Hollywood New Century

Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, Xinghai Entertainment is holding a grand press conference here.

Under the current economic downturn, Xinghai Entertainment's large-scale acquisitions are as dazzling as throwing red-hot iron into cold water.

"Iron Man", "Life and Death Reading" and "Slumdog Millionaire" three films produced by Xinghai are scheduled for the second half of the year, "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Iron Man" will be released in December this year; "Life and Death Reading" It will be released in November.

"Simon, it's unbelievable that you have this kind of power in just a few years," said Dan Glickman, president of the MPAA Association and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, who was sitting with Simon in the hotel lobby. In a small conference room at the back.

"In recent years, the Hollywood film market has gradually recovered since 2005. Mr. Glickman has also made great efforts in joining the MPAA, establishing the US film copyright system, lobbying Congress to revise the criminal law and copyright law, combating piracy, and improving digital copyright technology. ,” Simon Pike praised. After all, the MPAA Association is not only a function of setting movie ratings, otherwise the six members who are members of the committee will pay tens of millions of dollars in annual dues.

"Since MGM withdrew from the committee in 2005, the association has indeed received a lot of applications from film companies, but the opinions of other members of the association are also very important," Dan Glickman laughed, although Simon Pike didn't say he wanted to join the club, but wasn't that what the previous conversation meant?

Simon smiled undeniably. Everyone is smart. The MPAA Association serves the Hollywood film and television market, and the representatives of this market are the six major Hollywood filmmakers headed by the six members of the association.

It is self-evident that the importance of film grading for films is self-evident in formulating rules. The MPAA’s grading will of course heavily favor the six major filmmakers as members, and more importantly, it can also affect the grading of other film companies’ films within a certain range.

Only by entering the MPAA Association can you be regarded as a top Hollywood player; at the same time, the MPAA Association also acts as a link between Hollywood and the White House, and the influence of Washington can be reflected in the association.

"Okay, it's a grand ball in a minute, and Mr. Glickman should have a good drink." Simon has no hope of entering the MPAA Association now. The background, market share, and political capital are all lacking.

"Simon, you are still young, Hollywood is your young people after all, Xinghai Entertainment is booming, and after time accumulates, it will definitely become a force to be reckoned with," Dan Glickman said and stood up and patted Simon's Shoulder.

After all, as a politician, what we need to ensure is the prosperity of the Hollywood film market, and to ensure that this window to the world to promote the American spirit is always in a leading position.

As for the internal rules of Hollywood, it is up to Hollywood to decide. Dan Glickman knows very well that he just needs this political performance from Hollywood.

Simon Parker's emergence in recent years has indeed given himself a lot of surprises.

After Dan Glickman left, Simon called Laura Collins over.

"Boss, Summit Entertainment has participated in 6 films this year, and there are several projects in the pipeline, but they have been suspended," Laura Collins said and handed Simon a document sheet.

Simon took it over and opened it and watched it casually. It was indeed a few small-budget comedy movies, and perhaps the only one that stood out was the movie "The Hurt Locker".

A total of 15 million US dollars of production costs, live-action shooting in Syria, Jordan, female director Kathryn Bigelow directed.

Summit Entertainment owns the North American rights, and Simon knows it's the best picture at the Oscars, but it's also a loss-making film.

""Chibi", "Dancing Out of My Life" and "Deadly Curve", the peak is either the producer or the investor, or there is no distribution right," Simon smiled. The peak is indeed a bit miserable. Beauty and the Ugly, Bloom Brothers, Never Back Down don't know what they are!

Simon shook his head helplessly, and he bought the adaptation rights of the "Twilight" movie early, and Pinnacle Entertainment basically had no hope of rising.

"The projects I'm working on right now, "Mystery Code" and "Astro Boy", have some big investment. Let's launch them. I don't care about other small projects. Let Nina decide," Simon said and put down the file. It was Summit Entertainment is preparing to release the movie next year, "Mystery Code" starring Nicolas Cage, and that "Astro Boy" is also dubbed by him.

"Boss, what about the film label Summit?" Laura Collins asked.

"In the future, Pinnacle Pictures will be a subsidiary of Xinghai Pictures to specialize in the release of "Garage Horror" and "Ability". There, Xinghai Pictures is the main label for the production and distribution of commercial and large-scale movies; Dingfeng Pictures is responsible for B-level films; Xinghai Qixing is responsible for overseas films and literary films.

"Understood!" Laura Collins nodded in response.

"Go out, the guests are probably in a hurry," Simon said, standing up and tidying up his suit.

In the banquet hall of the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, it is very lively, and today's Simon Pike is no longer a small person.

Many Hollywood filmmakers, fashion circles or people from the media were present.

As soon as Simon Pike walked out with Laura Collins, it attracted almost everyone's attention. Of course, the media reporters present would not be stingy with their own film.

"Okay, now we have Mr. Simon Parker, chairman of Xinghai Entertainment!" The beautiful host of the company's public relations department said in a timely manner.

Simon smiled, walked up to the stage, and faced the quiet crowd below. This feeling was really comfortable.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our Xinghai Entertainment banquet. Xinghai has been established for more than three years and has achieved some small achievements. This is inseparable from all the outstanding filmmakers here;"

"At present, not only Hollywood, but the entire United States is suffering from an economic recession. As entertainment, movies and TV should be more attractive at this time to share people's worries;"

"Xinghai Entertainment will invest more than 500 million US dollars in the production of film and television content. In addition to our own projects, we will also widely accept projects from independent production companies or independent producers and directors for development!"

The investment of 500 million US dollars immediately made the guests present warmly applaud, and the wealthy Xinghai Entertainment can pay for their project financing!