Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

In fact, Jed doesn't like South Korea, although Jed admires South Korea's achievements in film, and it can even be said that South Korea has become the only country in the three East Asian countries that still has the challenge of Hollywood movies.But Jade believes that this achievement is unfair. First of all, under the influence of the Korean Film Promotion Association, the South Korean government has imposed various restrictions on overseas imported films.Restricting import quotas does not count, and there are even restrictions on the schedule, scale and duration of overseas film releases. In this case, overseas films and local films will not have the fairness of competing in the same field at all.Secondly, the Korean Film Promotion Association used their control in the Korean National Assembly to pass various tax policies for overseas films, forcing imported films to have almost no high profits in the country, and more and more overseas films had to choose Abandon the Korean market.In the end, they also used the blood sucked from overseas movies to promote local movies, and they made various international campaigns, as if Korean movies had become synonymous with Asian movies.It’s just that the name looks beautiful, and regardless of whether the two major film producers in the Greater China region and Japan are laughing and silent, the younger generations of India and Iran don’t like the little brother of Korean movies.Yes, Korean movies have indeed made great progress, but both the box office and international awards are not as good as Japan, China, and even Iran and Singapore are slightly better than South Korea.But the Koreans think that since I have no films in Cannes, Berlin and Venice, I can set up my own film festival to play?

So little South Korea established the Busan Film Festival in one go, and soon established the Jeonju Film Festival.According to the certification of the International Association of Film Producers, both film festivals belong to the second category of "competitive special film festivals".The Busan Film Festival is mainly aimed at feature films and documentaries, and does not involve comedies, musicals, TV movies and animations; while the Jeonju Film Festival is a digital film festival, mainly for films shot by dv cameras.However, the Koreans' duplicity has also been brought to the extreme in this respect. First of all, the Jeonju Film Festival doesn't call itself a digital film festival at all. All attracted to entertain themselves.The Busan International Film Festival simply focuses on "feature films". Anyway, comedies, musicals and TV movies have never been the mainstream, and animated films are also considered partial in Asia.

This series of operations by the South Korean government and the Korean Film Promotion Association has been fruitful. First, the Busan Film Festival surpassed the Tokyo Film Festival to become the second largest film festival in Asia (after Shanghai); (and even the entire Asia-Pacific region) the most distinctive avant-garde art film festival.In fact, Jed thinks that there is nothing wrong with absorbing these two film festivals, but the Film Promotion Association (Korean Film Promotion Association) really makes Jed's ass hurt.On the one hand, they are very enthusiastic about the North American Film Distributors Club, but on the other hand, they express clear opposition to the club's desire to open up the Korean film market.Jed can't understand the thinking of Koreans, why should we treat you to dinner but you don't treat us to dinner?Because of the objection of the Film Society, the negotiations between the club and the two major film art festivals in South Korea were shelved.

And Jed also chatted with several key members of the club about the current progress from time to time. In fact, everyone didn't want to completely offend the American Motion Picture Association, so they just set up a club instead of an association with a tighter organizational structure.In fact, none of Disney, Sony, Universal, and Warner, which benefited from the American Film Association, made their mark. It was MGM, Sherman, and Paramount, the three companies that were not full, that really made their mark.Fox was persuaded again because of Murdoch's nationality. Instead, DreamWorks became a supporter of the club.And this club has the support of the second and third tier film companies in the United States. On the contrary, it has the possibility of truly becoming the American Film Association.It's just that Dude, the chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, is sitting on the Diaoyutai. As long as the qualification of the Film Association's certification of distribution companies and the qualification of reviewing film ratings are not cancelled, they don't care about false names.What's more, there is a loose organization like the Hollywood Foreign Press Association within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, so what if there is an organization within the American Film Association that is not an organization?What's more, this club has won more overseas markets for American films, so what's wrong?

Dude is even thinking that, if need be, he could even issue a status for the club, making them a fringe organization of the Motion Picture Association of America, much like the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.And Dude didn't want to get involved in the conflict between the club and the academy, after all, he couldn't afford to offend both sides.And Dude is also a little bit dissatisfied with the Academy deep down in his heart. If there is no prosperity of the American film industry, how can your Oscar become the world's number one film award?I'm afraid the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can't handle it, right?But it is this award raised by the American film industry that is always obsessed with British films. As long as the film tells about British history, give it an award!As long as this film has British actors, give it an award!Even as long as the actors in this movie use a British accent or the screenwriter uses British slang, then give an award!How does this embarrass the American filmmakers?

After Jed returned to the three major trade unions, he took the time to connect with each other.That's right, because these people will determine the direction of the Oscars' professional awards.Although the awarding authority of the so-called best film, best animated feature film, best animated short film, best documentary and best short film belongs to the academy (on the surface, it means that it belongs to all members of all unions); but the best director, the best The rights to the best screenwriter and best actor and actress belong to the corresponding professional unions.The better your connections in the union, the more likely you are to have support when it matters.This is also the reason why Chen Kaige wants to join the Directors Guild of America, because his starting point is obviously higher than others.In particular, Jed has always been the management of the directors' union and the screenwriters' union. Even if he left temporarily in the later period, he has always been the undertaker of various activities of the two major unions, so Jed's relationship with these two unions is very good.As the reporters expected, Jed soon became the vice chairman of the screenwriters union and the executive vice chairman of the directors union.Although he did not hold a full-time job, these two titles are enough for most Hollywood people to pay him respect.

In the producer union, Jed and John are also like ducks in water.One was a former social master, the other was a former lawyer and prosecutor, and soon the two established themselves in the producer union.Although Jed didn't get any position, John won the position of vice chairman of the internal ethics committee.In order to celebrate John's appointment, Jed specially arranged a celebration reception at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly.Not only will everyone from the producers' union appear on the stage, but even the screenwriters' union and directors' union will participate.Seeing the emergence of three of the four major labor unions, representatives of the remaining actors' unions also appeared.Immediately afterwards, the photographers' union, casting directors' union, make-up artists' union, costumers' union and other related unions also sent representatives to the stage.Finally, even the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which is the organizer of the Golden Globe Awards and has always had conflicts with the American Motion Picture Arts and Academy Union, also appeared.As for the members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Four Seasons Hotel became star-studded for a while, and there were constant celebrities in the chatter.

This kind of reception is a social occasion. As the hosts, Jed and John naturally have to socialize with many people, not to mention that one of them is the president of Sherman Film and Television Entertainment Group, and the other is the chairman of MGM Pictures Group. These two identities are even more important. It made the eyes of many second- and third-tier stars shine.If you can get a business card from the two of them, then you don't have to worry about eating and drinking in the second half of the year.It's a pity that the public relations company responsible for holding this kind of meeting has long been prepared. There are various waiters, security guards, and public relations personnel at the reception. The little star please go.However, a few people with oriental faces surrounded Jed. They were actually officials from the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Broadcasting and Communications Commission.Although Jed is not very interested in politics, these people in front of him are not something he can offend, not to mention that the Asia Broadcasting Group under his name is also the controlling shareholder of SBS Seoul Broadcasting Corporation.

So Jed smiled enthusiastically, "Guests from all over the world are very welcome. May I ask what is important for me?"

"Mr. Sherman, I'm very glad to be able to attend your reception." It was also from this reception that these officials learned about the power of the man under the age of 40 in Hollywood.

For such an entertainment tycoon, they dare not offend; the important thing is that he and the Samsung Group are mutual shareholders.The Sherman Technology Industry Group and the Samsung Group under Sherman's name are the major shareholders of each other. The two parties not only defeated Japan's giant companies such as Sony, Sanyo, and Toshiba in display technology and optical storage technology, but also Thrives when it comes to phones and mobile devices.Relying on the development of the Android system, Samsung mobile phones and Samsung tablets are almost entangled with iphones and ipads around the world, becoming a recognized national enterprise in South Korea.The current Samsung mobile phones and Samsung tablets are not only cheap, but the design sense of the high-end Samsung Galaxy series is even Jobs can't criticize.

Now Samsung's upcoming ultrabook series will make Samsung a global attention company. Although the ultrabook series is dominated by Sherman and Lenovo Group is also involved, Samsung's participation in the concentration has already made Samsung all up and down. Very excited.According to the idea of ​​the future, Lenovo is mainly responsible for the Chinese and American markets, while Samsung is responsible for the Korean, Japanese and European markets.Although Jobs claimed that the concept of the ultrabook copied the MacBook, after several lawsuits, Apple did not reap any benefits. Instead, it took the opportunity to make the concept of the ultrabook popular.Now that the Samsung ultrabooks have not yet been sold, the domestic pre-sales have already made the Samsung Group laugh from ear to ear.The relationship between South Korea and Samsung made these officials maintain sufficient respect for Jed, especially seeing that this man can drive so many Hollywood celebrities while talking and laughing.

After complimenting Jed a few words, they said with a smile, "Our country very much hopes to make the Busan Film and Art Festival a strategic partner of your club. Even if we can't give Shanghai and Tokyo the same treatment, we can accept it. But in short, What we hope is that your club will see our sincerity and efforts. In return, we will authorize sbs to be responsible for the broadcasting of the Busan International Film Festival in Korea and overseas, Mr. Sherman, what do you think?"