Superstar

This lunch was originally for the audition for "Mission Impossible", but the curtain came to an end in rigidity. Steven gave no response to Hugo's advice, and neither of them said much. After having lunch, the two ended the meeting and parted ways.

Hugo sighed slightly. He was indeed a little nosy today. After crossing the bottom line, he and Steven are not friends of the same generation after all. Originally, he simply thought that he did not want a unique and charming label like DreamWorks to disappear into the long river of history in such a bleak way. Steven and the others established DreamWorks with the concept of "independent studios". For this Hollywood, he has made a huge contribution. He hopes that DreamWorks can wake up to the importance of the distribution department at the beginning of its creation, so as to avoid its ultimate destruction.

But Hugo had forgotten that in Steven's eyes, he was just a young man under thirty, who knew nothing about running a production company. On the contrary, my own multi-talk is more like the more I speak on my behalf. If you think about it in another way, Hugo will also feel that what he said just now was too self-righteous.

The recent smooth life has made Hugo lose his vigilance. From the story of Michael Jackson, Hugo should understand: he is not the savior, he cannot change everyone's future, in fact, even his own future is full of After being uncertain, what qualifications does he have to "save" other people?

Hugo patted his head and warned himself that he must be clear about his position in the future: he became a senior partner of Endeavour's elite brokerage company, but it does not mean that he is already a member of Hollywood management players. For now, he is still just a singer and actor.

The reason why Hugo mentioned MGM just now is because of its particularity, it is the closest to the future model of DreamWorks, and the dilemma that MGM faces now is also the closest to the future of DreamWorks.

Naturally, MGM’s glorious history does not need to be said. This is the most successful film company in Hollywood film history, not one of them. However, after entering the 1960s, MGM has gone from bad to worse. It has changed hands several times between various consortia, and has gone through hardships. Although it once regained its glory for a short time in the 1980s, it still couldn't resist the historical trend. It was finally acquired by Sony in 2005. , Completely disappeared in the long river of history, reduced to a subsidiary of Sony.

MGM has its own distribution channels, but with the rise of TV, they have not kept up with the pace of history. Faced with the strong rise of the TV industry, MGM’s plan is not to follow the pace of the times and enter the TV industry. Instead, all bets are placed on widescreen and big productions. Therefore, after the 1990s, when the market for cable TV channels and video tapes was booming, MGM’s distribution channels lacked the final profit link. They must hand over the distribution business to Warner Bros.

Real industry professionals know that compared to the box office of movies, the video tape market, cable movie channels, movie peripherals, including the Internet market that has risen strongly after the 21st century, are the real money-making parts of a movie. Because the movie box office needs to be shared by theater chains, production companies, and distribution companies, but these subsequent benefits all belong to the film companies. To be precise, it belongs to the film distribution department.

The lack of an issuing department almost means cutting off all the major interests.

Therefore, MGM is still unsustainable in the end. Even though they still release many excellent works, they will have difficulty in capital turnover due to a "Wind Whisperer ( and eventually have to enter the auction ranks.

MGM has the distribution channels of the American theater chain, but because of the lack of international distribution channels and other related distribution channels, it eventually became history. And how can DreamWorks, which has no distribution channels at all, create miracles?

Although the current situation at MGM is not as bad as after the 21st century, in fact, the industry has noticed the decline of MGM, because in the 1980s MGM launched the "West Side Story", "Flying over the Crazy Asylum", and "Graduate" "", "Rocky" and "007" series of films and many other good works, but the market share is still only a pitiful 6%, and after entering the 90s, it is even more exhausted.

Otherwise, they won't restart the James Bond film series not long ago, and they will spend a lot of time on hype.

When Hugo mentioned MGM, he was undoubtedly a wake-up call to Steven.

But Hugo has forgotten the measure, he is facing Steven, not Leonardo. Hugo can only put the matter behind his head and warn himself not to be overwhelmed.

The day after Hugo and Steven met, the "Orange County Chronicle" broke the news that Hugo was about to join Steven as the producer's next work. Since Steven has not had a new director plan recently, more energy has been focused on DreamWorks, but his name as a producer can be seen in many works, such as the TV series "Emergency Room" which was broadcast in September last year. "Story", another example is "Casper" which is scheduled to be released in May.

Therefore, the revelations of the "Orange County Chronicle" immediately attracted a lot of attention. The personal relationship between Hugo and Steven, coupled with the excellent cooperation between the two people, made people involuntarily look forward to the new work.

But less than three days later, the local newspaper "Daily News", also from California, broke the news again. Steven met Hugo this time as a lobbyist with two works, one by Columbia Pictures. "Men in Black", one is Paramount Pictures' "Mission Impossible", these two projects are obviously large-scale projects, and both hope that Hugo can be the leading actor, relying on Hugo's strong box office appeal. Conquer next year’s summer vacation.

Hugo was not surprised by the revelations of the "Orange County Chronicle". It was the most lively season in Hollywood recently. Almost all his actions were under the supervision of the paparazzi, and his meeting with Steven did not deliberately hide his whereabouts. . So it is quite normal to be discovered. But the "Daily News" revelations are a bit strange.

The content of Hugo and Steven's chat that day only mentioned "Mission Impossible" and "Men in Black" once or twice. Even if the paparazzi can buy the waiter in the restaurant to eavesdrop, it is difficult to know these two works. So, where is the news source of the "Daily News"? Why would they know so clearly.

The next news trend confirmed Hugo's speculation.

Immediately, "Entertainment Weekly" broke the news again, "Paramount and Columbia Pictures are actively contacting Hugo, hoping that Hugo can appear in their works, "Men in Black" invested 100 million US dollars, "Mission Impossible" is The 80 million-level works are obviously heavyweight blockbusters. Hugo is likely to appear in the first work of his career that cost more than 60 million U.S. dollars! Hugo is currently thinking about where he will go. One work wins in the end, which really makes people look forward to."

Although "Entertainment Weekly" has shown factual deviations regarding the costs of the two works, the details have gradually emerged. More importantly, their report also specifically mentioned, "At present, Tom Cruise is also a candidate for these two works. The chance of'Men in Black' is relatively slim, and Tom is not very active; but Tom is very proactive about the'Mission: Impossible' project. He has discussed with screenwriters and producers many times before and after, showing his determination to win."

When Tom Cruise's name appeared, the news went in another direction. Without any accident, "Entertainment Weekly" almost spent all his energy to put the two people on opposite sides.

"One is an absolute idol who swept Hollywood in the late 1980s, and the other is a top actor who has risen strongly in the last three years. The two names of Tom and Hugo mean the highest peak of Hollywood today, and these two actors also have Indissoluble bond.

In the contest for "Yihai Xiongfeng", Hugo won the first game; but in the "Sugar Coated Trap" confrontation, Tom made it back. Afterwards, "Interview with the Vampire" Tom continued to be strong again, but when this work was released, he had a head-on confrontation with "Pulp Fiction", but he lost tragically.

There is no doubt that the two most popular actors in the film industry are now fiercely competing for the top spot in Hollywood. Although Hugo carries five consecutive works with a box office record of over 100 million yuan, Tom has already Three consecutive works have a box office of over 100 million yuan, which is definitely not a fall.

This time, the two top actors now compete head-to-head again. Who will have the last laugh? "

"Entertainment Weekly" spent two full pages to describe this matchup. Although there are not many details, it is very in place, almost completely describing the current situation. In an instant, all media reporters became excited, "Mission Impossible" became the core focus immediately; and readers also began to pay close attention to the competition that has just kicked off~www.readwn.com~ just as According to "Entertainment Weekly", Hugo and Tom are currently the most popular top stars in Hollywood. Their every move can affect the attention of countless audiences, not to mention the duel between them, which almost detonated the winter of March. All topics, even the upcoming Oscars at the end of the month were left out.

This situation reminded Hugo of the hype that MGM had made when casting a role for James Bond last year. Obviously, this time it was Paramount’s own internal planning. "Entertainment Weekly" won't know so many details. This is the media hype that Paramount proactively instigates in order to propagate.

The last time Hugo had no interest in James Bond, he still attended the dinner party for the purpose of forging ahead with the elite brokerage company; now he has come again, which makes Hugo feel a little helpless, but Hugo also knows that this is In Hollywood, this kind of hype is also one of the ways that film companies, agencies, actors and artists and the news media use each other. In other words, this is the industry rule. Although Hugo doesn't like it, or even hates it, he has no way to avoid it, because he is part of this circle.

But Hugo has forgotten one thing, that is, the media like to make fuss, and the topicality of him and Tom is far beyond expectations, so things quickly got out of control.