Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 127: Getting Ready for a Big Fight

"Kakaka!"

Reporters saw Liu Yifei's cute look,
I couldn't help but press the shutter button frantically and used up a lot of film.

"Liu Yifei, can you tell me how you got the female lead in Whiplash? Was the audition intense?"

Another reporter asked,

The movie Whiplash seemed to come out of nowhere.

By the time these powerful entertainment reporters found out, the Cannes Film Festival nominees had already been announced.
It's such a slap in the face to those entertainment reporters.

“There’s no audition!”

Liu Yifei doesn't hide anything at all.

The reporters immediately became excited, as they had indeed dug out some inside information.

However, Liu Yifei's next words immediately dampened their interest: "Because the director and I are friends, he asked me directly if I wanted to act, and said that this could be considered as my retirement insurance."

There's not a single explosive point. How about making up some gossip?
But... the term "pension insurance" is quite interesting, and maybe it will sell well.

"Liu Yifei, where's Director Gu Bei? Isn't he planning to return to China?"

The reporter asked about Gu Bei's movements, which everyone was most concerned about.

Liu Yifei is not as outspoken as before,
She hesitated for a moment, considering what information could be revealed and what could not be revealed.

After a pause, she said, "Gu Bei is still in Cannes selling films. He will definitely return to China. It shouldn't be long before you can see him in China."

As soon as Liu Yifei finished speaking,
A reporter asked, "Are you planning to shoot a Chinese-language film when you return to China?"

Liu Yifei was slightly surprised.

Where did you get this news?
During the Chinese New Year, Gu Bei revealed his idea of ​​returning to China to make a movie this year. At that time, Gu Bei didn't know his true identity and asked me about his pay.

But how did these reporters know about this?

The reporters suddenly became excited again.
It seems that the news that Gu Bei and Han Sanpin had a very pleasant conversation was actually true!
The reporters wanted to ask more questions, but Liu Yifei was unwilling to be interviewed.
Continue the interview.
I'm afraid something terrible is going to be leaked!

However, the information revealed by Liu Yifei was enough to excite these entertainment reporters.

For a time,

[The Palme d'Or-winning film was a huge hit at Cannes, and the director is planning to return to China to shoot a Chinese-language film!]

[Shocking! The relationship between the Palme d'Or director and Liu Yifei that must be explained!]

[China Film Group is about to collaborate with the Palme d'Or award-winning director to shoot a Chinese blockbuster! ]

Gu Beiren has not returned to China yet.

But news about him is already everywhere in the country.

……

Nice.

"Mr. Gu, how is it?"

Jiang Zhiqiang pushed open a cup of tea and said, "If I hadn't introduced it to you, you probably wouldn't be able to drink such good tea in Gaul, right?"

Gu Bei took a sip.
He has been in Shenpeng City for so many years that he can barely tell the quality of tea.

After a pause, Gu Bei put down the teacup:
"Boss Jiang, let me be frank with you.
China Film Group is undoubtedly my first choice for cooperation.

As for whether Edko Films can participate, I cannot give any guarantee."

Jiang Zhiqiang was not surprised at all: "It's no problem, we can just follow the Central Film Bureau and have a good time!"

Gu Bei nodded.

Before he met China Film Group, Gu Bei attached great importance to Enlightenment.

But after the emergence of the giant China Film Group,
There is no doubt that Enlightenment can only become a spare tire.

Since Jiang Zhiqiang doesn't mind being a backup, Gu Bei will let him do it.

As for other domestic film and television companies, Gu Bei is not unwilling to cooperate with them.
But they probably don't have enough foreign exchange to participate in the Twilight City project. Regardless of the country, the inflow and outflow of funds are strictly restricted.

Especially the outflow of funds!

It is just fleecing the society of their own country.

Therefore, when funds leave the country from North America, a high capital departure tax will be charged.

Although there is no capital departure tax in China,
However, if you want to transfer funds abroad, there are basically only three convenient ways.

The first is re-export trade.
Set up a trading company abroad, sell the goods to the trading company first, and then have the trading company sell them back, so as to achieve the goal of keeping part of the funds and profits overseas.

Gu Bei spent $400 million to buy the copyright of Whiplash from Rose Pictures, and then went to the Cannes Film Market to sell the film.

In fact, this is how the North American capital departure tax is circumvented.

The second method is external dividends. This method must be prepared very early, and the taxation of dividends is also a big problem.

The third type is ODI (Overseas Investment Registration).

This method is suitable in theory and relatively flexible in use.

But the approval process takes too long, and time is a critical issue for the Twilight Zone project that is about to start.

China Film Group and Edko Films do not have this restriction.

China Film Group itself has quite a lot of business overseas and a large number of overseas subsidiaries, and has sufficient US dollars.

And since Enlight Pictures is located in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong dollar is directly pegged to the US dollar and can be spent directly as US dollars.

"Jingle Bell!"

Gu Bei's cell phone rang.

He glanced at it and said, "The person I met is here."

"No problem, you go ahead and do your work." Jiang Zhiqiang smiled. "Shall we have dinner together tonight?"

"Row!"

Gu Bei did not refuse.

After all, China Film Group is not as flexible as private enterprises.

Until things are settled, the spare tire still needs to be maintained.

It has to be said that Jiang Zhiqiang's perseverance and willingness to be a backup will probably play a big role in the future development of Enlightenment.

Only with this kind of action-driven approach can we push so many projects to fruition.

Gu Bei left the tea room.

In the adjacent conference room,
Met the accountant and lawyer who were helping him with the matter.

"no problem."

Gu Bei used his skills to read all the documents.

Just as he had planned, he simply signed his name.

This is a document to establish a company called Minecraft in an international tax haven.
The company Minecraft will be the entity that manages Gu Bei's various copyrights in the future.

The copyright of Whiplash was naturally included in it.

At the same time, the code was already written last Christmas.

But due to the F1 visa,
The game "Minecraft", which Gu Bei had never dared to release, was also released into this company.

After Gu Bei won the Palme d'Or,
He meets the requirements of the O1 (Outstanding Talent) visa.
You don’t have to rely on your luck for an H1B visa, nor do you have to worry about the restrictions of an F1 visa.
He can really let go and get ready to do something big!

After completing the establishment of the new company,
Gu Bei and producer Qiao began to prepare for negotiations with the copyright holders.

Judging from the current situation, the copyright holder with the most positive attitude towards them should be Sony Pictures Classics, a subsidiary of Sony Pictures.

(End of this chapter)