United States.

Previously, calls for restricting Chinese-language films had quietly arose in the media and became increasingly louder. Unconsciously, the media no longer mentioned it, and except for Hollywood, not many people supported this view.

Even some well-known celebrities in the United States publicly stated that this was a reaction that Hollywood could not afford to lose. So many film companies were defeated by a young Chinese man, and they couldn't let go of face, so they began to use such shameful methods.

Think about it too.

Although the performance of Chinese-language films in the U.S. film market in recent years has been much better than in the past dozen or so years.

But this is just an isolated phenomenon.

In other words, it can be said that only films made by Yang Ming have such success. There are many other Chinese-language films that have achieved impressive box office results, but these are all idol phenomena and are not common.

The threat of Chinese-language movies is all nonsense.

Yang Ming learned about the changes in media public opinion in the United States immediately, and he felt completely relieved, and at the same time he was filled with emotions.

If we had encountered this situation in our previous life, it is estimated that Hollywood's set of restrictions would have been very likely to succeed.

It's a pity that there is a powerful China in this world.

Especially East Asia, with China at its core, is the world's largest market.

If the trade pattern between the United States and East Asia is affected for the sake of the film industry, then Hollywood is really to blame.

Even if everyone knows that this is unlikely, what if it becomes true?

No one dares to take such a big responsibility for this.

Countless officials in the United States are well aware of the strength and domineering power of China's Ministry of Commerce.

During the World Trade Organization negotiations, it was hoped that all of East Asia could be included so that various industrial products from the United States could be sold normally within East Asia. The United States and Europe did not know how much effort it took to gradually open up the world's largest

Big market.

If Hollywood really changes the current trade pattern, no one can bear the responsibility.

Hollywood in the United States simply stopped, which made Yang Ming, who had memories of his past life, really not used to it. At first, he thought that the other party was jumping up and down, and would cooperate with some people from the American government to spread more news that was unfavorable to Chinese movies.

I didn't expect that the other party would wither so quickly.

And he shrunk cleanly without any hesitation, which made Yang Ming very uncomfortable. However, after he had phone calls with Minister Guo and Mr. Tao respectively, he gradually accepted the Hollywood style of bullying and fearing the strong.

In the words of Minister Guo, the world needs China and East Asia, but China and East Asia do not necessarily need the world.

At least not as urgently as in the United States and Europe.

It is precisely because of this that after the Cold War, the world environment was based on the theme of peace, and China, based on East Asia, was invincible in controlling the United States and Europe in various commercial and trade negotiations.

Although Yang Ming is not used to the modern Chinese government's behavior, he enjoys it very much.

It was only then that he had a deep understanding of the imperial arrogant mentality of the American people in his previous life.

However, there is also some not-so-good news.

That is because Hollywood has deliberately exaggerated the threat to the Chinese-language film industry in recent times. The Gox TV station cooperation has officially entered the final stage of acquisition. At the suggestion of the Watson family, the acquisition of Gox TV station should not be made public for the time being.

The Watson family's suggestion is not to overturn the previous cooperation negotiations, but to wait until the incident calms down before announcing the acquisition.

If it were announced at this time that Gox TV, one of the top five TV stations in the United States, was acquired by a company with a Chinese-funded background, the news would definitely cause an uproar. If coupled with the previous incident of Hollywood deliberately promoting the threat of Chinese-language movies, the two would be connected.

, it is very likely to cause inexplicable negative effects.

When Yang Ming learned of the news, he carefully discussed it with the person entrusted with Redwood to be responsible for cooperation negotiations, and then communicated with Barber before agreeing to the Watson family's suggestion.

You can sign a letter of intent for cooperation first, but the specific acquisition will not officially begin until the incident subsides.

In other words, Yang Ming is now actually one of the major shareholders of gox TV station.

Unless the Watson family wants to pay sky-high liquidated damages and overturn the signed cooperation letter of intent, this acquisition is already a certainty.

Of course, the Watson family also obtained 8% of WeChat shares.

After Yang Ming signed his name on the faxed document, he felt relieved.

If it weren't for the reaction of the US government, the news of the change in the shareholding of Gox TV Station would have been announced to the public by now.

But there is no way.

As one of the five major television stations in the United States, gox TV station has a very sensitive position in the American media industry. Especially according to American law, if you are not a citizen holding an American passport, you have no right to acquire media industries such as TV stations and newspapers.

Although various legal loopholes can now be used to exploit this loophole, perhaps small TV stations and newspaper companies, and the US government may turn a blind eye, but an organization as big as Gox TV Station certainly cannot be so negligent.

In normal times, before there were rumors of threats to Chinese-language films, perhaps the Redwood Fund could use various commercial means to make the acquisition of Gox shares have nothing to do with Yang Ming on the surface. But at this sensitive moment, the result

Whether everything goes well or not, it's really hard to say.

Yang Ming thought for a while, anyway, as long as he could eventually get the shares of gox TV station, he didn't take it seriously as to whether to announce these false names now.

According to the advice of the entrusting staff of Redwood Fund, we agreed to postpone the final signing of the acquisition agreement.

First sign a letter of intent with Watson. Anyway, the letter of intent also has legal effect.

Yang Ming once again turned his attention to the crew of "The Legend of the White Snake" that was being prepared.

Since the last time the Ministry of Culture convened many film and television companies in the industry to hold a cultural exchange forum, it was revealed that Yang Mingxin's filming plan is a TV series, which surprised many film and television companies who went to the meeting last time.

Unlike the outside world, these film and television companies had a meeting with Yang Ming together. They immediately guessed that Yang Ming might be responding to the call of the Ministry of Culture and specifically lowering his salary to film TV series again.

Maybe the directors may not take Yang Ming's TV series to heart, but the film and television company as an enterprise will certainly not ignore this.

China has been an official-based society since ancient times, so the contemporary political system has undergone great changes. The emergence of the electoral system has avoided this to a large extent, but the official-based idea is still deeply imprinted in the hearts of countless Chinese businessmen.

After the news that Yang Ming was going to make a TV series came out, the film and television companies that we went to the meeting with last time immediately started thinking. Is Yang Ming taking the initiative now?

Is the Ministry of Culture’s plan to promote China’s long history and culture really that important?

Could it be that just to please the government, Yang Ming did not hesitate to lower his status to get this thing done and establish a good image in the government's mind?

If these invisible and intangible benefits are not enough to make these film and television companies tempted.

However, the two TV series that were named and praised by the Ministry of Culture at the last meeting will receive tax refund support from the tax department. After passing through the lobby of Youxin Film and Television Company, the tax refund amount is as high as tens of millions of Chinese dollars, especially according to "Winter Sonata" and "Three Heroes".

According to statistics on the ratings of "Battle of Lu Bu" when it was released abroad, the tax rebate rate is definitely the highest.

Tens of millions of dollars in tax rebates.

This is the temptation of naked interests.

Many film and television companies were immediately moved.

Whether it is the pressure Yang Ming has brought to film and television companies due to his lowering of his net worth, or the temptation of tax rebates, some film and television companies have announced in recent days that they are preparing to produce and shoot large-scale TV series.

Suddenly, in addition to Yang Ming's "The Legend of White Snake", several film and television companies announced new drama shooting plans. After being reported by the media, they immediately attracted the attention of countless people and became the focus of the entertainment industry.

Originally, several film giants were preparing to launch a publicity campaign to steal public attention away from Yang Ming.

But before they could take action, several large-scale shooting plans were revealed in the film and television industry, once again stealing the limelight from several film giants, leaving Shangguantian, Cao Mengsheng and others extremely depressed.

Damn, it’s been really evil lately.

Just forget about Yang Ming.

Why are even those film and television companies following suit and going crazy?

Not to mention ordinary audiences, even film companies in the entertainment industry couldn't help but be shocked when they saw the filming plans announced by these film and television companies.

The filming plans of these TV series are not only directed by well-known directors in the industry, but also have super luxurious casts. Some film and television companies even directly shouted the slogan of sparing no expense, with production costs exceeding 100 million yuan.

One hundred million yuan!

This data almost frightened many film companies in the film industry.

At the same time, it made them feel namelessly annoyed.

To be honest, when film makers see people filming TV series, they always have a little bit of a psychological advantage.

But now the investment in other TV series has exceeded 100 million, and there are several TV series. This makes many film companies' eyelids jump, their faces turn ugly, and it is a bit embarrassing.

Yang Ming also saw the news about the new filming plans of these film and television companies, and couldn't help but frown. He felt that these companies were a bit messy.

It's not that he doesn't want to see others spending more money than him.

But he really didn't think that such an exaggerated shooting plan could produce a classic film and television work.

If there is no wonderful story as the core, just relying on a star cast and spending a lot of money on special effects shots, even if it can win ratings, it will only be a flash in the pan and will not have the effect of cultural promotion.

He immediately called Minister Guo, hoping that the other party would remind these film and television companies to be more sensible.

But the result disappointed Yang Ming.

These film and television companies rejected Minister Guo's kindness, but instead told Minister Guo not to worry. Yang Ming was not alone in the film and television industry.

Although the relationship between Yang Ming and Minister Guo is secretive, it cannot be hidden from everyone.

These film and television companies all implicitly stated that everyone makes TV series based on their own abilities. They spend money and they are happy. They all thought that Minister Guo called and was afraid that they would steal Yang Ming's limelight.

Minister Guo was very angry after making this call, and then told Yang Ming.

"You are so kind." Yang Ming smiled bitterly, and then said nothing more.

Anyway, he is not optimistic about these film and television companies.

Yang Ming then apologized to Minister Guo, saying that he should not have asked him to remind the film and television companies in the first place.
To be continued...