Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Dongfeng Building has two screening rooms for Galaxy Films, one is for high-level executives including Jade to review films, and the other is exclusive for Jed.The projection room in the back is very small, except for Jed's position, there are only three other positions, which belong to the editors Francis and Sally, and there is another position that belongs to Quentin who has occupied the editing room for a long time.

Because Jed doesn't know how to edit movies at all, he can only take his own shot script and talk to Francis about the feeling he wants, and then Francis will edit the first version of the film according to Jed's instructions. Reviewed by Jed.Generally speaking, Jed will make revisions after reading it.Basically, one rough cut and three or four fine cuts basically meet Jed's needs.The first person who knew that Jade couldn't edit was Jia Fei, but Jia Fei didn't think there was anything wrong.

But soon Quentin knew, so Quentin looked at Jed like an alien.The two basic skills that a director must master are shooting and editing. As a result, Jed is shooting half a bowl of water, but editing is nonsense.Quentin quickly told this secret to Wu Yusen, who he admired very much, but Wu Yusen was also laughed at by Jed's little secret.So Jed was very depressed and ordered that Quentin and Wu Yusen were resolutely not allowed to come in to observe the film when he was reviewing the film.

In the end, Francis comforted him, "Boss, if you can even edit, wouldn't I lose my job?"

Although Jed felt better at the time, he soon became depressed again.

What Jade wants to review today is actually John Woo's "Jumanji". John Woo has already provided a rough cut.Mao. Film in the film industry does not refer to romantic action films, but refers to the kind of movie version that has been edited once but has not been finalized, and this version of the movie may not have dubbing and soundtrack.Generally speaking, the most important thing when reviewing a mao movie is to look at the integrity of the plot and the smoothness of the picture, but Jed wanted to see what kind of movie Wu Yusen spent more than half a year making.As the projector started to turn, Jed also turned on the small desk lamp in front of the seat, preparing to record something in his notebook.

Jed had already watched "Game of the Brave" in his previous life, so he didn't want to go into details about the plot. What Jed cared about was Wu Yusen's taste as a director reflected in this movie.The previous plot is not lost, it is indeed a superior popcorn movie, and compared with the original Wu Yusen's handling is more delicate.

This may be the difference between Eastern directors and Western directors. In terms of camera language, Japanese and Chinese directors are much better than American directors; but when it comes to scene control and scheduling, Chinese and Japanese directors are not enough.A European film critic described that the best oriental films can be viewed frame by frame, because each frame is beautiful and full of deep meaning.

In this movie, Woo Yusen handles this kind of subtle lens language very well, which does not make American audiences feel hypocritical, but also adds a touch of art to it.

The plot of the story is not complicated. Because the two children touched the magic mechanism of the game chess, incredible things happened.Frightened by the situation in front of her, the little girl Sara escaped and trapped Alan in the game chess.Many years later, another pair of children, Judy and Jim, accidentally touched the game chess.In order to prevent the creatures in the chess game from attacking the real world, Judy and Jim followed the advice of Alan who was trapped in the game and grew up. They found Sarah and decided to continue playing the game to prevent the world from being destroyed.The climax of the plot in the game is at the checkpoints in the chess game. Various strange creatures appear and embarrass the pair of adults and children.

Since Jed's script positions the entire movie on the theme of family adventures, John Woo naturally can't play any blood type shots in the movie, but this does not hinder his careful design of the action.In order to capture the smooth and thrilling feeling of the character being chased by monsters, John Woo not only used three fixed cameras to shoot fixed-point shots from different angles, but also arranged orbital cameras to chase the action; Dead shot.

However, with materials from different angles and different speeds, John Woo fully demonstrated his imagination as a Hong Kong director in action shooting and editing. After the entire scene is edited, although there are no violent and bloody scenes, you can see through the lens. He could clearly feel that he was being chased by a monster.Seeing such wonderful camera language, Jed couldn't help cheering alone in the screening room.

This kind of violent aesthetics originating from John Woo's heart is displayed in another form. The flowing action design is combined with the perfect camera follow-up. Without too many symbolic elements, John Woo can still express his style.Sure enough, Woo Yusen did not let himself down, he is a director who deserves to be signed by Galaxy Films.

According to Jed's prediction, Galaxy movies need at least three types of directors, a total of six directors.A director like Quentin is used to worship the film industry and movie fans. Maybe he can make money, but it is more of a potential status; Jed is a director who walks between art and business. The box office also has to consider word-of-mouth, which can be regarded as the main force for winning trophies; and Wu Yusen and Michael Bay will be the two pillars of the future Galaxy movies to make money.If a movie wants to make money, it is natural to make a blockbuster commercial action movie.Michael Bay is suitable for shooting modern or sci-fi action movies with bullets and machine guns flying; while John Woo is suitable for traditional action movies, whether it is fighting or gun battles, it is mainly the embodiment of personal charm rather than some kind of machine or future equipment.

This is Jade's future positioning for Michael Bay and John Woo, one to shoot the action movies with super scenes, and the other to shoot the traditional action movies.But Jed suddenly realized that he hadn't got Michael Bay done yet, and he was still working hard for the release of "Jedi Men".Jed felt a little frustrated about this, but Jed knew that after the movie was released, it might be a good opportunity to find him.

After reviewing "James of the Brave", Jed only made a few fine-cut requests, and then asked the sound engineer to score the film.In addition, Jed also went to talk to Wu Yusen.At this time, Wu Yusen was also very nervous. To be honest, for any Chinese director, it might not be difficult to enter Hollywood, but the difficulty is to gain a foothold in Hollywood.

Looking at the entire film history, there are not many examples of Chinese filmmakers gaining a foothold in Hollywood, and even rarer ones have achieved success. If one has become a respected filmmaker in Hollywood, there is only Chinese photographer Huang Zongzhan.Wu Yusen also came to Hollywood with his dream, the city of dreams, he didn't want to return to Asia as a loser.But the opportunity given to me by the first film company was ruined by me, while the second film company allowed me to shoot a work that I was not good at at all...

Wu Yusen scratched his hair in some annoyance. He knew very well that the group of producers or studio managers in the United States had their circles. It's over.

At this time, John Woo's cell phone rang suddenly. Interesting to say, this was a gift given to its employees by Yinhe Film Company, and it was said that it was produced by a Korean company.This patch-type design of the new mobile phone has a larger LCD screen and larger storage space, so the functions of SMS and address book are naturally added.

Under the promotion of Horizon Communication Technology, this mobile phone produced by Samsung and rebranded as Horizon successfully counterattacked the US market, beating the dominant Motorola dizzily.In particular, the word "mobile phone" has become the most popular vocabulary in the United States this season, replacing the term "mobile phone" in one fell swoop.

The phone number showed that it was from the office of the president of Galaxy Films. When Wu Yusen pressed the answer button, he heard the voice he wanted to hear the most but also the voice he feared the most. Jade's secretary said: "Mr. Wu, Mr. Sherman hopes to I will meet with you tomorrow morning, is it convenient for you to have a time between 10:30 and [-]:[-] tomorrow so that I can make arrangements?"

"No problem, I will be there on time." Wu Yusen confirmed his itinerary.When he put down the phone, Wu Yusen was not in a hurry, because it seemed that there was a final result about his stay, so what else could he be anxious about?This night was the most peaceful sleep since Wu Yusen agreed to take over the filming of "Game of the Brave".

The next day, when Wu Yusen appeared in front of Yinhe Film Company, he was full of energy.He seems to have figured out a lot of problems. He has already worked hard in Hollywood. It's not because of his ability, but because Hollywood doesn't need a director like himself.Thinking of this, although Wu Yusen felt a little regretful, he felt that it was no big deal. He could still go back to Hong Kong and continue to be his own director, and he was still the best director in Asia.

But when Wu Yusen sat in the conference room, he found that there were three people sitting opposite him.One was of course Jed Sherman, the other was Stanley Jaffe, and the third was someone he didn't know.Jade introduced with a smile: "This is Mr. Mai Ruibo, who we hired from Procter & Gamble, and he will be in charge of the distribution business of the film company. The reason why Mr. Mai Ruibo will also attend this meeting is because Mr. Mai Ruibo Mr. Bo is very optimistic about Mr. Wu's film, and this film will be included in our key release list for this year, and will be released during Christmas."

"What?" John Woo was taken aback, "My movie will be released in the Christmas time?" Wu Yusen has been in Hollywood for so long and has been in the film industry for so many years, he doesn't know what the Christmas time means.

For American film companies, the first important schedule is Christmas, followed by summer, and then Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day.For the director, if his work is scheduled for Christmas, it means that his work will be the company's most important thing.Hearing this news, Wu Yusen didn't know what to say for a while.When he walked into this office, he had already imagined the situation where the company would fire him.After all, I am just an outsider in Hollywood, who would care if an Asian director once worked here?

"I'm very happy and very grateful for the company's decision, it's an honor."

Hearing Wu Yusen's incoherent prophecy, Jed smiled lightly: "You deserve it, Mr. Wu. Your "James of the Brave" conquered us. Your bold conception and delicate shooting made the whole movie come true. This work presents a work of art in an aesthetic sense. Although we are businessmen, we are businessmen engaged in the art industry, and we will not let any piece of art be dusted. More importantly, Mr. Wu, believe us, The commercial success of this film is also very great."

After chatting with Wu Yusen for a while, Jed raised the idea that Wu Yusen could become the director of Galaxy Films, which Wu Yusen did not reject.Unlike Westerners who pursue freedom, Easterners still have a strong conservative concept. Moreover, for John Woo, Yinhe Movies is a man with insight into heroes, so he naturally wants to repay his kindness.

After talking with Jed, Stanley Jafei also thought that it is safer for the company to sign some directors. Whether it is giving stocks or forming a satellite company is a good way, it is just that Galaxy Film must own the copyright of all works. This point was repeatedly emphasized by Jia Fei.

Jed sent Wu Yusen and Jia Fei out of the meeting room and asked them to discuss the contract in detail, while Jed wanted to talk to Meribo about the company's future.Strictly speaking, Mai Ruibo is not a practitioner in the film industry. He was just the manager of the publicity department of Procter & Gamble in North America before he quit.But Jed knows that he will become the CEO of Procter & Gamble in the future, and lead Procter & Gamble to attack rivals such as Unilever globally.Fortunately, Mai Ruibo's position in the future Galaxy Company is distribution, which does not require very high film technology, but rather requires high public relations, publicity and marketing capabilities, and Mai Ruibo has great ability in this regard.

More importantly, Jade appreciates the adjustments made to P&G's brand strategy after Mai Ruibo became the CEO of P&G.You must know that P&G and Unilever have two extremes in terms of brand strategy. P&G believes in a multi-brand strategy. In any market segment, P&G will arrange countless brands, such as Rejoice, Pantene, Head & Shoulders and Clairol in shampoos. They are all P&G brands; but Unilever believes in a single-brand strategy, relying on only one Sunsilk to compete with P&G in the bathing market.

The first thing after Meribo became the CEO of Procter & Gamble was to cut off the unprofitable or futureless brands of Procter & Gamble. You must know that when Procter & Gamble was at its peak, there were only nine brands of washing powder, but Meribo finally The two major brands of Ariel and Tide have been integrated, saving a lot of costs for the company.Jade also believes that "one brand with multiple brands" is necessary, but it should not be pursued too much, and the brand should be established with full consideration of needs.

Just like when Jed and Mai Ruibo discussed the brands under the Galaxy Film Distribution Company in the future, both of them believed that three or four brands would be enough.One main brand is for the company itself, called "Galaxy Films"; the other is used to distribute overseas films in the United States or purchase low-budget films for distribution in North America, and this brand is called "Galaxy Classics"; the last one is It is used for various experimental films, or the subject matter of the film is too sensitive, this brand is called "Galaxy Pioneer".

In fact, what Jed didn't tell Mai Ruibo was that he would get MGM's film library when MGM was in crisis.In addition, it is necessary to use this film library to sign a cooperation agreement with Paramount and other major American film library companies to establish an online distribution channel.With the advent of the DVD era, video rental businesses such as Blockbuster will face a bankruptcy crisis; but for the future, the rise of companies such as Netflix is ​​inevitable.With the advancement of DVD locking technology, a remote DVD buying service is just around the corner.

Netflix's business is very simple. Users can buy DVDs or watch online on their website, and then pay to choose how much time to watch.If you watch it online, of course, it will be counted soon; in addition, they also provide Netflix that will be decoded using DVD physical discs or cable networks.Since the cost of DVDs is very low, it is very convenient and cheap to mail DVDs to subscribers.Importantly, once the playback period has passed, the DVD will be automatically locked.Coupled with the lock code technology, it is very difficult to copy DVDs, so this technology will be loved by future Hollywood film companies.However, at this time, this set of technology is still being trial-produced in Jade's laboratory, which is also one of the means for Jed to make money in the future.

After dealing with John Woo's matter, Jade also started to work on the release of his third work "Apollo 13" independently directed.Since this movie is one of NASA's public relations plans, NASA released the filming plan of the movie after getting Jed's instruction, saying that it is a great and touching work.In order to attract the audience, Jed's first promotional film is to do everything possible to sensationalize.

The spacecraft exploded, and the astronauts were trapped in outer space. The space center was unable to dispatch a space shuttle to rescue them. Everything depended on how the astronauts saved themselves.Lack of oxygen, water and low temperature are not the most frightening thing. The most frightening thing is that there is not enough energy. Astronauts may stay in outer space forever; and the killer carbon dioxide is also slowly appearing in the lunar module... Most importantly, The heat-resistant tiles of the landing module may be damaged, and the astronauts are likely to be burned to ashes when they enter the atmosphere... Just after the ground center announced the end of the communication blind spot, Apollo 13 did not respond...

After this version of the promotional film was released on major TV networks, NASA's public relations office first received countless calls. Many Americans wanted to know whether Apollo 13 had returned to Earth safely in history.And people began to care about what NASA does, and what is the Apollo moon landing program.

The movie has not yet been released, and the whole of the United States seems to have returned to the passionate years, and everyone is cheering for the progress of the aerospace industry.