Rebirth Enchanted Xiangjiang
Chapter 473: Falling From The Sky To The Underground
The other major companies have actually experienced this kind of pain, but in the 1970s and 1980s, especially after the 1980s, things like 20th Century Fox have resumed development.
Only the acquired Lianmei and MGM that acquired Lianmei are left behind.
Speaking of it, MGM was originally the largest company in the Big Eight. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was initiated by MGM, and the Academy Awards were launched by MGM. Such honors are definitely waiting.
However, in 1988, MGM had a tragedy. Because it integrates film production, distribution and theater operation, it was judged by the US Supreme Court to be an illegal monopoly. The production company was required to only control films and give up distribution and movie theaters. Business operation.This is a fatal blow to a large company like MGM that integrates production, distribution and screening, and its main financial source is cut off.
Then with the popularity of movies, fewer people went to the cinema to watch movies, and MGM once again worsened the situation. It was almost a slack. Although there were occasional ZTE in the middle, it was only a short-lived.
Due to successive years of losses, MGM was bought by American gambling tycoon Kirk Kerkrien in 1970, and MGM was even more tragic.
This gambling tycoon sold MGM back, sold it, and bought it back. After repeated sales and purchases, MGM went through hardships and lost more money, but this tycoon went in and out. Made a lot of money.
The tycoon is not interested in movies. What he is interested in is MGM's huge number of real estate and brilliant reputation.MGM has purchased a large amount of real estate as a location for filming activities.After Kirkrien took over, he immediately built hotels and casinos in places where many classic films had been born, or sold them.Moreover, the golden sign of "MGM" was also written into the name of his gambling company by Kirkrien.
MGM has completely become the "investment toy" in the hands of Kerkrian. The year before last, he sold MGM to CNN owner Ted Turner for $1.45 billion. .But just 74 days later, Turner regretted it and sold most of his shares back to Kerkrian for $780 million.By transferring MGM back and forth, Kerkrien made hundreds of millions of dollars, not to mention the profit of the hotel and casino built on the MGM estate.
It can be said that MGM at this time is a broken ship. No one wants to get on the broken ship. There are only three or four movies produced a year, and they are all works that can't splash any waves.
At this time, MGM is eager to have a good box office work to boost morale, and Qiao Feng is interested in the right to adapt an old film of MGM decades ago, and at this time If Gaomei cooperates, Qiao Feng can occupy more interests and also have a closer relationship with MGM. Based on the above points, Qiao Feng's adaptation of this work must choose MGM to cooperate.
Qiao Feng understands the principle of equalization of interests. If there is money, everyone makes money, so that it is not easy to be hostile and encouraged. In Hong Kong, Qiao Feng basically cooperates with several major companies. Let alone Hollywood on his own site.
I didn’t cooperate in the past, mainly because there were not many movies shot in Hollywood every year, and I didn’t become famous at the beginning. I didn’t have much reputation. It is difficult for the United States to gain much say.
Not to mention the cooperation, just a few years ago, in order to push Cheng Long to Hollywood, Jiahe invested in several movies such as Killer Trench, Cannonball Speed, and Veyron. They were all invested independently by Jiahe. Jiahe is the only producer. In that way, the decision-making power of the movie was in the hands of the director and producer at the time.
Jiahe fully invested in the film, but the power was in the hands of the Hollywood director and producer they hired. Cheng Long was not used to the style of American directors, so he hid in anger and cried, but he still had nothing to do. Even the final editing is the final decision.
The obvious status quo is like that. If you can’t, people won’t put you in the eye. You can’t be an investor, let alone cooperate with a few major companies.
But it’s different now. For many years, every movie has made money, and it’s basically a big profit. Qiao Feng’s reputation has long been known in the Hollywood movie circle.
At this time, whether it is because of Qiao Feng’s ability or for his own benefit, anyone who cooperates with Qiao Feng will never ignore Qiao Feng’s opinions, let alone take it for granted that they have the final say on how to make a movie.
On the contrary, when Qiao Feng asked how to shoot, they would take the photo. Because Qiao Feng is not only an investor, a partner, but also so many brilliant resumes, these are all emboldened.
He is not afraid of any opinions or unwillingness of the partner. You have opinions, some are unwilling, no problem, the big deal is not to cooperate. I can find others, and some are willing to cooperate.
Therefore, at this time, Qiao Feng took out three projects and cooperated with three companies because he had this confidence.
Li Zhi and Shi Nansheng led everyone out to negotiate separately.
Lucasfilm was the first to finish the talk, Spielberg agreed to be the director, and Captain Hook officially set up the project and entered the preparation stage.
After that, it was MGM. This company really needed a good project too much. With repeated losses, there was no right to pick and choose, and there was no hole card in the negotiation.
The collaboration between Qiao Feng and MGM is a story about a father's unwillingness to marry his daughter, from reluctance to relief.
This movie is adapted from the 1950 MGM movie.
The film uses a relaxed approach to explore the complex mood of the father marrying his daughter, and there are also touching moments when the father and daughter are relatively silent.
The old version of the movie is called Father-in-law, and the new version of the movie is naturally called New Father-in-law. Although the new version may not be as warm as the original version, it is more funny in terms of comic effect.
In this movie, Qiao Feng originally wanted to switch to a Hong Kong background or a Chinese background, but after thinking about it, he still feels that it is not appropriate and does not conform to the rules of Chinese marriage.
China has never gotten married when the woman pays for the wedding, unless it’s inverted. Even if the woman has a banquet at home, she will not worry about too many people coming and feel distressed about the cost of the wedding. Because Chinese people get a gift when they get married. For those expenses, only more gifts will be received.
Therefore, if you follow the plot in the movie, it is completely inconsistent with Chinese marriage habits. If you change to a Chinese background, Europeans and Americans may find it okay, but if you get to Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, it is definitely not Squirted to death.
So, think about it or follow the original version.
The last talk was 20th Century Fox, a film co-operated with 20th Century Fox. Qiao Feng chose a second-rate female singer in a nightclub who witnessed a murder and was hunted down by a gang leader. The police arranged for her to hide in a nun’s convent. , The resulting series of stories in movies.
After the negotiation, the publicity journey of Qiao Feng and Qiu Shuzhen is also over, and the rest of the time will continue to be carried by Michael Caine. Qiao Feng and the others set off for Hong Kong.
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