In the traditional sense, two of the eight major Hollywood film and television companies are only responsible for producing movies, one is MGM, and the other is Luen Mei Pictures.

Coupled with the golden age of thunder and lightning, there are three in total...

The producer of "Citizen Kane", which claims to be the greatest movie of all time, is Lei Dianhua, and then, Lei Dianhua went bankrupt...

Founded by four famous directors and actors, Chaplin, Fan Punk, Picfu, and Griffith, most of Chaplin's films, "Gold Rush", "Modern Times", "The Great Dictator", "Stage Life", and of course, the 007 series of movies.

In 1981, it was bought by MGM...

It's embarrassing that MGM is at the bottom of the Hollywood Big Eight and is an independent film production company.

What is an independent film production company?

Broadly speaking, the films produced by the eight major film companies are considered independent films.

In the fifties of the last century, the eight major film companies monopolized the mainstream film industry in the United States, and the operation of a film shooting followed a strict "producer system".

The goal of this "producer system" is to target the market and expect maximum profits, so although this system brings a lot of money to the film industry, it also limits the space for film creators to play.

As a result, a group of filmmakers got rid of the control of the "eight major film companies", raised their own funds, and even wrote their own scripts and served as directors, making many ideological films that were completely different from commercial films, and were called "independent films".

However, if it is subdivided, the so-called independent films are companies that can only count on recoup profits at the box office!

In 1996, new communications laws were enacted in North America to encourage the consolidation of the communications market, and then today's large communications groups emerged, such as Time Warner, Comcast, News Corp., Disney...

Not only do they have cinemas, television stations, cable networks, movies, TV series, and reality show production departments, but they have also completed the layout in various large entertainment fields such as publishing, parks, theatrical performance venues and even theme parks...

This is the whole industry chain of entertainment!

MGM suffers from this.

Without any cable channels, television networks, or broadband pipes, independent studios like MGM are naturally at the mercy of others.

The "locomotive effect" could not be carried out at all.

Although MGM later tried to cooperate with television organizations, such as forming a joint venture with BC Asia Pacific and launching a movie satellite channel, etc., it entered the market too late and occupied too little market share, and the company was on the verge of bankruptcy before it could be used...

What's even more embarrassing is that a company like MGM with an old IP wants to sell itself!

Zhang Junsheng didn't want to repeat the mistakes of MGM, so he had to have a TV station.

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Back at the hotel, Zhang Junsheng met with Xu Xiake, who came to Venice with "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire"...

I don't understand how "Di Renjie" was shortlisted for the main competition unit.

This horse is completely inconsistent with the main theme of Venice, "Di Renjie" is a thorough commercial film...

Zhang Junsheng asked directly: "How is it sold?"

Xu Xiake smiled: "... It's okay, there are a lot of martial arts fans in South America, Brazil and Argentina all bid after watching the film!"

“… It is difficult for martial arts movies to be released simultaneously around the world, and here in Europe, I can only let them arrange screenings as much as possible, and I don't dare to estimate the box office..."

Martial arts culture belongs to Eastern literature, which Westerners do not accept at all.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also only grossed nearly $60 million in Europe.

Compared to the $121 million in North America, it's a bit worse...

For the most part, the North American box office should be flat, and the European box office should be flat - except for special themes, such as "American Sniper" and the like...

"I know this, I'll serve the domestic audience first!"

“… I'm very happy that you can think so, by the way, how many films are you going to shoot in the Di Renjie series?"

"The plan is twenty-three, but... There are a few of them that are too large, and I'm a little worried that they won't pass the censorship..."

“…”

A little dumbfounded, twenty-three ...

"Don't worry, let's pick up the shots that didn't violate the censorship first, and then wait for the censorship to be decentralized in a few years, and the local government will pass the censorship, and the above won't take care of it!"

In the past few months, Zhang Junsheng has been staying in North America and has made up a lot of knowledge about Hollywood.

In the United States, there were censorship rules formulated by the church at the beginning, and later, the MPAA classification system was implemented to break the so-called moral censorship, and Hollywood films really embarked on the fast track to dominate the world film market.

The MPAA's voice is in the hands of the six Hollywood companies, not foreign forces, and this classification system is very different from the moral censorship of Hollywood films established by the Catholic Church in the last century.

It was also under this censorship that independent cinema quickly developed, and of course, at the same time the San Fernando Valley...

Therefore, if mainland films really take off, we have to wait until the censorship system is completely decentralized!

"But this year's National Day file is not easy to play, and Zhen Bullet's "Jingwu Fengyun" has a strong publicity momentum!"

“… Don't worry, since you want to make a series, the first few films will definitely pursue word-of-mouth, and I don't have much demand at the box office, as long as the production cost can be recovered. ”

"That..."

Xu Xiake is still a little worried...

The production cost of "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire" is more than 120 million, and according to the principle of one-third, the domestic box office must reach at least 360 million...

"Haven't we sold $4.5 million overseas, which is equivalent to recovering an investment of $30 million..."

"That's... Can I shoot the last two?"

"Okay, I'll start when I get back... By the way, replace the male protagonists with Hu Ge and Yuan Hong, and the actors' salaries will be controlled below 20 million!"

Xu Xiake wanted to say something, but Zhang Junsheng had already waved his hand: "This matter is not negotiable!"

According to Xu Xiake's plan, the 'Di Renjie series' is completely a special effects blockbuster, and the selling point is the story and special effects, so the first one used Liu Tianwang to make a reputation, why do you want to use him

Liu Tianwang's salary is too expensive...

"No, I mean, since you want to use new actors, why don't you find Lin Gengxin and Huang Xuan?"

“… Lin Gengxin"

"The newcomer I just signed, it's pretty good..."

"You can do it, anyway, my salary can't exceed a quarter of the production cost, this is the bottom line!"

got up and was about to leave, and suddenly thought of something: "By the way, arrange a role for Tang Tianbao, her image is very suitable for ancient costume vases!"

It is said that after Zhang Junsheng handed over Tang Tianbao to Wang Shumei, he didn't care much about her, which is a bit inconsistent with his personality...

Fraternity, uprightness, righteousness and discernment...

Zhang Junsheng's reputation has long spread throughout the entire Chinese entertainment industry, and there must be no loopholes because of Tang Tianbao.