The rich intellectual property rights are a fact that everyone knows, but why is not everyone willing to try it? In addition to the constraints of funds and the scarce copyright, the most important reason is the huge project.

Twentieth Century Fox, the youngest among the six major film studios, was founded in 1935. In other words, they all experienced at least seventy years of development and precipitation. Of course, the development of surrounding property rights only developed rapidly after the end of the eighty years. Despite this, it has experienced nearly twenty years of development. What's more, these large studios have completed their development with the strong support of a large amount of funds.

Imagine the situation of DreamWorks or Lionsgate Pictures. On the one hand, they want to expand, but on the other hand, they must worry about whether the film works in the industrial chain can be successful. Once the work fails, the pace of expansion will inevitably be affected. Especially for Lionsgate Pictures, the "Hunger Games" series has built a great fortune, although it faces a severe situation. The failure of one "Success Squad 3", the performance of one "Avengers" is mediocre, the criticism of one "Hunger Games 3 (Part 1), and the defeat of one "I, Frankenstein", they almost couldn't relieve themselves.

Therefore, until the end of history that Lance knew, the powerful structure of the six major Hollywood film studios was still not broken.

However, Chaos Pictures has the most deadly weapon that DreamWorks and Lionsgate Pictures do not have: Lance.

Lance's biggest reliance is that he knows the future well. He knows what works will succeed and what works will fail miserably. This also means that Chaos Pictures does not have to worry about losses. Each work can become the basis for future growth. They don't need to worry about failure and do their best to sprint. Without enough funds, it doesn't matter, it accumulates step by step; without enough copyright library, it doesn't matter, and slowly collects works one by one.

But Lance needs to face one of the biggest problems, time.

His understanding of the future is only November 2015. There may be a rough guess in the future, but at most 2016, that's all. In other words, after that, their "protective film" disappears, and they must face risks again and face failure again. Further, Lance cannot always protect himself until 2015. He must start to let go one after another, so that Chaos Pictures can gradually develop the ability to avoid risks and respond to crises by itself. Otherwise, in 2015, if you suddenly let go, the crushing failure of a work may cause Chaos Pictures to fall to the bottom. In this way, Lance will have less time left.

It is 2006, and it has been less than ten years for Lance. He has no time to delay if he wants to change the entire Hollywood territory. Lance originally planned to complete the acquisition of Marvel Studios in 2007 and then start preparing for the intellectual property department, but the achievements of "Rampant Road" far exceeded Lance's own expectations, which made him make a quick decision and set up a property department in accordance with the trend. The accumulation will start from now on, and every second will be fought for.

The blueprint in Lance's vision is not just ten years, but a territory of twenty or even thirty years. Now, it is just the beginning.

James looked at Lance in front of him, and his light smile flashed, but James was uncertain whether it was firm or crazy. "We must start now." Lance's understatement contained a powerful aura that made people unable to refute. James was a little stunned. "The video rental market and DVD release of 'Rampant Road' are just the first small step, and this is also the area we can explore at present."

Video tape rental and theater release are similar. They both sign contracts with video tape rental chain tycoons, stipulating the distribution of interests and cooperation periods of both parties, etc. In addition, online on-demand broadcasts, TV playbacks, etc. can also be included in this category, and they need to be negotiated slowly one by one; DVD distribution is more cumbersome, and the production links and distribution channels need to be started from scratch. Moreover, considering that DVD technology is still developing, uncertainty will also increase - in 2008, Warner Bros. announced that it will join the Blu-ray camp, which has also become the beginning of a dynasty change, and it is not far from now.

But, as Lance said, this is a business that can be launched at this stage for Chaos Pictures’ distribution department.

"In addition, our copyright library can start from distribution. Now the development of the screenwriter department has entered the track, and many of its works should be invested by small independent film companies, and we can take over their distribution business." Once the distribution system is formed, the distribution work is actually not cumbersome and complicated, especially the distribution of independent films. This is all routine. The distribution department only needs to put in a small effort to reap a lot of profits. This is also the original intention of Lance when he was the first to establish a distribution department.

For the distribution department, the biggest difficulty in work is actually to choose works - how to have a sharp eye, know the beads from countless film sources, select works that can make money, and how to buy the distribution rights at the most appropriate price in exchange for more benefits. If you can really see one at a glance, then the speed of the original accumulation will be amazing.

In addition, even if these works do not have the potential to develop surrounding industrial chains, they can also invest in video tape rental and DVD sales markets to create profits again. In other words, this is a chain. As long as an excellent work is selected, the subsequent benefits will be like snowballing.

"...James?" Lance's shout came from far and near. James woke up from his thoughts, coughed twice to hide his embarrassment, "What?"

"I said, when you meet with Franklin later, let him organize a list of films for me every week, including those on the blacklist and those of various film festivals." Lance once again explained that Franklin Leonard has now become the full person in charge of the blacklist. He is developing a blacklist website and hopes to be launched at the beginning of next year. At the same time, Franklin is still the early film and television manager of Chaos Film, responsible for screening film lists, and then handing them over to the production and distribution departments respectively.

"Okay, no problem." James nodded. Just when he thought the distribution department could take a breath, they entered the full-speed development mode again. "...Lance." James hesitated. After all, he had just been in Chaos Pictures for a year, and he didn't have much contact with Lance, so he couldn't speak accurately. But after thinking for a moment, he still said, "Can you tell me about Chaos Pictures' next plan? I mean, a more specific plan."

James was a little confused, "Look, we are first preparing to produce two works, "Iron Man" and "Invincible Hulk", and then we are preparing to open a property rights department. According to what you meant just now, the distribution department will start to make a full-scale attack and release more independent works..." James paused again. If the news spread, anyone who had a trace of rationality would probably say: "Mystery. Chaos Pictures seems to be in a situation where they can't chew too much. James always has a sense of crisis that may collapse and explode at any time. It's not that he doesn't believe in Lance, but that Lance's plan is really crazy, "I'm a little confused now..."

James' voice gradually became weaker, and he was still cautious in using words.

Lance had no way to answer, although reason told him that James was trustworthy. As the CEO of New Market Pictures, his experience, knowledge and resume were crucial. He was usually in charge of Chaos Pictures, Theo and Ian were not that familiar with the film business after all, and James played an important role. James made great contributions to the rapid development of Chaos Pictures. Basically, all Lance's fantasy ideas were executed by James. However, when the words were spoken, they could not be said.

Lance turned to look at Theo and cast his inquiring eyes. Then he felt Ian's gaze. He turned to look over. Ian breathed a long sigh and gently tapped the table with his right hand twice, "Next we will acquire Marvel, including Marvel Entertainment and Marvel Studios."

After a quick and neat way, Ian gave the answer. New York's work has come to an end, and Ian can do very little next. He can only wait, waiting for the emergence of the real estate bubble, or waiting for Chaos Pictures to collapse in full swing. Time is his only opponent. Therefore, Ian has officially returned to Los Angeles. The expansion of the property rights department requires Ian to take charge - this is a field that Theo is not good at.

"..." James opened his mouth wide and couldn't say a word. He didn't even know what his emotions were now. Shocked? Even the shock was not enough to describe his current storm. The property rights department just now was already at the limit of madness, but now it seems that the property rights department is just sprinkling water.

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and found that his throat was very dry, "...we, I mean, the company introduced Wall Street funds?" Apart from this reason, James couldn't think of other possibilities. Although he did not evaluate Marvel Entertainment, the acquisition was definitely not done with 100 million or 200 million.

Ian shrugged and looked back at Lance, with a hint of joking and teasing in his eyes, "We have not made any plans to hand over management to those businessmen who don't understand movies. As for whether it will succeed, let's wait and see." There is no turning back. They can only wait for time to give an answer, either brilliant or destroyed, and the ending is very simple.

Taking a deep breath, then taking a deep breath again, James nodded solemnly and said calmly, "I understand." Now, James finally saw the tip of the iceberg of the magnificent blueprint. As Ian said before, Lance's definition of Chaos Film is not just the seventh player.
Chapter completed!