Since 1983

Teacher Xu traveled across the ocean, but actually brought many people with him.

There is a team for finance and law, and a team for security. They come from their own security company in the name of study and inspection.

This group of people are scattered in various residences, and they were also provided by the friend who "has a good year with heavy snow, pearls like earth and gold like iron". Xiao Mo is only close to the water, and has long been under the control of Teacher Xu, so he can serve him with him.

At the end of December, "American Pie" was launched.

This film is a typical American youth culture, with campus group portraits and many characters. A couple of high school buddies, all virgins, vow to become adults before prom is approaching.

The protagonist is ordinary, ignorant of sexual desire, and finally after trying it once, he found that this was the case, and suddenly became enlightened.

A sportsman and theoretical lover, he joined the choir to pursue girls and successfully found a girlfriend.

One has a girlfriend, and the girlfriend always wants to have a perfect sex, but nothing is perfect in the world. The two ate the forbidden fruit on the day of the dance, and then went their separate ways.

One is a weirdo, super clean freak, never shit in the school toilet, always go home to do it. I like mature women and fuck my classmate's mother.

Although it is a sexual comedy, pay attention to the prefix "youth". Anything with these two characters is about growth. A group of teenagers have completed their coming-of-age ceremony and are about to head to their respective universities to start a new life.

Teacher Xu went to look at it from time to time, and kept a low profile when he went. Those who didn't know thought it was a staff member.

At this moment, in the villa in the interior scene.

The crew was filming a party scene, and the Weitz brothers were not very skilled yet, so they were a little nervous. Fortunately, Jerry is experienced and maintains normal operation.

Xu Fei stood on the periphery, following the two actresses he had chosen.

Brittany Murphy, born in 1977, is not too famous or very popular. Played Eminem's girlfriend in "8 Mile" and a waitress in "Sin City".

In 2009, he died suddenly at home due to inappropriate medication.

Jessica Alba needs no introduction, the hardest hit area of ​​American entertainment. In other words, there are only a few people who come and go for the heroine and harem of an entertainment novel.

China Entertainment's Da Mimi, Yaya, Liu Tianxian, Reba.

Pharaoh, Zhou Huimin, Brigitte Lin, and Zhao Yazhi from Hong Kong Entertainment.

Han Entertainment's girl groups, Son Ye Jin, Han Ga In.

There are relatively few Japanese entertainment, such as Sakai Izumi and AKB48.

"well……"

Teacher Xu shook his head, it's better at home.

"Crack!"

Shot for a while, took a lunch break, and had dinner.

The service of the big Hollywood crews is quite considerate. The actors are assigned a caravan, their own chefs, barbecue and ice cream are all available. Small crews don't have this benefit, but it's not bad.

At least there is a seat.

Jerry came over with the meal and said, "Boss, we're making good progress, and we won't delay the construction period."

"Well, I see. How about the two actresses?"

"Oh, it's just amazing!"

If it was written in the old days, it should be "Jerry showed a smile that a man can understand", saying: "It's sweet and hot, it makes people feel happy, I feel that the set is full of pink bubbles.

Especially that Jessica, the work efficiency will improve after staying with her for a long time. "

Fatty Bai is very satisfied and accepts the boss a little bit, he is a professional. But he paused, and suddenly said: "There is something I want to talk to you about."

"What?"

"About the release of the film..."

He was a little downcast, and said: "Cactus made two films, one couldn't find a distributor, and the other gave too low a price, which led to the company's bankruptcy.

You may not realize how important it is for Hollywood to have distribution channels. "

...

As early as the 1920s, Hollywood implemented split distribution and gave birth to five giants: Paramount, Warner Bros., MGM, 20th Century Fox, and RKO.

Oligopoly, integrating production, distribution, and screening, crowding out independent film producers and independent theaters. Later, it was prosecuted by the US Department of Justice, which is the famous Paramount Act.

Since then, the theater chain has been spun off from the production company, but the big studios still control the distribution network. With the rise of television, Hollywood changed its model and adopted a two-tier "fast and slow" distribution.

Quick, refer to the blockbuster.

Large-scale release, advertising overwhelming. The premiere can reach the scale of thousands of screens, and then it will be released simultaneously around the world to grab profits at the fastest speed.

Slow, refers to low cost.

Start painting in New York or Los Angeles first, and if the evaluation is good, then continue to expand the number of screens. Publicity and distribution costs will be very economical.

The entire distribution network is divided into several levels:

For the first theater chain, the distributor needs to negotiate with the theater chain which theaters to release, when to release, what mode to release, and so on.

Second audiovisual product.

Third pay TV channel.

The fourth common channel.

The fifth is the screenings in places such as airplanes, hotels, hospitals, and schools.

The sixth is peripheral derivatives.

One film can peel six layers of skin.

Qiquan has its own distribution company, occupying more than 75% of the market share. It’s not that others can’t publish it, but that big companies have abundant resources and can expand to six levels.

Other small and medium-sized publishers may only reach the first and second tiers.

And what about independent films?

You can only hand over the distribution rights to others, or make an agreement in advance, or participate in some film festivals, in order to be favored by others.

This is different from that in China, where domestic producers can still make money, but in Hollywood, distributors occupy the core, and they have done countless nasty things.

Big factories will set up a shell company for each movie, which is specially designed to lose money.

For example, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" had a box office of 612 million US dollars in North America, but it lost 167 million on the books. Look at Warner Bros.'s calculations:

First deduct the 212 million distribution fee - I am the publisher.

Another 130 million advertising fees were deducted-at least half of it was for myself.

There is another 57 million in interest-also borrowing from the left hand.

After deducting the 316 million production fee and so on... everything is reasonable, but it is a loss, and the producers who signed the sharing contract will not get a penny.

"My previous boss was inexperienced and ended up broke. 'American Pie' was a good movie and we'd love to see it the day it comes out."

Jerry felt the truth, and said, "So I suggest, it's better to go to a few film festivals... Uh, you know, we are all at the bottom, and we don't have any distributor friends."

"miamiamia!"

"Thank you for the reminder, I will pay attention."

"No, no, not paying attention, but treating it as the most important thing."

"miamiamia!"

"Okay, I understand, you go to work."

Seeing him being perfunctory, Jerry sighed and got up. Xu Fei turned his head and scolded, "What the hell are you eating?"

"Here!"

Xiao Mo pushed the box, and there was an apple pie lying inside.

"..."

Teacher Xu asked, "How does it taste?"

Xiao Mo was very satisfied, and asked: "This thing is quite delicious, hey, why haven't others seen it, don't you like it?"

"This should be called a prop."

"Props? What kind of scenes are they used for?"

In order to satisfy the curiosity of young people, Teacher Xu asked Jerry to order an apple pie.

The filming started in the afternoon, and the male protagonist stared at the apple pie, and then hmmmm...

(besides!)