The living room of old Johnson's house was full of people.
When he walked into the living room, Wu Jianye realized that he didn't bring a female companion, which was a bit of a mistake. Wu Jianye had no interest in this kind of party. When he came here today, the most important thing was actually to negotiate with Johnson about the general ban.
The problem of Haiyuan Line.
Although there was no female companion, Johnson was standing next to Wu Jianye.
Johnson looked at Wu Jianye with some confusion. Just now in the study, Wu Jianye suggested that he continue to be in charge of Oceanwide Cinemas. This made him very excited at the time. But now that he thinks about it, he feels complicated again. Why should he be grateful?
What about him...
"What do you think of the development of Oceanwide Cinemas?" Johnson asked, holding a wine glass.
Wu Jianye smiled: "I thought you wouldn't ask!"
Johnson said: "Don't worry, I can distinguish between public and private matters!"
"My suggestion is to start from two aspects. One is to build your own theaters in small and medium-sized cities, and at the same time, focus on acquiring some small and medium-sized film companies!" Wu Jianye suggested.
Johnson was trying to argue with Wu Jianye: "I thought you were going to acquire large theater chains as soon as you came up!"
Wu Jianye glanced at Johnson: "Do you know why my development has surpassed yours in less than 10 years?"
Johnson said dissatisfied: "Why?"
"It's because I am very clear about my own strength. I never have blind confidence or blind belittlement!" Wu Jianye continued: "Nowadays, after being acquired by large consortiums, several major studios have sufficient resources.
With financial support, they have already begun to acquire theater chains. Even so, large theater chains are definitely being watched by everyone. If you blindly attack large theater chains at this time, you will become the target of public criticism.
Yet?"
In fact, after entering the 1980s, many large conglomerates have begun to have a strong interest in Hollywood. Warner Bros. was first acquired by Kinney Company, and this year it will be acquired by Time Inc., a conglomerate centered on magazines and cable TV.
Warner Bros. was acquired from Kinney at a sky-high price of US$14.1 billion, and was subsequently renamed Time Warner. Time Warner also became the world's largest media group. After 2000, the Internet provider America Online purchased Time Warner and formed
'America Online-Time Warner'!
The well-known TV networks such as CNN and HBO in later generations all belong to Time Warner!
Also in September this year, RB Sony, which acquired CBS Records, will acquire 49.35% of the shares of Columbia Pictures from the Coca-Cola Company for US$3.4 billion, successfully controlling Columbia Pictures, and will also assume the responsibility of Columbia Pictures.
$1.6 billion in collateral debt!
After taking control of Columbia Pictures, Sony founded Sony Pictures Entertainment!
Paramount Pictures was a division of Gulf and Western Industries at this time, but in 1994, after the merger of the cable TV giant and the video rental giant Blockbuster Entertainment, it was acquired from Gulf and Western Industries and became
A member of the Viacom aircraft carrier.
In 1985, Australian media giant Rupert Mercado's News Corporation acquired 20th Century Fox.
Although Disney has not been acquired, it is still looking for opportunities to take the initiative and will acquire the Capital City/American Broadcasting Corporation television network in 1995.
After MGM acquired United Artists, there was also an economic crisis. First, it was sold by Kirk Kerkorian to cable TV giant Ted Turner, and then it was bought back from Ted Turner, and so on.
three times.
Ted Turner was later merged into Warner Bros. and later sold to Time Inc.
Among the major Hollywood studios, the most complicated one is Universal Pictures. As part of MCA, MCA will be merged by RB Panasonic for US$7.4 billion next year. However, it is obvious that Panasonic has been cheated and has been cheated by Universal's debt.
Playing like crazy, coupled with the explosion of RB's economic bubble, Panasonic sold the controlling interest in MCA/Universal to Seagram, a Canadian wine and spirits company, in 1995, but Seagram still failed to save it.
Universal only held it for five years before it was sold to the French Vivendi Group. Since then, Universal has been renamed Vivendi Universal!
The current situation in Hollywood can be said to be very chaotic. There are acquisitions and acquisitions in the top-level structure. At the same time, several major studios are also actively expanding their business territories in order to have more say.
The theater chain and video rental markets are the two major sectors that major studios have valued most in recent years!
If Oceanwide Cinemas steps forward at this time, it will definitely be targeted, especially when the news of Phantom Entertainment’s acquisition of Oceanwide Cinemas comes out.
Obscene development is the kingly way!
Johnson nodded. He knew more about Hollywood than Wu Jianye, but he was too shocked today and couldn't react for a while.
"Let's go and introduce you to some friends!" Johnson said.
The Johnson family's party this time also invited all parties in Hollywood, but those who came were not people from several major studios, but independent studios that are booming in Hollywood.
In the early 1980s, the "East Coast Contract" allowed union technicians to work for independent productions without losing their membership.
The Screen Actors Guild has drawn up special terms that would allow actors to work on low-budget productions and non-theatrical projects at a lower wage scale.
There are also new venues for independent films, such as the annual Independent Feature Film Market, which showcases independent films for news media and distributors.
In 1980, Robert Redford founded the Sundance Film Institute in Utah, where aspiring filmmakers could meet to develop scripts and receive guidance from industry professionals.
New sources of funding have also emerged.
The public broadcasting system's "American Theater" series invests in theatrical feature films on the condition that the film obtains the right to premiere on television.
Independent films can also draw production funding from new ancillary markets.
Specialist American cable companies are interested in this niche market, and European broadcasters are also eager to acquire low-cost American films.
German television channel 2 is the most prominent, investing in films such as "Strangers from Paradise" and Bette Gordon's "Variety."
Best of all, in the early days of the home video market, videotape could return a significant portion of an independent film's budget.
While big companies have a huge publicity machine, independent films rely on press reviews and film festivals.
Overseas film festivals are important showcase platforms, but the most important screening venue is in Utah.
In 1987, the American Film Festival was opened in Salt Lake City, holding retrospectives of classic films and screening independent films.
Redford's Sundance Institute took over the festival and moved it to Park City, where it was renamed the Sundance Film Festival in 1990.
In its first few years, Sundance's executive program leaned toward humanistic country films ("granola films"), but Steven Soderbergh's "XING, Lies, and Videotape" this year dramatically changed the festival's profile.
image.
This sophisticated tale of yuppie troubles won top awards and grossed nearly $100 million in theatrical releases around the world, an astonishing figure for a low-budget film.
Since then, Park City has been buzzing with Hollywood agents and distributors looking for the next blockbuster film.
The Sundance Film Festival has become the preeminent independent film brand.
It attracted more than 1,000 films competing for a quota of about 100 films each year, was widely reported in the press, and established its own cable TV channel.
Soon, film festivals showcasing independent films were established in many American communities.
Sundance has therefore become the key to the "mainstreaming" of independent films.
Redford explained that Sundance's focus on personal films does not constitute a criticism of Hollywood: "What we are trying to do is eliminate
Aside from the tensions that may exist between independents and studios...with a lot of industry people attending, it's a great place for independent filmmakers to sign contracts."
It is precisely because of these convenient conditions that the number of independent films produced in the United States reached between 200-250 in the late 1980s, which is more than three times the number of films produced by major studios!
"This is Mike Luca, the production director of New Line Cinema!" Johnson introduced Wu Jianye as a white man.
Johnson introduced McLuca again: "Mike, this is..."
"Haha, no introduction is needed. I naturally know this person, Director Wu Jianye, the most outstanding director in China. I am very honored to meet you today!" McLuca laughed.
Unlike several major Hollywood studios that have a cold attitude towards Wu Jianye, as an independent studio in North America, their attitude towards Wu Jianye is on the other extreme, very enthusiastic, because their independent studio released
A large part of the box office revenue of literary and artistic films comes from Europe, and Wu Jianye's reputation in Europe is enough for them to express their friendship.
"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you. I have watched "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Pink Flamingos" and "Hairspray" released by your company. They are very good movies!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
"Haha, Director Wu is so polite. We are also very interested in the movie you directed. If Director Wu had not already cooperated with Phantom Entertainment, our company would really want to invest in Director Wu's new movie!" McLuca
Said enthusiastically.
Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Maybe there will be a chance in the future!"
"Isn't this the rebirth of the great Chinese director Wu Jianye!" At this time, a somewhat arrogant voice came. Wu Jianye looked around and saw three people walking over, two of whom Wu Jianye knew.
Miramax's Weinstein and Hollywood director Woody Allen thought they were white men.
It was Weinstein who was speaking. The two people who had an unpleasant quarrel over the copyright of "Jurassic Park" at the Venice Film Festival met for the third time. They had met at the Berlin Film Festival before.
We met once, but at that time, neither of them spoke to each other.
After several years of development, Miramax Pictures has grown up under the leadership of Weinstein and has become an independent studio as famous as New Line Cinema. The previously mentioned "XING, Lies and Videotape"
It is invested and issued by them.
However, this film will not be released until more than a month later, but now the film has received very good feedback from the mainstream media, which makes Weinstein very happy.
Johnson also heard some unfriendly tone in Weinstein's tone, but he was unaware of the conflict between Wu Jianye and Weinstein.
Wu Jianye looked at Weinstein with a confused expression: "Who are you?"
Everyone: "..."
Weinstein's face turned red. Miramax Pictures has been developing very well in recent years. Weinstein can already chat and laugh with the general managers of several major studios. This makes Weinstein's arrogant nature
, slowly began to show itself, and now Wu Jianye pretended not to recognize him, which made Weinstein very angry.
However, he was concerned about the strength of the Johnson family, so he still suppressed his anger and sneered: "Director Wu is such a noble person and forgets things!"
"It's really busy!" Wu Jianye continued.
Woody Allen looked at Wu Jianye with some dissatisfaction and said: "Wu, this is Hollywood, don't you have the most basic respect for human morality?"
Wu Jianye glanced at Woody Allen and asked, "Are you that one again?"
Woody Allen: "..."
"Pfft!" At this time, a girl's laughter came again from around everyone. It turned out that Penny also came over at this time.
She happened to hear Wu Jianye's words, which made her feel very interesting and couldn't help laughing.
"Humph!" Woody Allen simply walked away.
Weinstein glanced at Wu Jianye and said, "I'm looking forward to your movie being released in North America and then jumping on the street!"
"Then I guess you have no chance!" Wu Jianye said tit for tat.
Weinstein's face trembled with anger, and then he turned around angrily and left. As for the white man next to them, he also left.
"Are you quite interesting?" Penny looked at Wu Jianye with a smile and said, "I thought you Chinese people were very old-fashioned!"
Wu Jianye smiled: "You have never been to China, how do you know that Chinese people are old-fashioned?"
Penny glared at Wu Jianye and said, "Humph, don't you have any gentlemanly manners?"
Wu Jianye: "Gentleman's demeanor should be reserved for ladies!"
"You..." Penny looked at Wu Jianye angrily.
At this time, Johnson quickly smoothed things over and said, "Okay, you two, stop arguing. By the way, Penny, don't you want to perform piano music? But Wu also knows some piano music..."
"Humph, he knows piano music? You're kidding!" Penny glanced at Johnson arrogantly, and then said with a longing look on her face: "What I want to play this time is a new piece of music, a talent who can create that kind of piano music
He is a real artist, much better than you guys who play rock and roll!"
After saying that, Penny turned away and walked away, arriving at the center of the party and sitting elegantly by the piano.
"New song?" Johnson muttered in confusion...
But when the piano music started playing, Johnson's expression became complicated.