Chapter 733: Spoils of War
Leaving the border between Kenya and Somalia, the mission turned to the border between Kenya and Uganda, which is also a relatively chaotic country and one of the poorest and most backward countries in the world.
The delegation also went deep into Uganda for a round.
Throughout the process, Matthew and Emma Watson are still the same on the surface, but at night, Emma Watson sneaks into his room.
Since Hermione Granger is willing to send it to the door, Matthew will naturally not be polite.
After entering Uganda, what I saw was shocking, originally Kenya was actually very poor except for the capital Nairobi, but compared to the poor countries in Africa, Kenya is definitely a rich country.
Matthew saw a lot of it, and let people shoot a lot, and when he went back, he would make an album and hand it over to Disney Studios and Bowell International, so that Amanda could unite them to use these things to promote "Fast and Furious 4".
With such good charity materials, with the professionalism of Hollywood, it will definitely be able to play flowers.
The "Fast and Furious 4" has a promotional and distribution budget of up to $120 million, and in addition to the $60 million advanced by Disney, Matthew and David Ellison also raised $60 million on their own to promote and market.
Matthew pledged to donate profits to children's charity, and while there is a lot of room for manoeuvre, he also has to give a portion of the proceeds.
Even if Fast & Furious 4 is a big hit, it won't be very profitable.
At this point, Matthew and David Ellison have long been mentally prepared, and "Fast and Furious 4" is more focused on the future.
The failure of "Tokyo Drift" has almost ended this series, this one is more about saving the "Fast and Furious" series, and there will be a trilogy in the future, as long as the profit is large enough, it is not impossible to shoot "Fast and Furious 20".
The most urgent thing now is to use the success of "Fast and Furious 4" to pull this series into the mainstream Hollywood commercial film series.
Even Matthew can't deny that even the most successful "Fast and Furious 1" is actually only a small category of commercial films.
Of course, the number of people in the flying car family must be properly controlled, if there are too many people, the scenes will be scattered, and even the most basic story logic may not be guaranteed.
As for the whitewashing of villains, we must be more cautious, especially the characters who have seriously hurt the Speedcar family, they must not die, and they must not be whitewashed, otherwise the reputation will be rotten.
He vaguely remembered that in the last "Fast and Furious 8" he watched, the role of the prosperous beauty Guo Da Statham was whitewashed, and he didn't know if Han would jump out of the grave......
This series also carries the banner of "we are tired of logging", and it is strange that this kind of plot appears, and the audience has a good reputation.
Matthew is now gradually entering the role of producer, and sometimes he will consider the future development of the "Fast and Furious" series, Brother Meiyan is interested in cooperating with him, and the possibility of joining a certain part in the future is very high, maybe he can continue to use the villain setting of "Fast and Furious 7" brother's revenge, and then directly kill the villain.
Yes, and Charlize Theron, it's okay to bring her in as the villain.
Maybe it can be set as his character's ex-girlfriend or something, anyway, Donald has already hung up, and his role was very NB when it came out, and the specific background situation can slowly unfold in the future.
According to this line of thinking, it is actually a good thing for Donald to hang up and replace a protagonist, which adds more possibilities in the future.
I don't know why, Matthew suddenly thought of Gal Gadot, the Israeli actress who returned to Israel after acting in "Fast and Furious 4", and never returned to Hollywood to take over other films, and the thoughts he once had gradually faded with time.
It's a pity that as one of the three giants of justice, Wonder Woman's copyright Warner Bros. will definitely not be transferred, otherwise the feminist movement will develop in the next two years, and "Wonder Woman" will come out, and it will be able to make a lot of money.
The former "Wonder Woman" was one of the few films he went to the theater to see, when he borrowed a worker's electric car after work and went to the mall theater alone to watch it.
Frankly speaking, the plot is not even at a medium level, and at that time I thought Wonder Woman was simply cool, and the movie was simply a film of "360 degrees without dead ends to show how beautiful Gal Gadot is".
Now that he has experience in Hollywood, it is not difficult for him to find that the choice of Gal Gadot is certainly one of the factors in the success of the film, but the most important thing is the development of the feminist movement.
Not to mention the future, even now, films with themes such as Black Lives Matter, women's rights and LGBT must really be cautious when giving bad reviews, otherwise they will catch fire every minute.
Matthew has a small memory of going deep and determined to go deep and firm on the road of women's rights and protecting children's rights.
When necessary, he will lead by example and take the lead in supporting his female compatriots.
There is no way, in the face of the general situation of society, the power of the individual is really small.
Fortunately, in addition to his film career, his philanthropic career has also flourished in the past two years, working closely with many women's and children's organizations across the United States, and he is also one of Hollywood's well-known supporters of the feminist movement.
In addition, although his participation in the black civil rights movement is not as active as the first two, it is also one of the massive "white left" in Hollywood.
Working hard in Hollywood, character design is really important.
Tom Cruise's personality almost collapsed, and his career fell into a trough for a while, and it took two years to gradually ease up.
As the delegation circled around Uganda, Matthew returned to Nairobi with the delegation to prepare for a direct flight to London.
"Did you see that?"
On the business bus to the airport, Emma Watson was still talking about what she had seen and heard in Uganda, "Am I right?"
Matthew sighed helplessly, "Maybe there are internal factors that we don't understand. ”
Emma Watson thought for a moment and said slowly, "Maybe there is, but what I see tells me that those people would rather wait for rescue than be self-reliant." ”
The car stopped in front of the airport terminal building, and Matthew beckoned Emma Watson, "Let's go." Before he got out of the car, he added, "Let what you see and hear, let them stay in Africa forever." ”
He didn't say it explicitly, but he made a decision to go back and reduce the relief in Africa, and the two charitable foundations should focus more resources on the burgeoning women's movement in North America, which is mainly for children.
Anyway, most of the charity funds are raised, and of course he wants to maintain the aura of a philanthropist.
Accompanied by officials from the United Nations and Kenya, Matthew and Emma Watson smoothly changed their boarding passes and passed through security to enter the departure hall.
While passing by the airport sales section, Emma Watson saw Matthew on the cover of a magazine and ran over to buy one.
"Matthew, you're on the cover of Time magazine. ”
Entering the VIP room, Emma Watson found Matthew, sat next to him, picked up the magazine and shook it, and said, "It seems to have something to do with our trip to Africa." ”
Matthew nodded slightly, "This was agreed upon before I came." ”
He glanced at the magazine in Emma Watson's hand, and the picture on the cover was of him holding a thin black child, followed by a group photo of a group of grateful black people.
The picture was taken and produced to such a high level that you can see the gratitude on the faces of the blacks.
"Not bad. Matthew looked at the cover of the magazine and nodded, "I'm still so handsome." ”
Emma Watson rolled her eyes and raised the corners of her mouth, "Overconfidence." ”
"Isn't it?" Matthew leaned into Emma Watson's ear and lowered his voice, "That's what you said last night." ”
Emma Watson didn't answer him, looked at the magazine, and said, "Oh, the cover line is Matthew Horner, the big philanthropist." ”
Flipping through the cover, she quickly found the cover news, which was full of detailed reports on Matthew's trip to Africa and philanthropy, and listed the good people and good deeds he has done in charity and social movements over the years.
Also, there's a paragraph that highlights what Matthew said about donating future proceeds from Fast & Furious 4.
"It's so detailed. Emma Watson looked at it, and in addition to him and Matthew, it was Matthew's bodyguard Brown Williams in the VIP room, and she didn't have any scruples, and said, "Did you write it yourself?"
Matthew shook his head, "I haven't even finished middle school, I'm a standard scumbag, can I write this kind of article?"
"Did you get in touch before you came?" asked Emma Watson, closing the magazine.
"yes. Matthew didn't mean to deny it, and said directly, "My principle, good deeds must be famous, and I must set an example for the public." ”
The cover character is the news eye of the magazine, and it is the primary element that reflects the value and status of the magazine itself, and most of the cover characters selected by Time Magazine are important figures who promote the industry and even the historical process, or the central figure that the world focuses on, reflecting the representativeness of all aspects of social life at that time.
Although the influence of "Time" is weakening with the rapid development of the Internet, the cover character is still vividly called the "eye of the world" and has great influence.
After chatting for a while, the two got on the plane and basically slept all the way, especially Emma Watson, who was groggy most of the time.
Mainly since that night, she has not slept well at night, and she will float in the sky at night.
Arriving at London Heathrow Airport, due to the fact that the two have very different destinations, Matthew has to separate from Emma Watson and send her all the way to the car.
"Reluctant to me?" Emma Watson raised the corners of her mouth.
Matthew shrugged his shoulders slightly and followed her words, "yes, reluctantly." ”
Emma Watson leaned over and whispered, "Don't be pressured, let's keep being friends." She rolled her eyes, "Don't think too much about it, you're my trophy." ”
Matthew patted her hand and pointed to the car, "Let's go." ”
Emma Watson got in the car and went home, and he rushed to the Inception crew's station.