Chapter 143: Ambition in North America
"Brother Ming, you don't really think that those theaters are independent of the eight major film companies, right?"
This grandson knows a little bit about it, because of the famous "Antitrust Law" in the United States, the original film giants have spun off the theater chain. But who would believe this statement? In the United States, in terms of distribution ability, which film company can compare to those giants?
"Brother Ming, there are mixed pros and cons of doing this, it depends on how you choose."
In doing so, there is an advantage, that is, it has a good relationship with large companies, which is convenient for poaching people at any time. What big company doesn't have a talent to meet? Everyone is familiar with it, and when you know the bottom of the road, you can start digging the foot of the wall!
The real pillars of Hollywood are not those big directors and big stars, but those obscure behind-the-scenes staff! Without those behind-the-scenes, directors and stars are a fart! That's why Sun Ziming took the lead in formulating various welfare systems for behind-the-scenes workers in Hong Kong.
Another disadvantage is that large companies control the distribution channels, and can control small companies at any time, and can even indirectly control and annex small companies. The drama of big fish eating small fish is the same in the whole world.
"Brother Ming, if you really want to make movies a career, I suggest that you still have your own distribution channels. There is a saying in your mainland that makes sense, 'hard work, self-reliance', only your own things can be relied on at critical times! ”
The pigeons in the square are flying again, the leisurely people are taking pictures and feeding the pigeons, and some couples are kissing, and Sun Ziming is sitting on the steps for a long time. Jiang Peng sat on the steps with him, and when he saw that he had not squeaked for a long time, he became more and more anxious. I made a plan for this plan, but I promised countless benefits to the Hong Kong female colleague in exchange for this opportunity to get close to the director.
"Brother Ming, what do you want?"
Jiang Peng is so enthusiastic, it has exceeded the duties of an ordinary assistant and producer, and it can't be explained by just a sentence of compatriot feelings. Sun Ziming saw this from when he was making a movie. This guy has ambition in his eyes, just like Zhang Tao at the beginning!
Hey, by the way, Zhang Tao doesn't know what's going on now? Guozhong has been to Hong Kong several times, but he has never been mentioned, so they won't fall out with each other, right?
Sun Ziming came out of his mind for a while, and then he opened his mouth to recruit Jiang Peng. has been a human being for two lives, and Sun Ziming has also become an old fox, and no one will cherish what is too easy to get. This Jiang Peng may be a talent, but he has to use it himself, otherwise it is better to find someone else.
"Dapeng, are you interested in helping me?"
"Really? That's great! Brother Xie Ming, Brother Xie Ming, Brother Xie Ming! ”
Jiang Peng jumped up happily, after more than ten days of saddle before and after the horse, his efforts were finally not in vain, this big guy is really as bold as the legend! As a master's degree from Harvard University, he is an associate director at Warner, but he is a fart in the eyes of the executives! If Marcos hadn't taken a fancy to the market potential of "Home Alone" in Asia this time, how would he have thought of himself as Chinese?
Sun Ziming also breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that this kid was as calm as himself, this kid was not yet thirty years old, if he was as stable as a 40-year-old person, he really didn't dare to use it. Don't look at yourself as a 'genius', in fact, you know that if you don't have Uncle Zeng's help, you would just be a person who lives by 'memory'!
However, this guy is really shrewd enough, and the one benefit he said is actually the same as not having it for him. He has been in the film industry for seven or eight years, and if he doesn't even know which line he can or can't do, then he has been in vain for seven or eight years!
"So, I'll give you a million dollars privately, and you set up a small film company first, and then go negotiate with Warner. Let's just say that we are preparing to start filming the English version of "Home Alone 2" next month, with a total investment of $4.9 million. If they are willing to give up the income of the English version of "Home Alone 1", the Chinese version of "Home Alone 3", we can each account for 50% of the income, and the proportion of investment and income in the sequel in the future will be discussed later".
Jiang Peng was shocked when he heard this, and just wanted to dissuade him, so he asked Sun Ziming to wave his hand to stop it, since people look down on their own strength, they only want to take advantage, and they don't mind letting them cry once!
"The editing rights for the English version of Home Alone are mine, and if they don't agree, drag it until they do. After they say yes, call me again, and I'll come to the U.S. as soon as possible to edit, so be it! ”
After confessing to Jiang Peng, Sun Ziming went back to Hong Kong by himself. Jiang Peng didn't talk about the conditions, and went to Zhang Luo in the afternoon to set up the North American 'LightShadow' (Light and Shadow) film company.
got off the plane and got into the car, Jiaming threw himself into his grandson's arms, and the two kissed for a while before letting go.
"Let's go home!"
Jiaming pressed the hand in his skirt and said apologetically: "Brother Ming, don't move, bad luck." ”
Sun Ziming shyly withdrew his hand, and Jiaming shyly put his small mouth to his ear and whispered. Sun Ziming resolutely shook his head and refused, if it was replaced by Liu Jialing's goblin, he would gladly accept it, but this is his own woman, and he will give birth to children for himself in the future!
"Okay, you're not a nightclub lady, send me home, I'm just going to revise the script."
After the two finished dinner, it was already eight or nine o'clock in the evening when the car drove back to the top of the mountain, and after taking the luggage from the trunk, Sun Ziming urged Jiaming to go home.
"If I don't leave, I'll become a beast!"
Jia Mingqiao blushed, pecked him lightly in the face, and drove away as if he had escaped. After taking a shower, reading the script, and seeing that it was more than eleven o'clock in the evening, Sun Ziming still got up and drove away in a sports car. When I got to the bottom of the mountain, I found that I had nowhere to go, so Liu Jialing accompanied her parents to travel to Canada, and also visited the crew.
drove around in Yau Tsim Wang, but Sun Ziming still didn't have the courage to enter those places of sound and color. It's not that he has any moral cleanliness, but the paparazzi in Hong Kong are getting more and more powerful, and it won't be cost-effective if people catch a sore foot!
Back at the villa, hiding on a deck chair by the pool, Sun Ziming suddenly felt that he was too ridiculous. Wearing the hat of a great director, he is young and golden, but he is lonely here to watch the lights of thousands of homes. If Yang Guozhong knows the truth, he must die of laughter! When he fell out of love, he enlightened him, and men should look at the world from all over the world. How can it be your turn that only work, family, and friends are left?
Could it be that you are old? No, my biological age is only 20, is it because of the environment in Hong Kong that I am getting older? Yes, it should be like this. Last year in Beiping, didn't you still drink and sing? Isn't it still drunk and drunk in Houhai?
Thinking of this, Sun Ziming quickly lifted his unopened suitcase, drove a BMW sports car to the airport at a gallop, and there was a plane to Beiping in the evening. Maybe only in Yanyuan can he be like a young man!
When Sun Ziming was trembling at the capital airport, he learned that Lu Daojuanzi was not in Beiping, and followed her mentor to the Tibetan Plateau to collect style. An hour later, the third brother took him home, and seeing that his little five was so reckless, he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You two, I don't know who owed whom in the previous life!" ”