Chapter 892 It's a Big Trouble? (1/3)
"Suppression? I can only say that their film "The Visitor" from Di Mei Pictures is indeed not in line with the taste of our Chinese people. I just pushed it behind the scenes."
Yang Ming was chatting with Barber on his cell phone. He really didn't expect that this incident would spread to Hollywood, and the impact it would have would be huge, and even provoke confrontation between the two countries' film circles to a certain extent.
Hollywood believes that the Chinese film industry used abnormal competition methods to suppress "The Visitor".
The Chinese media thinks that Hollywood is just looking for trouble. You blame them for not being able to make your own movies. It's simply because you can't sleep and blame the pillow for being crooked.
Regarding this, Yang Ming also felt that Dimei was making a fuss out of a molehill, which was a bit inconsistent with his status as a Hollywood giant.
However, he is not too worried about this, because now the attitude of the entire Chinese film and media circles towards "The Visitor" has risen to the level of a competition between the two countries' film industries. There are so many tall people standing up for it.
Oriental DreamWorks can just play the drums from the side.
"Yang, you have to be careful, Dimei Pictures is not the kind of company that suffers losses without any reaction." Barber warned carefully.
Hearing this, Yang Ming shrugged and didn't take it to heart, but he didn't say it out loud, making Barber worried.
After all, he is the landlord in this three-quarter acre of land in China and has an innate home field advantage, but the same cannot be said for the Hollywood Oriental DreamWorks that Barbour is responsible for.
However, Yang Ming would not swallow his humiliation and be a human being.
According to the news from my uncle, the plan to acquire the Amc theater chain is going very smoothly. It is estimated that before long, this theater chain will become a powerful help for Oriental DreamWorks to develop in the Hollywood film market.
As long as it controls one or two more media outlets, Hollywood's Oriental DreamWorks will be invincible. As long as there are no major mistakes, no company can block Oriental DreamWorks.
Even if Dime Pictures uses all its strength to retaliate against Oriental DreamWorks, it will still risk a complete break with Oriental DreamWorks.
At least there will be no films from Dimei Pictures appearing in the Chinese film market in the future.
Yang Ming is now confident enough to say this. With his current relationship with Minister Guo and the strong style of the government, he will never be willing to see his own industry being treated unfairly overseas.
The Ministry of Commerce of the contemporary government is a very powerful administrative agency.
"Oh, by the way, Yang, the sequel to Die Hard is about to be released. McTiernan and Cruz asked me to ask you if you would come to the premiere?" Barber suddenly thought of something and asked.
"Uh!" Yang Ming was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then replied with a wry smile: "I might not be able to go, Barber, "Transformers" starts filming tomorrow, and I definitely won't be able to leave. The time is too tight."
Barber is naturally aware of the importance of "Transformers" in the company's filming schedule. Even he himself is deeply looking forward to the film.
So, he thought about it and said with a relaxed smile: "Then McTiernan and Cruz will be disappointed again this time."
Yang Ming knew that these two people, a director and an actor, wanted to express their gratitude to him at the premiere and be able to see their glorious moment with his own eyes, but for this, he could only respond helplessly.
Without him, there would be no "Die Hard".
Without "Die Hard," McTiernan and Cruz wouldn't be what they are today.
Yang Ming can be said to be the noble man in their lives, Bole!
It's just that the timing was so unlucky.
He himself does not care about this. The success of McTiernan and Cruz is the success of Oriental DreamWorks. At least the company made a lot of money because of "Die Hard".
If the company makes money, then Yang Ming makes money himself.
He really didn't feel that it mattered.
"Anyway, they will come to China to promote the movie. I will treat them well then," Yang Ming said.
Now is the summer season, whether it is China or Hollywood, there are naturally a lot of blockbusters.
China has "Slaying the Wolf", and Hollywood has the sequel to "Die Hard". These two movies are the company's key projects this year. Now that "Slaying the Wolf" has been released at the box office, the box office results are very gratifying. What's next?
It depends on the box office performance of "Die Hard".
Neither Yang Ming nor Barber are too worried about the box office performance of the second "Die Hard" movie.
The first part already has many regular fans who are looking forward to the sequel. I believe that after the sequel is released, the box office will only be better than the first part, not worse.
After hanging up the phone, Yang Ming felt tired. Only then did he realize how painful it is for a person to hold multiple jobs.
This is also something that can't be helped.
He is both a director and an actor, and he also writes books and sings. As his industry grows, he has to make decisions on many of the following things.
If he hadn't insisted on practicing martial arts every day in this life and developed a strong body, he didn't know if he would have been able to survive.
There is no such thing as unspoken rules. Find a mistress to relax.
If he could really do this, he would no longer be a human being, but a god!
He himself has felt that as his industries expand like a snowball, it is necessary to integrate various industries and delegate power to managers. If there are no major decisions, there is no need to trouble him.
However, the most important thing right now is to film "Transformers" well.
Just when Yang Ming was preparing to start filming "Transformers", the outside world caused a lot of commotion in the film industry and media circles of the two countries because of "The Man From Beyond".
To be honest, this matter is big or small.
It is normal for a movie to fail. Although there are some human factors involved, it is indeed a fact that this movie is not adaptable to Chinese culture.
In particular, the Chinese film industry has bluntly stated in the media that if Hollywood can’t afford it, don’t play it, and don’t make excuses for losing.
Oh, we can only allow you to succeed in the Chinese film market, amass money crazily, and be domineering, but cannot accept failure?
How can there be such a good thing in the world?
If this is really the case, most of the Chinese movies previously released in Hollywood did not perform well at the box office. Is there an ulterior factor in them?
When the Chinese film industry put this sentence out in the media, it was like a chain reaction. Both the Chinese film industry and Hollywood felt like their hair was exploding.
The Chinese film industry is easy to understand, so naturally they are "filled with righteous indignation" and show strong doubts.
But Hollywood is divided.
In addition to Dimei and individual film companies, other giants and film companies have shown strong dissatisfaction with Dimei Pictures, and they are afraid of causing trouble.
Originally, the failure of a movie is nothing, and it’s not like everyone has gone crazy before. Is it necessary to mobilize people like this and make the matter bigger?
Nowadays, for most Hollywood film companies, China's film market is simply full of gold. If this door is closed, although it is not fatal, who wants to see their money reduced?
Chapter completed!