Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 418

Just when I made an appointment with Nicolas Sedoux, the boss of Gaumont Company, Danielle Mitterrand and his group arrived.

The First Lady of France is not a simple figure. After the Germans occupied most of France in the 1940s, she joined the French Resistance as a nurse at the age of 17 and was awarded the Anti-Japanese War Medal after the end of World War II. , becoming the youngest heroine in France at that time.

It was at that time that Danielle met the young Francois Mitterrand.

When her husband won the French presidential election last year, Danielle's performance was different from that of the traditional "first lady" in France. She did not live a pampered life in the Elysee Palace because of this, but actively participated in various activities. Social activities can be said to be in the limelight.

After the pleasant greetings between the two parties, the activity entered the visit session. Tang Huan soon discovered what is called monkey eating twists - full of twists, and his carefully prepared speeches on advanced technologies were completely useless.

For example, while Tang Huan painstakingly introduced the robots on the production line, Danielle asked a lot of questions about the working conditions in the factory.

For another example, when Tang Huan patiently explained the Just In Time production method, or JIT, Danielle began to ask about workers' overtime wages.

It was very embarrassing to flirt with the blind. Tang Huan was naturally very annoyed. While cursing his subordinates for not being able to collect intelligence, he could not help complaining about Danielle's self-centered and self-centered way of talking.

So, Tang Huan began to describe how factory automation can help him reduce labor costs.

Obviously, this topic made Danielle a little unhappy, and she asked one after another: "Is the worker's work very heavy?", "How much vacation time do they have?"

Tang Huan replied in Chinese, "Since you are so interested in workers' welfare, you are welcome to work here anytime."

Although both parties were equipped with translators, because Tang Huan had been communicating directly in French before, the translators basically became decorations.

Now that Tang Huan came up with a sentence in Chinese out of the blue, Danielle was immediately puzzled.

"Madam, Tang just said, thank you for your visit and your interest in the factory." Christina, who had already figured out Tang Huan's temper, could tell that her man was angry, and she quickly spoke to mediate.

Then, the female ship queen urged Tang Huan with a smile in her eyes, "Don't you have important things to do, then hurry up, just leave it to me here."

Tang Huan rubbed his nose and nodded in embarrassment. He said before that Christina couldn't do this kind of technical work, but now it seems that the first lady of France doesn't care about advancement at all, she is just asking for trouble.

After leaving the factory, Tang Huan's depression finally eased a bit. He checked the itinerary and found that Celine Dion was in Paris today, so he decided to give her a surprise and greet her in person.

There was no unexpected situation this time. Celine Dion, who was accompanied by her mother, immediately cheered and jumped up when she saw Tang Huan.

Up to now, Celine Dion has been active in the French music scene in Quebec, Canada for nearly two years. Compared to her age of only 14 years old, her achievements are very amazing.

Because Tang Huan didn't let Celine Dion neglect her studies, her usual time was still very tense. After finally coming to the summer vacation, she couldn't relax. There were two activities waiting for the little girl.

The first was the guest appearance and interlude singing in the movie "First Contact 2", and then the Yamaha Singing Contest in Tokyo, Japan.

It can be said that these two arrangements are of great significance to the current Celine Dion.

After "First Contact" was released at the end of 1980, it achieved great commercial success in France and even Western Europe, and also received critical acclaim.

Naturally, Gaumont Company will not waste this cash cow, and started filming the second part of "First Contact" this year.

In the original time and space, "First Contact 2" was also a great success, so Sophie Marceau won the "Most Promising Female Artist" Cesar Award in 1983.

For such a movie that is bound to bring fame and fortune, Tang Huan certainly wants the "future queen of the French music scene" he has carefully cultivated to catch a ride.

In this way, Celine Dion's popularity will move from Quebec, Canada, the second largest French-speaking region in the world, to France, the first-ranked central region, and will also spread to the entire Western Europe.

As for the Yamaha Singing Contest in Tokyo, Japan, it is a very rare world-wide youth singing competition sponsored by a well-known commercial company.If Celine Dion can achieve good results, she will benefit a lot.

Tang Huan had already explained these plans to Celine Dion, her mother, and the agent, so this small team had already made full preparations.

In this way, after a short rest, Tang Huan brought Celine Dion to the director Claude Binodeau, "Celine has experience in filming commercials and performing on stage. It shouldn't be a problem to play a guest role. The key is It’s about showing off her musical talent.”

Claude Binondeau understood the key point of Tang Huan's words, so he began to communicate with Celine Dion in a pleasant manner.

Some seedlings are different from the very beginning. After seeing the talents of Celine Dion, the owner of Gaumont Company, Nicholas Sedoux, smiled jealously: "Don, you already have Sophie Marceau." Tomorrow's star, and now there is another girl with such an outstanding musical talent, the achievements in discovering talents are really enviable."

After Gaumont company missed Sophie Marceau, it has been regretting it.Although Christina signed a three-film contract for Sophie Marceau and Gaumont Company, it could not alleviate the other party's resentment.

In order not to irritate Nicholas Sedoux, Tang Huan just laughed and turned to talk about the cooperation of DreamWorks' Chinese-language film in France.

"As long as you are mentally prepared for niche film positioning, it will be easy. After all, in addition to cultural differences, you must also consider the unique atmosphere that France has always protected its own films." Nicholas Sedoux spoke very frankly.

He couldn't wish for the cooperation with Tang Huan. In addition to being able to sell Gaumont's films to the United States more easily, Gein also had unexpected gains in the Far East, such as "First Contact" in Formosa earned more than 1100 million Taiwan dollars at the box office.

"The movie "Fang Shiyu" can be regarded as a novel evaluation, and it should be attractive enough. However, I personally think that the effect of an oriental kung fu movie with a modern background may be better." Nicholas Seydoux suggested thoughtfully.

"DreamWorks' movie types are of course not limited to this one." Tang Huan laughed confidently.

"I heard that you and Warner each filmed a "007" film, and are you in the ring?" Nicholas Seydoux was obviously very interested in Hollywood's intrigue, and soon brought the topic to this aspect intentionally.

"No way, who made a mistake, Warner and I had a fierce competition of interests in video games and movies at the same time." Tang Huan shook his head indifferently.

This is indeed the case. The feud between Steve Ross and Tang Huan has been put on the table without any scruples.

United Artists just announced that the next "007" movie "Octopus" will receive a record investment of 3500 million U.S. dollars. Warner responded tit-for-tat, and the investment of "Cruise Missile" is 4000 million U.S. dollars. .

Upon hearing the news, Tang Huan's immediate reaction was to sneer with disdain, "Steve Ross, you'll fall for it!"

The media who don't know what's going on are naturally happy to hear this kind of fighting scene, but the executors of the specific affairs feel the pressure, and they are very serious in doing things.

Andy Albert won Roger Moore's two contracts to continue to star in "400" with a salary of 500 million US dollars and 007 million US dollars respectively.

However, "Octopus Girl" still can't start filming, because of the Bond girl problem, new differences have begun to arise again.

Producer Albert Broccoli——Albert Broccoli believes that in order to fight against "Cruise Missile", it is not [-]% safe for James Bond to continue to play Roger Moore, and there should be enough Bond girls. weight.

Previously, Faye Dunaway's salary was considered too high, but after the investment increased, this worry was no longer necessary.

As for Monica Bellucci, whom Tang Huan asked to praise by name, he was ignored intentionally or unintentionally by these guys.

Gein’s name is unknown, and he’s still too young a rookie. There’s a big gap between him and Octopus, and he’s not even comparable to Maud Adams who once appeared in “Golden Robber”——Mo. Adams is the candidate.

Andy Albert, who knew Tang Huan's intentions well, of course couldn't agree, thinking that this was not a slap in the face of the boss, and the candidate for the role had already been secretly decided as early as the year before last.

But Albert Broccoli had good reasons for his persistence, so he had no choice but to go to Tang Huan for the final decision.

Andy Albert was in the lead, and met Tang Huan alone first, and reported the information he had summarized, "I think the reason why Albert Broccoli is so stubborn is largely because he wants to Get the endorsement from you that 'If the film's commercial performance is not good, it cannot be held accountable'."

"I understand what you mean." Tang Huan nodded slightly understandingly, "I will try my best to persuade people with reason instead of overwhelming them with power, so as not to intensify the conflict. After all, if everyone is working while having an awkward situation, No matter how much money is invested, it will get twice the result with half the effort.”

What a blessing to be able to serve such an understanding boss.

Andy Albert, who felt relieved, inquired with curiosity: "Now the media generally believes that compared to "ET" taking over the North American box office, Steve Ross feels that Warner Bros. The performance of the summer movie was too mediocre, so they rushed to use big productions to restore the decline. Many people said that Warner paid a price of 3000 million US dollars to buy the video game adaptation license of "ET Alien". This is true. What?"

"To be precise, it is 3200 million US dollars." Tang Huan replied with a smile.

"So willing? Back then, the filming budget of "ET Alien" did not exceed 1200 million US dollars." Andy Albert gasped.

"Actually, the pressure is on Warner's side. You don't need to be so nervous, just treat it as normal work." Tang Huan couldn't say anything about the serial plot, so he could only comfort his confidants in a disguised form.

"This is true, a video game with a licensing fee of 3200 million U.S. dollars, and a movie with an investment budget of 4000 million U.S. dollars. The pressure to recover the cost alone can be prohibitive."

After negotiating with Andy Albert, the producer of "007" Albert Broccoli and the director of "Octopus" John Glen—John Glen also rushed from London, England to Paris, France.

After entertaining them with ease, Tang Huan took out several newspapers including "La Gazzetta Dello Sport" - "Gazzetta dello Sport" and pushed them to these people.

It turns out that the above list coincidentally lists several recent important developments in the football field-Paolo Rossi, the best player in this year's World Cup in Spain, transferred from Juventus to AC Milan, which was relegated to the second division again.

Although it is not clear how much the transaction amount is, it can be seen from the fact that Juventus signed the French star Platini without blinking, that Juventus should have made a lot of money.

"Do you know who owns the AC Milan club now? The Monica Bellucci I recommend to you is the newcomer that the brokerage company under her name is going to favor. The popularity of the Bond girl actors you are concerned about is actually a little No problem."

After Tang Huan leisurely introduced Monica Bellucci’s background, he snapped his fingers and said, “Monica Bellucci is indeed young enough to make people suspicious, but the 18-year-old Bond girl— —The youngest Bond girl in history, isn’t it a gimmick in itself?”

Albert Broccoli is not stupid either. He saw from Tang Huan's eyes that there is no doubt that the role of a Bond girl belongs to a vase after all, so he might as well follow the boss's wishes. Anyway, success or failure has already been achieved. The endorsement of the attribution of responsibility, I will not become a scapegoat.

Seeing that Albert Broccoli approved this decision, Tang Huan continued: "I hope that the filming process of "The Octopus Girl" can be special, that is, a small film can be produced every month to show the movie characteristics."

"Is it to put pressure on Warner and "Cruise Missile"?" Albert Broccoli asked bluntly.

"That's it." Tang Huan admitted frankly.

(End of this chapter)