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Chapter 539 Autumn in Australia

The day after the premiere, Nicole's plane flew to Australia. Ryan only reached an intention with Huayi, so there will naturally be someone to advance the specific work. In accordance with the other party's obscure request, he also agreed to help promote the movie produced by Huayi to North America.

Internationalizing local movies and making dollars in North America is the hope of many filmmakers here.

Unfortunately, Ryan knew who Huayi’s ace was and also knew the limitations of their movies. It was impossible for him to succeed in North America.

So, he introduced Harvey Weinstein to people from Huayi without hesitation. Anyway, the fat man always likes to buy movies from abroad and publish them in North America, which is a way to make the best use of people.

As for whether Director Feng will scold Harvey in the future? Weinstein is a liar, Ryan will ignore it.

In fact, North American distribution and theater dealers are very realistic people. As long as the movies show commercial potential, they will not care about the nation and culture, and will definitely promote them hard in order to maximize their interests.

These foreign movies are often released from more than a dozen or even several theaters to see their market response. Are there any of the previous life's "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" operating methods?

Some movies that have a lot of reputation or are popular in the Far East or other places have not been released after being introduced to North America or have three-day theater tours. It can only be said that such movies are not suitable for the North American film market.

The differences in regions and cultures have also had obvious impacts on films.

Arriving at the farm in Queensland, Australia, they embarked on a short vacation trip.

This farm, located more than 40 miles away in Brisbane, changed from more than 6,200 acres to nearly 30,000 acres after Nicole's successive acquisitions, and it was almost directly bordered by the Gold Coast.

The farm still uses lavender, wine and horse racing feed as its main industries, and can produce about AUD 3.5 million a year.

It was not only Ryan and Nicole who came here for vacation, but also Antonia Kidman and her new boyfriend.

However, after the two parties met, the first activity they had for dinner was watching movies. As an insider, Nicole was still a little interested in the film culture of the country they just went to. Ryan happened to get a copy of the movies they sold this year from Huayi.

Since the language is not translated, except for Ryan, the three people who do not understand Chinese can only understand dialogue through subtitles. This method is not only difficult, but also has too many slang words in the movie, so they cannot be accurately expressed in English.

Donald Sutherland in the movie is considered an acquaintance. He also served as a guest at this year's Oscars.

"That... has a big horn and a shaker. That's... what's that?"

A doctor opposite replied, "Gromophone!"

"You are the manager of the third floor!"

The humor of the last paragraph caused several people to laugh at the same time. Ryan got up, went to the back to pack up the equipment, and the few left the manor's screening room. The Kidman sisters discussed it briefly and walked towards the racetrack together.

“Is China’s audio and video industry really developed?”

Antonia Kidman didn't understand either, and asked Nicole who had just returned from there while walking, "Just as the movie said?"

"I'm not very clear, either." Nicole shrugged and asked. "What is the movie talking about?"

"There are now 27 million DVDs in China. Each machine consumes ten DVDs every year, and each DVD is charged one yuan royalty." Antonia is worthy of being the host of the talk show and roughly retells the lines of the movie. "Ten discs are ten yuan, and plus 27 million DVDs, that is 270 million."

"In fact. This is a very, very conservative number."

Holding Nicole's hand, Ryan looked at the racetrack in the distance and took the initiative to take over the topic, "This number needs to be increased ten times at least to be more in line with the facts over there."

"Isn't this a very large peripheral market?" Antonia's boyfriend spoke. "I've been there a few times. Judging from their huge population base, the numbers Ryan said are also very conservative."

"Why is it difficult to sell our DVD and videotape copyrights there?" Nicole's blue eyes were full of strangeness. After all, she hid in the hotel most of the time except for the premiere. "Even if the copyright sold is low."

"The national conditions are different." Ryan shook her hand hard and took the initiative to change the topic. "I haven't been here for a long time. My dear, I heard how many horses you specially raised?"

When they entered the racetrack, several people went to change their riding outfits. Ryan held a cowboy hat in one hand and Nicole in the other, and walked into the stable. There were no expensive purebred horses here. Most of them were common horse breeds in Australia. Although they were a little smaller, their gentle temperament would make it easier to ensure the safety of horse riders.

These are all horses Nicole chose. After all, everyone here comes to play, not train horses.

First, help Nicole take care of her dark horse. Ryan randomly chose a maroon horse similar to Brigo, chased the Australian girl, and ran out of the stable with a crisp sound of horse hooves.

The sun moved from above to the left, and seemed to fall into the blue lake at any time. The grass by the lake turned slightly yellow. Several grasshoppers jumped around on it, but were crushed to pieces by the falling horse's hooves. The birds that occasionally flew past the sky would make weak screams, as if notifying the world that winter in Australia was coming.

The beige cowboy hat pressed down Nicole's golden curly hair, and the empty world made her feel particularly relaxed. She turned around and whistled Ryan, and knocked down the dark horse with her horse boots, speeding up her speed.

After experiencing the baptism of several films, Ryan's riding skills made great progress. He quickly chased him from behind and gradually joined Nicole.

The empty racecourse has been expanded and is several times larger than the initial one. There is also an artificial lake in the center, which is connected to the water source river trough on the other side through channels. From time to time, you can see the water splashes of fish.

"This little lake is Kate's idea." Nicole slowly slowed down and said, looking at the artificial lake.

"Kate turned out to be a favorite design." Ryan also pulled the reins, and after Nicole, who was slightly behind, caught up, he said, "Our Queen Kellandriel likes the lake very much."

"Hey, what are you talking about?" Antonia Kidman chased after him from behind. Ryan saw that she was the only one, and couldn't help but ask strangely, "Where is Sam?"

"That fool's pants are broken, I'm going to change my clothes." Antonia pulled the reins and went to the other side of Nicole, complaining, "He is always stupid. I'm very doubtful now that I'm confused if I accept his pursuit."

Ryan would definitely not make any suggestions on this matter, and Nicole couldn't say anything. The three of them were getting slower and slower, and finally they turned into a horse-riding walk.

"Annie, do you want to come to Hollywood to develop?" Nicole once again raised the suggestion.

"I still... like Sydney more." Antonia Kidman thought about it and hesitated a little, "My friends and social circles are in Sydney."

"All these can be rebuilt." Nicole pulled his horse's head and walked towards the lake first. After Ryan and the others followed, she said, "You can't go any further in your career at Sydney One. That talk show has reached its limit. You need a bigger stage."

"If you want, I can recommend you to ABC TV. They lack a good enough talk show host now." After saying that, Nicole watched it and Ryan nodded slightly.

He and Nicole have watched Antonia's show many times, and she is indeed very capable.

"Then... I need to think about it."

Seeing that Nicole was about to dismount, Antonia also grabbed the mount, "I also need to discuss it with Sam."

"Isn't he an actor? How many actors don't want to go to Hollywood?" Nicole threw the reins to Ryan and pulled her sister to the lake. "Dear, can you please go back and bring us some snacks and tea?"

“Happy to serve.”

After tied up the two horses, Ryan turned over and ran towards the stable.

It is autumn in Australia in April. Life in the farm is leisurely and comfortable, without the squirting of flashes and paparazzi, and without the obsession with work. This place is like a quiet place far away from the troubles of the world.

Fishing, horse riding, and walking have become the themes of Ryan and Nicole's life. Occasionally, they would go to the winery to learn how to make wine from the winemakers, or go to the farm to help workers harvest horse racing forage.

These are life that is difficult to experience in the luxury Hollywood, but it is okay to treat such a life as relaxation. If it goes on day after day, Nicole will probably be the first to jump out and rebel.

In a series of leisure activities, Ryan's favorite thing is hunting. He carried a double-barrel shotgun and took Nicole holding a hound into the thousands of acres of woods on the farm. After finding suitable prey, he loaded, fired, and shot...

Then, the prey escaped without any injuries in the gunfire, and he could only repeat the process in Nicole's contemptuous eyes...

‘Bang!Bang!’

Ryan pulled the trigger repeatedly, and the shotgun made the dirt fallen leaves fly around, but it was several feet away from the target hare. The hateful rabbit, whose eyes were rolling around, turned around like Nicole's contemptuous eyes, glanced at the two people in hunting suits, and ran away.

"Gru! Baby, it's up to you!"

He raised his eyebrows at Ryan, who was holding his face, and Nicole let go of the hound's leash. The German shepherd ran out as fast as possible, flexibly avoiding obstacles such as branches and weeds. In a "woof" barking, a beautiful thrust successfully captured the hare.

"Two days, Ryan." Nicole raised two fingers at him, "You haven't hit any prey. I remember you are a member of a certain firearms club in Los Angeles? Shooting level..."

She shook her head and walked towards the hound Gru.
Chapter completed!
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