Chapter 462: Using Honey Trap on a Billion-Dollar Husband

Look at your father Wang Quan, your eldest brother Wang Sheng, and your second brother Wang Heping, which one of them is not able to give birth to sons?
Liu Qijin was eager to try and felt that she was ready for a second child, but she had to calculate the date!

No one knew where she got this strange knowledge from, but Wang Yuanchao just let her do what she wanted.

They enjoyed a happy family life for a while. Besides, except for the construction and banking companies, which were greatly affected, the other companies under Wang Yuanchao were still doing well. He really had a successful career and family.

Although an oil crisis has occurred, it will take time for its impact to be transmitted to downstream industries.

In particular, the prosperity of the film market far exceeded their expectations.

For example, in the Hong Kong market, the box office champion in Hong Kong was Shaw Brothers' "Seventy-two Tenants", with a box office of 562 million.

The box office champion is no longer Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon".

In order to enter the Hollywood market, this thing had to adapt to the rules there. Hong Kong people were not very satisfied with it, and it failed to break the previous record again, but it still surpassed "The Godfather".

Yes, "The Godfather" was introduced, and it was introduced by Starlight, but the box office was only more than 300 million Hong Kong dollars.

In recent years, Starlight and Cathay have cooperated well and can be said to be a big player in the Southeast Asian film market.

In the Yizhou market, the box office champion is "Way of the Dragon" and the third place is "Fist of Fury". These films are all exported.

In the Korean market, the box office champion is "Fist of Fury", "The Godfather" is third, followed by "Enter the Dragon" and "The Big Boss".

Bruce Lee became a hurricane, sweeping not only Southeast Asia, but also Europe and the United States.

In the UK, Way of the Dragon ranked 14th, and in Australia, Way of the Dragon ranked 7th.
Even in France, "The Big Boss" and "Fist of Fury" were among the top ten box office hits of 1973.

"Way of the Dragon", the copyright has been negotiated and it is planned to be released in 74.

Japan has also started to talk about importing movies, with "Enter the Dragon" and "The Big Boss" on the list. They even imported "Fist of Fury"!!!
Starlight Pictures and Concord Films are far ahead of the others in the Hang Seng Index, which makes Wang Yuanchao feel very sad.

This is all the history he created.

When he comes to the United States, yes, he must come to the United States earlier this year, because he has to sell his oil futures, otherwise there will be a small drop after March.

Why make less money when there are ready-made answers to copy?

After arriving in the United States, Wang Yuanchao immediately went to deliver oil futures.

After deducting various costs, the profit was 6.2 million!

Together with his gold, it is worth about 3.2 million (gold once rose to US$120 per ounce, and his gold was worth 4 million! It has fallen now, but it will rise again in the next few months). He made a lot of money in the middle, but he used it to buy MGM.

Cash assets, nearly 10 billion US dollars!
If you add Muse Music, MGM Pictures, and Orange Pictures, wow…

At the end of last year, Xixi was recommended by one of her admired teachers, Yale University professor Burke Marshall, to work on the U.S. House of Representatives' "Judiciary Committee Impeachment Investigation Working Group." She was one of the three female lawyers among the 44 lawyers on the working group.

The work of this investigation team directly led to the resignation of US President Nixon due to the Watergate scandal.

Wang Yuanchao made a lot of money and severely ravaged the future female president of the United States, feeling very happy.

With his help, how could Xixi fail to get promoted? After all, at that time, she was just a little bit short.

However, he still needs to do a lot of shopping and make various investments to avoid taxes, otherwise, the American tax department will make him cry with heartache next year.

The American film market is also eye-catching.

During the Christmas season, Warner Bros.' "The Exorcist" was released and Universal's "The Sting" was released, and both films made huge amounts of money.

The newspapers reported on "The Exorcist" with all kinds of sensational things, such as nine cast and crew members died during the filming, a pregnant woman had a miscarriage after watching the movie, and someone was towed away by an ambulance before he could finish watching the movie. These reports further stimulated the audience to go and see the movie, until it was banned in John's country.

But this can't stop the film from making hundreds of millions at the North American box office, because it is a classic among horror films.

【Global box office 4.4 million】

"The Sting" is a film with a strong black comedy style, which describes the fraud activities in the United States during the Great Depression in the 1930s with a nostalgic approach.

The film attracts the audience's attention with its witty and humorous dialogues and serial fraud stories. The clever layout and plot setting make the whole viewing process not only interesting but also tense.

The film's North American box office reached an astonishing 1.56 million, breaking the record set by "The Godfather"!

【Global box office 6.6 million】

Another example is "The Man with the Golden Gun" from the 007 series.

This is the largest 007 film so far. In order to raise $1300 million in filming funds, producer Harry Saltzman sold half of his rights in the 007 film to MGM.

[Historically, it was sold to United Artists, but this time, MGM has a new sponsor who is even richer]

The film was shot in Southeast Asia.

Before Wang Yuanchao went to the mainland to attend the Autumn Trade Fair, they came to Hong Kong to start filming.

However, Wang Yuanchao was busy with many things and it was impossible for him to keep an eye on such a crew, even if it was a popular IP. At most, they were in Hong Kong, where people would take care of them everywhere and give them convenience.

This is a major film of MGM this year.

In addition, Wang Yuanchao also strongly supports his old friend Lucas's "Star Wars". Last summer, not long after "North America" ​​was released, Lucas completed the script. This time, of course, he would ask his good friend Adam Wang to take a look.

There was no precedent in Hollywood for such a high-cost space science fiction film, but Wang Yuanchao still agreed to it immediately.

But he needed Lucas to finish the movie script and give a budget first.

Now, Lucas is still working hard on this thing.

At that time, Orange Pictures and Lucasfilm will jointly invest, and MGM will distribute it, so there will be no loss either way.

In addition, Wang Yuanchao, who is in charge of MGM, also picked up a good wild movie - "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".

This film, which cost only $8 to make, was very bloody and had a different style from the horror film The Exorcist that had just sold well. The producers had been looking for a suitable distribution company but were rejected by all of them until they found MGM.

[Historically, only one small company, Bryanston Publishing Company, was found to distribute it.

Even so, it still achieved a box office of 3000 million US dollars, becoming the ancestor of plasma films.

Wang Yuanchao decided to get the movie after just reading its introduction and without even seeing a sample.

Putting aside other things, just based on the name, Wang Yuanchao would decide to buy it!
After receiving the boss's instructions to take over the project, MGM immediately contacted Tobe Hooper, the film's director, screenwriter, and one of the producers. The other producer was screenwriter Kim Henkel.

The two were very happy when they received the notice from MGM. They had been looking for it for half a year and had been refusing again and again.

Now that we finally have a response from MGM, no matter how hard the other party tries to bargain, what bad news can there be?
If such a large company takes action, even if it is a buyout, they will make a lot of money.

The result was as they expected. For $20 plus 3% of the profits, MGM acquired the complete copyright of the film and all derivative copyrights.

Because of his boss's unique vision, Clark did not push too hard during the negotiations and left more room for maneuver.

If it sells well, will we still be able to cooperate well in the future?

The director and screenwriter of this movie are both Tobe Hooper. He is worth the money because he was noticed by the boss.

After getting The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the project team began the rating review.

Tobe Hooper hopes that this film can be rated PG, which means that children are advised to watch it with their parents. Some scenes may make children feel uncomfortable, and some content may not be suitable for children to watch.

Clarke thought Hopper was overthinking it. Even though MGM was one of the Big Six and a member of the Motion Picture Association committee responsible for review, it was impossible for such a film to be rated PG! If there were too many cuts, the film would lose its horror flavor.

If it weren't for the six major shots, this movie would be a solid R-rated movie! - It is recommended for viewers aged 17 and above, and those under 17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to watch it.

As for MGM, PG-13 still needs some public relations, and some shots need to be adjusted. In this way, children over 13 years old can watch the film, while those under 13 years old must be accompanied by their parents.

The market audience will be greatly expanded.

But Wang Yuanchao doesn't need to worry about these things, as they are all part of Clark's job.

He screened through the company's film library, didn't find anything good, and naturally went to accompany his lover.

Don't mention it, Kate brought Beth with her.

Kate has always had an affair with Wang Yuanchao. Following Patricia's instructions, she pretended to be coy and brought Beth with her to use her beauty trap on Adam.

It's already March this year and Adam hasn't come up with the song for them yet. It's so urgent!

Even though Patricia had the original agreement for three songs, Adam was slow to deliver, forcing her to resort to a last resort. She instigated her two best friends to urge them to deliver the songs. She has been urging them recently in Los Angeles, but to no avail.

It's not like they haven't played together before. Besides, Patricia has instigated it, so why should Beth feel any psychological burden?

Everyone is just reliving old memories.

When a popular girl group is enjoying themselves under your crotch, just tell me how good it feels!
Although Beth is stupid, she is not so stupid as to ask you for a song at the critical moment.

After several times, Wang Yuanchao asked:

"You guys don't have any performances recently?"

This is really something you proposed yourself! Beth smacked her lips with delight and said:
"Patti said it's almost time for the new album, so we should perform less in case you can't find us when you have a new song."

Kate, who was working hard, rolled her eyes immediately after hearing this. This idiot bestie reminded her not to mention this, not to mention this...

Wang Yuanchao just hummed, how could he not know that Patricia was behind this?

He just wanted to give the song out later so that Patricia would be a little more obedient. Recently, Patricia seemed to have become a different person at home in Los Angeles, and her virtuous behavior made him very satisfied.

As a result, he also knows this trick!
She even used the beauty trick on her own husband!

I thought Kate had won over Beth to honor her!

He pinched the two men's thunder and said:
"These past few days have given me some inspiration, so I'll write it down in the next two days."

The two were overjoyed and immediately served even harder.

(End of this chapter)