Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

"Comrade Han, do you have any special connection with this Mr. Sherman?" After the tour group returned to the consulate, Han Shanping was immediately called by the consul. "I don't mean anything else, it's just that if you have a special friendship, it's very important to us."

"Comrade Consul, this is the first time I've seen this Mr. Sherman. I didn't know him at all before." Han Shanping said.

"That's strange." The consul was a little puzzled, but soon he said, "Since you are invited to dinner by American friends, you should go there once, so as not to chill our American friends. But Comrade Han , if it is convenient, we hope you can tell him about the cooperation with CCTV. This is also a task given to us by the central government. In order to expand the influence of CCTV and improve the image of our country, CCTV intends to Los Angeles opens an American branch. This American branch plans to launch two channels in Chinese and English, and some programs will be produced in the United States.”

"I understand what you mean." Han Shanping was actually a little bored in his heart. Could it be that the matter of CCTV is a matter, and the matter of our movie circle is not a matter?This time, Han Shanping's old leader entrusted a lot of connections to the cultural tour group in Los Angeles.With the blockbuster project launched last year, the Chinese have seen the level of American movies.

Although "Toy Story" is just a movie for children in many eyes, professional filmmakers like Han Shanping can see the rapid development of American film technology from it.When the Chinese could only use puppets to make cartoons, they could already make the puppets move by themselves.It is said that this is produced by the computer technology of Galaxy Animation Studio. Not only the movements of the toys are vivid, but even the expressions on the faces of the toys are vivid and real.

From "Game of the Brave", the filmmakers discovered that toys can not only appear in the imaginary world, but also in the real world. Photographers can imitate the smooth and dynamic shots in "James of the Brave"; screenwriters can imagine those magnificent and bizarre scenes... But China has no technology to present them, especially when they overlap with real people .If it is just a static background, the current blue screen technology of Chinese movies may still be able to do it.But the problem is that in "Game of the Brave", the camera is moving, constantly turning 360 degrees... At this time, as long as there is one place that is not done well, then there will be problems, but "Game of the Brave" is almost A world full of imagination is perfectly presented.

Therefore, these two films have had a great impact on Chinese filmmakers. Maybe they can criticize these films for lack of connotation or low artistic value, but no one will deny the popularity of these films.Especially for high-level people like Han Shanping, they already know that the marketization of Chinese films is inevitable.Especially if China is going to join the WTO, it will inevitably open up the Chinese film market.Can the current Chinese movies stop the invasion of American movies?Han Shanping does not want all American movies to be screened in Chinese movie theaters in the future.That's why Han Shanping asked his old boss to come to the United States to see American film companies.While visiting the Dongfeng Building, although most of the time was wasted on the TV, Han Shanping still knew everything he needed to know.

Yinhe Film Company not only has a dedicated animation studio, but also a professional special effects company, and even a laboratory for researching future film technology... When Han Shanping saw the creative studio with dozens of people under Yinhe Film, The whole person's back was covered with cold sweat.This studio can output various scripts every day for the management to decide whether to shoot. Once they decide to shoot, they can use about a month to complete the entire script.

Han Shanping didn't know the saying "one person counts the short", seeing so many creative and talented people in the creative studio put forward various film ideas, Han Shanping suddenly felt "incompetent and weak".So when Jed was about to ask him out for dinner, Han Shanping decided that he had to talk to him, maybe he could help Chinese movies.

Although Han Shanping didn't think it was necessary for an American capitalist to help Chinese films, he felt that Jade might.But fortunately, now that I have the permission of the consulate, I don't have so much trouble to meet.It didn't take long for the Cultural Counselor to send the address of the restaurant where Jade met on a date, which was a Chinese restaurant on Sunset Boulevard.

When Han Shanping arrived at the restaurant, Jade had already arrived, and the bodyguard waiting outside the door told Han Shanping the address of the box.Han Shanping also specially brought some gifts with Chinese characteristics. After all, gift-giving culture is also one of Chinese characteristics.The presents from Han Shanping were Chinese knots and panda dolls, some low-value but significant gifts, and Jed accepted the gifts very happily.

"Mr. Sherman, I want to know, what is your purpose for asking me to meet?" Han Shanping asked straight to the point.

"What does Mr. Han think of Chinese movies? I'm talking about mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan." Jade asked with a smile.

Han Shanping thought for a while, and said: "Taiwanese films have a strong literary and artistic atmosphere, but they have a small structure; Hong Kong films are the closest to Hollywood, and they are very commercialized, but there is also a problem with a small structure; what about mainland films? Maybe Our achievements in art are still great. For example, "Red Sorghum", "Raise the Red Lantern" and so on."

Han Shanping still admired Zhang Yimou, but Jed smiled, "Mr. Han, if the movie can't even be released, can such a movie be considered a success? The first thing a movie must do is It can be released, secondly it can make money for the production company, and lastly it can win awards. Now the movies in mainland China are turning the cart before the horse.”

"But film is an art, and we can't just look at whether it can make money." At this time, filmmakers are a bit idealistic.

"Mr. Han, if the movie can't make money, then who will make it? Do you rely on government funding for the rest of your life?" Jed asked back, "What if the government refuses to allocate funds one day? Or even if the government is allocating funds, will the film be released? So what if people watch it? And your neighboring country—the South Korean government allocates funds to movies, but requires that the movies must be able to make money. Because I have invested in South Korea, and I also have a TV station, so I know that South Korea’s entertainment industry is actually lagging behind you Decades. But I dare say, give Korean films another five years, and their works can sweep the whole of Asia.”

Jade's words are not alarmist. Five years later, "My Sassy Girl" will of course sweep the whole of Asia, making Jun Ji-hyun and Cha Tae-hyun idol-level actors in Asia.And eight years later, "Flying the Tai Chi Flag" completely made Chinese movies feel ashamed. The little brother who was once deeply influenced by Chinese entertainment culture knocked his brothers to the ground in one fell swoop.

Jade respects the efforts of Korean filmmakers, but he does not want to see Chinese filmmakers finally become a stepping stone to their success.

"Mr. Han, so you need to think about it first. What is the purpose of your filming? I know you are the manager of a studio. In Hollywood terms, you are the owner of a studio. Standing in the studio As a filmmaker, why do you make movies?"

Han Shanping opened his mouth, and finally didn't know what to say, so he had to remain silent.

"You can talk about educating the people and promoting culture, but that's not fundamental." Jed continued, "The production company makes a movie, which is a kind of commercial behavior. We must first earn enough money to survive, and then we can say yes. Whether it is an art film or a commercial film. As the old Chinese saying goes, 'The warehouse knows the etiquette when it is real'."

Han Shanping still didn't speak, but was thinking about Jade's words.In the end he couldn't help sighing, "Although I don't want to admit it, Mr. Sherman's words are indeed correct. Listening to your words is better than studying for three years."

Jed just smiled and didn't speak. After he was full of wine and food, he said, "I know what CCTV wants me to do. I can give it a Chinese international channel on the wireless channel, but not the English international channel. Because I promised other TV networks at the time that I would not produce English TV stations to compete with them. Also, this company is talking about business. If CCTV wants to cooperate with me, don’t stop me from cooperating with other TV stations. It also includes Taiwanese TV companies."

"I understand this, and I will convey it truthfully." Han Shanping shook hands with Jed before leaving.

Watching Han Shanping leave, Jed sighed softly, because the conversation did not go in the direction he expected.What Jade expects is that Han Shanping will ask how to solve the current problem, and Jade will tell him that it is better to take advantage of the opportunity of Hong Kong's return and use Hong Kong's technology to form an alliance with the mainland market.Give Hong Kong films the treatment of domestic films and at the same time relax the threshold for Hong Kong films to go north to seek co-productions, and make Hong Kong a real oriental Hollywood.

It's a pity that Han Shanping has his own ideas, and Jed can't influence them.But fortunately, this conversation left a good impression on Han Shanping, maybe there will be more cooperation when he gets rich in the future.

On the way home, there are already posters of "Into the Deadly Island" on the streets of Hollywood. The poster composed of Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery is expressed in red and black tones, implying that this movie will be a very Bloody action movie.Unlike "Mission: Impossible", which has some "creamy" spy films, "Brave to Kill the Island" highlights from the promotional film that it is a movie that sells bullets and fists.

Bowei International also stated that on the day of the premiere, there will be 2392 theaters across the United States.This film did not meet the expectations of film critics, but the audience's expectations were very high.Because just looking at the list of movie actors has two selling points, the first is the so-called most charming 007-Sean Connelly will actually appear in this movie; Transformed into an action star.

More importantly, whether it is the movie poster or promotional film, there are almost no female characters in the whole movie. Is this a movie that relies entirely on men to play the role?Jed also knew that this movie could not dig out any thought-provoking content, so he simply used various gimmicks to recommend this movie.

On June 1996, 6, the second blockbuster movie of Galaxy Movies in the summer vacation, directed by Michael Bay, "Brave to the Deadly Island" was released in major theaters in the United States, adding fire to the ever-increasing summer boom... …