Ian carefully cut the steak in front of him, then stabbed a piece with a fork, put it in his mouth, chewed it slowly, and finally drank a small sip of red wine, then he smiled with satisfaction, "No, I don't think cooperating with a big company is the right choice."

Ian graduated from Stanford Business School and now works for a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. He is an absolute expert in investment. After listening to Lance's plans for the future, Ian gave his own opinions, "You should know better than me that big Hollywood production companies are not a wise choice."

"First, the development of medium-sized and large-scale production companies is now mature, and the room for development will be very limited. Moreover, the power within the company is intertwined, and the goal of quickly integrating into the company is obviously not that easy." Ian's words are concise. Although it is pointed out, the ideas and meanings are very clear. "Second, don't forget that these companies are commercial companies after all, and behind them is Wall Street, so interests are the first goal they pursue. They can join forces with you for the sake of interests and deal with Diorama Films together - as long as you have sufficient value for utilization; but this is not eternal. If Diorama Films can give greater benefits, they may let you cooperate with Ryan, and may even replace your position with Ryan."

Ian paused when he said this, and a joking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Third, you said it yourself, those large-scale production companies will not like the work you chose, so why should you humiliate yourself?" After saying that, Ian shrugged innocently, "I know nothing about movies, this is what you said."

Lance laughed in silence.

"Of course, this is just my personal professional opinion. As for the issue of the movie, I can't do anything about it." Ian added.

Gao Wen, who was sitting next to him, was concentrating on fighting with the stone crab on his plate. He was not interested in Ian's topic at all. He suddenly raised his head and said, "You haven't complained before. You have too many rules and regulations for cooperation with a large company. You feel uncomfortable, and you always make wedding dresses for others."

Lance glanced at Gao Wen speechlessly, "If you can't eat it, just give it to me." As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Wen threw the stone crab directly into Lance's plate, then grinned and smirked, and did not forget to wipe the sweat on his forehead, which made Lance laugh.

Regarding the future development direction, Lance himself has been thinking about the pros and cons of joining large production companies and establishing a company by himself. Lance knows clearly what Ian said just now, Lance has always had a concept, but it is not that clear. Now that Ian has explained it, all the ideas have become clear.

The problem is that "City of God" is another very special work, and it will be very difficult to rely on an independent studio to produce it. If it is "Lost Tokyo", then the difficult problem will not exist.

More importantly, Lance clearly understood that after the release of "Lost Tokyo" and "Elephant", Diorama Film will surely take a step forward, which also means that there is not much time left for him.

This is also the reason why Lance was hesitating. He understood the disadvantages of large-scale production companies, but also understood the difficulty of fighting against Diorama in the short term, and even more so on the difficulty of producing "City of God". Therefore, Lance chose to take the initiative first - devote all his energy to the adaptation of the script.

"Lance." Theo, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke, interrupted Lance's thoughts, and looked up, "As Ian said, relying on others to achieve our goals, we will never predict the direction of the outcome; the best way is to always make ourselves stronger."

Lance's eyes lit up suddenly.

For a long time, compared to Ryan, he was the one who looked at him for a long time, but hatred blinded his eyes. He always limited his focus to "City of God" and "Lost Tokyo", and always limited his thoughts to the plans for the next year, which completely bound his thoughts.

Simply put, if the work he is preparing to put into production now is not "City of God", but "Lost Tokyo", or "Elephant", or other works, then what choice would he make? If his showdown with Diorama is not just for the next six months or year, but for the next three or five years - defeating or even defeating a medium-sized film company, it is definitely not possible to complete within six months, then what choice would he make?

The answer is very simple, he will start his own business!

Establishing a company and then allowing it to thrive and truly strengthen its own strength, so strong that everyone else must look up to, surpass, defeat or even crush Diorama Film. Although it is absolutely not easy to set up a company again, or even extremely difficult, as Theo said, only by taking things into your own hands will uncertainty be reduced to a minimum.

"I want to set up a brand new production company, my own production company!"

Lance's words were firm, loud and decisive, and made Theo, Ian and Gao Wen all cast their sights at him, and there was a second of surprise.

It is easy to create a company, but it is very difficult to create a successful company; it is even more difficult to gain a foothold in the fiercely competitive Hollywood; it is even more difficult to divide a piece of cake in the film industry that is eyeing Wall Street. In the entire American film industry, except for the six major film companies, there are no one thousand and eight hundred production companies, but only a handful of them can make profits every year.

Diorama Film took a different approach to bringing European and South American movies to the United States to be distributed, opening up its own path. Even so, it took six years to develop from scratch to becoming a medium-sized production company. Money, connections, wisdom, vision, ability, and a little luck, are indispensable.

Ian opened his mouth, and his first reaction was that compared with this idea, the idea of ​​joining a large production company was much more reliable. This was his rationality talking.

But Ian hesitated for a moment and swallowed the words that had already flowed to his throat. At this moment, he was not a calm investor, but Lance's second brother. "Do you know how difficult and difficult this matter is?" Ian still reminded him from a professional perspective. He saw a light of confidence in Lance's eyes, like a North Star above the dark night. Ian pointed his chin slightly, "Very good, what do you need our help?"

"Yes, yes, if you need it, just say it." Gao Wen couldn't wait to make a voice, and his positive and excited expression was directly on his face. "I can't wait to see Ryan's shameless bastard being thrown into the Grand Canyon, haha!"

Even Theo in front of him had a calm and calm look on his face, and his trusted eyes had already explained everything. Lance felt a moment of heroism that surged into his heart. He had the absolute confidence to overcome all difficulties, setbacks and all difficulties, as if standing on the top of Mount Everest, the whole world was at his feet, waving his magnificently and guiding the country!

Lance took a deep breath, and the boiling in his mind cooled down. He carefully sorted out his ideas. It was not difficult to set up a company, but now all the difficulties are concentrated on the shooting and production of "City of God". If he does not cooperate with large-scale production companies and only relies on his own abilities to complete it, then the preparations he needs to do will be huge.

"First, I need to register a company;" Lance looked at Ian, "and then, I need to prepare some contract boards, and then I need to sign a contract with the crew;" Lance looked at Theo again, "and then..." Lance turned his gaze to Gao Wen.

Gao Wen's excited expression was about to come out, and he wanted to roll up his sleeves and start working immediately. However, Lance pondered for a while, then looked away and looked at Ian again. This made Gao Wen depressed. He stretched out his hands and broke Lance's head back, "Where am I? Where am I?"

Gowen's anxious expression made Lance, Ian couldn't help but laugh; even Theo couldn't help but smile, and the corners of his mouth twitched gently.

Lance curled his smile and said seriously, "The cost budget of 'City of God' is three million US dollars, so I need some capital injection." In fact, this is also the biggest problem in the preparation stage of "City of God". If there is not enough cost, Lance can only seek cooperation from other companies - just as Ryan hopes to work with Warner Brothers to shoot "Lost Tokyo".

Although the four brothers are all good at their careers, strictly speaking, Gao Wen is the richest among the four brothers, or, it should be said, the most active funds. Because Gao Wen is a top professional football player, in addition to real estate, cars and circular investment, his bank account has the most flexible funds.

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "No problem, wrap it on me!" He hit his chest, making a thump, and looked like a big bag.

Ian smiled and said, "Are you sure there is three million in your bank current account?" This made Gao Wen choke. Ian was responsible for the investment of the four brothers, so Ian could be said to be very familiar with their assets.

Looking at Gao Wen's panicked expression, Ian ignored it and turned to Lance, "Don't worry, I will transfer it to your account tomorrow or the next day." Seeing Lance open his mouth and want to say something, Ian didn't give him a chance and changed the topic directly, "So, have you figured out the name of the company?"
Chapter completed!