MTL - Movie Master-Chapter 21 Stand on your own

Ian carefully cut the steak in front of him, then pierced a piece with a fork, put it in his mouth, chewed slowly, and finally took a sip of red wine, and then showed a faint smile in satisfaction, "No, I don't think working with a big company is the right thing to do."

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 opinion, "You should know better than me that a large Hollywood studio is not a wise choice."

"First, the development of medium-sized and large-scale production companies has matured, and the space left for you to develop will be very limited, and the power within the company is intertwined. It is obviously not so easy for you to quickly integrate into the company." Ian The words are concise and to the point, although the point is so far, but the thinking and meaning are very clear, "Second, don't forget that these companies are commercial companies after all, behind them is Wall Street, so the profit is the first goal they pursue, they For the sake of profit, we can join forces with you to deal with Diorama Films—as long as you have enough use value; but this is not eternal, if Diorama Films can give greater benefits, they may let you cooperate with Ryan , and may even replace you with Ryan."

Ian paused at this point, with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth, "Third, you said it yourself, the work you chose, those large production companies will not fancy it at all, so why would you take it yourself? What's the shame?" After finishing speaking, Ian shrugged innocently, "I don't know anything about movies, that's what you said."

Lance grinned.

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

Gao Wen, who was sitting next to him, was concentrating on wrestling with the stone crab on his plate. He was not interested in Ian's topic at all, and suddenly raised his head and said, "Didn't you complain before that there are too many rules and regulations when working with a big company?" , I feel uncomfortable, and I always make wedding dresses for others."

Lance glanced at Gawain speechlessly, "If you don't know how to eat, just give it to me." As soon as the words fell, Gawain threw the stone crab onto Lance's plate, and then grinned , and didn't forget to wipe the sweat off his forehead, which made Lance really laugh.

For the future direction of development, Lance himself has been thinking about the pros and cons of joining a large production company and setting up his own company. Lance knows very well. Lance has always had a concept of what Ian said just now, but it was not so clear. Now that Ian organizes the explanation, all ideas become clear.

The problem is that "City of God" is a very special work, and it will be very difficult to rely on an independent studio to produce it. In the case of "Lost in Translation," the thorny issue would be nonexistent.

More importantly, Lance clearly understands that after the release of "Lost in Translation" and "Elephant", the diorama film industry is bound to reach a higher level, which also means that there is not much time left for him.

This is why Lance is hesitating. He understands the disadvantages of large production companies, but he also understands the difficulty of confronting Diorama Films in the short term, and even more understands the difficulty of producing "City of God". Therefore, Lance chose to hold the initiative in his hands first-putting all his energy into the adaptation of the script.

"Lance." Theo, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, interrupted Lance's train of thought, and looked up, "As Ian said, relying on others to achieve our goals, we can never predict the direction of the result; A good way is always to make yourself stronger."

Lance's eyes lit up suddenly.

All along, compared with Ryan, he is the one who takes the long-term view, but hatred blinds his eyes. He always confines his focus to "City of God" and "Lost in Translation", and always puts Thoughts were limited to plans for the next year, which completely fettered his mind.

To put it simply, if the work he is going to put into production is not "City of God", but "Lost in Translation", or "Elephant", or other works, then what choice will he make? If his confrontation with Diorama Films is not just in the next six months or a year, but in the next three or five years - defeating or even defeating a medium-sized film company will definitely not be completed within six months Yes, so what choice will he make?

The answer is simple, he will stand on his own!

It will be a matter of course to establish a company, and then let this company thrive, truly strengthen its own strength, so strong that others must look up to it, surpass, defeat, and even crush Diorama Films. Although re-establishing a company is definitely not an easy task, and it can even be said to be extremely difficult, but as Theo said, only by taking matters into his own hands can the uncertainty be minimized.

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

Lance's words were decisive, loud and decisive, causing Theo, Ian, and Gawain to cast their gazes at him, stunned for a second.

It is easy to start 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; In the entire American film industry, except for the six major film companies, there are not one thousand but eight hundred production companies, but only a handful of them can make profits every year.

Diorama Films took a new approach to bring European films and South American films to the United States for distribution, and opened up a path of its own. Even so, it still took six years to develop from scratch to a medium-sized production company. Money, connections, wisdom, foresight, ability, and a little bit of luck are all indispensable.

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

But Ian hesitated for a moment before swallowing the words that had already poured into his throat. At this moment, he was not a calm investor, but Lance's second brother. "You know how difficult and difficult this matter is, right?" Ian still reminded from a professional perspective, and he saw a confident light in Lance's eyes, like the North Star above the dark night , Ian nodded his chin slightly, "Very good, what can we do for you?"

"Yes, yes, if you need anything, just say it." Gao Wen couldn't wait to make a sound, and the positive and joyful expression was directly on his face, "I can't wait to see Ryan's shameless The **** looks like he was thrown into the Grand Canyon, haha!"

Even Theo in front of him has a calm and calm face, and those trusting eyes have already explained everything. Lance only felt a burst of heroism surged into his heart. He had the absolute confidence to overcome all difficulties, setbacks and hardships, as if standing on the top of Mount Everest, with the whole world at his feet, scolding Fang Qiu and pointing out the country!

Lance took a deep breath, let the boiling in his mind cool down, and carefully sorted out his thoughts. It is not difficult to set up a company, but now all the difficulties are concentrated on the filming and production of "City of God". If he does not cooperate with a large production company and only relies on his own ability to complete it, then he needs to do a lot of preparation work.

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

Gao Wen's eager and excited expression was ready to come out, and he wished he could roll up his sleeves and start working immediately. However, Lance pondered for a while, then looked away, and looked at Ian again. This immediately made Gawain depressed, and he stretched out his hands and snapped Lance's head back, "What about me? What about me? "

Lance and Ian couldn't hold back Gawain's eager expression, and they burst into laughter; even Theo couldn't help but smile, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Lance suppressed his smile and said seriously, "The cost budget of 'City of God' is three million dollars, so I need some capital injection." In fact, this is also the biggest problem in the preparatory stage of "City of God". If there is not enough cost, Lance can only seek cooperation from other companies—just like Ryan hopes to cooperate with Warner Bros. to film "Lost in Translation"~www.novelbuddy.com~ Although their four brothers are currently doing well, but Strictly speaking, Gao Wen was the richest among the four brothers, or it should be said that he had the most funds for activities. Because Gao Wen is a top football professional player, besides real estate, cars and revolving investments, he has the most flexible funds in his bank account.

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, and then he burst out laughing, "No problem, leave it to me!" He thumped his chest with a thumping sound, with an attitude of all-encompassing.

Ian chuckled and tossed aside, "Are you sure you have 3 million in your bank checking account?" This made Gao Wen choke immediately. Ian was responsible for all the investments of the four brothers, so Ian En is well aware of their assets.

Seeing Gao Wen's flustered expression, Ian ignored it and turned to Lance, "Don't worry, I will transfer it to your account tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Seeing that Lance opened his mouth and wanted to say something, Ian En didn't give him a chance, so he changed the subject directly, "So, have you figured out the name of the company?"

The words of thanks swirled on the tip of his tongue, and after hesitating again and again, Lance swallowed it anyway. There is no need for such politeness between brothers. "I don't have any definite ideas, but..." After all, Lance decided to start his own business at the last moment, but a name suddenly popped up in his mind, as if he had already had a draft, maybe deep in his subconscious, he chose It was decided a long time ago, "Chaos-Picture, what do you think~www.novelbuddy.com~Welcome readers to visit and read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are here~ www.novelbuddy.com ~ mobile phone users please go to read.