Daniel is actually quite apologetic about David, they have known each other for many years and support each other in Brooklyn. When Daniel decided to come to Hollywood, David did not hesitate to come up with a "huge sum" of $2,000, which is far better than today's glamorous big stars and big producers.

On the one hand, starting DD Pictures is Daniel's development to that point, and as a person with foresight, it is somewhat wasteful not to do so. On the other hand, of course, David, David has never said that he has any hope for Hollywood, his mother has always been unknown in Hollywood, but once he has the opportunity, he did not hesitate to invest tens of millions of windfalls into DD Pictures. If it weren't for that, Daniel, who was a blogger at the time and later founded MB, would certainly not have been able to do so much now.

Therefore, now Daniel has other arrangements for DD Pictures, and the most difficult one to face is David.

"Dan, you don't have to do this," David smiled and waved his hand, "I know what you're thinking. At the beginning, I insisted that I wanted to make a film independently, just to see if I could do it, and not just rely on your vision and popularity. Now I don't need to do this, I believe in myself, I believe in you, this is our common cause, of course we should make it the best. Now that it has such an opportunity, how could I not understand. To be honest, fortunately, "Ghost Omen" performed well overseas, otherwise your plan might have been ruined by me, and now it seems that your vision is indeed better than mine, so I will manage the company and be a producer with peace of mind. We have a clear division of labor, and there's nothing wrong with that, is it? ”

Daniel paused, and held out his right hand.

David slapped his hand, time passed, but many things didn't disappear with it.

After negotiating with David, soon, the script selection work of DD Pictures headquarters and Daniel Investment Department was all in one place. The investment is still determined through negotiation between the two parties.

The "Hangover" to be filmed at present is shared 7:3 between the investment department and the headquarters.

Despite the financial support of Plutos, Daniel's investment department has made a lot of moves, and the funds need to be comprehensively considered, and the department will no longer make films independently. Their abundant cash flow is naturally used for various projects.

Although "Saw Horror" has not yet been released, Daniel has already confirmed the plans for "Saw 2".

This was DD Pictures' first film series, and it wasn't until this time that everyone knew how much Daniel valued this low-budget horror film.

To know. In today's reality, a series of movies is often the ballast of a studio, such as MGM, their most valuable thing is, of course, a library of more than 4,000 films, but the company's hope is the copyright of the series of "007", "Pink Panther" and "The Hobbit".

In June, "Spy Shadow 2" officially started.

Previously, "Love to the Bottom of the House" in North America has infinitely approached 200 million US dollars. The global box office has also exceeded 320 million, DD Pictures has made a lot of money with this film, and has basically determined its priority position in romantic comedies, and the two works "Greek Wedding" and "House Collapse" are enough to make people impressed with DD Pictures. After all, it is extremely rare for a single film to make more than 100 million profits, especially for independent studios.

"Spy Shadow 2" has the blessing of the previous work with a box office of 200 million, and it will be released on 3,342 screens on the first day, which can be called a blockbuster treatment.

The single-day result of 28.98 million is also quite proud, with 93.3 million in the first three days of the weekend, and there is no suspense in breaking 100 million in four days.

Daniel did not attend the event. He also did not appear in public, but only made a promotion on F2F and MB, but the focus of the report still fell on him, and for the past six months. Although Daniel never attended a public event, except with Charlize. Outside of Theron's semi-public trip to South Africa to meet Mr. Mandela, he was largely lost, only returning to Los Angeles to be photographed before the release of "House Down."

No one saw him at the resort, nor did he see him playing all over the world, and even the European paparazzi stalked Collins for a while. No trace of him has been found.

This also gave rise to a large wave of "breakup" scandals.

It's not surprising that since Daniel doesn't have to work, he should be with Collins, and although Collins is also very busy, the meeting time must be more than before. To their surprise, the dedicated paparazzi didn't photograph Daniel once, and it was impossible not to suspect that they had broken up.

Of course, Daniel and Collins want to see each other more, but although Daniel has not worked publicly, he is obviously busier than before, and he still has a vacation during filming, which is really free time that can be arranged, and now Daniel basically can't spare personal time. The release of two films on the side of DD Pictures in Los Angeles, and the follow-up project arrangements, especially the changes to DD Pictures' planning, are many and complicated. In addition, he spends more time and energy on Wall Street investment funds, Boston consortiums, etc., after all, he is not very good at this type of work, although with the assistance of Raymond and other right-hand men, it is still very difficult for Daniel.

In addition, although the Oscar turmoil cannot be dealt with with big moves, Trick and Cusa's small actions have never stopped, and this kind of stormy crisis can only rely on interrupting again and again to eliminate its momentum, and then come to a hearty cleansing to completely uncover it.

Daniel, who was so busy that he didn't know what to do, of course, could not have been photographed by European paparazzi in Stuttgart or Berlin.

……

"The project must be released before the end of the year, no later than November."

Compared with the movements of DD Pictures' other films, this film that has already started filming is actually doing a very good job of secrecy, and so far, no news of DD Pictures' new project has been found in public reports.

Daniel himself starred!

Not to say that this decision will definitely shock the media and fans, even Cusa and others are surprised.

Daniel was going to Berkeley in September, and Google's IPO in August would also take a lot of energy, so after being extremely busy in the first half of the year, it was a bit too hard to spare more than a month to secretly shoot this film. What's more, since Daniel has already stated that he will not have a movie-related job within a year, it is of course not good to clearly beat himself up now.

However, after understanding Daniel's intentions, Kusa did not strongly object. Even Tricker didn't say anything different about it, who made the plan unable to catch up with the change.

The whole movie, except for Daniel. Outside Sandler. All of them are newcomers or rookies who have signed strict confidentiality agreements, but Daniel came forward to invite many Silicon Valley celebrities to make cameos. Paige, Sergey. Brin, and even Steve. Jobs was also invited by him, I have to say. His influence in Silicon Valley is no weaker than that of Hollywood.

In August, on the eve of Google's IPO, the film was officially completed.

At the finale party, David. Finch drank a lot, and in the end Daniel sent someone to send him home.

In terms of actors, it's good to say that the movie itself doesn't rely on the cast, not to mention Daniel. Sandler's stardom alone is comparable to other blockbusters. The focus of the film is on the director, and this work was originally David. Directed by Fincher, but Daniel was still hesitant when considering the candidate, after all. After many years, even if Finch is still invited, it is difficult to guarantee that the movie will be about the same, and in this case, it is normal to change the director.

But after thinking about it, Daniel sent the script to Finch.

After all, the well-known director has already established his style, and in a few years his technique may be more complete, but on the whole it is about the same.

Of course, Finch was very surprised to receive the script, but it also came with a non-disclosure agreement - a treatment that is rarely given to a director of Finch's level. So you can imagine the importance that DD Pictures attaches to this work. After he read it, he communicated with David and realized that the project really needed to be kept secret.

Daniel. Sandler himself starred!

A whole bunch of Silicon Valley giants make cameos in the movie!

These two news, no matter which one is released, is enough to cause an uproar.

What's more. The meaning behind this work.

The reason why Daniel broke his promise to star in person is entirely because this is a work with a slightly autobiographical nature, and of course most of the plot and setting are virtual.

Finch remembers the look of shock on his face when David and himself met in New York and heard the news.

"You mean it's Daniel. Sandler's semi-autobiographical film? ”

David nodded in acknowledgement without hesitation.

Although Finch is not young, he is very sensitive to the changes of the times. He is a registered user of MB and F2F and has a lot of followers. Of course, he could see that the theme of the movie was a combination of MB and F2F.

In other words, MB or F2F, or simply MB and F2F were created by Daniel?

Although the setting of a sophomore at Harvard University in the script is written by Mark. Zuckerberg's consent, grafted over. The follow-up development is also significantly different from Daniel's actual operation, but just Fincher's question is enough to detonate the hot spot of fans.

David. Finch eventually took the film.

Subsequently, he and Daniel met several times, and in May, the film officially began filming in secret, Finch announced that he was taking a vacation, and Warner's "Batman Prequel" originally intended to ask him to direct, but then naturally fell out. No one knows, he secretly came to Silicon Valley and started filming this work, I have to say that the era without smartphones is very good, plus Daniel is more familiar with the head in Silicon Valley, and it is much easier to cover it up. Until he finished filming, the secret was kept.

In mid-August, David. Finch is working overtime in the editing room.

Daniel carries MB's Javier and F2F's Mark. Vaughan, to NASDAQ.

Google's long-awaited IPO is about to kick off.

Page's stubbornness in this matter made Daniel feel deeply, according to the gradient agreement between Google and Plutos, the less money Google raises, the better it will be for Plutos - and it is easy to understand that Google needs so much money for its development, and if there is no way to get it from the market, it naturally needs to be supplemented by other aspects. So, in this respect, Daniel wants Google to lose, but as a partner, it is actually against the principle to do so.

Daniel still found time to persuade Larry. Page, hoping that he would change his decision to go with a Dutch-style auction for the IPO.

That would certainly anger Wall Street.

But in the end, Page did not accept his suggestion, but was stubborn, apparently he did not have a good opinion of Wall Street, and would rather take a risk than give up his interests.

……

When Daniel appeared on the NASDAQ, the financial media instantly transformed into an entertainment counterpart.

Schwarzenegger, Tiger. The appearance of Hollywood, Kissinger and other celebrities in Hollywood and politics is not surprising enough, after all, the news that they are shareholders of Google has long been widely known, but Daniel is a new figure, although he has a good face in Silicon Valley and is known to everyone.

Apple's previous acquisition of IMP has also made the financial media widely known as the Hollywood double actor, but when he entered the scene of Google's IPO on the NASDAQ, it was still enough to make people's jaws drop.

The reporters who arrived with him were clearly better known to reporters than Daniel.

MB CEO Javier, F2F CEO Mark Brown. Vaughn, COO Shirley. Sandberg, I have to say, these three are in the limelight right now. Needless to say, MB has received a lot of attention as a star start-up that is a shareholder of Google and will soon follow Google's IPO. F2F's current development trend is far greater than that of MB at that time, and its social ecology is also considered to have great potential, as the top two giants of the social network cake, it must be the top priority of media attention.

In addition, Raymond, the head of Plutos, is no stranger to everyone, as the force behind MB and F2F, digging out the background of Plutos has almost become a dream for financial journalists.

Daniel, who appeared with them, was somewhat meaningful.

MB and Daniel's close relationship.

The rapid development of F2F is also fully thanks to Daniel, since the Oscar turmoil, F2F has benefited the most from Daniel's silence, and Daniel is currently the largest number of users on the F2F homepage, just exceeding one million, from blogger to MB, and then to F2F, Daniel is favored by the Internet at the same time, it seems to indicate the development trend of the Internet.

The next internet star, is it F2F?

This question, along with Daniel, has created more attention for F2F.

In addition to MB and F2F, Raymond was even Daniel's private investment manager before!

Considering all these connections, many reporters inevitably have some conjectures in their minds, and although those conjectures are so incredible and unbelievable -- but when you think about it, it seems that the probability is not as low as imagined.

The entertainment media that gets the news is much crazier than the reserved financial media.

All kinds of conjectures cover all other entertainment news at once.

A new news storm is unfolding again around Daniel. (To be continued.) )