Hollywood New Century

In the high-rise suite of Park Hyatt Shanghai World Financial Center on Century Avenue in Lujiazui Financial Circle, PDX District, Shanghai, China, Simon stood by the window overlooking the night view of Shanghai.

The Shanghai World Financial Center is currently the second tallest building in the world and in China, after the 101 Building in Taipei. Of course, the nearby Shanghai International Center is already under construction, which is taller than Taipei 101, and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is currently under construction.

Tong Liya came over with two glasses of red wine and said with some doubts: "Simon, after you came to Shanghai yesterday, you seem to like the view of Shanghai from a high place!"

Simon took a sip of the red wine and sighed in his heart. After all, this place in Shanghai has been in the past life for a long time.

"Really, I just think it's pretty good here. As an international metropolis, it's no worse than New York or Los Angeles," Simon could only carelessly.

Said, the two walked to the sofa and sat down. Tong Liya understood Simon that Shanghai was very good, after all, it is the financial center of China.

"By the way, I heard Miss Zeng say that because Xinghai Films invested in Stephen Chow's Sino-US co-production "Tai Chi", Xinghe Culture and Entertainment seems to have become a sweet pastry, and many domestic actors hope to play roles in the film." An investment of 60 million US dollars is a blockbuster of almost 400 million yuan. It is to be released worldwide, especially in the North American market. Of course, how many domestic stars yearn for it is of course certain.

Tong Liya said and looked at Simon's face, after all, the temptation is too great!

"The main characters are basically set, and the rest of the important supporting roles still need to respect the director's opinion, but it is still somewhat attractive to show your face in this movie," Simon understood, of course.

"However, this "Tai Chi" is different from the previous "Kung Fu". The main market is still Europe and the United States, and the Chinese market is currently not enough to support this level of investment!"

The European and American markets are needed, and the supporting roles also need to find people who are familiar with Europe and the United States. There are not many choices among Chinese-Americans other than those kung fu superstars.

"When you're shooting in San Francisco next year, you can go inside and show your face, there's always going to be some news," Simon said with a smile.

"Well," Tong Liya nodded, this is a pie falling from the sky, and then she thought of something and took out a few documents from the side, and said excitedly,

"I've been getting roles in several TV movies recently!"

Simon didn't speak, he hugged Tong Liya into his arms with one hand, then took out two scripts from the other side and said with a smile:

"These two scripts are low-cost local Chinese films that Xinghai Films China branch wants to invest in. Although the investment is not large, the scripts are still interesting!"

"Really?" Tong Liya didn't expect to invest in a movie so soon, so she flipped through the script.

"Bull Fighting"? "Nightclub"? Tong Liya opened it and saw the name of the script.

"The stories are good, they're all low-budget independent films. "Bull Fighting" isn't for you, but you can do that "Night Club". Although it's a new director, you can learn a little from it, right?" Simon whispered in the girl's ear. talking.

"Well, my role in "New Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is very small, I have time!" Tong Liya laughed.

"Tomorrow I'm going to RB, and I'm going back to the United States. Xinghe Culture and Entertainment has the support of Xinghai Pictures and should develop. If Xinghai Pictures doesn't invest much in movies in China in the future, you can focus on TV dramas. , plus your artist agent, sign up a few new talents to train them, and let me know if you have any difficulties," Simon always has a special feeling for China, and he will spend more time on this film after he is on the right track in the future. on the land.

"TV series, will you lose money by investing in TV series casually?" Tong Liya asked weakly.

"Oh, don't worry, you can cooperate with other institutions at present. You are the employer, and you have a lot of choice. Consider some new themes, such as youth themes, idol dramas, etc., investment will not It's very big and it also helps to cultivate new people," Simon said, kissing the girl on the cheek, and reminding with a smile,

"At the same time, you should also pay attention to acquiring some IP copyrights, novels, games and other film and television adaptation rights!"

The next day, Simon and Zhou Lixian took Simon's private jet to fly to RB Tokyo together.

"The Hachiko of the Loyal Dog should start filming now. I heard that the crew came to RB to shoot the scene? There are indeed a lot of Venus Films projects," Simon said with a smile, leaning on the sofa.

"It's true that I'm at RB, but I'll just leave after a week," said Zhou Lixian, sitting across from Simon's sofa. For Xinghai Films, "Hachiko" is only a small-budget film, and I heard that this remake is the target of the film. The market seems to be Asia, especially China, Japan and South Korea. Of course, the most important market is RB.

"So, how is our arrangement on the RB side now? I'm not too worried about the theatrical release. In recent years, the films of Xinghai Pictures still have a certain influence, and it is not difficult to open the RB market;"

"Now it's RB's DVD market or TV broadcasting, and licensing. These upstream and downstream markets need to spend more energy." Simon said and looked out the window of the plane. He really paid more attention to the RB market. RB's entertainment market has always been second only to North America.

In terms of copyright protection, RB is also the best in the world. Star Records has long established a branch in RB to be responsible for the sales of its singers' records in RB.

Zhou Lixian nodded and said with a smile: "I understand that RB has always been the most important market in Asia. I knew some people when I was working at Columbia Pictures."

"Tokyo,

Saka and Nagoya currently have offices of Xinghai International Films, responsible for the publicity and distribution of our films in RB, data collection, etc.”

"Of course, the headquarters of the RB branch must be in Tokyo."

"That's good," Simon nodded and continued, "The economic situation has been sluggish since the beginning of this year. At present, the worldwide financial tsunami is sweeping. RB's financial and manufacturing industries have suffered huge losses, but their entertainment industry seems to be Not much affected!"

"Boss, the situation on RB's side is a little different. The animation industry and magazines here are very developed, especially animation. RB people are almost inseparable from comics!" Zhou Lixian has great ideas about RB's huge animation industry. If this gap can be opened , is very good.

Simon smiled and said: "Now our lighting entertainment has just started to produce the first animated feature film, and the target is also the global market mainly in North America;"

"As for the RB market, although it is also very attractive, animations targeting the local RB market alone will not be worth the loss, and it is difficult to compete with those old-fashioned animation production companies!"

The RB market should still be dominated by movies and music, RB animation, let’s take it slow in the future.