The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 298 DreamWorks Is Just a Goldfish

Ye Shunan watched the assistant send pictures and texts with her account, and there was a hint of worry in her tone of voice: "Won't this just tear you apart with DreamWorks?"

"Since the decision has been made, it will definitely tear you apart in the end?" The middle-aged man on the side didn't take it seriously: "You children are easily intimidated by the DreamWorks brand. It is true that Chen Jingxing is a popular fried chicken, but he is not If you don't have much power, if you tear your face, you will tear your face, can DreamWorks ban you?"

Ye Shunan was born as a child star, and she has been immersed in the entertainment circle since she was a child. She is not a newcomer who knows nothing about the film and television industry. Knowing what her manager said is not just a comfort to her, and it is true. She dismissed the last trace of worry.

Her agent is a well-known gold medal agent in the industry, Shen Yankun, who has made countless stars, actors and even singers popular. He was the ace agent of Beijing Film Studio for a while, and was called Brother Kun by many agents and stars.

Later, I established Khorgos Star Discovery Media Brokerage Company, and became an independent industry leader. Of course, although I came out of the Beijing Film Studio, it still belongs to the Beijing Film Department, and the company's largest shareholder is also the Beijing Film Studio.

His influence has not been weakened by leaving the Beijing Film Studio. On the contrary, his career has become more and more prosperous. Many artists think that his subordinates are "begging for food". There are many Beijing Film resources, and the faces of his artists appear in various film and television dramas that Beijing Film participated in.

If we divide the so-called "big five" in the industry into levels, the two old film studios, National Film Studio and Beijing Film Studio, are the "second studios". Next to the third factory".

Compared with the detached status of Guoying, Jingying has introduced a large amount of private capital since its restructuring, and has become the leader of the domestic film and television industry by virtue of the advantage of public and private ownership. The share of the domestic market even exceeds that of China Film.

With the Beijing Film Studio as the core, a very large circle has been formed, commonly known as the "Beijing Circle". Even with the expansion of the film and television market, the development of the other three large private companies, the entry of Internet capital, and the rapid rise of DreamWorks, As a result, the relative advantages are constantly shrinking, but so far, the "Beijing Circle" is still the largest ship in the domestic entertainment industry, a star-making factory that everyone wants to board, and still holds a large piece of film and television resources.

No matter how high the rise of DreamWorks is, decades of accumulation and intertwined roots cannot be achieved quickly. Surrounding Beijing Film Studio are numerous brokerage companies, subsidiaries, sub-companies, and more than a dozen large and small movie theaters. , this is a behemoth whose tentacles touch all aspects of the entertainment industry, spreading from upstream to downstream.

If Dreamworks is currently the most beautiful and most eye-catching goldfish in the aquarium, then Jingying is the Bobbit clamworm in the mud at the bottom of the aquarium.

The reason why DreamWorks was able to achieve a miraculous rise without many setbacks, apart from Chen Jingxing's own "genius" and the quality of the works themselves, is that the main reason is that DreamWorks has always adhered to its own ecological niche, and has always only stayed in the water of a fish tank. The clearest upper layer stays on the layer that ordinary people can see.

Chen Jingxing wisely maintains "traveling lightly", not reaching out to asset-heavy cinema chains, nor reaching out to the deeper and more turbid artist brokerage business, even if the investment is directed towards the lighter Internet track like Station C.

Even if it is a complicated distribution business, in the early stage, it is to win over the Internet giants and introduce two large companies to take shares. Each movie will be divided into cakes. All explicit and unspoken rules.

The quality of the film itself, the accumulated brand image of one good work after another, and the audience’s expectations are his only bargaining chips, making it impossible for Huaguo Cinemas, which has a relatively low degree of monopoly concentration, to reject DreamWorks films, unless you don’t want to make money, Moreover, other big companies that are closely related to the theater chain, including Jingying, are also beneficiaries.

DreamWorks does not discriminate against actors by any faction. No matter which company or circle you belong to, we all welcome you. DreamWorks does not have its own actors or stars. It doesn’t matter what your background is or who your cash cow is. If you are suitable, an appointment will be issued.

From this perspective, DreamWorks has produced "cash cows" for many companies.

The Beijing circle is not a personified circle, but a collection of many people and many small groups. DreamWorks may have harmed the interests of some people in some ways, but it has also benefited others in other ways.

In short, Chen Jingxing and DreamWorks are not holding me to compete with you. I want to develop a sectarian attitude based on the film and television industry. DreamWorks is here to join you. The line pulls the audience to contribute to the box office. I am just a simple content producer.

This is where other major companies, including Jingying, are jealous and helpless towards DreamWorks.

Because the survival mode of DreamWorks is simply "cheating", theoretically speaking, keeping one's duty and only being a content producer has no future for any ambitious film and television company.

Because you can't guarantee that your talents will continue to flow, and your works will always be popular with the public, so as long as any film and television company starts to grow, it must reach out to the upstream and downstream of the industry chain, and reach out to places where the water is deeper and more turbid. More stable profits are generated.

Because digging gold is all about luck, but selling water to gold diggers is sure to make a profit, and you can earn more.

Gambling to get rich overnight is luck, and opening a casino is a huge profit.

This is why so many film and television companies have to do artist brokerage business, invest in theaters, and even build film and television bases to continuously extend the chain upstream and downstream.

And DreamWorks is that strange gold digger who drops one piece of gold with one shovel, and two pieces of gold with another shovel. The ease of making money makes the person who collects the "toll" of the gold digger feel surprised and bitter.

But people rely on gold digging to make a fortune, not to steal your business, and not to provide any basic services for gold diggers.

This goldfish from DreamWorks will not plunge its tentacles deep into the mud to grab food from you, and you will not find a chance to teach him a lesson, but he always wanders in the clearest upper layer of the water. He is the star in the fish tank and the owner cares about it. The pet that can save him face is always under the attention of his eyes, and you can't jump out of the mud to devour him.

This is the unique way of survival of DreamWorks that other film and television companies cannot follow.

But every advantage has its own disadvantages. If you want to be the most dazzling goldfish living in the upper layer of the fish tank, and not drill into deep water or mud, then you will naturally not have real power.

Ye Shunan, who is only 16 years old, may not be able to really see the status of DreamWorks in the film and television industry, but as a child star who has debuted for a long time, she has a good understanding of the entertainment industry, which allows her to make a basic judgment, That's what DreamWorks couldn't do to her.

Perhaps it would be frustrating for an artist without resources to turn against DreamWorks and never receive resources from DreamWorks again.

But Ye Shunan is not an artist without a background. She was born as a child star and was branded as a "Beijing circle" very early. As she got older, she didn't have a long disability, and she was even more beautiful than when she was a child. Although her acting skills are not good She is so talented, but her rich acting experience makes her stand out among her peers.

Coupled with the fact that the child star has a certain degree of nationality, all these make Jingying very optimistic about her future development. Shen Yankun, a big boss in the Beijing circle, even signed her last year and trained her as a future female star. .

Even the resources of "The Walking Dead" were actually obtained by Shen Yankun for her.

Although Chen Jingxing adhered to the standard of "selecting people based on their talents" on the surface, there was no way to get rid of connections and resources. Unless it was his own movie, he personally designated it, otherwise the list that could be placed in front of him would not be unknown. Besides, the acting skills of actors who are not related to the family may not be better than those of the resourceful. Chen Jingxing actually doesn't care whether he is a resourceful or not.

And Shen Yankun, the gold medal agent, decided to break the contract before the filming of "The Walking Dead" was not because of any conflict with Chen Jingxing. Of course, as a big boss in the Beijing circle, he was a little jealous of DreamWorks mixed with disdain for seeing new forces, but The main reason is that he believes that "The Walking Dead" has delayed his plan for Ye Shunan, and it will also drag down Ye Shunan's progress.

This is intolerable to him.

In his eyes, this project of DreamWorks is just a springboard, a ladder, but DreamWorks' approach has challenged his tolerance time and time again.

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"Are you kidding me?" Chen Jingxing swiped his mobile phone on his office seat and looked at the Jiugongge picture on Weibo, with an expression of disbelief on his face: "It can't be P's, right? Or a trick?"

In the picture, nine photos from different angles form a nine-square grid. There are obvious bruises on the arms, redness and swelling on the shoulders, and obvious purple spots on the legs. It looks shocking.

Sitting across the table are Tian Xinye and the producer of "The Walking Dead".

The producer's face was uncertain, and his answer was somewhat ambiguous: "It's not like P's, it may be a trick, but it may also be true."

Hearing the producer's words, Chen Jingxing knew that it might be true: "My good fellow, even after reading it, I thought DreamWorks abused actors!"

"Is our movement training so 'crazy'?"

The producer quickly replied: "Our movement training is all professional coaches, even more than half of them are from Hollywood, and the training plan is also in line with Hollywood standards. Of course, this may be stricter in China, but... I just want to It can be said that maybe people’s physiques are different.”

Chen Jingxing understood, he also made action films, several actors in "Matrix" also went through a long time of training before the filming started, and the filming process was also very hard, with bumps and bumps and even muscle strains, This is hard to avoid, but it is actually very safe. DreamWorks learned the Hollywood film industry model, not the film production style of Brother Cheng Long.

It's just that most of the actors in "Matrix" have the foundation for filming action scenes, and their muscles are all there, so even if there are bruises on the skin, it may not be obvious. Of course, you can't see them if they don't take off their clothes. The superficial "injury" of a person, generally no one will take this as an issue.

But Ye Shunan was born as a child star, and she was pampered since she was a child. Even if she had filmed costume dramas, it would not involve action scenes, let alone action training. , and very few filmmakers allow actors to receive training.

Sudden contact with this kind of professional high-intensity exercise training will cause greater muscle and skin reactions, which is understandable. People who have no exercise foundation may not be able to go down the stairs the next day after a little exercise.

From the perspective of the industry, these bruises are not a serious problem and will disappear soon, but when they are put on the Internet, they are shocking.

(End of this chapter)