Chapter 342, Michael and the Man in Black
It was a problem to get the Pixar studio, and Mo Fei began to arrange the next step for Li Lu, the head of Phoenix Culture in the United States, to acquire a brand owned by Meitaier Company, Barbie.
That's right, it's Barbie. It's not because he has some perverted hobbies, but because he bought the brand because of its influence in American culture.
And this acquisition is also a relatively important step for the future layout, just like "The Simpsons", Barbie will be a medium for cultural promotion.
Don't underestimate the little plastic girl who can take off her clothes casually, she has more than 100,000 loyal die-hard fans around the world, and these people consume at least 20 Barbie dolls every year; About forty and a half of them spend more than $1,000 a year on Barbie dolls; Among the many Barbie collectors in the world, there are also many people who have thousands of collections, and it is not uncommon to collect four or five thousand.
The famous Danish band Tinker Bell has written songs with Barbie dolls, Nissan Auto Street has used Barbie dolls for advertising, and "The Simpsons" has also appeared in imitation of Barbie dolls, and many talk shows and artist works have used Barbie dolls as themes, and all of these behaviors have been sued by Mattel in court, although in the end Mattel lost the lawsuit, but its influence can be seen.
It sounds bluffing to say this, but there is no more shocking number, and it does not show the strength of this small toy, let's use a number to speak, from the birth of Barbie in 59 to 09 in the past 50 years, Barbie has sold one billion in the world. Even on average, there are 20 million sales per year, and this number is a huge discount after the 90 years. Therefore, Barbie is a culture in Europe and the United States, a culture that begins with children.
With this toy in hand, it can affect at least millions of people every year, which is a huge benefit for movies, film companies, actors, singers, etc., and it will be of greater use to this little toy in the future, she will become one of the representatives of Phoenix culture. And no longer American culture.
This will be a relatively long negotiation and transaction process, and it will take half a month to a month at the earliest. This matter must make some noise, and it should be louder.
The crops in the futures market are about to be harvested, and the next step is to spend more money in the United States, and the purchases will continue to unfold. Especially the great catastrophe of the coming year. It is also a golden opportunity for industrial acquisition. Now make a gesture to make your intention to invest clear, and save people from worrying about your bad intentions.
Li Lu went to negotiate the acquisition of Barbie's business, and Cheng Jian's acquisition of Microsoft shares also went smoothly, but after two days of leisure, the annual Oscars ceremony was about to start.
The award ceremony was very lively, but it was not very exciting for Mo Fei. The awards are basically not much different from what he predicted before, and all the best director, best supporting actor, etc. were all lost. However, "Die Hard" is relatively neat and won the best visual effect. Wu Yusen can also be regarded as making a splash in Hollywood.
Of course, Americans can't turn a blind eye to the highly demanded awards, even if they play in the dark, they have to be about the same, and they don't have a chance to play if they don't want to play on the same level.
"The Silence of the Lambs" is definitely a powerful work, except for the shortcomings of improvement, it is almost copied according to the original appearance, and it has been unanimously recognized and praised before, if this is all about to be manipulated, then the Oscar will be too faceless, how can the most important award in the global film industry be embarrassed to call it.
It's impossible for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film to be sidelined, and this must be awarded to "The Silence of the Lambs", and even then, there is an insider in it.
With Mo Fei's qualifications, it is indeed unrealistic to win two screenwriting awards, but "The Silence of the Lambs" won the best adapted screenplay, instead of "Soul Catcher" won the best screenplay, which is very revealing.
The screenwriter of "Soul Catcher" is signed by Mo Fei, a 100% Chinese, but the original work of "The Silence of the Lambs" is a real American, whether it is the best adapted screenplay or the best foreign language film, it is based on the original work to have this achievement, the United States must be strong, this is in line with the fundamental interests.
Whoever said that the Americans have no face, at most they are shameless.
As with all awards, a lot of interview invitations await after the end, and the next two days are destined to be a hectic life. Honggu only stayed in Los Angeles on the night of the awards, and flew to Hawaii early the next morning to return to the "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" crew, and her stay will only give the media more opportunities to talk about it.
Of course, there are also those who are not afraid of things, or they are afraid that things will not be big enough, and the most powerful in this regard is none other than Madonna. The day after the awards, Madonna showed up at the hotel where Mo Fei was staying.
Madonna is now very famous, not to mention that there is another figure by his side who is enough to pull all the media, Jackson, who is already the king of pop music, and the appearance of the two immediately hit a certain point in the media, and the reporters instantly surrounded him.
And Sister Mai's toughness is also as always, in the face of the reporter's question of "evaluate Mo Fei", she even said "Mo Fei is one of the opposite sex she admires the most, if she knew Mo Fei when she was not married, he will definitely be the object of her pursuit".
And when a reporter asked about the many confidantes in the legend, Sister Mai said very slyly that she had to read the newspapers and news to understand this information, and could there be any updated news. It can be seen that this diva who has dominated the music scene for nearly 30 years does not treat the media as simply as the media thinks, and it is not certain who is taking advantage of whom.
Although I knew who would be here the night before, when I saw Michael Jackson, I was still a little calm, and the size of his fame was not important, the key was that in the history of his previous life, this was the one who "walked" in front. Now that I see it alive, it's normal to feel a little emotional and embarrassed for a while.
Looking at Jackson, whose skin had begun to gradually turn white, he was eager to find the shadow of the legendary vitiligo on his face. Maybe it's a cover-up, or maybe the operation is very powerful and successful, but in short, I can't see anything with Mo Fei's eyesight. But this kind of look in his eyes made King Mai a little unbearable, the legend is that this person is very romantic, he shouldn't be so romantic that both men and women eat, right?
"Uh, what's on my face?" I can't be sure if I have a special hobby. Jackson can only use this most common way to remind Mo Fei that he is a guest, not an extra.
I wouldn't have thought of it at all. King Mai Tianwang had some not very pure changes to him, but he also understood that it was indeed rude to stare at people like this when they first met.
There are a lot of personal things that are not good to say to others, so I can only quickly turn my brain and think of a reason to explain: "Oh. I'm sorry. I was a little distracted just now, mainly because I wanted to take a closer look, you can't be an alien. ”
"You suspect I'm an alien?" Mai Tianwang's curiosity is also very heavy, and he was immediately attracted by Mo Fei's nonsense, and entered another level of thinking, and became extremely interested in why Mo Fei suspected that he was an alien.
Sure enough, as some rumors said, I saw that Jackson was bluffed by himself, and asked Sister Mai and Jackson to sit down. He continued, "I do have such doubts, and it's not just you. For many people, I have wondered if they will be aliens, temporarily living on this planet in the form and identity of Earth humans. ”
Well, aliens have always been a mysterious topic, and now even Sister Mai, who has always had wide nerves, was attracted by Mo Fei's thoughts, "What about me, should I have been suspected of being aliens by you?" ”
Looking at the two superstars like curious babies, Mo Fei also felt funny in his heart, curiosity is really one of the most terrifying aspects of human nature. Now that it's the beginning, the story must be told.
He took a sip of water to moisten his throat, which was a little dry because of the continuous interviews, and said: "I have been interested in the topic of aliens for a long time, and I have made some hypotheses over the years, although they all ended in failure, but it also gave me the idea of turning hypotheses and doubts into a story. Just when I met Michael, I remembered his black suit at a concert, and suddenly I thought of a rough story structure.
There is a special organization on Earth, and they are specifically responsible for managing and coordinating the alien beings living on Earth, arresting the wanted criminals of the Interstellar Sword, and maintaining the peace of the universe. The people in this group have no identity, no information to look up, and they don't even have fingerprints, because each of them wears a black suit, so they are called men in black. ”
"Is that it, because you thought of my black suit at the concert, so you were asked to further turn a lot of your previous ideas into stories, and it seems that I really came to the right place today." Jackson was visibly happy that it was a good feeling to be inspired by his outfit for the concert and evolve into such a great idea.
Originally, he just caught such a thing temporarily, but now seeing Jackson's reaction, he was really embarrassed to deny it, nodded and said: "It's really Michael, I'm very grateful that you wore a black suit at that concert, not red or any other color, it's not difficult for us to imagine that the names of 'man in red' and 'man in blue' are simply unacceptable, only the mystery of black can evolve such a good story." ”
"Mo, will this be the subject of your new movie?" Sister Mai also felt that this theme was quite good, and her first reaction was to make this story into a movie.
is different from dealing with domestic feelings, for the things of American devils, the doctrine of taking is the most applicable, even if you take more, you will not feel guilty, and this story is of course the same treatment.
Mo Fei shook his head and said: "Not yet, if I want to turn this story into a successful and good movie, and it will take at least five to eight years to make the effect I want." And now, I'm going to warm up the movie first, and the comics are the best choice, so that everyone will accept the story, and when the movie comes out, it will have a better effect, and ten years of preparation for a good movie is not too much. (To be continued......)