Chapter 872: A Bad Debt Russian Movie
Abramovich is a ruthless person, especially in a relatively closed country like Russia, it is not uncommon for him to have a few lives in his hands.
He's only 38 years old this year, and when the Soviet Union collapsed...he was in his 20s.
At such a young age, he dared to set off a bloodbath in the turmoil of the great era, frantically stole state-owned assets, and became Russia's well-known oil tycoon in one fell swoop.
In the years when the Soviet Union disintegrated and all Russians were hungry and even had to sell their children to eat, he was able to quickly accumulate amazing wealth. One can imagine the bloody original sin.
Its methods are fierce and its road to rise is fast, even compared to Tang En, it is not much better.
The difference is that Tang En relies on foresight, while Abu relies on political connections.
Fortunately, Abramovich's industry is oil and gas, and Tang En's main business is the entertainment industry. There is no competition between the two. On the contrary, because both of them have the same interest in football, they have many common topics.
After chatting a few times, it was very harmonious, and both parties wanted to make friends with each other, so it was a bit of a friend.
In this Wimbledon final, Sharapova, who was only 17 years old, faced the famous American tennis player and two-time defending champion Serena Williams.
In the first game, Sharapova took the opponent lightly with a score of 6:1.
In front of Sharapova, Serena Williams didn't seem to find any breakthrough, and she didn't even have an advantage in strength, and was suppressed everywhere.
Seeing that the first Wimbledon champion in Russian history is about to be born.
During the break, Abu and Twain also got up and left the stands, and went to the VIP lounge to have two glasses of wine.
This is a very common court culture in the UK.
"It seems that Sharapova's championship is stable." Abramovich was full of spirits, watching his compatriots win the championship on the field, especially defeating an American player, he was even more motivated. However, remembering that Tang En is also an American, he added, "Thank you for your advice."
Tang En smiled, "It's all her own efforts. What can I give advice? Movies are okay, tennis... I only know a little, not as much as football."
"Movies..." Abu raised his eyebrows, and his heart moved slightly, "By the way, when it comes to movies, there is something I really want to ask you to advise."
Tang En said angrily, "I can't talk about it, if you need help, just say it."
When it comes to the super rich at the level of Tang En and Abu, in many cases, money is not money, but face is money.
It seems that Abramovich will easily give up the bid for Drogba and transfer to Liverpool.
Abu said: "In the past, Soviet films... you must know that even if they were not as good as Hollywood, they were not too bad. However, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Russian film industry collapsed, and the collapse was even worse than the Russian economy. In recent years , the civil strife in Chechnya ended, the country’s economy began to recover, and the government also began to promote the cultural industry, with movies being the core.”
Tang En smiled and said, "What? Didn't you say you're not interested in the entertainment industry? Want to enter the entertainment industry?"
Abu shook his head, remained silent for a while, and said in a low voice, "You know, the guy from Russia...has a bad relationship with Europe and the United States, and the civil strife in Chechnya has exposed Russia's military background and corruption, making the whole world wonder. mocking."
Tang En narrowed his eyes slightly, and quickly realized.
After Putin came to power, he was determined to revive the status of Russia's superpower. Internally, he strengthened the power of the federal government, rectified the economic order, cracked down on financial oligarchs, and strengthened the military. Externally, he was working hard to improve the international environment, expand diplomatic space, and safeguard national interests. .
Behind hard powers such as economy, military, and politics, the promotion of the cultural industry is also an essential element of a superpower.
In the past few years, the Russian government has invested a lot of money every year to support the revival of the film industry, but with little success.
Abramovich is Russia's financial oligarch and is Putin's key target.
He will buy Chelsea and build momentum like crazy, just to gain fame and influence in the European and American world, to have international influence, and to prevent the ending of killing pigs and eating meat.
However, this is only his last choice of escape, after all, his main industries are still in Russia.
He knows that the development of the film industry is a very important cultural policy for the current Russian government, but it has had little effect due to the blockade of resources in the European and American world.
If he could ask Tang En for some help, Putin might be more lenient when he was happy and credited for his contribution.
Tang En frowned and said: "If the film industry wants to develop, it must first have a good film environment. Although I have never been to Russia, the strange appearance of the Russian film industry, especially the serious infringement of intellectual property rights, has made the entire Hollywood very dissatisfied."
The current Russian film industry is full of chaos.
The seven theater chains are all monopolized by oligopolies, and the ticket prices are the highest in the world.
The theater chain also lacks a networking system, and most of them still use the old-fashioned month-end accounting statistics. The monthly movie box office is as much as the theaters say. The producers and distributors have no way to get the exact data, and there is nothing to check.
In mainstream countries such as Europe, America, Korea, Japan, etc., computer records have long been online. Not to mention real-time monitoring, but the daily box office market can be checked.
Not only that, Russia also has a more abhorrent joint ticket system.
For example, "Pirate Alliance 2", in Russia, a ticket costs about 10 US dollars. However, in order to make more money, or to squeeze more profits from Hollywood, and make money for local Russian movies, the theaters let a bad movie be bundled with "Pirate League 2" for $10!
Among them, the price of "Pirate League 2" is only 2 US dollars, and the remaining 8 US dollars are all earned by that bad movie.
As a result, movie fans all rushed to buy tickets for "Pirate League 2", and the box office revenue went into the pockets of other movies.
As for industry insiders such as changing tickets and venues, it is even more common.
According to the "lipstick effect", when the economy is in a downturn, the income of the entertainment industry will increase sharply. According to this standard, Russia should become a big box office warehouse.
But in fact, Russia's box office revenue is not as good as that of a small European country.
Many villains and evil forces in Hollywood movies are Russians, which is almost equivalent to giving up the Russian market.
Abu also heard the embarrassment in Tang En's words, "I believe that the country will gradually improve, and the protection of intellectual property rights will become stricter."
Tang En shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult. I can provide some help in terms of technical needs, such as Hollywood's special effects industry, and can cooperate with Russia. However, it is absolutely impossible for me to help promote Russian movies."
The tone is very decisive.
The whole of Europe and the United States are blocking the spread of Russian culture. Not only that, European and American literary works, film and television works, music works, etc. are all discrediting Russia all the time.
It was impossible for Tang En to compete against the general trend.
He dared to help promote Russian films, but he couldn't even pass the level of Hollywood alone.
"I don't mean to reject you. I really can't do anything about this matter. Capital forces can never fight against political power. You must have a deep understanding of this." Tang En was afraid of causing Abu's displeasure, and explained another sentence .
But Abu was very open-minded, and said very openly: "I understand. However, what is the cooperation in the special effects industry you mentioned just now? Can you help Russian films without restriction?"
Tang En said with a smile: "Russia's film background is as deep as Hollywood. The special effects industry is the future development trend of films. If Russian films are to be revived, special effects are an inseparable hurdle. You can pay attention, if the Russian Federation The government is interested, and I can help arrange it. Currently, Hollywood is negotiating cooperation with South Korea in the special effects industry, and Russia can also participate in the negotiations if it is willing."
Whether it can be achieved depends on the negotiations between the Russian Ministry of Culture and the MPAA.
Tang En really didn't want to pay too much attention.
It is thankless.
The level of Russian cinema is high, very high!
However, Hollywood's cultural promotion has been so successful and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that it has spread to every corner of the world. It also led to Russia's image...has not been very good.
No matter how good a Russian film is, it is impossible for it to have an overseas market.
At most, it's for self-entertainment.
Even the "ally" China is not interested in Russian films. Hollywood movies can sell big, Japanese and Korean movies are also profitable, and even Indian Bollywood has opened up the Chinese market, only Russia... There is no window for cultural output at all.
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Next, in the second game, Sharapova defeated Serena Williams with a score of 6:4 and successfully became the women's singles champion of this Wimbledon event.
She is the youngest champion since 16-year-old Hingis won the Wimbledon title in 1997!
That night, Abramovich held a celebration reception in his mansion with pride, and Tang En, as Sharapova's big benefactor, would naturally show up.
There were many wealthy Russians in the reception, and Abu helped Tang En introduce them one by one.
This group of rich people is also very interesting. They have a relatively indifferent attitude towards Sharapova, but they all warmly congratulate Tang En, as if it was not Sharapova who won the Wimbledon championship, but Tang En.
"Why do they all congratulate me?"
Tang En took Sharapova away, and when he was sitting in the car, he couldn't help asking.
Sharapova said strangely: "I won the championship, shouldn't I congratulate? This is Russia's first Wimbledon women's singles championship!"
Tang En shook his head, "I mean, why do they all congratulate me, you are the one who won the championship."
Sharapova pursed her lips and lowered her head, "Didn't Mr. Abramovich introduce you to everyone, I am your person, and they will naturally focus on you."
It turned out to be the feeling of being the master.
"The performance on the field today was very good."
"Thanks."
"Especially the yelling, it's amazing!"
"ah?"
Sharapova froze for a moment, and then blushed a little.
Tang En leaned over and whispered in his ear, "When you get on the bed, you have to scream out loud."
Sharapova's ears were reddish, and she said "hmm".
Tang En trained her many times, but when she got on the bed, she just refused to make a sound. Although breasts, fat buttocks, and long legs are all very tempting, but without those charming and charming voices, she always felt a little less flavorful.
"Abu told me that there are many beautiful girls in the Russian sports scene, and you want to introduce them to me. You have to behave well, otherwise I won't let you go, understand?" Tang En lightly bit her ear.
Sharapova pursed her lips, "I see, I will try my best."