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Chapter 258 Take what you need
Peter Jackson is the founder of Weta Special Effects Studio, which now belongs to Western Films. He joined the "Matrix" crew as an assistant director, basically representing Song Yang and Western Films. He must enter.

As for Sofia Coppola, it is because of Francisco Coppola. In recent years, Francisco has been promoting his only daughter in Hollywood. He almost has no intention of letting Sofia inherit his mantle and influence. don't hide.

As the most influential figure in Hollywood of Italian origin, as long as the crew of Italian movies and TV dramas have to give Francisco some face, Francisco himself gave up his name on the crew of The Matrix and replaced it with the name of Sofia. .

Peter Jackson and Sofia Coppola are basically names this time, using the Matrix to increase their popularity.

"Jackson, Sophia, and Martin Scorsese are here to serve as associate directors of The Matrix," Larry Wachowski said, and then looked in David Geffen's direction, "We would like to invite, Director Spielberg, come to serve as the producer of The Matrix!"

This is the cake, and the meaning is very clear. Inviting Spielberg to be the producer of The Matrix means that the filming team will use the DreamWorks team, and the Matrix trilogy will also be jointly filmed with DreamWorks!
When Western Films enters Hollywood for the first time, they definitely need allies. This depends on which ally they are looking for, independent film producers such as DreamWorks, Miramax, and New Line, or film companies such as Warner, Disney, and Fox. giant.

But now Western Films has chosen to report to DreamWorks to keep warm, which is equivalent to Western Films investing money and cooperating with the DreamWorks team to shoot. It is more secure to cooperate with Hollywood giants, but it may also be cheated.

Hearing that the Wachowski brothers chose DreamWorks for joint shooting, Harvey and the Sony Columbia Pictures staff who were present today all looked a little unhappy. Take it away!

Harvey and the others looked at Song Yang's face, but Song Yang sat aside with a smile on his face, but he didn't seem to see any objection, knowing that Song Yang approved the proposal.

David Geffen didn't care about that, and said straight to Song Yang, "I think Spielberg is happy to accept the supervision of The Matrix, and DreamWorks is willing to cooperate with Western Films!"

It seems that there is a large group of people supporting it, and DreamWorks, which is rich and powerful, is actually short of money. If the box office meets the box office target for the joint filming of "The Matrix", it will be another opportunity for DreamWorks to increase its reputation, and it can even play "Dream Works". Factory produced, must be high-quality goods" got the banner.

Now for DreamWorks, the only thing missing is the reputation and distribution channels. This is a pain for all independent film companies. Establishing distribution channels is not something that happens overnight. Western Films, which does not seem to take dollars as money, is very important to DreamWorks. As far as the factory is concerned, it seems to be a good "helper". To put it bluntly, David Geffen and the others just want to use Western Films' money to do things for DreamWorks itself!
Seeing that DreamWorks has reaped benefits, Harvey Weinstein, who was sitting by the side, couldn't help it, and said directly to Song Yang, "Song, Miramax is also willing to cooperate with Western Films. Miramax is willing to take responsibility for the Oscars."

The fat man told everyone present that he was an expert in Oscar awards. If Harvey was chosen by Western Films, he would be able to make "The Matrix" win Oscars. Otherwise, it must be Trying to get in the way...

Song Yang couldn't help laughing, he finally understood, Hollywood is even darker than Silicon Valley, even Silicon Valley wouldn't brazenly want to break up a new company, although everyone wants to, but companies like Microsoft, Netscape, etc. , Bi face is still needed, and the appearance of eating is not so ugly.

But Hollywood is completely more pure law of the jungle. Unless they have absolute control over a movie like Disney's major movie giants, and the entire crew is theirs from the announcement to the release, otherwise there will be the western film industry today. No matter the situation, everyone wants to come up for a share.

Song Yang looked at all the people in the meeting room, remembered them all, Feng Shui took turns, and now Song Yang, who had just entered Hollywood, was cut off by the gang of Hollywood, but the way of heaven is reincarnation , but no one can always be the one who cuts the leeks!
"Miramax Pictures can be responsible for the promotion and awarding of The Matrix." Song Yang didn't take Harvey's face away, knowing that this fat man must be greedy, but in the film industry, no one can match the means of winning awards. its around.

After confirming the shooting team and publicity, the rest is the casting and publicity, which is the most quarrelsome just now.

Harvey Weinstein's Miramax Films is owned by Disney, so it's natural that it has a heart for Disney and wants to bring distribution rights to Disney.

Dreamworks is getting closer to Paramount, and naturally wants to make the "Matrix" a reality.
Distribution rights brought to Paramount.

On the other side, Columbia Pictures is here today. This is an Italian in Hollywood, the most closely related film giant. Sony Columbia Records and the film company, including Tommy Motorola, are all Italian executives.

These three Hollywood film giants all know that no matter whether The Matrix is ​​reliable or not, there is still hope for two movies made with more than [-] million dollars. If the movie is a big hit at the box office, the distribution company can follow suit. Pen.

For a Hollywood film company, the cost of publicity and distribution is likely to exceed the cost of film production. This trend has become more and more obvious in recent years. If a Hollywood film chooses giants such as Disney, Columbia, and Paramount to distribute the film, then A considerable part of the profits must be handed over to these film distributors!

It can almost be said that, relying on the film distribution system all over the world, several major film giants are lying to make money. Film companies such as DreamWorks and New Line without distribution channels, the higher the box office of their films, the higher the box office of their films. The company's distributors such as Disney, the more they earn.

The major film giants in Hollywood did not come out of thin air, but they squeezed and sucked blood from the entire Hollywood, and even the world's film industry, and came out step by step!

"We can get Paramount to distribute the rights to 'The Matrix,' which is in more than 45 territories around the world!" David Geffen, speaking for Paramount Pictures.

Harvey Weinstein on the side didn't have any scruples at this time. It's true that he is a Jewish bigwig in Hollywood. It is true that he is of the same ethnicity, but when it comes to US dollars, ethnicity doesn't matter. But when tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars are involved, how could Harvey back down.

Laughing a few times, Harvey looked at the crowd in the conference room, and said, "I think everyone here has heard of Disney's distribution channel capabilities, but Disney doesn't only have distribution channels, but also Disneyland all over the world. , The world's largest and largest sales channel for movie derivatives!"

As soon as these words came out, the western film industry was a little bit excited. After so many years of development, Hollywood has already formed a comprehensive profit system. The box office is only a part of the profit. Other than that, the most important thing There are also videotape rentals, movie peripherals, clothing, IP authorization, etc. If a movie’s box office can reach [-] million US dollars, if it is operated, it may generate a billion or even dozens of US dollars in revenue in the future. Disney Is a connoisseur of this set!

At this time, Elias, who represented Italian, and the distribution manager of Columbia Pictures, looked at each other and couldn't sit still.

"Mr. Bruno, I think The Matrix, as the first film of the western film industry, should be cautious. The quality of a film depends not only on itself, but also has an important relationship with its publicity and distribution. You can only find the most " "Appropriate" publishers can make "The Matrix" get the best benefits!"

Elias secretly put eye drops on Disney and Paramount, and told Song Yang, don’t listen to their nonsense, now listen to their hype and make so many promises, but will they be able to do so by then? Do it or say two.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in Hollywood. There are countless movies that have been ruined by distributors. They still need their own people to be reliable, and Columbia Pictures, which has a close relationship with Italians, is the best western film industry. choose.

The three film distributors, Columbia Pictures, rely on the best relationship with Italians, while Disney has a strong ability to make money, and Paramount, on the contrary, seems a bit mediocre, but David Geffen is not in a hurry, just Sit there and sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

Indeed, both Disney and Columbia Pictures have their own strengths, but so what, not everything in this world can be measured. Although he has only been in contact with Song Yang a few times, David Geffen has already Be sure, Song Yang is definitely not the kind of person who can be fooled.

And then, Song Yang's words made the corners of David Geffen's lips curl up.

"Western Films has chosen to hand over the film distribution rights of The Matrix to Paramount Pictures for distribution!"

Song Yang said in the meeting room, when the words came out, Harvey, the fat man, just laughed and didn't seem to care too much, but Elias and Columbia's publishing department manager had terrible expressions on their faces.

But Song Yang didn't care about them. When he first entered Hollywood, he definitely wanted to sign up for a group to keep warm, but he had to be particular about who to sign up with.

Disney will indeed make The Matrix more profitable, but it’s hard to say how much they can get back in the end, and Columbia Pictures doesn’t even have to think about it. It’s all handed over to “their own people”, and the distribution fee may be skyrocketing. I have gone, I don't know how many people are going to do it.

On the contrary, with the already influential DreamWorks newspaper group in Paramount, it may be better.

After confirming the publisher, only the cast is left, and it is equally noisy.

Elias, who mainly represents Italians, returned empty-handed today, holding back his anger, and now wants to get the cast members into his hands.

"I think a first-line superstar should be selected to participate in The Matrix. I recommend Leonardo or Nicolas Cage..."

As for the heroine of the movie, everyone consciously kept quiet. It all depended on Song Yang's words to let Jenny, who had never acted before, be the heroine, while the male lead was controversial.

Elias recommended Xiao Lizi and Nicolas Cage, while David Geffen recommended Brad Pitt. Harvey, the fat guy, is more flamboyant, so outrageous, he even proposed that Neo, the protagonist of The Matrix , changed to a woman, and then recommended Sandra Bullock to play.

(End of this chapter)