Chapter 265 Hospitality
Fang Hexuan expressed his intention to invest, and it was enough for Harvey to receive this information accurately.

As for going further and directly discussing specific investment details, we will have to wait until later.

At least we have to wait for Fang Hexuan's investment team to fly to Los Angeles, and we may even have to continue to hire an accounting firm to estimate the value of Miramax's light assets.

It was self-evident to both parties that before Fang Hexuan left, Harvey invited him to attend the party specially held for him tonight.

The two veteran drivers smiled at each other, and everything was said without words.

To be honest, if he hadn't met Weinstein when he came to Hollywood, in addition to walking in the Los Angeles city and visiting several major production companies, what he wanted most was to see the Hollywood male and female stars of this era with his own eyes, especially the women.

Even the super-rich have just as much curiosity as ordinary people.

Wasn't even a man as powerful as Kennedy obsessed with Monroe?
After leaving Miramax, Fang Hexuan did not go far but went directly to Universal Pictures.

Although DreamWorks Films has never cooperated with Universal, he doesn't believe that the other party has not heard of his company.

The seven major groups are in competition with each other and are wary of each other; any disturbance cannot be concealed from the public.

Two competitors cooperated with a film company in a Far Eastern colony. Although everyone knew that the purpose was to cheat the other party out of money, it also showed that the company that was willing to be cheated was quite powerful.

Therefore, although DreamWorks movies have not yet entered Hollywood, its reputation has already reached the ears of several big names.

Any manager who is slightly sensitive to data can immediately understand the position of DreamWorks Films in Hong Kong by comparing the size of the film markets in Hong Kong and the United States, and then comparing the market shares occupied by the leading companies in the two markets.

You can look down on their size, but you cannot disrespect their dominance in the local area.

So, not long after Fang Hexuan handed over his business card, the public relations manager of Universal Pictures immediately arrived at the door on the commuter bus.

"Hello, Mr. Fang, welcome to Universal Pictures for inspection. I am Kant Jeffrey, the public relations manager of Universal Pictures."

"Hello, Mr. Jeffrey, I apologize for the intrusion."

"No, no, no, I called the president before I came here, and he said you are a distinguished guest of Global and asked me to make sure to entertain you well!"

"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Jeffrey."

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The president of Universal did not meet with Fang Hexuan. It was not known whether he did not take him seriously or was really busy. Anyway, Jeffrey said he was in a meeting.

However, Fang Hexuan didn't care. He came here for the purpose of visiting and inspecting. It didn't matter whether he met the leaders or not.

Perhaps not wanting to appear too petty or impolite, Jeffrey told him that he could visit many locations in Universal Pictures, including the studio, and that they would be accompanied by professional tour guides.

In terms of land area, Universal Studios is the largest, much larger than Disney.

Because its cinema and production company are next to each other, and the studio is just northwest of the cinema.

So, Fang Hexuan can watch them all at once this time.

I visited Universal Studios in my previous life, but at that time I was more of a tourist.

Now we observe and analyze from a learner's perspective.

He was not interested in the administrative department of Universal Pictures. He mainly looked at the layout and facilities of Universal Studios and asked about its reception of tourists.

Then, he visited the studio and stopped for a while in a studio where a movie was being filmed. The blonde beauty narrator next to him probably guessed Fang Hexuan's thoughts, so she introduced the process and key details of film production to him.

Fang Hexuan listened very carefully, and from time to time he compared the differences between Hong Kong and Hollywood in his mind.

To be honest, the production standards of Hong Kong films in the 80s were not that far behind those of Hollywood. What limited its technological iteration was the small box office market in Hong Kong.

If Hong Kong at that time had a market as large as the mainland's in later generations, it could really compete with Hollywood with the excellent commercial film production capabilities of local practitioners.

Unfortunately, the box office scale was not large to begin with, and it was ruined by capital from multiple parties. As a result, the quality of Hong Kong films has not made any significant progress, and is falling further and further behind Hollywood's increasingly mature industrialized films.

Many people believe that Hong Kong is not an industrialized city and it is impossible for it to have an industrialized film mindset.

Fang Hexuan disagrees with this statement. In essence, desire drives motivation. If making industrial blockbusters can make a lot of money, Hong Kong filmmakers will definitely be the most willing to learn and change.

Because these people are essentially economic animals that are even more ferocious than those in the mainland later.

7pm, Beverly Hills.

As a world-renowned gathering place for luxury homes, there is partying here every night.

Los Angeles' upper class may not hang out in local bars and nightclubs, but many of them definitely frequently attend private parties in luxury villas in Beverly Hills.

Many of the villas here are not actually used for living, but are rented out to event companies for hosting private parties.

Harvey rented a villa through a local party company.

He is lucky. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time to rent a luxury house temporarily.
In order to host this party for distinguished guests, Harvey reluctantly set aside a budget of $50,000.

This was 1982, and $ was definitely a lot of money.

In addition to the rental of the mansion, alcohol and beverage fees, sanitation and cleaning fees, etc., the biggest expense is the money to hire twenty hot girls.

Among these beauties, there are small-town girls who come to Hollywood to pursue their dreams of becoming stars, college students who engage in paid dating, fifth- and sixth-tier actors who want to earn extra money to pay the rent, and of course, Fernando Valle's AV actress with a first-class face and a superb body.

In Los Angeles and Hollywood, it is not shameful to use your body to make money. What is shameful is not having money to stay and pursue your dreams.

When Fang Hexuan and his bodyguards entered the mansion where the party was to be held that night, all the beauties were already there.

Apart from him, there are only Harvey and his brother, as well as several Miramax's long-term directors (not very famous) and photographers.

In other words, apart from the 20 hot girls and 5 waitresses with nice figures, there were no other women in the villa tonight.

Harvey is a thoughtful person and he understands men's thoughts very well.

However, he still underestimated Fang Hexuan. Or, for someone like Harvey whose assets were less than tens of millions of dollars, finding so many beautiful women to please Fang Hexuan should be considered a generous hospitality.

Fang Hexuan was surrounded by so many women, but he was not panicked at all. He glanced at all the women aggressively, and then said to Harvey:
"Xavi, I believe you tried your best, but thank you anyway!"

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(End of this chapter)