Two days later,

Jiang Hao received a call from Robert and had already negotiated with the publishing house and could go and sign the contract.

In the office of Times Books, Jiang Hao met Howard, the owner of the publishing house. The two sides shook hands and greeted each other, "Mr. Hall, I have read both of your books. I have to tell the story very wonderful, very attractive, and the writing is very connotational, which makes people feel touched. It is the best novel I have read in the past two years."

"Thank you for your praise, Mr. Howard. I would like to ask how long it takes to publish a book after signing the contract." Jiang Hao said.

"It will take about 2 months to organize the manuscript, type design, three reviews and three proofreading, application number, final printing, and you can't be careless." Howard said.

It seems that it will take two months to wait for the work to be released.

After the two parties signed the contract, several people poured a glass of wine in Howard's office and celebrated briefly. Jiang Hao said goodbye to leave. In the car back, Jiang Hao said to Robert, "Robert, I am going to set up my own film company and shoot my own movie."

Robert looked at Jiang Hao in surprise, "Do you stop writing novels? Jon, you have this talent and should use your expertise. Now the film industry is shrinking on a large scale, and even those big film companies are losing money. I don't think this is a good idea."

Robert is right. Since the 1950s, television has become popular and has had a great impact on the film industry. From 1946 to 1953, in just a few years, the audiences entering cinemas have been reduced by half every year.

Before World War II, New York and Hollywood were the two major bases of the American film industry. After World War II, it quickly moved to Hollywood. New York's film industry shrank greatly, and Hollywood became the dominant film industry base.

At that time, film companies were like mushrooms after a rain, and new companies were established every day. Now, they were like leaves in autumn, swept by the cold wind of the movie crisis, falling down, and blockbuster companies went bankrupt.

Coupled with the Paramount Act, the profits of film companies have been greatly reduced. Now, the Hollywood film industry has entered a cold winter.

Jiang Hao naturally knew these things, and he also knew that this movie crisis was just the beginning and would last for a long time. From now until the late 1970s, many of the big film companies were moving forward with heavy burdens, let alone small film companies.

Small film companies themselves have no ability to resist the storm, and no one can guarantee that every movie will make money. As long as one investment fails, there will basically be no chance of turning around. Under the theory of the film industry's 28-year-old, a large number of small film companies have collapsed. In the past 20 or 30 years, as many as thousands of film companies have gone bankrupt.

Why are the Eight Great University? It is not only their channels and capabilities, film resources and connections, but also because of the capital support behind it. Even so, these film companies have changed hands several times and found new investors to continue to persist.

How about 20th Century Fox, a super big film company, a few years later, a film called Cleopatra, invested 40 to 50 million US dollars, but it completely failed and almost forced Fox to go bankrupt.

How about Columbia Film Company? When she couldn't watch the movie, she immediately switched to the TV industry, but she was still not good, and was eventually acquired by Coca-Cola.

Warner is amazing, and classic movies from later generations are familiar, such as "Batman", "Inception", "The Matrix", "Harry Potter", "The Return of Superman", etc.

After entering the film crisis in the 1950s and 1960s, movies suffered serious losses and business shrank. Warner turned his main business to the TV industry. Then, Jiang Hao knew that Warner would change hands in a few years and sell it to Seven Arts, renamed Warner Seven Arts, and two years later, Steve Rose was bought and renamed Warner Bros. This is the Warner we see now.

In fact, there are only six left in the next generation. There seems to be no one who has not changed hands. After going around in circles, they are thrown away as commodities in the hands of big capitals. Therefore, the film industry is definitely a high-risk industry.

Perhaps now is not the best time to enter the film industry, but who is Jiang Hao? He is a man with golden fingers.

"Robert, I found 3 million yuan in funds and prepared to set up a company to shoot my first movie. I have written the script." Jiang Hao said.

Robert didn't care much about the following words. He was already shocked by Jiang Hao's 3 million yuan fund. In this era of salary of $300, millionaires are definitely the dream of countless people, but Jon said he received $3 million in cash.

Damn rich second generation!

Damn Playboy!

I am really envious. Why isn't it me? If I have the money, no, even if it's only $300,000, I can open a law firm without working for others.

Robert smiled, "Jon, what do you want me to help you with? Prepare the information for setting up a company?"

The persuasion just now is based on the perspective of a friend. Now it is business. Robert has the most professional attitude towards business. The customer who gives money is God.

Jiang Hao smiled, "Robert, are you interested in investing in my film company and becoming my partner."

Robert's body was shocked, he looked around, and stopped the car silently on the side of the road. Then he turned to look at Jiang Hao, "Jon, are you serious?"

"Of course it's serious." Jiang Hao put on his most sincere face.

Robert is a lawyer, and lawyers are senior talents at all times. Jiang Hao and Robert have been in contact with him these few times and found that he has strong work ability.

Jiang Hao will have a lot of things in the future. He has been exploring in so many worlds and knows one truth that a person cannot conquer the world. As a successful superior, he needs to recruit countless talents to do things for himself, so that he can make his career bigger.

Robert was moved by Jiang Hao's invitation, very moved. Who doesn't want to develop his career? He also wants to be a boss. Opening a law firm is one of his ideals.

Now, an opportunity to become a shareholder of a film company is in front of him, and it is false to say that he is not moved.

"Jon, tell me what you think."

Since the other party invited him, he must have had a complete idea. Robert wanted to hear what Jiang Hao said first.

"If you invest a sum of money, become a shareholder of the company, and be responsible for the company's legal affairs, we need to hire a professional manager to be responsible for the company's daily management and film business. Of course, we can also absorb it. It depends on the situation. My main business will be placed on filming in the future." Jiang Hao said.

Without letting himself be a manager, Robert's plan for Jiang Hao was improved to a higher level.

“How much do I need to invest?”

"It depends on you having yourself. I plan to invest 3 million in the early stage." Jiang Hao said.

Robert thought for a while, "Jon, I need to think about it. This is not a small matter, and to be honest, I don't have much money either. $100,000 is my limit, but this amount of money accounts for too small."

"You think about it first, we can discuss the details later." Jiang Hao smiled and said to himself, as long as he is moved, there will be a chance.

When Jiang Hao was sent back to the apartment, Robert did not go home, but came to a bar, asked for a bottle of wine, and drank the wine silently and thought. He knew that this decision might determine his future.

He is thirty-four years old this year. He wants to make greater progress, but he is afraid of failure and he calculates gains and losses in his mind.

It was not until after ten o'clock in the evening that Robert did not return to his home. His wife Linda was not sleeping yet and was leaning against the bed reading. Robert climbed onto the bed and asked softly, "Is Little Furant asleep?"

"I'm already asleep, what's wrong, Robert, you look a little tired, is it because your business is not very good?" Linda said caringly.

"No, the business has been very good recently. I'm thinking about one thing, one thing that may be related to the future," Robert said.

"Can you talk to me?" Linda said.

Robert said everything about Jiang Hao's invitation to join the film company since he met Jiang Hao, published a book, and Jiang Hao invited him to join the film company. Finally, Robert said: "I am afraid of failure. If it fails, it will have a great impact on our family's financial situation. I will be responsible for you and Furant."

Linda thought for a while and said, "Robert, I don't know how likely it is to succeed, but I know that if I don't try, there will never be a chance of success. As for whether to invest, it requires you to judge yourself. I support any decision you make."

Robert kissed Linda on the forehead, hugged his wife and closed her eyes, smelled the familiar smell, and slowly fell asleep.

The next day,

Robert found Jiang Hao and said the first thing he said was, "Jon, I'm going to join the group."

Jiang Hao smiled and stretched out his palm, "Welcome to Robert."

Robert also stretched out his hand, holding the two hands together. After letting go, Robert immediately changed his face, took out his lawyer's professional skills, and said to Jiang Hao: "Then next, we have to talk about the details. I am going to invest $100,000, but I think I should get more shares."

Jiang Hao is the least afraid of negotiations, just talk about some.

"Let's sit down and chat, I'll pour you a glass of wine. How about whiskey and ice?" Jiang Hao did not take the initiative at the first time, but got up to pour the wine, which broke Robert's sharpness.

Robert said halfway, and he could only swallow it back. Suddenly, he realized that Jon Hall in front of him was probably more smart and worldly than he thought.

“Whiskey, yes.”

Jiang Hao brought two glasses of wine, and the two sat down to chat. Robert continued: "I gave up my position as a lawyer and provided the company with more professional and careful business. This aspect also needs to be considered as an investment. This is also the reason why you invited me, right? Jon."

"That's right." Jiang Hao nodded and admitted.

"So professional investment should also be considered shares."

"So, as a director, should I also count the shares?"

"Oh, my lawyer business is recognized by the industry."

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The two sides fought each other and finally decided that Robert invested $100,000, and obtained a 7% stake, and a monthly salary of no less than $1,000.

Robert was very satisfied, and Jiang Hao didn't care even more. The two sides reached an agreement on this and the establishment of the company was naturally handed over to Robert. After all, he was a professional personnel matter, and Jiang Hao asked him to do these miscellaneous things.

Of course, Jiang Hao also issued an order to Robert to find a suitable executive manager of a film company.
Chapter completed!