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Chapter 260
Only when there is controversy can it be topical. This point is common all over the world. The scoring system is a powerful tool for websites like IMDb to attract popularity.

"In addition to the scoring system, you can also set up some top [-] classic movie rankings, top [-] best movies, etc., and users can vote for them. In addition, you can set up an IMDb movie community for global movie fans to discuss movies and TV!"

"Scoring system, best movie?!" Hearing Song Yang's words, Komi Needham couldn't help muttering to himself. Now IMDb is just a relatively primitive website, an online movie database, and has no other functions. .

Not only IMDb, but also other websites are not much different, and they are still in the process of groping. Those common functions in later generations do not exist at all now.

Once IBDb introduces the movie ratings and communities mentioned by Song Yang, and adds IMDb star profiles, movie tidbits, etc., it will definitely crush other similar websites.

Song Yang and Komi Needham were discussing plans for the IMDb website. Basically, Song Yang was talking, and Komi Needham was listening, listening to those ideas that could be called a powerful and unconstrained style, so that Komi Needham I finally understood why those colleagues in Silicon Valley and the media praised Song Yang so much!

At the same time, I felt a little fortunate in my heart. Komi Needham didn’t know what he would face next if he rejected Song Yang’s acquisition, but once Song Yang launched a website similar to IMDb, it would definitely It's a dimensionality reduction blow.

After the acquisition, IMDb will undergo a substantial revision. The revised IMDb website will mainly be divided into IMDb movie library, celebrity artist database, movie list, IMDb community, new movie trailers, artist interviews and other major sections.

The most important ones are the first three sections, Movie Library, Celebrities, and Community. These are basically the core functions of IMDb. No matter how many revisions are made in the future, these three functions will still exist.

Like the IMDb movie library, it will include all existing movies in the world, and will work with Western Films to build the world's largest movie museum, storing all the movies that can be found in the world, and even hold a World Movie Museum Day Things like that, anyway, were originally used to improve Bigger.

This is not a small project, it will cost a lot of money, and it may take several years to complete, but it is absolutely full. Once it is completed, IMDb will become a dissemination of world film culture from a small Internet movie database. Or, Hollywood will never dare to underestimate IMDB again!

Hearing the concept of "World Film Museum", Komi Needham's eyes lit up. Who wouldn't want to be recognized by the world for everything he did? Komi Needham suddenly felt that the name IMDb Film Festival, Seems pretty good too...

In addition to the collection of movies, the IMDb movie library also includes plot introductions, screenwriters, directors, starring lists, soundtracks, shooting locations, professional film critic reviews, user reviews, etc., as long as there are things related to movies, you can find them in IMDb arrive.

The star information area is everything about the star, including movie highlights, works, biographies, related news, interviews, etc.

In the future, whether you like it or not, when the name of a Hollywood newcomer appears on the star profile section of IMDb, it means that he has entered the industry, and every time his IMDb profile is updated, it means that he is one step closer to being a superstar...

Komi Needham was in a hurry, and recorded all the things Song Yang raised. He felt that in the next year or so, what he needed to do was to continuously upgrade and revise the IMDb website.

But Song Yang needs it, not just to make IMDb a movie database website popular with movie fans, it is not worth it at all, Song Yang spent tens of millions of dollars to buy it!
"Comy, in addition to these, I want you to do two things."

Song Yang's words were not serious, but Komi Needham was reminded, and he knew that this might be the real reason why Song Yang bought IMDb.

Looking at Komi Needham, Song Yang said, "I want IMDb to start collecting film and television copyrights from Hollywood and other parts of the world, regardless of age, film genre or other famous book copyrights, I ask IMDb to buy them all, and the funds will The Americas Global Investment Foundation is in charge!"

Hearing this, a thought popped into Comey Needham's mind. Song Yang was planning to do something in Hollywood.

Hollywood's film copyrights are basically in the hands of several major film giants, and they have accumulated over the years, just like the copyright libraries in the hands of several major record companies. It does not seem to be useful now, but in the Internet age, who controls these Anyone can master the content of the Internet video platform with the copyright library of film and television and records!

Song Yang needs to start preparations in advance, let IMDb start to build a film and television copyright library, and prepare for the arrival of the Internet video platform.

Standing up, Song Yang saw pedestrians passing by outside through the glass of Western Films, and looked back at Comey Needham, "Comey, IMDb is now developing an online video playback function, the speed of the Internet, It will change completely in a few years, the era of online video sites will finally come, I hope IMDb can become the first company to provide users with online video sites!"

With a huge number of users, it is also influential in Hollywood. If IMDb can acquire enough film and television copyrights, it will be a matter of course for IMDb to enter the online video industry. If it is not a missed opportunity, it is too late to enter the online video industry. Online video The industry will never be occupied by several major platforms such as Netflix and Youtube.

At least this time, IMDb will become the first person to eat crabs in the online video industry. No one knows what will happen, but it will definitely cause waves.

Comey Needham flew to America in a hurry, and then rushed back to England overnight. This trip to America is probably a huge change for Comey Needham and the IMDb website.

"Western Films, founded by Bruno Song, officially announced that it will cooperate with DreamWorks, Miramax and other companies to jointly shoot the "Matrix" trilogy. The president of Paramount Distribution announced that Paramount will represent The Matrix Get a movie release!"

"The Matrix has announced a global audition. This will be the largest movie audition this year. Many Hollywood stars have announced their interest in appearing in the Matrix project!"

Listening to the report on the Los Angeles TV station, Elias angrily said to the Hollywood Italian gang in a room, "I said it a long time ago, he is not one of us at all!"

This time, Elias, who originally wanted to make a lot of money, ended up getting nothing. Even the management of Western Film Company, Song Yang would rather be empty than let Elias and his gang touch it.

Sofia Coppola frowned and said, "I think Song respects Italians very much, and he also promised to let Italian actors join the crew of The Matrix."

Sofia Coppola, who has benefited, speaks for Song Yang, is a commercial blockbuster, and gives her a high director's fee. The Coppola family can feel Song Yang's attitude towards them.

Although the protagonist of The Matrix was not directly given to the Italians, but this time the crew also invited a group of old Italian actors to comeo, and Danny DiVito was invited to join the screenwriting team, etc. The attitude is already quite good, but there is no Just give benefits to people like Elias.

Glancing at a kind of Hollywood Italian gang in the room, Elias knew that they had benefited, obviously he was not willing to be tough with Song Yang for himself, so he snorted angrily, and Elias slammed the door directly out.

After going out, looking back at Francisco, Danny DiVito and others, Elias' eyes were gloomy.

There were doubts about Western Films' filming of "The Matrix", and Time Warner declared, "Don't watch this adventure!"

"Yes, Time Warner has read the script of "The Matrix", and it is somewhat novel, but that's all. The settings in it are too obscure and difficult to understand. Now that we have special effects technology, it is impossible to complete all of this!"

When an executive from Warner Bros. was asked how he saw the start of "The Matrix", he responded indifferently, expressing his dislike for the movie.

It is reported that before Western Pictures found the Wachowski brothers, Warner was already interested in the "Matrix" script, but was suddenly cut off by Western Pictures when it was still in dispute about whether to start filming.

In this regard, Time Warner does not admit it, but only declares that it is not optimistic about this complicated and obscure movie!

In addition to the film company, Will Smith, who was rumored before, directly announced his rejection of the "Matrix" crew and would not participate in the casting interview after not being invited by Western Films as the protagonist.

"I don't understand the setting of The Matrix, the so-called "bullet time", etc., I really can't imagine it!" When Will Smith faced the media, he said the reason for his "rejection" of The Matrix, of course , he didn't even receive an audition from the crew...

In addition to Western Films, IMDb, which was acquired for 400 million US dollars, also spread various news.

Returning to England, Comey Needham immediately announced that the IMDb website will be revised and upgraded, and the first thing that came out was the news that it was going to build the world's largest film museum, which instantly made movie fans all over the world restless. IMDb, a niche website, has also begun to attract everyone's attention!

In the study in Beverly Hills, Song Yang was having a conference call.

Double-click company Whitman hosted the meeting. After Double-click went public, although it acted in a low-key manner, it did not stop.

"Double-click has acquired MediaMetrix and NetRating, the mainstream Internet data research companies, at prices of 3100 million US dollars and 2900 million US dollars respectively." Whitman said on the phone, "After the acquisition is completed, Double-click is currently in the Internet data The survey industry has a market share of 64%!"

(End of this chapter)