my movie years

Chapter 83: How Hollywood Works

Visited Industrial Light & Magic again, and Zhang Hao chatted with their engineers.

Surprisingly, one of them named Bai Xia was not Chinese, but a real Chinese.

Bai Xia graduated from New York University and has been working in Industrial Light & Magic for two years.

Zhang Hao had an in-depth chat with Bai Xia, and wanted to invite him to return to China to work.

"I currently have a three-year work contract with ILM, and I originally thought about studying and working at ILM, and then returning to China to start a business.

But I didn’t expect that there is a non-competition agreement in Industrial Light & Magic, if the work contract expires or if you leave the job, you will not be allowed to return to China to engage in related occupations within five years. " Bai Xia said helplessly.

Zhang Hao was stunned, and then said helplessly: "It seems that there is no such opportunity to poach people. I didn't expect this kind of contract to exist."

It turns out that they had already prepared for it, and they specially set up this clause for fear that you would poach someone.

Who said that Laomei only restricts the chip industry, and even the film special effects technology industry.

After five years, these learned techniques are outdated, and people don't have to worry about you surpassing him.

In this way, these Chinese engineers who participated in the research and development of core technologies have also cut off the opportunity to choose, and they can almost only work in North America.

Of course, some people really want to return to China for development.And some people think it's good here, so they stay here.

Zhang Hao was a little disappointed that no one was found, but not pessimistic.

On the third day of the visit, Zhang Hao and Guo Fan met with the visiting group, and then visited Universal Pictures.

Seeing that Zhang Hao was not there yesterday, Ning Hao asked Zhang Hao what he was doing.

"I went to Industrial Light & Magic to poach people yesterday." Zhang Hao said bluntly, which made Ning Hao look sideways.

"Going to poach someone? Did you get it?" Ning Hao asked with concern.

"Do you think you can find it? If I can find it, I won't look like a dead fish." Zhang Hao followed the tour group to visit various departments of Universal Pictures, not very interested.

Guo Fan briefly told Ning Hao what he had talked with Bai Xia yesterday, and Ning Hao suddenly realized: "So there is such a thing, these foreigners are also smart, obviously we can't do it, they just don't give you this development Chance."

"Who says it's not!" Guo Fan also sighed, feeling powerless.

"Don't talk about this, how did you feel when you visited Warner Pictures yesterday?" Zhang Hao changed the subject.

"You said this, they are indeed very professional, for example, in their screenwriting department, there will be a chief screenwriter in charge of the overall script.

Then there are those who are responsible for dialogue, those who are responsible for creating conflicts, and those who are responsible for emotional character creation.

After watching it, I was amazed. This level of professionalism is worth learning. " Ning Hao said in admiration.

Zhang Hao smiled, "Brother, do you really think that a screenwriter has so many skills?"

"what do you mean?"

"He's very good at it. Everything is on the bright side for you to see. When you learn it and go back and start practicing it, it's in his arms." Zhang Hao said.

"You say that," Ning Hao folded his arms and said, "It does make sense. Why would someone give us the secret of their success?"

"So, Hollywood is just a business card. People won't teach us their skills in vain. What's the purpose this time?" Zhang Hao asked.

"Open our market?" Da Mi Mi was a little uncertain.

"It is to open up our market. I also heard from Mr. Fu that the six major Hollywood companies have formed a lobbying team to persuade us to fully open and implement the movie rating system." Ning Hao said.

Zhang Hao shook his head and said: "I don't think this will succeed. Although the masters of the big scissors have strange brain circuits, there is still a bottom line that should be adhered to. And this matter is too big, and the big scissors can't decide."

It is impossible to fully open up the film market. Hollywood films are usually mixed with some private goods in the production, and some sugar-coated shells are used to confuse others.

How could the big scissors allow private movies to enter the mainland market? There is still a bottom line, and Zhang Hao wants to give a thumbs up in this regard.

Just like your own children, you can scold yourself, but not others.

There is no difference between visiting Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. You just look at their various departments, understand their operating mode, and listen to them bragging about their company's history by the way.

On the fourth day of the visit, Zhang Hao became interested. On this day, he visited Marvel Pictures.

Others may not be clear about it, but Zhang Hao knows that this newly established film company will create such outstanding achievements in the future.

MCU universe, a movie series that shocked the world.

Although many people in the industry say that the MCU universe is not a movie, but more like a feature-length series.

At this time, Marvel is producing "Thor" and "Captain America", and the plan for Marvel's infinite universe is becoming clearer.

Marvel is very enthusiastic about the visiting group of Chinese directors, because "Iron Man 2" created a box office of 1.5 million in the mainland, and it is still accumulating.

Although this result is far inferior to "Avatar"'s 13.14 billion, but that is "Avatar", not any movie can compare.

What Marvel values ​​more is the future. In the future, they will have many films to produce, and the mainland market is a very important ticket warehouse.

Many Hollywood analysts have studied it and believe that the mainland film market will grow explosively in the coming period.

Now it seems that there are already signs of this.

Last year, there were [-] films with a box office of more than [-] million, and there were as many as nine in the first half of this year.

There are still so many films waiting to be released in the second half of the year, maybe there will be [-] films with over [-] million yuan this year.

Although the box office over [-] million is still the baseline, it is no longer an unattainable dream.

Hollywood, which is sensitive to the market, will naturally notice the expansion of the mainland market year by year, especially the 13.14 billion achievement of "Avatar", which has almost spoiled many Hollywood giants.

Da Mi Mi walked behind with Zhang Hao, her English was so-so, and she couldn't hear the translator speaking in front, so she chatted with Zhang Hao.

"Why did they shoot "Thor" instead of "Batman"?" Da Mimi asked.

"These two are not from the same comic company. Batman is from DC, and Thor is from Marvel." Zhang Hao explained, and suddenly asked curiously: "You actually know Batman? It's not easy!"

"Of course I know, my uncle even took me to rent Batman discs!" Da Mi Mi remembers things when he was a child very clearly.

Da Mi Mi's uncle is a university professor, a highly educated person, and his family is a college student, but Da Mi Mi has the lowest degree of education and is an art candidate.

Although Da Mi Mi's college entrance examination scores are not very good, the score line is enough.

So, there are illiterates in the entertainment industry, but that person will definitely not be a big Mi Mi.

Da Mi Mi counted with his fingers: "I also know about Spider-Man, X-Men, and the Iron Man that was released earlier."

"The three you mentioned belong to this company, but the film copyrights of Spider-Man and X-Men belong to Sony Columbia and [-]th Century Fox." Zhang Hao explained.

"Oh!" Da Mi Mi understood a little bit.

Zhang Hao suddenly thought of something and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Da Mi Mi asked: "What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of something funny."

Da Mi gave Zhang Hao a blank look, and went to chat with Ning Hao's lover Xing Aina.

How did she know that Zhang Hao was laughing at DC.

Because Christopher Nolan went to film British dramas, the classic "Dark Knight Trilogy" is gone.

The only movie series that DC can compete with Marvel is gone. I don’t know who can save DC in the future.

Although, Zhang Hao knows this series of movies.

But the problem is that he is a Chinese-language film director, and DC and Warner will never give Batman to him.

(End of this chapter)