Heads Up Hollywood

At the beginning of 2002, Tang En gave a famous speech at USC, which was called "the speech of the century of film reform" by the Hollywood industry.

In this speech, Tang En introduced his own commercial film concept to the world - put the eggs in a cage and implement the hit strategy!

Later, Tang En's theoretical book "Boom Strategy" was officially released, which explained in more detail his explanation of the Boom Effect, which is the Matthew Effect. The strong get stronger, the weak get weaker, and the winner takes all!

In the past two years, there have been many criticisms from the theoretical circles, the most famous of which is the "long tail effect" which is completely opposite to the "explosion effect".

However, the market is the only criterion for testing the theory.

The number of commercial blockbusters in Hollywood has increased dramatically this year!

The summer file is crowded, and the Christmas file is also full of movies.

Under such circumstances, many blockbuster films have to adjust their schedules one after another to avoid excessive conflicts.

For example, in October.

In the past few years, this has definitely been a low season for movies, but this year, it is different.

Three films, "Mystic River", "The Legend of the Bear" and "Ant-Man" appeared, which attracted the attention of movie fans.

It is conceivable that with the gradual deepening and promotion of the blockbuster theory, there will only be more and more Hollywood commercial blockbusters, and they will be distributed in every month of the year.

There is no doubt that movie fans are the biggest beneficiaries.

In the past, commercial blockbusters that could only be seen during the summer holidays may be seen in January, February, and March because of Twain.

"Mystic River," directed by Clint Eastwood, will be released on October 15.

There is no possibility of losing money for an old cowboy movie.

With his fame, even if he completely abandons the box office market, he can still earn back his investment through the two major channels of DVD and TV.

"Mystic River" is undoubtedly a rare masterpiece with an excellent reputation. The performances of the leading actor Sean Penn and the supporting actor Tim Robbins are classics.

With the success of this film, Eastwood is about to boldly plan for the next film-"Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima".

The two films will start filming one after the other, first the American part and then the Japanese part.

The shooting locations are mainly in Iceland, Greenland, Canada and other places. Iwo Jima in Japan...is a restricted area under military control. Eastwood will only bring the shooting team to shoot a panoramic shot of Iwo Jima here and edit it in later.

Tang En hadn't been to Japan for a long time, and his heart was itchy.

Zhou Fangyuxiong, the president of Burning Office, has repeatedly invited him warmly, looking forward to Tang En's honor and presence. He also said that he had found more than a dozen good star seedlings and asked Tang En to help him appreciate them.

The kindness was hard to turn down, and Tang En really had no choice but to give him some face.

Those who can do more work!

Last time, Tang En helped him appreciate it once.

It's a pity that Zhou Fang Yuxiong didn't understand Tang En's habits last time. Although he found a group of the most outstanding young female artists in Japan at the moment, in the end... only Yu Aoi caught Tang En's eyes, thinking that she had a chance to become a popular actress. Big stars all over Japan.

This time is different, Zhou Fang Yuxiong said, the average age of the seedlings this time is three years younger than last time, and they all meet the standard.

"Ahem, old cowboy, when we arrive in Tokyo, I will arrange someone to take you to Iwo Jima for filming. I won't go there myself. There's no way, I'm too busy with work."

In Tang En's private jet, he spoke to Eastwood solemnly.

Seeing the camera team of more than 20 people on the plane, he was not in a good mood, feeling as if his private jet had been ruined.

He has already thought about buying a large plane from Boeing in the name of New Global Group for business development.

Eastwood suddenly said, "Tang En, do you intend to enter politics?"

"ah?"

Tang En was taken aback.

Eastwood said excitedly: "Your resources are very good. Your reputation is big enough and your influence is strong enough. This is the biggest advantage of politics. Arnold is running for governor, and I am also a member of the campaign team. If If you want, I can help you make peace, and after the election is successful, start with the California Congressman."

Tang En didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Old man, how old are you? If you don't want to retire, it's fine if you insist on making movies. After all, movies are your life. But politics...isn't it necessary?"

Eastwood said solemnly: "It is precisely because I love movies that I want to enter politics. Don't you think the current California government is too harsh on Hollywood? Hollywood is the window of the United States and the exchange center of world culture. Government departments have Further unburdening is necessary."

Tang En said softly: "President Bush's policy is already very good. The development of Hollywood in the past few years is much better than that of President Clinton."

Because of the election system in the United States, the two major parties are in power alternately, and they often make changes day and night, which makes people panic.

Like Hollywood's Paramount Act.

After this bill was proposed that year, it was greatly questioned and was shelved for a while. The Federation once again allowed the combination of film companies and movie theaters.

However, the bill has not been officially lifted, who dares to mess with it?

During the Clinton administration, it drove the prosperity of the American economy, and vigorously promoted corporate mergers and acquisitions and integration policies.

It was at this stage that Viacom acquired a large theater chain.

As a result, when the Bush administration came to power, it began to strictly control the merger and acquisition policy because of the numerous corporate merger and acquisition scandals and the big joke about the merger of AOL and Time Warner.

The Paramount Act was brought up again.

Viacom's theaters will also be forced to split their operations with Paramount.

The "Paramount Act" will always be a hurdle that Hollywood can't pass.

Fortunately, with the development of the times, Hollywood has gradually transformed from "channel is king" to "content is king", and the role of movie theaters in the film industry has become smaller and smaller.

The current Hollywood film giants are no longer interested in theaters. With such heavy assets, you can't make much money a year. Who would be so stupid to enter the theater? Even Lei Shidong found out that the wind direction was wrong, so he voluntarily withdrew.

I guess... only the richest people in Asia would dare to take over the cinema.

Eastwood said: "But the California government has been controlled by the Democratic Party for a long time. This time, Arnold Schwarzenegger finally has the opportunity to come to power, and it is necessary to implement better Hollywood policies."

Tang En broke out in sweat.

Schwarzenegger ran for governor just to treat Hollywood preferentially?

But after thinking about it, I understand.

People-friendly officials in the United States are all elected by vote, which requires an extremely large supply of funds and network operations.

Schwarzenegger's ex-wife is from the Kennedy family, but he messes around every day, and his private life is a mess, which has already driven the Kennedy family crazy. Their marriage has long since broken down.

Will the Kennedy family support Schwarzenegger so much?

The biggest driving force behind it is probably Hollywood's political resources!

It was Hollywood that propelled him to the governorship of California!

Tang En didn't know about such a big event?

His eyes widened in astonishment.

There was a feeling of being cast aside and excluded by Hollywood collectively, and cold sweat flowed down.

Eastwood saw Tang En's panic, and said with a smile: "The preparations for the election began two years ago. At that time...you were still a little guy. But I didn't expect that in just two years, you It has entered the inner circle of Hollywood."

Tang En heaved a sigh of relief, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, but during your campaign, I couldn't help you much."

Eastwood lowered his voice and said: "The campaign is still a month away, and our funding chain has broken, and we are short of 15 million US dollars."

Tang En understood as soon as he heard it, and a smile appeared on his face, "No problem! Hollywood really needs a spokesperson, and there is no reason for New Universal Group not to support it!"

This is not a question of money or not, it is a question of participating in the game.

Eastwood gave a thumbs up, and praised: "Everyone in the industry says that you are very proud and the most generous! I saw you today, and it's true!"

He never mentioned politics again.

This is ridiculous.

Tang En thought inwardly that he was lucky.

It seems that when we go back, we need to communicate with the top management of the group and strengthen exchanges with government officials.

Collusion between government and businessmen is the eternal truth.

It is conceivable that with Arnold Schwarzenegger coming to power, many policies will be loosened, and Hollywood... will usher in a wonderful spring!

...

Zhou Fang Yuxiong was still the same, nodding, bowing, and bowing, in front of Tang En, he should be more respectful, more respectful.

Tang En's face was rigid, and he asked in a tone, "I read the news on Yahoo, saying that you forced the Japanese actress Takaoka Saki to sleep with Boss Hei?"

"sorry Sorry!"

Zhou Fang Yuxiong bowed and apologized again and again, but there were ten thousand doubts in his heart.

This Dunn Walker, did he take the wrong medicine?

Are you related to Takaoka Saki? She is not Yu Aoi!

Your good daughter, Yu Aoi, is enshrined like an ancestor.

Tang En shook his head, got into the special car prepared by Zhou Fangyuxiong, and said, "I don't want you to apologize, I want you to be mentally prepared. How can you let the outside media catch wind and shadows about the entertainment industry?"

Zhou Fang Yuxiong said cautiously: "I have already asked someone to deal with this matter. Takaoka Saki's husband has already settled the matter. He agreed to postpone the divorce until next year. This misunderstanding...presumably will be resolved soon. clarify."

Tang En was still dissatisfied, and shook his head again and again: "This kind of matter, no matter how well the follow-up affairs are handled, it is difficult to stop Youyou's mouth. The best way is to make the entertainment circle into a monolithic one, so that it is airtight! Look Let’s see how Hollywood handles it? There can be gossip news, this kind of extremely bad behavior, unless it is promoted by a big person, it is impossible to appear in the media.”

Zhou Fang Yuxiong kept nodding, "Yes, yes, our work still has a lot of shortcomings."

Tang En waved his hand, "The matter of Takaoka Saki has nothing to do with me, and I don't know her at all. However, my matter must not appear in the Japanese media."

"Don't worry about that! Yu Aoi will be under our special protection, and there is no way any news will leak out!" Zhou Fang Yuxiong said confidently.

It's the same in the entertainment industry, and there are endless incidents of sleeping with each other.

The father-daughter relationship like Twain and Yu Aoi is just the tip of the iceberg; movie stars like Takaoka Saki are next in line; the bouncing teenage idol groups are the hardest hit...