Back in New York, Ronald's acquisition was published in the Wall Street Journal and the Hollywood Reporter before Christmas.
All of a sudden, all kinds of people flew to Los Angeles, looking for opportunities to chat with the super-fast chairman of the media company.
Many local TV stations are actually in deep operating difficulties. They all hope that Ronald's eyes will be on them. If they receive capital injections or even acquisitions, it will undoubtedly be a golden opportunity for such local TV stations.
thigh.
However, Ronald did not return to Los Angeles as everyone expected. Only CEO Ed Bastian came out to accept interviews with the media and selectively met with some other local TV operators.
Due to antitrust laws, DDH is very careful not to touch any market share that may trigger antitrust investigations.
Recently, the anti-monopoly laws that were dormant during the last two presidential administrations of the Xiang Party have shown some signs of activity. For example, Microsoft was accused of allegedly abusing its market dominance against OEM manufacturers by forcing hardware manufacturers to pre-install Windows systems.
under investigation.
Although the attitude of the American judicial system towards such high-tech enterprises is often to be lenient and wait for the industry to develop first. However, there is no room for rapid growth in Hollywood where Ronald is located. He has long been keen on
The antitrust judge’s lunch.
"Ed Bastian is quite photogenic. If this guy comes to Hollywood to develop, I'm afraid he can also find a good supporting actor job."
In the early morning in New York, Ronald saw an interview with Bastian, CEO of DDH, by Fortune magazine. In the photo, he looked upright, and he had the image of a very old-school male business leader - a square face.
Back-back, hand-stitched, wide American suit.
"Hee hee..." Helen chuckled. As a director, Ronald hated actors with square chins and big faces. Every time he saw such people, he would make fun of them.
The most typical example is Brad Pitt. Although he has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, Ronald still calls him that little Missouri ruffian.
Regardless of the past that he wanted to exploit by dating Donna, the director disliked this kind of handsome-looking face that was not suitable for filming.
A square chin will be stretched even flatter on the screen. A handsome guy with harmonious facial features and facial features in life will become ugly on the screen, especially under the deformation of the widescreen anamorphic lens 2.35:1.
There are very few actors like Tom Cruise who are both handsome in real life and as handsome as they appear on screen.
Brad Pitt, a very handsome actor in real life, also has an advantage that others do not have, which is that he is very attractive to female leaders who have climbed to the middle and senior levels in Hollywood.
In their opinion, wouldn't it be remiss of them if Brad Pitt, a lovely man, doesn't make some commercial films that are big hits, as well as a few art films that earn him awards and critical acclaim?
Brad Pitt, who was born with the attention of these middle- and high-level women, can easily get a leading role. As long as they can hook up with a powerful woman in the circle, things will be smooth in the future - because
Among the women, they would talk about having such a square-jawed handsome guy to try dating.
An actor like Pitt who gets their support will cause a lot of trouble to the director. If these people want to see Pitt appear handsome and handsome on the screen, the director has to do special lighting and find special filming for them.
angle.
The resulting lagging behind in schedule will come back to the director as a result of poor quality and poor ability to control budgets.
If a real star comes, even these troubles will not be unacceptable to the director and crew. After all, the entire movie project can be created by the influence of the star.
But actors like Brad Pitt are not real stars yet. They have a "good" reputation in the industry, but not many audiences know them. Without bigger budgets and more expensive pre-sales contracts,
More loans, better box office expectations, plus a lot of troubles, the director and the crew will be in trouble if they don't talk about him privately.
Fortunately, Edward Zwick, the director of Love and Love, was also an expert and immediately asked Brad Pitt to grow his hair long so that the hair on both sides could cover his steep cheeks like a hoe...
"Hey, I'm speaking from the perspective of Roger Corman's apprentice. If this kind of appearance were in Roger's hands, he would definitely let him take pictures quickly. Anyway, the supporting actors are not afraid of being ugly in the pictures..."
Ronald muttered something. It was a strange thing that an actor like Brad Pitt, who had neither acting skills nor successful works, could be the protagonist.
However, Ed Bastian is now the darling of the media. It is said that in addition to Fortune magazine, Forbes, Newsweek, and the Wall Street Journal want to interview him. It is possible that Ed Bastian will be selected by various magazines for the best CEO next year.
·Bastian would be a strong candidate.
Although at this stage, Microsoft's Bill Gates, General Electric's Jack Welch, and IBM's Louis V. Gerstner are still the most respected business leaders. But Bastian has entered the serious financial review magazine
With his vision, he will be very popular in the future.
Ronald also wants to prevent his most powerful and business-minded talents from being poached. He has prepared a new contract that will be offered to him when his options can be exercised in a few years, which can lock in more of his
Several years of career.
"Let's go see a movie..."
Christmas was coming soon, and Helen pulled Ronald to do more things with him that he didn't have time to do. The two ran to the movie theater in the building where the Fifth Avenue apartment was located, wearing peaked caps and quietly watching in the back row.
look.
Today's show is Jodie Foster's "Nell". This is the "award-winning" movie that had not yet been released in China when it was nominated for the Golden Globe Awards.
I have to say that among the actresses I have worked with, Jodie Foster may be the one with the most brains and the highest IQ.
"Nelle" is a story about the coming of age of an autistic little girl. Nelle was the aftermath of a tragic crime when she was a child. Her mother later suffered a stroke and her speech was slurred, and Nelle is autistic.
I have always been dependent on her, and finally learned a "stroke" English that no one understands.
Dr. Jerry Lowell, played by Liam Neeson, discovered Nell and finally allowed her to readjust to society. Finally, he spoke in court and convinced the judge not to send him to an institution that specializes in studying this disease.
At the end of the film, Nelle plays with Dr. Jerry Lowell's daughter many years later...
This film was invested by Jodie Foster's "Egg Films", and she is also a producer. From the creation of the script to the choice of director, and the selection of other actors and actresses, Foster played a decisive role
effect.
The plot of this movie, at a glance, is a female version of "Rain Man". From their illness to the warm happy ending, Rain Man was a box-office win and a critical success. Everyone summarized the elements afterwards.
Copied it intact.
The two protagonists must be big stars, and the outstanding part of the scene is concentrated on Jodie Foster who plays Nell. The more difficult part of telling the story is left to Liam, who has just made a splash in Schindler's List.
Nissen.
Finally, we used the Autism Care Association to organize joint activities, taking into account charity and movie promotions. In addition, we also found public relations for Jodie Foster to be nominated for various awards.
However, after watching a third of the movie, Ronald knew that the movie was doomed to fail. The movie is not just a combination of successful elements and then replacing the actors and replacing them with similar actors.
Jodie Foster visibly played a role in the filming and post-editing of the movie. However, she was an actress, acted in the movie herself, and the scenery she saw was completely different from the director who was behind the camera watching the shooting and editing.
Same.
Actors tend to exaggerate the role of acting skills, but directors know that in fact, at least one-third of the charm of film performances comes from the role of post-production editing. Many times, actors do not know whether their acting is good or not after the film is finished.
Jodie Foster is obviously still immersed in the illusion of how good her acting is, as her public relations reports suddenly increased during the awards season.
But to be honest, her performance in this movie is impeccable in terms of technical analysis, but problems with the story itself prevent her acting skills from being showcased. The editing also seems to have been interfered with, and some of Foster's scenes are obviously unnecessary.
.
Of course, now Foster has established his own production company just like Tom Cruise. Even if Ronald told these issues in person, she might not be able to listen.
What fame brings is isolation from public tastes and unawareness of one's own aesthetic deviations. People like Ronald, Spielberg, and George Lucas have a clear understanding of this interference, and fame has
Qian Hou still maintains some innocence and retains some qualities of ordinary people, and they can be counted on one hand.
Finally, Ronald's business trip in New York ended and he boarded a special plane to fly back to California.
On the plane, Ronald wanted to try dreaming again, but failed. He simply asked the stewardess to watch a movie to simulate the feeling of dreaming, and then went to sleep again.
"Ah ha ha ha..."
Who would have thought that the stewardess chose "Four Weddings and a Funeral." This romantic comedy has a lot of very British humor. The performances of the protagonists were also very good, which made Ronald fascinated.
, not feeling sleepy at all.
Speaking of this movie, it is also very popular in the video tape market, and the craze for renting and buying it has continued to this day.
But, can Daydream Pictures replicate the success of this movie?
The answer is probably no.
This movie relies a lot on the personal charm and performance of the protagonist Hugh Grant. The male protagonist was so hesitant and clingy that he repeatedly missed the right woman. Finally, he agreed to marry the woman who had liked her for a long time, and then...
He ran away from the wedding and ran away with the woman from America, Jia Li.
This kind of plot, if played by any male actor, would be despised by female audiences. But only Hugh Grant can play this slightly useless male character in a way that makes people both lovable and rational.
some practices.
The performance of the heroine Andie MacDowell can be matched well with Hugh Grant. Her exotic style (for the movie), compared with the more orthodox and polite society in Britain, her wildness
, the uncontrollable charm is very prominent.
In short, if you want to repeat the success of this movie, you have to get Hugh Grant to film it. Watching him cooperate with various Hollywood female stars is probably a very interesting sight. There are so many in Britain and America.
The female audience who wanted to see him fall in love with many beautiful celebrities were ready to open their wallets.
He slowly wrote down these thoughts about the movie in his notebook. Ronald finally yawned, as if the god of sleep finally heard his thoughts and summoned him to feel new inspiration.
"Da da da..."
Ronald heard a sound similar to typing on the keyboard. This time it was strange that the screen did not appear directly. Instead, what was in his field of vision was a small screen. It seemed to be a computer screen, because with the sound of typing on the keyboard, a line
The word appears in an input box.
"Titanic"
The screen refreshed, and a lot of text results appeared on the monitor. Ronald was surprised to find that the result was a title, and the words "Titanic" were highlighted in red in each title.
Under each title, there is also a text description, which seems to be a brief introduction to each result.
"What is this? It's very convenient." Ronald suddenly became interested. Now he wanted to check a specific topic and had to go to the library. The search system there was not very easy to use, so he had to check it himself.
Index cards, or use a high-power magnifying glass on the machine to look at the microfilm magazine shot on film, and move it bit by bit to find it.
Often half a day and a whole day would pass for a problem. How can it be as fast as this thing in a dream? It seems to come out in a second.
When you see the content you want to take a closer look at, just click on the result with your mouse, and a new page will pop up immediately listing the specific results in detail.
"What is this, so convenient?" Ronald squinted hard, trying to see the software on the screen clearly.
But the font on it was very small, and in the end he could only see clearly that the software icon was a golden ship steering wheel.
In the dream, after the mouse clicked on a document, the screen turned into a black screen. After more than ten seconds, when Ronald saw the screen again, the monitor in the dream also changed.
It is no longer a big-butt CRT monitor, but a flat-panel monitor. It is much larger than the original monitor, but it does not take up much space on the desk.
It’s the same Titanic result. What pops up this time is a black web page with red words on it.
"Twentieth Century Fox".
"ha……"
Ronald was shocked. Is it possible to watch movies directly on the computer?
The beginning of the movie is unremarkable. It seems that a man named Jack won a subpoena through gambling and was able to board the safest and fastest high-speed passenger ship across the Atlantic at the time.
Finally Jack got on the boat. After boarding the boat, Jack and his friends stood on the bow of the boat admiring the open sea. Jack opened his arms and shouted excitedly:
"I am the king of the world!"
Then the camera turned, and a large panoramic shot showed the appearance of the Titanic in history. This is really majestic and majestic. I didn’t expect computer special effects to have developed to this extent. From fake dinosaurs to real ones, to being able to restore a historical dinosaur.
What does the real giant wheel look like?
"Ha...ah..."
Seeing many revelations about the future, Ronald was so excited that he fell off his chair with joy and sorrow.
"Mr. Li..." The stewardess was startled and hurriedly came over to help Ronald up.
"Don't talk to me..." Ronald took out his notebook and quickly wrote down some of the scenes he saw before his memory faded.
The golden steering wheel, the flat-screen TV, watching movies on the computer, and the Titanic movie... Well, it seems that the male protagonist has seen... the heroine, the Rose who arrived at the dock with her fiancé and mother, there are such fat heroines in Hollywood