Because he shot the first movie in the world, and it was because of him that the movie studio appeared. He also invented the movie projector and obtained a patent. So he used his patents to cooperate with others to prepare to control the global film industry. By this time, he had understood how profitable the film industry was. He used his patents to make countless profits in the United States. He wanted local movie theaters to give his company money every week. Pay a patent fee of 5 yuan. He also has to pay him 5,000 yuan in royalties every year to make movies.
No one can make or broadcast movies without their company's permission. Edison wanted to take every aspect of the industry into his own hands so that he could earn countless amounts of money. However, such an approach would prevent the film industry from developing and progressing. So it didn't take long for other filmmakers to protest his approach and start setting up their own companies to make and broadcast movies themselves.
Edison used two methods to deal with this kind of thing. At first, he used the law to protect his rights. Later, he established a commercial espionage agency. They have been monitoring other companies, and have allowed gangsters to go to other companies to cause damage. Those companies also tried their best to fight back, so they often fought over various things, and even more seriously, there were armed conflicts. From this point of view, although Edison made great contributions to the film industry, his various practices also limited the development of the film industry.
As a result, many people in the film industry went abroad to develop, and those who did not go abroad also went to California, which was far away from him. Because of the distance, he could not hire thugs to cause damage, and the local judicial department could not Like him, even if he files a lawsuit, he will not implement it seriously. So slowly, various filmmakers went to California to develop. At the beginning of the 20th century, an American director went to California to find a suitable place to shoot a movie. They walked north from Los Angeles to a small town on the outskirts of Los Angeles. After various considerations, the director decided to shoot a movie here. Other people in the industry knew Later, everyone came here to shoot movies, so this town became Hollywood.