When I came to that restaurant, I took Lang Meyer upstairs in the summer.

After entering, I found that the restaurant was empty and there was no guest.

"Huh?!" Long Mayer couldn't help but be confused.

"Mr. Mayer, I'll take it here tonight." Xia Tian smiled.

"..." When Long Mayer heard this, he couldn't help but admire Xia Tian's big move.

This restaurant is very famous in Hollywood. Many big-name stars and company executives are guests here, and the flow rate is at least five digits every night. If you want to book a restaurant, you have to at least six digits. It is really rich in summer.

"Mr. Xia, you just treat me to a meal. There is no need to spend so much money, right?" Long Mayer said somewhat flattered. It really shocked him to have such a big show in the meal.

"Sorry, Mr. Mayer, you are not the only guest at the dinner today." Xia Tian smiled, then clapped his hands and made two crisp sounds.

Long Mayer was stunned, and then he heard footsteps, and then he saw several people coming over.

When he looked closely, his eyes widened in surprise and saw that the people were Chairman Charlie Brownson, Director Bruce Turner, Robert Riggle, James Silton, Jeff Blum and other five.

"How did they come here?!" Long Mayer was a little confused for a moment. What surprised him even more was that the five people walked closer and shouted respectfully to Xia Tian, ​​"Boss"

"Well, you should know Mr. Long Mayer, so I don't need to introduce it anymore." Xia Tian nodded and smiled slightly, "Sit down first."

"Thank you, boss" all the five of them sat down together.

After watching this scene, Long Mayer was confused.

Charlie Brownson is obviously the chairman, but he calls Xia Tian the boss. And the other four directors are so respectful to Xia Tian, ​​isn’t that too strange!

Even if Xia Tian is the major shareholder of Columbia Pictures, the total equity of the five of them is 30%. Why should you be so afraid of him?!

"This...this...this...this is going on?" Long Mayer said in a little confused.

"The reason is very simple. In fact, they are all my employees and are my agents in the company." Xia Tian smiled, "Actually, my shares in Columbia Pictures have exceeded 54%. It's just that I am a Jung and it's not convenient to do things in Hollywood, so I asked Charlie to be the chairman of me and ask you to be the CEO of me. Now do you understand?"

After hearing this, Long Mayer suddenly realized that no wonder the pace of these directors on the board of directors was so consistent. No wonder the summer nominations were supported by them, so that's it!

"So I am also your puppet?" Long Mayer said with a wry smile. It's ridiculous that he can't figure out his identity and is still fighting for power with Xia Tian. It's so funny.

"No, you are not my puppet, and I don't want you to be my puppet." Xia Tian waved his hand and said, "Tell me the truth. Actually, I am not interested in administrative management at all, nor have I thought of interfering in the company's operations. My favorite thing is actually filming.

So if you keep one hundred and twenty hearts, I will not take away the power from you. You still have the administrative power of the company, and you are still managing this big company. And what I want to do is just pointing the direction and making movies."

"Really?!" Long Mayer asked with some concern.

Although Xia Tian said it well, because he had hidden too deeply before, Long Mayer was very unconfident in him.

"Of course. If I really want to find a puppet, I wouldn't spend five million dollars." Xia Tian nodded, "In fact, you have to work very hard to keep this job, and I won't be able to keep idle people."

"Ah, I understand, don't worry, I will do it well!" When Long Mayer heard this, he felt that it made sense.

If Xia Tian really wanted to find a puppet, he wouldn't have to spend as much as five million dollars. Even if he only paid 50,000 dollars, some people would rush to do it.

After learning that he was not a puppet, Long Mayer's mood suddenly improved. He was actually a person with great power and was worried that Xia Tian would take away the power from him. Now that Xia Tian explained to him, Long Mayer's heart was gone and he immediately cheered up his fighting spirit.

"Well, I believe in your ability, do it well." Xia Tian also encouraged him, "But don't tell anyone what you see today."

Long Mayer was stunned and nodded.

"Okay, I'm hungry, let's have a meal and talk." Xia Tian said again.

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"Mr. Mayer, you've taken over Columbia Pictures now. What do you think about the future of the company?" Xia Tian asked while chewing it.

"I think we should increase our investment in TV series." Long Mayer saw Xia Tian ask himself, quickly swallowed the smoked fish in his mouth, and then said.

"Tell me a lecture" Xia Tian nodded with interest when he heard this.

"I think so. Now is the low point of American movies. Coupled with the impact of stock market crash, people's income has declined. So in the future, more people will choose to stay at home to watch TV rather than go to the theater." Long Mayer explained. "So it is better to go against the trend and increase investment in movies and increase investment in TV series. If our series is of good quality, I think those TV stations are willing to buy it at a high price."

"Yeah, it makes sense." Xia Tian nodded.

In fact, the entertainment industry in the United States is very similar to the mainland. Movies are usually money-loss goods, but they can exert the locomotive effect and drive the development of derivatives. When a movie catches the audience's attention, derivatives such as advertising, audio-visual, software, travel, entertainment, toys, clothing, etc. will naturally gain profits.

The best example is "Racing Story", which has a global box office of only 462 million US dollars, but its peripheral products have sales of up to 8 billion US dollars, making it the second highest-selling movie in the world. It is also because of this that Pixar then tirelessly produced "Racing Story 2" and "Racing Story 3".

Most of the mainland movies are also money-lossing. However, the reason why those film companies still invest continuously is mainly to support celebrities.

The influence of movies is far greater than that of TV series, and it is very effective in improving the level of celebrities. After the celebrity's popularity increases, he can take on advertisements, TV series, variety shows, etc. and then call out a very high price.

In Hollywood, once an actor turns from a small screen to a big screen, he rarely goes back and shoots TV series. Unless a self-deprecating person like Charlie Hin can't make it in the movie industry, he can only return to the small screen.

On the contrary, in the mainland, even the actors who are among the top film industry will return to the small screen from time to time to film series to make money.

For example, Zhou Xun, known as the young master, received a salary of up to 30 million yuan for filming "Red Sorghum", and received a salary of up to 50 million yuan for filming "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace".

The United States is the same as China.

"Mr. Xia, do you agree with my point of view?" Long Mayer asked in surprise when he saw Xia Tian nodding.

"Not bad." Xia Tian smiled, "I also think it's good to increase investment in TV series. It's best to produce several new dramas of high quality. In addition, variety shows can also be involved, and I have some good ideas about it."

"Yeah." When Long Mayer heard this, he smiled and nodded, "I also think I can try to do some variety shows."

"Then I'll make up for it. I'll give you the idea in the future." Xia Tian nodded, "Leave it to the TV department and let them plan it well."

"Yes." Long Mayer nodded again, and suddenly felt that it was really good to work with Xia Tian.

"By the way, Mr. Xia, I think we can make money by distributing videos. Our Columbia Pictures is the only company among the six major Hollywood film companies that have copyrights for all 2,700 stock films, so we release videos without having to see the faces of others." Long Mayer said, "This is our huge advantage."

Nowadays, 45 million households in the United States own video cameras, and even if one percent of people buy video tapes, they can sell 450,000 copies. The price of a video tape is 30 US dollars, and this item alone can earn 13.5 million US dollars. If you take a series of costs, you can earn at least 40 million US dollars. This is just the profit of a movie.

Columbia Pictures has 2,700 movies, and even if only one percent can earn four or five million, it can bring hundreds of millions of dollars to the company.

"This idea is great!" Xia Tian said happily at first, then he said in confusion, "Why didn't you use it before?"

"Well, the main reason is that the company has no money. Because the video tape needs to be recorded, promoted, transported... everything requires money." Long Mayer said regretfully.

When Xia Tian heard this, he shook his head, "Then let's settle it first. You ask the marketing department to investigate and see what types of videotapes are popular on the market recently, which movies everyone wants to watch the most, and then decide which one to release."

"Okay." Long Mayer nodded again.

"That's right." Xia Tian smiled with satisfaction, "Mr. Mayer, I am very optimistic about your ability. If you do things well, I will definitely not treat you badly."

"Thank you, Mr. Xia," said Long Mayer quickly, and then said with a smile, "You can call me Ronald, my friends call me that."

"Okay, Ronald" Xia Tian smiled, "Come on, I propose toast to our close cooperation"
Chapter completed!