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Chapter 579 Who are you (4100+ chapters, please subscribe~)

The living room of the old Johnson's house was full of people.

When he walked into the living room, Wu Jianye realized that he did not bring a female companion. The problem of the sea theater line.

Although there was no female companion, Johnson stood beside Wu Jianye.

Johnson looked at Wu Jianye in a somewhat complicated manner. Just now in the study, Wu Jianye suggested that he continue to be in charge of Oceanwide Theaters. This made him very excited at the time, but now that he thinks about it, his mood has begun to become complicated again. Why should he thank him? What about him
"What do you think of the development of Oceanwide Theaters?" Johnson asked while 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!"

"My suggestion is to start from two aspects, one is to build our own theaters in small and medium-sized cities, and at the same time focus on the acquisition of some small and medium-sized film companies!" Wu Jianye suggested.

Johnson was a little bit arguing with Wu Jianye: "I thought you were going to buy a large theater chain as soon as you came up!"

Wu Jianye glanced at Johnson: "Do you know why my development surpassed yours in less than 10 years?"

Johnson said dissatisfiedly: "Why?"

"It's because I am very clear about my own strength, and I have never been blindly confident, nor blindly thin!" Wu Jianye continued: "Nowadays, after being acquired by a large consortium, several major studios have sufficient With the support of funds, they have already started to acquire theaters. Even so, the large theaters must be watched by everyone nowadays. If they blindly attack the large theaters at this time, then they will become the target of public criticism. Yet?"

In fact, after entering the 80s, many large financial groups 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, with 141 In 2000, the Internet provider America Online purchased Time Warner and formed 'America Online'. Online - Time Warner'!
And the well-known TV networks such as CNN and HBO in later generations belong to Time Warner!
Also in September of this year, RB Sony, which acquired CBS Records, will acquire 34% of the shares of Columbia Pictures in the hands of Coca-Cola for US$49.35 billion, successfully controlling Columbia Pictures, and will also assume the responsibility of Columbia Pictures. $16 billion in collateral debt!

After taking control of Columbia Pictures, Sony created Sony Pictures Entertainment!

At this time, Paramount Pictures was a division of American Gulf and Western Industries, but in 1994, after the merger of the cable TV giant and the video rental giant Blockbuster Entertainment, it was acquired by Gulf and Western Industries. A member of the aircraft carrier Viacom.

Twentieth Century Fox was acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in 1985.

Although Disney has not been acquired, it is also looking for opportunities to take the initiative. By 1995, it will acquire the Capital City/ABC television network.

After MGM acquired United Artists, there was also an economic crisis. It was first sold to cable TV giant Ted Turner by Kirk Korian, and then bought back from Ted Turner. three times.

Later, Ted Turner merged into Warner Bros., and then sold it to Time Inc. together.

The most complicated of the major Hollywood studios is Universal Pictures. As part of MCA, next year MCA will be merged by RB Panasonic for $74 billion. Playing to death, coupled with the burst of RB's economic bubble, Panasonic would sell the controlling stake in MCA/Universal to Canadian wine and spirits company Seagram in 1995, but Seagram still failed to save Universal, after only holding it for five years, was sold to the Vivendi Group in France. Since then, Universal has changed its name to Vivendi Universal!

The current situation in Hollywood can be said to be very chaotic. The top-level structure has been acquired and acquired. At the same time, several major studios are also actively expanding their business territory in order to have more voice.

The theater chain and the video tape rental market are the two major sectors that several major studios have valued the most in recent years!

If Oceanwide Theaters came out at this time, they would definitely be targeted, especially when the news of Phantom Entertainment's acquisition of Oceanwide Theaters came out.

Wretched development is the kingly way!
Johnson nodded. He knew more about Hollywood than Wu Jianye did. It's just that he was shocked too much today, and he couldn't react for a while.

"Let's go, let me introduce you to some friends!" Johnson said.

For this party of the Johnson family, all parties in Hollywood were invited, but the people who came were not from a few major studios, but independent studios that were booming in Hollywood.

In the early '80s, the "East Coast Contract" allowed unionized technicians to work for independent productions without losing their membership.

The Screen Actors Guild has drawn up special provisions that would allow actors to work on low-budget productions and non-theatre projects at low wage scales.

There are also new venues for independent films, such as the annual Independent Feature Film Market, which showcases independent films for news outlets and distributors.

In 1980, Robert Redford founded the Sundance Film Institute in Utah, where aspiring filmmakers could meet to develop scripts and be mentored by industry professionals.

New sources of funding have also emerged.

The "American Theater" series program of the public broadcasting system invests in feature films on the condition that it obtains the TV premiere rights of the film.

Independent films could also draw production dollars from new ancillary markets.

Professional American cable companies are interested in this niche market, and European broadcasters are eager for low-budget American films.

ZZD is the most prominent, investing in such films as Stranger Things in Paradise and Bert Gordon's Diversity.

On top of that, in the early days of the home video market, videotapes could return a significant portion of an independent film's budget.

While big corporations have huge publicity machines, independent films rely on press reviews and film festivals.

Overseas film festivals are important showcases, but the most important venue is Utah.

In 1987, the American Film Festival opened in Salt Lake City, screening independent films while holding retrospectives of classic films.

Radford's Sundance Institute took over the festival and moved it to Park City, where it was renamed the Sundance Film Festival in 1990.

In the first few years, the Sundance executive program leaned toward humanist vernacular ("Granola Films"), but Steven Soderbergh's "XING, Lies, and Videotape" this year changed the festival's tone dramatically. image.

This delicate tale of yuppie troubles won the top prize and grossed nearly $1 million in theaters around the world, a staggering sum for a low-budget film.

Since then, Park City has been filled with Hollywood agents and distributors looking for the next blockbuster.

The Sundance Film Festival has established itself as a preeminent brand of independent film.

It attracted more than 1000 films to compete for around 100 spots per year, was widely reported by the press, and established its own cable TV channel.

Soon, many American communities were forming film festivals showcasing independent films.

Sundance has thus become the key to the "mainstream" of independent films.

Redford explained that Sundance's focus on solo films doesn't constitute a criticism of Hollywood: "What we're trying to do is dispel

Aside from the tension that may exist between independents and studios, there are a lot of people in the industry attending, and it's a great place for independent filmmakers to sign contracts. "

It is precisely because of these convenient conditions that the number of films in the United States, at the end of the 80s, the number of independent films produced each year reached between 200-250, which is more than three times the number of films of several major studios!

"This is McLuca, the production director of New Line Films!" Johnson introduced Wu Jianye to a white man.

Johnson introduced McClucca again: "Mike, this is."

"Haha, no need to introduce, I know this naturally, the most outstanding director in China, director Wu Jianye, it's a great honor to meet you today!" McClucca laughed.

Different from the indifferent attitude towards Wu Jianye from several major Hollywood studios, as an independent studio in North America, their attitude towards Wu Jianye is on the other extreme, very enthusiastic, because their independent studio released the 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 send their friendship.

"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you. I've watched "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Pink Flamingo" and "Hairspray" released by your company. They are very good movies!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

"Haha, Director Wu is polite. We are all very interested in the movie you directed. If Director Wu hadn't cooperated with Phantom Entertainment, our company would really want to invest in Director Wu's new movie!" McClucca Said enthusiastically.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Maybe there will be a chance in the future!"

"Isn't this the new Chinese director Wu Jianye!" At this time, a somewhat arrogant voice came. Wu Jianye followed the prestige and saw three people approaching, of which Wu Jianye knew two.

Weinstein of Miramax Films and Hollywood director Woody Allen thought they were white men.

It was Wein Stein who was talking. The two had an unpleasant quarrel at the Venice Film Festival because of the copyright of "Jurassic Park". This is the third time they met. At the Berlin Film Festival before, the two I also met once, but at that time, neither of them spoke to the other.

After several years of development, Miramax Films has grown and grown under the leadership of Weinstein, and has become an independent studio with the same reputation as New Line Films. The previously mentioned "XING, Lies and Videotapes" It is invested and issued by them.

However, this film will not be released until more than a month later, but the feedback of this film in the mainstream media is very good, which makes Weinstein very happy.

Johnson also heard that Weinstein's tone was not friendly, but he didn't know 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. The development of Miramax Films has been very good in the past few years. Weinstein has been able to chat and laugh with the general managers of several major studios. This makes Weinstein's arrogance in his bones , slowly began to show, and now Wu Jianye pretended not to know him, which made Weinstein very angry.

However, considering the strength of the Johnson family, he suppressed his anger and said with a sneer, "Director Wu is really a noble man who 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 minimum morality of respecting people?"

Wu Jianye glanced at Woody Allen and asked, "Who are you again?"

Woody Allen: "."

"Pfft!" At this time, a girl's laughter came from the side of the crowd again. It turned out that Penny also came over at this time.

Just heard Wu Jianye's words, which made her feel very interesting, and couldn't help laughing.

"Hmph!" Woody Allen walked away in a huff.

Weinstein glanced at Wu Jianye and said, "I'm looking forward to your movie being released in North America, and then hitting the streets!"

"Then I guess you have no chance!" Wu Jianye said tit for tat.

Weinstein's face trembled, and then he turned angrily and left, as for the white man next to them, he also left.

"Are you interesting!" Penny looked at Wu Jianye with a smile, and said, "I thought you Chinese people are very old-fashioned!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "You have never been to Huaxia, how do you know that Huaxia people are old-fashioned?"

Penny glared at Wu Jianye, and said, "Hmph, don't you have any gentlemanly demeanor?"

Wu Jianye: "Gentlemen should be reserved for ladies!"

"You..." Penny looked at Wu Jianye angrily.

At this time, Johnson hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Okay, stop arguing, you two, by the way, Penny, don't you want to perform piano music? But Wu also knows some piano music."

"Hmph, does he know piano music? Just kidding!" Penny looked at Johnson proudly, and then said with a look of yearning: "This time I'm going to play a new piece of music, a talent who can create that kind of piano piece A real artist, much better than you guys who play rock!"

After speaking, Penny turned her head and walked away, came to the center of the party, and sat gracefully by the piano.

"New song?" Johnson muttered with some doubts.
But when the piano music played, Johnson's expression became complicated.

(End of this chapter)