1473 [Inadvertently inserting willows]
Millhouse then took the stories of "Rain Man" and "Die Hard" to the planning department, hoping to find several screenwriters to write them into scripts. But when he arrived at the planning department, he found that everyone was very busy and had no time to find anyone to do it.
"Manager, I have three scripts written in my hand now, and I really can't find time to write other ones."
"Boss, you see, I'm so busy that I don't even have enough time to eat. How can I write other scripts if I have time?"
"Manager, please don't disturb my writing. This is related to the huge bonus of $150,000! You don't want to see me suffer from poverty!"
Millhouse was deeply surprised. After careful investigation, he found out that Xia Tian had provided them with three stories before, asking them to write the script based on the story.
Millhouse was very surprised. After reading the three stories, his admiration for summer was like a surging river and endlessly! Before, Columbia Pictures wanted to find a good story worth shooting, but now that summer has become the chief art officer, there are so many good stories that cannot be finished.
"The good days for Columbia Pictures are coming!" He couldn't help but say happily.
But everyone is busy writing "The God of Death is Coming", "The Death Express", "The Hangover", and no one writes "Rain Man" and "Die Hard" that's not OK.
Because Millhouse was worried that if these two scripts were not written earlier, if others thought about them and wrote them one step ahead, Columbia Pictures would be able to sigh and choke in speechlessness.
"No, you have to draw a few people out and hurry up and write these two scripts." Millhouse thought.
Those three scripts don't need to be written by more than a dozen screenwriters at all. A few people can be drawn to write "Rain Man" and "Die Hard".
Millhouse thought it simple, but no one agreed to anyone who drew it because he couldn't bear to give up the $150,000 prize.
"Unless you ask Mr. Xia to agree to write these two scripts, you can get a bonus of 50,000 US dollars. Then I can give it a try." All the screenwriters said.
"Then I'll go and mention it to Mr. Xia~" Millhouse had no choice but to nod.
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After handing over these story ideas to the planning department, he provided Columbia Pictures with a loan of $150 million.
I had just wanted to borrow $100 million, but later I had to produce new dramas, new variety shows, videos, etc., and I also had to invest some money in advance. That $100 million was a bit stretched because he simply helped people to the end and sent Buddha to the West, adding another $50 million.
Columbia Pictures then issued a loan announcement to the public, making the news public.
The media and the public were surprised when they saw this news.
Because Xia Tian is neither the chairman nor the CEO, he is just the chief art officer and does not hold the company's power. But he can still lend Columbia Pictures $150 million in an unsecured manner, and the interest rate is only equivalent to the interest on the bank's loan, which is really rare.
Generally speaking, only if the controlling shareholder holds real power and is worried about the collapse of the company, he will inject funds into the company and maintain its operation.
Xia Tian has neither real power nor a controlling shareholder, but he can still do this, which shows that he is indeed very loving to Columbia Pictures!
"Summer provided Columbia Pictures with a mortgage-free $150 million loan to help it regain its heart. But I wonder what another major shareholder, Shoufu Morita, is doing?!"
"It can be seen from this incident that Xia Tian really likes Columbia Pictures very much and admires Hollywood very much. What he said before is true. It's just a cute young man, we all blamed him wrongly before."
"Compared with Xia Tian's actions, I really feel ashamed for Morita Shoufu. He is also a major shareholder of Columbia Pictures, but he has been out of the matter and stands by. It is really shameful. I heard that he is still acquiring Columbia Records, so I started to worry about that company."
After the announcement was released, it unexpectedly triggered a wave of public opinion. People praised Xia Tian’s generous borrowing behavior, which made his previous image, which was quite dirt-like, suddenly become taller.
To be honest, even Columbia Pictures and Xia Tian themselves were a little confused about this result.
Because this is just an ordinary loan announcement, any listed company will issue a similar announcement as long as it borrows from other countries. No one expected that it was such an ordinary announcement, but it had hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars in public relations fees.
"This is really amazing~" Xia Tian couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect that in advance he would have such additional effects if he borrowed money to Columbia Pictures.
However, after realizing it, he did not delay the opportunity anymore. He immediately ordered Michelle to take action, helped him create public opinion in the media, and promoted it well for himself, and reversed his image as an "invader".
Unfortunately, Shaofu Morita unfortunately became a negative character in this public opinion, which further consolidated his image as an "invader", and also caused him to encounter great trouble in the acquisition of Columbia Records, and was eventually taken advantage of by Xia Tian.
Of course that's all a story later.
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Having said that, after Millhouse hit a soft nail in the planning department, he turned around and came to Xia Tian to report his experience to him.
"Mr. Xia, what do you do? Those screenwriters are busy for $150,000, and none of them are willing to write "Rain Man" and "Die Hard." Millhouse said with a wry smile.
"Simple, just recruit another group of screenwriters." Xia Tian smiled.
"Recruiting people again?! Now in this situation, people are still recruiting people?" Millhouse said in surprise when he heard this.
Now is the low point of American films, and it has just been hit by the stock market crash. In addition, Columbia Pictures has been weak and it is too late to lay off employees. But summer still has to recruit people. Isn’t this asking for trouble for yourself?
"Now you can recruit real talents." Xia Tian smiled, "I will win if I abandon you, and I will win if I win if I win. This is the way to make money. Now there are talents who cannot find jobs all over the streets, and it is the time for us to buy at the bottom. Otherwise, when the golden age, people will snatch the heads, and then there will be no talent left for us."
In the future, Columbia Pictures will revitalize, and relying solely on the dozen screenwriters of the planning department will not be able to become a climate. In summer, a company as big as Columbia Pictures needs at least 40 or 50 screenwriters to be enough.
Only with a screenwriter can you have scripts, only with scripts can you have works, and only with works can you make profits. If Columbia Pictures wants to become the leader of Hollywood, it must work hard on this.
Why did Disney Pictures become the most profitable company in Hollywood in its past life? Isn’t it because it can launch a large number of high-box and high-reputation movies every year?
"Uh, it seems that it makes sense for you to say that." Millhouse nodded when he heard it, "Then I'll make arrangements right away."
Seeing that he was so sensible, Xia Tian nodded with a smile. At this moment, his elder brother suddenly rang.
He picked it up and frowned immediately.
Chapter completed!