Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Although it is only May at this time, with the release of "Mission: Impossible" under Galaxy Films, all film companies feel that the summer vacation is coming!According to the news released early by Bowei International, there will be a blockbuster movie released by Galaxy Film Company every month during the summer vacation.In order to verify the news, Jed suddenly had many reporters around him.

In order to deal with these reporters, Jed had to make a short explanation, "Yes, we made a total of three movies during the summer vacation. Although they are all action movies, the themes are completely different. "Spy" is a spy theme, and the remaining two films, I can only tell you that both are about national security, but one focuses on the present, while the other focuses on space."

After breaking free from the reporters' siege, Jed rushed back to the company headquarters in Burbank under the escort of bodyguards.The first thing to do when returning to the company is to read the various briefings sent by the secretary. The most important thing in the briefing is to track the daily box office and film reviews of "Mission: Impossible". Judging from the current situation, "Mission Impossible" is still loved by the audience.

At the same time, it is the construction plan of the New Media Center. The land issue has reached an agreement with the original owner, and the contract has been signed. It only needs to be filed with the government and transferred.The cooperation negotiations with I.M. Pei have also entered a smooth stage. Obviously, I.M. Pei is still very interested in building a landmark building designed by him in the Los Angeles area. Besides, the investor did not limit his design style, but Said that he hoped to see a building in Los Angeles with a combination of Chinese and Western styles.IM Pei did not find this request strange, because Los Angeles has always been the place where the largest Asian population lives.

In addition to these daily news, there is a point in the briefing that it was notified by the Los Angeles Consulate that a group of CCTV personnel would come to discuss with Jade about the launch of CCTV International Channel in the North American market.Jed was a little puzzled, why CCTV was so anxious all of a sudden, it stands to reason that they have their own partners in North America, why bother to find themselves?

But Jed was weird, and he wasn't as cramped as he was a few days ago, because his grandfather's answer to his question was just four words, "Business is business."Yes, since you are a businessman, isn't it just for commercial interests to cooperate with anyone?

So Jed asked the Secretary's Office to reply to the Los Angeles Consulate that he could cooperate with the other party and announced his itinerary.Not long after, the consulate also made an appointment to meet with Jed, and hoped that Jed could arrange to visit Dongfeng TV and Yinhe Movies at that time.Jed was a little strange seeing this request, thinking why the TV station had nothing to do to visit the film company?But after thinking about it, we have to visit anyway, so let's go together.

A few days later, a yellow-skinned visiting team came to Dongfeng Building. To everyone's surprise, Jed, who rarely showed up at the company, actually received the visiting group in person.A cultural counselor from the Los Angeles Consulate came out to introduce the two sides to Jade. To Jade's surprise, Han Shanping, who will be in charge of half of the Chinese film industry in the future, was also there.It's just that Han Shanping at this time is just the director of Emei Film Studio, not a very conspicuous figure.

After the introduction by the cultural counselor, Jade introduced his two companies, Galaxy Film and Dongfeng TV, in very authentic Chinese.The cultural counselors were surprised by Jed's standard fluent Chinese. Although his information showed that Jed understood Chinese, he thought that Jed could at most say hello in Chinese, but he didn't expect that he could use Chinese as his mother tongue.

"I first established Dongfeng Production Company based on the copyright income of three books, which is the predecessor of Dongfeng Media Group." Jed proudly introduced Dongfeng TV to a group of people, "It can be said that I started from scratch. of."

Many people were surprised by Jed's opening remarks, so someone asked, "Is it just the copyright income of three books?"

"Yes." Jed nodded affirmatively, "Europe and the United States have very strict copyright protection, so the income of writers is not low. Because if you can write a bestseller, whether you publish it in the United States or You can get a copyright income when you distribute it in Canada, the UK or other European countries. At the same time, if someone wants to use your work, you will also have a copyright share. The most important thing is that game adaptations, film and television adaptations, etc. are the author’s income It can be said that a best-selling author is basically a relatively wealthy middle class in the United States. If you have two or three best-selling books in a series, then you can support yourself and start a business at the same time, so I invest Started a television production company."

At this time, Jed and others have come to my TV studio on the fifth and sixth floors, "In the United States, sitcoms are a TV series with a strong market demand, so the first TV series I chose to shoot was sitcoms. Now my company owns three sitcoms, Friends, Will & Grace, and Everybody Loves Raymond, and I also produce a talk show here. Of course, it has a huge ratings in the United States The group is still drama, especially the theme of cops and robbers."

Speaking of this, several Chinese TV people also nodded slightly.In fact, the most popular theme in the mainland is also the theme of police and robber detection. On this point, the audiences of the two countries really have a good understanding. "Mr. Sherman, we heard that you have a green screen technology here that can simulate large-scale scenes in the studio. But what about very large scenes like that?"

"Find another production company to rent a large studio." Jed knew that in addition to the separation of production and broadcasting in the later generations of mainland TV stations, there is also a problem of repeated construction.Obviously it is the same TV station, Channel A has built a large studio, and Channel B also needs to be repaired. In fact, in many cases, it can often be done by temporarily renting the studio of Channel A. "You know that Burbank concentrates the production centers of ABC, NBC and CBS TV dramas, so they will have a lot of vacant large studios for us to rent. More importantly, Hollywood is not far away. Perhaps you know that our American The so-called winter break and summer break are the so-called winter breaks and summer breaks when TV shows are broadcast. Why? Because we want to avoid the Christmas and summer holidays of movies. As you can see, the peak production time of TV dramas and movies is not at the same time. .So even if the studios in Burbank are full, we can go to Hollywood to rent a studio. In order to save resources, we naturally don’t need to invest in the construction ourselves.”

Several TV people nodded, presumably they were also annoyed by the repetitive construction. "Mr. Sherman, the United States adopts the separation of production and broadcasting. Doesn't your producer have a lot of risks? What if the filming fails?"

"The separation of production and broadcasting seems to transfer the risk to the production company, but in fact, the broadcaster and the producer share the risk." Jed explained, "When we produce, we generally only produce three episodes first. Content and provide about five episodes of the script, the rest is only the outline. Only after the broadcaster signs a broadcast agreement with us, we will start to produce the remaining content as needed. And in fact, the content we produce is not necessarily It will be broadcast, and if the producer thinks that the ratings are affected, they will ask us to change the plot or directly cut the TV series in half, so we have to modify the script and the shooting schedule."

"Can you earn back the cost just by relying on the broadcasting of the TV station?" Someone asked.

"After we signed a round of premiere broadcast rights with the TV station, we are actually promoting the show." Jed said with a smile, "You also know that in addition to the four major TV networks in the United States, there are also urban TV stations. They will Those who are interested in purchasing the broadcasting rights for the second round. More importantly, after the second round, there will be some small TV stations or TV stations that specialize in rebroadcasting old dramas to buy the broadcasting rights for the third round. In addition, we can also distribute overseas. Currently, Japan’s TV Tokyo, China TV in Taiwan, Asia TV in Hong Kong and Seoul TV in South Korea all have our dramas on the air, not to mention the European market.”

The eyes of several TV people lit up when they heard this, but then they dimmed again.China has a larger population than the United States, and the land area is similar. However, the problem is that the number and quality of Chinese TV stations are far behind that of the United States. It is difficult for China to sell three rounds of broadcasting rights like in the United States.Generally speaking, unless it is a hit drama, or even the second round of rebroadcast rights are basically given away.As for export, no one in Asia wants to buy it now except Hong Kong who may be interested.Someone asked unwillingly, "Mr. Sherman, how did you see our TV series? Do you think our TV series can be sold in the United States?"

Jed thought for a while, and finally said: "I can't guarantee anything until I see the specific TV series. But I learned from my colleagues at ATV that the historical themes you shoot are still very marketable. But the current problem Yes, how to shoot historical themes in a new way. You also know that the heavy sense of history is difficult to attract young audiences; but too relaxed historical themes are historical dramas that have changed their taste. But I believe that TV dramas with true emotions are still It can inspire everyone."

Under the arrangement of Jed, the group had a very pleasant visit.When the group of visitors were about to leave, Jed suddenly said, "Mr. Han, I heard that you are a Chinese film industry fellow, and I think we may have some conversations. That's why I'm taking the liberty to ask, if If it is convenient for you tonight, I would like to treat you to a meal alone."

Jed's words startled the cultural counselor of the consulate. At this time, it is really unbelievable for a big American capitalist to invite a domestic film director.Fortunately, Han Shanping is not a reckless person. Seeing the face of his counselor, he hurriedly said with a smile: "I have other schedules here, how about it, I will reply to you after I arrive at the consulate, is that okay?"

"No problem." Jed also knew that they might need to think about it.

The reason why Jed wanted to invite Han Shanping to dinner on the spur of the moment was entirely because he wanted to curry favor with this future Chinese movie tycoon as soon as possible.After all, Jade knows very well that in another ten years, China will become the world's third largest film market that Hollywood covets.What is important is that this market not only has the potential to surpass Japan, but also has the possibility to surpass the United States.

If they know the identity of Han Shanping in the future, the film companies who want to invite Han Shanping will be crowded with the entire Hollywood Avenue of Stars.