The budget of $600 million was issued in the summer for Brookheimer to make big purchases in Hollywood.

What was the concept of $600 million at that time? In 1993, Disney acquired Miramax, the most important independent film publisher at the time, and it only cost 80 million US dollars.

Although Miramax's business conditions were not good at that time, there were more than 500 films in the film library, as well as the film distribution networks throughout the United States, all of which were considered small giants except for the six giants.

The 600 million US dollars in summer can probably win the copyright of nearly 4,000 movies. This is an extremely considerable number. You should know that even a large company with a long history like Columbia Pictures, there are only 2,700 movies in the film library.

Of course, because these "four thousand movies" were mostly purchased from small and medium-sized film companies, the quality is definitely not comparable to Columbia Pictures's film library.

Many of the film libraries in Columbia Pictures are works that have won international awards, and many of them are classic blockbuster films from that year, which left a deep impression on the American people. Therefore, this type of film is relatively valuable and naturally the copyright is relatively expensive.

A large number of the "four thousand movies" acquired in the summer are shoddy works, with uneven quality and value naturally subsided.

Of course, this does not mean that this library cannot make money. In fact, practice has long proved that good movies can make money, and bad movies can make money.

For example, the production level of micro-films in the Internet era in the previous life was very poor. Regardless of the special effects of the picture, story plot, character creation, or promotional distribution, they were almost useless.

But in fact, many netizens still enjoy watching such movies, and even developed into a very prosperous market. Even many professional production companies, celebrities and directors have begun to get involved in online movies.

Although the Internet is not yet developed and the era of online video has not yet arrived. However, cable TV and image rental have developed in full swing, which is enough to digest these bad movies.

Some movies are reluctant to buy tickets to watch when they are played in cinemas. But if they are played on TV, many people will be willing to watch them once.

Just like "The Shawshank Redemption", when it was released in theaters, the box office was extremely bleak. However, when it was later changed to TV stations, it became the most popular movie among the audience. Its video tape has also been at the forefront of the video tape rental rankings for many years, and in 1995, it even won the ranking championship.

In his previous life, Warner Bros. received $1.5 billion in TV licensing fees every year with 6,000 movies in the library.

Xia Tian believes that once his library of 4,000 movies is successfully formed, he can earn at least one billion US dollars a year. He will naturally not miss such a profitable transaction.

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Jerry Brookheimer then waved the check and started buying it in Hollywood. Money was pioneering, and it was progressing very quickly.

In addition, since three American dramas, "Star Gate", "Prison Storm" and "Friends", were purchased, the production of the pilot series has to be put on the agenda.

The pilot episode also requires directors, actors, screenwriters, behind-the-scenes, etc., and these teams also need to be formed. For a time, the production of the world seemed to have entered a state of war, and the company was busy.

Given that the three series "Star Gate", "Prison Storm" and "Friends" are all summer creatives, many celebrities, directors and screenwriters want to participate in the audition.

Summer is now the most powerful person in Hollywood, no doubt about it. Even Murdoch and Redstone, who are also a media tycoon, are difficult to match him.

First, because there is more money than them in summer. In capitalist society, money represents power. If you have money, you can escape safely even if you commit murder. On the contrary, if you don’t have money, even innocent people may go to jail until death.

Although Murdoch and Thunderstone are also rich, they are at most tens of billions of dollars, which is not a little bit worse than Xia Tian.

Secondly, because summer is more powerful than them. Although Murdoch also has Fox Pictures, Fox TV Network, newspapers, magazines, etc. in the United States, Fox Pictures is not as good as summer CBS. Fox TV Network is not as good as CBS, and even newspapers and magazines are not as good as Washington Daily News.

What's more, there are Columbia Records, Snow Media and Blockbuster Image Chain in summer, which is much stronger than Murdoch.

Lei Shidong is currently only developing in theaters and cable TV fields. He currently has no film company. In terms of strength, even Murdoch is not as good as Xia Tian.

Third, in addition to being a successful businessman, Xia Tian is also a well-known director and screenwriter, which is much better than Murdoch, Redstone and others.

It is precisely because Xia Tian is so talented and powerful that there are many stars and directors willing to participate in the audition and cooperate with him.

They want to take advantage of the opportunity of filming and producing dramas in the world to attract summer attention and get more and better performance opportunities.

This is why some traffic stars like to play small roles in movies by some big directors. The same is true.

For example, in "The Great Wall" directed by Zhang Yimou, there are many popular stars such as Lu x, Chen Xuex, and Wang Junx. They are not the protagonists, and they are not even considered second, third or fourth male, so the pay they earn is naturally limited. They are far less than that of their idol films and romance films.

But the reason why they are willing to participate is that they hope to establish a relationship with Zhang Yimou. Lao Mouzi is one of the few directors in China who enjoys a very high reputation internationally. He has a very high status in the film and television industry and has even been known as the "national teacher".

If he can get his recognition, he can gain first-line resources in the film and television industry and become a real big star that is internationally renowned. Just like Zhang Ziyi, Ni Ni, Zhou Dongyu, etc.

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Xia Tian’s current status in Hollywood is higher than Zhang Yimou’s status in the mainland entertainment industry in his previous life, so it is not surprising that there are so many star directors and actors willing to cooperate with him and come to audition.

Xiatian is naturally very welcome to join these stars. He is now in need of talents, so the more he gets better. Moreover, more stars joining will make the series more attractive, which is also a good thing for the company.

But then again, Xia Tian instructed Brookheimer that "Prison Storm" and "Star Gate" can be cast at will. As long as the actors are suitable, he will not ask.
Chapter completed!