What is The Disney Company?

It is one of the six giants in Hollywood. Since it annexed Marvel, its market value has been rising steadily, and now it has reached 200 billion US dollars.

Zhang Xiao is actually a shareholder of Disney. This news is simply shocking.

After Dou Wentao was stunned for a few seconds, he felt ecstatic in his heart.

Zhang Xiao announced his identity as a shareholder of Disney on this program. This news alone can make the ratings of their Round Table program skyrocket.

Very good.

Dou Wentao took a long breath, suppressed the joy in his heart, and said: "Mr. Zhang, you're a little scared of us."

Ma Weidu looked at Zhang Xiao and asked: "When did you become a shareholder of Disney? Is it convenient to disclose it?"

"There's nothing that can't be said." Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Three years ago, I invested in Marvel's movie "Iron Man." At that time, Marvel was only one step away from bankruptcy and its finances were very tight, so I bought it.

50% equity."

"Later, "Iron Man" became a success and Disney wanted to acquire it, so I used equity swap to become one of Disney's shareholders."

When Liang Wendao heard this, he exclaimed: "You actually invested in Iron Man?"

"Yes!" Zhang Xiao nodded and said: "Perhaps everyone has not noticed that in the producer column of the film, there is a name called Bruce Zhang. This is the English name I randomly chose based on Bruce Lee's predecessor.

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Dou Wentao sighed: "No wonder Disney pays so much attention to your movie. It turns out there is such a big reason in it."

Ma Weidu narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Does Wu Jin know about this?"

Zhang Xiao nodded and said: "Brother Jin and Brother Jie know the whole thing first."

Ma Weidu said angrily: "When I go back next time, I will have to settle the score with the two of them. This is too disrespectful of treating me as a friend."

Zhang Xiao was happy and said: "Mr. Ma, when it comes to drinking, you can't drink them, and when it comes to fighting, it's even worse. I just want to ask, how do you plan to settle the score with them?"

"Pfft!"

"Hahaha!"

Dou Wentao and Liang Wendao both laughed.

Ma Weidu shook his head, smiled bitterly, and said, "How come I have made such a group of friends?"

"Round Table" is a very interesting program. There is no audience and no interaction. There are only four people sitting there, drinking tea and talking dryly.

But the ratings and reputation are extremely impressive. It has to be said that guests such as Dou Wentao, Ma Weidu, and Liang Wendao are indeed Chinese.

Dou Wentao brought the topic back to the filming of Zhang Xiao's movies and asked: "Mr. Zhang, you have made many movies in Hollywood, and almost every step has been a hit at the box office. What do you think of Hollywood movies and our domestic movies?

What’s the difference? Why can’t we beat them?”

Zhang Xiao thought for a while and said: "Teacher Dou, your question is a bit big, but I have also considered this issue before."

"Generally speaking, I think there are two aspects. The first is cultural differences, and the second is the environment of the movie."

"How do you say this?" Dou Wentao continued to ask.

Zhang Xiao explained with a smile: "The cultural differences are easy to understand. The Lighthouse Country was founded only two or three hundred years ago, and the movies it makes don't have any sense of history. Basically everyone can understand what's going on."

"But our country's literary and artistic films, let alone foreigners, are domestic movie fans. How many people can really understand them?"

Liang Wendao interrupted and said: "You mean that our Chinese culture is too profound, and it has become an obstacle to the development of movies?"

Zhang Xiao nodded and said: "Judging from the current situation, this is indeed the case."

Ma Weidu said: "I am a layman when it comes to movies, but I agree with Zhang Xiao's view."

"Our Chinese culture is too profound. Many things cannot be translated into foreign languages ​​at all, especially some willful directors who use lenses to express their profound thoughts. Who can understand this stuff?"

Liang Wendao finally retorted and said: "Including myself, I really don't understand many movies nowadays. After watching them, I don't know what the director wants to express."

Dou Wentao nodded and said: "This is an artistic film, what about a commercial film?"

Zhang Xiao explained: "As for commercial films, the main issue is the film environment. We don't have a large entertainment company with global distribution like Disney and Universal."

"In China, if our entertainment company is willing to spend 500 million dollars to make a movie, it is considered a huge investment. But what about in Hollywood? The cost of their movies must be at least more than 100 million US dollars to be considered a big investment."

"And they are willing to spend a lot of money to create big scenes. For example, the seventh and eighth installments of "The Fast and the Furious" in which I participated, the investment cost of each movie was more than 300 million US dollars."

"In comparison, you can see the gap between the two sides. With such a big gap in investment, the difference in special effects will only be even greater."

"Literary films are incomprehensible to foreigners, and commercial films are afraid of losing money and dare not spend money to make big projects. In this way, there will naturally be a huge gap between our films and Hollywood films."

Zhang Xiao's remarks were recognized by the three people present. Dou Wentao then asked: "Then how do you think we can narrow this gap?"

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "We people can't solve it, because this is not just a movie problem, it is also a commercial issue."

"But I hope that future directors Ou Du will have a global vision and be able to find a balance between Chinese culture and Waiguo culture, so as to break into the world film industry."

"In this regard, Director Ang Lee is undoubtedly the most outstanding filmmaker."

Hearing this, Dou Wentao asked curiously: "What about you, do you count?"

Zhang Xiao smiled and shook his head and said: "Not for now, I am working hard in this direction. "The Wandering Planet" was a work that tested the waters before. Fortunately, it was successful."

"The next film "Across the Stars" is the film that I want to make a breakthrough in domestic films. I hope it will succeed."

Liang Wendao looked at Zhang Xiao and said: "Mr. Zhang, these are the big aspects you mentioned. What about the small aspects? For example, is there any difference between the Hollywood crew and our movie crew?"

Zhang Xiaodao: "Working on a Hollywood crew is much more comfortable than working on a domestic crew."

"How do you say this?" Dou Wentao asked.

Zhang Xiao explained: "They don't have to work overtime during the day. If it's a night scene, they can finish filming at 11pm at most."

"But if there are many film crews in China, they will stay up all night to shoot. Do you think they are more comfortable there than in our country?"

After the three of them heard this, they couldn't help but smile.

Guo Wentao smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, Teacher Liang is not asking whether you work overtime, but asking what is so great about you."
Chapter completed!