"So, James, you're hoping that Ghost Studios will invest in your film?"

After reading the script, Charlotte looked up at the slightly chubby, yellow-skinned man opposite.

"Yes. ”

The other party's face was obviously a little nervous.

"You've already looked for several companies in New Line and Lionsgate, right? None of them said yes!?"

"This ......"

James Huang's face was slightly red, and finally explained,

"There are still many people who are more optimistic about my films, but because my ideas are relatively fresh, so I ......"

"For most Hollywood companies, innovation means danger!"

Charlotte nodded,

"Of course, eating old money without innovation also means a slow death, but most people don't care about this - because large and medium-sized companies have enough capital to wait for the innovative people to run the landmine and then follow up in time. ”

"This ......"

Charlotte said it so bluntly that James Huang didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Charlotte didn't want James Huang to answer - he would say this, both to trick the other party and because he thought it was strange.

Because James Wong's script is very similar to a movie called "Death is Coming" that Charlotte watched in the original time and space.

But according to Charlotte's memory, this "Death is Coming" should have been released in 2000, why is this James Huang coming to invest in himself now?

Charlotte recalled it carefully and found that in this world, she had indeed never heard of the movie "The Grim Reaper......

"Could it be that the butterfly effect caused by my appearance not only brought some movies or things forward, but also caused others to be delayed?"

Charlotte pondered in her heart.

He didn't know that to some extent, the delay or dystocia of "The Grim Reaper" was indeed related to him-

You know, because of Charlotte's appearance, since 1994, Hollywood's film output has been higher than that of the same period in his original time and space.

Of course, in terms of pure quantity, there may not be much increase, mainly a few films made by Charlotte that did not belong to this era.

However, starting from "Guillotte Valley", none of Charlotte's movies have a small investment-

His big production of one a year is enough to squeeze out a lot of investment in small-budget films.

After all, there is only so much money that can be circulated in Hollywood, even if Charlotte's success drives more capital to invest in Hollywood, but it is the nature of capital to chase up and down-

Compared with Charlotte's original time and space, the additional investment that poured into Hollywood was basically swallowed up by Charlotte's Ghost Party Studio and Hollywood Seven.

Even, based on the head effect, they also absorbed some additional investment that was originally a low-budget film.

As a result, the boom era of Hollywood's blockbusters is slightly earlier, but the living conditions of small-budget films have become a little worse.

James Wong's "Death is Coming" is the victim of this effect-

Indeed, according to Charlotte's original time and space, the film should have been released by New Line in 2000.

But in this time and space, the new line does not have this ability.

First of all, because the old guns were almost pitted by the new line, the relationship between the Ghost Party Studio and the new line is not good.

And after the rise of the Ghost Party Studio, even many of their partners are relatively cold to the new line.

- This directly allows the new line to get a lot of investment, and the number of films that can be produced and distributed each year has also decreased.

Secondly, this is also the influence of Mr. Westwood's jump from the new line -

Mr. Producer, who often carries heart medicine in his hands, is not a high-level figure in the new line, but he is also a senior veteran.

His job hopping not only led to the failure of "The Lord of the Rings", a movie that almost made the rise of the new line, not related to the new line, but also led to the departure of many middle and low-level employees.

In this regard, the new line has naturally tried to prevent it, but unlike the executives, who are generally restricted by various agreements and must carefully study job hopping, middle and low-level employees generally come and go freely.

- They are fired for good, or the boss is fired, it is just a matter of words.

However, such middle and low levels, especially middle management, are the core and foundation of a company's real business capabilities.

Their instability under Mr. Westwood's leadership has directly led to a significant decline in the business level of the new line in the past three years, the operation has been difficult, and there are many fewer good movies invested in production.

And James Wong's "The Grim Reaper is Coming" is one of those who have been missed.

- Who made James Yellow a yellow man as his name suggests, a yellow race, or a Chinese American?

In the United States, Chinese Americans are more likely to be discriminated against than blacks.

In terms of jobs, when several applicants have the same ability, the chances of Chinese Americans getting a job are the smallest.

That is, based on the tradition of Chinese attaching importance to education, so that many people of Chinese descent, especially the second generation, have a generally good education level, which can be mixed in the United States.

But in an industry like film, where success often does not depend on science and academic qualifications, and the luck component is very heavy, the education level of Chinese Americans is not very helpful.

Especially when the film director was preparing for his first work, because he did not have the support of past performance, it really responded to that sentence -

Say you can do it, you can do it, and if you can't do it;

If you say no, you can't, and you can't do it.

- Anyway, because of these factors outside of ability, James Wong's movie "Death is Coming", which was supposed to be released in 2000, is still just a script.

Of course, this is not to say that James Huang has not done anything in the past two years -

In fact, he became a film director.

- Although the script for "The Grim Reaper is Coming" was rejected, perhaps it was his previous qualifications as a TV series director that touched some people.

- Of course, it is more likely that someone will take him to thunder.

In short, he became the director of Dragon Ball in the early 2000s.

That's right, it's the one who can summon a dragon if you get all seven!

Supposedly, this is also a big IP, but unfortunately, the purpose of the investor Fox to shoot this movie is not to make money-

You must know that according to Hollywood rules, the copyright of the purchased comics often has an expiration date.

After the expiration date, if it has not been adapted into a film or television work, the copyright will automatically return to the original author.

And Fox and Akira Toriyama, the author of "Dragon Ball", also signed a similar agreement, and it was not signed for a long time.

Now, in order to retain the copyright, Fox must make a Dragon Ball, just like the shoddy 2015 version of Fantastic Four.

In this case, the level of investment in the film and the seriousness of the producer can be imagined.

It's just a pity that James Wong, who doesn't know the inside story, was still very excited when he received this job, and he was also conscientious when shooting, but after all, not every brave teenager can create miracles-

Anyway, "Dragon Ball" failed as Fox expected, and James Wong, who was dragged to top the thunder, also became a scapegoat, and no film company was willing to ask him to direct a movie for a while......