Chapter 161: The Westernization Movement, released overseas

Regarding "studying in the United States", China has had this practice from time to time since modern times. Going further back, the young children who went to the United States provided a lot of help to China's scientific and technological development.

More recently, many people are still running around for this every year, ready to enjoy the treatment that Galeries Lafayette had already paid for them.

Of course, Wang Hao and others went to Hollywood not to stay there, but to learn and see the most cutting-edge film production technology and film industrialization theory in Europe and the United States, in order to broaden their horizons and provide support for the future industrial development of Chinese films.

As far as Wang Hao knows, even if he doesn't do it now, in the future, as China's integration with the world becomes closer and closer, the quota of imported films will gradually increase, and domestic films will suffer a huge impact from imported films, so the Film Bureau will do the same.

It’s just that the time will be 6 or 7 years later than it is now, but the number of people and quality will be better than this time.

Wang Hao remembered that he had also read news about this in his previous life, and there were also some new directors who had already emerged, such as Ning Hao, Xiao Yang, Chen Sicheng, Guo Fan, Lu Yang, Xu Zheng, Wuershan, Dapeng, Peng Damo, etc.

After studying and communicating, these people did return to China and shot some excellent films, providing assistance for China's film industrialization process.

It’s a pity that Wang Hao himself can’t wait until that time.

Because with the popularity of "Wushuang", he has become a well-known director in mainland China.

Moreover, with "Wushuang" as a good start for the "Three-Body" series, he must consider a series of film production issues later. The technology and talents for the film industrialization are now in great demand, and the gap is not small.

In this situation, just "waiting" and "asking" is far from enough. You have to take the initiative to improve, progress, explore and cultivate.

So since the China Film Bureau does not have a "Westernization Plan" for the film industry yet, they can just conduct cooperation and exchanges in the name of the company.

Han Sanye of Huaying also expressed his affirmation and strongly supported Wang Hao's idea of "going out and taking a look".

Even though Huaying and he were now focusing most of their energy on the "Tribute Trilogy" and were unable to provide substantial help, he still provided official endorsement for this exchange activity for Wang Hao and others and added the name of Huaying.

This is actually a great help to them.

After all, Galaxy Interactive Entertainment and Wang Hao are not well-known overseas, but Huaying is different. It now holds the right to distribute the share of imported films. If foreign films want to enter the domestic market, they have to deal with Huaying.

With Huaying's endorsement, those Hollywood entertainment companies naturally paid more attention to it.

The first stop for these "Westernization students" this time was Columbia Pictures, which is also one of the companies that cooperates best with the Chinese film industry.

As soon as everyone got off the plane, Colombian staff came to greet them holding signs. The middle-aged man in the lead walked straight towards Wang Hao.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, I'm Howard Bruno, nice to meet you!"

The middle-aged white man named Howard Bruno stretched out his hairy right hand towards Wang Hao, then said with a smile:
"I never expected that you look even younger than in the photo. You are truly gifted to be able to make a movie like Project Gutenberg at this age!"

"Project Gutenberg" is the English translation of "Wushuang". The name was chosen because Gutenberg himself improved the movable type printing technology, which led to the Western metal movable type printing technology.

Wang Hao was also puzzled by Howard Bruno's extraordinary enthusiasm, and even a little wary. Fortunately, Howard Bruno seemed to see Wang Hao's doubts and explained with a smile:
"Mr. Wang, I was also fully responsible for the distribution of Project Gutenberg in Europe and the United States. After the movie came out, I watched it several times and it left a deep impression on me.

I also have a few questions about the 'Painter' in the movie..."

When Wang Hao heard this, he immediately understood. This person and the Columbia company behind him were probably being so polite to him because they saw the profits they could make from "Wushuang".

After all, foreigners don't care about being humble and polite. Everything is based on strength and interests.

If you can help them make money and bring them benefits, they will look up to you and be polite to you.

If not, then you would know what Darwinism is.

So although Wang Hao also started chatting with the other party enthusiastically, he still remained clear-headed.

However, the Galaxy Interactive Entertainment employees who followed behind them were very curious about the performance of their boss and the other party.

"Does this foreigner know the boss?" Zhang Yang asked Li Kui casually.

Li Kui shook his head, while Wen Pengcheng beside him sighed:
"Boss, you have gained people's respect through your strength. Isn't our "Wushuang" going to be released in Europe and the United States? I'm afraid that the people in these film and television companies are preparing to build a good relationship with you because they see that the quality of the movie is good and it will be profitable."

Zhuang Wenqiang interrupted and said, "It seems that Columbia is one of the investors of "Wushuang". They are also in charge of overseas distribution. However, the movie has not been released in North America yet. But judging from the situation, it will be released in the near future."

After greeting Wang Hao, Howard Bruno greeted the other people present one by one, then led everyone into three business cars and, under the guidance of the staff, drove to a hotel that had been booked for them in advance.

As the leader of the team and the boss of the company, Wang Hao naturally got into the first car with Howard Bruno.

As soon as he sat down, Howard Bruno looked at Wang Hao seriously and said:

"Wang, I wasn't originally here to pick you up at the airport. The reason I'm here is because I have something important to discuss with you."

Wang Hao immediately guessed, "It seems that your company has a very good evaluation of "Wushuang". Are you planning to expand the scale of the release?"

Howard Bruno nodded and smiled happily when he heard this.

"Yes, Columbia has already screened the film in several local theaters before its official release. According to the data collected through the questionnaire, your film's rating can reach A-.

For a movie that only cost $1000 million, this score is excellent and totally worth it.”

Unlike the Chinese film industry, the Hollywood film industry is more industrialized. This development is not only reflected in the production of films, but also in their later distribution.

The film rating system that Howard Bruno is talking about is also part of it.

(End of this chapter)

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