Chapter 1345: Being Strangled

Hollywood is not a city, so there is no mayor. The big Hollywood fund was just a place name outside Los Angeles.

So after Hollywood developed, it even attracted big Wall Street financial groups to invest and prosper, but it was still not divided into a separate city.

But although there is no city-level government, there must be management, especially since there are so many movie stars gathering here, and any small thing may be on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper.

So later the government set up a separate management agency here, and the person in charge of this management agency cannot be considered a mayor, so there is the title of honorary mayor.

Compared with other mayors who usually deal with various civil incidents, the honorary mayor of Hollywood only has one thing to deal with, that is, the management of the Hollywood film and television industry.

So even though Hollywood is now dominated by giants, Columbia, Fox, Disney, etc. are big rule makers, holding various resources and channels.

But as the official boss, Bieber has great power. For example, he can influence the project approval of a movie, as well as the classification of some movies.

At the same time, these big companies in Hollywood are willing to give him face if there is anything. So if Haina can win his support, it can break the embarrassing situation of not being able to release movies alone.

Of course, making friends with Bieber is just the beginning of shooting a big production alone. Filming a movie still requires scripts, stars and directors. Even if it can be released after shooting, it still needs theaters, not to mention various publicity investments before the movie is released.

Sometimes, for a movie that costs hundreds of millions to shoot, it is like playing to spend 10 or 20 million US dollars on publicity channels. In China, the total shooting cost of a movie is not even as high as the publicity cost of some movies.

So it is not unreasonable that Hollywood movies sell well. At least they are willing to spend money, so they make more money. In China, most people think that they can make a lot of money with a small investment. They shoot a low-cost movie to see if it can be a hit. If it is a hit, they will make a lot of money. If it is not a hit, the loss is not much anyway.

"Can't you come forward? Do you have to let me come forward? You know, you are more suitable to deal with these US government officials." Yang Dongxu said.

He understood what Jos meant. At present, Haina's record department has no room for struggle on their territory. If they don't agree to assist them, the current situation can only be deadlocked.

This is because he has Yiting Technology and talent shows. Otherwise, none of the companies that the record giants have set their sights on will escape their clutches.

Therefore, since it is difficult to make achievements in the record industry for the time being, the best choice now is to maintain its advantage in variety shows while actively developing the film industry.

Apart from other things, make a few representative works to make a name for yourself, at least let the audience know that Haina is still a film company. Otherwise, if fans don’t even know the name of your company, how can you establish a brand?

“Bieber has accumulated a lot of resources in Hollywood, especially with big stars, big directors and the media. So his next big plan is to run for a Los Angeles councillor. With Los Angeles’ status in the United States, becoming a Los Angeles councillor basically means that he has one foot in the U.S. Congress.” Jos said.

“So what?” Yang Dongxu still didn’t understand. After all, the more politics he was involved in, the more counterproductive it would be.

"Some members of Congress just want to gain commercial benefits through some conveniences, while others want to climb up, such as becoming a member of the Senate, not just a member of the House of Representatives.

But ordinary people, even those like Bieber who have celebrity and media resources and can shape their image among the people, it is not so easy to enter the Senate. He needs the support of big people.

So this support can only come from the top bosses in the United States, or big chaebols, but not celebrities and media, they have no decision-making power." Jos said.

Yang Dongxu nodded. In the United States, the media is an indispensable part of personal image shaping, so you can see that various speeches are reported during the presidential election.

But the media only has the right to report, and celebrities can also help build momentum, but they have no decision-making power. Especially when the seat Bieber wants is not a representative of the people, the people above have a lot of decision-making power.

"I heard that the big boss is familiar with the Kennedy family?"

"We have had several business cooperations."

"The current governor of California is Arnold Schwarzenegger, a big star in Hollywood, and his wife is the niece of former President Kennedy." Jos said.

Yang Dongxu raised his eyebrows. He naturally knew Schwarzenegger, after all, this tough guy is an international superstar. He also knew that the celebrity governor was a big news. After all, he knew it before.

But he really didn't know that his wife was from the Kennedy family. He didn't pay too much attention to this aspect. Or he only paid attention to those Kennedy family members with the surname Kennedy before, and was not very familiar with other relatives of the Kennedy family.

It's not news that a star becomes a senator, mayor, governor, or even runs for president. Every year during the presidential election, there are always people like this or that who jump out and shout a few times.

But compared to those big stars, they are basically thundering and raining in the political arena, like clowns. Schwarzenegger is definitely the star with the highest achievement after entering politics.

When he heard that Schwarzenegger became the governor of California, a developed continent in the United States, he only thought that Americans were good at playing and that even big stars could become governors.

But when he knew that his wife was the niece of the former president, the information here was extremely rich. Why did other stars just make small moves, but Schwarzenegger became the governor?

If you still say that they were all elected fairly and impartially by American citizens, Yang Dongxu can only give you two: "Haha!"

"I just happened to meet with Mr. Kennedy to discuss some things recently." Yang Dongxu said.

Jos nodded, and the matter was almost over here.

"Is there really no way for the record department? We are not completely without media resources. Because of variety shows, we are also on good terms with several TV stations. It seems that such a big thing as throwing dirty water is not the patent of those big companies, right?" Yang Dongxu asked.

"In a pure war of public opinion, although we don't have an advantage, we are not powerless to fight back. You also said that we have our own media and are on good terms with several major TV stations. The current problem is the channels for record production and sales, and the other is piracy.

They have an absolute advantage in these channels. Even if our records are very successful and singers can become popular, they don't make money from recording. In addition, the popular stars are slandered and even can't get good commercial performances.

This shows that we can't get a penny return on our investment in artists. It's okay once or twice, and over time, even if we are rich and powerful, we don't care about this loss.

But the celebrities themselves can't stand it, because they can't exchange their fame for big money in their pockets. Only a few people can stick to it, and these are celebrity artists, who are more realistic than ordinary people."

The company can afford the loss, but the artists can't. If the company pays for these artists, the basic salary will definitely be fine. But they certainly can't give them various benefits that match their fame, after all, the company is still losing money, so this creates a vicious circle.

Those big record companies also found the Achilles' heel of Haina Records Department, so they started to hold on to it. They caught Jos off guard, or they had already started to deal with this Achilles' heel, but unfortunately the opponent didn't give him time.

"We are indeed not as good as him in terms of distribution channels, but piracy." Yang Dongxu sneered, but then shook his head: "Forget it, just ignore what I said."

He is indeed an old hand at piracy, so since the other party can use piracy to make his investment and return not proportional. Then he can also take advantage of this.

After all, piracy is also a headache for many record and film companies in the United States. Don't be fooled by some media reports that the United States talks about various intellectual property rights.

It's just that the United States has done a good job in terms of property rights, especially in some patented technologies that can be paid for. But this doesn't mean that there is no piracy in the United States. In fact, because Hollywood and English records are sold all over the world. Pirates in the United States are more rampant than in other places.

But if you think about it carefully, he really can't use this trick if others can use it. Others can use it because it is on their own territory. They can be sure that Yang Dongxu can't find any evidence against them. Even if he does, it's not difficult to drag the lawsuit for three to five years. Anyway, you don't lack money for the lawsuit, and neither do they.

But if Yang Yao does pirated products, especially in Europe and the United States. That's giving others evidence. If you don't bleed a lot, you can't get away.

So for a while, Yang Dongxu suddenly felt a kind of depression that he hadn't felt for a long time. He has been free and easy in China and quietly invested and made a lot of money abroad. He hasn't had this kind of experience of being strangled by others and being helpless for a long time.