Afterwards, Xia Tian and Shaofu Morita and others were having a chat while eating. The more they talked about was the stock market crash.

This stock market crash caused heavy losses to the US economy. Tens of billions of dollars of foreign capital were withdrawn from the United States, and the people's willingness and consumption capacity were all reduced, domestic investment decreased, and the unemployment rate increased, which was a bleak scene.

The film industry has also suffered severe setbacks due to this stock market crash. Due to the economic downturn, people will try to minimize unnecessary expenses when they are short of money, so many people will choose to stay at home and watch TV and enjoy themselves.

In this way, the US movie box office market will not be too hot for a foreseeable period. This is one of the reasons why Coca-Cola is willing to sell Columbia Pictures.

"Xia Sang, starting from tomorrow, this company will be ours. I wonder what plans you have after taking over?" Shaofu Morita asked with a smile.

"Mr. Morita, I think the acquisition of Columbia Pictures is not the end for you and me, but just the beginning. You and I are both outsiders compared to Hollywood. Acquiring Columbia only allows you and me to get the entry voucher. But if you want to truly gain a foothold in Hollywood, you must show your own strength." Xia Tian smiled slightly, "The best way to show your strength is to produce several well-known and popular film and television dramas as soon as possible. Only in this way can we win everyone's respect and make us famous in Hollywood."

"Xia Sang, your idea coincides with me." When Shaofu Morita heard this, he nodded with a smile.

As a Fuso native, he also felt layers of resistance from the United States when acquiring Columbia Records. Therefore, he knew that outsiders like himself were unpopular in the United States.

However, Americans, like Fusang people, both admire the strong. Therefore, if you want to win their respect and successfully gain a foothold here, you must show off your muscles.

"I know you are a very outstanding filmmaker. I think you should have a plan, right?" Morita Shaofu asked with a smile.

Xia Tian nodded with a smile, "Yes, I already have a good film project. After taking over Columbia Pictures, I will start shooting immediately."

"This is really great. I did not choose the wrong partner." Shaofu Morita smiled.

Xia Tian also laughed.

This time his meeting with Shaofu Morita this time was quite ideal.

After some verbal tests, both parties have already seen that everyone has the idea of ​​continuing to cooperate, and they did not start to tear up the previous agreement just because of the acquisition. In this way, both parties are relieved.

After the meeting with Shaofu Morita, Xia Tian and Lin Qingxia returned to the hotel to rest.

At eight o'clock the next day, he took Michelle to the headquarters of Columbia Pictures.

When I arrived at the headquarters in Culver City, I saw that all the media reporters had arrived, surrounding the downstairs of Columbia headquarters.

In addition, on the road opposite the headquarters, forty or fifty people were holding banners, holding slogans, and shouting, as if protesting. The yellow-skinned Hong Konger in the summer brought Columbia Pictures, the king of the American film industry.

Although they made a lot of noise, Xia Tian's attitude towards these boring people was completely ignored.

Because he knew that the national conditions of the United States were like this, he could go to the streets for anything, companies lay off employees and take to the streets, employees raised salaries, and black people were beaten by white people and had to go to the streets. The population of the United States was nearly 300 million, and some were bored people and would never be short of protesters.

Therefore, if you are angry with them, you can really annoy yourself. So the best way is to ignore it, you make trouble for you, and I will do mine.

The car stopped at the entrance of the headquarters and then got off the car in Xiatian.

As soon as the car door was opened and his head was exposed, the reporters had already surrounded him.

"Mr. Xia, how much did you spend on acquiring Columbia Pictures this time?"

"How are you feeling now? Are you nervous?"

"As a Hong Konger, how do you ensure that you can keep Columbia Pictures' American flavor unchanged after you take over?"

The reporters asked in a verbal question.

"Thank you for your attention." Xia Tian smiled, "But I have nothing to say for the time being. After I officially sign the letter, I will talk to you in detail."

When the reporters saw that he didn't say a word, of course they didn't want to let him go.

But Columbia Pictures’ security guards arrived quickly and helped Xiatian, Michelle drove a road out so that they could enter smoothly.

When you enter the Columbia Pictures headquarters, you will first see nearly 100 trophys placed in the hall. These are the awards it has won in recent years since its establishment. Of course, the most precious ones are the Oscars, as well as the Golden Globes, the Palme d'Or and the Golden Bears, etc., all of which are densely packed.

These awards represent the achievements, honors and heritage of Columbia Pictures, which made Xia Tian really envious. Speaking of which, Tianxia Pictures has not even won several Academy Awards.

Before these trophys could be shocked by summer, he immediately saw the star posters hanging in the corridor, Clark Gable, Catherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Barbra Streisand, Marilyn Monroe, Harrison Ford, and Peter Fonda, all of whom had their names in the history of world films, and they all worked for Columbia Pictures, which shows how powerful it was at that time.

Xia Tian was then taken to the conference room and met Mr. Guo Sida, chairman of Coca-Cola, Millhouse Mason, chairman of Columbia, union chairman George McAllen, Hollywood mayor Robert Alice and others. They are all witnesses of today's signing ceremony.

Many of them saw Xia Tian for the first time, and were a little surprised by his youth.

"Mr. Xia, I didn't expect you to be so young." Guo Sida smiled, "It's so amazing."

"Thank you." Xia Tian smiled and greeted everyone one by one.

"Mr. Xia, I welcome you on behalf of Hollywood," Robert Alice smiled.

As the mayor of Hollywood, of course he hopes that the more people come to invest, the better.

"Thank you, mayor. I will definitely run this company well in the future and contribute more jobs and tax revenue." Xia Tian also said cleverly.

"That's the best." Robert couldn't help laughing happily when he saw Xia Tian was so smart.

"Mr. Xia, I also hope we can cooperate well in the future." George McAllen also said with a smile. He is the union chairman of Columbia Pictures, and his main job is to help employees get wages and benefits.

If Xia Tian can't handle him, then the company's operations will probably come to a halt. However, if he accepts his conditions in full, the company will inevitably operate at a loss. Therefore, how to balance labor-management relations is a great test for Xia Tian's wisdom.

After a while of greeting, the signing ceremony officially began.
Chapter completed!