Chapter 126 Ethan, welcome to Hollywood(1/2)
Author: Fortunately I didn't go
"Oh Ethan, just be used to this kind of thing."
After rushing out of the media siege, Ethan, who came to the company, told the employees to look forward to the door and not let those stinky reporters rush into the company, and complained about their experiences to Evelyn and Woz who had already arrived.
, vent the anger in your heart.
But even so, he felt unhappy by Mirohua and Atari, so he called Spielberg to tell him about the madness of the media.
Because Ethan remembers that at this time last year, Spielberg was also broken by those uncrowned kings. The media reported some false news overwhelmingly, saying that he angrily criticized the Oscars, so that when Ethan called him,
The guy greeted the ancestors of those people directly on the other end of the phone.
At that time, it was Spielberg whom Ethan comforted him, but now...
The identities of both sides changed, but Spielberg made him relieved.
But how can this kind of irritability be eliminated by being content with ease?
After hearing Spielberg's 'just get used to', Ethan immediately shouted: "Oh NO! Steven! How can you get used to this kind of thing?"
"They are like flies, and they will never let go after finding the right target!"
"You may not know how much effort it took me to rush out of their siege!"
"What makes me most disgusting is that I can actually clearly feel that they were sent by Mirohua and Atari! Because they just want to know what I think of those two products!"
Ethan roared and said the name of the mastermind behind the scenes.
It’s nothing more than that he is so angry, because in Ethan’s opinion, the actions of these two companies are already quite excessive. It’s okay to openly stomp on it, but what the hell is it to force him to speak?
After hearing Ethan's complaint, Spielberg on the other end of the phone laughed.
"Oh—" he said: "While my next sentence may be rude, I still want to say it-Ethan, welcome you to Hollywood."
"What?" Ethan didn't understand.
Spielberg directly explained, "What I just experienced is actually the most basic gameplay in Hollywood. When a company in Hollywood wants to do something, they will use all the means they can use, including but
Not limited to direct attack on opponents…”
Hollywood is actually America's entertainment industry, and as long as it is in the entertainment industry, there is nothing that is not bad, because the production of movies is not centered on high-tech. There are no patent barriers that are often mentioned in the technology industry, but based on the director's imagination.
The mysterious thing with the actors' performance is the main driving force, so the human struggle here is more intense than other industries.
For example, in 1922, the famous "moral clause" was born here.
In order to gain more benefits from actresses, Hollywood studios will sign a series of image contracts with their actresses. The most famous is the ban on pregnancy. The studio has the right to forcefully help actresses maintain their image.
, help them have an abortion.
The most affected celebrities by this incident are Joan Crawford and Betty Davis.
On the surface, this is actually the oppression of the actresses by capitalists.
But how did this happen?
Not all companies think that the actresses signed by MGM are too excellent, so the other companies would rather die than let MGM eat alone?
In addition, Hollywood is almost crazy about product sales.
Although the Paramount Act was settled in the late 1940s, the specific implementation began as early as 1921, and even in 1927, the Federal Trade Commission had issued a ban, requiring
Hollywood film companies stopped this monopoly, but unfortunately, even if the violent institutions have published articles, the capitalists here did not take those guys seriously.
What should be packaged continue to be packaged, and what should be bundled continue to be bundled.
At that time, the Federal Trade Commission was even pierced by the arrogance of these people. When they decided to turn the ban into an ironclad case, Hollywood capitalists reached an agreement with Mi Shizu through lobbying and became
The beneficiaries of the National Industrial Revival Act directly bypassed the Federal Trade Commission's trial.
It was not until the Supreme Court ruled that the National Industrial Revival Act was unconstitutional that Hollywood studios lost their true protective umbrella, but even so, they still dragged the case until 1944.
As for why Hollywood compromises?
Isn’t that because TV has had a huge impact on traditional theaters, making the original high-quality theater assets a burden for those Hollywood capitalists!
It’s not that they want to give up theaters, but that they can earn more by focusing on TV production!
In addition to these two things, there are many other malicious means.
"So, the reporter appears at your doorstep and forces you to respond..."
"This kind of thing is very normal."
Spielberg's emotion came from the other end of the phone.
"Ethan, although on the surface, your current competitor is still Atari, but when Warner acquires them, Warner will definitely become the leader of the project."
"And when Warner wants to swallow the gaming market..."
"They will definitely not have a showdown with you using products like Atari. They will definitely try their best to show their advantages to the market."
"Don't think this behavior is exaggerated. You know, Warner successfully gained the market dividends of audio movies with a movie "Jazz Singer". And their movie even led to the birth of Lei Dianhua. But it's just that
When Lei Dianhua attempted to sweep Hollywood with greater capital, Warner publicly argued with him, robbing people who should be robbed and set fire to set fire. When Warner didn't care about Rockefeller, how could they give up stepping on people now
What is the easiest way to succeed?”
These words made Ethan pursed his lips.
In fact, he also felt that this kind of public opinion offensive was not something Atari could do.
And if it was Warner...
Then everything makes sense!
At the same time, another problem also appeared in his mind.
"Steven, if Atari is now a Hollywood person, then how should Mirohua explain? If I remember correctly, Philips is behind them?"
"Philips is just a consumer electronics company, what does it have to do with Hollywood?"
Spielberg laughed at this question.
"Oh Ethan! Philips is not a Hollywood company, but they are also involved in entertainment!"
"Philips started making records decades ago, right? A few years ago, didn't they join forces with Siemens to merge the two record companies into Polygon?"
"You should know Polykin, right?"
"Now they are the largest music company in Europe and one of the world's music giants!"
"Whether it is the entertainment industry, is there any different gameplay around the world?"
"Everyone is competing with bad luck!"
When the name Polykin appeared, Ethan immediately understood why Atari and Mirohua were completely different from their current methods of acting!
Before, when he was criticized by those two companies, they were pinching their noses and swallowing the bitter fruit.
Because at that time they were still consumer electronics products companies.
Perhaps what Spielberg said is that products are king.
But when their parent company found out that their products were excellent and began to intervene...
It is normal to use all the entertainment tricks of invitation letters, reports and reporters to block them, and to use three disgusting awkward tricks.
But even if this kind of thing is normal, it doesn't mean Ethan can accept it.
Because he admitted that he was very annoyed by the toss.
When he asked Spielberg whether there was a good way to solve this problem after encountering this kind of thing, he learned that Ethan's previous failure was not because the game was not done well, but that Ethan pursued a kind of "two" name.
After turning a blind eye to the outside world and focusing on the principles of making products, Spielberg was speechless.
"Oh Ethan--that's what you think?"
"Oh my God - how could you have this idea?"
"If I were you, I would definitely hit back hard! I would kick their ass with my boots!"
"Because of your silence, in their eyes, that's scary!"
‘…’
‘Rebs is all blamed for this!’
Ethan drew a small circle in his heart.
If it weren't for his stuttering of Mirohua and Atari as a normal business operation, how could he be silent with such a violent temper?
joke!
He Ethan is a man who will avenge his revenge!
In other words, he didn't want to take advantage of Mirohua and Atari's popularity, so he didn't punch in time.
If I had known that the opponent had changed, there would be no bottom line at all...
Then he slapped him with a special code!
"Steven, so what you mean now is..."
To be continued...