Chapter 452 Tianhe Capital
"Come on, let's try my cooking skills. According to our Chinese tradition, we have to eat dumplings today."
Today is the Lunar New Year, and Barron spent it with Fan Bingbing at her home in Shanghai.
She is a girl from the north, so the dumplings she makes look more presentable than those made by Wang Wanting when she was in London.
By this time, Fan Bingbing had finished filming on the set of "Ink Attack" and came over to meet Barron.
"Don't worry, it's still a little hot. I'll pour you a plate of vinegar."
Speaking of which, Barron hadn't felt this kind of atmosphere for a long time, and suddenly he seemed to have returned to his previous life, when he was still a Chinese.
"It's delicious. I like the pork and cabbage filling."
Hearing Barron's praise, Fan Bingbing's big eyes immediately turned into crescent moons, and she said happily:
"Actually, I think the dumplings filled with mackerel made by my mother are more delicious. Are you still here on New Year's Eve? Then you can go to my house to feel the atmosphere of the Spring Festival here, and you can also eat a lot of delicious food made by my mother. , some of which I don’t even know how to do..."
"It may not be possible this year. I will return to Melbourne in two days, and then go to the United States..."
Seeing Fan Bingbing's slightly disappointed look, Barron patted her hand and said softly:
"I will come here often in the past two months. By the way, how is the movie that I invested in before?"
"You mean "Crazy Stone"? The filming has been completed a long time ago. The film was shot very quickly. It was completed in more than forty days. It will be released this year..."
Previously, Barron invested and registered a company in China called Tianhe Capital in the name of Fan Bingbing.
Speaking of which, in Barron's previous life, and later Fan Bingbing had many companies under her name, but the names she named are a bit difficult to describe...
Either "Meitao" or "Meishen" or something... This may also be the reason why Fan's mother, who often holds shares on her behalf, has "Mei" in her name.
For example, with the name "Tianhe", both Barron and Fan Bingbing are very satisfied. After all, there is "harmony between man and nature" in Chinese culture, and for women, the "match made in heaven" is even more touching.
After Tianhe Capital was established, it invested in "Crazy Stone" by new director Ning Hao.
At that time, the film had already been approved and received an investment of 3 million Chinese dollars from Liu Tianwang's "Asian New Director Plan".
Although these funds are enough for Ning Hao's film to start shooting, it is still somewhat stretched - the script of "Crazy Stone" was actually completed by Ning Hao in 2000. It was originally called "Big Diamond", and later The emerald in the movie was originally set to be a diamond.
However, because the cost of using diamonds was too high, it was later changed to "Crazy Stone"...
In the original time and space, Liu Tianwang later added additional funds to complete the production of the film. After it was released, it earned more than 20 million Chinese dollars at the box office, which was already a hit for small-cost movies at the time.
The crew of "Crazy Stone" arrived in the mountain city near October to prepare for filming. At that time, before Fan Bingbing went to shoot "Ink Attack", he went to the mountain city to meet Ning Hao. After hearing about the idea of the film and watching it, After reviewing the script, Tianhe Capital invested 2 million Chinese dollars in "Crazy Stone" - in fact, the final production of the film "The Original Time and Space" cost almost this much.
One is Liu Tianwang, and the other is Fan Bingbing, one of the most well-known actresses in the mainland. In fact, as a northern girl, Fan Bingbing is very generous in private and has a very loyal character. At this time, she was not getting along with the director Ning Hao, who was not as famous as she was later, and the other actors in the crew. She did not have any pretensions at all, and she also won everyone's favor - the two invested in this work directed by themselves, a newcomer, which made Ning Hao felt very lucky and secretly decided to make this movie well.
"I went to see a rough cut by director Ning Hao before. It was a really good movie. It had the feel of European and American cult films, and it was a very special comedy. It seems that we have really struck gold with this investment... …”
In fact, at the beginning, Fan Bingbing also asked Barron how he knew about this movie and wanted to invest in it.
Barron's answer to her at the time was that she had heard of such a movie from others and thought it was quite interesting and required less investment. It was more appropriate as Trina Capital's first film to test the waters.
Well, mainly because of the real reason. Naturally, I couldn't tell her. It can't be said that this was a movie that Barron liked very much in his previous life. Moreover, the movie became an instant hit and not only made Ning Hao a star in Chinese-language movies. The backbone of the film, and three movie stars later appeared in the crew. To put it bluntly, this investment from Tianhe Capital can be regarded as an investment in a new force in the future of Chinese films.
"Next, you can see what movies you like and want to star in, or you can participate in investment. There are no projects in Hollywood that are suitable for you this year. Next year, there will be more opportunities to enter the international market."
"Well, I listen to you..."
Fan Bingbing was very happy that Barron could consider himself so much.
Speaking of which, there was originally an opportunity that suited Fan Bingbing this year, and that was "Mission: Impossible 3" produced by Paramount and starring Tom Cruise. There was a character in it, played by Maggie Q, a Chinese mixed-race actress from the original time and space. That character...
It's just that during the filming of this movie, Fan Bingbing had already taken over "Ink Attack", which conflicted with the filming, and Tianhe Capital couldn't catch up to participate in the investment, so it had to give up.
As for Big Brother Cheng's "Rush Hour 3" that will be filmed this year, although there are roles suitable for Fan Bingbing, the production cost of the film is as high as 140 million US dollars, and the final box office is only over 200 million US dollars. It can be said to be a bloody failure. And the movie has a mediocre reputation, so there’s no need to get involved.
This year, Fan Bingbing will still be allowed to participate in major domestic productions in China. Wait until next year, after Barron has made arrangements in Hollywood, and wants to give her some good roles, it will not be a problem at all.
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Just like what Barron told Fan Bingbing, after spending three days with her in Shanghai, he left China and took the Devonshire to Melbourne.
On the plane, when Barron saw a report passed over, he couldn't help but look through the window at the sea of clouds outside, and fell into silence for a moment.
This report was passed on by a Chinese team affiliated with the Barron Intelligence Center after visiting Qindao in China.
The content is very simple, that is, through their visits, all the people named "Chen Kai" who can be found on Qindao are inconsistent with the information given by Barron, including the university in Barron's previous life, and there are no qualified students.
Moreover, at the address he gave, the head of the household was not named Chen - the other party had lived there for more than ten years.
There are no residents in the entire community who meet the conditions.
Through these, Barron has basically determined that it seems that he, and even his family, no longer exist in this world... In fact, before this, he had vaguely had such a guess, but he was really sure After knowing this fact, it still takes some time to accept it emotionally.
