The Best Entertainment Era

Ginza is the busiest business district in Tokyo. It is known as the heart of Tokyo. It is as famous as the Champs Elysees in Paris and the Fifth Avenue in New York. It is one of the three bustling centers in the world.

Here, as long as you have money, you can almost buy the top luxury goods.

Ronan is very particular about exchange of equal value. In just one morning, he accompanied Kyoko Fukada around three stores of Chanel, Hermes and Cartier. The trunk of a Mercedes-Benz car was filled with handbags filled with luxury goods. .

Last night and this morning, Kyoko Fukada made Ronan very satisfied, and Ronan would not ask Kyoko Fukada to return empty-handed.

It's a pity you have to leave this afternoon.

In the car, Kyoko Fukada still had that reserved expression, and said to Ronan, Otherwise, I can take you to more scenic spots in the next few days.

Ronan gently stroked her long black hair and said, Wait until next time.

Fukada Kyoko suddenly thought of something, quickly took the handbag, took out a business card, and handed it to Ronan with both hands: This is my personal contact information. If you come to the island country again, you can call this number at any time. I will be the first The time has come.

Ronan took the business card and wrote down the number directly on his phone. If he comes here again, it would be nice to find Kyoko Fukada as an escort.

Compared with the western-style big white horse, island women have a different style.

Ronan's phone rang at this moment, and it was Kazuo Inoue who called, and Ronan whispered to him a few words.

Kazuo Inoue called to confirm Ronan's itinerary, and at the same time asked cryptically if he was satisfied with Fukada Kyoko. Ronan praised Fukada Kyoko a few words.

After hanging up the phone, Ronan found Kyoko Fukada looking at him nervously, smiled and said, Don't worry.

Sure enough, when the fame and strength of these Japanese and Korean stars are not strong enough, the companies they work for can be called the masters of their lives.

If it were Hollywood, no agency would dare to use these means to treat star actors.

In fact, after all, it is still a matter of laws and regulations. If it were not for the Entertainment Act and the industry rules formulated by major Hollywood labor unions, Hollywood would not be relatively orderly as it is now.

The fact that the longest brokerage contract should not exceed three years alone can win a lot of initiative for the actors.

Fukada Kyoko smiled, but said nothing.

Ronan said casually, Kyoko, if you are interested in going to Hollywood, you can contact me.

Okay. Fukada Kyoko replied.

Ronan patted the seat in front of him: Send Miss Kyoko back first.

Fukada Kyoko gave an address, and the driver immediately turned to another road, and first sent Fukada Kyoko home with the luxury gift from Ronan.

Afterwards, Ronan returned to the hotel, and Connie and Scott had already packed their bags. Before the financing team set off, Matsubara Taku also came to see them off on behalf of the Long-Term Credit Bank of the Island Country.

Mr. Anderson. Matsubara Takuya was also very polite: Please forgive me for the poor hospitality.

Ronan replied politely: Mr. Matsubara is too polite.

Matsubara Takuya also turned to the business and said: After the New Year, the first investment from the Long-term Credit Bank will arrive in the account. Please wait patiently for a few days.

Ronan nodded slightly: No problem.

The first phase of financing initiated by the Pacific Film Foundation to the Long-term Credit Bank was as high as US$200 million, which was divided into two payments, and the first payment reached US$100 million. Any company that mobilizes such a large amount of funds has strict review procedures. It takes a certain amount of time.

It's almost time, and Ronan is about to say goodbye and leave.

Matsubara Takuya said again: Mr. Anderson, if I go to Los Angeles again, I will definitely pay a visit.

Ronan shook hands with him and said goodbye: You are very welcome.

After getting out of the hotel gate and getting into the car, the group went straight to Tokyo International Airport, where the long-term credit bank specially dispatched a convoy to the front of the airport terminal.

This is a purely commercial cooperation, but the huge amount of investment is destined to attract the attention of both parties.

Before boarding the plane, Ronan received a greeting call from Kyoko Fukada.

The two chatted a few words, and it could be heard from the phone that Kyoko Fukada was in a pretty good mood.

Ronan had asked Fukada Kyoko before that if she wanted to go to Hollywood, he could help, but Fukada Kyoko was completely different from the previous Priyanka, and she had no intention of going overseas at all.

Perhaps Fukada Kyoko can realize that it is even more difficult to leave the mainland to develop in other countries.

Everyone has different ideas, and not everyone dreams of breaking into Hollywood, and staying at home may not be a bad choice.

Therefore, Ronan gave Fukada Kyoko enough material compensation.

Girls are crazy about Hermes bags, Chanel perfumes and Cartier jewelry, etc.

Ronan has seen a lot of related news during his stay in Tokyo these days. It is said that in order to pursue luxury goods such as brand-name bags and perfumes, the proportion of female students in island countries doing sex is getting higher and higher, and it has gradually become common. trend of the phenomenon.

Not only island countries, this situation has spread rapidly. Thinking about the university towns in the previous life, many of them have become chicken coops, where a large number of school chickens are filled, and they have become the destination of many people's university swords.

The legends about green tea, milk tea, and iced black tea seem to have all come out of universities.

There is also the famous drink my water stalk, such as Nongfu Spring, Green Tea, Pulse and Red Bull, etc. each have a special meaning behind them.

In the VIP waiting room, Connie came over at this time and whispered to Ronan: People from the company's legal department have seen Robert Iger, and will have a formal discussion with Robert Iger tonight.

Ronan nodded slightly, and said, Tell them to negotiate with Robert Iger before fighting for the New Year.

Okay. Connie said again: Mr. George Clint called. Director Gore Verbinski completed all the post-production of Midnight Ring ahead of schedule and asked to join the crew of Pirates of the Caribbean. Participate in preparatory work.

Ronan said, I agree.

If the director wants to complete a work well, it is very necessary to participate in the preparation of the film throughout the process.

Strictly speaking, Gore Verbinski joined the cast a little late because of The Ring.

Connie's words continued: Director Gore Verbinski has learned about the financial situation of the crew, and hopes that the funds for the later stage will be in place soon.

Ronan thought for a while and said, You call Gore Verbinski directly and tell him that all budget issues will be resolved after the New Year.

The first US$100 million investment of the Pacific Foundation in the first phase, most of which was used to solve the preparatory budget of Pirates of the Caribbean, and the remaining part was enough to start the two projects of Summer of Jeans and Taken.

When the follow-up financing is in place, you can continue to inject capital into the crew.

After Connie left, Scott came over and discussed with Ronan again about the trip to Korea.

In the previous negotiations, Scott played an important role. Since Ronan reached a cooperation intention with Matsubara Takuya, Scott has completed all the specific negotiations.

After experiencing the heavy blow of the stock market crash, the former investment manager not only recognized himself, but also matured step by step.

The South Korean side should be much easier. Ronan was more optimistic: Although the Embassy Films has not contacted investment institutions like Long-Term Credit Bank, there are several large entertainment companies that are very interested in our financing.

Scott laughed: Hollywood is still very attractive.

This point, through negotiations with Long-Term Credit Bank, he felt very clearly. For many people who intend to invest in the entertainment industry, Hollywood has an inexplicable attraction, as if it is a belief.

The group soon arrived in Seoul and met Alex, the head of the Korean branch of the embassy film industry.

This is a Korean-British man in his mid-thirties, and a distributor who followed Alan Albert and Danny Donald from Polygram Films to Embassy Films.

In the hotel's reception room, Ronan said directly, Alex, please introduce the latest situation.

Alex sorted out the information in his mind a little bit, and said: I released the news as planned before, and made relevant publicity in the media, because the Lee family's investment in DreamWorks was not successful, and large Korean investment institutions were quite cautious.

He glanced at Ronan and continued: On the contrary, the Korean entertainment industry reacted strongly. Many powerful entertainment companies are very interested in participating in the investment of Hollywood movies, including SM Entertainment, B2M Entertainment Brokerage, UP Film Production The company has contacted me many times, wanting to invest and cooperate.”

Ronan asked, What are the strengths of these three companies?

It's okay. SM Entertainment and B2M Entertainment are relatively strong. Alex replied, Especially the former, which just went public this year and successfully raised funds, and has a certain amount of funds in hand.

He added: UP is the weakest and can only be regarded as a medium-sized company.

Scott asked concerned: How much can they invest in total?

Alex replied: I didn't talk about the specifics, but according to my understanding, the total investment of the three companies will not exceed 100 million US dollars, and it may be less.

That's it... Scott was somewhat disappointed.

Alex simply explained: South Korea has a small population and a limited entertainment market. Although the entertainment industry is very prosperous, the scale of the industry is far smaller than that of North America.

Ronan nodded: It's okay, tens of millions of dollars is not a lot.

When Relativity Entertainment was first established, limited by the company's reputation, scale and credibility, he almost tried his best to invest tens of millions of dollars.

Times have changed, tens of millions of dollars is not much anymore.

It is really the height you stand that determines your field of vision.

In any case, tens of millions of dollars is enough to solve the production of two ordinary medium-scale movies.

Alex said at this time: BOSS, the person in charge of SM Entertainment, B2M Entertainment, and UAA Entertainment wants to have an interview with you as soon as possible.

Okay. Ronan said: Let me first understand the situation of these companies, and then you can contact them.