Chapter 105: Attack on Hollywood
Mr. Bob, CEO and general manager of Pan American Entertainment in Hollywood, has officially resigned!
Lin Feng got the news from Liu Xinsheng, immediately turned on the computer, and searched the Internet for the news. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
As he read the reports of various online media in China, he didn't find what he wanted to know, after all, the current energy of the Chinese media is in the World Cup, and the news of the resignation of the general manager of an entertainment company in the United States will not become the headlines of the Chinese media.
Therefore, Lin Feng did not find the substance of this news from the Huaxia online media, and immediately went to the online media in the United States, and immediately found countless news about Bob's resignation through translation software.
Compared with a few sentences of news reports on the Chinese side, many online portal media in the United States have reported the news of Bob's resignation in detail with a large page.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Bob's resignation is a shock to Hollywood.
He watched the media on the website list Bob's resume, as well as some of the achievements and achievements he had made during his time at the helm of Pan American Entertainment, and his heart was filled with emotion.
This Bob can be said to be an absolute talent in the entertainment industry.
When Pan Am Entertainment was on the verge of bankruptcy, Bob took over Pan Am Entertainment, and it only took a year for him to temporarily stabilize the situation of Pan Am Entertainment and gradually turn losses into profits.
Then, through continuous reforms, he vigorously promoted new people, and finally completely revived Pan American Entertainment.
In the end, Pan American Entertainment was bought by Councillor Corkley for a lot of money and became a trump card in his hands.
It can be said that if there was no Bob, then there would be no Pan American Entertainment that is thriving now.
Then Bob's resignation is simply an unbelievable thing for Pan American Entertainment and for Hollywood.
There are eight giants in Hollywood, and Pan Am Entertainment is one of them, and Bob's resignation, Pan Am Entertainment will definitely be in turmoil, and the situation in Hollywood will definitely change in the future.
"Corkley crossing the river and demolishing the bridge!"
Suddenly, when Lin Feng saw this news headline, his eyes lit up, and he immediately looked at this news report from the Chinese media.
In the report, Bob's contribution to Pan American Entertainment was analyzed in detail, and if Bob had not tried to stabilize the acquisition of Corkley, it is very likely that the acquisition would have greatly damaged Pan American Entertainment.
During Bob's tenure at Pan Am Entertainment, he saved Pan Am Entertainment several times, so that Pan Am Entertainment is brilliant today, ranking among the top eight in Hollywood.
It can be said that without Bob, there would be no Pan American Entertainment today.
And now after seeing the stability of Pan American Entertainment, Corkley completely got rid of Bob, the general manager who has always been disobedient, because he believes that Pan American Entertainment no longer needs Bob today.
In this news, which was never known from there, it was pointed out that Bob's resignation from Pan Am Entertainment was not voluntary, but was forced by Mr. Cokeley, the congressman.
The fuse of the cause is likely to be "One Ball Famous" filmed by that genius young man in Huaxia.
Because at the beginning, Bob was strongly opposed to Pan American Entertainment's blocking of Lin Feng in the box office market, and Corkley insisted on going his own way, insisting on giving Huaxia Boy a good look, not only completed the production of "Deep Sea Tracking" in advance, which made the post-production of the movie not perfect, but also after the failure to block the box office, Mr. Corkley even vented his guilt and put aside Todd and his agent, who had a grudge against Lin Feng.
Lin Feng saw the sworn report in the news of this portal website in the United States, and his heart moved, to be honest, if all this was true, he really didn't know that for his own sake, there would be such a complicated story on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
He looked at several portals one after another, and the entertainment section on it also reported the news of Bob's resignation in large sections, basically with the same meaning.
Bob's resignation was not voluntary, but forced.
The fuse was the young man in Huaxia, that is, Lin Feng himself.
"Interesting!" Lin Feng couldn't help but laugh when he saw the analysis of several Chinese media.
It seems that this Mr. Cockley is not very popular in Hollywood!
"Bob, Bob!!" Lin Feng pronounced the name twice in his mouth, and his fingers tapped on the table, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
This time, "One Ball to Fame" was released in both the United States and Europe, which made Oriental DreamWorks open the door to international distribution, but it also paid a lot of lessons and funds.
Whether it is Oriental DreamWorks itself, Liu Xinsheng and Sister Zhu, they have no experience in foreign distribution.
When dealing with those foreign film distribution companies, I have suffered a lot of dark losses.
Before, Lin Feng only used money to buy experience and lessons, and he believed that with the experience of this foreign distribution, it would be better next time.
"2012" will definitely follow the path of international discovery!
I don't know why, after hearing the news of the resignation of the general manager of Pan American Entertainment, he always had a feeling that he wanted this Bob to meet him.
"Do you want to step into Hollywood now?" Lin Feng frowned and thought that in his plan, in Hollywood and Europe, branches would definitely be established in the future!
He was originally going to realize this plan in 3-4 years, but now after hearing the news of Bob's resignation, he was a little moved.
Funds and projects, this is not a problem for Lin Feng at all.
If the funds are not enough, he can take out a loan, anyway, when Meituan goes public and cashes out, he will have a lot of cash.
As for the project, there are many classic movies in his mind!
The only thing that made Lin Feng feel entangled was that he was afraid that if he took too big a step, he would pull the eggs!
Oriental DreamWorks is growing too fast right now.
In the Blue Bottle Cafe, all the guests kept quiet, did not make loud noises, and from time to time they were looking down at a book, just using the computer to check information.
Even when there are chatting guests, the voice is very low.
In this environment, Lin Feng and Bob did not attract the attention of others at all.
Although he was an important bigwig in the entertainment industry in Hollywood, he was just a middle-aged man with a slight fortune.
Another is a hot star in China now, and even has a little popularity in the world, but his young appearance, coupled with his Chinese identity, and then covered by a hat, is not noticeable at all.
Lin Feng and Bob sat in the corner, looked at each other carefully for a while, and then made an evaluation in their own hearts.
Bob has always believed that the success of "One Goal to Fame" was purely due to luck, and if it wasn't for the good timing of the World Cup, the film would not have been able to hit such an exaggerated box office, not even "Deep Sea Tracking".
But he is not one who is unwilling to face failure.
A win is a win, and a loss is a loss!
He never falls twice in one place, that's his credo.
It's just that Corkley didn't give him this opportunity, and of course Bob knew in his heart that Mr. Senator was also using this failure as an excuse.
Seeing the young but heroic face in front of him, Bob had to change his opinion of Lin Feng in his heart.
Originally, he thought that Lin Feng was no different from those young people who became famous overnight in Hollywood, but now that he sees real people, he feels that his opinion is a little biased.
This is a very uneasy young man.
Calm, generous, and extraordinary, he doesn't feel like a young man at all.
After a while, Lin Feng was the first to speak, after all, he invited Bob over to meet.
"Mr. Bob, this is my plan for my next film, and I'm still preparing to release it around the world, and you've been in Hollywood for many years and you've seen a lot of things, could you please help me see if this plan is feasible?" Lin Feng took out a stack of documents and calmly pushed them gently in front of Bob.
Bob glanced at the document in front of him, and then looked up at Lin Feng again, calm and calm, without any unusual look.
"Interesting!" Bob looked at the document in front of him with a playful look, and then looked at Lin Feng.
He had a vague guess about the young man's intentions in front of him, but he couldn't be sure, because it seemed to him that it was an impossible thing at all.
It's just that now Lin Feng's sudden move made him feel very surprised!
Is it a trick?
Bob is not a young man without any social experience, so many positions in Hollywood, what kind of things has he not seen?
Although he wanted to block the document in front of him, he was still a little curious.
Seeing Bob's expression, Lin Feng showed a charming smile, looked at Bob with clear eyes and said softly: "Mr. Bob, don't you want to know what the next film plan is for a director who has made more than the box office of "Deep Sea Tracking"? ”
"Humph!" Bob snorted slightly, he knew that the young man on the other side was stimulating him.
If there is anyone who has beaten "Deep Sea Tracking" at the box office for "One Ball to Fame", there is no one else except Bob.
At the beginning, he was going to arrange "Deep Sea Tracking" to be the highlight of this year's summer file, but he didn't expect to be ruined by Mr. Councilor, and it can be said that he was the most sad about the failure of "Deep Sea Tracking" in his heart.
It is also the most unwilling.
I don't know why, when Bob heard Lin Feng's words, his heart was unwilling, not curious, and full of complicated thoughts, but then he smiled indifferently, he, a big man who was once in charge of the six giant Hollywood film companies, was he still afraid of reading a document.
Thinking of this, Bob confidently picked up the document in front of him and looked down.
500 million Chinese coins!
When he saw this number, although he had a little shock in his heart, he quickly recovered, and the production cost of more than 100 million meters is not shocking for Hollywood now.
Because every year there are several films that are able to reach this scale of shooting.
Bob glanced directly at the list of people in front of him, which were not worth his attention at all, he turned directly to the page of the plot and began to look.
Worldwide release?
That's not an easy thing to do.
As the former head of Hollywood's Big Six, Bob knows the global film market very well, although he is not a director, nor an actor, but no one knows the difference between the world's film markets better than him.
For example, with the rise of Hollywood films, it has gradually occupied the vast majority of the Omi film market, but it is at a loss for the East Asian film market with Chinese culture as the core.
For decades, there have been a handful of Hollywood films that have been able to achieve high box office in the East Asian film market.
However, in recent years, Hollywood giants have gradually felt the pulse of the East Asian film market, and have made several blockbusters that meet the tastes and values of audiences in East Asian countries, and have achieved very good results.
On the contrary, the progress of Chinese films in the world film market is not satisfactory, and there are even some signs of retreat.
Obviously, in the world film market, Hollywood has taken the lead in solving the cultural gap.
Bob originally had an indifferent attitude, looking at Lin Feng's shooting plan, at most it was just to satisfy the curiosity in his heart, what kind of genius is the director who can shoot a movie that overwhelms "Deep Sea Tracking"!
At first, he didn't pay attention to the apocalyptic theme of "2012".
Hollywood has also produced several movies with this theme, and the box office is okay.
Even when he saw the unprecedented special effects in the movie drawn by Lin Feng in the document, he only felt novel, because this kind of picture could also be produced with Hollywood technology.
However, the more he looked at the plot of "2012" in this plan, as well as the shooting concepts and ideas marked by Lin Feng, as well as the theme he wanted to express, the more shocked he became!
Because Bob found that this movie called "2012", whether it is the plot or the footage, makes him feel an unusually familiar feeling.
A filmmaking model that feels very familiar to him!
Suddenly, Bob seemed to think of something, and looked up at Lin Feng in shock, if he didn't know that the movie shooting plan in his hand was written by the young man in front of him, he thought that this movie plan was written by a director who has been in Hollywood for many years and has countless successful experiences.
It can be said that this movie is simply a remake of a Hollywood blockbuster!
Bob's shock, Lin Feng saw it in his eyes, he calmly took the coffee, took a sip gently, and said secretly in his heart: It seems that this famous Hollywood manager has finally discovered the difference in this movie shooting plan.
After a long time, Bob closed the plan, exhaled, and said slowly: "If I didn't know it, I would never believe that this movie shooting plan was written by a Chinese person!" ”
"I even suspect that this proposal was written by a certain director in Hollywood!"
"I can guarantee that I created it word by word." Lin Feng put down the cup and said with a smile.
"Young man, if you just ask me to see this proposal, then I can tell you without a doubt that this is a very successful film project!" Bob said expressionlessly.
Lin Feng's fingers flicked the table a few times, his purpose was very clear, and he believed that the other party had guessed a little.
But he couldn't say it directly.
Because once you say it and get rejected, there is no way back.
He doesn't think that he is like the protagonist in the novel, with the aura of a bonus king, and he can easily say a few words to make talents vote.
Bob's status in Hollywood, that's beyond doubt!
Now that he has resigned, even if he wants to work again, then his positioning must be that of a Hollywood giant of the same grade as Pan American Entertainment, and even if it is not as good, it will not be too different.
As for Oriental DreamWorks, whether it is in China or in the United States, it can be said that it is not a film and television company that stands at the top level.
Even if Lin Feng's current layout in Huaxia already has the prototype of an entertainment empire, it is only a prototype, and with Bob's qualifications, there are ready-made entertainment empire positions for him to choose from.
Regarding the invitation to Bob to join, it can be said that Lin Feng is completely unsure.
If it takes another three or four years, when Oriental DreamWorks grows to a certain point, he may have a certain degree of certainty, but it is estimated that by that time, the daylily will also be cold.
Now he has to do something else.
"Mr. Bob, with the progress of the times, movies are also changing with each passing day, and through the film market in recent years, Hollywood is undoubtedly ahead of China!" Lin Feng said slowly.
"Hmm!" Bob nodded slightly.
This is a fact, and it is an indisputable fact that Hollywood blockbusters are gradually eating away at the share of the Chinese film market.
Once, he was one of them.
He is naturally very familiar with the Chinese film market.
"I've done a lot of research on the success model of Hollywood blockbusters, so now I have this film shooting plan!" Lin Feng said word by word, "Big-name stars, big productions, big costs, tense plots, exciting!" ”
"That's what I've summed up as the ingredients for the success of Hollywood blockbusters!"
Hearing Lin Feng's summary, Bob's pupils suddenly shrank, and looking at Lin Feng, his heart was filled with incomparable shock!
Bob really agrees with Lin Feng's views and summarizations too much, even he himself can't summarize this essence.
But he really didn't expect this kind of summary of direct reality to come from the mouth of a Chinese who has always been mediocre and low-key, especially this Chinese man, who is still a young and excessively young man!
At this time, Lin Feng saw Bob's shock, but shook his head with an inexplicable smile and said: "There is nothing surprising about this, as long as any director in the entertainment industry has a little vision, it can be summed up." ”
"But not everyone can write such a good plan!" Bob also shook his head and said undeniably.
Obviously, he disagreed with Lin Feng's modesty.
In other words, Bob knows the character of Chinese filmmakers very well, and Lin Feng can be said to be an outlier.
Lin Feng couldn't help but feel a little stunned when he said this, the local movies played by Hollywood blockbusters in his previous life were powerless to fight back, and they were losing and retreating, and they made gold all over the domestic film box office market.
Seeing those box office figures, all Chinese filmmakers will feel hopeless.
It's not that no one has summed up the success of Hollywood blockbusters, but there are few movies that have really done it!
There will always be people who exchange the market for technology, but can there be technology in film shooting? Even if it's special effects, if you have money, will there be no company to make special effects for you?
Everything is an excuse.
This is just like the automobile industry in the previous life, the market has been exchanged for technology for decades, and in the end, several large state-owned enterprises have made a lot of money, but in the end, the best independent brand cars are not them, but some private enterprises that have always been suppressed!
In fact, everything is a matter of attitude.
Didn't anyone in a previous life know about the success of Hollywood blockbusters?
Didn't anyone in the previous life understand how a good movie is made?
Lin Feng doesn't think so!
If a movie is really hard to make, before the start of filming, do all kinds of market research, as long as the funds are sufficient and after careful shooting, the box office can be guaranteed.
But the film industry in the previous life was full of impetuousness.
What type of movie makes money, what kind of movie will be made!
comedies make money, and everyone swarms to make comedies; make money from low-cost love movies, and then invite some high-looking, popular stars to make love movies; In the end, variety shows can also be made into movies to make money.
This is a strange phenomenon of local movies in the previous life!
The louder the slogan is shouted by the film company, the less like the movie it makes!
What revitalizes domestic films, what domestic unprecedented productions, are all gimmicks, and no one really spends their minds on the study of the plot of the movie and the shooting of the movie.
Everyone has seen the shocking special effects shots of Hollywood blockbusters, but no one has noticed the ups and downs and gripping plots of Hollywood blockbusters!
Lin Feng thought about all the things in his previous life, and his mood couldn't help but become a little irritable, and then he came back to his senses and remembered Bob opposite!
"Mr. Bob, if the movie is made according to this model, I want to sell it all over the world, if there are no accidents, it should be fine, right?" Lin Feng said calmly.
"Hehe, there is never an absolute thing in this world, and there is no good result because of a good plan!" Bob smiled and said disapprehantly.
But he didn't know why, but he felt a tense feeling in his heart, as if he saw what kind of opponent Hollywood would face in the future.
In the café, except for the guests coming in and leaving, there was basically no other sound, Lin Feng and Bob chatting and discussing in the corner seemed so ordinary, and the conversation and laughter between the two seemed to be as natural as old friends for many years.
People who don't know think that the two of them are friends who have a good conversation!
Lin Feng used a few more subtle hints one after another, wanting to propose the intention of inviting Bob to join, but Bob didn't accept it, which made Lin Feng feel a little anxious in his heart, but he still maintained the greatest calmness on his face.
Before coming, he was prepared for all kinds of difficulties.
However, after talking about it now, Lin Feng was not ready to hide his intentions, after thinking about it, he slowly said: "I also know that my visit to the United States this time may be abrupt, but I have to come!" ”
"Mr. Bob, now that you are leaving Pan American Entertainment, and we at Oriental DreamWorks want to set foot in the international film market, we lack a general manager with rich experience in the international film market, so I took the liberty of coming!"
Finally hearing Lin Feng's straight words, Bob didn't refuse at the first time, it wasn't that he was tempted by Lin Feng's invitation in his heart.
On the contrary, he has no intention of going to Oriental DreamWorks at all, especially since this film company is still a Chinese entertainment company, and if it is a Hollywood film company, then it may be considered.
Of course, this is not because of the country, but because Bob has always stayed in Hollywood, even if he goes to work for another film company, he has never thought of leaving Hollywood.
The reason why he didn't refuse at the first time.
Instead, in a conversation just now, Bob was attracted by Lin Feng's so-called three major elements of blockbuster shooting.
1, big-name stars; 2. Big investment, big production; 3. The plot is tense and exciting!
When Lin Feng summed up the three major elements of blockbuster shooting, Bob immediately agreed, and the two of them had the same concept for blockbuster shooting.
Moreover, from the young man in front of him, he could clearly feel that this was a pure filmmaker, not a businessman with other purposes!
Cokeley's use of Pan Amuse's influence to achieve some of his political demands was very disgusting to Bob.
The reason why he didn't refuse at the first time now, but was thinking of a better way to reject this young man.
Lin Feng also seemed to sense what Bob was thinking, smiled and said to Bob seriously: "Mr. Bob, don't refuse first, I think you should make a decision after investigation and deep thought!" ”
"Yes, maybe Oriental DreamWorks is now a little different from the Pan American Entertainment you used to work for, but the status of a film company is never measured by its long history and current status, it has always relied on being able to make blockbuster movies!"
Bob was stunned, he didn't expect that in this situation, the young man in front of him still maintained such a strong self-confidence!
This made him look at Lin Feng more and more differently, but it had nothing to do with the choices he made about his future.
"Then I'll talk about it when I go back and think about it!" Bob said indifferently.
When Lin Feng saw this, he also knew that this was a scene, but he had already reached his original intention, and Bob did not refuse at the first time!
After all, with the current status of Oriental DreamWorks, there is no place to attract Bob at all.
Whether it is the size of the company, or the company's resources, there is nothing special compared to those big Hollywood companies.
When he finally said goodbye and left, Lin Feng and Bob shook hands politely, and said in a seductive tone: "I think it would be better if Mr. Bob could look at our company's information and my personal information after he went back, in fact, Oriental DreamWorks is not as unbearable as you think!" ”