The other majors have actually experienced this pain, but as time entered the 1970s and 1980s, especially after the 1980s, those like the 20th Century Fox have begun to develop again.

Only the acquired United States and MGM, which acquired United States, fell behind.

Speaking of which, MGM was originally the number one big company among the eight majors. The American Academy of Film Arts and Sciences was initiated by MGM, the Academy Awards were launched by MGM, and such honors were definitely so on.

However, in 1948, MGM was in tragedy. Because it integrates film production, distribution and theater operations, it was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court to illegally monopolize production and abandon production and cinema operations. This was a fatal blow to large companies like MGM that combine production, distribution and screening, and its main source of wealth was cut off.

Then with the popularity of movies, fewer people went to cinemas to watch movies, and MGM once again made things worse. It was almost in a slump. Although there was occasionally ZTE in the middle, it was just a flash in the pan.

Due to years of losses, MGM was bought by American gambling tycoon Kirk Kelcorion in 1970, and then MGM became even more tragic.

The gambling tycoon sold MGM and bought it back. After repeated selling and buying, MGM went through hardships and suffered more and more losses, but the tycoon made a lot of money in and out.

The tycoon was not interested in movies. He was interested in MGM's huge real estate and glorious reputation. MGM once purchased a large amount of real estate as the location for filming events. After Kelcorion took over, he immediately built hotels and casinos in some places where many classic films were born, or simply sold them. Moreover, the golden sign "MGM" was also written into the name of his gambling company by Kelcorion.

MGM has become a "investment toy" in Kelcorion's hands. Two years ago, he sold MGM to Ted Turner, owner of CNN for $1.45 billion. But in just 74 days, Turner regretted it and sold most of his shares back to Kelcorion for $780 million. By transferring MGM back and forth, Kelcorion made hundreds of millions of dollars, not to mention how much profit the hotel casino built on MGM's real estate was.

It can be said that MGM was a broken ship at this time, and no one wanted to get on the broken ship. There are only three or four movies produced in a year, but they are still works that cannot splash any waves.

At this time, MGM was eager to have a good box office work to boost morale, while Qiao Feng was attracted by the adaptation rights of an old movie from MGM decades ago. And if he collaborated with MGM at this time, Qiao Feng could occupy more interests and could also gain closer relationships with MGM. Based on the above points, Qiao Feng must choose MGM to cooperate with this adaptation work.

Qiao Feng understands the principle of equal benefits. If you have money, everyone will make money, so that it will not be easily hostile and encouraged by everyone. In Hong Kong, Qiao Feng basically cooperates with several major companies, let alone Hollywood, which is not in his own territory.

I didn’t cooperate before, mainly because I didn’t invest in Hollywood every year, and I didn’t get much fame at the beginning, so it was difficult for the United States to get too much say.

Not to mention cooperation, just a few years ago, in order to push Cheng Long to Hollywood, Jiahe invested in several movies such as Killer Trench, Cannonball Speed, and Viagra. They were all independently invested by Jiahe. Jiahe was the only producer, and the decision-making rights for the movie were in the hands of the director and producer at that time.

The movie that Jiahe Quanquan invested in, but the main power was in the hands of the Hollywood director and producer they hired. Cheng Long was not used to the style of an American director and was so angry that he hid and cried, but he still had no choice but to shoot according to other people's requirements. Even the final editing was decided by others.

The obvious current situation is like that. If you don’t do it, others won’t take you seriously. If you are an investor, you won’t be able to cooperate with several major companies, so it’s even more impossible to have any say.

But it’s different now. Every movie has made money for many years, and it’s basically a big profit. Qiao Feng’s reputation has long been widely known in the Hollywood movie circle.

At this time, no matter whether it is because of Qiao Feng's ability or for his own interests, anyone who works with Qiao Feng will never ignore Qiao Feng's opinions, and they dare not say it for granted that they have the final say on how to shoot a movie.

On the contrary, they will take photos as they ask Qiao Feng to take pictures at that time. Because Qiao Feng is not only an investor, a partner, but also has so many brilliant resumes, these are all confidence.

He is not afraid of any opinions or unwillingness to the partner. If you have opinions or unwillingness to the partner, it is no problem. At worst, it is not a problem to not cooperate. I can find others, but some people are willing to cooperate.

So, at this time, Qiao Feng took out three projects to cooperate with the three companies because he had the confidence.

Li Zhi and Shi Nansheng led their men to go out and negotiate separately.

Lucasfilm was the first to finish the talk. Spielberg agreed to be the director, and Captain Iron Hook officially launched the project and entered the preparation stage.

Then there was MGM. This company really needed a good project. In addition to losing money in a row, it was no longer qualified to be picky and had no trump card in the negotiations.

Qiao Feng and MGM collaborate on a story about a father who is unwilling to marry his daughter, from reluctance to letting go.

This movie is adapted from the 1950 MGM movie.

The film uses relaxed techniques to explore the complex mood of a father marrying his daughter. In addition to joy, there are also touching moments when the father and daughter are relatively speechless.

The name of the old version of the movie is Father-in-law, and the name of the new version of the movie is naturally the name of the New version. Although the new version may not be as warm as the original version, it is even more funny in terms of comedy effects.

Qiao Feng originally wanted to change this movie to a Hong Kong background or a Chinese background, but after thinking about it carefully, he still felt that it was inappropriate and did not conform to the rules of Chinese marriage.

In China, the woman pays for the wedding fee, unless she is in the back. Even if the woman holds a banquet at home when she is married, she will not worry about too many people coming and feel sorry for the cost of the wedding. Because Chinese people receive gifts when getting married, they will only receive more gifts than those expenses.

Therefore, if you follow the plot in the movie, it is completely incompatible with the Chinese marriage habits. If you change to a Chinese background, Europeans and Americans may feel that it is okay to watch it, but if you get it in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, you will definitely be criticized to death.

So, let’s follow the original version.

The final talk was about the movie 20th Century Fox, a collaboration with 20th Century Fox. Qiao Feng chose a movie about a second-rate female singer in a nightclub witnessing a murder being chased by a gang leader. The police arranged for her to hide in a nun, which triggered a series of stories.
Chapter completed!