DD Pictures spent 35 million and the industry giant Walt Disney to create a special effects blockbuster with the theme of Disney pirates, which has quite a shock to the entire Hollywood production landscape, and it is not particularly unusual for stars and producers to own their own studios, but it is rare to be able to invest more than 30 million in a single film. Even some fairly supportive independent studios are very generous with such a gesture.

From an insignificant actor to a well-known super-idol, from the youngest Best Supporting Actor to win an Oscar, to spending tens of millions of dollars to team up with IFC, MGM and Walt Disney, this is Daniel's incredible trajectory, and anyone who sees it will be dumbfounded.

"School Blues" producers Michael, Derek Lane, Peter Jackson and Francis, and even Ridley Scott are Daniel's sturdy companions and nobles along the way, and similarly, the little guy Daniel can't remember, the fat boy who competed with him for the role of Billy in "School Blues", as well as Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Damon and their agent Philip, and now Johnny Depp and Tracy Jacobs, who are the rivals who have witnessed his success.

Of course, no one will announce at this moment that Daniel will become the new force in Hollywood, after all, his most likely path is to lose all his money. But such an experience and development is almost a small legend in itself.

……

"Hey, Daniel, are you and Collins public?"

"Miss Porsh, are you now lovers?"

A group of reporters surrounded Daniel and Collins, who got out of the car, and they were just out to visit Los Angeles today, and the paparazzi, who had noses smarter than dogs, already had the road map.

Fell refused to share a car with them, and it was still relatively leisurely, his eyes flying around watching the beauties of Los Angeles in early spring.

Daniel and Collins were just smiling, not talking, holding hands or snuggling, and this kind of photo can't characterize the relationship in the end.

The paparazzi weren't entirely mad at the specious photos, they felt that Daniel was getting harder and harder to get the most important thing.

Now Daniel is basically able to ignore the paparazzi, eating, traveling, and talking to people under the gaze of the paparazzi, which is not difficult.

"Isn't it a little uncomfortable?"

Collins had no intention of hiding her timing feelings, and she nodded, "yes, it's uncomfortable. ”

Fell looked at Daniel sympathetically, "It turns out that big stars are not so easy to be, it's the same as imprisonment, I can't live such a day." ”

"In the afternoon, I'll take you to visit the director of The Lord of the Rings, Peter and his wife Fran."

Both Fell's and Collins' eyes lit up.

The popularity of "The Lord of the Rings" is also quite intense in Europe, and Fair and Collins are able to get a glimpse of the director, which is worth the excitement anyway.

The reason why Daniel took them to visit Peter was not entirely to satisfy the idea of a young fan, but to be invited by Peter Jackson, who had recently been a big hit in "The Lord of the Rings", but Peter Jackson was not particularly happy, or not entirely happy. Because of the delay in the division of accounts by the new line company, Robert Sayer initially gave the masterpiece to Peter Jackson, and handed over all the special effects to Weta Digital, which was co-founded by Richard Taylor, Peter and others - you know, the company only made one movie, and that was "Angel of Sin", Kate Winslet's first work. Even so, Robert Shayer made a decision. Now it seems that this decision could not have been successful, and the grandeur of Middle-earth in "The Lord of the Rings" fascinated everyone, and behind such an achievement, it represents the technical prowess of Weta Digital's superhuman superman, especially in Daniel's opinion, which is very surprising. Because even a dozen years later, there are no special effects companies of this level in China - people usually call the special effects in TV dramas and movies "five-cent special effects" to refer to the crudeness and unacceptability of special effects.

However, the wise decision did not carry over after the success. The saying that we can share weal and woe, but we cannot share wealth and prosperity is very reasonable.

The post-production fee that New Line was supposed to pay to Weta Digital was in installments and had a box office share. This amounts to some kind of investment, after all, Peter is the director. But now, the Lord of the Rings has been online for three months, and the total box office has exceeded 280 million in North America and 650 million worldwide. According to the estimation of Shanying Company, 300 million is destined to be trampled under the feet of the "Fellowship of the Ring". And a movie with more than 300 million can really leave a name in film history, not to mention, the reputation of "The Fellowship of the Ring" is so good, so far, its judges on IMDB are still above 9 points, let alone sweeping the actors, actresses and movie lists. This is vividly reflected in "The Fellowship of the Ring", and there is nothing that can be compared with it in recent years.

Daniel himself benefited from this.

"The Fellowship of the Ring" itself does not have a particularly core starring role, Aragorn's actor Viggo Mortensen is not the kind of charming uncle, he is not well known, even after the movie is a hit, he has no intention of taking advantage of the situation to make himself a popular star, compared to Hollywood fame and fortune, he loves poetry and distance most - he is a poet and photographer. In addition to his accident, Elijah is also a child star, and Ian McKellen, what other ideas can an old Mike like this have? As for Liv Taylor, although she is not low, she really lacks a good team - not looking good is not the most important thing, makeup artists, stylists, and even plastic surgeons can help her. But without this heart, no one can help. "The Fellowship of the Ring" has only been released for such a while, and when Liv attended the event, she was already bloated a lot more than when she was filming.

To put it bluntly, she lacks the most basic respect for the audience, isn't it a matter for a star to dress herself neatly and pleasing to the eye. Even for a person like Daniel, who appreciates food and eats, every time he goes out, whether it is a meeting friend or a job, he is always impeccable, and the "most decent man in Hollywood" does not come out of thin air, and Burberry's endorsement will not give a sloppy ghost.

Therefore, in this way, eighty percent of the bonuses to actors in the entire "Fellowship of the Ring" fell on Daniel.

This could also explain how Storm Legolas, which swept the world, formed.

This, of course, is why Peter Jackson invited him today, instead of Viggo Morteson and Ian McLean.

After spending a noon with the paparazzi, Daniel set off with the Bolsh siblings. Now the paparazzi in the United States are not as close as they used to be to Daniel, and there will be no shortage of people for about 24 hours, because this one is too guarded, and there is nothing to dig up, unless he breaks out himself.

For example, investing in "Pirates of the Caribbean", and the legendary dispute with Depp, no one has been able to fish out a word from his team's mouth so far.

How hateful such a person is, it's simply not to give the paparazzi food.

This time, they had already taken a framed photo of Daniel and Collins, and when they thought about it, they knew that they would not be able to get further evidence when Daniel did not intend to admit it publicly. So everyone also withdrew and went back to do errands.

……

Peter looked a lot thinner than he had last seen him, and of course he was still fat. But Daniel really knows what Peter looks like when he loses weight, and when he filmed "King Kong", he lost a lot of weight, and it looks like a director with a lot of idol temperament in addition to a beard, but unfortunately when "The Hobbit" came out, he got fat again, and it became even worse.

Francis, on the contrary, has not changed, still gentle and calm, this is the terrible writer.

"This is Collins and Fell, and they are very fond of The Fellowship of the Ring, so they took them to visit the creators of the film."

"I'm afraid it's not just movies that you like, right?"

Although Peter's complexion was not very good, he did not intend to spread this depressing atmosphere to the corners.

"No, no, no, at least I only love movies, and I can only love movies." Fell scrambled to clear himself, and was glared at by Collins.

Francis served them coffee, "Sounds like gossip is more than just gossip?" ”

"Fran, you can't be like those women who chew the root of their tongues."

"So, is it or not?"

Daniel glanced feebly at Collins.

Collins nodded generously, "My quest has paid off so far. ”

"It's not a gentleman's behavior to let such a beautiful girl take the initiative to pursue you, Daniel."

Francis sat next to Collins, "I love Porsche, but I didn't expect to sit with the Porsche family one day. Do you want me to tell you some interesting facts about the filming of "The Fellowship of the Ring"? Like the elf event or something. ”

Both Collins and Fell's eyes lit up.

After several rounds of public opinion, the fact that Daniel was pretended to be an elf is now widely circulated, and many people are very curious about this rare magical legend in the history of cinema, and Collins and Fell are no exception.

Peter Jackson invited Daniel to his study to talk about "business."

"Haven't you agreed yet?"

There was a gleam of anger in Peter's eyes, Peter was not the same as Jerry Bruckheimer, who was quite sleek, and although he was also obsessed with movies, he did not feel too upset about such things. But Peter is different, he is a fan of "The Lord of the Rings", and he is almost obsessed with special effects and imagination, so when he encounters this kind of "mundane thing" again, he feels very uncomfortable.

"That old bastard didn't even think about compromise, damn it, if it wasn't for three films at once, there is nothing to negotiate now."