However, although there have been a lot of commercial operations about the "Lord of the Rings" movie for a period of time, in fact, it has not had much impact on Charlotte's time.

These things are more left to Mr. Westwood and Alexis.

Charlotte just hid behind the scenes and gave orders, and talked to a few investors by the way to strengthen their investment confidence.

- After all, he is now the owner of a company, so there is no need to do everything himself.

At present, his main energy is still on the filming of "Sherlock Holmes".

- No way, with the development of the "Lord of the Rings" film project, the liquidity of the Ghost Party studio is not so abundant.

You know, liquidity is often more important than the size of assets - this thing is like blood in the human body, once there is a problem with blood circulation, no matter how large the body, it is still useless.

Just like the former Fox Company, as one of the seven major Hollywood film companies, James Cameron almost drove it to bankruptcy by squeezing out about $200 million in liquidity through "Titanic".

It is conceivable that if "Titanic" fails at the box office, long before MGM is finished, Hollywood's first-line film companies will change from seven to six......

Ghost Studios' cash flow hasn't gotten to that point, but it's best to be on the safe side and let the money flow back sooner.

And the fastest way to get the studio back the cash, now in addition to the final payment of "The Mummy" on the Universal side, as well as the copyright and peripheral sharing of the previous films, that is, the investment in "Sherlock Holmes".

Therefore, Charlotte put her main energy into the shooting and production of this movie.

In fact, from a business point of view, Charlotte could also find a bank to take out a loan, or bring in other investors for the Ghost Party Studios.

But because there were special "things" in the studio that needed to be kept secret, such as spell effects, Charlotte finally gave up on these plans.

Of course, it's also because there's really no need for that.

In fact, compared to most film and television companies, the asset-liability ratio and capital flow ratio of Ghost Party Studios are already quite healthy.

It's just that, considering the studio's hematopoietic capacity, it mainly relies on the income from the movies shot by Charlotte, so it is not very stable.

This is also the biggest difference between a Hollywood film company owned by an ordinary star or director and a real old film company-

Regardless of the size of the established film companies, they generally have their own film libraries and distribution systems.

The former can bring a continuous flow of money to the company, while the latter is much less risky than the producer.

- In addition to their own son's films, the seven major Hollywood film companies often distribute films from other companies on behalf of others, precisely for this reason.

In short, serious and established film companies have some other stable sources of income in addition to movie box office revenue.

This gives them a strong ability to resist risks, as long as there are not consecutive major production failures, resulting in cash flow disruption, the impact is generally not significant.

In contrast, those pure production companies opened by stars and directors themselves without distribution capabilities are much less resistant to risks.

Although it can't reach the point where a movie with a larger investment fails and it will go bankrupt, a failed investment will greatly reduce its cash flow.

And in the absence of other stable income, this means that the company's ability to invest is also reduced, and it is not possible to recover quickly.

In this way, the scale of investment in new films will be reduced, and the results will be reflected in the company's later income.

- This can be described as a vicious circle.

Therefore, in order to avoid falling into the vicious circle of downsizing, the production companies of Hollywood stars and directors tend to only act as followers in the investment of films, rather than as the main force.

In this way, the scale of investment can be reduced, and by the way, the thighs of large production companies can be hugged to avoid greater risks.

However, this method can only be used for small production companies that do not plan to expand, or leather bag companies owned by ordinary celebrities.

Real production companies like Charlotte's Ghost Party Studios, which are rapidly rising and expanding, must have their own focus on investing in films.

And the company's focus on investing in films must also be successful, preferably continuously.

Otherwise, the company's upward momentum will soon be interrupted, and it will become no different from the average leather bag production company.

Fortunately, she is not only a time-traveler who understands the future, but also an open-minded person with spells, and the success rate of Charlotte's movies is 100%, if not 100%, as long as she goes all out, 90% of them are still there.

So, Charlotte wasn't particularly worried.

It's just that the filming of "Sherlock Holmes" this time will apply a lot of new technologies -

Not only will IMAX cameras be used to enhance the power of some big scenes, but high-speed cameras will also be used to shoot action shots.

——These are not applied in the current film shooting, there is no application experience.

What's more, when shooting on location, there will be a lot of green screen shots.

There's no way around it—

Set in the story of Sherlock Holmes, in order to shoot on a real set, a large number of 19th-century London-style locations had to be set up, and the cost of money and time was quite large.

In this case, it is more cost-effective to shoot with a green screen and then use computer effects to synthesize the background.

In particular, after Charlotte's continuous efforts to promote, as well as the training of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and "The Mummy", the Ghost Party Studio's technology in computer special effects has improved significantly.

Now, they are the number one in the Hollywood industry, not inferior to the old-school special effects company Industrial Light & Magic.

Even, in some places, there are even exceedances.

So, Charlotte finally settled on a green screen shoot to shoot some scenes that were difficult to shoot on a real set.

However, in this way, there are really a lot of new technology applications in "Sherlock Holmes", and Charlotte really needs to be careful to keep an eye on it.

After all, the application of new technologies must be accompanied by a large number of unexpected problems.

Just like now, when filming an action scene, there was an unexpected problem with Charlotte -

"What should I do if the strike camera doesn't have the desired muscle fluctuation effect in high-speed photography?"

Looking at the finished film on the monitor, whether it was Charlotte, Old Gun, or photographer Addison Young, they all frowned.

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