Elias must be interested in Italian actors and wants DiCaprio or Nicolas to play the leading role in "The Matrix".

Although these two people have not yet become superstars, they have already become famous in Hollywood. They are just short of a blockbuster movie that can represent them!

Brad Pitt is a new generation of walking hormones in Hollywood. He has already become famous. Last year, he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "12 Monkeys" and gained global recognition with "Interview with the Vampire".

He has a large number of fans and is the leader among the new generation of Hollywood actors.

In terms of acting skills and box office appeal, Brad Pitt seems to be the most suitable compared to the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicolas Cage and Will Smith. The only disadvantage is that

It's just too expensive.

Letting Brad Pitt be the leading actor probably won't cost tens of millions of dollars, plus a large amount of movie shares. As for hiring DiCaprio or Nicolas Cage, it would be cheaper, but DiCaprio is doing it

The crew of "Titanic" was being ravaged by truck drivers and asked DiCaprio to act. I don't know how long it will be delayed.

As for the idea of ​​​​letting an actress play the protagonist of the movie who is female, this is just a thought. It is not that there are no movies with big heroines now, and literary and artistic movies are not uncommon, but commercial movies do this.

Yes, it’s a bit too risky!

There was almost an outright quarrel over the choice of the male and female protagonists of The Matrix. The Wachowski brothers preferred Brad Pitt, who was guaranteed to be a box office star, while Elias wanted an Italian actor to play the role.

The protagonist, as well as Harvey, David Geffen, Sofia Coppola and others, all have their own favorite candidates, which quickly turned into a quarrel over these candidates.

Song Yang sat aside and watched the quarrel coldly. After a while, Song Yang finally spoke, and the conference room suddenly became quiet. "The crew started preparations first. I hope the crew can establish the characters of The Matrix as soon as possible.

Choose, including the hero and heroine!"

Song Yang is going to let Jenny become the second female lead in "The Matrix", starting from the vase. Although the Hollywood media and tabloids all propagate that being angry makes a beauty, the Matrix is ​​just to make Jenny famous.

Established.

But it’s just a little bit of exaggeration to talk more about. For Jenny, who has just entered Hollywood, it’s really hard to say what kind of performance she will have!

Hearing that Song Yang was going to audition for roles, and even released the quotas for the male and female protagonists, the eyes of everyone in the conference room collided with each other, and Elias looked the most unsightly.

, which is full of uncertainty. Obviously Song Yang is not prepared to fill the entire Matrix crew with Italian actors.

"I hope the crew can start work as soon as possible. After the trip to Asia, I hope the casting committee can decide on the male and female protagonists. Before the middle of next year, I hope to see the first Matrix movie released!" After Song Yang finished speaking, he stood up directly.

Left the conference room.

Once the auditions begin, there are a lot of rules. During the casting interviews, people from the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild will supervise, etc. However, the final decision on the candidates must be made by the crew, or in other words, by someone like Song Yang.

Only the sponsor’s consent is required.

After leaving the conference room, when Song Yang entered the office, a dusty man was already waiting there.

When he saw Song Yang, Komi Needham stood up with some restraint, stretched out his hand to Song Yang, "Mr. Bruno!"

"sit!"

Song Yang stretched out his hand to IMDD founder Comey Needham and said, compared to dealing with people like Harvey and David Geffen, Song Yang still prefers to deal with engineers like Comey Needham, at least it doesn't have to be done everywhere.

Worried about being dug into a trap, behind the glamorous Hollywood, those people are more likely to eat people than to spit out their bones.

Song Yang poured a glass of champagne for Comey Needham, "Comy, I'm sorry to have you fly here from England, but this matter is really important!"

"Mr. Bruno, I understand!" Although he is several years older than Song Yang, their status in the industry is very different. Now Song Yang is on par with Bill Gates, Case, and Yang Zhiyuan.

, Jim Clark exists on a par with those, but Comey Needham is still the founder of a small website that is always facing bankruptcy.

Song Yang exchanged a few pleasantries with Comey Needham and then got down to the topic, "Comy, I hope Western Pictures can acquire imdb so that imdb can truly become a database that witnesses the development history of Hollywood and even the global film industry!"

For acquisitions, you have to find a reason. You can't just say that if you like it, you will buy it and take it home. Doesn't that mean you robbed a civilian woman? Although the difference is not big...

Western Pictures' acquisition of imdb is a prestigious and prestigious acquisition, with the goal of making imdb a global film database!

Comey Needham listened to Song Yang's words. He had no objection to imdb being acquired, but he wanted to know what imdb would become after the acquisition.

"Song, what I mean is that if imdb is acquired, how will Western Pictures manage imdb in the future? I'm sorry, I know this is against the rules, but imdb has gathered the hard work of too many people, and it can survive to this day.

Today is entirely the hard work of countless movie lovers, and I can’t ruin it all!”

Comey Needham, who is a bit of an idealist, is also jealous of the huge profits in the Internet industry, but he still follows the principles of an Internet veteran and is unwilling to destroy his hard work, even if he can do it for

He brought in tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue!

Song Yang did not laugh at Comey Needham's pedantry. No matter what industry or industry, the first generation of people must be people who really like this industry. They are willing to sell the pot and pay everything for it, while the latecomers are not at all.

Regardless of this, all they want is to make money, and they are indifferent to destroying the entire industry for this purpose.

"I can assure you, Comey Needham, and those who have paid for imdb that after the acquisition, the Americas Investment Fund and Western Pictures will provide the funds needed for imdb's development, but... it will not pass.

Intervene more in imdb. Comey, you are still responsible for managing imdb. You know, I can't guarantee you that imdb will never change. I can only guarantee that as long as it is still in my hands, I will make it the world's best.

Movie fans, their favorite internet movie and TV destination!”

Song Yang looked directly at Comey Needham and said, "If you don't rely on imdb to make money now, it doesn't mean that you won't rely on it to make money in the future. It will affect the reputation of the movie, Hollywood public opinion, etc. Otherwise, why would Song Yang buy this thing?"

Comey Needham knew that Song Yang was confiding in him. If Song Yang told him that he bought imdb just for support, then Comey Needham would not believe a word.

Song Yang has given imdb the maximum authority. Comey Needham and the others will continue to manage the imdb website and will inject funds into it without intervening too much. Such conditions are already quite good, at least Comey Needham

Needham knows that in the Internet industry, there are probably very few people who are willing to offer better terms than Song Yang.

"With US$16 million, the Americas Global Investment Fund and Western Pictures will fully acquire the imdb website!"

After the conditions were negotiated, Song Yang began to make an offer to Comey Needham. Is imdb worth now? It seems that the traffic is not small, and there are many users visiting the world, but it is helpless to make money, and for a long time in the future, it will be

There is no opportunity to make money, and even the introduction of Internet advertising can barely reduce losses.

The emergence of Double Click Company may not be truly defined until more than ten years in the future. However, in the past two years, many websites, including imdb, have begun to place Internet advertisements because of their cooperation with Double Click Company. At least

I can barely survive.

"Thirty million dollars!" Of course, Comey Needham wanted to sell it at a high price. The Internet is booming right now. Any website can be sold for tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars, regardless of whether imdb makes money or not.

, it still sounds bluffing.

"Twenty million dollars!"

After a series of counteroffers between Song Yang and Comey Needham, the price of US$24 million met the expectations of both parties. imdb is a classified website, unlike Yahoo, which faces global Internet users. In essence, imdb

It is still a niche website, so the valuation cannot be too outrageous.

After signing the acquisition agreement for US$24 million, Song Yang and Comey Needham talked about the changes to imdb after the acquisition.

"I hope that imdb will not only become a movie database on the Internet, but also hope that it can become a gathering place for movie fans around the world!"

Song Yang said to Comey Needham, "Comy, I ask that in addition to the movie information, there are some other things on imdb..."

"Song, what do you mean?" Comey Needham looked at Song Yang with some confusion. Of course he knew that Song Yang was a genius in the Internet industry, including Internet advertising, new e-mails, instant messaging, etc.

Song Yang came out of it. Comey Needham didn't know what kind of extravagance Song Yang was planning to do in the film industry.

Song Yang knocked on the table, looked at Comey Needham and said, "Now imdb only collects movie information and introduces the content, as well as imdb staff's evaluation of the movie. I think this is far from the best."

Not nearly enough!”

"I hope imdb can cooperate with other Hollywood companies and media to upload some exclusive movie news, filming behind-the-scenes, actor interviews, etc. on the imdb website to attract more users."

These gadgets may seem inconspicuous, but for the general audience, they are a channel to learn about celebrities and the behind-the-scenes of movies.

"In addition, imdb should add impact search functions, film classifications, reviews by professional film critics, and celebrity artist information. Each celebrity artist should have an exclusive imdb information page, and introduce a movie rating system!"

The most direct way to increase the popularity of a website is to instigate two waves of people to fight. For example, because of the issue of movie ratings between "The Godfather" and "The Dark Knight", fans on both sides are fighting to the death, which directly makes imdb break the circle.
Chapter completed!