The camp on the Thai-Myanmar border is the largest of Thailand's nine camps, and people have often fled to Thailand because of Myanmar's instability.

Visiting the camp was a peculiar feeling for Daniel, and it was getting more and more peculiar.

When he first visited the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, he did feel sympathy for the refugees and was willing to help them, but he himself understood that more often than not, he just wanted to use these actions to build his personal image and the company's image. Becoming a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador was not so much because he was deliberately committed to solving the problem, but because the title added a layer of divine light to him.

However, as the Foundation's projects around the world grew, and as it received more and more donations and money spent, Daniel slowly changed his mind.

Although his life is not luxurious compared to some big stars and rich people, he owns a mansion and a luxury car, and can go to Hawaii or the Caribbean for a vacation at any time, and can charter a plane to China...... It made him feel a real sense of guilt when he faced some refugees who were praying for a little clean water and a house to keep out the wind.

Maybe he's getting older and his heart is softer.

The day after arriving at the camp, Daniel visited a family, Karen people, who had been walking for weeks to escape the forced labor and atrocities in Burma—a little girl with big eyes, Chinma, whose legs were still not neat, who could not afford to walk for such long periods of time, and whose parents did not have the strength to help their three children.

Daniel sent her some books, and more supplies were distributed to the camp.

Chinma's eyes were still sparkling and she couldn't see the sorrow on her parents' faces, and she happily flipped through the books in her hand—fairy tales written in Karen script. Danish, Chinese, Indian.

"Maybe we should provide them with some educational help."

"That's a big field." Sana, the administrator accompanying the Foundation, from France, said with a grim expression.

For a foundation, every decision to expand is crucial, it is, after all, an organization that accepts donations, and all expenditures must wait until verification and consent - before. Plutos injected additional funds to get the foundation to agree to launch the "Giant Panda Survival Project", which is a separate project, and is also in line with the foundation's development plan to extend in the direction of climate and environmental protection - but education is not, education is a powerful topic, and UNESCO has always been committed to doing this, but it has high requirements for the foundation - unlike an endowment program, an education program requires human investment and must ensure continuity. It's difficult.

Sana understands Daniel's feelings, but as a professional, she must get Daniel to restrain her kindness.

……

"12.24 million."

Daniel waited for the numbers in Los Angeles.

"Bad Teacher" was officially launched on the 24th, with 3,249 screens, which is not low for a work with an investment of 20 million. Cameron. The power of Diaz and Daniel's appeal is on full display. This is the first time that MGM Pictures has been launched since it was acquired by DD Pictures, and it can be said that it has attracted the attention of countless people. What's inside Hollywood, what's outside Hollywood. Even MGM's own people are watching to see if MGM under Daniel can be reborn from the ashes.

From this point of view, "Bad Teacher" is indeed entrusted with a heavy task.

In fact, many people are quite confused. Why did MGM insist on releasing "Bad Teacher" before "Youth Musical", because at present, it seems that due to the great success of the Youth Cup of Musical, the movie "Youth Musical" has been regarded as the most likely low-budget film to break through in the summer file. So, if MGM takes "Youth Musical" as his first shot. It may be more beneficial to boost the confidence of all parties.

Daniel did get specific advice, but he ultimately rejected it.

At that time, Lang. Meyer and Helen. Deloux was present, and it was a deputy in the distribution department who made this opinion.

"Yes, we have 'Musical' right now, and we know it's going to make money, so we have this opportunity to make sure that MGM's first film after the reorganization is profitable. However, I don't think MGM really needs to do that. Daniel looked at MGM's old and new executives with a sincere expression, "We shouldn't be afraid of failure, and we shouldn't have to adjust our plans for an unmeaningful start." MGM should come out stronger after so many setbacks, not cringe. It's possible that "Bad Teacher" will fail, but so what? Who hasn't failed in these Hollywood studios? ”

"DD, DD doesn't." Meyer added.

Daniel laughed along with everyone, "Yes, but DD has only made so many films, so it hasn't had a chance to fail yet, and failure is inevitable as more and more projects grow." No one can succeed all the time, Daniel. Sandler can't either. So, I can understand the idea of changing the schedule, but I don't want to do it because I want MGM to say goodbye to fear and be truly strong – strong enough to ignore the possibility of failure. ”

The figures given to Meyer can obviously basically show that "Bad Teacher" has succeeded, and as for how far it can go, it depends on the next grades.

But soon, three days later, the box office of the first weekend was released, and "Bad Teacher" ranked first this week with 43.33 million, only 30,000 US dollars more than the second-place "Life Remote Control". Sandler and "Pearl Harbor" actress Kate. Starring Beckinsale, he cut 43.3 million in the first weekend, and was still cut down by "Bad Teacher" with a first-mover advantage of more than 500 more screens. As for the third-place "Cars", it collected $34.64 million, a figure that helped it bring the total box office to 168 million. The result of three weeks of release can only be said to be unsatisfactory for Pixar - it is impossible to surpass "Wall-E", and "Superman Returns", which was released in advance, is not yet in full swing.

Strength + luck, cut a single-week championship for "Bad Teacher".

The Hollywood Reporter reported on this week's box office charts with "Bad teachers are cuter than remotes." And "Entertainment Weekly" has no bottom line with the headline of "Daniel killed Adam off the field. Sandler", deliberately provoking controversy.

After the news of the release of "Bad Teacher" and "Life Remote Control" on the same day, the dispute between the two Sandler was caught by the media.

Although Daniel has never had a chance to respond, and Adam has also said that "I hope everyone can have good results" to calm the situation, the comedy king and the all-around king are in the field of comedy - even though Daniel did not appear in "Bad Teacher" at all, which still makes many people excited. Adam is one of the few top actors in the comedy field in recent years, and is also a member of the 20 million club and a regular in the top 10 of Forbes list stars. Such an opponent can basically be compared with Daniel.

You know, as Daniel gets stronger and stronger, there are fewer and fewer people who can compete with him. After all, if it's something like the new Superman Brydon. Ross like that, no one would think he has the qualifications to be put together with Daniel - then what else is there to see.

"Entertainment Weekly" did its best to incite in its reporting.

"Although, we can't ignore Cameron. Diaz vs. Kate. Beckinsale's advantage, but given Daniel. Sandler didn't go down personally at all, just stood behind the scenes and manipulated the situation. Maybe Adam. Sandler's advantage is even greater, and the original theaters obviously saw it that way before - they gave "Life Remote Control" 3700 screens, but only "Bad Teacher" 3200. Daniel's shadow is against Adam himself, and everyone seems willing to side with Adam.

When the box office data was revealed, "Bad Teacher" beat "Life Remote" by a narrow margin of $30,000, and I think this group of people should understand that Daniel, even if he is just a shadow, is not so easy to deal with. They need to pay a little for their contempt. Succeeding the late Christopher. Reeve, starring in the new Superman Brydon. Ross, although it has not yet been fully released, the gap of nearly 10 million may not be indicative.

Now, Hollywood may need to refresh its own notion that a film that Daniel makes but does not appear in should add an additional member of the 20 million club to the calculation of box office potential, or rather, Daniel's shadow is a new 20 million club member. In addition to this, it should be admitted that Daniel's undefeated legend is not a legend at all, but because his influence has been strong enough to cover the works he has invested in, which has helped those works succeed. ”

The exaggerated report in Entertainment Weekly certainly doesn't represent the mainstream thinking in Hollywood, and no one thinks Daniel's films deserve to be treated differently. The success of "Bad Teacher" is more due to the subject matter and Cameron's contributions. However, to say that this has not touched some people in the slightest is also an incomplete statement.

Especially some of the people who are swinging.

Fox, for example, is in talks with DD Pictures to shoot a sequel to "Night at the Museum," and now they may want to get as much of their investment back as possible.

Although "Wonderful Night" has not yet been released, it has no effect on Fox's decision not to have it. If the first part fails, then the second part will not start filming, the agreement is waste paper, and if the first part succeeds, a larger proportion of investment means more revenue. And in the third case, when it becomes a piece of chicken ribs, presumably DD Pictures won't use the investment ratio to drain Fox's cash flow - there's no obvious benefit, is it?

And in addition to "Wonderful Night", Fox's masterpiece "Avatar" has also reached the moment when it needs to be decided.

Whether to do it himself or to pull DD in with it was a difficult problem for Murdoch. (To be continued.) )

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