Chapter 102: Breaking the Age Limit
Negotiations with Google's two founders were disappointing.
Donn showed the greatest sincerity, and also showed Larry Page and Sergey Brin his future industrial layout. Although one is a technology company and the other is an entertainment company, they will definitely complement each other and complement each other.
Even Donn mobilized his connections and personally invited all Google employees to the in-house VIP movie theater of Twentieth Century Fox to watch Star Wars.
But a genius is a genius, even if Larry Page is younger than Donn now, when it comes to his own interests, he will not give an inch, and at most give Donn 10% of the equity.
Google will raise the other 10 percent from investment banks on Wall Street.
It is conceivable that after the $25 million is in hand, with the strength of Google, it will no longer need any financing, and it will just wait for the listing.
This means that before that, Donn could only hold 10% of Google's shares.
This is somewhat different from the understanding that Don had previously read in the web novels that gave him.
This is a real society, no one is the protagonist, and no one is a fool.
Done's foray into technology didn't go well, but he's a good director, and he's ...... in film Impeccable.
His new film, "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace", was officially released in North America on May 19.
And then...... A complete blast!
May 19th is a Wednesday, a working day.
According to the Wall Street Journal, on this day, more than 2.2 million full-time employees across the United States were absent from work for a variety of reasons and chose to watch movies. Such a situation has directly caused economic losses of no less than 300 million US dollars.
And the movie ticket was also sold to $100 a ticket by the ticket seller!
On the same day, "Star Wars Episode 1" was released in 3,025 theaters across the United States, creating a single-day box office record of $33.79 million on this working day!
The Star Wars craze, like a virus, has spread throughout North America.
And the film critics industry also fanned the flames and fueled the flames, pushing the movie to the clouds.
The Chicago Sun-Times was unsparing in its praise: "The director's rich imagination has achieved amazing feats in filmmaking. It's a breathtaking film, with airship races, lightsaber duels, space battles, armored cars, and Armageddon outside the city...... A series of wonderful pictures, which are unforgettable!"
"TV Guide" has a very calm evaluation: "The first 90 minutes of the movie are children's movies for some childish adult audiences. Fortunately, in the last forty minutes, Donn's depth of thought and thick human judgment are shown. Leaving aside the wonderful and dazzling shots, the theme presentation of the last 40 minutes of the movie is definitely Oscar-level. ”
The Los Angeles Times was a little mean: "The visuals of the film are powerful, but from a dramatic point of view, it's dull and boring. Although the last forty minutes are unique and eye-catching, the overall feeling of the movie is not good. ”
The New York Times exclaimed, "This film maintains the usual marvel of this series." In particular, Donn Walker's personal stylized lens language is very tasteful. The scene where Natalie drives an armored car and a robot must be a template for many movies to learn in the future. As for the epic battle between the out-of-town robots and the Gangas, it is also a textbook for historical films. ”
Even literary and artistic publications such as "The New Yorker", "The New Republic", and "Village Voice" have also written articles to evaluate this step of palace-level movies.
Overall rating, very good!
On Thursday, the North American box office was 19.86 million;
On Friday, the North American box office was 23.89 million;
On Saturday, the North American box office was 30.73 million;
On Sunday, the North American box office was 25.07 million.
The box office in the first week far surpassed "Jurassic Park" and "Titanic" that year, reaching an unprecedented $133 million!
This is a new record for Hollywood!
With the word of mouth from fans, "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace" has already stirred up the whole of North America before the summer even began.
……
On a warm afternoon, Don reclined comfortably on a sun lounger by the pool in the back garden, flanked by two bikini beauties – Jessica Alba and Naomi Watts.
Nicole Kidman is famous and high-status, and she will always resist some of Donn's excessive demands.
But Jessica and Naomi are different, they are not famous, and they are naturally obedient to Donne.
In fact, Jessica's first day she moved in, she was carried into Naomi's bedroom by Don. Nicole was furious at this, saying that Donn was acting like a man and wanted to move away.
It wasn't until Don said that when the funds were returned in the second half of the year, a literary and artistic award-winning film would be launched and let her star, that Nicole swallowed her anger and acquiesced to Don's nonsense.
"Honey, Nicole and Jessica are going to prepare for the movie, what about me?" Naomi Watts took a grape away and brought it to Donn's mouth, intentionally or unintentionally.
Don, who was half-squinting and enjoying the sunlight and beauty, suddenly opened his eyes and groaned slightly.
It's a real nuisance.
Don Pictures couldn't come up with enough money to make a movie for Naomi, and Don didn't want to use his precious favors to find an unreliable role for Naomi.
"Don't worry, let's play a supporting role in "Spider-Man" first, you can play Spider-Man's teacher. ”
Don suddenly missed the "contract stealing" skill in the sunglasses system, if he still has something left in his hand, wouldn't it be okay to directly help Naomi "rob" a heroine?
Disney, Warner, all kinds of blockbuster roles, aren't you up to me?
At the beginning, the newbie gift package gave him two "contract stealing" skills, allowing him to successfully "grab" the director position of "Titanic" and "Star Wars Episode 1".
As a result, Tang En established his status as a first-line director in Hollywood in one fell swoop.
It's just that the acquisition requirements for this skill are a bit harsh for the current Donn.
An Oscar, awarded once.
Donn's age is the biggest obstacle for him and Oscar.
"What to do?"
Tang En groaned silently, but he really couldn't think of an ugly man. He only has two skills in total, "Mirror Possession" and "Stealing Contracts", both of which are very important. You have to keep it in order to be sure.
At this time, Nicole Kidman, dressed in a sexy bikini, climbed up from the pool, her golden hair was gently flicked, and countless water droplets reflected colorful light in the sun like pearls, setting off her whole person perfectly.
Tang En couldn't help but take a few more glances and swallowed his saliva.
Nicole Kidman gave him a big look, proudly cut his hair, and his mysterious figure was undisguised, "Don, you said you were going to prepare a literary movie for me, did you write the script?"
Don looked at her body, his eyes a little distracted, "No, what's wrong?"
"I want to see it, spend more time pondering the role, I can't fail again, right?"
"Well, too, then you go and take a look, adapted from a book "A Beautiful Mind", you are the female number one. ”
"Well, I'll read it a few times later. ”
Nicole Kidman pursed her lips and smiled, obviously in a good mood, and threw Don a big wink, but gritted her teeth angrily.
That guy was distracted!
Is my body so unattractive?
Nicole approached Don and wanted to pinch him around his waist, but found that Done's eyes were getting brighter and brighter, more and more shrewd, and then shouted in surprise: "Haha, yes, script, I can write a script!
"Donn?"
The three girls were a little dumbfounded, and they didn't know what Tang En was smoking.
Don laughed out loud, went up and hugged Nicole in his arms, "Good performance, reward you once! Let's go back to the room!"
"Fuck off, who's going to reward you!"
Nicole Kidman's angry kicks are a bit like coquettishness.
Jessica and Naomi looked at each other, smiling bitterly and helplessly.