Chapter 299 Cultural Reverse Output
After returning to the capital, the first thing I did was of course to see Zeng Li and the child.

After more than a month, Zeng Li hasn't changed much. The child has grown a lot bigger, but he still looks lazy and seems like he might fall asleep at any time.

But I don’t know if this little guy is not afraid of strangers or has not forgotten himself. When Liu Zhou held him, he didn’t cry or make a fuss, and looked at Liu Zhou with his pair of black and bright eyes.

The child's eyes are so clear and frightening that just one look at them seems to be able to take away all worries and fatigue.

After holding the child for a while and seeing that he seemed hungry, Liu Zhou handed the little one to Zeng Li.

"By the way, Lizi, has Grandpa chosen a name for him?"

"It's settled, a single name, Yu."

"Which character? Is it the Yu in Zhou Yu?"

"Yes, it's the Yu in Zhou Yu. Grandpa originally wanted to name him Jin, but then he remembered that there was a great eunuch named Liu Jin in the Ming Dynasty, so he finally decided on Yu."

"Liu Yu, that's good. I hope that little Liu Yu can become a gentleman and be as gentle as jade in the future."

Both "Yu" and "Jin" describe beautiful jade. For example, Zhou Yu's courtesy name is Gongjin, for the same reason.

"I think this name is great too." Zeng Li said with a smile, "By the way, has the issue with the United States been resolved?"

"It's resolved. The agreements for both acquisitions have been signed. Once they are approved, we can officially announce them."

In fact, in the United States, news about the change of ownership of the Golden State Warriors and Summit Entertainment has spread.

After all, these two companies are not unknown companies, especially the Golden State Warriors. Although its current performance is poor, it still has many fans.

Although the news of Liu Zhou's acquisition of the Warriors has not been officially announced, he did not deliberately keep it secret, so the news that the Warriors will soon have a new owner has spread like wildfire.

The same is true for Summit Entertainment. As a well-known Hollywood film company, the sudden possibility of its acquisition has attracted considerable attention.

So currently, entertainment media and sports media in the United States are reporting the news that these two companies are about to change hands.

What they don’t know yet is that the same person acquired both companies.

But because Liu Zhou has not made an official announcement yet, these media can only report some gossip, and the news has not yet spread to the country.

Currently, the only people in mainland China who know about this matter are a few senior executives of Golden Harvest.

"That's good. No wonder it took so long this time."

Hearing Zeng Li's words, Liu Zhou couldn't help but touch his nose, then changed the subject:

"Have the tickets for the opening ceremony of the Olympics been delivered?"

"It was delivered, but there were only three."

"You think it's too little? It's good enough to have three tickets. There are so many people out there who can't even get one."

The Beijing Olympics was a grand event that attracted much attention from the entire Chinese land. People from the entire Beijing and even most of China wanted to be there in person to experience the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

However, although the entire Bird's Nest has nearly 100,000 seats, after removing the space occupied by some media and other purposes, there are only about 90,000 seats available to the audience.

Of these 90,000 tickets, only 60,000 were sold to the public, and many of them were foreign tickets.

And the number of people hoping to get a ticket is far more than six million.

So the tickets for the opening ceremony were snapped up like crazy!

This also allowed scalpers to make a lot of money. The cheapest scalper ticket cost seven or eight thousand yuan, and it was rumored that the most expensive ticket sold was as high as 21 yuan.

Although it may seem a bit outrageous, the key is not money. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it.

In 2008, there are actually quite a few wealthy people in China. Whether they want to watch the opening ceremony sincerely or to show off, they are definitely willing to spend the money.

But if 90,000 votes were spread across the country, there wouldn't be any splash.

Not to mention the whole country, Beijing alone can absorb all these tickets.

There are also a bunch of unscrupulous scalpers selling fake tickets, and you may not be able to buy the real ones even if you spend money.

Just like the unit played by Ge You in the later TV series "My Motherland and I", being able to get a ticket to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is really awesome, and you can show off all over Beijing with the ticket.

With Liu Zhou's current identity and status, getting a few internal tickets is not too difficult, but it is not easy either.

Liu Zhou also used all his connections and channels to get three tickets for the opening ceremony.

"I know, I just think that if there are only three, our family won't be able to go to the show together."

Liu Zhou had no other choice but to ponder for a while before saying:
"Why don't we give the tickets to the elders and let them watch it on TV."

"Okay, I'll talk to them then."

But the next day, Zeng Li found Liu Zhou with a bitter face and said:

"Zhou Zhou, my aunt and my mother are not going, so they asked us to go and watch."

"If they're not going then we can go, but now there are three tickets, so there's one extra."

"How about giving it to a friend or someone else?"

"It's just one. It won't be good to give it to anyone. Give me this ticket. I'll take care of it."

Liu Zhou was going to give this extra ticket to Zhong Lifang. As the first person to follow him in his career, she had helped Liu Zhou solve many problems all the way to now. Now Zhong Lifang was also Liu Zhou's most capable assistant and the person he trusted the most.

However, Liu Zhou would not treat Zhong Lifang, who had always worked with him, unfairly. Liu Zhou gave her certain options in this year's Sina board meeting, and the soon-to-be-listed Golden Harvest Group also reserved shares for her.

A ticket to the opening ceremony may not be of much value, but at least it is a token of Liu Zhou's thoughtfulness.

"Okay." Zeng Li handed the ticket to Liu Zhou without asking any questions.

Liu Zhou rested at home for another two days, and then rushed to Jiahe.

Golden Harvest is currently relatively calm, and several film and television projects it has launched have been rushed to various locations for intensive filming.

Although it is the summer vacation season now, not only Golden Harvest, but also several other domestic film and television companies have chosen not to release movies during this period, especially big-budget movies.

At present, almost all attention is attracted by the Olympics.

Therefore, this year's summer season is also the quietest summer season in recent years.

When he arrived at the office, Liu Zhou called Zhang Zhao over and gave him a brief account of the acquisition of Summit Entertainment.

And let him form a team to follow up on this matter. As the general manager of the group, Summit Entertainment will also be under his management.

Although Liu Zhou has chosen Anthony Edwards as the president of Summit Entertainment, Summit Entertainment will be more independent.

But this does not mean that Summit Entertainment can escape the control of the group.

In the future, some high-quality Chinese-language films will also be released in North America through Summit Entertainment’s distribution channels.

It doesn’t matter whether these Chinese-language films are popular or not, or whether they have high box office sales. At least this is the reverse output of Chinese culture.

Maybe it won’t work now, but water drips through stone, and slowly accumulation will eventually play some role.

The reason why Liu Zhou chose to acquire a film company with distribution capabilities was not only because distribution capabilities are relatively rare, but also because of this consideration.

The first Chinese-language film that Liu Zhou prepared for Summit Entertainment is "The Martian", which is about to complete post-production.

The original version of "The Martian" was released in mainland China for less than a week and was a big hit at the box office, but it was banned right after that.

Because the movie contains obvious and serious smear campaign content.

In the original novel of "The Martian", the hero was successfully rescued with the help of our space agency, and the same is true for the movie.

The astronauts from the United States were trapped and needed our help to be rescued, which seemed to be praising us.

There is no other way. Are the beautiful Chinese going to ask polar bears for help?
That's impossible, it would be tantamount to slapping yourself in the face.

Apart from Russia, the only country that can help in aerospace technology is our country.

Of course there are exceptions. If the investor or director of the film is Korean, then they might be able to design a plot that seeks help from the Korean Space Agency.

Anyway, it's the future world, humans have landed on Mars, so can't Koreans turn over and become fathers?

If it were Sammo Hung, after helping the United States with the rescue effort, he would definitely give the male protagonist a bottle of authentic Ganges water in space.

However, even though we helped the United States in the movie, it would be unbearable to watch wherever Chinese elements appeared.

There are green trains running on the tracks and office workers pushing bicycles.

In the space agency and the base, everyone is wearing workers' uniforms from the 1980s.

Finally, the rescue was successful, and people from all over the world gathered to celebrate. Other countries were all colorful and passionate, but we were the only ones who could be seen wearing all black and gray.

They were all men, and they clapped like robots.

Damn it, it was already 2015 and they were still doing this. Their methods were too low-level.

Of course, this is not what makes Liu Zhou most angry. After all, the West has been doing this all the time.

What made Liu Zhou most angry was that a movie with such a plot could actually pass the review and be screened on a large scale in theaters.

In some cases, it's more serious than you might think.

This time, Liu Zhou's version of "The Martian" is full of Chinese themes, and Liu Zhou wants to see how the United States reacts.

Liu Zhou still has a certain degree of fame among North American audiences, and at least he will not let the Chinese-language movie "The Martian" go unnoticed.

The North American market is actually very xenophobic. It is very difficult not only for Chinese-language films, but also for films from other countries to achieve high box office in the North American market.

For example, we thought that "The Wandering Earth" was very well filmed in its original time and space, but when it was released in the United States, not many people watched it.

The special effects that seem amazing to us are just average to North American audiences, and none of the characters are familiar faces; they all look the same to them.

So it is not surprising that the movie was not well received in North America.

The release of "The Martian" in North America is, to a certain extent, also a test of its appeal in North America.

After explaining the affairs of Summit Entertainment to Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zhao also told Liu Zhou about the company's affairs in the past month or so.

The project of "The Sound of Wind" has been approved and most of the cast has been confirmed.

"Lost on Journey" has also been approved as a project, and Xu Zheng is currently making a shooting plan. This is his first time as a film director, and he is more serious than ever before.

(End of this chapter)