For people like Li Mingbao and others who are in the entertainment industry, there is no problem at all playing with a few Ocean Horses and so on. The little lights below can sometimes get fat, let alone Li Mingbao and the others who are bosses, they like beauties like this As long as it has not become Panasonic, everyone has the same hobby. "Ah Bao, you are younger than me, so you will definitely have a more enjoyable time. The most indispensable thing here in Hollywood is handsome men and beauties. Film talents from all over the world are gathered here. As long as you like, you can have three people every day for two months." Bring something heavy." Jiang Zhiqiang said after he and Li Mingbao got into the Cadillac. When the two adult men return to the company, both parties will smile with satisfaction. Especially when the boss and his subordinates share certain hobbies, it will be easy to close the distance between them. This is just like the saying spread over the mainland, the four major irons today. As long as the two parties have anything in common in this regard, even strangers can quickly get closer. After entertaining Li Mingbao and his party to eat and drink and spend a pleasant time in the evening, the next morning At nine o'clock, Li Mingbao and Jiang Zhiqiang sat in the general manager's office of DreamWorks and began to formally discuss things. "DreamWorks' development in the United States first relied on the distribution channels of 20th Century Fox, and then established its own distribution channels. Our distribution channels basically involve the western part of North America, but the eastern part of the United States is prosperous, so in establishing After establishing the channel system, we acquired an old film company. Although their films are not very good, due to their old qualifications, their distribution channels are very sound, including many big cities in the east. Now, our films are in the market. Screening in North America is no longer a problem,¡± Jiang Zhiqiang said proudly. "Very good. You made the right choice by spending money to buy that movie company. Now if our company distributes movies by itself, how many screens can we contact? Not only movies from the United States, but also movies from Hong Kong. ." Li Mingbao asked cautiously. "If it's a Hong Kong movie, and it's Ah Bao's movie, then relying on our company, we can contact at least two thousand screens to show it at the same time. But if it's other Hong Kong movies, it can't reach that many. In the beginning, it will only be one screen at most. A thousand yuan." Jiang Zhiqiang felt a little guilty when he said this. But after hearing Jiang Zhiqiang's words, Li Mingbao was very happy: "In the beginning, it was quite good to have more than a thousand screens showing movies. You know, Zou Wenhuai has been in Hollywood for so long, and he is not like that. Neng Nai can organize so many screens in theaters to show movies. "Don't look at the fact that there are now more than 10,000 screens in North America that can show movies, but even the local film companies in Hollywood are not so generous that they can show more than 10,000 screens at the same time. . Although the blockbusters here have a high starting point and can attract at least 4,000 screens at the premiere, which of these companies is not a veteran in Hollywood? ¡°It¡¯s already quite good for a company like DreamWorks to have such capabilities within such a short time of opening. As for why his films are distinguished from Hong Kong films in the United States, it is because Lee Ming-pao currently has one of his own films that ranks among the top three in the North American box office list. With such strength, he is naturally different from other Hong Kong filmmakers. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Not many American filmmakers can achieve such treatment as him. You must know that "Home Alone" caused quite a stir when it was released in Hollywood. For a long time afterwards, many Americans called on Li Mingbao to stay in Hollywood and develop his career instead of going to Hong Kong. Even the Hollywood movie giants have a very soft attitude on this point. It is completely different from other Chinese or Chinese people. At least Li Jian did not receive such treatment in later generations, and Wu Yusen also did not receive such treatment. They are just used as tools for making movies by the Hollywood giants. If they don't make a good movie, they will be stepped on immediately. Even if they make a good movie, they will not look too good on these directors. The reason why such a situation occurs is because although Li Mingbao, Li Yin and Wu Yusen are both making movies, their identities are very different. Li Mingbao is the boss and has his own funds. Even if the giants in Hollywood suppress him, Li Mingbao can break through their blockade just by relying on his own ability. Therefore, those Hollywood giants naturally chose to cooperate when they could not suppress Li Mingbao. Anyway, if Li Mingbao really wanted to shoot a blockbuster in Hollywood, his DreamWorks would not be able to get the best distribution channels, so in order to make more money , Li Mingbao will not put his movies in DreamWorks and eat alone, but will cooperate with other giants. But Li Jian and Wu Yusen are just directors. Although they are rich, they are a little rich. They are richer than ordinary people, but compared with the real rich people, they are justDamn it, even if those Hollywood giants squeeze us, Wu Yusen and others can't make trouble. Under such circumstances, Li Mingbao and other Chinese directors or producers have different statuses in Hollywood. Even at the stage of Li Mingbao, except for pure racists, ordinary people will not make a fuss about skin color. This is why John, the former boss of 20th Century Fox, was so close to Li Mingbao. Because he knows that with Li Mingbao's financial resources, he can definitely reach a certain class in the United States. Since such people have a good relationship with him, he doesn't mind being a guide, so that the benefits he can get in the future will not be some so-called skin color. Able to block. To put it bluntly, the United States is a money society. As long as you have money, others don¡¯t care whether your skin is yellow or black. Even if it is green, they can happily accept it. As long as everyone can cooperate and make money, there is nothing that cannot be sold. , including moral integrity. When Li Mingbao used Zou Wenhuai as a metaphor, Jiang Zhiqiang said disdainfully: "With Zou Wenhuai's appearance, it is difficult to make money and establish a foothold in Hollywood. Although he also has an international vision, he only has contact with Hollywood. , and through middlemen, there is no comparison with our DreamWorks. After all, our DreamWorks has its own audience in the United States, and Zou Wenhuai is just here to make money. The foundation is different, and the results are naturally different. Not to mention that he can't compare with us in the United States, isn't he also unable to compare with us in Hong Kong? These old guys should have retired a long time ago. Sooner or later, the time will be ours. " "When did you feel so resentful towards Zou Wenhuai? Why didn't I know?" Li Mingbao became curious after hearing Jiang Zhiqiang's words. "That was all a long time ago. It's not that Jiahe and I have any issues, it's Anle. There's no need to mention those things. Now I'd better tell you about our profits. I believe you want Ah Bao most. That¡¯s actually the problem,¡± Jiang Zhiqiang said. "Well, I do care about this thing. You also know that I have made a lot of big deals in Hong Kong recently, and big deals are inseparable from funds. Although the money in Hong Kong is still affordable, I used to lend money in Hong Kong. We have spent a lot of reserve funds and are almost at the bottom, so this time we have to withdraw some funds from DreamWorks, of course, without affecting the development of DreamWorks," Li Mingbao said. "DreamWorks has actually earned more than 102 million U.S. dollars so far, which is after-tax income. But because this is the United States, the investment is relatively large, and it needs to pay dividends to the people below, plus We spent US$6 million to buy the film company, so the current flow in the company is only over US$77 million. If you want to withdraw funds, Abao, it is best not to exceed US$70 million. Although our company does. It¡¯s just a small-budget movie production, but because of the large number of people, there are more new movies being started. The plan has more than 6 million U.S. dollars, leaving more than 1 million U.S. dollars as working capital, so it can almost continue to operate.¡± In terms of funds, Jiang Zhiqiang quickly reported a figure to Li Mingbao. Li Mingbao also knew this number when he was in Hong Kong. After all, although he asked Jiang Zhiqiang to be the general manager and the top leader in the United States, in terms of finance, Li Mingbao also had to call some of his own people to manage it. If he really wanted to hand over everything to Jiang Zhiqiang, that would be right. If you are not responsible for yourself, you are also irresponsible to Jiang Zhiqiang. The so-called wealth and wealth are attractive to people, but if there is no supervision, Jiang Zhiqiang will inevitably take action. "So much? Don't those companies return payment during the Spring Festival?" At this point, Li Mingbao knew that he had asked a stupid question. "This is not Hong Kong, this is the United States. Some people celebrate Halloween and some celebrate Christmas, but I have never seen Americans like to celebrate the Spring Festival. Although we collect bills at the end of the year over there, it is not popular here. , either calculated on a quarterly basis, or half a year, and there is no bill collection here during the New Year," Jiang Zhiqiang said with a smile. "How much of the company's funds outside the company have yet to be recovered?" Li Mingbao asked. "A week ago, I did some statistics. Since our movie and video tapes have been selling very well, our funds have grown rapidly. Even after taxes are excluded, we still have more than 40 million US dollars that we have not recovered yet. This money , it will not be fully recovered until at least the middle of the year, and the latest income will be lost at the end of the month, which is still more than ten days away from now," Jiang Zhiqiang said. Hearing this, Li Mingbao was also quite depressed. Although he knew from the beginning that the video tape market was very popular in the United States because of the large number of video recorders here, he still underestimated the scale here. As a result, although the company had a video company and equipment, the scale was still a bit large. Small, in order to maximize profits, Li Mingbao had to find other factories for OEM. Although OEM does not cost much,The output generated by OEM in the future is not what DreamWorks, which has a relatively fragile sales system, can withstand. Therefore, a large amount of funds were withheld from the channel dealers.