Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Movie Premieres
Lan Dad and Lan Ma are very pleased with their son's affection and righteousness, although they rarely intervene throughout the whole process, but they are still happy to do what they can for their younger brother's family, who has helped their family greatly. And Chiyo also knows the history of Cheng Wu helping her husband's family, so naturally she has no opinion, and besides, this is a matter of making money, hello, me, everyone, even if it fails, it will not affect the foundation of the family.
The engineering robots at the base have already operated and produced another engineering robot, and the next two robots are ready to start producing small flying machines, but it will take a long time, at least in the second half of the year. During this period, Lan Jiawei also needs to buy steel several more times.
After the scientific and technological personnel of the hydrogen and sodium plant were tormented by the bottleneck for two months, Lan Jiawei finally couldn't stand it, and gave some key tips through Xiaozhi, which can soon be used in the manufacture of key parts such as computer cPu and motherboards.
At the same time, in order to take care of the interests of Lan Jiawei and the California consortium, he reorganized his computer company, re-registered it as Deep Blue Computer Company, bought a hardware production plant in Silicon Valley, and let his sister-in-law contribute 55% of the absolute controlling stake, the California consortium accounted for 25%, and Zong Sheng himself accounted for 20%, and became the company's first CEO. If all goes well, he will return to San Francisco with his family, closer to his parents and sister's family.
Lan Jiawei had already arrived in Los Angeles in early March, and with the help of Ash, he replaced the finished images of the film with the original film, which was actually very fast, and in order not to be too obvious, he did not take out the sample until April. The previous clips have been promoted by the legendary company and have attracted a lot of attention and expectations from the audience and the media.
After screening the samples in the screening room of Legendary Pictures, everyone from Chairman Joe to director Anthony, the two lead actors and other cast members were amazed by the documentary-like special effects. The realistic starships, all kinds of incomparably beautiful starry sky pictures, and unimaginable alien scenery make them unable to believe that this is just a movie with tens of millions of dollars of investment, and the actors finally see the combination of the poignant love story they perform and absolute science fiction, and have no doubt about the film's big hit.
Chairman Joe stood up with applause after watching it and hugged Lan Jiawei, "Jiawei, you are a magical guy, I am very sure that this will be the most anticipated sci-fi film in these years, it will be our company's turnaround, do it beautifully"
After watching the film, the company's directors are full of confidence and plan to go online as soon as possible, arrange for the crew to hold a grand premiere at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, and a series of promotional activities will follow.
Lan Jiawei took his wife who came from the farm to participate in the catwalk of the premiere, and soon a reporter recognized that this was the owner of two legendary racing horses, and more cameras focused on this couple walking on the red carpet with unparalleled looks and temperament.
Lan Jiawei smiled and stroked his wife's waist and chose a short interview with a well-known TV station.
"May I ask Mr. Lan, as the owner of the legendary racing horse Musk and the inventor of a new type of battery material, have you started to invest in the film industry again?"
"Yes, I think people need strong spiritual enjoyment in addition to enjoying the ever-increasing material civilization, right?" Lan Jiawei replied confidently and succinctly.
"May I ask Mrs. Lan, what do you think of the movies that your husband has invested in?"
Chiyo smiled like a lily blooming, "I understand and support any decision of my husband, and I think it is an excellent movie that you will be able to see for yourself"
The interview ended, Lan Jiawei and his wife entered the theater hand in hand, looking at the glamorous Tachibana Chiyo, Joe was in a good mood and flattered: "Jiawei, you should participate in the filming of a certain movie with your wife, your appearance is better than most actors"
The other party is kind, and Lan Jiawei and his wife are happy with this flattery, but they don't want to be exposed to the movie, and the low-key and happy life is the theme. But I still had a good conversation with the directors of Jordon before the start of the movie.
After the movie was screened, many people were amazed by the real special effects, and the effect of ImaX film made the duel between the two huge space fleets in the movie extremely exciting, and many female audiences couldn't help but scream. And the smooth love story is interspersed with such special effects, which makes people empathize.
At the end of the film, the audience gave a standing ovation and expressed their respect and love for this magnificent masterpiece.
The opening day turned out to be $59 million, but the following week was a spiral, peaking at $76 million at its peak.
The vast majority of film critics have given great affirmation to this movie, such as: "The movie "Time Dream" has broken through the Hollywood style of special effects and muscles in the traditional sense, but with real special effects and delicate feelings, staged a masterpiece like an epic, in the two-hour movie, I will not feel impatient, I will be moved by the love and friendship of the protagonist, and shocked by the grand starfleet and the starry sky of the universe, this is an epoch-making work, will point a new way forward for American science fiction films"
Of course, there are a very small number of film critics with ulterior purposes who publish sour-tasting reviews, but they can't stop "Time Dream" from reaping the box office like a sickle.
When Lan Jiawei returned to the farm to live a leisurely life, the movie was released for more than a month, and received a total of $2.1 billion at the global box office, and it is estimated that it will reach $2.2 billion before going offline, although it does not exceed the record of "Avatar" and ranks second, but it is also a miracle of small production films.
At the end of May, Chiyo was confirmed to be pregnant again, which made the family very excited, and Lan Ma began to stare at her daughter-in-law again and did not allow her to run around.
Mr. Lan had to attend the film celebration in July, when he had already earned $1.1 billion to remove all the factors. On the other hand, I was secretly refreshed: "It's better to make movies to make money." On the other hand, they have a headache about how to spend their money.
With the help of a Californian consortium, Mr. Lan first spent $500 million to acquire the shares of several other directors, and finally became the largest shareholder of Legendary Pictures with a 55% stake, becoming the new chairman, and Joe was appointed president.
The director of the film, Anthony, and the two leading actors, Margot Robbie and Ryan Reynolds, have all become popular because of this movie and have received a lot of film contracts. But Anthony still hopes to continue to make movies with Lan Jiawei.
Lan Jiawei is also considering new films, and there are too many movies in Ash's place. After choosing a little, I quickly settled on a movie similar to "Time Dream" as part of a series. After handing over the script to Anthony, who is now paid more than $20 million, the director strongly asked him to continue filming.
Lan Jiawei agreed to Anthony's request to continue filming and asked him to prepare the crew. Remembering that he had agreed to Hathaway's request, he called the beautiful woman to meet and talk at the villa.
Hathaway has been mixing badly lately, her appearance is gradually aging, and her style is not liked by many Americans. Nowadays, some film contracts are also bizarre and revealing films. After receiving a call from Lan Jiawei, he quickly rushed to his villa.
Looking at this actor who already had fine wrinkles on his face, Lan Jiawei remembered the amazing feeling of watching her play "The Princess Diaries" in college, and sighed in his heart.
"Anne, believe me?" , Lan Jiawei looked at Hathaway, who was sitting opposite, and asked
"Of course, Jiawei, you are a rare good person, I don't have any friends, I'm so glad you can help me"
Lan Jiawei walked into the kitchen, opened a can of drink, dripped a drop of Moon Spring water into it, and then came out and handed it to Hathaway: "I am a biologist, Mill fruit is my product, this is the nutrient solution that I and my family have taken, I extract it from plants, it can change the skin, make it smooth, and restore youth"
Hathaway didn't ask at all, and without hesitation, she took the drink and drank it.
After drinking, she asked, "Jiawei, I believe it is precious, but why are you so good to me?" ”
Lan Jiawei looked at the turquoise ocean outside the floor-to-ceiling window, "Annie, you have a unique aristocratic temperament, you shouldn't let Hollywood ruin it, I said you should be yourself." And ......, you have a temperament very similar to a friend of mine from before."
Hathaway showed a sly smile that was familiar to Lan Jiawei: "Oh? It's a beautiful woman, I really want to get to know it when I have a chance."
Lan Jiawei awkwardly diverted the topic: "The effect of the nutrient solution will be slowly reflected in 3 months, and the movie is also scheduled to start filming in the second half of the year, this is the script, I will tell the director Anthony"
Hathaway happily took over the script, she was envious of Lan Jiawei's last movie, and now she has the opportunity to participate, and she is looking forward to it.
Early the next morning, Lan Jiawei drove Hathaway to see Anthony, the director is very familiar with the actress and has no opinion on her as the heroine. But the choice of the actor gave several people a headache for a long time, and in the end, it was Lan Jiawei who let Anthony make up his own mind.