The United States is a very strange country. Here, Americans wear clothes made in China, shoes made in India, and corn grown in Mexico and Brazil. They drive many cars.
It's Japan's Toyota, Germany's BMW...
In short, this country's food, clothing, housing and transportation are basically made by other countries. However, they also have one thing, which is produced locally and is the leader in the world, and that is... movies!
Yes, the United States is the country with the largest film production and sales in the world. The total annual film value exceeds 20 billion U.S. dollars. If the tapes of the films produced in the United States in a year were connected, they could circle the earth half a circle!
The output of American films is astonishing, but there are also many that lose money, and there are also many that can emerge as dark horses.
Low-cost, small-scale production, but ultimately achieving astonishing box office success, such dark horses are not uncommon in the history of American films.
For example, the 1990 classic romance film "The Last Love". The total investment in this film was less than 10 million, and most of the funds were used for the special effects design of the "ghost", but the box office of this film was very high.
Astonishingly, in just four months, the box office in China has exceeded 200 million U.S. dollars. Then, it earned 2.8 billion yen in Japan, beating blockbusters such as "Total Recall" and "Back to the Future 3" in the United States, becoming the box office champion.
In the end, this low-cost "ghost film" grossed a staggering global box office of 500 million U.S. dollars! Not counting this, the film also received six Oscar nominations and four Golden Globe nominations, and won the British Grand Prix.
, and N overseas grand prizes, it has definitely reached the highest level of fame and fortune!
Since there is such a precedent, Yi Feiyang is determined to find a suitable film company to negotiate with the other party about the copyright sale of the drama "Blair Witch", and it is best to get a good price.
Of course, if you have your own film company, your own cinema chain, and a lot of money for promotion, you don't have to sell such a profitable movie to others. As long as the movie is released, it will earn high box office in the future.
But today, Yi Feiyang has nothing. Even if he does, he still has to face a problem, that is, the box office cannot be accumulated in one day and the money can be obtained in one day; it takes at least half a year, or even one or two years, to really receive the money.
Money. During this period, you must be able to ensure that you "survive".
Yi Feiyang is a very utilitarian person. He understands his strengths and weaknesses. Everything he does now actually has only one purpose, which is to create wealth for his original accumulation!
With funds, you can implement bigger plans, make the movies you want to make, and do the things you want to do; conversely, without start-up funds, you can't do anything!
A penny stumps a heroic man!
Likewise, a penny can defeat any genius!
There is no doubt that the United States is a country with an extremely developed film industry. Such a huge film empire and film companies are like the warring states era when the seven countries were competing for hegemony.
And these seven movie kings are MGM, Columbia, Disney, Universal, Warner, Paramount and Fox!
These seven major film companies basically control the rise and fall of the entire Hollywood and control the general direction of the world film industry. However, occasionally some new film companies will emerge to challenge their authority, such as...Lionsgate Films
Industry.
The founder of Lionsgate Pictures is called "Frank Gusta". This man was originally a Canadian banker. He established Lionsgate Pictures in 1997. At that time, he hoped to invest in the booming film industry. In the early stages of the company, he purchased
There are many small production facilities and distributors, and a large number of large movie theater chains have been purchased at a huge cost.
Lionsgate's first commercially successful film was "American Psycho," which began its controversial journey in the mainstream American film industry.
And judging from Lionsgate's dominant audience as a whole, they are targeting American teenagers, so most of the films they produce are horror films and thrillers aimed at this audience.
The reason why Yi Feiyang chose Lionsgate Pictures to buy and sell his copyrights this time is because of this. In his previous life, Yi Feiyang loved Lionsgate Pictures and loved the company's "Chainsaw" the most.
"Scary" series, and "The Hunger Games" series.
The headquarters of Lionsgate Pictures in the United States is located in the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles. This area is a battleground for many film companies. It faces Hollywood in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west. The most important thing is that it serves as the transportation hub of Los Angeles. This area is connected
With the entire Los Angeles movie theater chain, we can expand overseas markets externally, and we can build our presence in Hollywood internally to show our strength.
When Yi Feiyang came to the headquarters of Lionsgate Pictures with full confidence and looked up at the newly established film company, it was clear to Yi Feiyang that in another ten years, that is, by 2007, this young lion will
It replaced the original MGM and transformed into a lion that dominated Hollywood. It became one of the New Seven Heroes of Hollywood.
The gatekeeper was a gorilla-like black security guard. He looked warily at Yi Feiyang, a Chinese man who behaved strangely.
He didn't understand what the other person was looking at when he raised his head, but as a security guard, he walked over very vigilantly and asked Yi Feiyang: "Hey, man, what's the matter with you? If it's okay, please don't wander around here."
Yi Feiyang smiled and said politely: "I'm here to see Mr. Gusta. I have important matters to discuss with him."
"Gusta? Are you looking for our boss? Unfortunately, our boss is out, so please come back next time!" The black security guard naturally didn't believe this guy's lies. When meeting our boss, do you think you have that kind of qualifications?
"It doesn't matter, I can wait for him here. When will he come back?" Yi Feiyang was not discouraged.
"I don't know about this, but I advise you to leave. Man, do you understand what I mean?" The black security guard became impatient.
Yi Feiyang shrugged, "Then can I find someone else? For example, there is Mr. Mike, who seems to be the director of the distribution department. I would do the same thing with him." After saying that, Yi Feiyang walked in and sat down.
On a chair in the leisure area.
When the black security guard saw him like this, he seemed to curse something and stopped caring about him.
Yi Feiyang waited for a while and looked at the time. It was already ten o'clock in the morning. So he got up and went to the secretary's desk and said to the female secretary who was applying nail polish: "When will Director Mike go to work?"
The female secretary said in an indifferent tone: "How do I know this? I am just the secretary here, not his nanny!"
Yi Feiyang had no choice but to nod. Just when he turned around, he heard someone shouting: "Mr. Mike, there is a document here that needs you to sign."
Yi Feiyang looked back and saw a short, fat white man coming in through the revolving door, followed by a company employee holding documents.
Obviously, this short winter melon should be Director Mike.
Director Mike took out his gold pen, swiped it, and signed the document gracefully, then threw the document back and got on the elevator accompanied by his personal assistant.
Just as the elevator door was about to close, a hand came in, and then a Chinese man said to him: "Hello, Mr. Mike, my name is Yi Feiyang. I have been in contact with Mr. Gusta before. I have something to do with him."
The issue of film copyright..."
"Oh, you are that so and so... The boss mentioned this to me; but I am very busy now, man, as you can see, I have a very important meeting to hold, just wait a moment!
"As he said that, Supervisor Mike pressed the button and the elevator closed.
Yi Feiyang didn't expect this short winter melon to be so disrespectful. Seeing him go upstairs, he had no choice but to return to the leisure area and continue to sit on the bench.
Time passed slowly minute by minute.
Yi Feiyang was getting a little impatient waiting.
Not far away, at the secretary desk, a black security guard was laughing and spanking with a female secretary.
Yi Feiyang walked over and said, "Excuse me, has Mr. Mike finished the meeting?"
"How do I know?" The female secretary was unhappy that someone interrupted her chat.
"Then please call me and ask."
The female secretary gave Yi Feiyang a fierce look, "Just wait!"
I called him and within a moment, the call was connected.
"Mr. Mike, there is a gentleman downstairs looking for you... Yes, that's the Chinese guy, um, let him wait a little longer... Okay, ok, um, bye!"
"Did you hear me? I asked you to wait a little longer!" The female secretary hung up the phone impatiently.
"Hey, man, just sit there! Don't trouble others anymore, Mr. Mike will call you when he has time!" the black security guard complained to the female secretary.
Yi Feiyang took a deep breath, tried hard to suppress his hot temper, smiled, "Okay, I'll wait a little longer." and walked back to the leisure area.
The black security guard turned his head and said proudly to the female secretary: "Damn Chinaman, you are so ignorant!"
…
More than an hour passed.
It was already noon, and Yi Feiyang's stomach began to growl. The female secretary and the black security guard had already changed shifts and had lunch.
The black security guard was burping and picking his front teeth with the company key he was provided with. The female secretary was holding a small mirror at the front desk to smear the lipstick that had been rubbed off.
A delivery boy opened the door and walked in. He said it was the French set meal ordered by Mr. Mike, which included beef tenderloin with black pepper, baked snails with cheese, and French foie gras...
The female secretary quietly called Supervisor Mike and said, "Your food delivery has arrived, and the Chinese guy is still waiting."
"Oh damn, that idiot hasn't left yet?! Just tell him to wait and say I'm busy and wait until I've had lunch!"
Then there was a woman's giggle on the other end of the phone, and Mr. Mike's laughter: "Baby, look, are we drinking red wine or brandy later?"
After hanging up the phone furtively, the female secretary looked up and saw Yi Feiyang looking at her with a smile.
