Chapter 832: The Prelude to the War
"What do you mean......" Lily said with wide eyes. [No pop-up novel network].
Edward looked at her deeply: "For me, you, my father, and even Abel Warner, it is important for us to control the Warner Group, and those movies and television are not that important.
But for Gu Xiaofan, the artistic achievements of film and television are what he values most, and he doesn't look down on money and power in his heart.
Black Feather Studio's rapid rise, from a small film and television studio in China, to today's scale, does not rely on capital merger and market forces, not only works and strength, but more importantly, he has been cooperating with some large enterprises to develop himself at the same time, sparing no effort to help partners develop.
When I investigated Gu Xiaofan, I found that he had helped Wanda and Shanghai Film develop the film and television industry, founded Huawei's Internet mobile phone brand Glory, and teamed up with Sina to create China's strongest social media, Sina Weibo.
And Gu Xiaofan could have made huge economic benefits from it, and even controlled some of the industries of these companies, but he was not moved at all, and he didn't even take a penny......
The selfless style of Black Feather Studio and Gu Xiaofan has made all the companies he has worked with admire him, and all of them are willing to do their best to cooperate with him, if they can really get their hands on Time Warner one day, if you Wang Jianlin, Han Sanpin, these people, how would you use Gu Xiaofan? ”
Lily was slightly stunned when she heard this: "You mean, these Chinese companies are preparing to move into Warner and let Gu Xiaofan take the helm of Time Warner, and they don't have the slightest intention of cooperating with Abel or us?" ”
"I'm not sure about this, but according to the way Xiaofan has been doing things in the past few years, this possibility is very likely." Edward sighed lightly: "I underestimated this man too much at the beginning, if I had done more research at that time and had come to my senses earlier, he would not have been our enemy." ”
Lily recalled that they had the opportunity to recruit Gu Xiaofan at that time, and she was extremely remorseful in her heart, and sighed deeply:
"Yes, after your analysis, in my opinion, we and Abel have taken him away, originally he has Warner and Fox these two ways to go, as long as we lower our profile, he will become a huge help for us to open up the Chinese market...... Not to force him into our opposite......" said Lily suddenly asked:
"Edward, do you think he'll replace Abel Warner as our real adversary?"
Edward was stunned by his question, a little difficult to judge, and finally shook his head: "The situation is too complicated now, I'm afraid the final result will have to wait for the release of "The Dark Knight" and the results of the Scottish referendum, Abel Warner's old fox will not sit still, he is a human ...... without a bottom line."
"This is Gu Xiaofan's troubled problem." Lily smiled playfully: "I hope Abel can win, and when Gu Xiaofan is desperate to join us, it will be great news for us." ”
Edward didn't speak again, just turned his head to look out the window at the dim sky, where clouds of rain were accumulating, as if a storm was coming, and sighed in his heart...... Maybe it's the opposite, it's not necessarily.
During this time, the "Dark Knight" crew was methodically filming and post-production work, while Black Feather Studios and Chinese companies were making a series of equity acquisitions at Warner.
And on the media battlefield, Abel Warner certainly did not let go of Gu Xiaofan, he asked Alan to mobilize almost all the public opinion forces they could mobilize to put pressure on Gu Xiaofan.
The Los Angeles Times headlined "The Absurd Batman Movie," while the Wall Street Journal used the headline: "The villain invested himself to create an absurdist drama of his own, subverting the production rules created by Hollywood for 100 years" to illustrate the devastating impact of Gu Xiaofan's role as a clown.
And the most intense delay for Gu Xiaofan is precisely the program of Warner's N TV, a hugely influential TV station, not only did not support its own company's films, but instead produced a talk show specifically to criticize Gu Xiaofan's behavior of playing a clown.
And the heavyweight guest they invited this time was Jack Nicholson, the "King of the Oscars" who successfully played the "Joker" last time and left a classic image on the screen.
"Well, now the Chinese actor is doing something that seems very subversive, and many non-white fans are treating him as a character like Obama, and this movie called 'The Dark Knight' has not yet been released, and many people are clamoring for him to be nominated for the Oscar."
The host was at the scene and played a clip about an Asian American fan in an interview.
A chubby young Chinese man wearing a baseball cap said in a very hip-hop tone:
"Hey, Gu Xiaofan is the modern Bruce Lee, he will create his own era, Jack Nelson's clown is already in the past, and the future belongs to Gu Xiaofan~"
When this interview clip was broadcast, the lower right corner of the picture was played with Gu Xiaofan's arrogant appearance in the broadcast car during the torch ceremony.
It completely gives people the image that Gu Xiaofan is a conspirator who instigates national feelings and uses it to put pressure on the Oscar judges and those who oppose him.
After releasing this interview, Jack Nicholson, the big actor, commented a little ridiculously on the show:
"Gu Xiaofan is obviously a master of running himself, he has completely portrayed himself as an extreme racist, he supports American minorities, but this has nothing to do with his acting skills, as an actor, he is just a newcomer."
"Jack~ Wait, but Director Nolan said that Gu Xiaofan's clown is the greatest, and he will surpass your previous performance."
"Oh? Is it? Who is Nolan? Jack Nicholson laughed and said:
"I only know Spielberg, George Lucas, and I don't care what that English kid says."
"Jack, I heard that you have been invited to the premiere of "The Dark Knight", if you meet Gu Xiaofan, do you think he will be afraid of you?"
"I dare to say that a person like Gu Xiaofan who only dares to be high-profile in the media must be a soft egg in life, if he meets me, I will tell him how to play a clown, but he needs courage to face me~~"
Jack Nicholson ridiculed Gu Xiaofan on TV in a high-profile manner, which not only detonated the topic, but also attracted the fanatical support of countless white fans.
Countless right-wing white fans on various social platforms have scolded: "Die, you're a circus clown!" "It's disgusting, a yellow-skinned clown, I'm going to vomit up yesterday's overnight dinner!"
"Actually claimed to take the global box office of 500 million, do you fool us fans for fools!?"