America's Big Hero

"Okay, stop talking about the fact that I'm a genius." Sean raised his hand and suppressed it, "What are you going to say?"

"There may be some difficulties with the release of "Basic Instinct," Harvey said in a low voice.

"Huh?" Sean's face darkened, and he stared at Harvey, "What do you mean, explain clearly!"

"The box office market of "The Bank Heist" was unexpected, but with this dark horse, your film company has already entered the sight of the Big Eight." Harvey explained.

Sean understands this, and if there are foreign gangs coming in from New Jersey, he will notice it immediately.

After all, it is still its own territory, so it is impossible not to watch it, and the Bada is also the same for Hollywood.

"so what?"

"The quality of the film "Basic Instinct" is unquestionable. In fact, as long as it is not a feature film, people in the industry will know it at a glance. Although the specific box office cannot be estimated, you can still tell whether the film is good or not." Harvey said, pause here Looking at Sean's expression, "So, after watching the movie at the cinema, everyone at the Bada University will know about it."

Before it is released, the distributor will invite a large theater to watch the film here. The theater must determine whether your film is worth the number of screenings everyone will give you, and how many screenings it is worth.

Finally, compare it with other movies released in the same period to see what time period you are worth and how much filming rate you are worth.

These can only be determined after watching the film.

It also depends on the sharing model, whether it is suitable for the area where the theater is located, and so on.

North America is a big country, and different regions have different cultures and religions. Many movies have no market in specific regions.

It doesn't just happen when the upper lip touches the lower lip.

"Did the Eighth Ambassador stumble?" Sean immediately realized.

If "Basic Instinct" is good, it will crowd out the box office of other movies in the same period. When a big movie is released, it is reasonable for many small factories to avoid movies of the same category.

And "Instinct" is not released by Bada, and it is normal for Bada to get no bonus.

There is nothing warm about business competition.

Harvey has always been engaged in the distribution of low-budget movies, and most of these movies go to the video tape market, and only a small part go to theaters.

The funny thing is, even so, he is the largest distributor in Hollywood outside of the Big Eight.

Well, slightly larger productions must be the eight major releases...

Yes must!

There are too many film sources in the Big Eight, and they can completely squeeze out the entire screening market, or squeeze out good time slots.

The cinema won't offend the Bada just for the sake of an unknown junior.

What's more, nearly half of the North American theaters were forced to separate from the Eighth National Congress because of the "Paramount" Act. Although everyone has broken their bones, they are still connected.

It's like a Rockefeller forced to break up.

"Yes." Harvey nodded.

Sean tilted his head and looked at Harvey, and suddenly said, "As long as the curtains for the movie are guaranteed, it's not impossible to distribute it to them."

When Harvey heard it, his heart seemed to stop. This is what he was afraid of, so he came to Sean in a hurry.

He had completely forgotten how much he had resisted Sean when he had asked him to release Instinct.

"Big Eight get the distribution rights, and they will definitely compress the schedule, number of shows, and time to make way for their own movies!" Harvey said with great certainty: "Besides, they always like to delay the checkout cycle and let the money go. Lying in your own account, many times you will deliberately delay the checkout time for one year or two years."

"In addition, there are too many departments in the Eighth National Congress, and the internal struggles are very serious. Once the box office market explodes, they will definitely do such things as falsely reporting the box office!"

"Finally, "Basic Instinct" is released to them, what about "Die Hard", what about other movies in the future?"

"If this is the case, you will always be subject to the Eighth National Congress, and they can count you as they want!"

Harvey's speech is not fast, but he analyzes the disadvantages of cooperating with Bada from various angles.

Do everything we can!

I have to say that this guy's mouth is really good.

To stand out in Hollywood, there are indeed so many brushes.

Sean has also considered the things he said. If others don't know, how can he know whether the movies he shoots will make money or not.

It is impossible for him to be willing to let Bada keep rubbing wool from his body.

Even David Rockefeller can't do it, the Eighth University, the Eighth University is considered a bully!

Moreover, Sean also knows that Harvey is not lying, and if he doesn’t say anything else, he just talks about "Big Ship". Back then, the truck driver made 2000, 2000, 2000, and emptied out [-]th Century Fox. Begging grandpa to tell grandma for change, the truck driver's thigh must be connected.

Relying on the name of the truck driver and the reputation of [-]th Century Fox, many people invested money, the most being Paramount, one of the eight major companies.

The results of it……

The big ship exploded all over the world, but when it came time to settle the profits, [-]th Century Fox falsely reported the box office, delayed payment, and resorted to various means.

Paramount is still one of the top eight, and [-]th Century Fox is not used to it, and it was almost out of its mind at that time.

The final external result is that Paramon gets the domestic box office in the United States, and [-]th Century Fox gets the foreign box office.

Copyright is even worse.

So, will any of the eight big families get used to themselves and cooperate with them innocently?

Sean turned his head to look at Xiao Bu.

Xiao Bu smiled and waved his hands.

This means that it is obvious that the Bushi family is a political family, they will only help solve troubles, or use their influence to bring conflicting parties to the negotiating table, but they will never take the initiative to offend anyone.

Well, anyone with influence.

Sean rubbed his chin and pondered, those guys would most likely bully him, an honest man.

Don't care about your reputation or how famous you are, but before you actually meet, 'Really, I don't believe it! '.

After all, they are all internationally famous big companies, so they can be cowardly without meeting, right?

What a fool!

It is impossible for this kind of company to grow and develop!

Businessmen are all profit and wealth chasers. They need to create resources and obtain other people's resources, and even force others to give up resources to make themselves rich. - Rockefeller.

Therefore, there is no politeness or modesty, and you have to really wrestle your wrists when you meet each other.

The Eighth National Congress will definitely force themselves to give more distribution share. Sean believes that what Harvey said will definitely happen.

Let yourself go?

Unless the Eighth National Congress wants to see the birth of the Ninth National Congress.

and so……

"Tell me about the current situation of the Eighth National University." Sean said with no expression on his face.

It's useless to ask that guy Norris about it. How can you do crooked ways? Norris is an expert, so it's business?

Business is not right.

Sean could see it.

Harvey didn't know what to do, but he didn't dare to fool Sean, as the big pendulum might fall on him at any time.

"The Big Eight in Hollywood that everyone talks about are 'Warner Brothers', 'MGM', 'Paramount', 'Columbia', 'Universal', 'United Artists', '20th Century Fox' and 'Disney'. Gao Mei bought it, in fact, now Hollywood is the Big Seven, but the life of 'Paramount' has been difficult in recent years, and the Big Seven may become the Big Six at any time."

"Huh?" Sean frowned. If he remembers correctly, there seemed to be only six of them alive, 'Warner Brothers', 'Columbia', 'Universal', 'Paramount', '20th Century Fox', 'Disney', Pai Ramon is alive and well, but the seemingly beautiful MGM is gone.

"What's wrong with Paramount?" Sean asked directly.

Originally, Sean was concerned about MGM, which later went bankrupt, to see if he could get it into his own hands. However, Harvey suddenly brought such news that Sean immediately became interested.

Bada has changed clubs several times, and Sean is interested in intervening.

"Uh... Barry Diller is the one to talk about this." Harvey froze for a moment, and then began to tell the story. As an upper-class figure in Hollywood, this guy is very well-informed.

"In the 60s, Paramount has declined. In 1966, Paramount was acquired by Gulf Western Industries. After that, Robert Evans, a newcomer, came to power and launched several films such as "Love Story", "Chinatown" and "The Godfather". Movies, Paramount saved the day."

"And then there's Barry Diller, at 25 he went to ABC for TV, 12 years ago Barry Diller went to Paramount, 10 years ago this guy took over from Robert Evans as Captain Paramount , Barry Diller and his two assistants, Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg, the trio put Paramount back at the top of Hollywood."

"Wait." Sean raised his hand and interrupted Harvey, "You mean Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, they are all from Barry, in Paramount?"

"Uh... Sir, is there any question?" Harvey didn't know why, so Xiao Bu also looked at Sean curiously.

"Haha, no problem, keep talking!" Sean waved his hands mysteriously.

Damn, it's a big problem, okay?

Of the few people Harvey mentioned, two of them, Sean, were too impressed.

Michael Eisner, the emperor of Disney, synonymous with "profession" among professional managers, is a model of killing the boss.

This guy drove the Disney family out of Walt Disney. However, under the leadership of this guy, Disney has indeed become a super group that attracts worldwide attention. When he took over, Disney’s market value was only 20 billion U.S. dollars, but it was pushed to 400 billion by this guy peak.

Of course, during this period, Michael Eisner also successfully entered the rich list and became the super rich.

The existence of Michael Eisner has fully proved what a career is!

What the fuck is a profession!

What the fuck is a fucking profession!

The other, Jeffrey Katzenberg, is also a well-known figure, one of the founders of DreamWorks.

Together with Spielberg, he founded DreamWorks. At its peak, it was once possible to become the new giant of Hollywood.

Of course, it failed in the end. The reasons are more complicated. Some collaborators can only have something to do with adversity and cannot share wealth, and some have something to do with their inability to master their own distribution channels.

Sean had never heard of Barry Diller, but the ability to be the emperor of Disney and the founder of DreamWorks would certainly go without saying.

Harvey, who was interrupted, continued talking about Paramount.

"Paramount has reached its pinnacle among the top seven in Hollywood during the years when Barry was the president. However, the bad things happen to Barry."

"This guy was born in TV. After becoming famous, he always wanted to realize his TV dream and create a brand new TV network, a TV empire."

"Last year, Murdoch bought half of the shares in [-]th Century Fox. Later, Murdoch persuaded Barry, and Barry took Murdoch's money to start his Fourth Television Network."

Xiao En and Xiao Bu looked at each other, the old guy Murdoch is ruthless enough to kill two birds with one stone.

Not only interrupted the rising momentum of Paramount, but also got a general for himself!

"As soon as Barry left, Paramount was in turmoil. As far as I know, Michael Eisner took over Paramount's mess, but this guy is hooking up with Disney. By the way, Disney's life is also lately. It’s very hard, Disney suffered a hostile takeover last year, and Disney’s movie business division, Bowei Films, ranked last among the top seven companies, suffering huge losses year after year.”

"So, Disney took a fancy to Michael Eisner's achievements in Paramount, and intends to let Michael Eisner take over the company's top management to revive the film industry. After all, Disney's core industry is still film."

"They're all in the top eight, and Paramount is stronger than Disney. Will Michael Eisner go to Disney?" Xiao Bu interrupted and asked.

Sean knew that this guy would not only go, but also get out of hand, probably because of the conditions he gave.

"After all, Paramount's parent company is Gulf West, which is a petrochemical company. With such a father on his head, it is difficult for Michael to grasp the power and display his ambitions. Ideals and ambitions are more important for those who do this. .” Sean said his guess.

Harvey flattered Sean in agreement, and then continued: "Michael Eisner is likely to leave. He will be re-elected as the president in a short period of time. Paramount will not be able to relax for a few years. What happens in the end depends on whether the West of the Gulf can stabilize the situation."

"Where's Katzenberg?" Sean asked suddenly.

"Ah?" Harvey was taken aback, he really didn't pay attention to this.

"I don't know, just ask if you don't know!" Sean said angrily.

"You!?" Harvey asked uncertainly, "Mister wants to dig Katzenberg."

"Don't you think Norris is very capable?" Sean asked back.

Harvey grinned and declined to comment.

"By the way, tell me what Murdoch has been doing recently." Sean suddenly changed the subject.

This guy is a media tycoon. Murdoch's News Corporation is not well-known now. The biggest achievement is the acquisition of half of the shares of [-]th Century Fox. But in the future, everyone will know about it.

As for the media industry, Sean will definitely get involved, especially in the domestic part of the United States. The great man said that the position of public opinion... ahem.

Therefore, Sean must pay attention to it.

"Murdoch is building a TV network recently." Harvey said directly: "He poached Barry and is already starting to set up his own TV network. Recently, he is negotiating to acquire New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Dallas. With the six local TV stations in Washington, this incident has caused a lot of trouble, and many people know about it."

"Hmm!" Sean stood up abruptly from the sofa, staring at Harvey, "What did you say!"

The murderous aura accumulated by killing hundreds of people with his own hands spread uncontrollably, Harvey was so frightened that he trembled all over and almost didn't pee out.

Xiao Bu was also taken aback, and his face turned pale. He had been in contact with Sean for so long, and although he knew Sean was ruthless, it was the first time he felt the murderous aura from Sean.

So thick!

This is because Sean didn't target them.