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   Chapter 260 Buried Nails

   Controversy can only be topical. This point is universal in the world. The scoring system is a powerful tool for websites like IMDb to attract popularity.

   "In addition to the scoring system, you can also set up some top 100 classic movie rankings, top ten best movies, etc., and users can vote for selection. In addition, you can set up an IMDb movie community for fans around the world to discuss movies and TV!"

"Grading system, best film?!" Comey Needham couldn't help muttering to himself, listening to Song Yang's words. Now IMDb is just a relatively primitive website, an online movie database, with no other functions. .

   Not only is IMDb, but other websites are not too different, they are still being explored, and those common functions in later generations are not yet available at all.

  IBDb once introduced those movie ratings and communities mentioned by Song Yang, and added IMDb star information, movie tidbits, etc., it would definitely be able to crush peer websites.

Song Yang and Comey Needham were discussing the planning for the IMDb website. Basically, Song Yang was talking, Comey Needham was listening, and listening to those wild ideas that made Comey Needham I finally understand why those colleagues in Silicon Valley and the media are touting Song Yang so much!

At the same time, there is a feeling of happiness in his heart. Comey Needham does not know what he will face next if he rejects Song Yang's acquisition, but once Song Yang launches a website similar to IMDb, it will definitely It's a dimensionality reduction blow.

   After the acquisition, IMDb will undergo a major revision. The revised IMDb website will be mainly divided into several major sections such as IMDb movie library, star artist database, movie list, IMDb community, new movie trailers, artist interviews and so on.

   The most important are the top three sections, shadow library, star and community, which are basically the core functions of IMDb. No matter how many revisions are made in the future, these three functions will still exist.

Like the IMDb movie library, it will contain all the existing movies in the world, and together with Western Pictures, it will build the world's largest movie museum, where all the movies that can be found in the world will be stored, and even a World Movie Museum Memorial Day will be held. Such things, anyway, were originally used to improve Bigger.

This is not a small project, it costs a lot, and it may take several years to complete, but it is absolutely full. Once completed, IMDb will transform from a small Internet movie database to the dissemination of world movie culture. Also, Hollywood will never dare to despise IMDB again!

Hearing the concept of "World Film Museum", Comey Needham's eyes lit up, who doesn't want everything he did to be recognized by the world, Comey Needham suddenly felt that the name of IMDb Film Festival, Seems pretty good too...

In addition to the included movies, the IMDb movie library also includes plot introductions, screenwriters, directors, starring lists, soundtracks, shooting locations, professional film critic reviews, user reviews, etc. As long as anything related to movies can be found in IMDb arrive.

The   star information area is all about the star, including video highlights, works, biographies, related news, interviews, and more.

   In the future, whether he likes it or not, when a Hollywood newcomer's name appears on IMDb's star profile, it means he has entered the industry, and every time his IMDb expansion is updated, it means that he is one step closer to a superstar...

  Komi Needham was in a hurry and recorded all the things that Song Yang brought up. He felt that for the next year and a half, what he needed to do was to constantly upgrade and revise the IMDb website.

   But Song Yang needs it, not only to make IMDb a popular movie database website for movie fans, it is not worth it at all, Song Yang spent tens of millions of dollars to buy it!

   "Comy, in addition to these, I want you to do two things."

   Song Yang's words were not serious, but Comey Needham raised his eyebrows. He knew that this was probably the real reason why Song Yang acquired IMDb.

Looking at Comey Needham, Song Yang said, "I want IMDb to start collecting film and television copyrights from Hollywood and other parts of the world, no matter the age, type of film, or other well-known book copyrights, I ask IMDb to buy them all, the funds will be By the Americas Global Investment Foundation!"

   Hearing this, a thought popped into Comey Needham's mind for a while, Song Yang was going to do something in Hollywood.

Hollywood's movie copyrights are basically in the hands of several major movie giants, and they have accumulated over the years, just like the copyright libraries in the hands of several major record companies. The copyright library of movies and records, whoever can master the content of the Internet video platform!

  Song Yang needs to start preparations in advance, let IMDb start to build a film and television copyright library, and prepare for the arrival of the Internet video platform.

Standing up, Song Yang saw the pedestrians passing by through the glass of Western Pictures, and looked back at Comey Needham, "Comy, IMDb is now developing the online video playback function, the speed of the Internet, It will be completely changed in a few years, the era of online video sites will eventually come, and I hope IMDb can become the first company to provide users with online video sites!"

It has a huge number of users and also has influence in Hollywood. If it can acquire enough film and television copyrights, then IMDb will enter the online video industry. The industry will never be occupied by several major platforms such as Netflix and Youtube.

   At least this time, IMDb will become the first person to eat crabs in the online video industry. No one knows what will happen, but it will definitely set off a wave.

  I flew to Comey Needham in America in a hurry, and rushed back to England overnight. This trip to America is probably a huge change for Comey Needham and the IMDb website.

"Western Pictures, established by Bruno Song, officially announced that it will cooperate with DreamWorks, Miramax and other companies to jointly film the "Matrix" trilogy. The president of Paramount Distribution announced that Paramount will represent the Matrix. Get a movie release!"

   "The Matrix has announced a global audition, which will be the largest film audition this year. Several Hollywood stars have announced their interest in participating in the Matrix project!"

   Listening to the report on Los Angeles TV, Elias said angrily to a room full of Hollywood Italians, "I've said it before, he's not our own at all!"

   This time, Elias, who originally wanted to make a lot of money, ended up getting nothing. Even the management of Western Pictures, Song Yang would rather leave it empty than let Elias and his gang touch it.

   Sofia Coppola frowned and said, "I think Song respects Italians very much, and he also promised to let Italian actors join the Matrix crew."

   Sofia Coppola, who had benefited, was speaking for Song Yang, posing as a commercial blockbuster, and giving her a high director fee. The Coppola family could feel Song Yang's attitude towards them.

Although the protagonist of The Matrix was not directly given to Italians, this time the crew also invited a group of Italian veterans to make cameo appearances, and Danny DiVito was invited to join the screenwriting team, etc. The attitude was quite good, but it was not Good for someone like Elias.

Taking a look at a kind of Hollywood Italian gang in the room, Elias knew that they had benefited. Obviously, he didn't want to be tough with Song Yang for himself. He groaned angrily, and Elias slammed the door. out.

After    went out, he looked back at Francisco, Danny DiVito and others, Elias' eyes were gloomy and powerful.

   It is not without doubts that Western Pictures started filming "The Matrix", Time Warner declared, "Don't watch this adventure!"

   "Yes, Time Warner has seen the script of "The Matrix", it's a little new, but that's all, the settings are too obscure and difficult to understand, and now with special effects technology, it's impossible to accomplish all this!"

   An executive of Warner Bros., when asked how he saw the start of "The Matrix", responded indifferently, saying that he was not optimistic about the film.

   It is reported that before Western Pictures found the Wachowski brothers, Warners had already been interested in the script of "The Matrix", but when there was still controversy about whether to start filming, Western Pictures suddenly cut him off.

   In this regard, Time Warner does not admit it, but only declares that it is not optimistic about this complicated and obscure movie!

   In addition to the film company, Will Smith, who was rumored before, directly announced his rejection of the "Matrix" crew and would not participate in the casting interview after he was not invited by the protagonist of Western Pictures.

"I don't understand the setting of The Matrix, the so-called "bullet time", and others, etc. I can't imagine it!" When Will Smith faced the media, he said why he "rejected" the Matrix, of course , he didn't even receive an audition from the crew...

  In addition to Western Pictures, IMDb, which was acquired for $24 million, also had various news.

Returning to the UK, Comey Needham immediately announced that the IMDb website would be revised and upgraded, and the first thing that came out was the news of the world's largest film museum, which instantly made fans around the world restless. It was originally just a family The niche website got IMDb, and it has also begun to be noticed by everyone!

  In the study room in Beverly Hills, Song Yang was having a conference call.

  Double-click company Whitman presided over this meeting. After Double-click went public, although he kept a low profile, he did not stop.

"Double-click has acquired MediaMetrix and NetRating, the mainstream Internet data survey companies, for $31 million and $29 million, respectively," Whitman said on the phone, "After the acquisition, Double-click is currently in Internet data research The survey industry has a market share of 64%!”

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