Chapter 53 Digging at the Corner of the Wall

  American business is booming and the efficiency of handling company registration is astonishing; of course, the speed at which companies announce bankruptcy and closure is also astonishing.

  In fact, according to the US Corporate Registration Act, the registration fees collected by state governments vary from tens of dollars to hundreds of dollars. Taking Utah as an example: The initial registration fee for a limited liability company is $52, annual renewal is $12, name verification is $22, and trademark registration is $22. Adding other miscellaneous expenses, the total cost is approximately $150.

  The issuing authority issues a business license, which marks the establishment of the company. From application to completion of registration, it usually takes two to three weeks. In California, if you pay an expedited fee of $75, you can complete all the registration procedures within one week. You can also buy a pre-registered shell company from a lawyer, which is relatively expensive but can be delivered immediately for use.

  After the registration and establishment of an enterprise, it is necessary to obtain a commercial sign permit from the urban construction and housing management department before publicly hanging or displaying the enterprise's sign. Neon lights or light boxes used as signs generally need to be licensed first.

  Of course, for Yi Feiyang, who is extremely urgent with time, in order to quickly enter actual combat and film the horror movie in his hands, no matter what method is used, as long as he can quickly start the company, this is the first thing to consider.

  So, as an American lawyer, Lewis Kahle stepped in and spent over $50,000 to buy a registered shell entertainment company from a law firm, then spent another $3,000 to obtain a commercial sign permit directly from the city's building department. In total, he spent nearly $60,000 and completed the process in just two days!

  Time is money!

  For Yi Feiyang, although he spent an extra $50,000, it saved him half a month's time, worth it!

  October 10, 1998

  On this Double Tenth day, the "Dream Illusion Film Company" founded by Yi Feiyang, announced its establishment after obtaining a formal license issued by the United States.

  Setting off firecrackers all over the ground is a must.

  Dragon and lion dances gather some atmosphere, which is also necessary.

  After all, it's Chinatown, these customs should be inherited.

  Dabird Luchi and others came to congratulate, sent a wreath...... God, the ring flower basket is not divided? Fortunately, Yifei Yangji was informed of the situation and changed it to a large flower basket before sending the wreath.

  Camel's old man also sent a golden tangerine tree, meaning gold and silver everywhere. According to the rules of the rivers and lakes, when someone sends you a golden tangerine, you should give them a red envelope. However, Yifeng Yang's wallet was very poor, so he had no choice but to write an IOU.

  It's said that during this period, Lao San has become a "white strip professional", with Dream Factory registration fees, signboard fees and various daily expenses adding up to nearly $100,000, almost all of which were borrowed from Gao Pingzi, who was in charge of finances.

  Camel brother has already made up his mind to get on the pirate ship of Yi Feiyang, but someone is spending money so lavishly that it makes Camel brother, who is holding onto his coffin board, shed tears. This is just the beginning, and in just 7 or 8 days, they've already squandered over $1 million... what if this meat bun gets into a fight with a dog?!

  ……

  Ignoring the old man's worries, let's talk about the establishment of Dream Fantasy Film Company. The founding of this small film company didn't cause any waves in Hollywood, which remained as calm as a still lake surface without even a hint of wind. Of course, that's not entirely accurate - at least one small entertainment newspaper published a brief message, tucked away in a corner... China Easy establishes Dream Fantasy Film Company, future development uncertain...

  A brief sentence, yet it reveals a big problem.

  The first question is that this small movie company was actually founded by Chinese people, which makes people feel ridiculous and laughable. You know, in the eyes of Americans, the business that Chinese people are best at is running restaurants or washing dishes for others. Making movies? Besides Bruce Lee, who else do you have?!

  The second question, the name "Dream Factory" sounds like a fairy tale, too unrealistic. You're a Chinese nouveau riche who made some quick money through speculation and profiteering, but instead of staying home with your wife and kids, you came out to start a company - isn't that just daydreaming? Isn't this dreamy enough?!

  The third question is that Hollywood is notorious for being a shark-infested waters, where big sharks are everywhere, and it's extremely cruel. It's rare to see someone like Yi Feiyang who made a fortune overnight and founded a company without any experience, capital or backing. Isn't this just asking for trouble?!

  No matter what, this small message stuck in the gap was blown away by the wind and spread out, but it brought ridicule and Chinese people's scorn. Of course, most of them were waiting to see the excitement and joke.

  "I heard that this Chinese company was established just to make a movie, and the movie is to compete with Lionsgate's 'The Witch 2', haha, God, there will be a good show!"

  "Isn't China Yi cooperating with Lion's Gate? What happened?"

  "It's not because of the Lion Gate wanting to film a genuine 'Witch', but rather China Yi, this second-hand dealer, had no choice but to step down!"

  ……

  "I heard that China's Easy Film is preparing to shoot three horror movies in one breath, as a way to express its dissatisfaction with Lionsgate!"

  "Three films? If he can smoothly shoot one, I'll twist my head off and give it to him as a ball to kick! God, he really thinks making movies is like playing Tarot cards, just blowing whatever he wants!"

  ……

  All sorts of comments, all sorts of gossip, disdain, contempt, hard to believe, and ridicule for Chinese people making movies, expressed the "disapproval" of these Hollywood people towards Wanda Studios.

  Even if no one in the US looks good on this newly established Dream Film Industry, the company still has to open as usual.

  There were no crowds of people to congratulate, no enthusiastic media reports, nor passionate movie fans, and cheering audiences. In this way, Dream Film Industry opened in a lively atmosphere of self-entertainment.

  ……

  Anyway, under the management of Yi Feiyang and others, the Dream Illusion Film Company has roughly taken shape. Roughly calculated, there are still 20 days until Halloween.

  Within these 20 days, Yi Feiyang, this guy who was called "crazy" and " nouveau riche" by Hollywood people, must recruit personnel and start filming "Horror Cruise", "Buried Alive" and the version of "Grudge" that he had drastically altered.

  Now that we have a company, the next step is that we must have people.

  Who will work for you? Who will shoot films? Who will take care of big and small matters in the company?!

  Of course, management personnel can temporarily ignore this aspect, but filming requires a crew, and the crew includes photographers, lighting engineers, makeup artists, and recorders, etc., these people must be present.

  Luckily, Yi Fei Yang had a friend who was an underground filmmaker in Hollywood... Bunny Bill.

  Hollywood.

  The world's film capital.

  Cornerstone of the film empire.

  Many years ago, this was just a large farm owned by a businessman named Harvey. His wife traveled and heard a woman next to her say she was from a place called Hollywood in Ohio, so she thought the name "Hollywood" was good. After returning home, she brought a large number of holly trees from Scotland and planted them on her husband's farm, naming it "Hollywood". In fact, this word originally meant holly tree in English.

  In 1887, Harvey got the idea to build a town here and registered the name "Hollywood" with the government. By 1900, it had grown into a small city with a post office, newspaper, hotel, and two markets, with a population of about 500 people. In 1903, it was officially incorporated as a city.

  In 1907, director Burgess brought his camera crew to the area to shoot "The Count of Monte Cristo", they found that the abundant sunshine and varied terrain here were very suitable for filming. In 1910, the great director Griffith also came here, this workaholic immediately fell in love with this place, under his influence, more and more filmmakers flocked to Hollywood, soon those big movie companies also moved over.

  In 1911, the first film studio opened for business, and by the end of that year there were fifteen studios in operation. In 1923, the sign that would become synonymous with Hollywood was erected on the hillside overlooking the town: HOLLYWOOD. The once sleepy little village became a bustling center of activity as the movie industry grew.

  Paramount, MGM and other major film companies are located on both sides of Hollywood Boulevard, the most prosperous place in Hollywood, where stars gather, luxury cars and horses, red lights and green wine, drunk and dreamy. Those struggling actors who can't get in can only choose another way near Hollywood to shoot underground adult films, just to buy bread and beer, barely making a living.

  These people live in the underground world of Hollywood, for their dreams, some have buried themselves, and for their dreams, some are like sardines, even if they are hungry, they strive to move up.

  Among them are some who later became famous, such as today's Hollywood action superstar... Sylvester Stallone.

  Sylvester Stallone was over 20 years old when he entered the film industry, and he starred in the adult film "The Party at Kitty and Stud's" (Italian Stallion) with the female lead, where they performed real sex scenes and showed various poses.

  In the film, Stallone plays Stud, the boyfriend of Kitty, the female lead, and has a substantial role as one of the two male leads. The rest of the cast is mostly female, with even a lengthy lesbian scene, which Stallone watches from start to finish.

  Of course, everyone who enters the mirror is mostly naked, and Stallone's front and back sides include "key points" that can be seen clearly by the audience. When Stallone became famous for Rocky later on, this adult film was immediately renamed "Italian Stallion" and re-released.

  Actually, many big stars had a career of selling their flesh before they became famous: Steve McQueen used to be a male escort, Sean Connery was once a nude model, but none of them left any records behind, except for Sylvester Stallone's performance in an adult film that cannot be erased.

  When he took on this film, he was still a 23-year-old young man waiting for his career to take off in the Hollywood slums. During the day, he worked multiple jobs as a movie ticket collector, and only had time to shoot at night. His salary was only $200.

  Bugsy Malone's experience is similar to that of big star Sylvester Stallone, except his dream was to become a great director rather than an actor.

  Unfortunately, Bunny Bill had bad luck and could only showcase his "artistic talent" in the underground adult film market. His artistic talent was too "artistic", resulting in frequent losses until he met Yi Feiyang, who chased him for debts, marking the beginning of his true "artistic life".

  For Yi Feiyang, Tu Zi Bill held a hundred thousand thanks, the main reason being that everything Yi Feiyang did was so unbelievable, like a magician, giving people miracles.

  For Rabbit Bill, Yifeiyang is no longer just a "buddy" or "friend", but has become an object of admiration and worship, which is why he respectfully calls him "Boss".

  Now "Yi Lao Da" has something to say, let him bring some friends from the underground adult video market to help with the filming, and it was explained that at least three film crews need to be set up to shoot "Horror Cruise", "Buried Alive" and "Ghost Shadow Record", personnel requirements may be a bit more.

  Upon receiving the order, Rabbit Bill immediately made a phone call to his gang without saying another word.

  In fact, the staff of Usagi Bill is quite good, especially when making small movies. At that time, he made many friends who shot AV, including photographers, lighting technicians, makeup artists and so on.

  Those AV photographers, lighting technicians and makeup artists, usually just make small movies in their daily lives.

  To be honest, people like them are on the fringes of Hollywood, although they have talent, they are submerged underground and belong to the lowest level of living in Hollywood. The prosperity of Hollywood in people's eyes has nothing to do with them, their greatest hope is to have a stroke of luck, being discovered by some big director, then making a fortune from this dream factory, and living a glorious life.

  It's just such an ideal, but it's frustratingly difficult to achieve. The reason is that there are too many people struggling in Hollywood!

  Monks are many, porridge is little!

  It's packed!

  They just went through the motions of life, and gradually their dreams became numb, no longer believing that they would have any good luck.

  So after receiving news from Rabbit Bill, a surprising scene appeared immediately.

  And Easy Rider's success with Midnight Cowboy also caused a stir in the Hollywood underground adult film market, so much so that future low-budget filmmakers would say:

  One careless word can spoil the whole soup!

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