Chapter 827: The Hidden Rules of Hollywood

The Oscar is relatively fair, but that is relative. Others may not know it, but Li Yu understands this kind of thing very well. This is not the first time he has participated in such an event.

Years of experience in living in the West told Li Yu that if you say you don't know some of the rules of the West, don't expect to succeed, and even if you succeed, you will be punished in the end.

For example, Jackson is one of them.

Although it has to be said that Jackson is successful, even the most successful artist, he is too successful. He is successful alone and is unwilling to sign a contract with a company or willing to make money for a large group. Therefore, even if Jackson is said to be the most successful A singer is not being dealt with in the same way now, and dealing with Jackson at this time is just the beginning.

Li Yu pondered for a while, and finally came back to his senses and said: "Actually, in a situation like this, you can also think of it. Oscars are usually only awarded to Hollywood movie giants such as Warner Bros., and occasionally there are Independently produced films, but they are just a flash in the pan. After watching the Oscars for so many years, a few independent films can win awards, and the films of big giants such as Warner, Fox, and Paramount are regular Oscar winners."

After hearing Li Yu's explanation, Zhang Yimou and Zhang Ziyi immediately understood something. Maybe this was just an unspoken rule in the West.

At this time, Zhang Yimou thought for a while and said: "Therefore, it was impossible for our film to win awards before, but now Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has this opportunity, because Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon should actually be regarded as a Western film invested by Colombia. Bar.

What does this have to do with Ye Ming? Ye Ming is a Chinese, a true Chinese. "

Although the actors, directors, etc. are all from the East, the investment is from the West, and the distribution is also from the West. Therefore, this is a Hollywood movie, and this is actually the essence of an Oscar movie.

Li Yu nodded with a smile and said: "It's almost the same. This matter is almost the same as what you think. Do you think Ye Ming is an ordinary Chinese? He is a superstar, even if he is now a superstar in the Asia-Pacific, but It won't take long for him to go directly to Hollywood and achieve his own status as a superstar.

I don’t need to tell you about Ye Ming’s own talent. You should be aware of it. It can be said that Ye Ming has played in scripts, movies, TV shows, directors, and actors, and he is quite good at it.

In such a situation, Ye Ming's smart thing is to have a good agency. At that time, he was a contracted artist with the William Morris Agency. This was the background. At that time, the Innovative Artist Agency also wanted to Ye Ming was signed away. Therefore, the two major Hollywood agency companies are all trying to take care of Ye Ming. Do you know how many artists, screenwriters, directors, etc. in Hollywood are from these two companies?

William Morris is the oldest brokerage company, and innovation is said to come first, and then Hollywood. You can imagine the energy of these two companies.

There are more than 2,000 Oscar judges, but I can’t say that these 2,000 people are all directly related to these two brokerage companies, but at least 1,890 are from these two brokerage companies. There is no mistaking this.

Therefore, as long as these two companies support Ye Ming, it is not impossible for him to win, let alone be nominated. "

Does Ye Ming have such a charm, or is he so attractive? Maybe Ye Ming's acting skills are indeed quite good. At least it seems to Zhang Yimou that few young people can do what Ye Ming does. Even Zhang Ziyi would find it difficult to do this.

But is Ye Ming's charm really that great? Zhang Yimou said with some confusion: "Why did Ye Ming attract their attention so much? Cheng Long may not have that much charm. Ye Ming is just a newcomer who has never even broken into Hollywood, but he has such great magic power." ?”

Li Yu nodded and said: "It's true. We have to think about Ye Ming's company, Huihuang Film and Television. You know, Huihuang Film and Television has done a very surprising thing, charging downloads on the Internet. At this time, Ye Ming Brilliant Film and Television has begun to make a profit.

You know what this means, the initial investment in Ye Ming’s Brilliant Network has passed. Now is the harvest time. Do you know who the first person Ye Ming’s website helped was? "

Who was the first person Ye Ming’s website helped? This question is really relatively abstract, or no one has thought about it carefully.

Zhang Ziyi said without thinking: "This should be Ye Ming himself. If I were Ye Ming, then my website would naturally say that I want to help myself."

Zhang Yimou was a little puzzled, and finally said: "It shouldn't be Ye Ming. If it was, we should have known about it a long time ago. Moreover, his website is not only for promoting his own movies and TV sets, but also for other people's movies and TV shows. As long as they give money, they We promote it in the same way as our website, there is no doubt that this is a matter of fact.”

Li Yu nodded and said: "It's not Ye Ming himself. This is Ye Ming's unique point. The first person he reached an agreement with was Michael Jackson. This matter caused a great shock in the West. This is with some Westerners." Go against the giants. Some people don't like Jackson and want to deal with him. Jackson will be suppressed before his eyes.

But now, Jackson has collected five million in copyright fees from Huihuang.com for downloading songs and so on. This is still the beginning, and the key point of this matter is that Jackson can play by himself without releasing records. He can do whatever he wants. You can sing whatever you want, and there will be no problem if you upload it directly to the Internet.

Therefore, speaking of it now, five million is nothing to Jackson, but Jackson's fame has obviously risen again.

Others want to deal with Jackson and suppress this genius, but Ye Ming is the most arrogant boss on the Internet. Now Huihuang.com is the video; boss, he has no problem helping anyone he wants. "

At least on the video website, no one is Ye Ming's opponent. This is what surprises Li Yu. Ye Ming's layout in the past few years has finally begun to bear fruit.

Zhang Ziyi said puzzledly: "Since video websites are so profitable now, why don't others make video websites? If we want to do the same as Ye Ming, then everyone is not making money in the same way. I don't believe Warner, Paramount They didn't expect that."

Li Yu shook his head and said: "If you can think of this, others can think of it as well. One is that Huihui.com has become a trend. It has made everyone develop a habit. When watching video websites, the first thing that comes to mind is Huihui.com . And the most ruthless thing about Ye Ming is the copyright of the Internet works he purchased. Huihuang.com is a website that owns the world's largest copyright of movies, TV series, songs and other video materials. Also, there are eighteen things to do as a video website Thirteen key core technologies are in Ye Ming's hands.

No matter how you play, it's impossible to bypass Ye Ming. "It's different in Ye Ming's hands and in the hands of Huihuang.com.

In such a situation, if it is talking about Huihuang.com, then as long as a consortium acquires Huihuang.com at this time, the peach will not belong to Ye Ming, but to someone else.

But if it is in Ye Ming's hands, then even if someone acquires Huihuang.com at this time, Ye Ming still cannot be underestimated.

Therefore, it’s not that people don’t build video websites. In fact, some people have already started to do so. However, the public’s Internet habits cannot be changed for a while. Another point is the issue of patent rights. The patent rights of thirteen items are in Ye In Ming's hands, whoever builds a video website must pay patent fees to Ye Ming. How do you play with Ye Ming?

Zhang Yimou said with some emotion: "Originally, I thought that Jackson invited Ye Ming to attend his concert at this time to give Ye Ming a chance. Now it seems that the two of them are collaborating. I said, Jackson, A Western pop music king, how could such a person casually accept an Asian singer? If they are in a cooperative relationship, then in such a matter, this is relatively easy to understand. ."

In fact, not only director Zhang Yimou, many people don’t understand that Ye Ming, an artist from the Asia-Pacific region, has limited influence around the world, but why would Jackson, the king of pop music, invite Ye Ming to participate in his A concert.

I have to say that [Gangnam Fan] is an opportunity for Jackson to get to know Ye Ming, but this does not necessarily mean that Jackson must personally invite Ye Ming to his concert.

Li Yu nodded and said: "It's not wrong to have a good relationship with Ye Ming. Even if you say you don't want to have a good relationship with Ye Ming, for a person like this, it's best to say don't become an enemy with him. If Ye Ming is an enemy, it will be very troublesome."

What kind of person Ye Ming is, under such a situation, Li Yu can see clearly. Ye Ming usually seems to be relatively peaceful, but if Ye Ming were to show his fangs in such a situation, it would be very shocking.

What Li Yu is thinking about now is how to reconcile with Ye Ming. After all, Li Yu himself is not very involved in this matter, so it is easy to get rid of it.

Therefore, under such a situation, Li Yu found Zhang Yimou and invited Ye Ming to come over to discuss the issue of reconciliation. How to reconcile, this also depends on Ye Ming's purpose. (To be continued)