Two Realms: Don't call me evil!

Chapter 460 Hollywood's Mutual Trap
Beautiful country.

Hollywood, Los Angeles, a meeting is going on.

The participants in the conference are all well-known figures in the American entertainment industry, and they are the heads of the six giants.

Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, Sony Columbia.

These six giants together account for more than 85% of the United States' box office market share. They are the representatives of Hollywood. Also because of the United States' strong national strength, Hollywood films have become popular movies in the world and are popular all over the world.

It has been many years since the six giants have gathered together. They are competitors of each other and dislike each other. They would not come together if they had nothing to do.

The atmosphere at the meeting was a little silent, and it was Michael, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros., who coughed and broke the silence.

"I think everyone has received the cooperation fax from the Jeko Group. This movie, The Wedding Dress, requires us to give it preferential treatment in terms of rating, promotion and release."

As soon as Michael said this, the other giants at the scene were no longer reserved.

"I got it too. What does this JECO Group mean? Why are they interested in such a small thing in the film industry?"

"We have two movies coming out this summer, and we don't even have enough to make movies with the theaters. If there's any extra theater space, give it to them!"

"I've seen the copy of The Wedding Dress. They want us to give it a PG rating. This movie is so scary, this is just asking too much!"

"We in Hollywood don't even have enough food to share among ourselves, and it is unreasonable for the Jaco Group, a foreign company, to come and grab our food."

"Everyone, come up with a solution. Hollywood is our Big Six's territory!"

All the major giants spoke up, but although they were all complaining, no one dared to refuse openly.

Because the JEC Group is not an ordinary company. This company likes to engage in real business wars whenever there is a disagreement.

"In my opinion, we should just reject the release of The Wedding Dress. The JEC Group wants to get involved after just a word of warning. They really don't take us seriously. Let's teach them a lesson."

This sudden remark shocked all the giants present. Who on earth could be so brave?

Then I looked and saw, oh, it turned out to be Disney Chairman Arsene Garnab, that made sense.

In the current Hollywood market, Disney is the most powerful of the six giants, accounting for nearly 30% of the US movie box office share. The famous Marvel Universe movie series comes from Disney, which has made a fortune with superhero movies.

Disney's business scope is very wide. In addition to movies, its main businesses also include entertainment program production, theme parks, toys, books, video games, media networks, etc. It is a well-deserved entertainment giant in the United States and even the world, with a market value of 200 billion US dollars and a net profit of several billion US dollars a year.

This certainly cannot be compared with the JECCO Group, but it is indeed the largest giant in the film industry today, a giant among giants.

As we all know, Disney has three magic weapons: Marvel, animation and Disneyland.

Among them, Disneyland can earn a large amount of cash flow for Disney every year. On the one hand, it makes movies and licenses the images to the theme park, and on the other hand, it makes a lot of money from the theme park.

It just so happens that the Nightmare Park of the JECCO Group is known as the world's largest haunted house, and now it is making movies using the same formula. It is not difficult for the giants present here to see that the competition models of the two are similar.

It’s just that Disneyland focuses on parent-child and family, while Nightmare Park focuses on excitement and horror. It seems that there is not much overlap, but who knows whether the Jeko Group will make other entertainment and children's movies in the future, and then open Nightmare Parks all over the world to compete with Disney Parks for business.

The giants present thought so and if they were Disney, they would not want to have a terrible opponent like the JEC Group, so it is best to nip it in the bud.

"I suggest that we join hands to prevent the Jake Group from getting involved in the film industry. We can use the classification committee to block the movie "The Wedding Dress" and prevent it from being released."

Yasen slammed the table and said righteously.

The giants all looked at him strangely. Is this guy really not afraid of death?
As everyone gets to know the JEC Group better, they have gradually understood.

Normal business competition with the JECO Group is fine, and the JECO Group will not react in kind. But if you resort to tricks, the JECO Group will lose its moral integrity, and the mud truck business war will be enough to make people shudder.

Taking advantage of their monopoly in the market to block the release of the movie "The Wedding Dress" is undoubtedly a trick.

The last time anyone dared to do this kind of trick to the Jacko Group was the Avilson family, and their end was the death of the entire family.

"I will contact the people on the Classification Committee, and everyone should contact their own people. We must not allow the Jeko Group to enter our film industry. I will take the lead in this matter."

Yasen shouted loudly, and the other giants at the scene were all interested. They looked at each other and nodded. With Yasen taking the lead, everyone felt more confident.

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After the meeting, the next day, Arsen came to the United States Film Classification Board.

The so-called film classification committee is an organization that rates films and restricts viewing according to the age of the audience.

If a movie is too violent, it will be restricted to minors, such as R-17, which means minors aged and below need to be accompanied by their parents or guardians to watch it. This will greatly reduce the expected box office of the movie. There are even movie ratings that prohibit movies from being shown in theaters, such as USA, which can only be released through videotape channels.

The reason why the six Hollywood giants are called the six, in addition to their ability to make money, is another important reason, that is, the ratings committee itself is controlled by the six giants.

Apart from the six giants themselves, other film companies have to look up to the six giants before releasing movies, hoping to get a rating with better audience appeal.

Yassen walked into the Film Classification Board with a secretary.

"Boss, you've walked into the wrong room. That's the room for PG-rated movies."

The secretary reminded Yasen that the secretary was also present at yesterday's meeting, so that's why she said that.

For PG-rated movies, it is recommended that minors be watched with their parents. Of course, that's fine if you really want to watch it. This is just a suggestion. Most American movies are at this level. If "The Wedding Gown" were given this rating, there would be no restrictions.

"Ah."

Yasen curled his lips and said, "This is where I'm going. Do you think I really want to go against the Jacko Group? I'm not stupid."

"Ah! Boss, didn't you say you wanted to restrict the Jacko Group from entering the film industry?"

The secretary's eyes widened in surprise.

"It's just talk. I don't want to be found by the Iron Camp. I still want to live a few more years. What I said in the meeting was just to trick other giants into following suit. Then they will offend the Jacko Group and let these competitors be targeted by the Jacko Group. It would be the best if they were killed. Wouldn't it be better for us to dominate Hollywood alone?
Moreover, by showing goodwill to the JECO Group, we may be able to reach a cooperation with the JECO Group. If the AI ​​glasses technology of the JECO Group's Nightmare Park can be used in our Disneyland, it will be a great boost. You should use your brain to think about everything."

Arsen showed a sinister smile, and the secretary suddenly realized, is this how business wars are played?
She had thought that the boss was a bit reckless at first and that it was not a good thing to offend the JEC Group, but she had not expected that the boss was on the fifth floor.

Yasen came to the PG rating office with a calm smile on his face. Just as he was about to knock on the door, it was pushed open from the inside.

Then the smile on Yasen's face froze because a group of people came out talking and laughing.

These people are none other than the heads of the five giants: Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and Sony Columbia.

When the other people saw Arsen suddenly appearing here, they were stunned for a few seconds and stared at each other.

"Fuck you, you bunch of bastards. The five of you are in collusion, licking the JEC Group like this, right? And you come to give it a PG rating? Do you still have any dignity as a Hollywood giant?"

Yasen gritted his teeth. He had already seen the approval documents in the hands of these giants, which were about the PG rating of "The Wedding Dress".

Little did they know that several giants on the other side were also rolling their eyes. Michael, chairman of Warner Bros., sneered, "How dare you talk about us? What are you doing here? You were shouting so loudly in the meeting yesterday, why aren't you worried that Nightmare Park will steal your Disneyland business? Fortunately, we didn't fall for it. You bastard just wanted to deliberately trick us and make us provoke the Jeco Group. You want to sit back and watch the show, right?"

"You are the same. You are jealous of our Disney's money and want to use the Jeko Group to deal with us. I am not that stupid."

Both sides were very depressed with each other. Arsene wanted to cheat the Big Five, and the Big Five were also dissatisfied with Disney for squeezing out their market share for a long time, so they also wanted to cheat the other side. Both sides calculated each other with hundreds of minds, but in the end no one calculated anyone.

This meeting was destined to end unpleasantly. Arsene reluctantly voted for "The Wedding Dress" to pass the PG rating, regretting that he had not been able to trick his opponent.

In the end, without any surprises, "The Wedding Dress" was unanimously approved for a PG-rated release without any hindrance.

The six giants known as the overlords of Hollywood did not have the courage to test the sharpness of the swords in the hands of the genetic warriors in front of the incoming dragon, the Jake Group, and gave the Jake Group a pass with great reluctance.

Unconsciously, the name of the JEC Group has forced many large companies to give it some respect.

With the approval of the rating in the United States, there are no more restrictions on the release of "The Wedding Dress".

On July 7, during the summer season, Baigui Film Company's first film "The Wedding Dress" was officially released simultaneously around the world. The film landed in the United States, China, Southeast Asia, the Cherry Blossom Country, South Korea and other countries, bringing the world an absolutely real baptism of horror.

(End of this chapter)