Two of the eight major Hollywood film and television companies in the traditional sense are specialized in making movies, one is MGM, and the other is Lianmei Film.

In addition to the Lei Dianhua of the Golden Age, there are a total of three companies...

The producer of the greatest movie in history, "Citizen Kane", was Lei Dianhua, and then Lei Dianhua went bankrupt...

United Pictures was created and created by four famous directors and actors Chaplin, Van Punk, Bickford, and Griffith. Most of Chaplin's films, "Gold Turbulence", "Modern Times", "The Great Dictator", "Stage Career", and of course, there are also the 007 series of movies.

Bought by MGM in 1981...

It’s very embarrassing that MGM belongs to the most important part of the Hollywood Eight majors, and is an independent film production company.

What is an independent film production company?

Broadly speaking, movies made by eight major film companies are considered independent movies.

In the 1950s, eight major film companies monopolized the mainstream American film industry, and the operation of a film follows a rigorous "producer system".

The goal of this "producer system" is completely aimed at the market and expects to obtain the maximum profit. Therefore, although this system brings a lot of money to the film industry, it also limits the space for film creators to play.

As a result, a group of filmmakers broke free from the control of the "eight major film companies", raised funds themselves, and even wrote scripts themselves, and acted as directors themselves. They made many highly ideological films that were completely different from commercial films, which were called "independent films".

However, if subdivided, the so-called independent film is a company that can only count on box office profits!

In 1996, North America enacted a new communications law to encourage the integration of the communications market, and then today's large communications groups emerged, such as Time Warner, Comcast, News Corp., Disney...

Not only do they all have theaters, TV stations, cable networks, movies, TV series, reality show production departments, but they have also completed the layout in various major entertainment fields such as publishing, paradise, drama performance venues, and even theme parks...

This is the entire entertainment industry chain!

MGM suffers as much as it suffers.

Without any cable channels, television networks or broadband pipelines, independent production companies like MGM are naturally subject to control everywhere.

The "locomotive effect" cannot be carried out at all.

Although MGM later tried to cooperate with television agencies, such as establishing a joint venture with CNBC Asia Pacific, opening movie satellite channels, etc., it entered the market too late and occupied a small market share. It was not too late to carry out the company, and the company was on the verge of bankruptcy…

What’s even more embarrassing is that companies with old IPs like MGM are reluctant to sell themselves!

Zhang Junsheng doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of MGM, so he must have a TV station.

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Back at the hotel, Zhang Junsheng met Xu Xiake, and he brought "Die Renjie: The Empire of Heaven" to Venice...

I don’t understand why "Die Renjie" was shortlisted for the main competition unit.

This horse-drawn horse is completely incompatible with the main theme of Venice. "Die Renjie" is a completely commercial film...

Zhang Junsheng asked directly: "How is it sold?"

Xu Xiake smiled: "...It's okay, there are many martial arts fans in South America, Brazil and Argentina all bid after watching the trailer!"

"…It is difficult to release martial arts movies globally at the same time. I can only ask them to arrange the screenings as much as possible in Europe, and I dare not estimate it..."

Martial arts culture belongs to oriental literature, and Westerners do not accept this thing at all.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has only achieved a box office record of nearly $60 million in Europe.

Compared with the 121 million US dollars in North America, the difference is a bit too much...

In most cases, North America is selling well, and European box office should be even - except for special themes, such as "American Sniper" and so on...

"I know this. I will serve the domestic audience first!"

"…I'm very happy that you can think so. By the way, how many movies are you going to shoot in the Di Renjie series?"

"The plan is twenty-three, but... there are a few that are too large, and I'm a little worried that I can't pass the review..."

“…”

A little speechless, twenty-three...

"Don't worry, let's pick up the photos that did not violate the review first. After the review is delegated in a few years, the local area will pass the review and the superiors will not care!"

In the past few months, Zhang Junsheng has been staying in North America and has made up for a lot of knowledge about Hollywood.

In the United States, there were also censorship rules formulated by the church. Later, the MPAA rating system was implemented to break the so-called moral censorship, and Hollywood movies truly embarked on the fast track to dominate the world film market.

The MPAA's voice is in the hands of the six major Hollywood companies, not external forces. Such a hierarchical system is very different from the moral censorship of Hollywood movies established by the Catholic Church in the last century.

It was also under such a censorship that independent films developed quickly, of course, at the same time, the San Fernando Valley also developed...

Therefore, if mainland films really take off, they have to wait until the censorship system is completely decentralized!

"But this year's National Day is not easy to fight. Donnie Yen's "Jingwu Fengyun" is very popular!"

"…Don't worry, since you want to make a series, the first few movies must pursue reputation. I don't have much requirement for box office, as long as the production cost can be recovered."

"That…"

Xu Xiake is still a little worried...

The production cost of "Die Renjie: The Empire of Heaven" exceeds 120 million. According to the principle of one-third, the domestic box office must reach at least 360 million...

"Didn't we have sold US$4.5 million overseas? This means we have recovered 30 million in investment..."

"Then... can I shoot the last two films?"

"Okay, I'll start when I go back... By the way, replace the male lead with Hu Ge and Yuan Hong, and keep the actor's pay below 20 million!"

What else Xu Xiake wants to say, Zhang Junsheng has waved his hand: "This matter is unanswered!"

According to Xu Xiake's plan, the "Di Renjie series" is completely a special effect blockbuster, and the selling point is story plus special effects. Then the first part was made famous by King Liu, why should he continue to use him?

Liu Tianwang’s pay is too expensive…

"No, I mean since we are going to launch new actors, why not look for Lin Gengxin and Huang Xuan?"

“…Lin Gengxin?”

"The new guy I just signed is pretty good..."

"You can do it. Anyway, my request for a pay cannot exceed one-quarter of the production cost, this is the bottom line!"

When I got up and was about to leave, I suddenly thought of something: "By the way, arrange a role for Tang Tianbao. Her image is very suitable for ancient costume vases!"

By the way, after Zhang Junsheng handed over Tang Tianbao to Wang Shumei, he never cared about her, which was a bit inconsistent with his personality...

Being fraternity, being honest, being righteous and having a keen eye...
Chapter completed!