The living room of the old Johnson house was full of people.

When he walked into the living room, Wu Jianye realized that he didn't bring a female companion, which was a bit of a mistake, Wu Jianye was not interested in this kind of party, and when he came here today, in fact, the most important thing was to negotiate with Johnson about Oceanwide Cinemas.

Although there was no female companion, Johnson stood next to Wu Jianye.

Johnson looked at Wu Jianye with some complexity, just in the study, Wu Jianye proposed that he continue to be in charge of Oceanwide Cinemas, which made him very excited at the time, but now that he thinks about it, his mood is complicated again, why should he thank him.......

"What do you think about the development of Oceanwide Cinemas?" Johnson asked, holding a wine glass.

Wu Jianye smiled: "I thought you wouldn't ask!"

Johnson said: "Don't worry, I can tell the difference between public and private!"

"My suggestion is to start with two things, one is to build your own theater in small and medium-sized cities, and at the same time, to focus on some small and medium-sized film companies!" Wu advises.

Johnson had some meaning to raise the bar with Wu Jianye: "I thought you were going to buy a large theater chain as soon as you came up!"

Wu Jianye glanced at Johnson: "Do you know why in less than 10 years, my development has surpassed you?"

Johnson said dissatisfiedly: "Why?"

"It's because I know my own strength very well, I never blindly self-confidence, and I never blindly thin!" Wu Jianye continued: "Now, after being acquired by a large consortium, several major studios have begun to acquire theaters with sufficient financial support, even so, now the large theaters must be stared at by everyone, if you blindly shoot at the large theaters at this time, won't you become the target of public criticism at that time?"

In fact, after entering the 80s, many large consortia have begun to have a strong interest in Hollywood, Warner Bros. was first acquired by Kinney, and this year it will be the magazine and cable TV centered conglomerate Times Inc., which acquired Warner Bros. at a sky-high price of $14.1 billion in the hands of Kinney Company, and then changed its name to Time Warner, and Time Warner has also become the world's largest media group, after 2000, Internet provider America Online bought Time Warner and formed ' America Online - Time Warner'!

And the well-known in later generations, HBO and other TV networks belong to Time Warner!

Also in September of this year, RB Sony, which acquired CBS Records, will acquire 49.35% of Columbia Pictures in the hands of Coca-Cola for $3.4 billion, successfully controlling Columbia Pictures, and will also assume $1.6 billion of Columbia Pictures' collateral debt!

After taking a stake in Columbia Pictures, Sony founded Sony Pictures Entertainment!

Paramount Pictures was a division of American Bay and Western Industries, but in 1994, the cable giant and the video rental giant Blockbuster Entertainment merged and became part of the aircraft carrier Viacom.

In 1985, Australian media magnate Rupert Merktor's News Corp. acquired Twentieth Century Fox.

Disney was not acquired, but was looking for opportunities to take the initiative, and by 1995 it would acquire the Capital City/ABC television network.

After MGM acquired Luen America, there was also an economic crisis, first by Kirk Corian to the cable giant Ted Turner, and then bought back in the hands of Ted Turner, and so on three times.

Later, Tedturner merged into Warner Bros. and was subsequently sold together to Time Inc.

The most complex of Hollywood's major studios is Universal Pictures, as part of the MCA, MCA will be merged by RB Panasonic for $7.4 billion next year, but it is obvious that Panasonic has been pitted, and it is played to death by Universal's debt, coupled with the explosion of RB's economic bubble, Panasonic will convert MCA in 1995/ Universal's controlling stake was sold to the Canadian wine and spirits company Segland, but Sgeland still failed to save Universal, and after only five years in his hands, he sold it to the French Vivendi Group, and since then Universal has been renamed Vivendi Universal!

Nowadays, the situation in Hollywood can be said to be very chaotic, with acquisitions and acquisitions at the top level, and several major studios are also actively expanding their business territory in order to have more voice.

The cinema chain and video cassette rental market are the two most important sectors of several major studios in recent years!

If Oceanwide Cinemas comes out at this time, it will definitely be targeted, especially when the news of Phantom Entertainment's acquisition of Oceanwide Cinemas comes out.

Obscene development is the king!

Johnson nodded, he knew more about Hollywood than Wu Jianye, but he was shocked too much today, and he didn't react for a while.

"Let's go, introduce you to some friends!" Johnson said.

The Johnson family's party this time also invited all the forces of Hollywood, but it was not people from a few major studios, but independent studios that are booming in Hollywood.

In the early '80s, the "East Coast Contract" allowed union technicians to work for independent productions without losing their membership.

The Screen Actors Guild drafted special provisions that would allow actors to work on low-budget productions and non-theatrical projects at a low pay scale.

Independent films also have new venues, such as the annual Independent Feature Film Market, which screens independent films for news outlets and distributors.

In 1980, Robert Redford founded the Sundance Film School in Utah, where aspiring filmmakers were able to meet to develop scripts and be mentored by industry professionals.

New sources of funding have also emerged.

The Public Broadcasting System's "American Playhouse" series invested in feature films on the condition that it received the rights to premiere the film on television.

Independent films can also draw production funding from new ancillary markets.

There is considerable interest in this niche by professional American cable companies, and European broadcasters are also eager to acquire low-budget American films.

German TV 2 is the most prominent, investing in films such as "Shadow of Paradise" and "Variety" by Bet Gordon.

On top of that, in the early years of the home video market, videotapes could pay off a significant portion of an independent film's budget.

While large corporations have huge propaganda machines, independent films rely on news reviews and film festivals.

Overseas film festivals are an important platform for showcasing, but the main venue is in Utah.

In 1987, the American Film Festival opened in Salt Lake City, where retrospectives of classic films were screened alongside independent films.

Redford's Sundance College took over the festival and moved it to Park City, where it was renamed the Sundance Film Festival in 1990.

In the early years, Sundance implemented plans to lean towards humanist vernacular films ("granola films"), but this year's Steven Soderbergh's "XING, Lies, and Videotape" changed the festival's image dramatically.

This exquisite tale of yuppies' troubles won top awards and grossed nearly $100 million in theatrical releases around the world, a staggering number for a low-budget film.

Since then, Park City has been packed with Hollywood agencies and distributors looking for the next blockbuster.

The Sundance Film Festival became the preeminent independent film brand.

It attracts more than 1,000 films competing for a crowd slot of around 100 films a year, is widely covered by the press, and has established its own cable channel.

Soon, many American communities formed film festivals that showcased independent films.

As a result, Sundance has become the key to the "mainstreaming" of independent films.

Redford explained that Sundance's focus on solo films does not constitute a critique of Hollywood: "What we're trying to do is eliminate

In addition to the tension that may exist between independent producers and studios.... There are a lot of industry insiders in attendance, and it's a great place for independent filmmakers to sign contracts. ”

It is because of these conveniences that the number of films produced in the United States, at the end of the eighties, reached between 200 and 250 independent films per year, more than three times the number of films produced by the major studios!

"This is McLuca, the production director of New Line Pictures!" Johnson introduced Wu Jianye to the man who thought he was white.

Johnson introduced McLuka again: "Mike, this is ......"

"Haha, I don't need to introduce it, this director I naturally know, the most outstanding director in China, Director Wu Jianye, it's a great honor to meet you today!" McLuka laughed.

Unlike several major Hollywood studios with a cold attitude towards Wu Jianye, as an independent studio in North America, the attitude towards Wu Jianye is another extreme, very enthusiastic, because a large part of the box office revenue of the literary films released by their independent studios comes from Europe, and Wu Jianye's fame in Europe is enough for them to send their friendship.

"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you, I've seen "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Pink Flamingo" and "Hairspray" released by your company, and it's a very good movie!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

"Haha, Director Wu is polite, we are also very interested in the movies you directed, if it weren't for Director Wu having cooperated with Phantom Entertainment, our company would really want to invest in Director Wu's new movie!" McLuca said enthusiastically.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Maybe there will be a chance in the future!"

"Isn't this the great director of Huaxia Wu Jianye's new life!" At this time, a somewhat arrogant voice came, Wu Jianye followed the prestige and saw three people coming over, of which Wu Jianye knew two.

Miramax Films' Wayne Stein, Hollywood director Woody Allen, thought it was a white man.

It was Wayne Stein who spoke, the two who had an unpleasant quarrel at the Venice Film Festival because of the copyright of "Jurassic Park", this is the third time they have met, and they have met once at the Berlin Film Festival before, but at that time, neither of them spoke to anyone.

After several years of development, Miramax Films has grown under the leadership of Wayne Stein and has become an independent studio on a par with New Line Pictures, and the previously mentioned "XING, Lies and Videotape" was invested and distributed by them.

However, the film will not be released until more than a month later, but now the film has received very good feedback from the mainstream media, which makes Wayne Stein very happy.

Johnson could also hear that there was something unfriendly in Weinstein's tone, but he didn't know the conflict between Wu Jianye and Weinstein.

Wu Jianye looked at Wayne Stein with a confused expression: "Who are you?"

Everyone: "......"

Wayne Stein's face turned red, the development of Miramax Films has been very good in recent years, and Wayne Stein has been able to talk and laugh with the general managers of several major studios, which makes the arrogant attribute in Wayne Stein's bones slowly begin to show, and now Wu Jianye actually pretends not to know himself, which makes Wayne Stein very angry.

However, considering the strength of the Johnson family, he still held back his anger and sneered: "Director Wu is really a noble person!"

"It's really busy!" Wu Jianye continued.

Woody Allen looked at Wu Jianye with some dissatisfaction and said, "Wu, this is Hollywood, don't you have the least morality to respect people?"

Wu Jianye glanced at Woody Allen and asked, "Are you the one again?"

Woody Allen: "......"

"Poof!" At this time, a girl's laughter came from everyone's side again, and it turned out that Penny had also come over at this time.

happened to hear Wu Jianye's words, which made her feel very interesting, and she couldn't help laughing.

"Humph!" Woody Allen brushed his sleeves away.

Wayne Stein glanced at Wu Jianye and said, "I'm looking forward to your movie being released in North America and then hitting the streets!"

"Then I guess you don't have a chance!" Wu Jianye said-for-tat.

Wayne Stein's face trembled, and then he turned around angrily and left, as for the white man next to them, he also left.

"Are you quite interesting!" Penny looked at Wu Jianye with a smile and said, "I thought you Huaxia people were very old-fashioned!"

Wu Jianye smiled: "You haven't been to Huaxia again, how do you know that Huaxia people are old-fashioned?"

Penny glared at Wu Jianye and said, "Hmph, don't you have a little gentlemanly demeanor?"

Wu Jianye: "Gentlemanly demeanor is reserved for ladies!"

"You ......." Penny looked at Wu Jianye angrily.

At this time, Johnson hurriedly played a round and said, "Okay, you two don't quarrel, by the way, Penny, don't you want to perform piano music? Wu Ke also knows some piano music.......

"Hmph, he knows piano music, just kidding!" Penny glanced at Johnson proudly, and then said with a look of longing: "This time I want to play a new tune, and the person who can create that kind of piano music is a real artist, much better than you who play rock 'n' roll!"

After saying that, Penny turned her head and walked away, came to the center of the party, and sat elegantly by the piano.

"New tune?" Johnson muttered a little confused.......

But when the piano music sounded, Johnson's face became complicated.