Chapter 604: Bombshell (4000+ chapters, ask for subscription~)
At the press conference jointly held by Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media, even the newspapers and media on Wall Street went to Los Angeles to attend the press conference.
This news is too big, not just news in the entertainment industry, but a joint meeting between two two major consortia with billions of dollars in assets, if they are really related, then it will have an immeasurable impact on the global entertainment industry.
Nowadays, the boundaries between the Eastern and Western entertainment industries are still clear, after all, the cultures of the two sides are different, and the audience groups are also different, Hollywood has always wanted to distribute its films to the world, but it has always lacked a suitable channel, and at the same time, there is a lack of a film that can break the cultural boundaries between the East and the West.
This has kept them from being able to find a suitable weapon to tackle the problem.
Therefore, the press conference jointly held by Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media also attracted the attention of the entire Hollywood studio.
At the press conference, there were many people, newspapers, magazines, and almost all media organizations from television stations came over, looking at the rostrum that was still empty at this time, they were very anxious, and wanted to know as soon as possible what kind of bomb the two major groups were going to drop on everyone.
Of course, some people were carefully looking at the position on the rostrum to see if there was Wu Jianye's name on it, but they didn't find it.
At this time, Jiang Zhiqiang and Linda walked into the venue hand in hand, and the sound of the shutter at the press conference also sounded.
Jiang Zhiqiang and Linda sat in the middle, and Jiang Zhiqiang motioned for Linda to speak.
Linda smiled and didn't refuse.
"Thank you for coming, this time we Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media jointly held a press conference, in fact, there is one thing to announce, under the guidance of Mr. Wu Jianye, Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media officially formed a strategic partnership. ”
In a broad sense, strategic partners are through joint ventures or other means, in order to bring financial resources, advanced technology, management experience to enterprises, enhance the core competitiveness of enterprise technological progress and the ability to expand domestic and foreign markets, and promote the cooperation between domestic and foreign advanced enterprises in technological progress and industrial upgrading.
Phantom Entertainment has its own influence in Hollywood, and has been committed to the distribution business in Europe and the United States, and Fengge Media, as the largest media group in Southeast Asia, also has the largest cinema company in Southeast Asia.
This news alone has made many reporters think that their visit is worth it, and the cooperation between Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media is equivalent to Phantom Entertainment directly owning a complete Southeast Asian distribution network, which is definitely very good news for Hollywood movies.
As for the films produced by Fengge Pictures, a subsidiary of Fengge Media, with the help of the distribution network of Phantom Entertainment, they can be released in North America, this kind of thing is actually an insignificant thing for reporters or the people in North America, they are confident at this time, Hollywood movies can use this distribution network to open up the situation in the world, and they believe that Hollywood movies are invincible.
As for Xiangjiang's films, for them, they are actually a niche film, and in terms of the way they make them, how can they succeed in North America.
And there is another hidden point that almost everyone present did not pay attention to, that is, they are talking about Chinese movies!
What is the situation of Huaxia films, everyone present knows that it is still an extremely backward film market, and it is not in the scope of consideration at all.
If Wu Jianye knew what all the audience present were thinking, he could only smile, maybe there was no appearance of his own in another time and space, and there would be decades for Chinese films to really rise, but now with his existence, everything will be different.
The most important thing is that Huaxia movies are going through his darkest period, but after the darkness is the dawn, and the meaning of Wu Jianye's existence is to make the dawn more dazzling!
Some reporters have also collected some special presences in the news released by Linda.
"Everyone knows that Wu Jianye is now the behind-the-scenes boss of Fengge Media, and what is the relationship between Wu Jianye and Phantom Entertainment, is it cooperation, or something else?"
Linda said with a smile: "At the beginning of the creation of Phantom Entertainment, it did get some help from Director Wu, for example, Phantom Entertainment's first movie "Home Alone" was written by Director Wu, of course, we have paid for the screenwriting fee, for which we are very grateful to Director Wu."
Phantom Entertainment and Director Wu have always had a very good cooperative relationship, and we are also very newcomers to Director Wu!
As for the relationship between Director Wu and Fengge Media, I think it would be more convincing to ask Mr. Jiang to answer this question!"
Jiang Zhiqiang said with a smile: "In the early days of Fengge Films, we actually got some help from Director Wu, and at the same time, our first movie "Mr. Zombie" was also written and created by Director Wu.
By the way, Director Wu is one of the most talented filmmakers I've ever met!"
At the time of the press conference, Linda and Jiang Zhiqiang actually had a simple conference call with Wu Jianye, and the result agreed upon by the three of them was to reveal some information about Wu Jianye's media in Fengge Media, which was actually the news announced by Xiangjiang's media industry before.
Of course, the news in this must be true or false, and for Phantom Entertainment, it is absolutely impossible to announce the true relationship between Wu Jianye and Phantom Entertainment.
And the two actually didn't lie, as Wu Jianye mentioned when answering reporters' questions before, Phantom Entertainment appreciates Wu Jianye's talent, and the cooperation between the two sides has been very pleasant.
"Yes, I think so too, and it is based on this trust that we at Phantom Entertainment will be very supportive of Director Wu's films, I know that many people are saying that Director Wu may not be adaptable, but we at Phantom Entertainment, as the production company that knows Director Wu best, we believe that Director Wu will continue to create miracles!" Linda said.
"I believe that when "Ghost Love" is released in the future, everyone will believe in Director Wu's ability as much as we do!" Even at the press conference jointly held by Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media, Linda still did not forget to promote the movie "Ghost Love".
Jiang Zhiqiang took over the topic and continued to promote the movie "Ghost Love": "Yes, we Fengge Media have reached a consensus with Phantom Entertainment, and we will also operate the movie "Ghost Love" as the first film after our cooperation, and it is precisely in this way that we will meet Fengge Cinema Line, a subsidiary of Fengge Media, to decide that the movie "Ghost Love" will be released simultaneously with North America, and this movie will also be the first movie to be released simultaneously in the global sense in the true sense!"
The press corps was in an uproar again, and after Jiang Zhiqiang and Linda successively explained the relationship between the two major companies and Wu Jianye, they would choose Wu Jianye's movie as the first film to be released simultaneously in the world.
It made their mood complicated for a while, and it was naturally happy that the North American film could become the first film to premiere simultaneously in the world, but the director of this film was Wu Jianye, a Chinese director, which made them a little unhappy.
According to their thoughts, the director with such treatment should at least Spielberg, and Lucas is worthy of it!
"You believe in Wu Jianye so much?" some reporters couldn't help but ask.
Linda replied: "There is a saying in Hollywood that you always follow successful people, and Director Wu's previous achievements have proven that he is successful, why don't we believe him?"
"But Wu Jianye's success has not been proven in North America!"
"I'm sure the movie 'Ghost Love' will prove it!" Linda replied confidently.
The whole press conference did not last long, only 40 minutes, which also made many reporters feel unsatisfied, but Jiang Zhiqiang and Linda had left, and they just wanted to ask questions, but they couldn't ask them.
And the convening of this press conference is indeed a bombshell dropped in Hollywood.
With the development of Southeast Asia's economy, almost all production companies have set their sights on where to go, and they also hope that their films can be released there, but their distribution network has not really opened up the market there, so although their films also have a good box office there, the revenue cannot be compared with Europe at all, and the distribution network there is also very complicated, and it is even more difficult to straighten out the situation here.
But now Phantom Entertainment has actually hooked up with Fengge Media, which means that what they have always wanted to accomplish before has been completed by Phantom Entertainment first.
For a time, Phantom Entertainment's limelight in Hollywood directly overshadowed several other old studios.
The valuation of Phantom Entertainment has also risen, and many Wall Street investment institutions have approached Linda in the hope of investing in Phantom Entertainment, but all of this is naturally rejected by Phantom Entertainment, which is not bad for money.
"If you refuse them all, there is a lot of hidden danger here!" Linda was talking to Wu Jianye at this time.
It's just the beginning, if Phantom Entertainment really rejects all Wall Street investment, then it means that Phantom Entertainment will face Wall Street's retaliation, and it will be a more troublesome thing for Phantom Entertainment at that time.
Wu Jianye said with a smile: "It's impossible to let them buy shares, but in the future, the movies that Phantom Entertainment invests in and shoots can still let them invest!"
Wu Jianye's energy is always limited, and as Phantom Entertainment gets bigger and bigger, it is impossible for all the movies produced to be profitable, and countless experiences have told Wu Jianye that it is impossible to succeed if you eat alone.
With the entry of Wall Street funds, it is actually a risk-sharing plan for Phantom Entertainment.
Linda was relieved to hear Wu Jianye say this, she was really worried that Wu Jianye would be carried away by victory now, and the arrogant thought that she could fight against the entire Hollywood capital.
"What about the other studios' offer of cooperation agreements?" Linda continued.
Now Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media have formed a strategic partnership relationship, and directly owns the entire Southeast Asian distribution network, which is a very attractive condition for Hollywood film production companies, everyone knows that the development of the Southeast Asian market means that there are tens of millions of income every year, which is a very considerable income!
Wu Jianye said with a smile: "You can talk to them about the specific things yourself, but taking advantage of the favorable conditions for us now, you can talk to them about signing up to use the studio." ”
There is still a gap between Phantom Entertainment and the six major Hollywood studios, that is, the six major studios have their own studios, while Phantom Entertainment does not.
Although this has been included in the future development plan of Phantom Entertainment, there is always a process, and during this time, with the gradual growth of Phantom Entertainment, it is bound to affect the interests of several major production companies, and they will still attack Phantom Entertainment at that time, and the studio is an important weight in their hands.
In the business field, it has never been a friend or foe relationship, it is more about the bloody fight here, and the ability to shake hands and cooperate there.
It's all about profit!
Benefits! Benefits!
That's what these people value the most.
Linda said, "Okay, I got it!"
If you want to say that Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Media have reached a strategic partnership, who is the most unhappy, in fact, the Jews led by Spielberg and Lucas are the most unhappy.
Before that, although they didn't really say that they wanted to target Phantom Entertainment, the whole of Hollywood knew about their relationship.
Several major production companies are also reluctant to participate in the battle between them, so they are all in line with the attitude of not helping each other, in fact, the two are already on the side of Spielberg and others.
But now it's different, Phantom Entertainment suddenly has a bargaining chip in their hands that is most valued by several major production companies, so they can't maintain their original attitude.
If you want to cooperate, you always have to pay, and Phantom Entertainment can come up with their distribution network in Southeast Asia, but they also need to come up with their own chips.
The studio is one, but this one is not enough.
Spielberg was in a very bad mood at this time, extremely unbeautiful, if it was possible to get the copyright of "Jurassic Park" before.
But according to the current development, copyright has become farther and farther away from itself!
Lucas looked at his old friend and sighed in his heart, he thought it was a very simple thing, but it turned out to be extremely tricky for them.