When it comes to Paramount Pictures, the average person may think of Paramount Pictures in North America, which is a well-known film production and distribution company.

Jiang Yang would skip the company, think of the movies it produced, and then blurt out famous quotes.

"Like many gifted merchants"

"He knows that free competition is wasteful"

"Monopoly is efficient"

"So"

"His goal was to pursue this effective monopoly"

This is a classic quote from the gangster movie ceiling "The Godfather".

Paramount Pictures, as the producer of "The Godfather", gained fame and fortune, walked out of the trough of development in the fifties and sixties, and took the lead in entering the new Hollywood era.

In the decades since, it has grown steadily, with the release of global hits such as "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Forrest Gump" and the "Transformers" series.

Speaking of Paramount Eucalyptus, it is necessary to trace back to the thirties of the last world, after breaking the film industry ruled by the patent mogue Edison, Hollywood formed a pattern of five large and three small studios.

Five of them, through mergers and acquisitions of small companies, have formed a series of media giants integrating film production, distribution, and exhibition business.

That is, a company that produces its own films, is also responsible for distribution, and also has its own theater.

To put it simply, production, channels, and terminals are grasped at one hand.

Paramount Pictures has made a high-profile move, buying movie theaters in North America and "bullying" independent theaters with the industry's strong position, such as the infamous bundling terms.

If your cinema wants to show my family's films, you can, but you must buy other films under my company's umbrella, ranging from a dozen to dozens or even hundreds, including various short films and feature films.

In this case, Paramount made many bad films, and he was not afraid of no sales, and the risk was transferred to the exhibitor.

If you don't agree, I have money anyway, so I will open a theater with better conditions opposite your house, and take temporary price reductions and other means to make you lose customers in a short time.

Coincidentally, several other companies had the same idea, so the five big and three small companies joined forces to bully the market.

Few independent cinemas can withstand a long bloodletting.

The bitter ones are also the moviegoers, who are fed by the capitalists!

Anyway, as long as the platform is mine, and I don't make good films, what can you watch?

For a time, the people complained.

After years of accumulation, the FTC gathered evidence and filed an antitrust lawsuit.

The Supreme Court ruled that Paramount Pictures violated antitrust laws, requiring it to stop unfair competition practices such as bundling, and that the five major studios must divest their theatrical businesses.

The five big and three small had no choice but to package and sell the movie theater, and since then, Haolaiwu has ended the era of monopoly of large studios.

Jiang Yang looked through the notes of the year and recalled the humorous teacher telling this story.

Of course, the follow-up is also interesting.

With the advent of television media, the five large and three small studios were impacted, at a loss, and finally fell silent for various reasons.

The giants fell, and companies like Disney and Lionsgate grew.

In fact, Disney's current monopoly is more than that of the five big and three small.

Hopefully, in a few years, there will be a Disney law.

Speaking of China, Wanda, Hengdian, Huayi and other companies have a bias towards the films they produce, which is obvious.

Once, the big domestic director Feng Pants bombarded Wanda because of the scheduling problem of "I Am Not Pan Jinlian".

But because of the poor popularity of Feng pants, the strength is weak, and it did not cause a splash.

However, the goddess movie "Wrestling Dad", which was also promoted by Huayi, was also squeezed by the film schedule in Wanda Cinema, but it was magically reconciled soon after.

It can only be said that the commercial value of "I Am Not Pan Jinlian" is not high enough, and it has not reached the strength of Huayi's high-level leaders.

So the question now is, does "Fifty Shades of Grey" show enough commercial value for Wanda's senior management to break the prejudice and schedule the film normally?

Jiang Yang couldn't figure it out either.

……

Jinguancheng, Wanda Cinema.

Manager Chen Zhou frowned and sat at the round table in the waiting area.

"Shame on the face, this is!"

The cinema managed by Chen Zhou belongs to the cinema chain that joins Wanda, and is not directly under Wanda.

Today, according to the usual practice, according to his performance during the day, he increased the schedule of "Fifty Shades of Grey" to 40% in one fell swoop and reported it to the Southwest Headquarters.

However, at 11 o'clock in the evening, the application was not approved.

At boiling point!

Cutting off people's financial routes is like killing one's father and enemy.

In order to increase the income of the theater chain, Chen Zhou worked day and night to drill camps.

As we all know, one of the major sources of income for the cinema chain is selling popcorn and other merchandise.

Before the release of "Fifty Shades of Grey", Chen Zhou and his peers had already tried to watch the original film and were keenly aware of the potential commercial value.

He contacted a factory in Jiangnan early and customized a batch of "same props" used by the male and female protagonists to play, disguised as genuine peripherals and sold in theaters.

Today, in one day, more than 200 sets were sold, and the profit was nearly 80,000.

Chen Zhou was not afraid of Chu Moyan and other original teams finding out at all.

Since ancient times, only the faint-hearted have been starved to death, and the bold have been supported to death.

Even if it is discovered, at most apologize and lose some money, with the gentle character of the people who don't like to mess with right and wrong, the cost of breaking the law is unimaginably low.

Anyway, in today's society, if you have money, you are a mother, but if you don't have money? That's if you don't work hard!

It was with this idea that Chen Zhou dared to operate boldly and bought eight suites in Jinguancheng.

"There is," Chen Zhou's eyes lit up, and he thought of an "excellent" solution.

He found Xiao Wu, the manager of the technical department, and ordered Xiao Wu to sell tickets online and offline according to 40% of the film schedule of "Fifty Shades of Grey".

"And where is the Southwest Headquarters?" Xiao Wu asked worriedly.

"It's okay, our tickets will go to other movies," Chen Zhou said with a proud smile.

"Ah, selling dog meat on the head of a sheep......" Xiao Wu was stunned!

Is this a box office steal?

It shouldn't be counted, it's just a fake account, and the profits must be evenly distributed to "Fifty Shades of Grey".

But he still hesitated, and always felt that he was afraid that this was an illegal and criminal act.

You can't, the risk is shared, and you Chen Zhou will take all the profits, right?!

Sure enough, seeing Xiao Wu's reaction, Chen Zhou smiled slightly, and said a few words to Xiao Wu in his ear, and the latter readily agreed to his operation.

Who would have thought that Skynet would be magnificent but not leaky.

This time, Chen Zhou overturned.

……

Jinling.

Before Jiang Yang went to bed, he made a phone call with Tao Shumin, basically he was in a daze, listening to Tao Shumin.

The time of the day is too tight, and the itinerary, body and brain are all full, and this is finally time to relax.

"Do you know how to play Texas Hold'em?"

Jiang Yang: "Yes"

"My mother will too, I found out clearly, after I was admitted to college, she was bored alone, and she became addicted to gambling, so she went to Ma Ge City every now and then."

Jiang Yang: "It's okay when you're busy, but when you're free, your hands itch and you can't control it." ”

"To tell you the truth, the days on Tianya Island, out of my mother's control, I felt that my life had a positive meaning. Although I was under camera surveillance for most of the time, it was really worth it to meet your group of friends. ”

Jiang Yang: "Who doesn't want to be friends with a beautiful girl." ”

"Just because it's pretty?"

"Otherwise-" Jiang Yang came to his senses and changed his words: "Definitely not, you are very good!" ”

"My parents had a fight in court two days ago, and my dad was scratched three times in the face, alas, my mom was very angry and ordered me to hurry home."

Jiang Yang: "Do you want to go back?" ”

"I don't want to go back, it's the same at home as in jail. My dad didn't approve of me coming home either. ”

Jiang Yang: "I'll go back to Yuhang the day after tomorrow to promote, let's meet!" ”

"Ahh

Jiang Yang: "You won't take your dad with you, will you?" ”

"No, my dad is helping me with business, just some endorsements and business dealings."

Jiang Yang: "Oh, yes, you are already a free man, and you have terminated the contract from Dream Entertainment?" ”

"Yes, my dad is helping me buy a house, saying that he will stay in China for a year and a half, and then go home after settling down."

Jiang Yang: "Do you want to enter the entertainment industry?" ”

"No, I don't want to go to work."

Jiang Yang chuckled: "It's all the same." What about your studio's business? ”

"My mother has recruited a teacher to replace my position, and in the magic capital, the most important thing is to engage in art."

Jiang Yang: "That's right, they don't work in small cities. ”

The two talked nonsense for a while, and then said goodnight to each other at half past twelve.

Jiang Yang opened the real-time data of Meow Eye and found that the film schedule was about 30%, indicating that the theater of the Wanda department was indifferent.

"Is there really an iron-headed baby who is fighting for a while?" Jiang Yang smiled helplessly and fell asleep.

Yuhang, a high-end community.

Tao Shumin looked at the stars outside the sky and thought about his thoughts.

After a while, she returned to her study.

There are drawing boards and various paints next to them.

Recently, she has been so bored and panicked, except for occasional contact with Shen Tianyi, she is locked in the study to paint.

On the current drawing board are two fairy sisters fighting in the night sky, with fluttering clothes and flying skirts, quite a chivalrous and sword-hearted charm.

The fairy in white smiled and provoked: "This is Tianshan, of course it is in the sky!" ”

The fairy in red had a cold face: "Li Qiushui, don't leave if you have the guts!" ”

This illustration is a reproduction of Qian Yongqiang's movie "Tianlong Babu: Tianshan Tong Ma", the woman in white is Wu Xingyun played by Lin Qingxia, and the woman in red is Li Qiushui played by Gong Li.

Not long ago, Tao Shumin finished watching this old movie, which was better than she imagined and funnier.

Although it is a movie of martial arts mixed with Xianxia, there are quite a lot of funny elements.

The reason why she watched this movie was because she searched for Jiang Yang's multi-petal ID "Jincheng Shujian Man" on the Internet.

Then Tao Shumin had a whim, and in chronological order, he wanted to watch the movies Jiang Yang had watched.

She deduced that the film review was written about the first half of Jiang Yang's freshman year.

The first movie is this "Tianshan Tong Ma".

In the movie review, there are a few movie screenshots, Tao Shumin has nothing to do, so he wants to depict them with watercolors.

Jiang Yang in his freshman year especially liked martial arts movies.

Tao Shumin tried her best to recall her preferences, and she found that she was busy every day in her freshman year, but she didn't seem to have any thoughts left.

Suddenly, she was very envious of Jiang Yang's lifestyle, the attitude of recording life with heart and living every sunny day seriously.

Envious, I want to try to get close to his life and take a look.

……

Kyoto.

Xu Wan'er walked out of the cloakroom and changed into a home dress.

"Fifty Shades of Grey" is better than I imagined, the plot is smooth, the words are substantial, and the characters are also very solid. I really didn't expect that the girl to the movie with a domineering president could be made of this quality. ”

Zhang Runze said with a smile: "I heard Director Gu mention that the script was deleted and changed many times, and finally it was finalized a few days before filming started, which was painstaking. ”

"The song is good," Xu Wan'er said, "I don't understand music, but when the chorus sounds, I can hear the tide of love, wave after wave of never-ending feeling." ”

Zhang Runze smiled and showed eight white teeth: "The box office has doubled." Don't forget, I have a dividend. ”

"Gu Feihong's dividend shares are really refreshing," Xu Wan'er heard about it.

"That's not it, I'm so busy to death," Zhang Runze counted his credits: "The approval was almost all the way down from me, and I helped keep an eye on it the whole time, and their mother and daughter were nesting on Hong Kong Island blowing air conditioners." Am I easy? Let's just say that a few days ago, the news column of the sixth set reported the news that "Fifty Shades of Grey" exploded in the island country, didn't I push it in the back? ”

"Yes, yes, yes," Xu Wan'er said with a smile: "Runze is a great hero." ”

At the beginning, Gu Feihong persuaded Zhang Runze to "share" Jiangyang and a series of subsequent luxury objects, and promised a dividend of 12 points.

The more profitable "Fifty Shades of Grey" is, the more developed Zhang Runze becomes.

"The King of Detective Scammers" is already waiting for its release, and he is now thinking about helping the box office of "Fifty Shades of Grey" all day long.

While talking and laughing, a phone call came, and Zhang Runze ran to the balcony to call back.

Seeing this, Xu Wan'er went to the kitchen to cook mung bean soup and drink it.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Zhang Runze standing at the door of the kitchen, touching the green beard of his chin and pondering.

Xu Wan'er knew that the bad water in this thing's stomach was bubbling again.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Runze's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he smiled: "Wanda's old Wang family is really looking for death, and the above has long been dissatisfied with him, and he is bullying me if he doesn't hold his tail between his legs." ”

"We have no grievances in the past, and no enemies in the near future, what can their father and son have to do with bullying you?"

Speaking of this, Xu Wan'er suddenly remembered that Wanda's Xiao Wang is a big broken mouth, who loves to criticize others by name around his neck, and is known as the Discipline Inspection Commission of the entertainment industry.

"Ahh Wang Sicong scolded you on the scarf? Xu Wan'er tilted her head and thought for a while, and said, "It shouldn't be, the eight poles can't be beaten." The mouth of the goods is unobstructed, and sooner or later it will be banned. ”

"No," Zhang Runze said: "That Wang Sicong is not stupid, he will only spray powerless, I am in the official media for a day, he will not mess with me." ”

"What's going on?"

Zhang Runze: "I heard that Wanda's middle and high-level executives are pressing the film, but the group of younger brothers below are not happy, so they disobey the yin. My buddy said that there are several Wanda movie theaters in Kyoto alone, and the reported film schedule is inconsistent with the number of screenings sold to the public. ”

Xu Wan'er was stunned: "What are you doing, don't you make money?" Just angry?! ”

Zhang Runze: "The king of Hades is easy to see, but the little ghost is difficult. I guess it was the senior management of Wanda Movies who hooked up with Ahri, and the interests were too entangled, so they made such a play. The popularity can be suppressed, and the box office can be a little less, all paving the way for the release of "Three Lives". Anyway, the money is less, it is the old Wang and the little Wang who make less money, as long as he receives Ahri's money, so what? ”

Xu Wan'er: "You mean, you want to remind Lao Wang?" ”

"Who loves to make small reports? I'll just put them on the news," Zhang Runze smiled.

"I'll go out, you help me find the Jade Guanyin I bought in Southeast Asia the year before last, by the way, take two bottles of Moutai and a bottle of Lafite red wine."

Zhang Runze instructed and began to call the driver.

Xu Wan'er was silent and went to the storage room to get something.

She knew that her husband was going to go to an old friend's house with six sets of official media again.

……

Jinling.

Jiang Yang got up very early, touched his mobile phone and looked, 6:50.

Yesterday was the premiere day, and the event schedule was relatively full.

The workload of the next day was lightened, and there was an offline movie viewing event at one o'clock in the afternoon.

brushed the scarf for a while, and the popularity of "Fifty Shades of Grey" is still very little.

On Weilag, the top of the hot search is actually the theme song bought by Chu Moyan with a lot of money, with a trailer, and the number of hits has exceeded 30 million.

He flipped through the comments of the high praise.

"I thought that the scumbag brother was just a scumbag other person's feelings, but after watching the movie, I found that the scumbag brother really didn't let go of the soul and body!"

"Brothers, yesterday my girlfriend took me to see the ashes, did she hint that I want to learn domestic violence? Because she always sticks her face over and says are you a man? You kind of hit me."

Looking at the ash is the abbreviation of watching "Fifty Shades of Gray" on the Internet.

The comments of netizens are tricky and strange, and Jiang Yang can't help but laugh every time he reads a high-praise comment.

There is even a strange complaint: "Sisters, I met a blind date man who was absolutely unique, took me to see the ashes after dinner, and when it was over, I asked him if he would be domestic violence, and he looked at me seriously and said, as long as I like it, he can learn." I'm so angry that I stomp my feet!"

"Poofha!"

Jiang Yang went on multiple petals to check the score.

The movie has only been released for a short time, and the number of reviews is not large enough for the rating to be displayed.

I read a few short reviews, and the reviews were mixed.

The point of view of the committors is that the basic skills of the director such as camera movement, photography, and lighting are solid, and even faintly have the demeanor of everyone, and the actors' acting skills are good, which is also in line with the image of the character. The script and characters complement each other, creating an atmosphere that is detached from the world but relying on each other, and the story is told in a three-dimensional, full-depth and deep way.

The detractor's point of view is to find fault with the subject matter, the movie you make is not good for love, you play with that kind of dirty thing, you are cheap.

With nothing to do, Jiang Yang swept hundreds of comments, and estimated that the score would hover between 6.5 and 7 points.

The score of multi-petal is particularly particular, and it cares a lot about blood, that is, the theme, genre and nationality of the movie.

Even if your movie doesn't have any hair, or even starts shooting, the first three have already limited the upper and lower scores of the movie.

Romance films with sex and money basically don't want to get high scores.

Jiang Yang was already very satisfied with this score.

After looking at it for a while, I roughly understood that the reputation has not collapsed, and it is above the passing grade and the excellent stall is not full.

He saw the sunlight spilling through the cracks in the curtains on the bed, and thought about basking in the sun after eating, so he got up and washed up, and prepared to go downstairs to eat.

Passing by the coffee corner, Jiang Yang found Long Fan, Li Feiyang and Liu Xuan working around a table.

Among them, Long Fan and Li Feiyang were facing a notebook, discussing things one after another, and Liu Xuan was handling official business alone.

Liu Xuan was facing Jiang Yang, and he didn't speak after meeting, showing a sincere smile, which was regarded as a greeting.

Jiang Yang also waved his hand, stopped behind Long Fan, and listened to the two of them.

"It's really hard to write a rejection, and I feel like I'm being hypocritical when I type these words. Ah, I think your company is very good, very good, but it doesn't match my image. I'm sorry, you want me to represent you, in the next life! Bye-bye! ”

Jiang Yang understood, not long ago, many companies sent cooperation intentions and asked for endorsements, and the two of them were writing a polite letter of rejection to the company that Zhao Shengnan vetoed.

Li Feiyang laughed: "Who would have thought that Yang Zai, who no one cared about not long ago, suddenly became a fragrant dumpling." ”

"Ah, I took it. What kind of strange companies are these? Long Fan complained.

"What?" Jiang Yang couldn't help but ask.

Li Feiyang was taken aback: "Yangzai, you got up so early?" ”

"Well, I can't sleep. Are you writing rejection letters? ”

"That's right," Long Fan pushed the notebook to Jiang Yang and asked, "You see that these two companies want you to endorse, Okamoto and Durex, who will you choose?" ”

"I choose-" Jiang Yang said halfway, feeling that things were not simple, and looked back: "Why should I choose?" Sister Zhao definitely can't look down on any of them. ”

"If I had to choose, I would choose Okamoto," Li Feiyang said, "There is no thinnest, only thinner." Listen to it, what a tempting advertising slogan. ”

Long Fan pouted and muttered, "I heard that Okamoto is a little small!" ”

"Hahaha," Jiang Yang laughed, and even the corners of the serious Liu Xuan's mouth rose.

Li Feiyang sneered: "Are you embarrassed to say me?" Your boobs aren't as big as mine! ”

As a former graphic model, fashionista, flat chest is the standard, and a sentence is right in the bull's-eye.

"You ——," Long Fan cried: "Yang Zai, she bullied me." ”

Jiang Yang sat next to Liu Xuan: "You guys have a fight, don't pull me." ”

Long Fan quarreled with Li Feiyang again.

"I'm so hungry, you don't have anything to eat?" Jiang Yang asked.

"No," Long Fan said, "high-end hotels are different, there are free snacks and fruits in the room." I'm full of snacks. ”

Jiang Yang: "I like to eat hot food in the morning. Then I'll order some food, freshly baked bread and cakes, and some coffee to drink, or I'll die. What do you eat? I pay! ”

There was no arrangement in the morning, Jiang Yang had breakfast, went to the gym to do anaerobic exercise, and then swam until twelve o'clock.

I had just taken a shower and changed my clothes from my room when there was a knock on the door.

"SAINT ANGELO, what's the good news?" Seeing Chu Moyan, Jiang Yang asked with a smile.

"Of course it's over 100 million," Chu Moyan smiled happily: "It's like a dream." ”

Jiang Yang: "Today is Friday. Friday is generally the highest box office day of the week, followed by Saturday. I estimate that by the early hours of tomorrow morning, the box office in three days should be 300 million? ”

"Okay, now, this girl will reveal to you that the cost of "Fifty Shades of Grey" is 260 million, and according to the current box office trend, it will not only recover the cost, but also make a lot of money," Chu Moyan and Liang Ruoshi shouted and fought wildly in the room, celebrating.

But she felt that it was not enough, so she found Jiang Yang to share the good news.

Jiang Yang hesitated: "However, "Three Lives and Three Worlds" will be released next week. I'm afraid that the film schedule and box office of "Fifty Shades of Grey" will take a big plunge. ”

Chu Moyan nodded and said, "Having said that, even if we are only given a week, the box office of the country, the island country and Goryeo has already recovered its costs, and it has already been earned." ”

"Have you sent out the celebration poster?" Jiang Yang asked.

There is a ceremony in the industry that every time the box office of a movie passes a whole hundred, a celebration poster will be released, saying that it will bring good luck and move towards the next 100 million.

"It's early, but the artist only prepared seven," Chu Moyan calculated with his mother's team at the time, and boldly predicted that there would be a box office of 700 million, so he prepared seven posters.

"I think I might need to find an artist to add a few more," Jiang Yang said with a smile.

"So confident?" Chu Moyan pursed his lips and smiled.

Jiang Yang smiled and said, "A man's intuition! ”

"Heh," Chu Moyan's eyes rolled, leaned against the door frame, and said with a smile: "Why don't we bet?" ”

"Bet on what?" Jiang Yang asked.

"You say the expected box office space," Chu Moyan asked without answering.

Jiang Yang: "800 million to 1 billion? ”

"Okay, then I'll bet that it's not between 800 million and 1 billion," Chu Moyan smiled slyly.

"Y-okay, tell me, what do you want to bet on?"

"If I win, you will continue to participate in "Fifty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Degrees Flying"!"