Levy's words are not a lie. For a long time, he had been planning a trip to Asia - the main places to go to Asia were actually three countries - China, Japan and South Korea in East Asia, which were the places he wanted to visit.

During this time, Levy can be said to have taken a long break in Miami, and in addition to the rest, he also has to do something to develop his company.

And compared to making another movie now, Levy has something else to do now. Anyway, this time is a break time, and he plans to take time out of some of the things he has been thinking about doing before.

And these events are visits to three countries in Asia -- and this event is very good for my company.

The three East Asian countries have always been an important part of world cinema, and these three countries, in Levy's eyes, also have different roles and statuses. China is the second largest ticket warehouse in the world in the future, Japan is the second largest box in the future, and there are a lot of resources to be developed, while South Korea does not have these things, but it has human resources to use...... These are all things that Levy needs.

Therefore, Levy naturally wants to go there when he is not resting.

In Hollywood, many people are still unaware of the impact that Asia will have on Hollywood in the future, and Levy sees this as an opportunity to grow his company ahead of other people's companies: Asia has a lot of opportunities, and if you take advantage of it, you can get a lot of things.

There are many things in the world that need to be taken first, and it is very important to be able to take the lead one step ahead.

For example, in '99, the Korean film industry had just undergone a major reform: in the past few years, Korean films have developed very rapidly, and since '96 they have been taking continuous reform measures. As a result, their films began to develop, and after the new century, it can be said that they ushered in wave after wave of climaxes - these things, which Americans do not see now, but Levy can see. He is well aware that South Korea has a lot to offer his business in the future.

Of course, Levy doesn't want to buy the rights to Korean films, or to change any of the Korean movies he remembers to the American version - the vast majority of Korean films have a common feature, that is, at first glance they seem to be very profound, but in fact the story can't even be made up, and there are some very big holes in the story that can't be filled. In order to deliberately pursue profundity, no matter what story is ethically ripped off, either brother and sister or father and daughter, anyway, I have to mess around, as if the confusion of ethics is already the first major issue related to the national economy and people's livelihood in South Korea, and it is not enough to show the profundity of Korean directors' thoughts without mentioning it.

For such a movie, Levy has no interest. However, he was intrigued by what was behind the film: Levy was well aware. The labor cost in the United States is too high, and its own special effects company, post-production, these things, if you still use Americans in the future. Then it is undoubtedly a big burden. South Korea, by contrast, is in a good position to take over these tasks.

This kind of thing is too expensive to do in the United States. And Korean movies do not have a big enough box office, which can be said to be congenitally insufficient. Therefore, in the day after tomorrow, they are more willing to put in the effort than China and Japan, in special effects. In terms of production, they are also willing to put a lot of thought into it in the next few years. It could not be better to hand over the logistics department of the film to them.

Of course, this is not a job that can be done in a short period of time, it will take a long time to do, but Levy is not in a hurry, and these things can be done slowly. Technically, I can't eat fat in one bite.

However, technology can't progress overnight, but movie scripts can have this kind of thing: if you can buy one or two good scripts, then it can be said that you can save more money than writing your own scripts.

As for the acquisition of the script, Levy intends to do it in Japan, where there is a lot of stuff that can be adapted into a film.

This time the filming of the X-Men allowed Levy to see a lot of things in commercial blockbusters: stars, stories, special effects, scenes, these things can be said to be important factors that determine the box office of a movie.

As the time enters the 21st century, the cost of movie stars is getting higher and higher, and there are fewer and fewer fresh ideas for movies. More and more films are no longer relying on creativity, stars and good stories to win, but more and more relying on good special effects and adaptations of existing stories that have a relatively large impact on the crowd to win people's favor - this way is much less effort.

Compared with writing the script yourself, celebrities participating, and shooting blockbusters in a gambling-like way, this model is more stable and easier to make money. Now the Americans have not yet realized this, but after the arrival of the new century, they will learn to be obedient if they lose a few times.

And if there are stories that people have had a deep influence and can be adapted into movies, then it can be said that the most common fantasy stories are the cartoons and games that people excelled in their childhood—and most of the other influential works are closer to reality than fantasy. Whether it's cartoons or games, Japan is one of the few regions that can be compared to the United States.

If we talk about gamification, there is the world's most influential post-apocalyptic game Resident Evil. There is a steampunk well-known Final Fantasy, a vampire classic game Castlevania, and other fantasy games that have not yet been born, but will appear in the future, Devil May Cry, Onimusake, God of War and other die-hard works.

As long as the rights of these games are bought, then if they want to be adapted into movies in the future, they can make a lot of money - this benefit, of course, Levy can see.

Moreover, Japan has not only games, but also manga.

Of course, Levy is well aware that a movie like Dragon Ball is probably difficult to adapt into a movie - the whole flight and fight is enough to make the technical department daunted. However, Japanese manga is quite developed, and some manga are still more suitable for adaptation into movies: for example, Cameron loves it very much and wants to make it into a movie, such as the sci-fi work Gundam, and for example, in Levy's memory, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that have really been changed, or some other better works - such as Kim Min's animation, which has been repeatedly 'borrowed' by American directors, or "Monster", which was created by Naoki Puzawa and later wanted to be arranged into a TV series by HBO, the adaptation rights of these works, Levy was interested.

Moreover, in addition to these things, there are also special effects films such as Godzilla and Ultraman in Japan...... Although Levy was not particularly interested in these things, he was aware of their influence.

For these things, it is important to go to Japan. These works may not be better than those of the United States, but the Japanese have enough confidence in the game market and the manga market.

Now no one in the United States is aware of this, in the last few years, Marvel movies are the first to be developed, after Marvel, Hasbro still has Transformers...... These things can probably support the U.S. market for up to ten years, but after ten years, what when people are tired of watching these? One day, their eyes will turn to Japan.

Levy knew that his fight for an X-Men was basically the biggest gain, Transformers or something, and it would have been difficult for him to win Spielberg - that thing was worth breaking the head of others, but Transformers occupied 40% of the market share of the American cartoon market, and there were not a few people staring at it. Compared to those, it is better for him to look at Japanese things first and plunder Japan's wealth.

Of course, when he came to Japan, he must not blatantly say that he was here to plan this, but he came here to play another banner: he claimed to be here to participate in the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan, and this reason is very good.

Although Levy did not have any films to participate in this time: Truman's world had already been screened in East Asia and did not meet the requirements for entry, but since he was willing to come, it still made all the Japanese very happy.

The Tokyo Film Festival claims to be the largest film festival in Japan and, in theory, one of the nine A-list film festivals in the world. It's just that there are differences between A-grades, and the three major European film festivals are A-grade film festivals, although Levy can not care about it, but he also admits that these film festivals do have some weight. However, although the Tokyo Film Festival claims to be the largest film festival in East Asia, it is really not heavy.

Such a film festival, Leviken came, and came to Japan in advance to prepare, which also made the Japanese film side extremely excited: over the years, there are fewer and fewer people who are willing to come to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan, last year Depp came to Japan, which made them very excited for a while, and this year Levy came to make them extremely happy.

Of course, they also know very well what Levy is here for, and they are also quite interested in Levy's purpose, the Japanese have the copyright and theme of games and comics, but their own film system, which has gradually fallen behind, cannot support a platform that three-dimensional the two-dimensional world - those live-action comic movies that they have changed themselves can only be described as miserable. It can be said that the Japanese film industry has gradually declined, the film industry has gradually declined, the social system of clear hierarchies has made it difficult for directors to get to the top of the ranks, and the low income has made it difficult for actors to act in TV dramas. Without the film industry, it would be too difficult for the comics and games industry to fight over the United States.

Sooner or later, their good ideas will be sold to Hollywood. And now, Levy is here to explore the way, and they are naturally quite welcome.

This business can be a win-win situation. (To be continued......)