Since May 2008, despite the fact that everything has been going well for Plutos Investments and DD Pictures, Daniel's influence has continued to grow, both in the financial markets and in Hollywood, and a young man in his 30s has gradually become one of the most powerful figures of his time.

But Daniel himself is getting more and more irritable.

"What is this? Pirates of the Caribbean 3? Is this more serious than the Marvel acquisition? Sally, you weren't my assistant on the first day, don't you know what to prioritize? I don't want my assistant to be messy all day long, and I have to mention everything, so what's the use of my assistant? ”

In Daniel's office at DD Pictures, a "familiar" voice came from it.

Since May, Sally has been scolded more and more often - often for inexplicable little things. For example, in today's matter, Daniel is very energetic, if the matter is not particularly intensive, Sally does not do the ordering, anyway, four or five things are not too obvious priority, first deal with it and then deal with it is the same.

Daniel had never been angry about this before, and he hadn't even noticed such a thing.

But recently, he has been angry with Sally many times because of these trivial things, and of course, he has also apologized many times.

"I'm sorry, Sally, I-"

"Boss, I don't care about being scolded, really, I've seen a boss who is more irritable than you are now, it's nothing, whether it's Wall Street, Hollywood, there are countless people with weird and bad tempers. However, there are some issues that you should look for, really, as much as you hate to say, but you definitely have something wrong, I feel. You have to face it, at least deal with it, whether it's for a while or for now. ”

Daniel nodded slowly.

"You're right, I know, but - whew, forget it, Pirates of the Caribbean 3 is it? Disney wants to start filming this year? ”

Sally sighed and continued to work.

"Yes, they hope to open later this year. Around September, filming will begin, and then it will be released in the summer vacation next year. ”

The plan for "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" has been proposed by Disney many times, but Daniel has been procrastinating on the excuse that the workload is too large and has not continued to do it - for Disney, a film with the top five potential in film history is of great significance, but DD Pictures is currently the most important. It still launches a number of profitable works to stabilize its position and operating mechanism. As for "Pirates", "Museum", "Transformers" and other box office blockbusters, if there are too many, it is really possible to raise the team into pigs - so that in the face of wind and waves, there is no resistance.

Daniel must maintain his box office appeal. So in a certain sense, he is also thinking about DD Pictures, of course, this is not the main reason. After so many years in Hollywood, Daniel has acted in many genres of films. But to say that he has really acted in everything, this is impossible - not to mention that a seventy-year-old actor is still dedicating himself, that is, many actors of the same age. There are many more types to try than he does. However, Daniel is too restricted, either there is potential at the box office, or there is potential for awards, from Daniel's point of view, he has come to this point, acting for him, it must not be said to be a hobby or a career pursuit, he must take care of his entire film career - that is, the development of DD Pictures.

There are many films, and he is destined not to participate.

This is a rather controversial point.

There are quite a number of independent directors in Hollywood, even so-called independent actors, who pursue to use movies to educate the world, or put too many things on movies - love, world view, life view, and so on. The pursuit of box office or awards, in their opinion, should never become a mainstream pursuit, and the most important thing for a film is, of course, to practice social, historical, and philosophical significance. The gang's attacks on Daniel were quite violent.

After all, since his debut, Daniel has never acted in a purely literary film with a small cost, even "The Pianist", which is a 35 million investment. Polanski is such a supercast movie. As for those romantic comedies, they are completely garbage movie level.

"In addition to the 'absolute standard' good films, Daniel only has garbage movies that make money."

That's how they define Daniel.

As for whether it is a good time to promote "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", Daniel sighed, the time is second, Disney's attitude must be taken into account, if he continues to refuse this time, I am afraid that the pressure from Robert's side will be directly exerted - not that Daniel does not promote, they really do nothing.

Changing actors and filming independently are all things that Disney can do, although the level of adventure is very high. Changing actors could ruin the entire series, and indie filming would face legal controversy, even though they could claim that Daniel refused to fulfill their obligation to cooperate, which is why they did it, and the lawsuit didn't necessarily have to be lost. But these two big troubles can't be easily provoked for a movie.

However, having said that, Daniel has been dragging his feet, and for Disney, it is certain that he will make up his mind to give it a try - a large company with a market value of tens of billions of dollars cannot really dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool because of Daniel's starring restrictions. It just takes a little determination, Robert. Whether it's Iger or Disney's board of directors, there's no shortage of decisive.

"This year, or early next year? What do you think? ”

"It's better this year, you only have one "Museum" this year, and it would be more reasonable to schedule a film."

Daniel nodded, "Then you can communicate with David and Melissa to see if the team here is suitable." Inform Kusa and ask him to contact the script first, the third part of the series is filmed, and if the script is not up to par, it is impossible for me to agree. Let Cusa pass this on to Disney, and if I think about it, will you go out first? ”

Sally closed the door, and the corners of Daniel's work assistant Lola pulled the corners of her mouth, she had also been lectured by Daniel many times.

"The boss is not in a good mood, you should pay attention."

"Yes."

……

Daniel was not in a good mood, but no one could guess why. It's not a matter of Plutos' tens of billions of dollars, nor is it a matter of DD Pictures and MGM. It's something that happened in China on the other side of the Pacific. On May 12, 2008, something shocked the whole world in China.

Large earthquake!

Tens of thousands of people have died or are missing. Hundreds of thousands of people were injured, and no Chinese can forget it.

Daniel felt he had to do something, but he was really powerless -- he couldn't get the Chinese government to move the people out of the earthquake zone, and no one would pay attention to him. He is even less likely to come out and say that there will be a magnitude 8 earthquake in China, and people will only think he is a madman. Even a handful of fanatics who believe that he will be an "oracle" will definitely not be in China.

Over the years, this feeling of powerlessness had left Daniel feeling physically and mentally exhausted, and he was becoming more and more irritable and irritable.

Today is May 5th. There is only a week left until the 12th.

"Boss, have a cup of tea."

Lola came in with hot tea without fear of death.

Daniel took the cup and took a sip, the aroma of tea reminded him even more of China - he could already think of himself as an American, but he simply could not ignore the casualties of hundreds of thousands of Chinese.

But what could he do?

"Lola, what would you normally do if you couldn't afford to do something?"

Daniel asked suddenly.

"I can't do it. Is it that you can't do it, or that you don't do it because you don't think you can do it? ”

"The latter."

Lola smiled, "Then I'll do it." I know the odds may be slim to none, but even if it fails. I also want to fail on the way to do this, not at the beginning - that would be so sad that there is not even a beginning. The beginning, the process, and the ending are all equally important. If I went to do it. Then I have an opening, and I have a process that is not very complete, and that's what I gained. And it's very hearty. We can't guarantee that everything will succeed, so even if it's unlikely, you should try it. ”

Lola said a lot, and she felt it.

Coming to Plutos may not be the most suitable choice for her. But her purpose here is not for an internship, but for something more important - love.

Yes, she loves Daniel. Sandler, but she also knew that the gap between the two was too big, bigger than Cinderella and the prince - at least Cinderella still had the crystal slipper and the chance to go to the ball. But Lola's actions prove that he has no intention of giving up, and she arrives in Plutos, and by chance gets the opportunity to become Daniel's work assistant, day by day.

She sometimes even feels that even if she doesn't confess, having such an experience is enough for her to remember this relationship.

Daniel could hear the sincerity of Lola's words, but not the affection - who had made him focus all his thoughts on the earthquake now.

"But what if you don't even know how to start doing it?"

"No way, as long as you know what you want to do, even if it's a little closer to a goal, it's an effort."

There was no exaggerated flash of inspiration, and there was no epiphany, but Lola's answer did clear some of the obstacles for Daniel to understand—and he finally decided what to do.

……

Daniel's temporary increase in his trip to China has shocked and surprised many people, both inside and outside the team.

Whether it's Raymond's side or DD Pictures' here, Daniel's affairs are piled up in a mountain, and it is incomprehensible to take out nearly a week to go to China at this time. But Daniel is the boss, and even if they have any ideas, they have to keep silent. But that's not the case externally.

Daniel previously declined to sing the song "Welcome to the Capital" and did not participate in the special evening party with a countdown of 100 days.

This made public opinion sure that Daniel did not particularly want to be such a tool for China's foreign propaganda, and this argument prevailed for a while. So, when Daniel suddenly decided to leave Los Angeles for China, the media was even more surprised.

The New York Times, for example, unceremoniously speculated that "Daniel may regret not participating in the 100-day countdown to the Olympics in Beijing, so he decided to travel to the other side of the Pacific Ocean to explain his decision." You know, Plutos has scaled back the pace of investment in almost all developed countries, but has expanded the scale of investment in China quite generously, which is something that Daniel cannot afford to lose. ”

China's domestic media is also odd.

NEW Wave Entertainment is a media that is quite close to Daniel. are also confused, "Daniel's itinerary for this visit to China is not known, but it should have something to do with the Olympic Games, but unfortunately, Daniel previously declined to sing "Welcome to the Capital", so this time his dynamics attracted attention - the biggest speculation now may be the opening ceremony performance, although Director Zhang wants to create an opening ceremony with Chinese classical style, but as an international event, invite some celebrities with high international influence to attend. And it's not surprising. Of course, these are still speculations, and no one knows that Daniel is here for. ”

After Daniel arrived in China, DD China did not release the itinerary as usual, and he flew directly to the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base.

This is the most direct connection between him and the earthquake that he can find.

"Science and Technology for All Beings" has been stationed here with a research team that has been engaged in the research of the ecological environment of giant pandas, which is the first attempt of the foundation to enter the field of ecology, and this team has achieved a lot of results. It is of great significance for the protection, observation and timely rescue of wild giant pandas.

Zhang Meng, a Chinese-American scientist who led the team, presented a report to Daniel and then began to report the matter verbally.

"We think ......"

Daniel listened. As he flipped through the reports until the last two pages, his eyes suddenly fixed on one of them.

"We note that some forecasters. It is believed that the base may face the impact of natural disasters such as earthquakes in the near future. ”

This is a case that is put last - obviously, even the "Technology for All" team doesn't take this assertion that very seriously.

Daniel interrupted Zhang's report almost rudely.

"The part of the earthquake. Do you know who predicted it? ”

Zhang Meng's work is still quite solid, he just paused and said it.

"There should be a few geologists and meteorologists, and of course some amateurs. Some observation points have found a rock stress, such as China's state-owned oil company, etc., and one of the more important problems is that the diurnal variation of the geomagnetic sag component in Rongcheng has decreased significantly, and the amplitude of the anomaly changes has reached 10-20 nat, which is not necessarily a problem of earthquakes, and there are other possibilities, such as sunshine and the like. The main basis, and the main reason introduced in the report, is that a committee under the Chinese Physical Society believes that this area is at risk of earthquakes for the coming year, and submitted it to the National Earthquake Administration. This is that this kind of prediction is useless, because in a year, it is impossible for China to warn for a whole year. ”

Zhang Meng slowly said one reason after another.

Daniel's brow furrowed and relaxed, relaxed and furrowed. He found that he had an entry point, and since there was a precursor, he found that he could use the topic to play, but in China, it is useless to use the topic to play, as long as the government is stubborn, Daniel does not think that it makes sense for him to say something.

"What do you feel?"

Zhang Meng is an American through and through—a second-generation Chinese-American, but his family's Chinese education is relatively comprehensive, which adds a lot of leverage for him to be selected as the head of the program. But as a person who has been working in the United States, I still know my boss very well, whether it is 911 or Katrina, this boss seems to have had some godly prophecies.

Could it be that this time his prophecy came to China?

Daniel glanced at him, didn't answer him, just paused, and made up his mind, "Zhang Meng, you guys will make a text of the earthquake right now, and I will want it next year, you can make it whatever you want, you know?" ”

Although he was ignorant, his good professionalism made Zhang Meng nod his head quite quickly and go to the operation.

Daniel began to use his network of contacts in China to find some people who really had the right to speak. A face suddenly appeared in his mind, last year, he had a meeting with him in Shanghai, and he did have the contact information of his secretary in his hand. But if you look for it so rashly, I'm afraid no one will believe it.

"Forget it."

Daniel put down his phone and began to contact the leaders of Sichuan Province through the Rongcheng locality.

The next thing is busy, busy, busy, Zhang Meng, the team, Daniel, and the relationship layer by layer - Daniel finally contacted the leader of Sichuan Province, which is him, and no Hollywood star other than him can have this face.

However, when he took the report that Zhang Meng rushed out and talked with him earnestly, he didn't get the reaction he wanted.

The leader was quite sincere in front of him and didn't say too much official language.

"Mr. Sandler, to be honest, if we can, we are certainly willing to alert the population in order to avoid a possible disaster. However, social panic, disorder of production order, and so on are also things that we must consider......"

One reason after another, one after another for sure, Daniel's efforts failed.

He was unable to convince the leaders of Sichuan Province to do something, and in the end he could only return disappointed.

……

When Daniel sat in the hotel, looking at this fairly informative report, he was stunned.

Is there really no way?

Can you just watch things unfold?

Even though Daniel has always been a rather aloof person, it still shudders to think about it. (To be continued.) )

PS: There are no eunuchs, how can there be eunuchs, it's all written to this point