Edward immediately learned the news that Suning had sold "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" to his company's rival Warner Bros., and he felt upset again. After all, "Elevator" had proved Suning's ability.
In fact, he already regretted almost offending Suning because of his arrogance, but he never expected that he would eventually suffer from his arrogance.
Although he understands this now, he still has no idea of easing the relationship with Suning. In his heart, he still despises Suning from the East.
Warner Bros. moved very quickly. When Suning first left California, they had already contacted various theater chains around the world, including the Huaxia Theater in the East. This strength is difficult for Suning to achieve now.
On Christmas Eve, a movie from the East, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, suddenly appeared in front of the American people, successfully arousing the curiosity of Americans.
Whether it is the love element or the explosive gun battle, it is actually difficult to arouse the curiosity of Americans. The main reason is that the theft of arms was published in the New York Times of the United States, which successfully attracted the attention of Americans.
In the eyes of the Hong Kong police, this batch of arms is huge, but for Americans who are used to street gunfights, it is still not enough. However, this mysterious and unknown unsolved case has successfully aroused their curiosity.
I have been paying attention to this "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".
At this time, Liu Yifei was also on vacation in the United States, and she also saw the crazy promotion of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", which seemed to be even more sensational than "Hero" back then.
When she saw that the names of the director and the main actors were familiar to her, Liu Yifei couldn't help but feel surprised, and then looked at her mother next to her with a confused expression.
"Mom, didn't Suning make a horror movie called "Elevator"?"
"Huh? That's right! It was sold to Lionsgate Pictures, and I heard it's still the domestic box office champion!"
"Ah? So what's going on with this "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"?"
"Hey! I don't know either!
So be it!
I'll call your Uncle Chen first, he should know what's going on!"
Soon Mother Liu made a call, and it didn't take long before she hung up with a complicated expression, "Sissi, this "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is a new film shot by Suning in Hong Kong!
We also invited John Woo to be the producer of the film, and he and his rumored girlfriend Gao Dayuan will star in the leading male and female roles!"
"Oh! I know!
Today is Christmas Eve, let’s go watch a movie together!”
"Eh? That's fine!" Mother Liu felt very complicated. After looking at her daughter, she still nodded in agreement.
Liu's mother worked so hard to manage it so that Liu Yifei could break into a world in Hollywood, but today she suddenly discovered that what she had always dreamed of was accomplished easily by Suning.
Whenever she thinks of Suning, the image of that hateful fat man will appear in Liu's mother's mind. She really didn't expect that he could be so tough and he had already entered the United States just after his sophomore year.
...
The strength of Warner Bros. Entertainment is indeed not overshadowed. The simultaneous release of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" around the world aroused the interest of North American audiences, and then it became a hit all over the world.
By the time "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was taken off the shelves, the box office had already reached 250 million US dollars, far exceeding "Heroes" released in 2002, and completely shocked the domestic media and entertainment practitioners.
It was only then that the country began to take Suning seriously as a rising star, and began to have the urge to shoot blockbusters and hit the North American box office. After all, the temptation of the US dollar was too great.
"Dad, I heard that Suning's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" had a global box office of US$250 million?"
"Hmm! I really didn't expect that!
Such an inconspicuous fat man turned out to be a big dragon!" Chen Yuan, the CEO of Oriental Media and Culture Company, said with emotion.
"Ah? It turns out that the news in the newspaper is true!
Isn't that even better than Lao Mouzi's "Hero"!"
"Well! I heard that he opened a company of his own!
I'm currently thinking about whether to invest in his company!"
"Dad, this is a good idea!
If you buy shares in his company, then Suning won't be ecstatic!
When the time comes, you can ask him to help me write a few more songs!"
"Haha, Nannan, it turns out that's what you had in mind!"
"Dad, you don't even know!
I'm almost bored to death lately!
Those musicians you helped me contact all wrote crappy songs!"
"Haha, dad helped you with this matter!
Although Suning is very talented, he is still far behind us old-timers in the business world in terms of connections!"
"Thank you, Dad! Dad, you are the best!" Chen Yuan's daughter Chen Xiaolan was pleasantly surprised after hearing her father's assurance.
"Perfume Is Poisonous" is really so good, and she became famous because of it, but because she didn't have high-quality songs, she was quickly knocked back to her original form.
Now that she heard that her father wanted to invest in Suning's company, how could Chen Xiaolan not feel happy? As long as we become partners, everything about the song will definitely be answered.
Although Suning knew that he had made a lot of money, he still felt very annoyed recently. Gao Dayuan, who had been trying his best to play, no longer had time to pay attention to Suning. This made Suning very uncomfortable with the days when he could not sleep alone at night.
In fact, this feeling would not have appeared in the previous worlds. It was because I took the "Pfizer Slimming Power Pill" rewarded by the system. The result was just a powerful "Wei@brother", which no longer tortured me all the time.
nerve.
The foundation of four high-quality songs gave Suning a certain reputation in the entertainment industry, followed by two high-quality movies in succession. Not only did she win four international awards and become famous, but she also earned a lot of money.
US dollars, so there are a large number of invitations every day, all trying to make money from Suning's fame.
Suning declined all invitations as usual, but suddenly felt some subtle changes in the direction of the outside world, and negative news about plagiarism of Suning's songs suddenly appeared on the Internet.
In particular, Suning's song "Old Boy" was despised by "musicians", who thought it was a plagiarism of Japan's Sumiya Ohashi's "Thank You". In addition, Suning has not released any new songs in the past year or so. This is because Suning is now
Jiang Lang's talents are exhausted.
Suning smiled disdainfully at these so-called negative news. After all, he knew in his heart that this was someone with good intentions forcing him to submit, creating a situation where he would be destroyed if he didn't cooperate.
Although Suning didn't care about the negative news from the outside world, Warner Records, as the publisher, was not willing to see this situation. It immediately took out the authorization letter Ohashi Sumiya obtained with all its efforts, which made the outside trolls not want to
Give up willingly.
"Suning, I see you sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, why are you so angry?"
"Brother Lei, what about it?
I, the rightful master, am not in a hurry, so what are you worried about?
Warner Records has already solved this for me!" Suning still had a nonchalant expression.
"Suning, this trend is too evil!
You have to guard against it!"
"Haha, I already understood the twists and turns!
Doesn’t it mean that they will destroy me if they don’t get any benefits?
What's so great!
If the domestic entertainment industry really doesn’t tolerate me, the worst I can do is go to Hollywood in the United States!"
"Huh? Suning, I just said you were fat and you started to pant?
Is Hollywood that easy to mess around with?
How many Chinese celebrities have tried, and how many have succeeded?" Huang Lei shook his head helplessly.
"Haha, that's right!
Brother Lei, you came at the right time today!
The song I promised you has been written!
It just so happens that you can take it away directly! I will deliver it if you save the money!"
"Ah? It's written!
You are so busy, how can you have time to write songs for me!" Huang Lei was also surprised at this time, after all, he knew clearly that Suning had been busy lately.
"Haha, Brother Lei!
You don't know me!
Once the interest comes, a song will appear immediately!
Wait for me for a while! I’ll get it for you!”
Suning got up and returned to the study, then took out two songs with lyrics and handed them directly to his good friend Huang Lei, "One is "Gardenia Blooms" and the other is "Blue Lotus"!"
“‘Blue Lotus’ and ‘Gardenia Blooms’?”
"Yes! I won't record the demo for you!
Go back and study it yourself!"
"Okay! I won't say any more words!
Suning, I remember your love!"
...
Although "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has been released, his 35% share has still not been received. Fortunately, Warner Bros. has been very willing to pay for the adaptation rights, otherwise Suning would have to consider selling gold now.
, after all, the investment in this "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is still very large.
Thinking of the gold in his storage space, Suning's mentality was very complicated. If he sold this gold, he would definitely become the richest man in China immediately.
However, the source of the gold cannot be explained, and it feels like there would be no fun in "upgrading to fight monsters". Every new world has new challenges, and the cheating operation is too "invincible" and loses a lot of meaning.
At this time, Suning's secretary Zhang Lan walked in, dressed in professional attire, "Mr. Su, there is a general manager who calls himself Oriental Media and Culture Company and wants to see you!"
"Oriental Media? Is your surname Chen?"
"Yes! Mr. Su! This is his business card!"
"Yeah! I know this guy!
I'll go with you to greet him in person!" Suning thought for a moment before getting up and following his secretary out to greet him.
Suning's Su Media rented the 22nd floor of a building in Beijing's Haidian District as the company's office area, so Suning followed her secretary directly to the front desk.
Then Suning saw the familiar Chen Yuan and the beautiful girl who was with him last time. Suning had always guessed that she was his secretary. To his surprise, there was also a middle-aged strange man.
"Suning, long time no see!"
"Mr. Chen, long time no see!" Suning smiled and directly held Chen Yuan's outstretched hands.
"No! You should be called Mr. Su now!"
"Mr. Chen, you can do whatever you want!"
"Mr. Su, this is Vice President Li from Shanying!"
"Mr. Li? Hello! Nice to meet you!" Hearing Shanying, Suning's heart suddenly moved, feeling that something good would definitely happen today.
"Mr. Su, I have long admired your name!"
"Mr. Su, this is my daughter Chen Xiaolan!
He is also the singer of "Perfume Is Poisonous"!"
"Oh? It turns out to be your daughter-in-law! I'm disrespectful!"
"Suning, you are too polite!
I am your loyal fan!"
"Haha, you guys, please come in!"
Suning brought Chen Yuan and the others to the reception room. His secretary Zhang Lan also brought a few cups of coffee, then turned around and left with a smile.
At this time, Chen Yuan looked meaningfully at Zhang Lan's leaving figure, smiled and said to Suning, "Mr. Su, you are so elegant!
Your secretary is no less handsome than Miss Gao!"
"Haha, Mr. Chen doesn't know!
I am somewhat face-blind, and I really can’t tell the difference between beauty and ugliness!”
"Uh..." Chen Yuan and the others suddenly felt a little confused by Suning's pretentiousness.
"Mr. Su, let's come here this time!
I just want to invest in your Su’s Media!
I don’t know what you think?”
"Oh? Mr. Chen is very optimistic about our Su Media?"
"Haha, who in the domestic entertainment circle doesn't know your famous Su Media!"
"Well! Mr. Chen, thank you very much for your favor!
Our Su family is also willing to have others invest in it, just like Director John Woo, another major shareholder of our Su family!"
"Wu Yusen? The John Woo from Hong Kong?" Chen Yuan and Mr. Li looked at each other in surprise.
"Yes! We have no shortage of funds at all, but we are very eager for capable talents.
Especially a great talent like John Woo!”
"This?" Who doesn't like talents, let alone top talents like John Woo.
"Mr. Su, can I understand that you refuse?"
"Haha, it depends on how Mr. Chen understands it!
Shanying and your company are both well-known domestic entertainment giants.
It would of course be an honor for our Su family to have you join us!"
"It's just that what our Su family urgently needs now is director talents, not so-called funds!"
"Haha, Mr. Su is really young and promising!" At this time, Chen Yuan and Mr. Li from Shanying looked at each other, both showing meaningful smiles.
He didn't pay attention to what Chen Yuan and the two said. Suning really wasn't afraid of them. At this time, Mr. Li, who had been silent all the time, looked at Suning meaningfully.
"Mr. Su, do you mean to welcome technical investors?"
"Yes! For example, if Shanying is planning to restructure one day, then we can work together!"
"Oh? Didn't Su always hear some news?"
"Haha, no!
I’m just making an analogy!”
Chen Yuan and the others finally left disappointed. In their eyes, Su's Media was really just a big piece of fat, the kind of high-quality fat that could earn US dollars. They really wanted to take a bite right away.
However, hearing from Suning that the famous John Woo is also the major shareholder of Su Media, also quenched the greed of Chen Yuan and others. After all, John Woo also has a wide network of contacts.
When Chen Xiaolan and Chen Yuan sat alone in the car, Chen Xiaolan couldn't help but look at her father, "Dad, are you giving up like this?"
"Hey! We all underestimated this Suning!
He is not as harmless as he appears!"
"So what?
When it comes to cooperation, doesn’t everyone gain everything without any harm?”
"Haha, this also requires Suning's consent!"
"Humph! Dad, don't worry!
I will find a way to make Suning agree!"
"Uh? What can you do?" Chen Yuan looked at his daughter in surprise.
"Haha, let's keep it a secret for now!" Chen Xiaolan suddenly became secretive about her father.
The reason why Chen Xiaolan was so confident was because she discovered that Suning's secretary was actually an acquaintance of hers and a college classmate of hers, so she thought she could force Suning to submit.