After sitting down, before the meeting began, Yi Feiyang chatted with Gusta beside him.

During this time, "Pirates of the Caribbean", which was created by Dream and Lionsgate, was a global hit, and Gusta's enthusiasm was very high, "Yi, I didn't misread you!" You are really talented, and you earned me hundreds of millions of dollars in just one movie! ”

"Really?" Yi Feiyang shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "You really made money on this deal, and now I regret it, why do you want to cooperate with you, you are too shrewd." ”

Yi Feiyang really regretted it, he shouldn't have cooperated with Gusta, and even if he cooperated, he shouldn't have dug up the gold mountain of "Pirates of the Caribbean", but should have made up other pirates, such as Somali pirates and Malacca pirates...... However, Yi Feiyang is a sincere person, especially when the concept of pirates was put forward by Gusta first, Yi Feiyang was embarrassed to hide the good things, and this led to a win-win "Pirates of the Caribbean".

In fact, judging from the profitability of the drama "Caribbean", if the dream is filmed alone, it will be able to earn more box office, and now cooperating with Lionsgate is equivalent to distributing the future money to Gusta for no reason.

But then again, as the saying goes, make a fortune with a small loss. Yi Feiyang is not without benefits in doing this, first of all, it reduces the investment risk, after all, whether "Pirates of the Caribbean" can be as popular as in the previous life, and it is still unknown whether the current audience will buy this drama, and secondly, Yi Feiyang has won a friend like Gusta, and the relationship is completely established, and the most important thing is the last, without the support of Gusta, Lionsgate Cinemas, "Caribbean" would not have been able to defeat Universal's "Gladiator" to occupy the box office hegemony.

"Honestly. You've really lost too much on this deal! Gusta chuckled. He didn't expect Yi Feiyang to have such great ability. This was completely unexpected. "But for me, we will work more closely together in the future, I heard that you are writing a sequel to the play "Caribbean", Yi, my dear good friend, I am optimistic about you, how about we continue to work together?!"

I have to say that Gusta's skin is thick enough, and he can't eat enough with thick skin. Yi Feiyang couldn't refuse him either, so he had to nod, "Okay then, buddy!" ”

"Ha, Yi, you're amazing!" If it weren't for the people around, Gusta would probably hug Yi Feiyang warmly.

Ten minutes later, the North American Film Association meeting began.

Presiding over the meeting was the "talker" of the Film Association, commonly known as the chairman, an old guy with a head as smooth and shiny as an otter, who was seen looking at the time. When he saw that the crowd was almost there, he knocked on the table and said, "OK." Now that everyone is almost here, let's get started! ”

"This time, I convened everyone to discuss some sensitive issues between film companies and cinema chains."

Through private inquiry, Yi Feiyang knew that the guy in front of him who was talking eloquently and full of aura was the chairman of the Film Association, and his name was Abbas. This person has a deep background, in addition to being a super celebrity in culture, entertainment and business, he also has an inextricable relationship with the US government, and it is said that the Democratic Party and the Republican boss in the United States, as well as the Federal Reserve boss, are all familiar with him.

"As we all know, we American films have always opposed monopoly, but we must not forget the monopoly history that once existed. Yes, we should not forget that MGM and Fox Films, like MGM and Fox Films, used to control almost one-fifth of the entire North American theater chain and one-third of the stars in the United States. At that time, American movies were prosperous and dark, although there were good films like "Gone with the Wind", "Ben Hur", and "Broken Blue Bridge", there were also many people behind the sadness, stars were forced to take over films, film companies were forced to transfer theaters, and screenwriters were forced to write scripts......"

"But now we don't need to, we want to thank our dear administration, thank them for their support of the American film industry, and especially thank them for their absolute crackdown on the film monopoly, which has allowed many studios to survive and allow us all to have a bowl of food. Of course, we would like to thank the government for supporting us in establishing this film association and giving us great power, so that we filmmakers can solve our own problems......"

"However, it is a pity that several film companies have recently turned a deaf ear to the government's anti-monopoly and have begun to buy movie theater chains on a large scale, in order to make their own films dominant, which is not allowed, and we all oppose it, so I would like to report criticism here!"

In fact, it is true that as the most famous film country in the world, the United States has almost become the aircraft carrier of the world's films, and all of this is not accidental, it is the result of some life and death precipitation. As we all know, any company will go through three processes, workshop, family, and monopoly, and American films are the same, and there have been such experiences, such as the current Hollywood seven major studios, MGM, Fox, Paramount, Columbia, Universal, and Warner, etc., almost all of them have come from these three models.

Monopolize? Who wouldn't! Who wouldn't! As long as you have the strength, just like a crocodile, you want to swallow other small companies in one bite, and you won't even have bones left.

However, the U.S. government has introduced an anti-monopoly law in the film industry, which has made those originally arrogant and unlimited big film companies have to endure the pain of parting their love, diverting the theater chains and artist resources they control, and what they can enjoy exclusively has to be shared with others, which is undoubtedly a very painful thing, so these seven major companies can be said to have been resentful for a long time, but they are helpless against the government. To put it bluntly, no matter how good your movie is in the United States, no matter how powerful it is, it can't stand up to the federal government.

Facts have proved that the film anti-monopoly introduced by the U.S. federal government has played an extremely positive role in the development of Hollywood's film industry, especially in the seventies and eighties, and has helped the United States become the world's film hegemon, ranking first in the number of films produced every year and the box office, and making irreplaceable contributions to the national tax revenue of the United States.

Therefore, when Abbas said that there were companies that dared to defy the world's condemnation and wanted to monopolize it. Everyone is speculating. Who is this company?

"Do you really want to know which company Lu Dao is?" Abbas glanced at the many company bosses present. Of course, it also includes the up-and-coming Yi Feiyang.

Of course, Yi Feiyang will not "self-inflictedly" think that he is the thorn in the head who wants to monopolize, even if he wants to do it, he does not have that kind of strength, not to mention that his theater quota does not exceed the number stipulated by the Film Association, so it is even more impossible to be himself.

Sure enough, "Well, now I'm announcing the name of this studio – Universal!" ”

Outcry!

Everyone was talking about it.

"It turned out to be Universal Pictures. It's no wonder that their president recently invited us to negotiate, and it turned out that he wanted to buy our cinema chain! ”

"Yes, they paid a lot of money to seduce me when I had coffee, but I held back!"

"Why would the world do this?"

"What else can it be for? How badly was their "Gladiator" pressed by the fantasy trio this time, it could have been a sensation all over the world, but in the end, it was robbed of the limelight by dreams, do you think they can not be angry? ”

"No wonder, it turned out that he wanted to consolidate his strength and take revenge on this small company!"

"It's not, it's a shame to lose people, only in this way can you be ashamed!"

……

Yi Feiyang, who was originally sitting there with the old god, never thought that this matter would have something to do with him.

Just when everyone was talking, a tall and thin old man stood up. He said very cultivatedly: "President Abbas is right in his criticism, we have been a little radical during this time, but it doesn't matter, we have corrected our mistakes and reassigned some of the theaters we have acquired. In addition, this incident is the adverse impact caused by the unauthorized actions of some senior executives within our world, and we deeply regret this and will deal with the parties correctly; Here, I would like to reiterate that we at Universal Pictures will always support the U.S. federal antitrust regulations and will never do anything harmful to the film industry. Done, thank you! ”

Bang Bang Bang!

The crowd applauded.

No one would have thought that this global boss would be so big and speak calmly and generously, which is like admitting mistakes and making a report.

Yi Feiyang's eyes lit up, and when he saw the eyebrows of this global boss and the chairman Abbas, he understood that he was making a show, and it was estimated that it had been arranged in advance, no wonder this global boss would be so calm.

But...... Why is this Abbas doing this?!

Just when Yi Feiyang was thinking, the chairman Abbas spoke again, first affirmed that the attitude of Universal was very good, and then said: "In view of the current development trend of Hollywood films, the theater quota of many film companies is far from enough to cope with the production and release of films, therefore, our film association proposes to increase the rationing of theaters according to the size of the film company, so as to meet the growing market demand, the specific content is that the large film companies increase the original number by 30%, 10 percent for medium-sized film companies and 5 percent for small companies. In short, with more theaters, we can all release more movies, provide a huge number of films for the audience, and of course, increase our box office revenue, I think everyone is okay at this point! ”

No one speaks, no one has an opinion. Even if you have an opinion, you can't raise it now, unless you are a fool to do it.

The North American Film Association and the seven major Hollywood film companies that participated in this meeting were the main members who really participated in this meeting.

"In addition, we will also send people to check the theaters of each company in the room, so as not to make things difficult for everyone!" Abbas's words won some applause, but more often than not, he kept a composed. "To be honest, there is only one purpose in this way, and that is to make our film market a free and competitive market, so that it can continue to prosper!"

"As for the specific matter I have just proposed, I would like to let Mr. Roger Baum, the head of MGM Pictures, say a few words!" After Abbas finished speaking, Roger stood up next to him, a traditional Yankee with a mustache, very old and straight.

After listening to it for a long time, Yi Feiyang realized that this was all nonsense, and he didn't mention anything substantive at all.

However, he can't help but admit that the American Film Association is indeed very powerful, and casually proposes a resolution. No one dared to speak out against it.

Roger Baum's statement was simple. Perfunctory. expressed support for the film association's resolution, and then the Fox boss of the seven major film companies, almost raised his hand in favor.

In fact, increasing the quota of theaters is undoubtedly a great joy for these large companies, especially old companies like MGM and Fox, which have more or less hidden many theaters in private, and these theaters themselves are not visible. If this meeting passes the proposal to increase the quota, then they can put these theaters on the bright display to enrich their strength.

Paramount's Raymond boss said, "As long as everyone agrees, I will never object!" Lionsgate's Gusta seemed to be a little dissatisfied, so when asked for his opinion, he said, "I won't say anything about this for the time being." ”

Finally the nonsense was over, and Abbas, the president of the North American Film Association, asked: "If you don't have any opinions." Then I declare this proposal adopted! ”

"Wait!" A voice came to everyone's ears from far and near: "I have a little question, I hope Your Excellency the President can answer it for me!" ”

Everyone looked at the source of the sound together, and it was Yi Feiyang who was talking. I saw him stand up and glance around: "May I ask how the data on the increase in the quota of the theater chain came from?" Thirty percent. Ten percent, and five percent, where does all this come from? ”

"This is calculated by our film association according to the data of specific companies!" Chairman Abbas looked at this absolutely upstart guy puzzled, he didn't understand what Yi Feiyang wanted to say.

Yi Feiyang smiled, he understood the meaning of the chairman's proposal, but in a big way, this was a disguised help for those big companies to monopolize!

You must know that according to the above-mentioned theater quota, as long as your company is bigger, the more theaters will be added, not to mention 30 percent, and the smaller the theater line, the less it will increase, not to mention only 5 percent.

It's ridiculous that the chairman just now is still righteous, saying that he wants to be anti-monopoly, but he is helping big film companies to crowd out small and medium-sized film companies, including Yi Feiyang's Dream Pictures, compared to Lionsgate Gusta also understands the meaning, so he will say so coldly "Don't say anything for the time being", as for other small companies, seeing that people are holding the meeting, they know that even if they oppose it, it is meaningless, so they have to knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs, and endure it.

Yi Feiyang didn't want to pretend to be deaf and blind, he stood up just to say the words in his stomach.

"Oh, is it? The specific data? Yi Feiyang laughed heartily a few times, glanced around again, and then said lightly: "It seems that our Dream Pictures Company has not been investigated by the amount of the film association theater from the beginning, how do you know these so-called specific data?" Secondly, there are obvious loopholes in the increase in the quotas of major film companies, I think it should not be increased according to the size of the company, but according to the number of films produced by each company each year. Finally, His Excellency emphasized anti-monopoly before, so it is time to implement this concept, such as checking the actual number of theaters of major film companies and the number of theaters controlled by subsidiaries of major film companies...... I think that's fair, isn't it?! ”

Rough!

Yi Feiyang's words are definitely stormy!

You must know that all major movies, including many medium-sized film companies, almost have invisible hidden theaters, and Yi Feiyang's words are undoubtedly to dig out these theaters!

Originally, the Film Association also knew about this, but the relationship between the Film Association and the seven major film companies was so "intimate" that it turned a blind eye, which is not a big secret in Hollywood.

Just when the atmosphere was delicate, an even more discordant voice appeared.

"Hey, why are you kid!" A voice reached everyone's ears, and when they met the white fat man sitting in the middle of the crowd outside the hotel, Yi Feiyang didn't notice it for a while. The fat man was very surprised and disdainful and said, "Shit! What are you and what qualifications do you have to point fingers here! ”

Yi Feiyang sweated again, he didn't expect this fat man to be even more in the film industry, but he didn't expect that there were people who didn't know him, and he was an insider. The white fat man is obviously despised by everyone, and now who doesn't know that Yi Feiyang, an absolute Hollywood upstart. Recently, Yi Feiyang has been more popular than some big stars, but I really don't know this fat man.

Maybe someone told the fat man about Yi Feiyang's identity. The white fat man was stunned for a moment. suddenly remembered Yi Feiyang. even slapped the table and said angrily: "Hey, you Chinese boy who has taken a little luck, who do you think you are?" This is America! It's not your hometown, Hong Kong! Where is your part in talking! ”

Racism?!

Yi Feiyang sweated even more, he didn't expect this fat man to survive in the film industry, what a miracle. But he didn't know what this white fat man was, and he couldn't be the target of his deal anyway.

Others were surprised that a fat white man would say such a thing on such an occasion, knowing that racial discrimination is the most sensitive and serious topic in the United States. It is often used by people to rectify people, trap people, and be used as weapons by politicians...... In short, this fat white man is either a stupid or an idiot, or he has been kicked in the head by a donkey!

"Ahem, ahem! Okay, Foster, can you keep your mouth shut?! President Abbas has always flaunted racial equality, and of course any suspected "racial discrimination" remarks must be stopped immediately.

"No, I'm teaching this blind guy a lesson. Oh God, he thought ......"

"Shut up!" Abbas glared at the fat man. scolded in my heart that this Foster would be looking for trouble, and I didn't look at who Yi Feiyang was, did you offend it?! Not to mention anything else, the relationship between Yi Feiyang and the Hilton family alone is awe-inspiring, not to mention the Democratic Party and the first lady of the United States who favor him...... After thinking about it, he knocked on the table and said to Yi Feiyang: "I'm sorry, dear Mr. Yi, Mr. Foster is a straightforward person, and many of the things he says don't go through his brain, please forgive him!" ”

"It doesn't matter, I won't treat those who are ignorant very ignorant! Because only an idiot would eat shit like honey! Yi Feiyang shrugged his shoulders casually, casually mocking.

At that moment, this caused everyone to laugh, and the fat man was so angry that he wanted to scold back, but he was severely reprimanded by Abbas.

In fact, Yi Feiyang didn't want to be so public, he knew that what Lu Dao said just now was too sharp, and it didn't look like his usual personality. But he knew that there was no need to be polite to such a small role, otherwise everyone would be able to ride on his head. Little did he realize, however, that his personality was gradually changing, and that he was becoming more profit-oriented.

Just when the whole scene was a bit deadlocked, Lionsgate's Gusta stood up and began to support Yi Feiyang and said: "I am deeply touched by what Boss Yi just said, so I hope that the Film Association will take it seriously and investigate thoroughly, yes, that's it!" ”

As soon as Gusta took the lead, the heads of the other small and medium-sized film companies also collectively stood up and expressed their support for Yi Feiyang, after all, what Yi Feiyang just mentioned was related to their actual interests, and everyone was unwilling to endure it anymore and collectively supported him.

Forty or fifty film companies collectively support a Chinese-American filmmaker, which is absolutely rare in the United States.

So much so that those Hollywood bigwigs were dumbfounded.

Besides, Abbas, the chairman of the Film Association, didn't expect things to change like this, looking at the guys who continued to stand up, he sighed secretly in his heart, knowing that this plan was worth it, on the contrary, if he didn't get it right, he would lift a stone and shoot himself.

The rhetoric appeased these people who stood up, and Abbas finally promised that in response to Yi Feiyang's questions, the North American Film Association would carefully consider and give everyone the correct answer, and as for the previous proposal, it would be temporarily shelved until a new proposal was issued that met everyone's wishes.

At the end of the meeting, Chairman Abbas looked at the young man who had disturbed the whole meeting with deep meaning, and estimated that Yi Feiyang had impressed everyone at this moment.

In fact, for this North American Film Association meeting, Yi Feiyang was very disappointed. The bullshit film association, whatever, will only take care of the interests of those big film companies, and does not care about the lives of others at all, not to mention that the Hollywood market will be extremely weak in the future......

"What a bunch of idiots! Just take care of the relationship and make contacts, Hollywood is not the Hollywood of a few companies, and I don't even know how to do it! Yi Feiyang and Dures left together MGM and scolded fiercely: "If this continues, sooner or later, the game will be over, and one day I, Yi Feiyang, will reorganize this damn North American Film Association!" Yi Feiyang clenched his fists ambitiously. (To be continued......)