The year 2000, the first year of the new millennium, was also a legendary year for Donn Walker.

Since 1927, at the end of each year, Time magazine has selected the "Man of the Year" of the year.

In '98, he was President Clinton, who led the U.S. economic recovery, and in '99, he was Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, who started the era of e-commerce, and in 2000, he ...... For the United States, it's an election year, and new presidents usually come up with honors.

However, this year, Donn was named the "God of Stocks" and created a legendary story on Wall Street, released "Spider-Man", which set off an American-style heroism craze all over the world, and became the most popular friend of women with a high-profile promotion of feminism......

With his amazing achievements in the three major fields of finance, film and television, and ideology, Tang En has become a well-deserved first darling in the eyes of the public media!

Donn replaced the new president, George W. Bush, and became the 2000 "Man of the Year" in the world by Time Magazine!

This is a great honor!

Let's take a look at the people who have made the list over the past decade......

President George H.W. Bush, who led the United States to a resounding victory in the Gulf War;

media mogul Ted Turner, who insists on freedom of speech and criticizes current politics;

Bill Clinton, who defeated the prestige of George H.W. Bush Sr. and was successfully elected in the general election;

Nelson Mandela, Africa's peace fighter;

John Paul II, a Catholic Catholic who repaired relations with the Jews;

Republican leader Newt Gingrich, who ended 42 years of Democratic dominance in the House of Representatives;

Dr. Ho Tai Yi, who invented the "cocktail" therapy to treat AIDS and achieved amazing results;

Intel CEO Andy Grove, who invented Pentium and Pentium II technology and brought computers into a new era of computing;

President Clinton, who made the list for the second time because of the U.S. economic recovery and extramarital affairs, and Kenneth Star, an independent prosecutor who participated in the investigation of Watergate and presidential infidelity, (two in '98)

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, who has created a new business sales model......

In 2000, in Time magazine's Person of the Year selection, Hollywood director Donn Walker, who influenced the Internet bubble crisis, set off American heroism, and sparked feminist thought, defeated his rivals President Bush Jr. and Bill Gates and was successfully elected!

As for the other list, the selection of the most influential people in Hollywood, it lost its suspense.

In Hollywood this year, apart from the name of Donn Walker, is there anyone else who can compare to him?

Michael Eisner?

Don't be funny!

The year 2000 was definitely the beginning of a downhill journey for Disney.

Animation within the traditional framework is no longer novel, people have visual fatigue with this kind of patterned storyline, and the rise of 3D animation has led to the inevitable decline of Disney, which takes 2D animation as the core of creation.

According to the world's brand value ranking by Businesseek/lnterbrand, Disney still ranks in the top 10 with its long history and popularity and the strength of consumer goods, but the brand value has declined.

Strategic reform and internal adjustment are the problems that Disney must face.

This point has been put forward by many financial magazines, and Disney's decision-makers are certainly aware.

It's just that Michael Eisner's influence on Disney is too great, and it is by no means a small trick by Donn that can eliminate his prestige in the past twenty years.

At this time, an earlier email from Donn played a key role, and he received a reply from Disney's second-in-command, vice chairman Roy Disney, expressing interest in finding a few opportunities to chat with Donn.

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In the blink of an eye, it's a new year.

A new book, under the not violent publicity, is put on the shelf - "Gone Girl"!

This crime, thriller, and suspense, as soon as it was listed, was placed in the most conspicuous bestseller position by major bookstores.

No way, the author's signature column of this one is marked with the name of "Done Walker"!

But Donn didn't care about it, he didn't even participate in any of the promotion of his new book, his energy was in Hollywood.

Also on January 1st, the videocassette and DVD of "Spider-Man" were officially released to the market!

Videotapes are a bit outdated, but now is definitely the golden age of DVD disc sales!

Because of the cooperation with Twentieth Century Fox, Don got a lot of financial documents inside Fox, including the sales of "Titanic" and "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace".

Shocking!

The disc of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace" only went on sale in February last year, including the regular edition, hardcover edition and collector's edition, with a total of 12.87 million units sold and sales reached $280 million!

Because "Titanic" has been sold for a longer time, it has successively released multiple DVD versions such as regular edition, hardcover edition, collector's edition, extended edition, and behind-the-scenes footage edition, with a total of 15.63 million units sold, and sales of an astonishing $330 million!

Even if Twentieth Century Fox were to give 20% of its sales to dealers as their profits, it would be an absolute profiteering.

Because the cost of a DVD disc is less than $0.2, including the beautiful packaging, it is also $0.4.

Now, "Spider-Man", which is as famous as those two blockbusters, is on the market, and the producer, Down Pictures, and Universal Pictures, the distributor, are full of confidence!

Spider-Man will be available in two versions, a $19.9 regular version and a $39.9 hardcover version.

Among them, the wholesale price of distributor Universal Pictures to distributors is $15 and $35.

No way, this is the United States, where intellectual property reigns supreme!

If it were in the past, Hollywood would have been even more ruthless!

Who would have dared to imagine that just 20 years ago, when a movie was released in a movie theater, 90 percent of the box office had to be distributed to the distributor? At that time, movie theaters could only make money by selling Coke and popcorn.

"Boss, can I talk to you?"

Donn is thinking about "Spider-Man" when Ella Fisher leads Katherine Kennedy in.

"Oh, sit down, what's the matter?"

"About the director of Juno. ”

Don smiled: "Catherine, I said, you are the producer of this movie, as long as the heroine is Natalie Portman and the supporting actress is Rose Byrne, the rest is up to you." ”

Katherine Kennedy shook her head, "I know, but ...... There are too few female directors in Hollywood. ”

"That's right. Donn nodded, Hollywood's oppression of women is harsh, "but it's not nothing, right?"

Katherine Kennedy said, "Juno was Rose Pictures' first film, and it ...... You have already made a statement, when it comes to feminist organizations, the influence will be great, and it is best to be able to guarantee the bottom. ”

To put it bluntly, I just hope to choose a female director who is powerful enough!

"Anyone?"

"I'm bullish on Penny Marshall. ”

Tang En thought for a moment, and said: "Indeed, except for Cameron's ex-wife director, it belongs to her, I heard that ...... Tom Hanks was also brought out by her?"

Catherine Kennedy said with a bitter face, "But she was vetoed by Ms. Daggis." ”

Manola Daggis, an early member of Down Pictures, chief art analyst, and Donn's royal team, has high prestige and real power.

Even Katherine Kennedy had to respect her opinion.

"Oh? Why?"

She thinks...... Penny Marshall's directing style is masculine and commercial, which is at odds with the main thrust of Juno. ”

Donn let out an "oh", "It makes sense, 'Juno' is not only a feminist work, but I need to show depth, and to put it bluntly, this is a prize-winning film designed for me." ”

"Oscar?" said Catherine Kennedy, her mouth wide in surprise.

Don smiled: "Even if you don't win Best Actress, at least you have to have a nomination, right? Manola's words make sense, since Mrs. Marshall is not suitable, let's replace her." ”

Kathryn Kennedy looked embarrassed, "There are only a few famous female directors in Hollywood, Catherine Bigelow is making "The Devil's Game", Jane Campion is reluctant to make movies written by others, even Sophia Coppola is also writing new scripts. ”

As she spoke, she let out a long sigh, "You can't use a newcomer, right?

"Newcomer?"

Donn raised an eyebrow.

He quickly thought of the female director who once caused a sensation in Hollywood - Patty Jenkins!

In 2003, she filmed "The Devil", which pushed Charlize Theron to the Oscar queen;

In 2017, she filmed "Wonder Woman", which made Gal Gadot a goddess in the hearts of men all over the world.

Now Patty Jenkins is just 30 years old.

After graduating from Cooper Union College, she went to the American Film Institute, the organizer of the Oscars, to further her studies, and graduated last year, and her graduation short film works have a good reputation.

She's already starting to break into Hollywood.

Right now, there's no better time to give her a chance!