Chapter 59

Then, of course, there was a celebration. People returned to the Roosevelt Hotel, the favorite hotel of many Hollywood stars, and the first Academy Award was held here.

"White, can you tell me about your trouble?" The host and the guest entered the table, and Li Zitao joked about yesterday's encounter and finally got to the point.

"Charlie, after creating Mickey, I have a lot of inspiration in my mind, but it can't be realized due to financial problems. Now The trouble is solved. "

White raised his glass and said with a smile, "thank you for all this. It's your sincerity that broke my inherent understanding of capital. To Charlie."

"To Charlie." They all laughed.

This flattery is good, Li Zitao is very satisfied with the virtual pressure, "white, I believe that under your leadership, Disney will become a great company, respect Disney."

"To Disney." The Huahua sedan chair was carried by all, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Lawrence was alone, sitting alone beside him, "the spice girl ran away, the shares were gone, the share price increased five times, more investment, more interest, so poor."

After the celebration, White Disney left in a hurry. "Charlie, those fantastic ideas in my mind are going to drive me crazy. I have to make them appear in the world quickly"

of course, the persistence of animation maniacs can't be rejected. Li Zitao hopes that he can keep this crazy all the time and eventually lead Disney to become popular all over the world.

"Charlie, I want a 10 percent stake in Disney." After seeing white back to the hotel, Lawrence rushed over with an unfamiliar middle-aged man.

"Don't get excited, man. Do you have $50000?" Li Zitao asked, sitting on the sofa.

"I applied to my father for a loan of $50000 at 16% per month." Lawrence sat down with a black face.

Originally, his plan was to borrow $20000, with a monthly interest rate of only 10%. But now he needs to pay higher interest because of Li Zitao's temporary change of mind.

"Ten percent is too high. How about five percent?" Li Zitao is not short of money. He still has 200 million yuan in his hand. Compared with 50000 US dollars, he is more concerned about shares.

But he did make up his own mind. Without consulting Lawrence, he directly set a price of 5 times and bought 40% of the shares of Disney.

So Li couldn't refuse his request. He just wanted to reduce his shares to 5% and sign a secret contract.

5% of the shares are still in the name of Li Zitao, but the actual investor is Lawrence, and the rights and interests other than dividends are continued to be exercised by Li Zitao.

"OK, no problem." Lawrence agreed to come down.

When Li Zitao proposed to raise the price, he was dissatisfied. They were partners. Rockefeller was an industrialist, not a capitalist. They paid more attention to commitment.

But Lawrence also knows that there is no benevolence in the capital world. Now that Li Zitao can give up 5% of the shares, he has been very satisfied.

"This is my father's housekeeper, Elan sticknerd." Lawrence introduces the middle-aged man standing by.

"Hello, Mr. Strickland, this is Mahdi, my chief lawyer." After introducing both sides, there is nothing left for them.

"Lawrence, where's your date?" Li Zitao began to stimulate little Lawrence again.

"Charlie, you'll lose me." Lawrence looked at him bitterly.

"That's so It's a pleasure. " Li Zitao joked.

"Maybe we should go back. Hollywood is not for me." Lawrence is full of frustration. He proposed to come to Hollywood. Why did it become so?

"Charlie, am I going to audition?" After struggling for a morning, Bergman still didn't want to give up the opportunity.

"Do you really want to act?" Li Zitao was a little surprised.

"Well, I think." Bergman nodded.

Bergman wanted to be a star in the audience. If not, she would not apply for the Royal Theater, but she had no intention of coming to Hollywood.

Bergman's heart is very contradictory, one side is the better opportunity, the other is the cruelty and chaos of Hollywood, she is afraid that Li Zitao will have a grudge against it.

"Finish your studies first, and after graduation, I will arrange for you." For Hollywood, Li Zitao has his own plan.

Now he can buy a company to film for Bergman, but Hollywood has its own business model and rules.

Content is king. He doesn't feel that he can make directors and editors cooperate with him by waving a lot of money. All this takes time.

"Maybe I should make some contribution to the college. How about building a star road?" Li Zitao looked at Lawrence and asked.

"Avenue of stars? That sounds good. What's it like? " Lawrence said with interest.

After putting forward the concept of the avenue of fame, Lawrence and Bergman's eyes were lit up: "eternal memory, Charlie, it's wonderful."

Bergman arms around his neck, eyes blurred at him, sent a hot kiss.Lawrence didn't mind being given dog food, and said excitedly, "Charlie, you should start this project now. It will make you gain a lot of good feeling."

"Lawrence, maybe you can contact the masters of the college for me." Li Zitao holds Baoman and laughs.

"No problem, uncle Elaine..." Lawrence turns and rushes to Elaine stickenard.

"Avenue of stars, Mr. Li, how did you think of it?" Explain again to Elaine what is the avenue of stars, the other side's eyes twinkle at him to ask.

"An idea, Ding..." Li Zitao points his temple with his finger and turns a circle. He opens his bright eyes and says, "that's how I think of it."

“……” Big brother, are you serious about being so casual?

"Louis is my good friend. Maybe I can introduce you." Ellen said softly.

"Louis? Louis Mayer? " Li Zitao has some surprises.

Paramount, fox, Warner, Columbia, Redwood, MGM, Lianmei and universal pictures are the first eight giants in Hollywood.

Fox did not merge with the 20th century film industry at this time, and its owner is film giant William fox, which has many distribution lines in the United States.

Among these eight companies, paramount and MGM are in the highest position, which can be said to have a strong pressure on other companies.

At that time, MGM was in the ascendant, and established a high-quality image of MGM by virtue of binxu. In a short period of one year, MGM surpassed universal to become the number one studio in Hollywood.

CEO Louis Mayer founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, served as the chairman of the College Planning Committee and presided over the first Academy Awards.

No one can compare with William Fox's acquisition of MGM shares by using anti-monopoly law to undermine William Fox's acquisition of MGM shares.

Paramount, as the earliest large company, has many well-known actors, studios, distribution channels and deep network.

It can be said that from this period on, paramount, like his symbol, sat on the top of the mountain and watched the vicissitudes of Hollywood with no one to shake his position.

In Hollywood, people call Louis Mayer, who led MGM to turn over in one fell swoop, as the king of Hollywood.

And paramount is known as the giant among the giants.

Therefore, both MGM and paramount are respected by everyone in Hollywood. Even if there is no respect, there is deep fear.

In terms of personal prestige, Louis Mayer is even better. "To annoy the father of the golden master, he can still firmly control the MGM Hollywood studio without any influence on his power. Not everyone can do it."

"Uncle Elaine, I'm very interested in meeting Mr. Mayer." Li Zitao hit the snake with the stick, and directly used "Uncle" to call elan. Lawrence rolled his eyes.

"It's very kind of you, Li. I'm just a housekeeper." Elan gave a polite smile, the meaning of the words was clearly with a refusal.

"Uncle Elaine is no ordinary housekeeper. He is my grandfather's Godson." Lawrence directly broke down the stage, "call uncle, it will never hurt you."

Lawrence points out Elaine's identity and expresses his approval of the matter. It is also a kind of reciprocation. He thanks Li Zitao for his concession on Golden arch and Disney.

Of course, whether or not to accept it depends on Alan, but as the third generation of Rockefeller's proposal, Elan can not completely ignore it.

“……” Elan, who was sold by his young master, is very innocent. Looking at the warm smile of the Chinese youth in front of him, he can only smile and nod helplessly.

"Then uncle Elaine will be in trouble." Li Zitao laughs like a little fox.

With Lawrence's words, "Uncle" is not in vain. When he is in need, Elan will use his personal contacts to solve many problems for him.

"Isn't that what networks come from?" Li Zitao thought happily.

"I'll make a phone call." Elan quit, Li Zitao and Lawrence took out their pens, dipped in ink, waved their hands, and signed the contract smartly.

"Charlie, Lewis and van punk are coming, and they're interested in what you're saying about the avenue of stars." Elaine, who finished the call, brought the good news.

"Mahdi, have a reception room ready." Li Zitao looked at Elan and said with a smile, "I will trouble uncle Elan later."

"I'm going back to rest, Charlie. Call me when you leave." Lawrence blinked and walked alone to the elevator.

"Thank you, Lawrence." Li Zitao got up and waved.

"Charlie, Lewis has a strong sense of control. As chairman of the College Planning Committee, he has a great influence on the college and even Hollywood. As for van punk, Lewis's opinion is his opinion a lot."

After Lawrence left, Elaine began to analyze Lewis's character and the college's current influence in Hollywood.

The original purpose of the college was to deal with the contradiction between labor and capital. The actors wanted more compensation, while the management wanted to reduce costs.

When the actors wanted to fight against the labor union and the management, Lewis successfully established the academy by virtue of his highly provocative speech, and turned the actors guild into an empty shell.When the first Academy Awards were held, the influence of the Academy was further spread, and Lewis's influence on Hollywood was also growing day by day. At the same time, it brought about the strengthening of control desire.

As for van punk, the president of the Academy, he has no sense of existence more often, or is more appropriate to describe him as a puppet of Louis.

The planning committee is responsible for the development of the college, and the college is responsible for the selection of excellent films and filmmakers. It seems that the division of labor is different, but actually it is in Louis' hands.

www.novelhall.com , the fastest update of the webnovel!