Movie tycoon

Chapter 674

The next day, Chen Xiaotang never expected that Qiao Jingyao, the invisible rich man in Hong Kong, would ask him to meet him at Qiao Jingyao's home.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Chen Xiaotang went to the appointment truthfully.

In the garden, Qiao Jingyao was wearing casual clothes and was trimming flowers and plants with scissors. When he saw Chen Xiaotang, he said calmly, "You're here."

Chen Xiaotang nodded, and then asked: "I don't know why Boss Qiao asked me to come?"

"Heh, you are quite arrogant. Could it be that if you become an international superstar and a gentleman of balance, I can't talk to you?" Qiao Jingyao gently cut off the fork of a pot of asparagus bamboo, his tone full of jokes.

Chen Xiaotang smiled, "How could it be, your old man asked me out, and I will be there whenever you are called."

"Okay, don't make me crazy, to be honest, I invited you to discuss something with you..." Qiao Jingyao handed the scissors to the servant beside him, took the towel and wiped his hands, and made a please sit down gesture.

Chen Xiaotang sat down unceremoniously, and said, "Please tell me."

Qiao Jingyao: "I heard that you asked Sixth Uncle and the others to raise money?"

"Heh, Boss Qiao, your news is pretty good!"

"Hong Kong is so small, it doesn't work if you can't figure it out... Tell me, what are you raising money for?"

"Why do you ask these questions?"

"Is it okay to be curious?"

Chen Xiaotang shrugged, "I want to buy Fox!"

Qiao Jingyao was taken aback for a while, "I thought I heard it wrong, but it turned out to be true, you kid is quite ambitious!"

"Hehe, are you always praising me or hurting me?"

"You can think whatever you like!" Qiao Jingyao took a sip of tea and asked again: "Have you got it?"

Chen Xiaotang shook his head, "No."

Qiao Jingyao nodded, "I can figure it out, Sixth Uncle and the others are mature and prudent, but not as impetuous as you."

"I can hear this sentence, you are hurting me."

"Hehe, let it be!" Qiao Jingyao put down the teacup, "Okay, let's get to the point, I invited you here to give you a chance... I can afford hundreds of millions of dollars, but you have to give me one." Give you a reason!"

These words made Chen Xiaotang stunned, "You mean...you want to help me?"

"Yes, you heard me right." Qiao Jingyao lit a cigarette, crossed his legs, and looked at Chen Xiaotang with a half-smile.

Chen Xiaotang: "I... don't quite understand."

"You don't have to understand, just give me a reason."

"Reason? I didn't. I'm curious, why did you help me?"

"What if it's for my daughter An Qi?" Qiao Jingyao looked at Chen Xiaotang with a smile.

Chen Xiaotang understood, and felt sorry for the parents of the world.

"To be more specific, my daughter likes you very much. As a father, since I can't stop it, I will help her. I didn't like you very much before, especially your status as an actor, but now at least you have become Taiping Gentleman, you are qualified to be my son-in-law!" Qiao Jingyao looked at Chen Xiaotang proudly and said.

Chen Xiaotang couldn't help smiling, he didn't expect that the change of his identity would bring so many changes.

"An Qi, does she know?"

"what do you know?"

"This matter?"

"She doesn't need to know, I will tell her clearly when she returns to China..."

"Tell her what? Tell her that you spent hundreds of millions of dollars to help her buy a boyfriend?" Chen Xiaotang raised his lips.

"Why, do you want to refuse?" Qiao Jingyao looked at Chen Xiaotang.

Chen Xiaotang: "I'm looking for a partner, not a good daddy who is dedicated to helping his daughter, so I'm sorry, it seems that we don't need to talk any more!" Chen Xiaotang got up and straightened his suit.

"Don't think about it again?" Qiao Jingyao said loudly, "Now, I am the only one who can help you in Hong Kong!"

Chen Xiaotang smiled slightly: "Really? Thank you for reminding me, but I still have to go!" After speaking, he walked away.

Looking at Chen Xiaotang's tall and straight back, Qiao Jingyao, who was smoking a cigarette with his legs crossed, narrowed his eyes, like a leopard in the jungle...

Leaving Qiao Mansion, Chen Xiaotang didn't know what it was like.Originally thought that there was another village, but unexpectedly, it was blocked in this village.

To be honest, Qiao Jingyao's condition was nothing more than a promise from Chen Xiaotang that he would only treat Qiao Anqi well in the future, and even Qiao Jingyao didn't mind Chen Xiaotang being his son-in-law.But he underestimated Chen Xiaotang's self-esteem, and even more underestimated Chen Xiaotang's self-strength. Chen Xiaotang would never betray his feelings for money... Although he also likes Qiao Anqi very much, but for him to abandon other women for this, then It is absolutely impossible.

Chen Xiaotang is not a noble gentleman, he is just an actor, a singer, a good son, and a small boss; Many ordinary people...

Taking a deep breath, the sun in the sky shines on the earth, Chen Xiaotang suddenly sees the whole Huahua world very clearly, the fact is smooth and there is a suspicion of cheating on cheating, perhaps, everything is not satisfactory, this is life.

Wait, must go on.

Two days passed quickly, and Chen Xiaotang had been waiting for news from Shao Daheng and others.But no matter how long you wait, you won't come.

Chen Xiaotang was depressed.He felt that this time, it might be like what Qiao Jingyao said, it was really dead.

You know, it is impossible for Shao Daheng and others to be careless in acquiring such a big project as Fox.If it is said that they are newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, then they are old-fashioned and do not dare to take risks.

In fact, Chen Xiaotang was right to worry, Shao Daheng and others really didn't have the vigor and courage to play so big again.Whether it's Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, or New Art City, the big guys are all focused on making money in Hong Kong, but now they want to reach out to the unfathomable Hollywood, and they really lack that kind of courage.

Courage is inversely proportional to a man's age, the older you are, the less courage you have.Especially people like Shao Daheng, whose courage has made their current careers possible, but their courage has also prompted them to be cautious, treading on thin ice, and not daring to take too many risks.

Chen Xiaotang waited bitterly, but the result of waiting could only be... no reply.

Seeing him waiting so hard, his friend Fatty comforted him, "Don't be impatient, good things are hard." The old man Huang Zhan even patted him on the shoulder and said, "Take your time, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry!"

I don't know which wicked ghost disclosed Chen Xiaotang's "lack of money" in the past. For a while, Fa Ge, Zhang Guorong, Tan Yonglin, Mei Yanfang and other heavenly kings and queens who had friendship with Chen Xiaotang all called and said: " Ah Tang, are you short of money, if so, just say a word!"

Chen Xiaotang reminded me sadly, how could I be "down and out" to such a point? !Borrowing money all over the world? !
In desperation, he had no choice but to call. Chen Xiaotang told everyone, "I'm fine, everything is OK, you are overthinking!" Then he explained again, just saying that so-and-so did a prank, please don't worry about it.

After finally settling this matter, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. The Hong Kong media quickly published a headline: "Big star Chen Xiaotang, short of money!"

Then this media, known as the "Flower of Tabloids", began to act as Sherlock Holmes to speculate on the reasons why Chen Xiaotang was short of money, why he was kidnapped and blackmailed, problems in the company's operation, accidents and lawsuits and lost money, etc. It can be said that there is only what everyone can't think of, and there is nothing they can't make up.

Hong Kong people are kind, and Hong Kong readers tend to be credulous.

"Even our idol is short of money, what's the deal?!"

"Is there any reason that Tang Zai is short of money?!"

"No matter what, support him!"...

I don't know who is leading the fundraising activity. The content of the activity is: "Give a love and save our big star!"

"Donate a penny, and the national hero will smile!"...

In just half a day, millions of "charity funds" were raised!

It can be said that many people raised donations for an emperor superstar. It can be said that it is unique since ancient times.

The incident suddenly became so big that Chen Xiaotang, the person involved, was a little caught off guard. Facing the pursuit of the media, Chen Xiaotang could only avoid the edge for the time being.He was used to avoiding the paparazzi, so he left the early work to the fat man. The fat man was definitely a nonsense talent. Facing the media, he spit all over the place, and immediately killed those gossip reporters in the spit stars.Not only explained that this is a very nonsense thing, but also explained that the phantom is operating normally and developing steadily.Then he talked eloquently about the future development plan of Moying Entertainment...Of course, he dared not say anything about the planned acquisition of Fox.This is a commercial secret.

But no matter what, this matter has been suppressed for the time being, and "raising donations for big stars" has become a laughing stock for everyone after dinner.

Originally thought that it would be quiet for a few days, but something bigger happened.

The matter originated from Hollywood. A well-known senior critic in Hollywood was asked in a talk show how he viewed the new forces of Asian films.

"Hong Kong movies? Oh God! This is the first time I've heard of Hong Kong movies! Those Chinese people have overly beautified their own movie power and exaggerated their movie power too much. In my eyes, Hong Kong movies , including the Hong Kong-made movie "Assassin" that was popular in Hollywood before, it's not fart!"

"Oh, don't ask me why I say that, you should ask me, what exactly are Hong Kong movies? What do they have? High-tech sci-fi? Novel cops and gangsters? Or romantic love? Oh no, neither! They The most popular ones are those slapstick fist movies, which are called kung fu movies!"

"Oh shit! It's this kind of very low-level fun, fighting and killing, flying around, and unscientific movies. They are praised by the Chinese as the quintessence of the country and the hope of Chinese movies!"

"Someone said, isn't the movie "Assassin" very good? Oh shit! The reason why this movie is so popular is because of Michael Jackson, the king of pop! Of course, I don't deny that Lafite Chen has a certain ability, he dances really well, but he alone can't save Hong Kong movies, let alone their action movies!"

"How ridiculous, maybe in Bruce Lee's era, they were right to show off like this, but now it's the 80s, God, they are a whole decade behind, and they are still playing kung fu movies, how sad!"

"Speaking of this, I vaguely remember that there are a few good-sized film companies in Hong Kong that are known as giants, such as Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, New Art City, etc... These so-called big companies are actually small companies in the eyes of us in Hollywood. The fart kids play the game of playing house, the scenes they shoot don’t know what to say, even God doesn’t know what they are acting, they still feel good about themselves, all of them are awesome, they think they are great..."

"Shit! There are a lot of so-called 'big companies' like this in Hollywood. We are ashamed to say how low-level and naive it is. Only Hong Kong people think that their company is so great! So, these Hong Kong people are country people who have never seen the world, just like the frog they said, sitting at the bottom of the well, looking at the sky outside, and sighing, wow, the sky is so big!"

"May God forgive me, maybe what I said above is a little serious, but I just want to remind those Hong Kong filmmakers, don't be self-righteous, man, Hollywood is not a place you can afford, nor can you fight Aircraft carrier, it’s OK for you to just play around on the spot, don’t lose your face to Hollywood..."

This talk show was broadcast live, and within half an hour of its broadcast, a group of Chinese groups complained that the show insulted Chinese films, and even insulted the creativity and competitiveness of Chinese filmmakers!

In the face of these protests, the American media responded that it was purely for entertainment, don't take it seriously!
Can it really be done?
How is that any different than slapping you in the face and saying, we were just kidding?
It's not that the Chinese can't afford to play, but they can't afford to be hurt, because we are a nation that is easily hurt, and what we hate the most is when others sprinkle salt on our wounds!
As for the unashamed commentator, with a stern face, he replied provocatively: "What I said is the truth, if you want me to shut up, then use the strength of your Chinese movies! I Wait, but I may not be able to wait for the rest of my life..." Then he laughed contemptuously, shamefully, hatefully...

This interview video quickly spread into Hong Kong.

When Chen Xiaotang was about to reject the "reply letter" from Shao Daheng and others, the fat man came in blatantly, and then said to Chen Xiaotang angrily, "Ah Tang, something serious happened! Those Yankees are really bad guys, and they publicly insulted you. Movies from our Moying Entertainment!"

Before Chen Xiaotang could clarify the matter, the fat man turned on the broadcast channel of TVB, and the entire American interview program appeared on the TV screen.

It is undeniable that from the very beginning, Chen Xiaotang was also furious. The other party insulted Moying Entertainment, but he also attacked and insulted all Chinese movies. This is too arrogant... But gradually, Chen Xiaotang seemed to think of something. When the fat man expressed his opinion, Chen Xiaotang suddenly shouted: "God help me, this matter is done!"

The fat man was taken aback by Chen Xiaotang, "What happened, are you possessed?!"

Chen Xiaotang smiled mysteriously, "You don't understand this matter!"

As Chen Xiaotang expected, within an hour, the phone in his office rang, and it was from Sixth Uncle Shao Daheng.

On the phone, Shao Daheng said: "A Tang, regarding the acquisition of Fox, I think we can give it a try!"

Just this one sentence made Chen Xiaotang almost jump up happily.Shao Daheng's sudden "change of heart" is probably thanks to the outrageous remarks made by the American commentator.Especially when "Shaw Brothers" was demoted to nothing in front of the world's media, no matter how deep and steady Shao Daheng was, he couldn't sit still.

It’s tolerable, it’s unbearable!

Shao Daheng has been out for so long, and even when he is old, he is ridiculed and reprimanded by the ghosts in the west. Where can he put this old face? !

Well, since you bastard said that our Hong Kong movies are soft, then let's play a big game and buy your old Fox, let's see what you can say!
People fight for a breath, Buddha fights for a stick of incense!

Now, Shao Daheng's tone is full of embarrassment!

Chen Xiaotang's phone had just hung up when it rang, and it rang again.

Pick it up, but this time it was Golden Harvest boss Zou Wenhuai who was more straightforward and said: "Tang Zai, did you watch the TV just now? Those ghosts are so rampant, I have decided, I support you to buy Fox, and kill those bastards!"

Chen Xiaotang was speechless, why did Boss Zou swear? !

Then there was a call from New Art City. Needless to say, Lei Juekun, the behind-the-scenes boss of New Art City who likes to play deep games, couldn't sit still anymore.

Of course, in the end, Chen Xiaotang's good brother and good friend, Pan Disheng from Debao Film Company, called and said: "Uncle Six and the others have made a move, then I will follow the public; Ah Tang, look at yours." Already!"

This is the case with many things, strong emotions can control your thinking and decisions.

No one would have imagined that the big star Chen Xiaotang's grand plan to acquire Fox Films, which was about to die in her womb, unexpectedly turned around in the midst of rising national sentiment.

It's done!
Chen Xiaotang was ecstatic, and struck while the iron was hot, so as not to have long nights and dreams, so while raising funds from Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and New Art City, he contacted Jim, the explosive head in Hollywood, USA, meaning that he would be the one to take the lead in the acquisition.

the reason is simple.

First, Jim was born and bred in the United States, and the acquisition of American companies by Americans is very deceptive, so as to avoid unnecessary troubles.For example, in the previous life, Japan's Sony acquired Paramount, which attracted a lot of resistance from the American people.

Second, Jim himself is also a filmmaker and an actor. He is very familiar with Hollywood and understands the rules of the game there.

Third, Chen Xiaotang's affairs are already very busy, and as a new international superstar, if he himself intervenes or leads the Fox acquisition plan, it will definitely cause even greater disturbances. Let's talk about those The news media is enough to give you headaches.Chen Xiaotang's principle is "make a fortune in silence, and play acquisitions in a low-key manner".

The above is the reason why Chen Xiaotang appointed the black man Afro Jim as the person in charge of the acquisition of Fox.

And now, the family has started, has been activated.A good show is about to begin!
(End of this chapter)