Verse 455: Atmosphere
As one of the eight traditional Hollywood majors, Meigao Pictures' business style has always been conservative and steady.
Before the change of ownership, they tended to hire well-known Hollywood producers, directors, screenwriters and other creative teams, and invited Hollywood's well-known movie stars to star in this model to produce movies. The adjectives "new" and "strange" have never had anything to do with Meigao Pictures.
However, after the change of ownership, the business style of operating without public security began to change.
This was first reflected in their announced cross-border plan to partner with Huaguo Film and Television, the first of many Hollywood companies to do so. In the past, this kind of thing could not have happened.
And the funds involved in this cross-internationalization are not small, even in Hollywood, they can reach the top five - the previous Meigao Pictures, although the investment will never be small, but it will never be too high.
In terms of investment amount, Meigao Pictures has always been a stable one, just like a calm old man.
It is impossible for this kind of investment to directly rush to the top five in Hollywood, and it is impossible to put it on the former Meigao Pictures.
This is the first time that the Hollywood industry has seen the new American high style after the change of ownership, and since then, they have become more and more aware of the current American high school.
After announcing that multinational plan, American High Pictures didn't stop there.
In the years that followed, they spent a lot of money at major film festivals, beating off other companies on independent films that several companies were optimistic about, and they were also decisive in making decisions about films that no one cared about; in terms of production, they were no longer limited to Hollywood, but from Canada, actors from Northern Europe, and soundtracks from Australia; in terms of production scale, they were no longer the kind of "big productions" that were neither high nor low , they can announce plans for films that are in the top five production costs, and they have also invested in small budgets of only a few million dollars......
This style is undoubtedly completely different from the past Meigao Pictures.
In the past, Meigao was like a serious and old-fashioned old man, but now Meigao is like an energetic young man.
Strictly speaking, there is no superiority between the two, each has its own advantages and disadvantages: the old man is old-fashioned and backward, but he is experienced, and the young man is energetic but easily reckless.
Facts have also proved that the change in business style did not make Meigao Pictures take off immediately.
The film projects they bought, invested, and produced were successful, for example, the "Jonathan" they bought at Cannes was originally not favored by too many people, everyone felt that it was too literary and artistic, and there was no well-known creator, the box office in North America is not expected to be good, but Meigao bought it for 3 million US dollars, and after it was released in North America, the total box office when it was finally painted was 48 million, which was really shocking;
There are also failures, for example, the "Highway 13" they grabbed from Kelun at any cost, and finally bid 12 million, which made Kelun regret to withdraw from the competition, because in Kelun's opinion, this movie is good, but at this price, there is not much room for maneuver, and the risk has risen sharply, and this is indeed the case. The film eventually grossed 21 million in North America;
There are also unexpected joys, such as "Game of Death", which is produced by Meigao's eclectic and talent-based production, has achieved good income and reputation, and the Australian soundtrack artist in it was then invited by the crew of "Clone Island" and won the Oscar for Best Score for this film, becoming a very hot soundtrack in Hollywood at present, which can be regarded as contributing new talents to Hollywood......
Meigao Pictures did not take off immediately, but unlike in the past, they came back to life from the death line and are developing steadily, which is what Meigao is now.
And because Meigao is very active now, there are a lot of actions, and the time has dragged on for too long and no new news has been announced, so except for some people who have been paying attention, people have almost forgotten the big move announced by Meigao a few years ago for a while, until now.
American Pictures has finally made further disclosure about the details of their cross-border plan a few years ago.
The title of the movie "AVATAR", the production cost was finally controlled at 190 million US dollars, and it is a pure 3D sci-fi movie, which will be released simultaneously around the world this summer. In terms of content, the film is directed by Chinese director Shen Huan, as the chief director, the director team members include Stan Montu and others, actors, starring Chinese actors Shen Huan and Song Yi, Hollywood actors Jennifer Weaver, Stendhal Williams, etc., in addition, Fansen Studio is the main main special effects provider of the film......
After this news was announced, the reaction of the entire Hollywood and even the United States was very strange.
The Los Angeles Times was the first to report the news, followed by USA Today, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.
The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times, all of which are the three traditional American newspapers, have all reported on them, and USA Today is now the newspaper with the largest circulation in the United States, and it is also the youngest newspaper among the major newspapers. And the layout given by these newspapers is very good, from the entertainment page, it is a prime position, not a corner position. It's just that these newspapers invariably only publish information, and do not make further evaluation and interpretation of this, especially for some of the "points" in it.
They weren't fit to read it any further, it was dangerous, but they knew that if they published it, it would be enough. The rest, everyone will understand for themselves, and everyone will know it.
At this point, Lao Mei is very Chinese and subtle.
And that's exactly what happened.
Jason, a dentist in New York, saw the news while drinking coffee at breakfast, raised his eyebrows, was surprised, and shared it with his wife, then joked, "I think the brains of the American high school management must have gone on a vacation to Hawaii en masse, and they made a shocking decision, and they seem to be confident in it, which is the most terrifying thing." ”
His wife, Melinda, knew what he was referring to, frowned slightly, and said, "Jason......"
Jason, who was familiar with his wife, hurriedly said: "No, this is not discrimination, this is a helpless reality, you know, I am not that kind of person." ”
Melinda thought for a moment and sighed.
Tom, an employee of the "subway" fast food restaurant in Texas and Austin, was told the news by a mysterious colleague during the break, and then the obese white employee laughed, but immediately thought of something, immediately changed his face, and said angrily: "Damn yellow-skinned monkeys, it's because of them, my past company moved the factory to Huaguo, and they robbed me of my job, and the money should have been ours!" They should compensate us with this money instead of wasting it on such meaningless things as a way to show off how much money they have!"
His colleague smiled and said, "So Tom, will you go and see what they have done with the money?"
Tom shook his head repeatedly, "No, of course not, what about you?"
His colleague thought for a moment and said, "Maybe I will, I'm curious about what kind of movie this will be, and this thing seems to me much more curious than the movie itself." Of course, if the ticket price is too high, forget it. You know, it's a 3D movie, and while I don't know what the point of this kind of movie is, it's generally not cheap. ”
Tom laughed and said, "I advise you, instead of buying tickets to see this movie, it is better to give me the money, at least you can reap my gratitude, and the former will only make you feel bad." ”
Sodeles, a pharmaceutical sales representative in Boston, talked about the news while chatting with a customer, and he knew that it was a good topic, so he used it as a talking point, and laughed: "It's a stupid decision, I should be glad that our company doesn't have such a management ......"
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