Chapter 113 DD Pictures Daniel is very sincere in showing his dislike of Japanese horror films - this is an excuse that he comes up with.

"This film won't give us good memories, I have a hunch."

He invited Gore Verbinski's family to his home in Malibu, where Melissa and Andy helped him entertain Gore's wife and children.

Gore wasn't too good at disguising, and Daniel's refusal seemed to give him a sigh of relief.

"Oh, Gore—"

Daniel reflected that Gore still seems to have such a big say in his films, in other words, convincing other people can be difficult for him.

"I was still guilty, but now we don't owe each other. What do you say, little Weiss? ”

Weiss is Gore's youngest son, and his eyes are big and very cute.

He seemed to like Daniel a lot, and kept smiling and pinching Daniel's index finger.

The rejection of "Midnight Bells" not only did not affect the relationship with Gore, but deepened their friendship, which surprised Daniel.

But it's even more unexpected in the back.

Kusa Damon quickly finalized the collaboration with IFC for My Grand Greek Wedding.

David, who is nearing the end of his round-the-world trip, will soon return to Los Angeles to learn from the group, and he won't be pointing fingers, but he is the right person to oversee his and Daniel's $5 million investment.

David invested three million and Daniel invested two million, both in the name of David's "DoubleD" Pictures, a name taken from the initials of David and Daniel, abbreviated as DD Pictures.

The equity share of this independent film production company, which was registered a year ago, is 51% of David's capital injection of 9 million US dollars, Daniel's investment of 4 million + industry resources and 49% of the company's priority - this is the result of the insistence of both parties, David originally wanted to hand over the controlling stake to Daniel, but Daniel can't take such a big advantage, but David's argument also makes sense - at this stage, DD Pictures wants to grow, Daniel's importance is far greater than David's money! Moreover, the operation of the company is bound to rely on Daniel's low-cost appearance, and even choose to merge the zuò project to promote, and this share ratio will no longer be suitable at that time.

As a result, the two parties negotiated to transfer the controlling stake by Daniel Tongguò to acquire a 10% stake in DD from David with a capital injection of 2 million within a year.

These seemingly superfluous tosses were unanimously approved by the investment managers of David and Daniel.

The system needs to be developed and adhered to from the outset.

The news of Daniel's investment and participation in "My Grand Greek Wedding" was quickly revealed by the media, which is the danger of small companies, and it is difficult for HD, DD, and even IFC to hide the news, and only in the seven major games with complicated tricks, the paparazzi can't figure out which of these film plans has been implemented.

"Star, share, then invest – despite a small discount every step of the way, Daniel Sandler is firmly following the superstar code of conduct."

The new Entertainment Weekly report is not biased.

After a brief analysis of Daniel's Hollywood experience in the past two or three years, "Weekly" said with a sigh, "Last year, when MGM decided to give him a 5% share of the surplus, everyone was shocked, but today he will get a 10% share of the box office of the new film, and everyone is no longer surprised - of course, there is a difference between the two opportunities." However, this subtle change also shows the Brooklyn boy's success in Hollywood. Now, he co-founded DD Pictures, which has invested in a multi-million dollar film - with Tom Hanks. Who can say that he will not invest and win a share of hundreds of millions of investments next year? ”

This period is a bit overdone.

But the wind didn't last long.

As the news of "The American Version of Midnight Bells" continued to be issued, the big-mouthed Gore revealed that he had invited Daniel to play the leading role, but was "pitifully" refused.

The news that said he was dazed by the "Oscars and dollars" suddenly took over the mainstream.

These are indeed two very different opportunities, one is a romantic comedy with a slim future and is not even sure if it can make it past the test screening week, and the other is a well-known horror film IP with an investment of 60 million, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

"Obviously, the temptation to be an investor and enjoy a share of the box office made Daniel give up a big production, and we can only hope that his luck will work this time."

……

"Daniel, I'm really sorry, I had no idea it would happen."

Gore was still inexperienced, and Daniel certainly couldn't blame him.

It's just that Trick is busy, and it is inevitable to privately say that Gore is a "fat man with no heart".

Who told him to give Trick such a big problem.

Daniel is currently attending various events intensively, and there are many opportunities for reporters to ask questions face-to-face.

"Yes, Gore is a good friend of mine, and I am very grateful for his invitation, but because I don't know much about Japanese horror, I regretfully resigned from Midnight Bell, which has nothing to do with other movies. As for the other film, yes, it's a romantic comedy, mostly shot in Canada, and I was moved by the story, Nia is a very talented person, and Tom Hanks and I have the same idea, and we both want to help with such a heartwarming work, and we feel that the audience deserves to enjoy such a story. ”

Such high-sounding wording, of course, has no way to appease the media.

However, Trick is not bad, and some influential media will still give him face, and will not start too much from criticizing Daniel, at most just show the disparity between the two opportunities, in order to ridicule Daniel's eyes.

"See, Mr. Cussa, your tendencies have caused me to be ridiculed by the national media."

Kusa Damon didn't admit it at all.

"Come on, Mr. Sandler, as if this qiē has nothing to do with you, I don't expect to use you as a marionette."

Against this cloud, Daniel attended the Oscar nominees' luncheon and attended several Oscar eve parties held by various magazines and groups.

On the eve of the awards, even with three trophies in hand, Daniel's odds slowly improved to about the same level as Willem Dafoe, 1 to 1.5, Beniso was slightly higher at 1:2, and Jebe and Albert were 1:5 and 1:7.2 respectively - the odds for two basic outs.

"Burberry is generous this time, but did you really decide to wear your own clothes?"

Tim Rowland, an old English gentleman, introduced Daniel to an Italian handmade dress shop, and the other party came to Hollywood to tailor it for him.

"Melissa says it's too slow and we need to rush him."

Endorsement talks with Burberry entered the substantive stage, but Burberry ultimately did not agree to a contract before the Oscars - even though Melissa expressed displeasure.

So Daniel decided to give them some color and see.

(Thank you for the incompatible tip, good name-)