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"What did you say?"

Downey spread his hands and asked suspiciously.

Shao Yang said with a smile: "I will soon set up a film company in the United States, and start shooting a movie in the spring of next year at the earliest. I want you to play the leading role."

"I?"

Pointing at himself, Downey said in surprise, "Let me play the leading role, Shao, are you serious?"

Shao Yang nodded seriously: "Of course, you don't believe my vision, or you don't believe yourself."

Downey hesitated for a while, and said, "Do you not understand me, before I..."

"Drug addict, you have been in prison, and you have been playing tricks in the crew before. Besides, do you have any unbearable experiences?"

"Forehead……"

Shaoyang stepped forward, put his hand on Downey's shoulder, pointed to the people in twos and threes in the distance, and said, "Donnie, one day you will be the protagonist here, those who look down on you now, They will come to curry favor with you in the future, of course, the only person who can make you the focus of the audience is me, and no one will give you a chance except me."

Downey was stunned for a moment, then he turned his head and asked, "What conditions do you have?"

"After my company is established, I will sign you a ten-year agency contract. In these ten years, I will let you star in at least five movies, and they are all the protagonists. I will give you a salary of 20 U.S. dollars per year, and the salary will be another Forget it, but..."

Downey felt that Shaoyang must be crazy.

20 US dollars is definitely considered a high-income group in the United States. No matter in any city, they can live the life they want.

"But I need you to quit those bad habits, you should understand what I mean, and before Christmas this year, train your body to a healthy level, this is to prepare for the role, this is to be a One thing a qualified actor should do."

"that's it?"

"that's it."

"If you're not talking drunk, then I can accept all of your requests."

Downey shrugged his shoulders, and said helplessly, "As you said, with so many investors and directors present, you are the only one who will give me a chance. To be honest, I'm a bit out of control now."

Shaoyang took out his mobile phone, handed it to him, and said, "Give me your contact information, and also send me your bank card number, and I'll ask someone to transfer you a sum of money later, which will be regarded as my deposit to you. Mr. Downey, wish us a happy cooperation."

"Thank you very much." Downey stretched out his hand, and the two shook hands again: "It's a pleasant cooperation."

After leaving his phone number, Downey watched Shaoyang and Xue Jiajia leave, and he also left the scene excitedly.

The annual salary of 20 US dollars, plus film remuneration, is a treatment that he can't even imagine.

To him, what happened tonight was no different than winning the lottery.

But after the ecstasy, he was a little worried.

He was afraid that Shaoyang would regret it.

In the car.

Xue Jiajia asked curiously: "Do you know him?"

"Who?"

"That Downey."

"I don't know you, I met you for the first time today."

"Then why did you offer him such a high condition as soon as we met? Didn't you listen to that director? No director in the United States is willing to cooperate with him."

Shao Yang said with a smile: "I believe in my own vision. Although he is a little-known actor now, he may become a famous actor in the future. I am betting on his future."

"Think about it, if you were an extra actor and I asked you to come and film but only paid you a very low salary, I'm afraid you wouldn't feel anything in your heart."

"But if you are a side actor, I not only let you come to film, but also let you play the leading role, and the first film will give you a salary that is much higher than your previous income. Will you be grateful to me for the rest of your life?"

Xue Jiajia: "But..."

"This is called winning people's hearts, and besides, this amount of money is just a string of numbers to me now." Shaoyang laughed at himself: "When I first debuted, every time the notification fee came to my account, I would turn on my phone The bank, I read it again and again, but now I don’t even remember when I opened the bank card to check the balance, haha.”

……

Another day passed.

The project team sent by Yiyang Group finally arrived in Los Angeles.

The project team is all returnees. Most of them have worked in the United States before, and many of them are Wall Street executives. They are very familiar with the situation here.

They immediately went to investigate a few film companies that were not doing well. After expressing their intention to acquire, several companies wanted to sell, but perhaps because the acquirer was Huaxia Company, their quotations were extremely high. .

in the hotel.

Shaoyang called all the people from the project team over and asked about the inspection situation. After listening, he asked directly: "How many companies are negotiating prices now?"

"Judging from their words, there are two most promising companies, one is called Xingluo Films, and the other is called Wren Brothers."

"Do you have information on these two companies?"

"Have."

The person in charge of the project team quickly handed two documents to Shao Yang, who took them over and quickly flipped through them.

After about five or six minutes, Shao Yang lowered his head while looking at the company profile and asked, "What are the prices of these two companies?"

"Star Spiral Pictures quoted [-] million U.S. dollars, and Wren Brothers quoted [-] billion U.S. dollars, but both prices are negotiable. In recent years, these two companies have been in a state of loss."

"Eight hundred million, one billion."

Shao Yang put down the two documents and said: "They don't know how much they own. The combined works of these two companies are not as many as the movies I have made in these years, and few of them have achieved box office results. , just this kind of film company that is on the verge of bankruptcy, dare to start a family of [-] million or [-] billion dollars."

"Mr. Shao, what do you mean?"

"I won't talk to them anymore. Is it troublesome for us to open a film company?"

"It's not troublesome, it's pretty much the same as the domestic process."

Immediately afterwards, the person in charge said: "Why don't Xiao Zhao and Xiao Li continue to negotiate with these two companies, this is the country of America after all, I'm afraid they will trip you up."

"Yes, you are responsible for this matter. How long does it take for the company to register?"

"One month soon, two months if it is full."

"Okay, you need to contact Mr. Lu for any procedures. I will probably stay here for about a week. If you have any questions, you can call me directly or come to the hotel to find me."

"Mr. Shao, what's the name of our company?"

"Marvelstudios, Marvel Studios."

"it is good."

Shao Yang stood up and stretched out his hand, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Should be."

The project team got up one by one, shook hands with Shaoyang, and left the hotel together.

In the next few days, Shaoyang could receive calls from the person in charge to report the progress every day.

On the whole, it went well.

In July, the final stage of the [World Singer Contest] will officially begin. The quarter-finals will be held in Australia, the semi-finals will be held in Russia, and the finals will be held in the capital of China.

Seven out of ten in the quarterfinals.

Seven into four in the semifinals.

The finals determine the top three.

The rules are the same as before, each player sings a song in the quarter-finals, and the promotion or elimination will be decided based on audience votes.

The only difference is that only one song is required to be sung in the quarter-finals, but two songs are required to be sung in the semi-finals and finals.

The competition system is fair.

And as the program has been on the air for several months, during this period of time, [World Singer Contest] has become a program that netizens all over the world are paying attention to.

Who will win the championship in the end has become something that the whole world is looking forward to.

……