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Chapter 797
"Director Bruno!"

"Miss Jenny!"

After hanging out for a long time, Song Yang and Jenny, dressed up, came to the headquarters building of Western Films in Los Angeles.

When Western Films was first established, the headquarters was just placed in an ordinary small building in Los Angeles, serving as the headquarters of Western Films, and now it has moved to a studio park in Hollywood.

This studio shooting park is not as large as the Paramount headquarters with 29 studios, or the studios of Hollywood giants such as Disney and Columbia Pictures, but it also has more than eight studios and several office buildings. Now all All are owned by Western Pictures.

When Song Yang passed by, Ted Sarando, president of Western Films, led a group of executives to welcome the arrival of the big benefactor.

Different from the previous grass-roots team, Western Films now has a lot of executives, including production managers, distribution presidents, finance, personnel and other departments.

Moreover, compared with Hollywood giants such as Paramount and Disney, Western Films has an additional management team, the business of Internet online video!

Like the Saipan Music Store, Western Films is also engaged in the online video business, but compared to the famous Saipan Music Store, the online video business of Western Films is not well-known. The key is to take There are not too many film and television copyrights.

It is the same as the five major record groups in the past, even worse. Hollywood also firmly holds the film and television copyrights in their own hands, and is not willing to sell them at all. Even if they sell a few film and television copyrights, it is still It's ridiculously expensive, which has led to the online video business that Western Films has teamed up with the IMDB website, until now it can only be regarded as a small business!

"Ted!"

Song Yang shook hands with Ted Sarando, and then looked at the three people standing behind Ted Sarando, "Taylor, Jackson, Jimmy!"

Richard Taylor, Peter Jackson, and Jimmy Selkirk are the founders of Weta Special Effects, and of course they are now also executives of Western Films.

For the special effects clips of "The Matrix", Western Films, in addition to cooperating with Industrial Light and Magic, also acquired Weta Special Effects as Western Films' own special effects studio.

"Western Films' studio is not the largest in Hollywood, but this studio has invested more than 500 million dollars in renovations and upgrades. It is now the studio with the best facilities in Hollywood!"

Ted Sarando brought Song Yang into the studio and introduced him to Song Yang. Several studios in Western Films are now at full capacity.

"Now the Sopranos, Grey's Anatomy, Shameless, CSI, The Big Bang Theory and other popular dramas on ICNC TV, a considerable part of the plots are filmed in the studio of Western Films!"

Ted Sarando and the production department manager of Western Films introduced these studios. Now ICNC and even the most popular TV series in America have used the studios of Western Films.

"According to Western Films' plan, there will be several big productions in the future, all of which will use Western Films' studios!"

Ted Sarando talked about the plan of Western Films, which made Western Films a big hit at the box office of "The Matrix", which is famous in Hollywood. Hollywood is no longer unknown.

And Ted Sarando himself, from the director of a little-known small film and television company at the beginning, has become one of the emerging big film and television companies in Hollywood, even with DreamWorks, New Line Pictures, Lionsgate Together with the industry and others, he became one of the candidates for the head of the eighth largest film company in Hollywood.

Song Yang looked at the busy studio in front of him. One after another, forklifts were continuously transporting various roads from the prop production department inside the studio, and transported them to the crew in the studio for layout. The gardeners were tending the hibiscus hedges, and the electricians were When arranging the wires and hanging lighting, the busiest part is the crew members traveling back and forth in golf carts...

Song Yang looked at the busy studios in front of him. The studios of the other major Hollywood giants were basically the same. Basically, the major studios were full of movies. Now it can be said that it is one of the best years in Hollywood.

Just looking at the scene in front of him, Song Yang doesn't know how long it can last. After the online video business rises, the studios of giant film and television companies such as Paramount, Fox, and Columbia Pictures will probably have to be turned into rental houses and lent to online video companies. The video company shoots...

"The studios of Western Films may not be enough. In the future, Western Films may produce more than 90 or even [-] films, TV series, documentaries, etc. every year!"

After passing by the studio of Western Films, Song Yang smiled and said to Ted Sarando and other executives of Western Films.

It sounds like a joke, but Ted Sarando and others were shocked. Regardless of whether it is a TV series, movie, or documentary, there are more than 90 films a year, which is really scary. up.

According to the current production speed of several major Hollywood giants, Warner Bros., Paramount, and Sony Columbia Pictures together may not make more than 90 films a year, and the funds required to make these films are even more It is going to exceed billions of dollars!

Traditional Hollywood practitioners who have not experienced the beatings of online video companies and streaming media companies cannot imagine the huge impact that has completely changed the pattern and model of Hollywood. All Hollywood practitioners are also facing new choices. Continue to stick to the traditional big screen, or embrace the new online video industry, which is the arrival of the era of online dramas!

Ted Sarando looked at Song Yang's expression. Although Song Yang said those words in a joking tone just now, Ted Sarando was not sure whether what Song Yang said was a joke or not. Might be true!
If you really want a company that can produce more than 90 movies, TV series, documentaries, etc. in a year, it is almost like a company that can compete with the whole of Hollywood, and maybe it will not fall behind. Such a company has a high status in Hollywood what should i do

After crossing the western film studio and coming to the site of Weta Special Effects Studio, the first thing you enter is the prop model making workshop.

Once inside, you can see all kinds of props, clothes, weapons and models of movie creatures that appear in the movie. Most of them are made by hand. This is also the current special effect. Something that the company has, the prop production workshop of Industrial Light & Magic is more than twice the size of this one.

"Now, Weta Special Effects Studio is preparing the props and models needed in the two movies "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings"!"

Richard Taylor, the general manager of Weta Special Effects Studio, said to Song Yang. Jenny, who was beside Song Yang, and the two little followers beside her couldn't help pricking up their ears.

(End of this chapter)