Hollywood Lover Chapter 214

   "I think we may be able to relax some conditions. The Japanese company CAPCOM will agree!" Zhang Dongcheng was absolutely sure of this.

  In fact, in the Resident Evil that he knows, the Japanese company CAPCOM has indeed sold the copyright to the German Konstantin Film Company.

   "Okay, I will let people continue to contact the Japanese side!" Adaman nodded and agreed.

   Dongcheng Films' actions can't be hidden from some well-informed people. However, the news did not cause much sensation in Hollywood. In the final analysis, all this is the fault of the Titanic.

   The movie Titanic is too hot. In the time period when Titanic has just been released, any news has been suppressed. The actions of Dongcheng Pictures are no exception.

   But this is relative to laymen. After the success of The Matrix, the news that Dongcheng Films has started to acquire copyrights has attracted the attention of countless editors in a very short period of time. Some fast-moving screenwriters even came to the door with their own scripts or works.

  In the eyes of real experts, Zhang Dongcheng's approach is somewhat unique, even confusing.

   After all, although everyone attaches great importance to copyright, no company has ever done this before. You must know that the status of screenwriters in Hollywood is very low. Otherwise, there would not have been a general strike in 2007.

  Dongcheng Films' practice of buying copyrights at a large price has allowed this newly established company to add more than a dozen movie scripts that will definitely make a lot of money in the future in a short period of time. The copyright library was quickly filled up.

   Moreover, editors came to the door one after another with their own works in the follow-up. For a while, Dongcheng Films was in the limelight.

On an elegant golf course in Los Angeles, a gray-haired old man who looked to be in his sixties or seventies said to his companions, "Carl, this Chinese guy has gone too far. I think we have He needs to be taught a lesson!"

   This old man is Mr. Claire, the major shareholder of Universal Pictures! Zhang Dongcheng once had a face-to-face meeting with him after he produced the stage play of the mummy.

  Carl smiled wryly when he heard the words, bent down and looked at the hole, and after hitting the golf ball with a swing, he said, "We have no way to suppress him now!"

"Oh? Really? When will our Universal Pictures be unable to handle even a small company that has just been established?" Claire frowned, and after handing the club to the caddy beside him, he walked slowly to the recliner and sat down. , took a sip of the drink.

  He is getting old, and he is a little tired after just playing golf for a while.

"It's very simple, he has money in his hands!" Carl wiped his sweat, handed the club to the caddy, and came to Claire's side, saying: "The short-term film investment fund plan he came up with is really a Big killer. What no one thought of before, was actually done by him! For him, future investment can be raised with funds. All profits can be used to buy theaters, Copyright, upgrade special effects department. Constantly develop the company. There is no need to worry about film investment. This kind of development method is like a big snowball rolling down from a high mountain. It will only roll bigger and faster. We have already lost Here's a chance to stop him!"

  Carl is right. In fact, if he can suppress Zhang Dongcheng when Zhang Dongcheng just established his company and created a short-term film investment fund, he might still succeed. But now, as people who buy funds actually get benefits.

  This way of development has attracted all small and medium-sized film companies. A trend has completely formed, not to mention Universal Pictures, even if the eight major electronic music companies join forces, there is no way to stop Zhang Dongcheng. Because the foundation of Zhang Dongcheng is the fund.

   Zhang Dongcheng himself has an amazing talent, and now with the help of this kind of fund, unless he is killed, anyone can only watch Dongcheng Pictures continue to rise!

  The two parties are just normal business competition. Now is not the era of chaos. Unless it is a life-and-death enmity, no one will do it.

  As the major shareholder of Universal Pictures, Claire is obviously not an idiot. Through Mr. Carl's narration, he quickly understood that Zhang Dongcheng's development is indeed unstoppable!

   "Hey! Is there really nothing we can do? Think about our eight major film companies. Doesn't that one have a history of nearly a century? It was developed through the efforts of decades and generations."

  Claire's emotion is not unreasonable. The history of Hollywood has never lacked the kind of rapid rise and rapid decline of the company. But the biggest difference between those companies and Dongcheng Films lies in the short-term film investment fund plan that Zhang Dongcheng created.

   Movies make money, we all know that. With this fund template, Zhang Dongcheng is basically invincible!

"It's not impossible!" Carl spat out the straw contentedly, put the drink on the small tea table, and said, "In terms of funds, we may not be able to hold him back, but we can create a small amount for him in terms of copyright. A little trouble, otherwise, I can only hope that his film will lose money and cause the collapse of the fund chain."

   "What do you mean?" Claire sat up straight and asked with some doubts.

"It's very simple!" Carl raised a finger, waving it in front of Claire's eyes, and said, "I believe no one doubts Smith's keen eye for movies now! From the sound engineer at the beginning to the first Virgo , Two Smoking Barrels, and then to The Mummy and The Matrix, these undoubtedly proved his powerful talent in movies.

  He seems to have a pair of eyes that can see through the future. As long as the copyrights purchased by Dongcheng Pictures are not too bad, they will basically make money. Maybe we can make a fuss about this. "

Claire's eyes lit up, and she said pleasantly, "You mean to buy the movie rights of novels or games that Dongcheng Films wants to buy in advance, even if it costs more than him. Right? But what if After we bought it, what should we do if the film we made lost money?" After talking about it, Claire became a little worried again.

   "You can rest assured about this!" Carl said with deep eyes. Said: "Smith is the most special filmmaker I have ever seen. I knew from the beginning that his future was immeasurable. Unfortunately, even if I try to overestimate him, the final result proves that I still underestimate him. Do you still remember before the filming of The Matrix? That script was placed in the application office for many years, and no one cared about it. Even the original author, the Wachowski Brothers, gave up on it. But Smith resolutely bought the copyright, In the end, it turned out that he was right!"

   "But this doesn't mean he won't make mistakes! You know, if there is a problem with his vision, we will lose in the end!" Claire shook her head. Apparently, he didn't quite agree with Carl's words.

"Hahaha..." Carl laughed and said, "In this world, there is no risk-free thing, even eating and drinking may cause you to choke. Besides, how much does it really cost to buy copyright? As long as there is one that makes money, Then even if it loses ten films, it is still worth it! And it will also slow down the development time of Dongcheng Pictures, what do you think?"

   "I understand!" Claire made up her mind and agreed: "Convene a board meeting, I will support your decision!"

"We can't do it by ourselves!" Carl said, "By the way, let's contact several other companies and let the news out. I don't think anyone will think too much about money. And it can muddy the water. There is a saying in Huaxia As the old saying goes, it is easy to fish in muddy water!"

  When Universal Pictures was preparing to plot against Zhang Dongcheng, Zhang Dongcheng kept signing buyout contracts. Or the copyright of the film, or the transfer of ownership of the theater.

  In just a few days, Dongcheng Films has already owned four cinemas of its own. Although there are very few of them, it is undoubtedly a good start.

   These four cinemas are basically in pretty good locations. The area is also large enough. One is medium-sized, and the remaining three are all large theaters.

  December 18th, when there was no news for many days, Zhang Dongcheng, led by Adaman, visited Robert Ludlum in person.

  After communicating with Mr. Lu Delun, the filming rights of Spy Shadow finally fell into the hands of Dongcheng Pictures.

  At this time, Ander can be described as notorious in Hollywood.

boom!

  With a loud curse, a vase was slammed onto the ground, smashing into pieces with a bang!

"This **** yellow-skinned monkey! It's all him! If he hadn't told me that it would be released this month, how could I delay the completion time just to teach him a lesson!" Ender's eyes were red, his expression was ferocious, and the veins on his cheeks were bruised. Together, it looks like an evil ghost that chooses and devours people.

   "Ender! You have to calm down!" Gavin sat helplessly on the sofa, watching Ender constantly throwing things to vent his emotions, but remained indifferent.

"Calm down? How can I calm down now? I'm completely finished, you know? I'm finished!" Ender yelled at Gavin as if venting, "Those damned capitalists, vampires, seeing me like this After the failure of the movie, how dare you give me the position of director in the future?"

  Although Ander has been in Hollywood longer than Zhang Dongcheng, and he even became George Lucas's assistant director when he first arrived in Hollywood.

  It's a pity that success is also Xiao He's failure is also Xiao He! With the help of George Lucas, Ander successfully got the opportunity to direct this time, and won the directorship of this large-scale sci-fi movie with an investment of more than 60 million US dollars.

   But he was very unlucky under Zhang Dongcheng's flickering, and the movie's release schedule collided with the Titanic. As the saying goes, if you don't die, you won't die. Ander is a living example!

  Since the film's premiere, word of mouth has been worsening day by day, and the curses have become stronger and stronger. If it's just a bad reputation, that's fine. What's even more unfortunate is that even the box office is getting worse day by day.

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