As the distributor, Embassy Pictures not only qualified for the competition section of the Cannes Film Festival for "Lost in Translation", but also prepared a world premiere in Cannes.

This premiere can be called grand, not how much money Embassy Pictures spends, how huge the scale of the premiere is.

Rather, there were a lot of heavyweights among the guests who attended the premiere.

Sofia Coppola is the daughter of the famous director Francis Coppola, and the connections hidden behind the name Coppola are quite amazing.

On the day of the premiere, Francis Coppola himself was on hand to cheer for his daughter, and Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage also appeared on the red carpet.

Subsequently, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg combined to play.

The former made a special trip to France to cheer for Sofia Coppola, and the latter served as a jury member of this year's Cannes Film Festival.

The four major directors of Hollywood in the 80s have reached three at once!

The number of media reporters attracted to the premiere can be imagined.

It is no exaggeration to say that Sofia Coppola is more interesting than the film itself.

When Sofia Coppola walked into the media area, almost all the media reporters gathered around her.

Ronan didn't go down the red carpet at all, and entered the VIP room early.

"You're Mr. Anderson?"

Even Francis Coppola, facing the owner of a medium-sized Hollywood film company, showed due respect: "I, as a father, would like to thank you for the help you have provided to Sophia. ”

The other party was polite, and Ronan would not be rude, and said with a smile: "It is also my honor to cooperate with Miss Coppola, and I like this win-win cooperation very much." ”

Francis Coppola also laughed: "Yes, win-win. ”

Who are these studios in Hollywood, and Francis Coppola certainly knows that if it is not profitable, they will invest in Sophia's films?

Ronan politely said goodbye, and after walking a few steps, he met Spielberg.

"Hello, Steven. Ronan and Spielberg are old acquaintances: "Welcome to the premiere." ”

Spielberg had a bad impression of Ronan, nodded and said politely, "Hello, Ronan." ”

Ronan didn't think about it and said, "I heard Tom say that you are working with him on War of the Worlds, has DreamWorks considered asking Embassy Pictures to do the overseas distribution of this film?"

"No need. Spielberg politely declined: "We already have contracts with other companies." ”

Ronan was not reluctant, and said: "I hope we have the opportunity to cooperate in the future." ”

Spielberg Pi didn't smile: "I hope so." ”

Ronan went somewhere else, and Spielberg watched his figure silently.

It's only been a few years, and the scale of Relativity Entertainment is already close to that of DreamWorks.

Although Relativity Entertainment didn't start out of nothing, Ronan Anderson had only a small production company that could shoot videotape films, and DreamWorks has pooled the resources of him, David Geffen and Jared Katzenberg from the time it was founded, and the three originally had their own companies, which were also the basis for DreamWorks to build.

Since the day it was founded, DreamWorks has been one of the top Hollywood companies.

Now that it has been developing for many years, it is only the leader of second-tier companies.

In just a few years, Relativity Entertainment has expanded from a small production company to a second-tier company second only to DreamWorks.

Spielberg is confident that DreamWorks is larger than Relativity Entertainment, but if the profits of the two companies are compared, DreamWorks will definitely fall behind......

What's more, as the top boss of DreamWorks, only a few people, including him, know that DreamWorks, a company that seems to be less than ten years old, is actually in the twilight of life, and not as energetic as Relativity Entertainment.

Spielberg even had a feeling that in a few years, Relativistic Entertainment might surpass DreamWorks in its entirety.

"Who's that guy?" Someone suddenly walked up to him.

Spielberg turned his head to see that it was George Lucas, and said, "He's Ronan Anderson." ”

"Is that him?" George Lucas looked over with interest, "The young man who has recently been rumored in Hollywood to be a gold medal producer?"

Spielberg nodded: "That's him, I remember that his company had business dealings with Lucasfilm." ”

George Lucas is a film director, but also a producer and film businessman, and after a little recollection, he remembers: "Yes, he has a few films in his company, and he is looking for special effects made by Industrial Light & Magic." ”

Spielberg reminded: "Be careful when doing business with him, Ronan Anderson is not easy. ”

George Lucas laughed, "Steven, did you suffer from him?"

"Nope. Spielberg won't admit it: "DreamWorks live-action has no business with him." ”

George Lucas was more interested, saying, "I'm going to get to know him. ”

Ronan is chatting with a Spanish actress who has worked with Embassy Pictures in the past.

"It was a pleasure for me to meet the beautiful Miss Vega. Ronan shook hands with the enthusiastic Spanish girl.

The woman was tall and wore a white gown that contrasted with the flaming red lips, and her long brown hair was coiled behind her head, accentuating her delicate figure.

In terms of physical appearance alone, Paz Vega is no worse than Penelope Cruz.

Paz Vega is not particularly fluent in English, but it is enough for communication: "No, I should be the one who says it is honored. ”

Ronan said: "I've seen 'Lucia's Lover', which was introduced by Embassy Pictures, and it was impressive. ”

Paz Vega chuckled as the film's distributor in North America was Embassy Pictures.

It was also because of this disguised partnership that she was able to get an invitation to the premiere of Embassy Pictures.

Ronan was really impressed by these European actresses who dared to leak out, and just wanted to say a few more words, when he suddenly saw the bearded George Lucas coming over.

"I'm sorry, Miss Vega. Ronan prioritized: "I saw a friend. ”

Paz Vega smiled and said, "We'll have a chance to talk again. ”

Ronan took a few steps forward and took the initiative to greet George Lucas: "Good afternoon, Mr. Lucas. ”

George Lucas shook Ronan's outstretched hand and said, "Mr. Anderson, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Ronan smiled and said, "Call me Ronan." ”

"I heard that Relativity Entertainment has had quite a few big-budget movies released this year?" asked George Lucas.

Ronan said: "There are a few, which are not big productions. ”

George Lucas added: "Hopefully we can continue to work together in the future. ”

Ronan knew that he was talking about Industrial Light & Magic, and said with a smile: "Industrial Light & Magic represents the best movie special effects technology in the world today, and the preferred partner of Relativity Entertainment is definitely Industrial Light & Magic." ”

George Lucas smiled and nodded: "I wish you success in this film." ”

Although ILM is the world's leading film special effects company, it has never lacked competitors, especially the digital field co-founded by James Cameron, which has stolen many of ILM's customers since the late 90s.

Now, with the release of the "Lord of the Rings" series, a studio called Weta has stepped into the sights of Hollywood studios.

There are more and more competitors.

George Lucas, in addition to being a director, is first and foremost the owner of a film company and will not belittle a potential big client because of a few words from his old friend Spielberg.

Ronan and George Lucas met for the first time, and after chatting for a while, the company business separated.

He values George Lucas more than Spielberg.

Anyone who knows the Hollywood film industry knows very well that George Lucas's achievements and status in Hollywood, as well as influence, etc., are far above Steven Spielberg.

In terms of directors alone, maybe George Lucas is not as good as Spielberg, but the father of Star Wars is not too much.

But George Lucas was never as simple as a director.

George Lucas is a veritable richest man in Hollywood, a pioneer and key figure in the commercialization of mainstream Hollywood films, a pioneer in the summer season of North American films, and a pioneer of the North American film summer file.

Although Spielberg and George Lucas were both owners and directors of film companies, George Lucas's influence on the entire film industry was greater and more profound.

And in the field of commercial films, the revenue of a Star Wars series has embarrassed countless companies.

People like Ronan, who are actually from the East, simply can't understand Americans' enthusiasm for Star Wars.

George Clint once said to Ronan that who doesn't have a few lightsabers in the United States?

In Hollywood, someone once said that if it weren't for Star Wars, Hollywood movies wouldn't be what they are now.

After the first hit at that time, critics who were slapped in the face called it "the most magnificent 120 minutes after Moses opened the Red Sea".

Americans even mark May 4 as their anniversary every year.

When Ronan entered the screening room, he suddenly remembered one thing, once on the Internet in the East, someone said that George Lucas was the American director Guo Xiao, and "Star Wars" was the American "Little Times".

From the perspective of Orientals, there is no truth in this.

Even, after watching the first six "Star Wars", one of Ronan's classmates said that he almost didn't die of nausea after watching Lucas's Star Wars, the same plot as the mentally retarded, the special effects like garbage, the same brain-dead character modeling, and the action design that is rotten to the limit......

Unfortunately, it was a female classmate, and then she was indignant.

Americans have accepted Lucas and his bad movies, why are Orientals so harsh on Guo Xiaodao? Is it because the right to speak in this society is not in the hands of women?