Chapter 697: Before the Negotiations

"You know what, the desert here is not the same as the desert in Nevada? It's closer to the sea, but it's hotter and hotter, and when we film, we feel like we're going to get oiled in ten minutes. We are most afraid of the wind, the wind blows, the machine is full of sand and dust, and the whole crew has to stop work to clean the machine. ”

"George was really stern, and there was a scene yesterday where I gged fifteen times, and his face was scarier than the sandstorm in Tatavina. By the way, Tatavina is one of our filming locations now, and yesterday the mayor of Tatavina came to the crew, saying that he was going to change the name of the city in Tatavina to the name in the movie, haha. ”

"It's going to take about two weeks to shoot in Tunis, but I'm going to come back next month, and I'm most worried about the grades, I've taken the SAT twice, and I want to take it again to get a higher score, which university do you think I'm going to apply to? Harvard? Yale? Stanford? I really want to go to Harvard, but I'm going to Boston, I'm wondering, would it be better to apply to Stanford." ”

Natalie Portman happily talks to Zhang Chen on the phone, and she is now filming a Star Wars prequel in Tunisia, which later became "Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace".

Zhang Chen listened to Natalie's chatter on the phone, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth. It wasn't until he really came to the United States that he realized how high the status of the Star Wars series of movies was in the hearts of Americans.

It is no exaggeration to say that Star Wars has almost become a belief.

The Star Wars trilogy has officially ended as early as '83, and George Lucas announced that Star Wars has ended after the release of "Return of the Jedi" and will not shoot a sequel story. No matter how pleading tens of millions of Star Wars fans across the United States were, George Lucas did not change his decision, and almost everyone thought that Star Wars was a success.

In this case, when hundreds of millions of Star Wars fans around the world heard that George Lucas was going to make a new Star Wars movie, the film received an understandable amount of attention.

Of course, there are also many people who question Lucas for breaking his promise, obviously saying that he would not make a sequel, and now he has started filming again for money. In the face of this questioning, George Lucas simply said, "Who said I was making a sequel?"

It wasn't until filming started that there was gossip that this film was not a sequel, but a prequel。。。。。。

But in any case, this movie is also the most watched by Americans, and its degree of anticipation in the United States is only higher than Spielberg's Titanic.

Natalie Portman's ability to play the star wars heroine is undoubtedly a big leap in her acting career. To be precise, this movie can make her enter the ranks of quasi-first-line movie stars in one fell swoop. As long as she can maintain exposure and choose a good film, the future is almost a smooth road.

In this case, Natalie still insists on going to college, and she still relies on her grades to apply to super-first-class universities such as Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, and her willpower has surpassed 99% of ordinary people.

Just imagine, for a popular actress, no one can guarantee that she can maintain her current popularity after fading out of the entertainment industry, studying for a few years in college, and returning to the entertainment industry. In this circle of unusually rapid renewal, even if there is no high-profile work for a year or two, it will be labeled as outdated, and it may never be turned over.

Zhang Chen asked himself, if he was her, if he was not a reborn, he would not make the same choice.

"A good choice is a choice that you won't regret. Harvard is the school of your dreams, if you can apply and you don't go to it, will you regret this decision for decades to come? If there is an answer to this question, there will be an answer to your current confusion. Zhang Chen whispered slowly.

The voice on the phone squirmed: "But... But... You told me you'd go to Stanford. ”

Hearing Natalie say this, Zhang Chen's heart fluttered at first, but then there was a sudden burst in his heart, Tang Miaomiao was also in Stanford.

"Hehe, you also know my situation, even if you go to Stanford, you may not be able to stay in school for too long in a year. Zhang Chen wiped a cold sweat, "By the way, will you continue to perform that stage play?"

Natalie lamented: "I really want to continue acting, but now it seems that there is only time for the holidays." The contract I signed with the theater until the end of next year, I will have to perform 24 performances a year, and now I have only performed 6 performances, and I may not be able to rest during the spring vacation, summer vacation, and winter vacation. ”

Natalie is one of the hardest working people Zhang Chen has met since he was reborn.

In all fields, everyone who stands at the top of the pyramid has different circumstances and conditions, and the only common characteristic is diligence.

Zhang Chen pouted his teeth in distress, and just wanted to say something, a noisy voice came from the phone, and Natalie hurriedly said: "The crew is ready, urge me to move, and I'll call you after filming today's scene." ”

Zhang Chen snorted, and was about to hang up the phone, when he suddenly remembered something, "Nat?"

Natalie didn't know why, "Huh?"

Zhang Chen snapped his tongue into the microphone, and it sounded the same as the sound of a snort. Natalie was stunned for a moment, then reacted and laughed for a long time.

Hanging up the phone, Zhang Chen looked at the time, he had almost dried up a few people from Cerent, stood up, and strode towards the conference room.

"Miss Sandberg, the Cerent454 is just our first product, and we have plans to enter the core router business as well. "The person who spoke was an Indian when he heard it, and his accent was very obvious, and if he looked closely, he had some big and small eyes, and when he rolled his eyelids, a white of his eye appeared under his eyelids, which made people look very uncomfortable.

Cheryl Sandberg said expressionlessly: "Mr. Raj Singh, judging from the plan for the use of funds you have given, I don't see any investment in the direction of the core route. The Cerent454 has a fairly low chance of success under pressure from Cisco and Lucent and 3Com. And, until now, you have not signed any intentional contracts, and there are no actual use cases, and there are considerable doubts about the reliability and authenticity of the system. ”

The white-eyed Indian is none other than Raj Singh, one of the founders of Cerent and the chairman of the company, and when he heard Cheryl's words, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Well, Miss Sandberg, on the phone, you said that Zack would also be on the roadshow, it's been almost an hour, why didn't you see him?" said another Indian next to Raj Singh with a smile.

Cheryl Sandberg looked up, "Mr. Bardair, Zack is on an important conference call, and will be over in a moment." ”

Ajabu Badair breathed a sigh of relief, but a Mediterranean-looking man sitting on the other side of Raj Singh chuckled.

Cheryl Sandberg couldn't help but glance at the other party, Cerent hadn't introduced this person just now, but it looked really familiar.

Just as she was about to be asked, there was a knock on the door of the conference room, and as soon as Cheryl turned around, she saw Zhang Chen pushing the door in.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, we just had a meeting, where are you talking?" Zhang Chen shook hands with a few people and sat at the end of the conference table.

(End of chapter)