, a big family in Heavenly State, idling around and not doing proper work. His nickname is Superprodigal.
"But this person's luck is quite good. He likes to dabble in all kinds of industries, and everything he does earns quite a lot of money. Recently, he even saved Big Turtle, the Black Tortoise, and thus triggered the arrival of the era of economic development in Heavenly State."
The voice of the person reading the document was vaguely James, who had interacted with Hong Dali once before!
"Yup, these are just general information. Is there any specific content?" At this moment, a slightly older man sitting on the other side said, "Dear James, you know, this alone is of no use to us. The only information I got from these documents is that this is a very lucky person — there's nothing else. "
"Specifically …" Speaking of this, James helplessly spread his hands. "After all, this person only entered our field of vision recently, and the higher-ups' investigation is relatively late. There are many things that we can't get specific information about, and the higher-ups are also very helpless. But this Hong Dali usually dabbles in everything, and he doesn't have a specific target. This makes our intelligence personnel helpless. The only thing we know now is that this Hong Dali's luck is quite good, that's all. "
He said it helplessly, and that was the truth.
Hong Dali was playing in almost every industry. Today, he was doing F&B, tomorrow, he was doing land, and the day after that, he was playing games. Who would be able to get any accurate information on such a person?
"What a joke." The other one smiled disdainfully and said, "The higher-ups want us to suppress Hong Dali, but they don't even have detailed information. How are we supposed to take action? The Heavenly Kingdom had the legend of the Four Sacred Beasts since ancient times. Now that the alligator snapping turtle was intentionally worshipped by the Heavenly Kingdom as a sacred beast, it had a huge impact on the morale of the soldiers. The last time you went to request to rent alligator snapping turtles, you didn't succeed. What do you want us to do now to suppress their morale? "
"What can I do?" James shrugged. "Heavenly State has always been Merika's most important enemy. It's impossible to start a war, so we can only fight an economic war. But now, the higher-ups want us to think of a way ourselves. To be honest, I don't have any good ideas at the moment. "
"It's not important, sir." At this moment, the third person slowly said, "We are a film group. We can't interfere in other aspects, but we only need to suppress the film industry in Heavenly State. En, their "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre: Pugilistic World" has already entered the post-production stage, right? We only need to make an issue out of this. James, the "Magic Age" produced by your company is about to be screened, right? Maybe we can consider screening it on the same day as their "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre: Pugilistic World" … "
"I reject this!" James decisively shook his head. "Currently, my" Magic Age "still needs at least two to three months before it can have its premiere. If it's brought forward, it's very obvious that the preparations aren't sufficient, and the audience won't buy it."
"Then, who else has films that are going to be screened soon?" The third person slowly asked, "This time, we only need to attack their box office earnings. Let them understand that even with the alligator snapping turtles, their films are not worth mentioning. This way, when the time comes, we can reopen our technical support as a bargaining chip. I believe they will seriously consider our suggestion of renting alligator snapping turtles. By then, hehe, the legend of the Black Tortoise will naturally collapse on its own. "
"I agree with this idea." Just then, the first person to speak nodded and said, "But I suggest that, to be on the safe side, we can consider increasing the number of films to two. This way, during the premiere of" The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre: Pugilistic World, "it will definitely be very interesting."
"I second the motion." "Seconded." "Seconded."
Now that everyone seconded the motion, the third person nodded and said, "En, then this suggestion will be considered passed. Who knows which two films are going to be screened recently? "
"En …" James thought for a while. "Currently, there are two films that are going to be screened, 'Moment of Screaming' and 'Air-Raid of the Trump Cards,' which cost about 10 million yuan each. One is a horror film, and the other is a war film. Although the production cost cannot be compared to the 15 million RMB production cost of 'The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre: Pugilistic World,' it shouldn't be a big problem. By then, we only need to snatch the box office earnings from them. "
"'Moment of Screaming' and 'Air-Raid of the Trump Cards'?" The third person thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Alright, we'll use these two low-budget films to play with them first. Oh right, the capabilities of these two companies are not enough to enter the core level of our Hollywood, so we need to properly advertise them. This way, it's naturally the best if we win, but if we lose, it's also not a big deal."
James smiled and said, "I understand. I'll settle this matter when I go back. I'm sure these two companies will be very happy to receive the support of our Hollywood. " After saying that, James asked again, "Oh right, because of the international local film protection regulations, if we want to compete with them head-on in the box office earnings, we'll need quite a lot of public relations expenses. How much does everyone think is appropriate?"
The third person slowly said, "10 million USD should be enough."
"OK, there's no problem then!" Hearing that, James instantly smiled and said, "Two unrated small companies are able to suppress them to the point where they can't even lift their heads. From this point alone, I'm sure they must be feeling pretty bad, haha."
Hearing that, the other seven people in the conference room all laughed as well.
Now that the atmosphere was relaxed, the third person smiled and asked, "En, is there anything else? Has that Hong Dali made any other moves recently? "
"Anything else, wait for me to take a look." James looked at the report in his hand. "Tomorrow is the first gaming fest that he organized. It seems to be something related to online games or something."
"This Hong Dali is really messing around with everything." The third person smiled and disdainfully said, "Alright, it's indeed a waste of time to specially hold a Round Table Conference for a little fellow who squanders money recklessly. Since there's nothing else, let's end the meeting here and wait for the good news. "
…
The next morning, Chenhui Building ninth floor, Caiwei Entertainment.
Lao Deming was sweating profusely as he paced around in the conference room, occasionally looking at the time. Finally, the room door was pushed open and Hong Dali leisurely walked in. Lao Deming pounced forward and anxiously said, "Young Master, big news, big news!"
"What big news made you so anxious?" Hong Dali curiously asked, "Nothing big happened recently!"
"It's from Hollywood!" Lao Deming depressingly said, "Hollywood's two films, Moment of Screaming and Air-Raid of the Trump Cards, have announced their premiere and screening time in our country. It's … it's on July 6th, two hours earlier than ours!"
"Oh?" Once he heard Lao Deming's words, Hong Dali understood. "They intend to fight with us for the box office earnings?"
"Definitely!" Lao Deming said, "July 6th is a weekend, and these two films are screening in our country at the same time. I'm afraid our box office earnings will …"
"It's the box office earnings, it doesn't matter if it's higher or lower. Moreover, isn't the edited film quite good?" Hong Dali curiously asked, "But speaking of which, why can their films be screened in our country, but ours can't be screened in their country? What logic is this? "
"It's because of the National Film and Television Protection Regulations." Just then, Zhang Cai explained to Hong Dali. "Every country has protective measures for their local films. For example, our country only imports about 30 Merika films to be screened in our country every year, and this is only under the WTO agreement. Otherwise, it would be even lesser. These films still have to go through layers of approval before they can be screened. Not only is there a problem with quality, the key problem is that the number of screens in a country is limited. Every year, there are so many films waiting to be screened, so naturally, the golden water pavilion gets the moon first. "
"This is a little interesting." Hong Dali touched his chin and smiled. "Which means to say, our 'The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre: Pugilistic World' was blocked by them, but their 'Moment of Screaming' and 'Air-Raid of the Trump Cards' weren't blocked by us?"
"That's more or less what it means." Lao Deming hatefully said, "This bunch of people are obviously planning to fight with us for the box office, but we can't even protest against this kind of thing, it's really infuriating!"
"That's fine, just do your job." Hong Dali wasn't worried at all. "Anyway, I believe that the eyes of the masses are clear!"
"OK, then, then I'll go back first." As he spoke, Lao Deming wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead and went out.
Actually, it was no wonder that he was so nervous. After all, the film industry in Heavenly State was a lot worse than Hollywood, and they were born with insufficient confidence. Now that he heard that Hollywood's blockbuster wanted to fight with them for the box office, anyone would feel uncertain.
Hong Dali didn't mind. Old Mister Jin Yong's books in his previous life had been sold to tens of countries, and the plots in this "Pugilistic World" were all very impressive. He really didn't believe that the box office of "Pugilistic World" would lose to the other party.
"Sister Cai, where's Xiaoyi?" After Lao Deming went out, Hong Dali looked at Zhang Cai and asked, "Seems like she went out after arriving here. Do you know where she went?"
"Young Master, have you forgotten?" Zhang Cai smiled and said, "Today is the day of the first gaming fest. Xiaoyi went there to check."
"Oh, oh." Hong Dali smiled and said, "If you didn't mention it, I would have really forgotten! Then, let's go and take a look together at night! "
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