Chapter 267 The strongest shield and the deepest pit
It's night, South Pasadena.
In this green city with mountains in the north, beautiful scenery and spring-like seasons, historic craftsman-style residences can be seen everywhere. The shape of the pointed red tiles is the characteristic here, and the "he"-shaped house structure is even more playful. When people want to peek at the toy-like building block paradise through the night, the breeze floats into everyone's ears with helplessness.
"Sidney? Hi~ah? You mean daytime? I already knew about that, yes, yes, very abrupt..."
"Robert? Goldie is there to seek opportunities for her daughter again? Haven't I already said this before? We will do her daughter's project at DreamWorks, but not now..."
"Oh~George~Why even you call me?"
When the old man threw off his glasses, clenched his fist with his left hand, pressed his forehead with one hand, and was talking on the phone, there was a creaking sound and suddenly appeared.
Hearing this voice, the guys who were dealing with all parties showed their faces, but after squinting and exploring, and found that the person who came was actually his wife, the displeasure on his face dissipated a lot, replaced by Physically and mentally exhausted.
"Why are you here? Is Sasha looking for me? Tell her I'm sorry, I had too much work today..."
Gently pinching the eye sockets next to the bridge of the nose with his fingers, the old man sighed, and while throwing the phone aside, he also picked up the pizza brought by his wife and stuffed it directly into his mouth. Swallowing slowly doesn't stick to it. After chewing quickly, the refreshing coffee becomes a tool for him to swallow.
Seeing her husband like this, Kate Capshaw in a blue shirt felt a little distressed.
"Are those people still for Mary Jane?"
"Otherwise?" Spielberg shrugged.
"Roland has gone too far this time. Why did he choose to run away? Just like before, just choose one you like, isn't it enough?" Kate Capshaw is too familiar with this kind of transaction, and just now It was because of familiarity that she felt that there was something wrong with her development during the day, "He chooses one he likes, and no one can fault it. The guy who is selected is certainly happy, but the one who is not selected will not complain, because since they are all in If you make a deal, there will definitely be a next chance!"
Those who can use the relationship are not fools. Everyone knows that when there are mutual backgrounds and the background strengths are balanced, whether to be selected or not is actually not the real point. The point is that the interested person is not selected.
If Roland personally finalizes the heroine, it means that he is a participant in various transactions, abides by the rules of the game in the circle, and tacitly maintains it. You must know that this kind of favor transaction that cannot be presented in black and white depends on What matters is everyone's self-awareness.
But now, if Roland doesn't choose, he will turn the table and stop playing.
The decider is not the vested interest?
Because there are too many related accounts, so you play a lot of balance?
What about next time?
Who will dare to do his favor next time?
It was precisely because people in the industry wanted to know Roland's attitude, that Spielberg was bombarded with phone calls from acquaintances after the audition. Facing those guys who were eager to know the answer, the old man was also very helpless, because —
"There is no next time for him..."
"What?" Kate Capshaw obviously didn't expect her husband to throw out such words suddenly.
The next second, her reaction was beyond the old man's expectation, "Is he suffering from some terminal illness?"
"No wonder he can't wait to marry Kate! Does he want to have a child at the end of his life?"
"Cough cough cough..." The old man who was drinking coffee was almost choked to death by his wife's brain hole.
After wiping his mouth with a paper towel, he glared at the other party and said angrily, "I mean, he's going to quit the circle!"
"If nothing else happens, "Spider-Man 3" will be the last movie in his life. Even if he personally finalizes the heroine today, it's just a temporary confusion. After he announces his retirement, these things will still appear... "
So far, only the old man, David, Kate, Sony, and himself know what Roland is going to quit, but in order to prove to his wife that Roland is fine, the old man can only tell the transaction plan a few months ago.
After learning that Roland had turned his life into a sustainable development project, Kate Capshaw, who was still complaining for her husband before, was stunned on the spot. After a long while, she frowned and said—
"You mean, you started all this first?"
"Yes..." The old man responded without concealment.
However, these words made his wife explode.
"Are you crazy?" Kate Capshaw gasped for breath, and Ben's concerned eyes suddenly changed to surprise, and even a little bit of wonder, "Since you suggested that he quit the circle! Why are you pulling those People voted for him?"
"You clearly know that those guys are jackals who will never give up when they smell blood! You shouldn't give them hope!"
"His deal with the Big Six has already secured an Oscar! And Roland's original goal was just to win an Oscar for Kate! You don't need to encourage him to win an award at all, let alone let yourself fall into it!"
Feeling his wife's anger, the old man did not respond aggressively, but looked at her silently.
"You don't think it's necessary?"
"Is it necessary?" Kate Capshaw couldn't understand her husband's thoughts at all, "Roland never thought of winning an Oscar from the beginning! Then why do you put pressure on him to operate? Is he your son? Or You are his father? Why do you treat him so well? Just because he is your student? But you have many students! Can you manage it? "
"Is it because he also likes to play games? There are so many guys who can play games! Why don't you care about others?"
"You don't need to put him on the altar at all!"
"And his current irresponsible behavior of throwing pressure on you makes me feel sick!"
The words of his wife made the old man purse his lips. He admitted that what the other party said made sense, but not all of it.
If you look at it as a teacher, as a player, and as a confidant, then he really doesn't need to suggest that Roland run a double prize, let alone show his old face and help him canvass, but the problem is—
"Helping Roland win an award is actually very important to me..."
The old man stood up, poured a glass of water for his wife, and then came behind her, put his hands on her shoulders, and gently pressed her, "Kate, do you know? Sony and Amblin and Warcraft film and television He proposed that I take the 25% stake in the global publishing company, but at that time, I did not tell him about DreamWorks’ formation plan.”
"He seems to see my thoughts, and most importantly, the beginning of the whole transaction is that he knows that I don't like Nintendo."
"When I was persuaded by him to use his resources and get the shares together with him, the formation of DreamWorks suddenly became extremely smooth. Jeffrey Katzenberg, who was thinking about it before, went directly to Agreed to my plan, although David Geffen had long intended to sell the company, but after seeing that I got the shares, he immediately called me and told me that he could inject capital immediately, and he wanted to establish a global distribution After Paul Allen of the system learned that Roland and I jointly held half of the shares, his money was transferred faster than anyone else. He originally insisted that we sign a VAM repurchase agreement, but after having the shares, he took over During the negotiations that followed, he withdrew this harsh clause..."
"If it is said that his suggestion is the cornerstone of the birth of DreamWorks, then such words must be too exaggerated, but if it is said that his suggestion has saved me a lot of trouble, this is indeed an indisputable fact."
"Because we are not fighting alone now. From the perspective of the other five companies, our goal of creating DreamWorks is to swallow Sony Pictures Entertainment, and now we also want to swallow Sony Pictures Entertainment."
"But with us alone, we are actually a little bit worse."
"If it weren't for the bad relationship between Bernard and Carl, things wouldn't have become so troublesome..."
When Spielberg encouraged Roland to go to the Olympics, he just told Roland that Sony was in trouble, and if he had the opportunity, he could try to solve this trouble, but he didn't tell Roland how to swallow this behemoth.
Now, in the face of his wife's questioning, the old man only said a little bit.
But this, in fact, has already named everything.
The method of swallowing other listed companies is nothing more than that. Although the price of inviting Carl Icahn will be high, the success rate will also be greatly increased. Unfortunately, as members of the Palm Beach Country Club, they have no way to compete with Carl Icahn. Icahn got in touch because Bernard Madoff didn't like Carl Icahn, and private contact would cost them a chance to make money.
The confrontation between Madoff and Icahn is actually a very normal thing. As the chairman of the board of directors of Nasdaq, the **** things Icahn did are undoubtedly eye drops for him, and the **** things he did , if the other party is allowed to intervene, he will definitely die on the spot.
Just like what Soros said, "Economic history is a series based on falsehoods and lies... To get rich, the way to do it is to recognize the falsehoods, invest in them, and then exit the game before the falsehoods are recognized by the public."
Madoff has deceived a bunch of smart investors, but he can't deceive the savages who don't invest and only rely on robbery. Therefore, under his packaging, those high-end members of the foundation with high moral character can't compete with barefoot gunmen. guys playing together.
In this case, Roland, a non-member, is the best contact. In addition, he already owns the equity of Sony, Amblin and Warcraft Film and Television's global distribution company, and belongs to the insider, so...
It is the best choice to help the little apprentice to compete in the Olympics and let this guy who has no intention of filming do something that is in everyone's interest.
And the favors that were spread out for this...
In the future, it will be fine slowly.
Anyway, his reputation is there, so don't be impatient if things can be resolved with time...
But the problem is that Roland turned the table over.
This is a headache.
Although the old man understands that this is indeed something that people like Roland can do. As a guy who hates trouble, every decision Roland makes is actually to make money more comfortably, but—
The timing is wrong!
"Doing things a few months after winning the award will really make people think that Roland is gone!"
The old man who gave his wife a massage to calm him down sighed, but before he could continue talking, the mobile phone on the table rang again suddenly. , When he picked it up and picked it up, the voice on the other end of the phone surprised him, "Clint?"
"Don't tell me Bryce auditioned too!"
"So he runs away? This is really..."
However, the old man's sympathetic complaints were over before they even started.
Kate Capshaw, who was sitting across from him, only noticed that her husband's face was covered in darkness at first, and then froze. .
"Really?! Warner asked Roland to invest 20 million in a project of 60 million?"
"He himself told your assistant that he was inspired by watching "City of Angels"?"
"Oh! The **** kid! Can't he invest in it before it happens!"
"It made me answer the phone calls all afternoon!"
When she hung up the phone, Kate Capshaw was a little puzzled by the overflowing happiness.
"What's wrong? What did Clint say to you to make you so happy?"
"It's nothing, it's just that Roland invested in a project."
The old man waved his hand, he was so happy, just like my elder brother who successfully changed his house—smiling without eyes.
Kate Capshaw couldn't understand this attitude, but just when she wanted to continue to ask, what kind of project Roland invested in to make her husband forget his behavior of putting everyone's pigeons, the old man opened the communication again Recorded, made a phone call.
"Catherine?"
"How did you and your husband's "The Sixth Sense" go?"
"After the candidate is selected, shoot immediately? Will the shooting be closed by the end of this year?"
"Okay, after I finish working on "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality", start "Artificial Intelligence" immediately."
"Yes! Let Tom make his own movie first! "Minority Report" will be put on later..."
"Why?"
"Because I'm going to pick up Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."
"Yes! I want to pick it up! Don't be so surprised, okay?"
"Time is not a problem! "Artificial Intelligence" can be filmed in three months, and "Sorcerer's Stone" can be officially filmed in two thousand years. In addition to the preparation time for casting, the shooting can be closed in the spring of 2001, and then seamlessly. "Minority Report", the movie can be finished in a hundred days, followed by "How to Get Away with Law" in the "Runaway Trilogy", as long as the filming is fast, it will not affect the "Chamber of Secrets" later..."
"What? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Because Roland wanted me to make this series..."
When Roland received a call from Catherine Kennedy the next day and learned that the old man had decided to take over "Harry Potter", the country scolded the passive skill of Max, and it was triggered instantly, "Hold the grass! Standing in line is really a bitch." It is a useful skill!"
Roland originally thought that it would be the best result to make those guys who thought he didn't want to repay the favours dumb and not bother him anymore, but he didn't expect... this would directly reach the apex of the Jews' hearts up?
"It seems that the shield of African descent is really important to them..."
"If Africans are making trouble, the mainstream group will hate Africans, but if the vegetable garden of Africans disappears, then the Jews who like to make troubles will become street rats like before..."
"Never repeating the mistakes of the past is the fundamental goal of all of them. In this case, personal interests are obviously greater than collective interests, and I... I should be a real **** in their eyes. I can't be in the real twenty-five boy anymore."
Roland guessed right. In the eyes of most Jews, he, the little leek who has been taught by Spielberg since he was a child, is obviously a pro-Jewish vanguard—
A "Seven Deadly Sins" has blackened both Catholicism and Protestantism. This kind of awareness is rare in the world!
On the surface, "The Shawshank Redemption" is helping the commander-in-chief, but in fact, it is protecting the leek garden favored by the Jews. Racial conflicts can cause problems, and they can even become big. You also have to be in control.
If MT does not attract hatred, then there is another egg to use!
But if the MT is blown up after a taunt, then the loss outweighs the gain.
Only by controlling the degree well can we better seek benefits for ourselves.
Of course, although he only guessed the ending, not the extent, but this will not prevent Roland from calling to thank him.
He never feels good about himself and thinks that Spielberg should help him. Most of the time, not making it difficult for him in the clan is actually the best reward for Roland...
After dialing the phone, the first thing that came was the sound of laughter and noise.
After listening carefully, he found that the old man was having breakfast with his son and daughter.
After saying hello to those acquaintances one by one, the voice of the conversation gradually moved away, and when it was almost inaudible, the old man's rude words came from the receiver, "Roland! What did you do yesterday?" What! How dare you call me?"
Hearing this, Roland was happy, but he cried out, "Steven, I was wronged!"
"There are so many girls, and the families are all powerful. If I can't control it, Kate will kill me?"
The old man rolled his eyes and didn't believe Roland's words at all, but he still asked forcefully, "So you slipped away?"
"I can't just slip away! If I stay there, I can only go to your house to sleep last night!"
"Cough cough cough..."
The old man was almost choked to death by Roland's rascal, "Why didn't I find you so shameless before?"
"That's why I didn't owe so many favors before..."
Although both of them tacitly did not mention "Miracle in the Green Mile", the conversation was all about these things. After briefly understanding Roland's thoughts and confirming his intentions, the old man didn't ask any more questions, but Turned to mention "Harry Potter".
"I took that project."
"I know, I called today because of this!"
"Huh? Any questions?"
"Of course there is a problem! Because the whole project will be filmed in the UK, so if you accept it, every time you shoot, you will not be able to go home or see your children for half a year. Although I am not DreamWorks, you I can still satisfy the request to accompany the child to have dinner at night, so I will ask, are you going to send the child to the UK to go to school? If so, then I will ask Kate to help you find a school? Don’t worry, this On the one hand, she is familiar with…”
Since the old man agreed to be the director, Roland is ready to let him go.
It’s okay to shoot all eight films for him, and it happens to be able to pass the **** of "War of the Worlds" and "The Adventures of Tintin".
If you want a strong man to lock up a man, you have to satisfy the other party's needs properly, but before he can say that he can pay for the old man to buy a villa in England, the words on the other end of the phone made him fall into ice in excitement. cave.
"Who told you that I will stay in the UK all the time?"
"Huh? If you don't stay in the UK the whole time, what else is the crew doing?"
"Who said that if I'm not in the UK, the crew can't film?"
"What? Do you still want to find a director, co-director?"
"yes!"
"No...Robert and Chris have similar styles, but they are different!"
"Who said I found them? Isn't there a guy in Hollywood who copied it from me?"
"..." Roland was stunned for a long time before choking out a phrase, "You mean me?"
"Congratulations, you got the answer right, but there is no reward." The old man laughed and said, "You are with Kate, and you will definitely go to England often in the future. When the time comes, I will take a group portrait and you will take the rest of the shots." Just grind against the draft of the storyboard!"
"I shoot for three months and you shoot for three months, so the matter will be resolved? If there are two months of summer vacation in these three months, wouldn't I still be able to take the whole family to England for vacation? Calculated in this way, it is actually just not going home for a month..."
Damn...
Roland cursed helplessly.
He didn't want to be a director because he thought it was troublesome, but he also wanted to ensure the quality of the film, so Spielberg got in the car, but what he didn't expect was that when he pulled the other party, he actually cheated himself!
The old man filmed for three months, he filmed for three months?
This special one might as well be filmed by Chris Columbus!
"Can I go back on my word now?" Roland wanted to shake people.
However, as soon as these words were spoken, a beeping sound came from the other end of the phone.
The other person doesn't want to talk to you and throws a dog at you.
"Hey, I have a headache..."
Roland sighed helplessly, but the old man's willingness to take over the project is actually good news for him, "Okay, if you are cheated, you will be cheated, anyway, it's all your own project, so just treat it as bringing goods for yourself... "
"So now, "The Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter", and "X-Men" are already live together, and most of the things in the project don't need me to ask, and then I just need to play around , and then wait until August to join the filming team..."
"Hiss!"
"Based on this calculation, life is still pretty good~ Ang?"
Note: ①The membership requirements of the Madoff Foundation are strict, and Madoff has regulations on members, and he cannot actively recruit people. This approach seems to be screening suitable investors, but in fact, he is still afraid of being exposed by his peers. The reason why Madoff emphasizes the high moral character of members and does not play with those who engage in hedge funds is because the rate of return of the foundation far exceeds the rate of return of the fastest-growing business in the world, "robbery". If people like Man get in touch with more, they will find that the rate of return of these real robbers is not as high as that of their stable investments. If this is the case, how can there be people in this world who want to rob? Lies naturally go bankrupt. ②The three films "Artificial Intelligence", "Minority Report", and "A Game of Cat and Mouse" were launched at the same time, and are also known as the "Escape Trilogy". In this article, except for the shooting time of "A Game of Cat and Mouse", everything else has not changed. In reality, the leading actors of "A Game of Cat and Mouse", Xiao Li and Hanks, are in vacation mode at the time of the article, and there is no conflict. As for the shooting The progress is not tight, the old man is a filming machine, "Schindler's List" and those things are filmed in succession, this is the most amazing place, you can shoot with a guide tube. ③The goal of Paul Allen's investment in DreamWorks is to let the three create an entertainment group that can be distributed globally...
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