It was supposed to cost 600,000 US dollars to rent, but it ended up costing only 300,000 US dollars, and it also gave Mr. Henry Miller a headache. Such a huge change made the old man unable to turn around for a long time.
"Ayan, I really doubt whether you are a magician? How did you do it?"
"Actually, it's nothing. I just did a little more homework when meeting this boss Henry." Yi Feiyang said with a smile.
"But where did the information in your hand come from?"
"I bought it! I bought it from the bank for almost 30,000 US dollars."
"Great! I spent 30,000 US dollars, but I saved you 300,000 US dollars! The most important thing is that I didn't get tricked by that old fox!" Mr. Tuo is very good at settling accounts.
Yi Feiyang couldn't help but smile, thinking of the lion in Gusta. He was really a piece of meat and refused to let go. He even refused to do a favor of 30,000 US dollars.
In fact, Yi Feiyang can only admire businessmen like Gusta. Because such people are the ones who really do big things and will not take a penny lightly.
In their eyes, capital is accumulated penny by penny. The principle of accumulating a little makes a lot is an eternal truth. When you have one penny more than others, you are the owner of this penny.
.
"Although I took advantage, I am really penniless now," Yi Feiyang said. "The factory was bought, but it needs renovation. I plan to use the first floor as an office, and the second floor as a conference room and screening room.
As for the third floor, it will be used as a copy factory...but these all require money, and I don’t know when the damn $24 million bonus will be cashed out!"
Seeing that Yi Feiyang had a headache, Mr. Tuo smiled and said, "With me here, what are you worried about? My old man doesn't have much, but I already have some coffins, plus the 400,000 you gave me, let's use them.
Just wait until you have the money and then pay it back to me!"
"But Master Tuo, is this okay?" Yi Feiyang's eyes lit up, he really didn't expect Master Tuo to be so generous.
"Why not, unless you don't regard me as a partner... Haha, my old man is still waiting for you, a lucky boy, to take care of me and make money!" Mr. Tuo smiled happily.
At first, I thought that by finding a factory, I was helping Yi Feiyang, but I didn't expect that I almost cheated him. Mr. Tuo, who has a strong sense of loyalty in the world, felt guilty deep down in his heart. Now that he can help Yi Feiyang to some extent, he should have the right to do so.
It's made up for.
Besides, Yi Feiyang treats him as a partner. If he keeps guarding the coffin, he will not be generous. How can he expect others to take care of him and benefit him in the future?!
Mr. Tuo is a man who has experienced strong winds and waves. He is familiar with the ways of the world and has come and gone, so he does this very well.
"Master Tuo, since you have spoken, it would be inappropriate for me to refuse, but I have to ask one thing clearly...isn't this a loan shark?"
The camel master was stunned.
After a while, he said, "You are taller! What kind of person do you think I am? I want to be just for once and don't even want any interest!"
…
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon that day.
In the office of boss Henry Miller, Yi Feiyang, as the lessor, signed his name on the lease contract document under the guidance of private lawyer Louis Carle.
"Yes, just sign here. Well, the specific content of the agreement is similar to the one I helped you draw up before. Mr. Henry Miller also respects your opinion..." Karl explained the contract signing to Yi Feiyang very carefully.
the process of.
Boss Henry Miller's face was ugly, as if his parents had just died, and he didn't smile at all. Next to him, the guy who was his personal lawyer had to comfort him with words, basically saying that he would drink something from the bottle later.
Red wine, forget the damn thing.
"Okay, Mr. Henry, I'm very satisfied with our cooperation this time. I hope I can invite you for a drink next time we meet... I just heard that you like French Bordeaux red wine!" Yi Feiyang
Smilingly, he extended a hand of "friendship" to Mr. Henry.
Boss Henry was filled with hatred, but he had to squeeze out a smile from his dead parents' faces and said, "It's so lucky to meet you! It looks like I'm going to greet God's mother very well!"
"Haha, I really hope God's mother agrees with your short and concise greetings!" Yi Feiyang smiled and shook hands with him, "Okay, I'm leaving, and you don't have to send me off! We have a saying in China that says, "Send you off after a thousand miles."
Goodbye, Mr. Henry Miller!"
After Yi Feiyang said this, he joined hands with young lawyer Louis Carle and walked straight out of Boss Henry's office.
Behind him, there was a roar, "Go to hell, you bastard! Damn Chinaman! Damn God!"
There was a snap, as if the cup was smashed to the ground.
…
Walking out of Mr. Henry Miller's company, I looked at the sun that was shining brightly at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The sun shone on the surrounding high-rise buildings inserted into Yunfeng. Yi Feiyang blocked the dazzling sunlight with his hands, and then said to Karl, "Thank you for helping me, Karl. In the future, there will be more things like this, and it will be even more troublesome."
is you!"
"Dear Yi, since I decided to follow you, I have already made a choice. From now on, I will serve you and your company wholeheartedly! Of course, this is not only for you, but also for myself!" Karl smiled, "I know.
Well, I'm taking a gamble on the future, and you are my favorite Hollywood dark horse, so no matter how many difficulties or bumps there are ahead, you must overcome them, and I will work hard to support you behind the scenes!"
Yi Feiyang's heart warmed up at Karl's sincere words, "I will remember your words, Karl. When I stand on top of Hollywood one day, I promise you that you will accompany me to watch this most dazzling sun."
!Standing on the top..."
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October 7, 1998, 4:30 pm.
No. 13, Chinatown.
Three buildings factory.
Empty factory, empty rooms. Dilapidated rooms, unpainted walls, dusty floors, and spider webs everywhere in the corners...
"Look, this is the film company we are about to establish!" Yi Feiyang led a group of people including Fatty Gao Jiabao, Rabbit Bill and others while visiting.
"Don't look at the dilapidation of this building now. It will be very luxurious after renovation... For now, please ignore these dirty floors, dilapidated doors, and these hateful spider webs... Try to use your imagination
Power, yes, imagination, think about what it will be like here in the future?" Yi Feiyang said in a hypnotic tone.
"First of all, the floor you see is also the first floor of the entire building. I plan to decorate this place into an office area. High-quality Italian marble floor tiles are spread all over the ground. It is smooth and bright, just like an ice rink filled with mercury.
, making you slippery and even standing unsteady; the walls and roofs are all painted in olive color, which is the most eye-catching and eye-friendly color; as for the walls, there are various exquisite movie posters hung on them, of course, these
The movies will all be classic works shot by our company personally; and here, yes, it is here, I will set up the company's film showcase, and all the trophies and honors you will get from filming in the future will be displayed here..."
"The second floor is the company's conference area, with comfortable seats, audio facilities, and soft Persian hand-stitched carpets... Here I will set up a large conference room, screening room, leisure area, gym, etc. Everyone
When you are tired, you can exercise and rest inside, drink coffee and listen to music. If possible, I will hire a top masseur to do physical massage therapy for everyone. You must know that sitting and working for a long time will cause cervical spondylosis, haha
.In short, this is your paradise to rest. My slogan is: combine work and rest every day, and be happy every year."
"The third floor is the copy factory. We will make copies of each of our movies ourselves. The quantity and quality of the copies must be guaranteed. After all, we are not a leather bag company. We want to build our own golden brand, and we must not be too small.
Losing a lot. As for the copying equipment and personnel, they will be the best and the most outstanding, because I will treat every member of our big family equally. It can be said that here, in the United States, except for you, I
I have no relatives! So I will treat you like my relatives, and I hope you can join hands with me and fight together!"
"Okay, I'm already thirsty after talking so much... The above is my general design of our company, specific decoration and other issues, which can only be implemented after the funds are in place... Do you have any opinions on this?
?”
"Do I have an opinion?" Fatty Gao Jiabao raised his hand first and said, "I want to know what I do in the company?"
Yi Feiyang smiled, "Of course it's your specialty, managing finances!"
"Oh yeah!" The fat man jumped up, "I knew you were a buddy, I like counting money the most!"
But before the fat man could finish being happy, Yi Feiyang said again: "But now I don't have any money for you to count. On the contrary, there are still a few outstanding bills that you need to communicate with Mr. Tuo to see if he can squeeze out some more money to customize the ones here."
Tables, chairs and benches…”
"What? Negotiating with that loan shark?" The fat man immediately blurted out, and then said seriously: "Can I apply for resignation?"
…
"Dear boss, what about us? What do we do?" Rabbit Bill and Fat Jack said cheerfully.
"Don't worry, you will all have suitable positions. For example, Rabbit Bill, you are very good at shooting and production, and you will be the head of the production department in the future; Fat Jack, you are good at communication, and I will work in both the distribution department and the publicity department in the future.
I will leave you a good position among the others..."
"In short, although you are all polished commanders now, you must believe me and yourself. In the future, this place will be decorated luxuriously, our company will definitely become popular, and you will be able to soar to the sky!"
Everyone was so excited by Yi Feiyang's words that they had long forgotten where they were, and they were all filled with pride.
"Yes, we will succeed! Definitely!"
"Yawn! Damn dust!"
…
There are many big-name film companies in Hollywood, such as the old MGM, Paramount, Disney, as well as the rising stars DreamWorks, Lionsgate...
It can be said that in the future, the brand value of these film companies will be equivalent to that of Coca-Cola and Microsoft, and they will have huge energy.
It can be seen from this that if you want to set up a film company, you must think of an appropriate company name so that it is catchy and can shock people.
Tuo Ye belongs to that kind of old tradition. As the saying goes, one is fate, two is luck, three is feng shui, four is accumulation of yin virtue and five is reading, six are seven aspects and eight are gods...
Mr. Tuo believed in Feng Shui and names, so he immediately hired a fortune teller in Chinatown to name the newly established company.
The fortune teller wore sunglasses and looked like a blind man. He pinched his fingers and picked up a pen, and then he worked hard for a long time on the five elements and eight trigrams, the location of the earth, and came up with three names. He handed them to the camel master and said, "Take these three names."
This one has a good meaning and will definitely bring good luck!"
Mr. Tuo handed the requested names to Yi Feiyang. Yi Feiyang looked at them and found that the first name was "Bi Fu", which had a very straightforward meaning. It made Yi Feiyang wonder if this old blind man's fortune-telling skills were street-level.
, has not yet broken away from the original ecology.
The second name was "Shenzhou", which shocked Yi Feiyang. Fortunately, there was no "No. 1" or "No. 2" appended to it, otherwise future spaceships would not be confused.
The last name was "Panlong", and Yi Feiyang's head immediately went crazy... He highly doubted whether this old blind man had traveled through time?!
Yi Feiyang was not very satisfied with the three names chosen by the fortune teller, which made Mr. Tuo very frustrated. As for Fatty Gao Jiabao, Rabbit Bill and others offered suggestions one after another.
The fat man Gao Jiabao said: "Why don't we name it 'Hongfu' Pictures? Hongfu is all over the sky. It sounds so nice."
Another fat man Jack said: "I thought about it, it must be very shitty and bloody, very close to God, so the name is OMG!"
"What's the meaning?"
“Oh buy high!”
…
Rabbit Bill shook his head: "No, what you said is wrong. What kind of world is it now? It's a competitive world! I think our film company must be different, special, and attractive, so the name should be
'Beauty Nest'..."
The essence is that someone can’t escape the essence of making pornographic films!
Yi Feiyang felt very miserable. What kind of people are these? They even gave the company a name that was so messy.
In the end, Yi Feiyang had to stand up and announced: "Okay, everyone, stop arguing. In my opinion, the movie is this dream, a tragic comedy like a dream, so our company that produces dreams is called '
Fantasy Pictures'!”
"Fantasy Pictures? It sounds pretty nice."
"Yes, very artistic taste!"
…
"This is a good name, I like it!"
"The boss is wise!"
"Boss Shenwu!"
"The boss is so talented!"
"I'm so angry about Shakespeare!"
…
A cloud of flattery.
Now that the company's name has been determined, the next step is to determine the company's brand logo and the factory logo for the opening scene.
For example, MGM, which has a roaring lion sticking out of a circle; Twenty-first Century Fox, which has the 20th century logo hanging on the roof; and Paramount, which has a snow-capped peak...
A goddess holding a torch, a child sitting on the moon fishing, a skull peeking through a crack in the door, etc. It can be said that various factory logos are very strange, but they have one thing in common, which is that they are fresh in people's minds and unforgettable.
Nowadays, Fantasy Pictures also needs such a distinctive sign to attract the audience, so that the audience can remember the company "Fantasy Pictures" after watching it.
In order to achieve this goal, everyone began to brainstorm ideas, and finally came up with an idea after a "brainstorming" that was even sharper than "brainstorming".
Unfortunately, due to the "limited computer special effects technology" on Yi Feiyang's side, he could only hand over his creative ideas to a newly established computer special effects company in Hollywood called "Thunder and Lightning Special Effects" to produce them himself. He was told to produce them as quickly as possible.
The other party replied, if you give enough money, the speed will be skyrocketing!
As a result, the factory logo came out after only one day.
DV shooting...
The first shot: the coconut breeze blows slowly, the blue ocean stretches as far as the eye can see.
In the second shot, from stillness to movement, a beautiful fish tail suddenly emerges from the sea, slaps on the sea surface, and turns into countless colorful bubbles...
The third shot: the bubbles rise, and a mermaid jumps out of the sea, hooking its tail, and turns into a curvy and clear mermaid logo, with two big letters below: DM, the abbreviation of Dream.
Looking at the "Mermaid" logo created by everyone, Yi Feiyang couldn't help but be stunned. It's beautiful and dreamy. Isn't this exactly what he needs?
Look, within ten years at the latest, I want my mermaid to be comparable to MGM’s The Lion and Paramount’s Snow Mountain!
Just when someone was swearing to be proud of his company's bright and beautiful factory logo, a certain fat man clenched his fists and said, "Damn factory logo, it actually cost 6,000 US dollars! Woohoo, I have to pay another IOU."
