Although James Cameron's "Terminator 2" and "True Lies" two masterpieces really opened the era of Hollywood's 100 million yuan production, but directors like Wang Jie who can willfully not set a ceiling on the cost of the film can be described as rare, no, to be precise, he is the only one in Hollywood, only this one, there is no other branch.

Those small productions with an investment of only a few million dollars will be strictly reviewed by film companies, not to mention projects like "Titanic", and the birth of each film project with tens of millions of dollars is an extremely cumbersome process.

IN HOLLYWOOD, THE PROCESS OF GOING FROM A SCRIPT CONCEPT TO ACTUALLY BEING APPROVED BY THE STUDIO AND DECIDED TO SHOOT IS CALLED "GREEN.LIGHT", AND IN ADDITION TO THE NECESSARY REVIEW BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE, THERE ARE MANY PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION PROCESSES.

First, there must be a script with quality and creativity that will interest the production company.

Second, the script must be systematically reviewed by the production department, which will analyze whether the script is novel, whether it has commercial value, and whether it conforms to the production company's product structure. If approved, the production department estimates the cost of making the film, the cost of taxes, and so on.

Third, the project will be reviewed by the distribution department, and they will work with the distributors to investigate a lot of questions - what is the commercial value of the film? Who is its target audience? Is it adapted from a novel and does it have a fixed fan base? Can the film be integrated into the studio's global distribution system? Can it be supported by partner TV stations and video tape partners? The type and release time of the film? Is there a possibility of product placement in the film? Is there a possibility that the film will impact the awards? How many of the same types of films have been released or are in the pipeline in the past and next 18 months, how are they performing, and what is the return on investment?

Fourth, establish a production team, but this is a relatively simple problem for Wang Jie.

Fifth, finalize the shooting details and cooperation intentions......

Sixth, the budget, shooting, location, and production team were finally approved, and they were finally given the "green light".

In fact, this is only a rough process and does not tell the whole and fine picture of the business laws in Hollywood filmmaking, but there is some data that may illustrate it.

For example, every year, Hollywood studios receive more than 15,000 scripts, and in the end, only about 300 films enter the production stage, and I don't know how many of them are scripts that have been pressed for several years.

After entering August, Wang Jie began to think quietly again, this time he set his sights on Roland Emmerich, to be precise, at one of Roland Emmerich's works in the original time and space - "Independence Day"

"Independence Day" is a science fiction film released in 1996, directed by Roland Emmerich, co-starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum, etc., and was released in the United States on July 3, 1996. The film fetched $817 million at a production cost of $75 million.

In fact, the story of Independence Day is very simple, and it can even be called relatively mediocre. The original story focuses on the fact that the Americans are preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July National Day when surveillance stations across the United States discover a huge spaceship that has reached hundreds of miles approaching Earth. The radio signals emitted by the spacecraft interfered with the signals of the Earth's communication satellites. The alien fleet actually surrounded the Earth in a big way, and the spacecraft released 36 sub-ships with a diameter of 15 miles to fly over the major cities on the earth. The people of the world are confused and frightened, but there are also those who want to welcome the arrival of the alien friendly messenger.

David, a computer engineer, discovers that the signal sent by the aliens is actually a countdown signal for the attack. David managed to inform his wife Connie of the information: she was an assistant to the president, and her relationship with David had broken down for work. The government tried to contact the aliens, but there was no response, and the president was worried. After learning the message that David had brought, he hurriedly ordered an evacuation, but it was too late. The alien spacecraft began to launch deadly attacks on several large cities in the United States.

As a result, the wise and courageous President of the United States, Thomas Pullman, called on the countries of the world to join forces to defend themselves against foreign aggression and turn July 4 into the earth's Independence Day. With the assistance of computer engineer David and black Air Force pilot Steven, the earthlings launched an all-out counteroffensive against aliens, and the president personally flew fighter jets to the front line. The U.S. Air Force launched an attack on the alien spacecraft, but it was like an egg hitting a stone, and it was useless, except for the pilot Steven who managed to induce an alien combat airship to crash.

Those who survived the attack began to try to escape, and the president left the capital with David and others at the last moment. The President and Dr. David arrived at the Roswell base, codenamed Area 51. There, scientists have been working on an alien airship that crashed more than 50 years ago. But because of the defense minister's personal political ambitions, the president was ignorant of this and was unable to prevent the tragedy in the early stage.

David came up with a way to use a computer virus to disable the aliens' protective force field. After repairing the 50-year-old airship, Steven is going to pilot the airship and Davy to infiltrate the alien mothership. At the same time, the United States signaled a general counteroffensive to the remnants of the armies of countries around the world. Steven and David successfully break into the alien mothership and import the virus, disarming the alien's protective force field. The president personally flew the plane to fight the aliens. Steven and David shoot a nuclear bomb into the center of the alien mothership and escape from the alien mothership in the nick of time.

The aliens are defeated, and David and Steven return unharmed. Humanity has finally survived the catastrophe and eliminated the alien invaders at the last moment. On a piece of ruins, humanity will begin to rebuild its home.

Wang Jie immediately threw the script to Drew Barrymore after printing it, and let her be in charge of the production management of the entire film. Drew Barrymore was so happy, in the past, Wang Jie's films were all in charge of Hepburn, Nicole and other sisters, she only had a dry eye, Drew Barrymore is not short of money now, of course, there is no shortage of love, although his lover has a lot of women, but he is very good to everyone, she now wants to be able to reflect her self-worth. Drew Barrymore immediately contacted Shirley Lansing, and Drew Barrymore was going to let United Pictures take care of the production and distribution of "Independence Day". After years of Wang Jie's "blood transfusion", Lianmei Pictures' strength has been steadily ranked in the top four of the eight major universities, and now the first place in the eight major Hollywood majors still belongs to Warner Bros., not that the strength of Wang Jie's three film companies is not good, but the situation deliberately created by Wang Jie, the first bird of the gun is applicable at any time.