Hollywood Lover

   "Go to the moon and make a movie? HOHO, if I really want to, I think I can do it?" Zhang Dongcheng turned his face, but said to Adaman very seriously.

"Your dream is not crazy, it's really crazy! Go to the moon? Can you rent a space shuttle? Can you get movie stars who are comparable to astronauts? I'm not a professional, but I know it's not Eighty million dollars can do it." Adaman looked at Zhang Dongcheng's serious and serious face, subconsciously licked his thick lips, his eyes widened, and his tone became excited and puzzled.

"Haha, it makes you anxious, I don't really want to go to the moon to make a movie." Zhang Dongcheng laughed, gave Adaman a light punch, and then said with emphasis: "I'm shooting my third movie right now." Movies, but all three movies have one thing in common, and this commonality makes me sleepless, toss and turn, and I always think, why is this happening, is there no solution at all?"

"What do you have in common? Your three films are completely different types? The commonalities you mentioned must not all attract the attention of the public and hit the box office, right?" Adaman was completely dizzy. He sometimes watched I don't know Zhang Dongcheng's thoughts, although the two have been together day and night for five or six years.

Standing up, Zhang Dongcheng walked to the refrigerator in the hotel, opened it, took out two cans of beer, threw one to Adaman, opened one by himself, poured more than half of it in with his head raised, and then wiped his mouth wine stains, eyes sharp and seem to be able to see through all reality.

"The one thing I have in common is that when I was preparing, it was extremely difficult. I racked my brains to figure out a solution in terms of filming funds. I want to impress investors, impress theater operators, and put all my heart and soul into other than the film itself. I only have £500 for "The Tuner", "Two Smoking Barrels" was made things difficult by the theater dealers, and "The Mummy" even paid for it out of pocket, spending millions of dollars to get it done. Why, why? Like this? I don't want to do this again!" Zhang Dongcheng put the beer can on the table heavily, the loud noise startled Adaman, everyone could see that Zhang Dongcheng was angry.

"There is no way. We are only independent directors and we don't have our own film company. Naturally, we have to persuade others to invest in us. After all, it's because we are not famous enough and have too little money in our pockets!" Adaman finally understood It turned out that Zhang Dongcheng was angry because he couldn't put all his energy into the film, and he had to spend time and effort trying to impress others and try his best to please others, and he was a little unhappy.

   I'm very upset, but what can I do? Adaman opened the beer and took a sip, and continued to persuade: "Smith, you said that things should be done step by step, and there is no rush. I agree. Now that we are on the right track, after the success of "The Mummy", you will get a lot of money." Money. At that time, we will register a film company of our own, and we will invest and distribute everything by ourselves, and maybe soon we will be on par with the eight major film companies, and even trample them under our feet!"

   "Maybe soon?" Zhang Dongcheng smiled slightly, adjusted his black-rimmed glasses, and asked, "You think this is very fast, how long will it take?"

"Well...if you make a lot of money in every movie, I think maybe in ten or twenty years at most, we will be able to write our names in Hollywood!" Adaman scratched his head, thinking hard After waiting for a long time, I choked out a few words that I thought were bold.

Over ten years? twenty years? Just kidding! Which of the eight major Hollywood film companies has a history of decades, and there are countless Fortune 500 companies standing behind them. Except for MGM Films, who is not a super enterprise as the backstage, their connections and funds, can they be the only filming company? Can a director who has made three films hold a candle to him?

  Even though Zhang Dongcheng already has a net worth of more than 20 million U.S. dollars, even with the 80 million U.S. dollars of the 20% of the total box office share of "The Mummy" that has not yet been filmed, it is only 100 million U.S. dollars.

   This money may kill countless ordinary people, but compared to the behemoths of Hollywood in the United States, it is not worth mentioning at all.

   To put it in layman's terms, the hair on his legs is thicker than Zhang Dongcheng's waist!

   But Zhang Dongcheng’s words made Adaman’s bold words pale in comparison. His madness is unbelievable!

"Ten years? Twenty years? It's too long! Maybe, we only need seven or eight years, or five or six years, to become the top eight Hollywood film companies, step them down, and let them catch up with the rockets. No!" Zhang Dongcheng laughed, and then threw himself into the comfortable sofa, but his bold words made Adaman almost jump up in shock.

"Wait, buddy! Are you out of your mind? Now I think it's more plausible for you to go to the moon and make a movie." Adaman's eyeballs almost didn't fall out, and he could only look at the worst He wanted to go, and then ran up quickly, touching Zhang Dongcheng's forehead with concern.

   "Didn't you have a fever? Strange!" Adaman pursed his lips, pressing his fiery palm against Zhang Dongcheng's forehead.

   "I'm not crazy, Adaman. You should listen to my thoughts before making a decision." Zhang Dongcheng knocked off Adaman's hand, sat up straight and said.

   "Aren't you crazy yet? Smith, I think you're really mistaken. Don't you know the background of the eight major Hollywood film companies? Except that MGM is an independent production company, others..."

Zhang Dongcheng didn't wait for Adaman to finish, and interrupted him: "I know. In 1993, Viacom, the entertainment giant, bought Paramount Pictures for US$10 billion, and Viacom was A well-known media group with more than 120,000 employees covering more than 160 countries and regions around the world. Behind Columbia Pictures stands super giants such as Coca-Cola in the United States and Sony in Japan. Universal Pictures is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, Comcast The company has 24.6 million cable TV users, 14.4 million broadband network users and 5.6 million IP phone users in the United States. It is the largest cable TV company in the United States. Its acquisitions are worth tens of billions of dollars. I will not talk about other film companies Yes, they are all the pets of the big tycoons, the rich, and the big groups."

   "Then, do you still think so?" Adaman really didn't understand, and looked depressedly at the determined Zhang Dongcheng.

"In this world, if you want to realize your dreams and not be entangled by those guys who only have money in their eyes, you must be smarter than them! I understood this when I was making the first movie. Now, I am even more Understand this. Although these film companies have a strong background and a strong group, but only in the field of film, their annual investment in shooting funds will not exceed 200 million US dollars at most. The most are fixed assets, studios, technology and so on. .” Zhang Dongcheng took a deep breath, as if this could calm down the burning dream.

   "200 million..." Adaman wanted to say that 200 million dollars was an astronomical figure, but he felt that Zhang Dongcheng was getting to the point, so he quickly shut his mouth and listened to him continue.

200 million US dollars is Zhang Dongcheng's guess, but such a guess is well-founded. In the future information, there is such a paragraph: The Titanic made for 200 million US dollars almost caused 20th Century Fox and Paramount Jingye to burn out , almost did not lose the last pair of pants, and these two are already the top film companies among the eight major film companies, so today in 1996, Zhang Dongcheng is convinced that 200 million US dollars can shake up the entire Hollywood structure, At least, on the film side.

  After filming "The Mummy", Zhang Dongcheng's personal strength will expand to about 100 million US dollars, leveraging the funding needs of the entire Hollywood, which is only 100 million US dollars away!

"As for film investment, people think that it is the business of the film company, and it is also the business of the big capitalists behind the group, but it is said in the theory of capital that when capital comes to the world, from head to toe, every pore is dripping with blood and dirt. If there is a 50% profit, it will take risks; if there is a 100% profit, it will dare to trample on all laws in the world; if there is a 300% profit, it will dare to commit any crime. Even at the risk of being hanged. It illustrates the horror of capital, but on the other hand, it illustrates the nature of human nature in pursuit of profit."

   "What are you talking about? I really don't understand." Adaman shrugged helplessly, and spread his hands to express that he didn't understand at all.

"Pay attention to this point. If there is a 50% profit, everyone will take risks! And movies can bring people more than 50% profit?" Zhang Dongcheng smiled slightly, touched his glasses, it turned out The thoughts that have always been in my mind became more and more clear in the chat with Adaman.