Geographically, Hollywood is home to a wide range of production facilities, sound stages, office buildings, and filmmaking process centers. More than a dozen companies that control more than half of the world's entertainment industry are headquartered in Los Angeles.

Within a 48-kilometer radius of Hollywood, managers, agents, producers, actors and directors all gather here to decide what films to make.

In a sense, every big-name star in the global entertainment industry must come to Hollywood if he wants to truly become a world-class star.

However, with the advent of globalization, Hollywood's "outward migration" seems to have become a trend, not only the outsourcing of the special effects industry.

Hollywood is a market economy, but there is no feeling of "worrying about the country and the people", and making money is the ultimate goal.

Economic flight is the essence of Hollywood's emigration.

More and more films, from funding, to casting, to shooting, to post-production...... The main process is carried out in a foreign country.

Except for the project approval process, which is decided by Hollywood, all other processes are moving outward.

What does this mean?

Even if there is no Hollywood studio, as long as the foreign film company can find a Hollywood team, it can produce Hollywood movies.

Especially for some low-budget movies, it is difficult to tell from the visual content whether this is a Hollywood movie or not.

Hollywood can't just rely on commercial blockbusters and visual effects, right?

After the advent of streaming, even Hollywood was suspected of being beaten down by Silicon Valley.

Is this still Hollywood, which is unique and leads the world's film industry?

This is the reason why Tang En should plan as early as possible and develop the smart industry.

If Hollywood wants to gain absolute prestige, uniqueness is inevitable.

It's like Dolby Laboratories and IMAX under New Universal.

However, this is not enough.

Don wants to make New Universal the most special one in Hollywood!

"At its core, Hollywood movies are editing, post-production. Hollywood is currently home to more than a dozen excellent film service companies, including stock film films, laboratories, camera equipment, recording equipment, props, sets, costumes, architecture, lighting equipment, and more. ”

Barry Diller was very interested in Donn's long-term plans, and when he returned to the company, he immediately began researching it.

It is difficult to make money in the short term by relying on the smart industry, but as long as the long-term layout is successful, it can lay a solid foundation for the development of the future New Global Group.

Donn asked, "Other regions and countries have similar services, right?"

Barry Diller said: "Yes, but it has not been industrialized, and many similar project services are diversified and not professional enough. There are more than 400 sound stages in the Los Angeles area, covering more than 410,000 square meters. The scale of Hollywood has facilitated the industrialization of the film service industry. ”

Don nodded, and opened the investigation report he had submitted.

Among them, there are 8 major film service providers in the Los Angeles area, all of which are unique in the world.

"Kodak is probably the largest film service provider in Hollywood, with nearly twice as much turnover as Fujifilm, and is a significant supplier of film, paper and equipment to the entertainment industry. ”

Barry Diller saw Donn shaking his head and explained: "Kodak had a turnover of nearly $13 billion last year and a market value of more than $10 billion. ”

Don smiled slightly.

He doesn't look down on Kodak, but it's just because he can't eat?

Kodak's stubborn adherence to the film business, in the increasingly hot market of digital media, failed to keep up with the pace of the times, and the once behemoth suffered bankruptcy in just a few years.

As for the next company, Technicolor is engaged in the processing and distribution of motion picture films, the production and distribution of DVDs and CDs, as well as content services, projection services, and home entertainment services.

It was the technical practice of this company that gave the world the first color film!

In terms of service and intelligence, this company is more important to Hollywood than Kodak.

Movies all over the world are almost inseparable from this company.

However, Technicolor, a subsidiary of the Thompson Multimedia Group, employs 73,000 people in more than 30 countries and provides video recording technology, systems, finished products and other services.

There is no possibility of any merger.

In third place is Panavision, a camera manufacturer that shoots 80 percent of Hollywood's films with its cameras. In particular, the company's products are not sold to the outside world, and its equipment can only be leased through the company or the company's agents, which is a truly intelligent enterprise above Hollywood.

In fourth place is Dolby Laboratories, a subsidiary of New Universal, which is currently the largest audio system supplier in the fields of film, broadcasting, and music. At Tang's request, he also began to work with IMAX to develop vision systems.

"Huh, it's a good company!"

Seeing Avid Technologies, which ranked fifth, Donn's eyes lit up.

This is a new company, whose main business is digital editing systems for film, music, television and other fields, and many of its products are widely used by film companies and television stations. Its audio editing system and digital storage system are the main processing systems for current digital film and television and music products.

In the future, digital will gradually replace film and traditional records as the supply format for music, radio and film content, and even film copies will increasingly tend to be less expensive, more convenient to transmit, and more conducive to long-term maintenance.

Barry Diller said: "This company has not been around for a long time, but it has grown very well, especially in recent years. More than 80 percent of Hollywood's studios are using the company's digital services. Last year, the company generated $640 million in sales, half of which came from overseas markets. ”

"Overseas markets?"

"That's right, Avid Technologies provides technical services to more than 90 studios around the world, and this year there are likely to be more than 110 partners. ”

Barry Diller's words touched Donn's heart.

The ability to provide technical services to film companies around the world will undoubtedly greatly increase the reputation and brand value of New Universal Group in the industry.

The point is, it's not expensive!

Last year's sales were only $640 million, and the profit was ...... It's hard to exceed $100 million.

According to the market, the company is estimated at about $1 billion.

Barry Diller naturally understood Donn's intentions and smiled, "In addition to Avid Technologies, there is also a company that provides post-production services, Laser-Pacific Media, which is also good, and can provide services such as film processing, film to disc, audio mixing, and digital editing. ”

Tang En nodded, "Didn't you say on the phone that there are three companies that are more reliable?"

"That's true, in addition to the two companies just mentioned, there's also THX, which works to improve the audio and picture quality of movies, home entertainment, video games, and game consoles," Barry Diller laughs. This is a different rating from the Dolby audio track, and it is also different from Laser-Pacific Media's image quality standards. Coming together is a way to complement each other. ”

Tang En said proudly: "Then don't hesitate, let's do it right away! These three companies are all bought! The top technical support and intelligent services will bring unparalleled influence to the entertainment industry to the New Globe Group." ”

"Unlike LP Media Companies, Avid Technologies is not a small company, and THX Company is not easy. ”

"Huh, do you have a giant background?"

"It's not a giant, but it's definitely not famous. ”

Barry Diller shook his head.

"Who is it?"

"Lucasfilm. ”

"Huh?"

Don couldn't help but be stunned.

Unexpectedly, THX Company turned out to be a subsidiary of Lucasfilm.

That's right.

In the previous life, Disney was able to buy Lucasfilm at a sky-high price and give George Lucas a large amount of shares, how could it be possible without real materials?

"George can't possibly sell. Barry Diller sighed.

Don waved his hand, "Easy to do!"

"Easy to do?"

"It's a big deal to buy Lucasfilm too!"

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