Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 217 Opponents and Strategies

"Yes, but not entirely," Mr. Eisen replied.

"We must first clarify two issues: Who are our friends and who are our enemies? Who can unite and who must fight to the end?" said Lin Yuan.

"You grasped the crux of the matter right away."

"I am merely repeating the wisdom of the great men of the East."

Mr. Eisen smiled and nodded, without further discussing the issue.

He said seriously, "Among the eight major Hollywood film studios, Universal Pictures and Disney are the ones closest to us. They should be welcoming of our rise in the film industry."

Lin Yuan was not surprised at this conclusion. In the past two years, he had mainly cooperated with these two film companies and had established many good relationships with them.

"Fast and Furious" and "Jurassic Park 3" were filmed by Lin Yuan at Universal Pictures.

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" series is a film co-produced with Disney, so needless to say.

In fact, these two film companies are also the two companies that Lin Yuan least wants to become his competitors.

Because in the next twenty years, these two film companies will become stronger and stronger, and Universal Pictures may even return to the top spot.

If Lin Yuan really comes into conflict with these two powerful companies, he will undoubtedly pay a higher price.

Lin Yuan wanted to do his best to make the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series a success from beginning to end because he didn't want to make enemies with Disney.

"What about our enemies?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Columbia Pictures and MGM. These two film companies are very hostile to us," said Mr. Eisen.

After hearing Mr. Eisen's reply, Lin Yuan nodded.

Both are old Hollywood film giants. Columbia Pictures' logo is a goddess holding a torch, while MGM's logo is a roaring lion.

Audiences who often watch Hollywood movies, even if they can't remember the names of these two companies, must have seen those two movie opening logos many times, which shows how many movies they have produced.

Now that Mr. Eisen has made it clear that the two film companies are highly hostile to each other, the only thing left is to prepare for the battle.

He is not afraid of these two film companies, as they will continue to decline in the next few years until they are on the verge of bankruptcy and are acquired.

In his previous life, Lin Yuan saw that MGM Studios was eventually acquired by Amazon.

Columbia Pictures was acquired by Sony.

Perhaps it is the poor performance of these two film companies that makes them more resistant to Lin Yuan Film Studio, a newcomer that wants to take the stage.

I'm starving, and you're still trying to steal my food?

Although the two film companies are on the decline, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. If they join forces to trip up Lin Yuan, it will still make him very uncomfortable.

Therefore, before the war breaks out, Lin Yuan and Mr. Eisen must make more preparations.

"What is the attitude of the remaining film companies?" Lin Yuan asked.

Mr. Eisen has a clearer idea of ​​the attitudes of the four film companies now: two support and two oppose. What about the remaining four?
"We're neutral, but we could swing to one side at any time," Mr. Eisen replied. "But there's one company we need to pay special attention to, and it would be great if we could win it over."

"Which one?"

"Warner Bros."

"..."

Hearing this answer, Lin Yuan fell silent.

Warner Bros. has a very powerful father: Time Warner. The parent company of Warner Bros. is Time Warner Group.

The Time magazine that Lin Yuan appeared on the cover of was from Time Warner.

After he finished playing football with the New England Patriots, Sports Illustrated, which interviewed him, was also owned by Time Warner.

There are also Fortune magazine, DC Comics... These magazines and comics that are well-known to Chinese people also belong to Time Warner.

In a few simple words, you will know that this is a super media giant, far more powerful than Columbia Pictures and MGM.

It can be seen that Time Warner’s attitude towards Lin Yuan is still neutral.

Neither suppress him nor support him.

If Time Warner also stood against Lin Yuan, it would be really dangerous.

The reason for this worry is that Lin Yuan has to provoke others!

The Harry Potter film series was produced and released by Warner Bros., and this year it was severely overshadowed by Pirates of the Caribbean.

The Lord of the Rings film series was produced and distributed by a company called New Line Cinema, but this company has long been acquired by Time Warner...

Lin Yuan not only plans to surpass "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" at the box office, but also plans to clash with the other film's release date.

After such a series of bold moves, will Time Warner change its attitude towards Lin Yuan?

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan felt particularly troubled.

It seems that he has an additional task: how to slap Time Warner in the face without making them hate him?

"Okay, okay, since we have to deal with so many troublesome things, we can't just get beaten without eating meat." Lin Yuan said with a headache.

"Yes, after "The King of Spy" is released, we will take a bigger step. By then, in addition to the homemade movies with you as the leading role, we will also need to shoot more successful movies." Mr. Eisen said.

If we were still Lin Yuan Film Studio before, serving Lin Yuan and only shooting films with Lin Yuan as the main character, then when we officially started operating as a film company, we had to expand our product line.

Everyone is waiting for the movies directed by Lin Yuan to make money. How many movies can he make in a year?
We didn’t make movies before because we needed to grow and develop quietly under the name of “studio”.

Now that it can no longer be hidden and must come into the light, the agenda of shooting more movies must also be considered.

"I will submit a number of film proposals for preliminary project establishment and will be responsible for the production of the scripts. If possible, we will strive to shoot ten of our own films next year," said Lin Yuan.

"Well, you've always had a good eye and never failed. I have complete trust in you on this," said Mr. Eisen.

Every movie chosen by Lin Yuan makes huge profits, so Mr. Eisen is willing to believe that as long as a movie is initiated by Lin Yuan, it will definitely not lose money, the only difference is how much profit it makes.

“But if we do that, we will be seriously short of staff,” Mr. Eisen continued.

"I will talk to Director Cohen, Director Ang Lee, and Director Johnston and try to get their contracts for the next few films signed to our studio. I'd also like you to help me find some other outstanding directors to work with."

There is no need to say much about Director Cohen, and Director Ang Lee is an old acquaintance of Lin Yuan.

Director Johnston, with whom Lin Yuan had worked in "Jurassic Park 3", can also be said to be one of his own.

By handing the film project over to a director he trusts, Lin Yuan is confident that it will not go astray.

"I will also contact Vin Diesel, Johnny Depp, Paul Walker, Anne and others, and ask them to participate more in our future films." Lin Yuan continued.

"Well, before you knew it, you've already built up a pretty big network of contacts." Mr. Eisen felt strangely relieved.

(End of this chapter)