Sometimes, Daniel will also look back when he and Kusa. When Damon and the two of them were hollowing out their minds for the role of the elf prince, when he tried to take down Commodius in "Gladiator", and then look at the present, MGM and DD are like a mechanical monster, each gear has its own role, constantly conquering the city in film production, and also needs to consider new development directions, although he often follows Lang. Meyer: They discussed, but more often than not, the beast had learned to move forward on its own, how it worked, how it produced its work - all of which Daniel could no longer grasp in detail.

……

The news that CBS and MGM TV Productions will collaborate on a cabaret talent show still has a sense of wolf in the Hollywood TV production industry. DD, or Daniel. Sandler's pace is indeed too big, founding DD Pictures and developing it into one of the most profitable Hollywood studios, the acquisition of MGM Pictures, is an unprecedented snack merger and acquisition legend in Hollywood, DD Animation poached Pixar's heavyweight Andrew . Stanton, whose first work "Wall-E" won 290 million box office in North America in one fell swoop, and the global figure of 560 million is also a great success, compared to its budget of more than 60 million, the profit is even more eye-popping. Now that he has stepped into the field of television production, it can be said that it is in full bloom. If we take into account the work that DD has been doing to expand the surrounding profit channels and improve the distribution system, the trend of DD Pictures becoming a new industry giant is very clear.

The most important thing is whether DD Pictures and MGM can maintain their super profitability, otherwise their drastic expansion work will be unsustainable, and they will only have unswallowable consequences - of course, this is all under the premise of considering the involvement of Plutos Investments, because even Plutos, who has tens of billions of assets, wants to transfer assets to fill the entertainment empire created by Daniel, it is not so easy. It has the potential to have a devastating impact on F2F, MB and other investments in Plutos.

However, at least so far, the continued success has kept the outside world's confidence in DD high, which has provided them with a lot of convenience, whether it is financial cooperation with banks and institutions, or business negotiations with industry platforms, they are in a good position.

On February 23, just two weeks before the Oscars.

CBS President Moon Brown. Weiss and MGM CEO Lang. Meyer at Samuel. Goodwin Theatre announced the collaboration.

Interestingly, at the end of January. It was also here that the Academy announced the list of Oscar nominees, and it has to be said that the collaboration between the two attracted extra attention.

After the press conference, the two company leaders did not leave in a hurry, but continued to talk about the topic in the reception room of the theater.

"Daniel. Will Sandler be able to attend as a judge? In the final stage, in fact, there are 18 finalists, so there are only 10 matches in total. ”

"He's not a connoisseur of the art, and you let him attend. I am afraid that people will misunderstand the professionalism of this project. ”

According to the cooperation agreement, the judges are basically the grand prize winners of major professional dance competitions, senior and prestigious dance directors, and TV producers with dance backgrounds.

The Youth Cup is not a completely professional show, an entertainment talent show for the public. At its core, it's all about entertainment and fun, and professionalism is sometimes the magic weapon to attract people. Because ordinary people have a great interest in the dance world, but they can't be favored by those old-fashioned dance teachers, and they don't want to be in the prime time. I saw an old woman with a stiff face, holding a whip to teach the beautiful female contestants how to stretch, how to make gestures, and so on. But. It should be considered that if the dance competition lacks professionalism seriously, it is easy to attract criticism, so when they select judges, they need to at least have a dance background, such as learning dance since childhood, and later doing other entertainment-related work. Like Daniel, when filming, he received some dance training, but he still has a hundred and eight thousand miles of professionalism, and sitting on the judges' bench in a grand manner may make many people feel uncomfortable.

"We have taken this into account as you said." Moon nodded, "Actually, I think it's possible to set up a special guest seat outside of the judges, he may not have a professional background. You know that one of the incentives for the contestants who came out of the Song and Dance Youth Cup is to participate in the series of movies of "Song and Dance Youth", so it is understandable to provide them with training other than dance. Among actors, Daniel is certainly the most convincing candidate. ”

Bright. Meyer realized it was a good suggestion.

"Perhaps, we can invite different people to join them, the top people in various fields."

"Wow, that's going to be a lot more expensive." Moon looked at Meyer, it was indeed MGM's pressure, after all, although the two sides have a cooperation agreement, if MGM produces things that are overbudgeted, then it is likely that CBS will not agree to pay for the show at a higher price, provided that the effect is good enough.

The project has been initially determined, but the specific methods and publicity should be carried out after the Oscars, and the finals will start after June, and it will be officially listed on CBS.

"We should think again."

……

"We're going to have a preliminary tournament in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and California. You know, these four states have the most colleges. Meyer and Daniel report on the results of their work during this time, "The main group of people they face is still college students. Although it doesn't match the high school background of "Youth Musical". But there will be a lot less trouble. ”

Daniel is also very aware of this.

It's the same in the United States, college students basically have complete autonomy, even if you want to drop out of school is your freedom, but high school is not, you can play relatively high, but most parents, there will still be control, rules such as access control are not less than Chinese, especially the middle class and wealthy class.

Therefore, if the group is high school students, it may arouse the opinions of parents - after all, only a very small number of people can finally go to CBS, and most of the remaining people have been delayed in time, but they can't get the corresponding reward, which must be unsatisfactory. The United States is also a civil society, and these parents come out. The negative impact is significant.

Meyer roughly introduced the whole arrangement and process, in terms of funding, part of the promotion budget of "Youth Musical", and the other part also found MB as a partner, plus the sponsorship of several brands, CAA is also one of them, they will provide a contract for the top three in the competition - whether they want to be actors, dancers, singers, CAA can meet them. In this way, the gold content is quite high, CAA's contract. MGM's movie supporting roles and CBS's primetime are an opportunity that cannot be given up for any college student who is interested in the entertainment industry.

These specific jobs, whether it is CBS or the professionals in MGM's television department, are better at than Daniel himself, and listening to Meyer talk about them one by one, Daniel only nodded on the other side of the phone.

"One more thing. It was also brought up by Moon today, and I think it's a good idea. He wanted to set up a guest seat in addition to the professional judges, and he didn't need to have a dance background. It can be a top actor, a singer or something like that, and there is one for each episode of the final stage. There is no right to vote, but suggestions can be made to the judges. It is also possible to provide your own experience to the contestants. ”

Sure enough, as a professional, Daniel is of course very familiar with this mechanism, which is a good way to attract attention.

"The problem is the budget. Really? He also quickly saw the problem, "In one episode of the show, if you want to invite top stars, at least a million-level appearance fee." ”

"Hmm."

"Let's do it, audition first, see the effect, if the effect is good. I will launch this plan to further stimulate the market, if the effect is flat, just by virtue of the stimulation of stars, I am afraid that there may not be much improvement, and when I attend the finals, the effect should also have some. ”

Daniel was quick to come up with a two-pronged solution, and Meyer certainly wouldn't object.

……

Vancouver is also a well-known Canadian city for Chinese, because a "Farewell, Vancouver" has gained a lot of popularity for it in China, many people think that this is the capital of Canada, of course, Toronto gets more misunderstandings, Ottawa is somewhat depressed. As the production center in North America after Los Angeles and New York, the film atmosphere here is very strong.

Coming to this Canadian city with a mild climate that is very different from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, Daniel is on vacation for the first time.

He wore a cap, a large mask, black-rimmed glasses, and a long black down jacket in which he tried to hide himself.

Except for Miller and the two security guards who were following him, no one else was brought along. He mainly went to watch Canada's most popular ice hockey game today, the Vancouver Canadians and the Toronto Maple Leafs team, which can be said to be a dragon fight, and the important thing is that the Swede Sandin of the Maple Leafs and the Canadian native Longgao of the Canadians are both well-known ice hockey superstars, and this time the same game will definitely attract attention. Good viewing positions were hard to come by, and Daniel didn't ask for help, so he bought a few less advantageous positions, just in time to watch the game quietly.

The two sides played at the Canadians' home stadium, Rogers Stadium.

Ice hockey is a very ornamental sport, skating itself is very beautiful, playing hockey on the ice is even more exciting, and there are reasonable collision rules, very intense. Although Daniel had never been exposed to the sport at all during his time in China and had only seen a few games at the Beijing Olympics, he was still interested in experiencing an ice hockey event firsthand.

Miller liked it a little more than he did.

"Very manly." Miller responded briefly, "You probably won't like it." ”

“……”

Daniel squinted at him, gauging his condition, but he couldn't beat it, and he couldn't be noticed. So he wisely swallowed his anger.

The game was not very intense, both sides were a little lazy, Daniel was a little boring to watch, and he had to hold on to it or Miller could see it, and he had to cheer when everyone cheered. After all, he is an Oscar-level acting, and it is easy to confuse Miller. But a Chinese girl sitting next to him was very straightforward, and fell asleep on the shoulder of her friend or someone.

"Don't freeze."

It's Taipu!

The girl who was woken up moved her hand wildly, and the Starbucks coffee on the side rolled up, just spilling Daniel's trouser leg.

"Saorui, Saorui......"

"It's fine." Daniel waved his hand, the coffee flowed into his shoes, and he couldn't watch the game, so he was ready to stand up and leave the field first, Miller and the two security guards had already stood up, three parties and one card, and the posture came out immediately.

The two women didn't see it, hesitated for a moment but followed.

"I'm sorry, sir, look at this—" The older woman took off her sunglasses and looked apologetic.

"Hey, you-oh, it's okay, it's okay."

Daniel really didn't expect to meet someone he knew in his previous life - Hong Kong actor Lin Xilei, but he had heard that her family had settled in North America. He and Lin Xilei collaborated on "Tokyo Trial" at the beginning, of course, he just acted in a big trick at the request of a friend, and Lin Xilei was a nodding friend, but it was still very touching to meet him in Canada.

They would have walked out, and the young girl who had splashed Daniel's trouser leg looked left and right, as if to confirm something.

Being so close that it was only natural to be recognized, Daniel simply took off his glasses.

"Ah, Daniel! Oh, my God! ”

This girl actually met Daniel after coming to North America, and then fell madly in love with Daniel. She just came to Los Angeles to study last year, but before she left the airport, she saw a pair of reporters and people surrounding the exit gate, and the shouts of "Daniel" were endless. At that time, Daniel had just finished filming "The Immortal Gardener" and went to Silicon Valley to communicate with Google about Android, the MGM acquisition, F2F listing rumors, and the relationship crisis between Rachel and Darren - in short, there were a lot of things, which attracted unprecedented reception.

In fact, Lin Xilei went to pick up their family of three that day, and Daniel, who was surrounded by everyone, of course didn't have a chance to meet each other.

Unexpectedly, they were allowed to see it in Canada.

"Hello, but I may need to change my shoes and socks first, and next time I have a chance to come out and meet." Daniel handed a business card to the little girl, and when he saw the car coming, he didn't say more, let alone for what purpose, and he didn't say that he knew Lin Xilei, so he turned his head and waved his hand and got into the car.

Leaving behind the excited little girl and Lin Xilei, who hadn't figured out the situation yet.

"That's Daniel. Sandler? ”

"yes. Oh my God, Auntie, Daniel gave me his phone, didn't he have a crush on me? Shall I refuse, uh, at least mean something. ”

"It's still bright." (To be continued......)