On June 5, Andrew O'Hare of Donn Films personally attended the signing ceremony of the copyright transfer of the last four novels of "Harry Potter" in the United Kingdom, and officially obtained the copyright of the entire series of "Harry Potter" in the form of $5 million and an additional 3% future profit dividend.

Don and Andrew had a brief exchange on the phone, and Andrew said that JK Rowling had a good attitude, probably because he was ashamed and took the initiative to show favor.

And under the mediation of David, some of her harsh conditions have been lifted, allowing the film director and some supporting cast members to use American actors, which is undoubtedly a show of great sincerity.

On the weekend of June 6, the box office of the third week of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace" was officially released, with $98.8 million, a drop of only 12%.

In three weeks after its release, the total box office in North America has reached $340 million!

Surpassing the North American box office record of $600 million for "Titanic" seems to be just around the corner!

Especially when Donn appeared on the cover of Time magazine again, using the title of "King of the World", he seemed to have become synonymous with the box office.

On June 7, an announcement that shocked Silicon Valley and Wall Street was officially released: Google received a total of $25 million in financing from Down Pictures, KPCB Foundation, and Sequoia Capital.

The combination of Wall Street and Silicon Valley has been common in recent years when the dot-com bubble frenzy.

What made his family shout and horror was that Don Pictures was involved!

...... of Down Pictures Isn't that a Hollywood studio?

"Titanic" and "Star Wars Prequel" are all very wonderful movies, and Don is indeed a very talented director, but do you know about venture capital?

It's crazy!

The money from the KPCB Foundation and Sequoia Capital comes from investors. Managers dare to fight because even if the investment fails, they have a salary.

But Tang En Pictures is completely different, this is Tang En's private company, once the investment fails, it is equivalent to Tang En losing his money in vain.

With hundreds of new companies being founded and hundreds of old ones going out of business every year, who can guarantee that Google isn't the next company to go out of business?

Donne, this kid, swelled!

However, what moved Wall Street and Hollywood even more inexplicably was that Google's financing sold a total of 20% of the equity. Among them, Towne Pictures contributed $12.5 million, accounting for 10% of the equity, and KPCB Foundation and Sequoia Capital, each contributing $6.25 million, holding 5% of the equity.

This is an exaggeration!

When Brian Lord heard the news, he angrily called Donn, "Don, aren't you short of money? What are you doing? Is the venture capital market something you can play?"

Don hurriedly apologized, "The two founders of Google are students at Stanford, you know, my secretary Reese...... Oh yes, she's still in the CAA. She persuaded me many times in the hope that I could provide some help to her two seniors. ”

"But this is not a trivial matter, this is more than ten million dollars!" Brian Lord hated that iron does not make steel.

Don En had a face embarrassed, "This ...... Brian, you should know me, beauty's request, it's always hard to refuse, right?"

Brian Lord gritted his teeth angrily, "Donn, you will definitely suffer a big loss on a woman!"

Subsequently, Bill McNick and Tom Rothman also called one after another to ask if they had worked hard to help Don run a relationship loan. The result is good, Don En, this kid is not doing his job, and he plays with venture capital!

Tang En made amends again and again, promising not to make an example, and barely calmed the anger of the two.

……

Tomorrow is Natalie Portman's 18th birthday.

On this day, Don received two distinguished guests from New York - Lori Taylor Swift Jr. and her mother Andrea Swift.

I hadn't seen him for more than half a year, but little Taylor had grown taller, his eyebrows upturned, and he was more and more similar to the memory in Don's mind.

When little Taylor saw Done, he didn't have the nervousness of a child seeing a big man, and waved his little hand at him, "Hey, Donn, you won't welcome me here, will you?"

"How come?" Don smiled dumbly and crouched in front of her, "A grand welcome, a warm welcome!"

Little Taylor pouted, "It's not sincere at all, it's a lie!"

"Taylor, this is not the country, watch your manners!" Andrea Swift reprimanded, and then said apologetically to Donn, "I'm sorry, Mr. Walker, Taylor is so wild that you don't mind." ”

Donn smiled and waved his hand, "I think it's good, it's real and cute, isn't it, Miss Swift?"

"Humph!"

Little Taylor was still angry because he was reprimanded by his mother, and turned his head suddenly.

Children, Don didn't care, "Mrs. Swift, are you here to celebrate Nat's birthday this time?"

Andrea said: "Yes, Mrs. Hershler and Miss Portman have helped us a lot in the past few years, put us in contact with the house, and introduced us to the best music teachers in New York, and Taylor has made great progress. ”

Donn thought for a moment, then tentatively said, "New York's music...... It's still a little worse than California, Warner Records, Universal Records, Sony Records, all in Hollywood. ”

"But...... The music path is not a small cost, and my husband and I need ......"

Don waved his hand and interrupted, "It's actually very simple, my company needs employees. By the way, you may not know it yet, Shirley Hirschler has left the agent industry and came to Don Pictures. You know, it's very dirty and messy in the entertainment industry, but Mrs. Hirschler taught Natalie very well, and you can communicate with her more and ask her more about this, and I don't want little Taylor to grow up and be criticized in his private life. ”

Andrea was silent, apparently pondering Donne's claim.

"My husband is a stockbroker, and Taylor has a younger brother who is only five years old. ”

"Stockbroker?" Don raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "This is very good, if you watch the news, you should know that I just invested in a technology company, and I still have a large number of shares in the stock market, and next year will ...... There will be big moves. It would be great if there was a help from Mr. Scott Swift. ”

Andrea was still thinking about it, when Taylor shouted, "Donn, what does this AB mean?"

Little Taylor politely opened Donn's bookcase, and in the grid on the left side were three stacks of printed manuscripts.

One stack of covers is marked with a capital "A", one stack of covers is marked with a capital "B", and another is marked with a capital "AB".

"Hey, little one, you can't read this for your age. Don hurried over and sorted out her messy papers.

Little Taylor pursed his lips and said unconvinced: "Who said I don't understand? Hmph, look down on people!"

"You know?" Maybe it's the impression of his previous life, Don likes to communicate with her, "Then tell me, what is this?"

"Script, movie script!"

Little Taylor shook his head and said proudly.

Tang En's eyes lit up, "Little girl, you're quite smart." ”

"Of course, huh!"

Little Taylor stretched out his white and tender little hand, pointed, and said eloquently: "'B' stands for B-movie, which is the script of B-grade films, and 'A' stands for Adult, which is the abbreviation for adult films, right? I just said it, I know it." ”

Don's mouth opened wide, stunned.

Andrea Swift was also surprised, she really didn't expect that a big Hollywood director would secretly hide an A-movie script......

She couldn't delay any longer, so she hurriedly rushed up and hugged Taylor in her arms, and her tone was very heavy, "How many times have I told you, don't move other people's things!"

Little Taylor didn't have the slightest sense of making a mistake, pouted unhappily, and looked at Don pitifully, "What does 'AB' mean?

Andrea was embarrassed to find a crack in the ground to get into.

This must be Donn's personal fetish, a very private thing, and if it is taken out by Taylor to publicize it, it will definitely be unbearable on his face.

In fact, it was also true, Donne's face was colorful and very exciting.

After a long while, Don noticed Andrea's strange face, and quickly coughed heavily, "Taylor, you're wrong, it's not like that. ”

found that Swift's mother and daughter didn't believe it at all.

After all, Taylor's explanation of the letters A/B is too reasonable.

"'A is the abbreviation of'Art, which is the script of a literary film. Don took a deep breath and explained slowly, "'B' is the abbreviation of Business, which is a commercial film script. 'AB' is a script that has both, both commercial and artistic. ”

Tang En raised a screenwriting department, so naturally he couldn't let them get their salaries for nothing, these scripts were their work performance.

"Huh?"

This time, it was Andrea Swift's turn to make a big red face.

It's obviously a very professional thing, but it's misunderstood as a ......

"Mr. Walker, I ......"

Andrea was embarrassed to death.

Little Taylor's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized, "I see, I understand." ”

Donn sighed, "Mrs. Swift, Taylor is only ten years old, and he can relate to ...... I don't think it's good, you need to talk to Mrs. Shirley Hirschler about how you educate your daughter. Although she is conservative, but girls are more conservative, I think it is necessary, especially Taylor will definitely be in the entertainment industry in the future, are you right?"

After what happened just now, Andrea also found that there was something wrong with her daughter's discipline.

Taylor is only ten years old, and he brought up the topic of adult films, and he made a big show and made no secret of it, how is this like a child?

……

Donn's investment in technology companies has set off a wave in Hollywood, with some ridiculing, some sarcastic, and some not thinking much of a big deal to see the excitement.

In short, Donn, who filmed "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace", continues to maintain his popularity as the leader in Hollywood.

Until another blockbuster news was born, the exciting news shocked the whole Hollywood!

Paramount's parent company, Viacom Media Group, finally reached an agreement with CBS after half a year of negotiations to complete the merger and acquisition with a total value of $33 billion in cash and stock!

In recent years, Paramount's life has not been good.

But when Viacom acquired CBS, one of the three major wireless television networks in the United States, with a strong publicity channel, Hollywood changed its direction, and they were optimistic about Paramount's future.

Backed by large media groups, it has become the development trend of Hollywood film companies.

Even......

Most likely the only way out.