Chapter 213 Show and gossip
Compared with the troubled times of 1994, 1995, and 1996, the beginning of 1997 was pretty good.
At the beginning of January, there were heavy rains in central and northern America, causing flash floods. However, the agriculture and animal husbandry in the affected areas were all insured, and the economic losses were shared by insurance companies. It is precisely because of the vast land and sparse population that the affected groups are relatively limited.
The unlucky ones who died because of this were only ten in total, and the public facilities were not damaged much, so it didn't cause much impact.
Of course, the celebration of Zipperton's swearing-in on the 20th is also the root of covering everything.
After all, the inauguration ceremony lasted three days, but it cost more than 30 million.
Taking taxpayers' money is not money, he has drifted away.
In February, the biggest event is of course the North Hollywood Shootout.
Since no people died, and the police officers involved in the incident were only injured in their limbs, the more impression left by this live-action CS is actually how awesome the AKM is and how **** the M16 is.
To put it bluntly, it is that the entire United States is devoted to the police, and the behavior of killing the mob is crazily praised. —
Their most commonly used M9 is no longer used in the shooting range.
Due to the emergence of this situation, the anchor of ABC radio even joked on the program: "We now have the right to suspect that those two thugs are Maoxiong people, and their purpose is to continue to sell large quantities of them under our blockade." arms."
No way, as the largest country in the world, throwing blame is the norm, and admitting mistakes is an accident.
As for why they say that?
This is actually very simple.
M9 is produced by the Italian company Beretta.
If it was Lockheed Martin's equipment that was stepped on, no matter how brave they are, it would be an official report.
Whoever ridicules will be fired in the next second.
Who doesn't know that Lockheed Martin and Disney wear a pair of pants?
The Skunk Works where people research the F-22 is in Burbank, and the label outside is Disney!
For more than 50 years, the two families have been like brothers. Whoever dares to tease their anchors will get out!
Really think that every time we encounter a crisis, God blesses Disney to tide over the difficulties?
Every time I run out of money and can’t continue, I just ask the brother next door to borrow it!
Of course, while the teasing appeared, Roland also brought a gift and went to visit the injured police officer.
Because he has a good relationship with the police in his own area, and there are leading parties, this visit was described by the media as Roland’s high admiration for the patron saint of the people, and the police chief of the Sherman Oaks local police station also gave proof.
Facing the media camera, he said: "The first time I saw Roland in real life, he was taking his sisters for morning exercises in the park. I wanted to go up and ask him for an autograph, but I didn't expect him to find me. He took the initiative to talk to me, and what impressed me the most was his evaluation of our uniform, he thought it was cool, handsome, and a sense of security..."
Before, on the sentencing day of the Simpson murder case, Roland asked Roland to pay attention to the patrol police who escaped at any time, and the current deputy chief of the police station also proved: "Roland trusts us very much (the news), and if he encounters us during morning exercises, he will take the initiative to say hello , if we met during a walk after dinner, we would chat for a while (eating Nakayao), whenever there is a disaster, he is always with us (donating money and goods), all members of our police station like it He (nonsense, who doesn’t like eating and drinking for free?), and after the robbery happened, he contacted us immediately, wanting to know if anyone in our police station was injured. After learning about the thrill of the incident, He hoped that we could take him to visit the injured policeman, and wanted to express his respect in person, and thank those guys who stood on the front line and fought bravely with criminals..."
Although Roland did not take the photographer to the hospital like Jinsuo visited the sponsored children.
The organization that reported this matter is only a local media in Burbank, which is affiliated with Disney.
but-
It is this kind of small-scale publicity that can do big things.
As soon as it came up, there were overwhelming reports from ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN. Isn’t this a stupid act?
It is true that it is better to speak well than to do well, but publicity must also teach the basic law, right?
As the saying goes, good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.
If your good deeds are hyped up by the media, to the point where no one knows, no one knows...
Then others will know that you are buying a PR draft!
First let the local media who wanted to interview the wounded 'accidentally' discover the news that Roland went to visit the wounded 'quietly', then let the local media 'curiously' ask the police to verify the matter, and finally let the local media 'casually' broadcast...
Make everything an accident.
Immediately afterwards, as the news was broadcast, giants in the industry 'suddenly' discovered the news and carried out verification and reprinting.
When these giants made an old news broadcast with a press release that had been broadcast a few days ago, the effect came out.
【Caring and warm man! Roland Allen visits cop injured in North Hollywood robbery with gift! 】
【I don’t want to make it public! Roland Allen refused to be interviewed by the media for personal reasons! 】
【Police proof! Off-screen Roland Allen is a young guy with justice in his heart! 】
With these headlines coming out, Roland, who had been out of the limelight for the next installment of Spider-Man, is back.
The style of acting in a low-key manner has also won praise from the public—
"Sure enough, it is exactly what Roger Ebert said, he is Peter Parker!"
“Although he doesn’t have superpowers in reality, he is still a good role model!”
"I didn't expect him to be the first famous person to visit the injured policeman! Compared with those guys who emphasized through the news media that the police force needs to be increased and the police need to step up efforts to crack down on illegal and criminal activities, his behavior is what makes those Is it the most gratifying gesture for the policemen who are fighting on the front line?"
Even if you are putting on a show, you have to do the full set.
Even if you are posting a public relations draft, you have to let the public feel that you are not posting a public relations draft.
Exquisite make-up, wearing high heels, but holding a **** and doing afforestation?
Isn’t this just the dumb telling the deaf that the blind see ghosts?
Since Roland expressed his respect in a private capacity, the media had to find out step by step.
The past with great fanfare will only have the opposite effect.
And Kate didn't follow her either. In her words, that is, "You go alone without reporters. That's called passion, and it's easy for the public to accept, because your age is there, and you want to brush up the style. Members of the police department endorse you, and your behavior will be more friendly to the people. If I went, it would be like a show, because I am not American, and I have no sense of belonging to this. Robbery is just a case for me. For you, the incident means that your safety is protected, and the two of us appear on the scene at the same time, your fans will definitely feel that we are really talking, and the nature of visiting the injured will change."
It is comfortable to deal with people who know the routines in the circle.
A guy from a commoner background definitely doesn't have this kind of awareness.
In addition to the matter of visiting the injured police who took up a certain amount of public resources, after March, the Oscars held on March 24th was the real darling of the media, and the shocking news produced by it was not Tom Cruise failed to win the Oscar, but "The English Patient" won the Oscar for best picture.
This movie is actually very interesting. According to the thinking of normal people, it is that the three views are not correct.
The third party intervenes and has an extramarital affair, this kind of plot is already very bloody, as for what's used to mess with the relationship between men and women, it can only be forgiven under two circumstances: one is when there is no coercion, fraud, and all participants are completely voluntary And without destroying the legitimate interests of the country, society, collective and others, and at the same time not negatively affecting the public order and good customs of the society; second, the whole relationship occurs under the background of an extreme social situation: such as alien invasion, plague Popularity, outbreak of war, or large-scale natural disasters, etc.' to wash the ground, what is the difference between commenting on Cao and talking about Liu?
When commenting on Cao Cao, talk about official history, and when talking about Liu Bei, use romance?
Isn’t this a shameless double standard?
Regardless of morality or law, it is problematic for a third party to intervene and have extramarital affairs.
As a result, a self-entertaining little person feels that what he likes is good, and washes a special love affair that violates the traditional moral dogma under the social order into a touching and unethical love under the banner of art?
Isn't this shameless?
Is this the same as the guy who wrote 'You lost a leg and he lost love'?
If you don’t think there is anything wrong with their behavior, then those who recognize them must have learned—
"Time Management".
Challenge the limit during the day and challenge the limit at night.
Multiple people exercise during the day and many people exercise at night.
Hengpi: This is life!
Of course, the content of the film is good or bad, and in the end it has to be left to the public to judge. Roland, who was watching the live broadcast at home, was gossiping about the backside of "The English Patient", "Do you know Christine Thomas?"
"I know, she once filmed "The Tenth Man" with Anthony (Hopkins)."
Everyone is a British actor, of course Kate has met each other, "What's the matter? You think she is beautiful?"
"Then do you know what is the relationship between her and Harvey?" A fire of curiosity ignited in Roland's heart.
"What do you mean?"
Kate was taken aback for a moment, and then gave Roland an annoyed look.
"How would I know this kind of thing? Harvey and I are not familiar."
"Then you mean that Juliette Binoche found Harvey?" Roland continued to ask without giving up.
"Hiss... If you think Oscar is boring, you can choose not to watch it." Kate twisted Roland's waist with her hand, "Harvey is indeed bad, but you can't see a woman and feel that you have something to do with him Bar?"
"Or, do you think Harvey's life is chic? Huh?"
"Hey! You can't be unreasonable! The fact in front of you is that he has a relationship with the actress in the crew!"
Roland, who was in pain, hurriedly called out for grievances.
That's right, "The English Patient" is a movie promoted by Miramax.
But this project, in fact, did not belong to Miramax at the beginning.
During the preparation process, the film's producer and investor Fox had a huge disagreement. Fox believed that the heroine of the film should be played by Demi Moore or Uma Thurman, and asked them to cast Christine -Thomas was replaced, but the producer was determined not to change, and relying on the fact that he had already invested 6 million, he forcibly formed a crew.
As an independent production company, want to show face with Fox?
Of course Fox won't be used to it!
When the producer brought more than 400 people to Italy to start filming, Fox gave them an ultimatum, but the producer was determined not to compromise, so Fox decisively withdrew the investment and kicked the whole project off.
According to the normal situation, this kind of project can already declare GG.
In the absence of an A-list, if you don’t give Fox face, that means you don’t give face to the Big Six.
Fox withdraws capital, and others will not invest.
However, at the beginning, the entire crew was still in a panic that there was no film to shoot, but it didn't take long before Harvey Weinstein, who was in charge of Miramax, appeared in front of the crew like a **** descending from the earth.
This fat man not only personally stated to the entire crew that he would never replace Christine Thomas, but also told the producer Saul Zaentz in front of the main creative team that he would not participate in the production of the film. For the production work, let him lead the creative team to shoot and cut with confidence and boldness. He will definitely help Christine Thomas and Juliette Binoche to win the Olympics!
The fat man has already said so clearly, if he still says that there is no inside story, he will believe it!
The producer slapped Fox in the face in public, openly provoked the authority of the six majors, and directly formed a crew without the consent of the six majors. This behavior has already broken the order of the industry! When everyone felt that the project "The English Patient" was hopeless...
Hey, the dead fat man has become a peerless hero who came on the colorful clouds!
If it is only for money, then he is absolutely crazy!
It's a pity that Roland doesn't know him well, and he will not hang out with the fat man after he generously handed over his mobile phone to Kate. This also makes him just stay at home and speculate secretly, and then he is not in the mood to discuss it. Nasty gossip Kate got off the sofa.
That's right, Roland, who has been in the industry for eight years, has never been to the Oscars ceremony.
Before, there were no works shortlisted, so I was too lazy to go.
Well, this year, there are works shortlisted, and he doesn't bother to go.
"Spider-Man" was nominated for Best Sound and Best Visual Effects. For Roland, these two small technical awards were completely different. , the other guys will not be present at all: the truck driver said that I have a job and no time, Spielberg is filming, and he refused openly, and Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Anthony Hope The people in Kings just pretended they didn't hear it.
We didn't nominate, why should we go?
Eh! They said it was okay, but Xiao Lizi said it was not!
Now that you have reached your status, you are right in what you do. It is an honor for our organizing committee to present the award to you.
Thank you for coming to accept the award.
With the end of the Oscars, March is gradually coming to an end, and with the arrival of April, the first thing that bears the brunt is that the truck driver told Roland that the soundtrack of the film he cares about has been finalized.
After learning about this, Roland rushed directly to the other party's studio.
After hearing the familiar melody, he just bought, bought, bought without saying a word.
The truck driver was not surprised by Roland's behavior, because Roland used the phrase "love witness" to fool him at the beginning, throwing " I couldn't get the copyright of the film, so I wanted to include a song to commemorate', and the three of them signed their names on the buyout contract.
Yes, they felt Roland's sincerity.
Uh... Well, the main reason is that Roland gave too much.
It’s just a film and television song, and Roland said it was a 15 million buyout.
And said that Celine Ondy has the right to sing for life.
In this case, it doesn't matter if he makes up a story or not.
It is true that everyone knows that film and television songs are not as popular as imagined, but there is still a chance of making a lot of money. However, if you stick to Roland's "Titanic", isn't it bound to be popular?
Now it is not a question of whether they are willing to sell, but a question of whether the song will become popular after selling.
After seeing "Spider-Man" sell four million copies, no one doubted Roland's ability to bring goods.
Even if everyone knows that Roland dares to open 15 million, he is confident that he will double it and earn back, but after that, they can't afford to eat, because it is their business whether they are willing to sell, but "Titanic" Whether it will be used or not, Roland can decide.
He said no, even if the truck driver wanted to use it, Fox would not let him use it.
In this case, why not sell it?
If they sell it, they can get 15 million immediately. After that, Roland's popularity can make them a lot of money, and the hidden income is quite considerable. Even if they firmly believe that "My Heart Will Eternal" has no movie, Celine Ondy alone can Fire, but its nature is different.
Roland can get a guy who doesn't play games to buy a game console after watching a movie, but Celine Ondy can't.
After simply paying 15 million, David, who helped him with the money, told Roland the bad news.
Jeff Bezos gave up the idea of ??continuing financing and submitted an application for listing at the end of February.
With the help of the backer, the process is going fast. If there is no accident, the bell will be ringing in May.
So, according to Roland's idea, he bought Microsoft's stock in a big way.
Facing the news, Roland was not too surprised.
The bald head is very controlling. If he can watch Shouwang Venture Capital take up 45% of the shares, he will not be the guy who messes with Blue Origin alone in the future.
The option of 10 million shares of Microsoft stock is actually a good choice.
After all, there is no serious company that can be tossed by him anymore.
However, what Roland didn't know was that when Shouwang Venture Capital took 10 million Microsoft shares...
In fact, he has been targeted.
Note: ①After the robbery in North Hollywood, the guns equipped by the police were indeed the target of ridicule by the anchors. And Disney's label is indeed hung on Lockheed-Martin's Skunk Works. Walt Disney participated in World War I and established Disney after he retired from the army. During World War II, the Disney studio was requisitioned for military use. At that time, They hooked up with the arms dealers and helped them cover up. After the end of World War II, Disney also accepted many veterans. They were able to experience the darkness many times and climb up again. Thanks to Walt Disney for finding someone for the company Brothers. ②The issue of "The English Patient" was revealed by Harvey himself. When he attended the first meeting of the Producers Guild of America on October 25, 2014, the "Hollywood Reporter" conducted an exclusive interview with him. In the interview, he said that the biggest challenge in his career is "The English Patient". Coming to the first Best Picture Oscar? His answer was that Miramax was only confident in the acting award at the time, and he supported Kristen Thomas, who he thought was no worse than Uma Thurman. Then when the 'MeToo' movement broke out, those people were all involved.
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