Fred said so much emotionally, and Li Xiaole finally began to understand, he had not thought about how Hollywood, a huge film machine, had gradually conquered the global market since the late 80s, but he had always only looked at this matter from the point of view of pure movies......

And now that Fred is talking about this issue from a different economic level, he realizes that this is not just the power of the film industry, but the result of the behind-the-scenes guidance of American financial capital, which has led the six major studios from the North American market to the global market......

It was they who changed the genre of Hollywood films, and then opened up the film market as an added value while negotiating investment cooperation with other industries with other countries, forcing countries to allow Hollywood blockbusters to invade their unprotected markets...... That's what makes those Hollywood blockbusters all over the world.

"He set the rules, instilled the same values in the world, so that every film in the world must be forced to accept them, so that all filmmakers must be a part of them...... Every step of the way was made by Todd Hardy, the bastard......" Fred gritted his teeth.

Is it good to open the film market without restrictions? For the average viewer, it's good in the short term, because they can see American movies that are of good quality, but in the long run, it's unimaginably harmful for any country except the United States.

Film is a kind of cultural industry, and in this cultural industry, the United States has a natural industrial advantage compared with other countries, and has no rivals in the whole world.

At that time, all filmmakers, like British filmmakers, must belong to the Hollywood interest group and participate in their works, and American films will become complete monopolies, which will not only make the United States obtain huge monopoly profits in the film industry, but also the values they convey in the films, the American-style superiority they transmit, and the image they give everyone in the movies that they think are absolutely righteous, will have a devastating impact on the cultures of other countries.

In every American movie, universities are free and wild, those students seem to have parties every day and fornicate and can eventually become Bill Gates, every American president is a righteous hero who saves the world, the United States of America is the leader of the world in the face of any crisis, and on the big screen, Brazil, China, Russia, Eastern Europe, all these innocent countries will become poor, backward, and even evil representatives......

The United States can unscrupulously show the best of itself in its own movies, while not mentioning its own shortcomings.

For any kind of cultural background, it is normal to show one's own merits, and filmmakers in the whole world do this, but when there is only a single value of works monopolizing the market in the world, this cultural market loses the most valuable fair structure, whether intentional or not, it will become a subtle cultural invasion, so that everyone will habitually think that only the United States is the best and the most advanced.

This cultural influence will bring some added value to American films beyond his essential level, and give a negative impression to other countries' films.

No matter how bad an American movie is, cultural representatives from all over the world will feel that there must be something else in this movie, and no matter how good the domestic movie is, the word of mouth will not match the value of the movie itself.

This has gone beyond the meaning that the film itself should carry, and has been transformed into an output of commercial inertia.

The result is a strange cycle in which American films make money in other countries, and then go back home to make bigger investments, make more big-budget films, and invest more in other markets to get more box office...... The Big Six studios are getting stronger.

Ordinary audiences in other countries are constantly paying Americans to make more well-made movies for them, while the film industry in their own countries is even more unable to recover the box office and make profits because of the temporary lack of standards, and the domestic film industry is withering more and more, and can only rely on Hollywood in the end, and continue to export talents to Hollywood.

This is ultimately a vicious circle.

The harm caused by this kind of world-wide cultural monopoly is something that almost all filmmakers in other countries are worried about, and why is it China, South Korea, or Japan, so many local actors and actors will stand up and say: "American movies are actually like that, and the Oscar is just a regional award." ”

Of course, they know that American movies are indeed the best in the world at present, and they are not arrogant and ignorant, but they still have to say this, they just don't want the audience to be completely brainwashed by this cultural invasion of the United States.

Each country has a different culture, and the style of the cultural industry is naturally different, and if we all follow the same rules that the United States is good at, then the most beneficial thing is of course the people who make the rules.

Any country should have its own style of computer, as long as enough time is given, the films of other countries are also very likely to slowly catch up with the level of Hollywood through accumulation and learning, rather than just rudely open the market for the so-called "free competition". ”

Just as it is absolutely impossible for the United States itself to open its imports of household appliances, automobiles, and small commodities to Asian countries such as China, Japan, and South Korea, each country will provide a buffer and protection time for its own weak industries, so that they have time to develop on their own and participate in the competition in the world in a benign way, instead of letting them simply die......

And now, Black Pearl has suddenly become the key to the possibility of leveraging this Hollywood hegemony model, unlike the future Lionsgate, Black Pearl is a Chinese company, which means that it is possible to completely change this model, which is why the Big Six are so deliberate to suppress themselves.

Li Xiaole couldn't help but take a deep breath when he understood this, looked at Fred, and confidently assured:

"Don't worry, Fred, I know what they're thinking, but I'm not going to let them get their way...... As long as you're willing to be my art director, I'll put an end to this. ”

Although the Big Six have some advantages now, as long as they can make a good work at the Oscar level and improve their reputation in the three major unions of American actors, directors, and screenwriters, then perhaps in the future conflict between labor and management, Black Pearl can play a decisive role, forcing the Big Six to abandon this monopoly framework from now on, so that everyone can get a fair chance to compete.

At that time, the era of the six major studios dominating the world film market with absolute hegemony will officially come to an end......

For Li Xiaole, Fred not only described to him the inside story of Hollywood films' global conquest, but also told him that he could have a chance to end this ugly era of pure capital controlling films.

This made the adventure factor in Li Xiao's optimistic nature start to boil again, which made him feel extremely excited, and he suddenly found that there was an opportunity in front of him that he could change the film landscape of the world...... And he will never let go of this opportunity.

"Don't be so confident." Fred looked at him with a serious face and reminded seriously: "Many of our British filmmakers thought the same way back then, and we also thought that our British films had natural advantages and rich industrial reserves, and would never be affected by Hollywood, but things were not as simple as we imagined!" ”

When Fred said this, he suddenly stood up excitedly, walked up to Li Xiaole, grabbed his arm, and said in a cautious tone:

"Lee, I know that you have the ability and more resources than us old-fashioned ones, but Todd Hardy is not the movie operator you faced before, he is a real capitalist, he will use all kinds of ways beyond the film industry itself to force you to comply, so you must be more cautious, I don't want you to follow in our footsteps."

As soon as Fred called his name, and at the same time felt the strength coming from the hands of the old Englishman, Li Xiaole immediately realized that this old-fashioned theater artist was not as indifferent as he imagined, and couldn't help but nod sincerely:

"Fred, I'll take note, and please be sure to consider taking on my role as art director...... I really need you. ”

No matter how powerful Todd Hardy is, he believes that his "Slumdog Millionaire" and the future "Avengers" will be unstoppable advantages in awards and box office respectively, and he doesn't believe that anyone can suppress himself in the field of movies.

Watching Li Xiaole's fiery back walk out of the door, Fred shook his head worriedly, he didn't want to help Li Xiaole, but this young man is too sharp now, and he has the absolute upper hand, no matter how he describes the seriousness of the situation, he will not really feel in danger......

Now all of a sudden, the six major media outlets are singing praises to "Slumdog Millionaire", and this is not just to win over Li Xiaole...... According to Todd Hardy's calculations, there must be another layer of meaning to do so...... It's just that he can't think of it for the time being.

However, Fred felt that it didn't seem bad that things were developing like this, because he felt that Li Xiaole needed a failure now, and only a painful failure could give him a chance to truly transform......

At present, even if he becomes an art director, I am afraid that he will not be able to really change anything, compared to those top directors such as Spielberg and James Cameron, Li Xiaole still lacks a work like "Schindler's List" and "Titanic" that allows him to really enter another level of director, "Slumdog Millionaire" is indeed very good, but it is too safe to change him.

Maybe this is a really good opportunity, Fred gently opened his notebook and looked at the notes related to another Black Pearl screenplay film...... His eyes flashed with mixed emotions and anticipation......