America's Road to Fame

Chapter 193 Old Fox

"Also, what's going on with Twentieth Century Fox? Is that old guy Murdoch not letting go yet?"

Speaking of this, Nelson also seemed to have a headache. He said: "That old fox Murdoch, it is difficult for people to see his true thoughts. At present, his attitude is still ambiguous, he has not given much information, and he has not taken the initiative. Contact us. In half a month, the truck driver movie will be released, I'm afraid he is still waiting for the performance of that movie."

This is also normal. It seems that Murdoch is indeed in some financial troubles, but it has not yet reached the end of the mountain, so they can continue to play sloppy eyes and wait for the release of "Avatar" they are quite looking forward to.

The situation of [-]th Century Fox is not like that of MGM. MGM can’t hold on any longer, so William Chen can make acquisitions without too many twists and turns. It depends on Murdoch behind [-]th Century Fox. If the other party does not sell the idea, there is nothing you can do about it.

It seems that we still need to look at the situation in Building 666 first. If the Kushnar Group can agree, then I can use the [Black Swan Scroll] on Murdoch's side.

After Nelson left, William Chen returned to the villa and saw Nikki reading a magazine on the sofa.

"Nicky, where's your sister?"

William Chen sat in front of her, waited until the maid brought him a cup of coffee, took a sip and asked.

"She probably went to the gym for yoga."

Nikki put the newspaper on the table, looked at William Chen, and said:

"William, is your "Magic Mike" released? I read reports that the box office is doing well."

"It's not bad, the domestic box office in the United States is less than 2 million U.S. dollars."

After "Magic Mike" was released for more than a month, the box office potential has been almost reached. Since late January, the number of screenings has been gradually reduced, and it has now been completely released.In terms of box office, the domestic box office in the United States exceeded 1 million US dollars. Fortunately, it was 1.8 million more than in the previous life. It seems that William Chen's appearance in the easter egg and helping publicity still have some effect.

As for the global box office, because some overseas countries and regions are still being released, there is no final figure. Because it is an R-rated film, it is restricted in many countries, so "Magic Mike" is only available in 8 countries and regions outside the United States. Released, the current overseas box office has exceeded 8000 million U.S. dollars, and it is hoped that the global box office will exceed 3 million U.S. dollars.

As a small-budget R-rated film with a cost of just over 700 million US dollars, this achievement is already amazing. With this film, Future Pictures has entered the field of vision of many people.

Although it's a bit embarrassing to say it, this is the first movie that William Chen invested in that made a big profit. The media often praises the high and depresses the low. Some positive voices.

And Andy Haring, the director of "Magic Mike", finally waited until the time when he was proud of himself. William Chen had already allowed him to take the lead, and began to prepare for the second part of "Magic Mike", and this time he gave him 2000 million yuan. The US dollar budget, after all, among other things, after the success of the first film, the salaries of the leading actors in it will also increase appropriately.

Nikki looked at William Chen, with an inexplicable look in her eyes, and said with a smile:

"I heard from my sister that she has also felt the kind of performance you performed in the movie Easter egg, William, and I too..."

Hehe, you are thinking about farts, Chen Weilian felt that he was too soft-hearted last night, and let her go when she begged for mercy, next time, hum.

……

However, William Chen did not expect that such a meeting would come before Garrett's reply.

"Hello, William, I didn't expect that the world would change so much after I got out of prison. You are now the most dazzling young man in America and even in the whole world. I am very happy to meet you today."

Hearing what the other person said, William Chen raised his eyebrows. The old man with white hair sitting in front of him was Garrad's father, Charles Kushner.

Do you put on a high hat as soon as you meet?However, William Chen was also used to the hypocritical habit of Europe and the United States to flatter each other first, so he didn't take his words too seriously.

"Mr. Kushner, the first thing I'm curious about is, are you meeting me today to talk to me on behalf of the Kushnar Group?"

Charles Kushner always had a smile on his face. To William Chen, he looked like an old fox, er, he was an old fox. He shook his head and said:
"I am no longer in the Kushnar Group. I just want to meet you in my personal capacity and talk about Building 666."

"If this is the case, then I don't think there is any need to talk about it, Mr. Kushner, because even if we talk about something, it will not be implemented, will it? Unless you can represent the Kushnar Group."

Old fox, what strategy do you want to play with me, one playing the red face and the other the bad face, with room for repentance?I don't have this time to waste with you.

"In my personal opinion, I agree with your proposal, William, if it were me, I would sell you the shares in the building held by the Kushnar Group."

"This is a very wise choice, isn't it? My conditions are already very good. But, Mr. Kushner, if you can make a decision on this matter, or if you want to promote it, then today will not be like As you said, you came to see me in a private capacity."

After William Chen finished speaking, Charles Kushner sighed and said:
"Because the Kushnar Group is after all my son Garrett's business, I can help him make decisions this time, but I can't help him make decisions forever. So he always needs to go through what he needs to go through and grow up as soon as possible. So Now no matter what decision he makes, whether it is right or wrong, I will support him and wait for him to see the key to make the decision more and more rational."

"I don't care Mr. Kushner how you will educate your children. In fact, if this building is not left to me by my parents, if it still has some meaning, I will not spend too much energy on it, so I don't care too much about what choice Garrad will make. If you insist on completing the transformation, that's fine. But you know that under the current environment, that will only bring the Kushnar Group into danger. But that's not something I need to care about."

William Chen smiled and said:

"You should know, Mr. Kushner, kindness is a luxury. When my ability is sufficient, I don't mind releasing some kindness, but this does not mean that after this kindness is ignored, I will still need to help you." What to think about."

"You are right, William, but I also know that you are determined to make a lot of money by shorting in this crisis, so you have long anticipated the occurrence of the subprime mortgage crisis, right?"

"I understand what you want to say. Although I can't be 100% sure, but through analysis at the time, I did think that the real estate crisis is very likely to happen, which is why I insist on shorting. And, if you talk to Garrett If you talked about it in detail, you should know that at the beginning, I rejected his request to buy the building many times and persuaded him, but in the end, he still insisted on going his own way.”

William Chen said helplessly:

"It's always like this. When someone misunderstands you, even if it's a kind reminder, the other party will not take it seriously, and even think that you have other plans."

Having said that, William Chen looked at his watch, got up and said to Charles Kushner:
"I am very glad that we can talk so much openly today, Mr. Kushner, although these may not be of great help to the resolution of the matter. But these are not important anymore. I am waiting for the final reply from the Kushnar Group. Finally, I wish you all the best transport."

After saying this, William Chen shook hands with the other party and left here.

Regarding the things that Charles Kushner said to himself today, William Chen did not believe all of them. Maybe he really wanted to hand over the family group to Garrett to manage, and he also had the idea of ​​​​training him, but this I am afraid that only he himself knows how much water is in it.

Judging from the fact that Charles did not hesitate to frame his brother-in-law and threaten his sister in order to prevent him from being investigated, this old fox is a person who puts interests first and does whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

Therefore, William Chen would never believe that when the Kushnar Group really came to the end of life, he could still watch his son doing stupid things, just to let the other party go through hardships and grow up?
What a great fatherly love, touching plot.

Come on, it's almost as good as fooling housewives who like to watch soap operas with this kind of words.

The purpose of the other party today is nothing more than to test his own attitude. If William Chen really shows that he cares too much about Building 666, then he is sure that the other party will definitely increase the price again.

(End of this chapter)