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   Chapter 797 Borrowing Flowers to Offer Buddha

   "Director Bruno!"

   "Miss Jenny!"

  After chatting for a while, Song Yang and Jenny, who were dressed up, came to the headquarters of Western Pictures in Los Angeles.

   When Western Pictures was first established, the headquarters was only placed in an ordinary small building in Los Angeles, serving as the headquarters of Western Pictures, and now it has moved to a Hollywood studio.

This studio shooting park is not as large as the Paramount headquarters with 29 studios, or the studios of Hollywood giants such as Disney and Columbia Pictures, but it also has more than eight studios and several office buildings. All are owned by Western Pictures.

  When Song Yang passed by, Ted Sarando, president of Western Pictures, brought a group of executives to welcome the arrival of the big sponsor.

   Different from the previous grass stage team, the current Western Pictures has a lot of senior executives, and the production manager, distribution president, finance, personnel and other departments are all available.

   And compared with Hollywood giants such as Paramount and Disney, Western Pictures also has an additional management team, the business of Internet online video!

Like the Saipan Music Store, Western Pictures is also engaged in the online video business, but compared to the Saipan Music Store, which has already made a name for itself, the online video business of Western Pictures still has a little reputation. Not too many film and television rights.

It is the same as the five major record groups at the time, or even better than that. Hollywood also firmly holds film and television copyrights in their hands, and is not willing to sell them at all. Even if they sell a few film and television copyrights, it is still It is ridiculously expensive, which has led to the fact that the online video business played by Western Pictures and the IMDB website can only be regarded as a small business!

   "Ted!"

   Song Yang and Ted Sarando shook hands, then looked at the three people standing behind Ted Sarando, "Taylor, Jackson, Jimmy!"

  Richard Taylor, Peter Jackson, and Jimmy Selkirk are the founders of Weta Special Effects, and of course they are also executives of Western Pictures.

   For the special effects clip of "The Matrix", in addition to cooperating with Industrial Light and Magic, Western Pictures also acquired Weta Special Effects as its own special effects studio.

   "The studio of Western Pictures is not the largest in Hollywood, but this studio has invested more than $65 million in renovations and upgrades, and it is now the best studio in Hollywood!"

  Ted Sarando brought Song Yang into the studio and introduced him to Song Yang. Several studios in the entire Western Film Industry are now at full capacity.

   "Now the Sopranos, Grey's Anatomy, Shameless, CSI, The Big Bang Theory and other popular ICNC TV dramas, quite a few of the plots are all filmed in the studio of Western Pictures!"

  Ted Sarando and the production department manager of Western Pictures introduced these studios. Now ICNC, and even the most popular TV series in America, have used Western Pictures' studios.

   "According to the plan of Western Pictures, there will be several big productions in the future, all of which will use the studios of Western Pictures!"

Ted Sarando talked about Western Pictures' plan to make Western Pictures famous in Hollywood "The Matrix" a big box office hit, coupled with the release of many TV series that dominate the American TV Channel, let Western Pictures in Hollywood. Hollywood is no longer unknown.

And Ted Sarando himself has jumped from the head of a little-known small film and television company to one of the emerging big film and television companies in Hollywood, even with DreamWorks, New Line Pictures, Lionsgate Together with the industry and others, he became one of the candidates for the head of the eighth largest Hollywood studio.

Song Yang looked at the busy studio in front of him. One by one forklift trucks were constantly transported from the prop production department inside the studio to various roads and transported to the crew in the studio for layout. The gardeners were tending the hibiscus hedges, and the electricians When laying out the line to hang the lights, the busiest thing is the crew who travel back and forth in golf carts...

   Song Yang looked at the busy studio in front of him. The studios of the other Hollywood giants were basically the same. Basically, the major studios were full of films. Now it can be said that it is one of the best eras in Hollywood.

Just looking at the scene in front of him, Song Yang didn't know how long it would last. After the online video business takes off, the studios of giant film and television companies such as Paramount, Fox, and Columbia Pictures will probably have to be turned into rental houses and lent to online video companies. Filmed by video company…

   "The studio of Western Pictures may not be enough. In the future, Western Pictures may produce more than 90 or even 100 movies, TV series, documentaries, etc. every year!"

   After passing by the studio of Western Pictures, Song Yang smiled and said to Ted Sarando and other executives of Western Pictures.

It might sound like a joke, but Ted Sarando and others were all taken aback, no matter whether it was a TV series, a movie, a documentary or something, there are more than 90 films a year, which is too much. Scary.

According to the current production speed of several major Hollywood companies, Warner Bros., Paramount, Sony and Columbia Pictures combined, the total number of films made in one year is estimated to be less than 90, and the funds needed to shoot these films, It is more than billions of dollars!

Traditional Hollywood practitioners who have not experienced the beatings of online video companies and streaming media companies cannot imagine the huge impact that completely changed the pattern and model of Hollywood. All Hollywood practitioners are also facing new choices. Continue to stick to the traditional big screen, or embrace the new online video industry, which is the arrival of the era of online dramas!

Ted Sarando looked at Song Yang's face. Although Song Yang said those words in a joking tone just now, Ted Sarando was not sure whether what Song Yang said was a joke or a joke. Might be true!

If you really want a company that can produce more than 90 movies, TV series, documentaries, etc. a year, it is almost a company that can compete with the whole of Hollywood. So what?

   Crossed the studio of Western Pictures and came to the site of Weta Special Effects Studio. The first thing to enter is the prop model making workshop.

As soon as you enter it, you can see all kinds of props, clothes, weapons and models of movie creatures that appear in the movie. Most of them are rubbed by hand. This is also the major special effects now. Something the company has, the Industrial Light & Magic's prop production workshop is more than double the size of this.

   "Now, Weta Special Effects Studio is preparing the props and models needed in the two movies "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings"!"

  The general manager of Weta Special Effects Studio, Richard Taylor, said to Song Yang, Jenny, who was beside Song Yang, and the two little servants who were following her, all pricked up their ears.

   (end of this chapter)