IMAX is not a necessity for Yang Ming.

But Yang Ming is an irreplaceable figure for the two giant screen companies.

Although IMAX is better than ordinary 3D movies from a technical point of view and visual effects, the cost of producing and playing IMAX is also too high, so before that, the biggest application of IMAX was the documentary broadcast by science popularization institutions such as planetariums.

In fact, in the previous life, on the eve of Yang Ming's rebirth, IMAX had not yet become the mainstream of the film market.

In the previous life, the total number of IMAX screens in the world was about 800 in 2014, compared with ordinary 3D screens, the gap is not half a star, and of course, the ticket price of IMAX is not comparable to ordinary 3D movies!

The development of IMAX in this world seems to be even more rapid than in previous lives!

As far as Yang Ming knows, the total number of IMAX screens in this world has been about 800, and you must know that it is 2004.

It's a race.

If IMAX can run faster, it may be able to accelerate to become the mainstream way of watching movies in the film market.

In addition to the fact that IMAX was expensive, everyone was afraid that other new technologies would emerge to replace IMAX!

If you have scruples, you will naturally not invest on a large scale.

Yang Ming asked for a 10% stake in the new company after the merger of HIMAX and IMAX, just to prevent IMAX from becoming the mainstream of the film market in this world, and he can still have a certain right to speak.

Anyway, now that he has abundant funds, it is better to invest it in the bank to eat interest.

Just one day later, Mr. Zhou and Joseph visited Yang Ming again.

It's fast.

On behalf of the respective boards of directors of the two companies, they agreed to Yang Ming's request for financing shares.

Yang Ming was quite happy to get this answer, and he added another chip to his entertainment territory.

It's just that I don't know if IMAX in this life, compared to his butterfly in the previous life, has led to the early release of 3D movies, and will it become the mainstream of movie-watching in this life.

He'll see.

Since he will become a shareholder of the new company after the merger of the two giant screen companies, Yang Ming has no more to hide from his new film, maybe the visual impact of "Furious 5" is not as good as "Avatar", but it will certainly not be weaker than "Transformers".

got Yang Ming's assurance that the visual effects of the new film are not inferior to "Transformers", Mr. Zhou and Joseph feel a lot more relaxed, although they know that the film market is changing rapidly, but Yang Ming, as the guide of 3D movies, must have a certain degree of certainty when he says this.

After discussing the pre-release publicity plan for the film, Mr. Zhou and Joseph took their leave from the Lion City.

In a few days, the two giant screen companies will jointly announce the merger and reveal that he will be one of the shareholders of the new company, boosting investor confidence.

Yang Ming did not object, and took advantage of the opportunity to take a look at the shooting plan of "Furious 5" in the past two days.

secretly calculated that this drama will be completed after the year, and it will definitely not be finished before the year.

However, scheduling is a very important issue.

If you miss the most popular Christmas and Spring Festival schedules of the year, then the summer vacation schedule will follow.

According to the filming schedule, the post-production of "Fast and Furious" is almost in March, and there are still more than 3 months to go, do you have to wait for three or four months to get to the summer file?

Thinking of this, he shook his head, denying the idea.

He doesn't have many plans for next year, but the filming of the sequel to "Transformers" will definitely be in the plan.

In addition, he reached a verbal agreement with Mr. Zhou and Joseph that next year he will make a film that subverts all current film visual effects, proving to the world that 3D movies are the trend of the times, and you can enjoy the best experience by watching movies in IMAX theaters.

It is not so much an agreement as an obligation for Yang Ming as a shareholder of the new company.

Originally, Mr. Zhou and Joseph were quite apprehensive when they made this request, for fear that Yang Ming would regret it, after all, not everyone dares to accept a movie like this.

But Yang Ming agreed to come down in one bite.

What are you kidding, he hasn't taken out "Avatar" yet, as long as he takes out "Avatar", all the so-called blockbusters in this world will be shocked to death.

"Transformers" and "Avatar"!

That's what he's planning for next year!

Time is tight!

It's just him, who has the memory of his previous life, as long as he copies the movie through shooting, he doesn't have to be like other directors, after a lot of tempering, which shot is the best to waste time, these processes were directly ignored by Yang Ming.

Because in his mind, there are ready-made pictures.

In this way, if "Fast and Furious" is scheduled in the summer file, it will inevitably delay him a lot of time.

Forget it, this issue is still left to Liu Xinsheng and Barber to discuss.

After all, he is not the only movie released in Oriental DreamWorks now, and the schedule of each movie must be considered from the overall situation of the company.

In the evening, he made a phone call to Liu Xinsheng and asked if there was any major incident in the company recently.

Liu Xinsheng's answer made Yang Ming more relaxed, and everything was fine.

At present, the company's focus is on "Liu Changqing's Top Gun", which will be released on New Year's Day.

When Yang Ming heard the news, there was a strange feeling in his heart, and he was a little excited, he really wanted to go back to Yanjing to see what Lu Wansong's finished film was like?

In the filming of this movie, he did not interfere with Lu Wansong at all.

In addition to the adaptation of the script and the style of the film at the beginning, he gave Lu Wansong some guidance, after the film was prepared, from the casting of the actors to the final shooting, he did not interfere with any of Lu Wansong's decisions, but Liu Xinsheng, who had seen the finished film, said that this movie is very good, and it is definitely the best kung fu movie this year.

Yang Ming heard Liu Xinsheng say this, and his heart was also relieved.

Oriental DreamWorks can't rely on him alone forever, there must be other directors on top, and now it seems that Lu Wansong has grown up.

As long as he waits until the movie is officially released, he will be able to make a name for himself!

After talking to Liu Xinsheng on the phone, Yang Ming then made another work call to Barber.

Unexpectedly, Bobble gave him a surprise.

"This time, I'm going to put the promotion of your new film on the Super Bowl!"

"Huh?" As soon as Yang Ming got through the phone, he heard Barber coming, and he was almost not startled, and couldn't help but say, "Is this action a little bigger?"

There is another sentence he didn't say, that is, the cost is also too large!

The Super Bowl is the most popular sport in the United States, and the live broadcast of the game every year attracts hundreds of millions of viewers in the United States.

If you want to advertise on the Super Bowl, it is definitely burning money, and hundreds of thousands of meters per minute are not enough.

"There's no way, the pressure on us from CAA Entertainment is too great now. Barber said in a rather heavy tone, "You are not in the United States, you can't directly feel the pressure of the other party, and now CAA can't help but get an all-star cast for Pan American Entertainment, and even brought Renard Dunlop over to direct this racing movie for Pan American Entertainment!"

"Holy!"

When Yang Ming heard the news, he couldn't help but curse secretly, this Pan American Entertainment and CAA are going to fight him to the death.

Renard Dunlop, a man he had heard of, or arguably one of the most successful directors of Hollywood's commercial blockbusters.

Although it is one of them, the person who can surpass this director in commercial films can be counted in one slap.

There was a good deed who made a list of the top ten directors in Hollywood, this Renard Dunlop ranked sixth, and is definitely the undisputed heavyweight director in Hollywood, who won the Best Newcomer Award at the Cannes Film Festival when he first appeared, and then established his status in Hollywood with a blockbuster sci-fi film, and also won the reputation of a master of sci-fi and horror films.

This director is not only one of the top ace directors in the world, but also the top director under CAA, the most capable director.

Now CAA has brought Renard over to direct this racing movie for Pan Am, which shows that CAA is determined to stop Yang Ming's new film.

Recently, Yang Ming has been staying in the crew of the Lion City, although he has heard of the news of inviting a heavyweight star to join from time to time on the Hollywood Pan Am side, but he has never taken it to heart, perhaps in his heart, Pan Am has never been an opponent.

But he didn't expect CAA's hand to be so big, not only found several blockbusters to join, but now let Renard direct this racing movie, no wonder Barber in Hollywood feels so much pressure.

Yang Ming couldn't help but think of a question, so he immediately asked, "What is the name of the other party's film?"

"'Fast Drift,'" Bobble said.

- Uh!

Hearing this title from Barber's mouth, Yang Ming was stunned, he couldn't help but think of a very bad racing movie in his previous life, which was also this title, but he had to admit that this title was indeed quite exciting.

Simple, straightforward!

The four-word title highlights the most attractive part of the car vividly.

Yang Ming's eyes couldn't help but become solemn, if he just piled up the star lineup, he wouldn't feel much threatened, although stars are one of the biggest boosts at the box office, but in the end, it is the movie itself that can determine how far a movie goes.

Now the CAA has brought Renard over, and he believes that this guy, who is known as one of the top ten directors in Hollywood, will make this movie a bad movie.

It seems that this collision is bound to be a tough battle.

Since his debut, he has faced the strongest opponents.

"CAA has played big enough this time!" Yang Ming gritted his teeth and said, but he didn't regret it at all.

Although the reason why CAA targeted him so much this time was because of Afra, he believed that the collision between Oriental DreamWorks and CAA was inevitable.

In that case, let's fight.

Barber sighed lightly when he heard this: "This time CAA can be said to be deadly, and now Hollywood is very optimistic about the strong combination of this "Speed Drift", at least there should be no problems at the domestic box office in the United States!"

Speaking of this, there was a hint of disdain in his tone, and he snorted coldly and said: "They spend so much effort, naturally they want to take the lion's share, as far as I know, the global box office net income of "Speed Drift", CAA will share about 7%, Corkley is really generous!"

Yang Ming couldn't help but smile when he heard Barber's words full of resentment, he naturally knew why.

Pan American Entertainment was Barber who single-handedly survived and became one of the six giants of Hollywood under his leadership.

It took him a lot of hard work to make Pan Am Entertainment what it is today.

Now Cockley is luring the wolf into the house and cooperating with CAA for his own selfishness, which is simply a shame for a giant film company.

also threw money and used the company's countless resources, and in the end, the box office revenue actually let the other party take the lion's share, which was simply unimaginable in the era when Barber was at the helm of Pan America.

Of course, the CAA has brought in heavyweight directors and superstars for Pan America, but are these people working in friendship? Without taking a penny? Obviously, it is impossible.

It can be said that Cockley has been carried away by hatred

"Don't worry, Barber, I will definitely let you prove that the original choice was right, but the wisest decision, I promise!" Yang Ming said word by word.

It seems that this time he is going to be full of energy and treat it carefully.

"Now the outside world has commented that my original choice was the wisest decision in my life!" Barber chuckled, and then he changed the topic and cared about another matter, "By the way, how is the progress of your acquisition of the TV station over there?"

"It's almost, but you know the laws of the United States, and I guess I won't be able to catch up with this time. Yang Ming sighed and said, but there was no loss in his heart.

Compared to the previous life, this life is much better.

In the previous life, Huazi wanted to acquire the United States TV station, it was simply an impossible thing, don't even think about it, but in this life, although it is troublesome and the process is cumbersome, it is still feasible.

After all, today's Huaxia has a strong control over the huge market in East Asia, this market accounts for nearly half of the world's population, and is definitely the world's largest market.

Therefore, Yang Ming was able to have the opportunity to acquire a TV station in the United States in this life.

According to the information fed back by the uncle, it is estimated that it will take half a year to completely complete it, after all, the object of their acquisition this time is a TV station with a lot of influence.

"That's just a lot of money!" said Bobble.

"Since the other party has made such a big move, then we can't let others look down on us. Yang Ming said slowly, and then he gritted his teeth and made a decision, "This time, the propaganda budget on the side of the United States has doubled, and it will be operated according to 200 million rice yuan." ”

After saying this, he thought of something again, and added: "This time, in addition to outdoor and TV traditional media, we put the main breakthrough on the Internet!"

Originally, he thought that this time he would crush the other party with his strength, and there was no need to bother more with the promotion of the movie, just let Barber and Liu Xinsheng go according to the past, but now it seems that CAA is trying to force him to make a trick!

Viral videos and topic marketing, this time he is going to use them all to see who can do whom.

He was also annoyed by the CAA's domineering style.

Blocking Afra, the contract expires, and no one else is allowed to sign it, now that Oriental DreamWorks has reached an agreement with Afla, he will use all his strength to block Oriental DreamWorks' movies, Yang Ming is naturally holding back a fire in his heart, he is never a person who can't fight back.

To be honest, in addition to all kinds of classic memories in his mind, he knows the classic marketing tricks in movie promotion.

Topic marketing, which is too easy to do for "Fast and Furious".

He can come up with several in a blink of an eye, what is the collision between the strongest men in Huaxia and the United States, the crew shot and crashed more than 200 luxury cars, etc.!

Hearing Yang Ming's words, Barber also came to his senses and said loudly: "Okay, this time we will do a big vote!"

In the face of CAA, a strong opponent, he seems to have returned to his youthful days, full of energy!