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1712 [Acquisition of Paper Media]

Seeing Xia Tian insisting on inviting a Hong Kong director to direct "Home Imperial", Long Mayer couldn't help but slapped his mouth, "Let you talk too much!"

Xia Tian then called Wang Jing, "Director Wang, do you want to come to Hollywood to film?"

"Home Imperial" is directed by Wang Jing, which should be a good choice. First of all, Wang Jing is very good at making comedy. Whether it is a youth-themed romantic comedy or a nonsensical and funny comedy, he can handle it just right, which is very impressive.

Secondly, Wang Jing graduated from the History Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Hong Kong college students generally speak good English. Because many professors are foreigners and use English teaching. His English is good, so it is easy to communicate and not talk to each other.

"Mr. Xia, do you want me to come to Hollywood to film? Is it true or false?" Wang Jing said in surprise after receiving Xia Tian's call.

"Of course it's true. How about it, do you want to come?" Xia Tian smiled.

"Of course I thought about it, Is there any need to say this?" Wang Jing said happily when he heard this.

Going to Hollywood to film should be the dream of every filmmaker in the world. After all, it is the temple of movies and the highest peak of movies in the world.

When filming there, you can work with the most outstanding team, have an investment of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and make the movies you want, who can't think of it?

"Then let's make up that. You can hurry up and come over." Xia Tian nodded.

"Oh, OK." Wang Jing immediately agreed with all his mouth when he heard this.

Although he didn't know what movie Xiatian wanted him to make, one thing he knew was that Xiatian would definitely not cheat him.

...

After solving the problem of directors of "Home Imperial", Xia Tian felt that the drama "Pretty Beauty" was actually handed over to the Hong Kong director for filming, and it was the same.

"The Pretty Beauty" itself has a good story. Even if the director shoots it step by step, he can still achieve good box office results.

Many Hong Kong directors are good at filming movies on love themes, such as Zhang Wan-cheol who filmed "Fairy Tales in Autumn", Xu Anhua who filmed "Woman Forty", Kwan Jin-peng who filmed "Rouge Button", Chen Kexin who filmed "Sweet Honey", etc.

The reason why they failed to come to Hollywood to develop and show their strengths is mainly because Hollywood bosses are not familiar with their talents and do not trust them, so they are unwilling to give them opportunities. But summer is different from those bosses. He knows that they are talented, so he is willing to provide them with opportunities.

"In my opinion, the drama "Fengyue Pretty Beauty" is best left to director Zhang Wan-cheol." Xia Tian decided after considering it and said.

The movies directed by Zhang Wan-seong are all very well-known, such as "Fairy Tales in Autumn", "Eight Tales in Gold", "Seven Little Blessings", "City of Glass", "Song Dynasty", "Thief of Time", etc. There is almost no bad movie.

Her directing style is delicate and simple, and she is good at portraying love with details, giving people a very real feeling, so she can touch people's hearts more.

Furthermore, Zhang Wan-seong is a top student in the film department of New York University, and of course she speaks very casually in English. Moreover, since she has studied in the United States, she has some understanding of American society, which is naturally of great benefit to making this movie well.

Xia Tian then called Zhang Wan-cheon, "Director Zhang, are you interested in coming to Hollywood to make a movie?"

"What subject?" Zhang Wanqiu did not agree immediately, but asked first.

"It's a love story about urban Cinderella. How about it? Are you interested?" Xia Tian asked with a smile, "I wrote the script."

"Okay." Zhang Wanqi nodded.

...

After helping "Home Imperial" and "Pretty Beauty" determine the director, Xia Tian waited for Wang Jing and Zhang Wan-seok to come to the United States.

At this moment, Michelle called, "Mr. Xia, the Washington Daily News did not agree to fire Dean Phileus. They said he was a very outstanding talent and made a very outstanding contribution to the newspaper, so he didn't want to lose him."

"Since that's the case, then buy the Washington Daily News and then fire Dean Phileus." Xia Tian immediately said, "Anyway, we just need a newspaper."

Now the most important media in the United States are newspapers and television. Now that he has basically won the CNN, he has lost a high-selling print media.

The Washington Daily News sold more than 650,000 copies per day, making it one of the top ten newspapers in the United States (the highest sales volume of American newspapers is 2 million copies), and has a great influence in American society.

If Xia Tian can take this newspaper into his pocket, it will undoubtedly gain a lot of say for him. At that time, he will be in both newspapers and television, and he will not have to be passively beaten and not fight back.

Furthermore, Xia Tian knew that before the rise of the Internet, print media would not decline for the time being, and it was still one of the best channels for people to obtain information. And when the Internet is booming, it will take at least another ten years to wait. Therefore, it has enough time to recover costs, and even sell it before the rise of the Internet to make a small profit.

"Mr. Xia, it will cost at least $500 million to acquire the Washington Daily News." Michelle thought for a while, "Lastberg spent $130 million to acquire the Denver Post, which ranked 10th in sales in the United States."

"Only $500 million is not too expensive. You can ask someone to talk to them." Xia Tian thought for a while.

To be honest, it is not expensive to win the Washington Daily News for $1.5 billion. It cost him 400 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire Ming Pao, while Ming Pao’s sales are only 100,000 copies.

Seeing that he had no objection, Michelle nodded, "Okay, I understand, Mr. Xia."

...

Turning around, Xia Tian talked about the script with the actors and the creators of the crew of "Eat Raw".

After getting the script, after a week of contemplation, we have already gained a certain understanding of the roles we play. Now we want to see what everyone knows about their roles, what opinions do they have, whether there are any deviations, and whether they need to modify them.

"Okay, let's watch the first scene first." Xia Tian, ​​as a screenwriter, director and producer, said unscrupulously.

The first scene with lines in "Eat Raw" was when the heroine was having a meal with her parents in a restaurant, and accidentally ate mashed potatoes mixed with meat. She immediately noticed it and vomited it out. However, her mother ran to the restaurant owner to argue with her as if she was facing a great enemy. The news revealed in her words and deeds was that their family was vegetarian and she could never eat meat.
Chapter completed!
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