Lin Xilei's arrival in Hong Kong can be called a top star treatment, and the media and paparazzi flocked to it.

TVB even broadcasts the interview process live.

It's a pity that Lin Xilei, who hid her face in the dark, only said the word "thank you" throughout the whole process, and did not reply to the rest, and the reporters almost lay on the front cover of the car, but finally let Lin Xilei get out.

Lin Xilei, who entered the crew of "Iron Triangle" and officially started filming a new drama, held an unwavering purpose on this matter, and China Star Company, her agent team and herself did not officially respond to this matter on any subsequent occasion. Oddly enough, Daniel. After quickly refuting the rumors of a "boyfriend and girlfriend" relationship, Sandler stopped mentioning the issue and instead concentrated on filming the last part of "Wonderful Night".

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In mid-April, Daniel had just finished all the work on Night at the Museum, and the next step was the director's team and the post-production work that the producers would be keeping an eye on - in fact, it was mainly Fox and the Harry Potter trio who were in charge. Although he is an investor and the main actor, he does not have much energy to spend on the final version. At the same time, the 9th Shanghai International Film Festival officially announced that the European film "The Immortal Gardener", which is classified as dominated by Germany and the United Kingdom, has become the opening film of this year's film festival. Starring Daniel. Sandler, Rachel. Vichy, director Fernando and others will set foot on Chinese soil for the first time and meet Chinese fans.

Although it is the only A-category international film festival in Chinese mainland, the international influence of the Shanghai Film Festival has always been lackluster, and the number and quality of the films signed up for the film is very large compared with the three major international film festivals in Europe, and there is no way to compare with well-known old A-class film festivals such as Montreal and Carlovyvari. Whether it is for the organizing committee, for Chinese films, or for the competent authorities, this phenomenon is quite frustrating.

Daniel. Sandler's presence was perhaps the most remarkable moment since its inception.

At a critical moment when the Shanghai Film Festival was determined to make itself a truly "international" film festival, Daniel's reception could not be said to be a big deal.

Ever since Daniel became famous, invitations have been sent to him every year at the Shanghai International Film Festival. It's just that they were all politely refused. The staff of the organizing committee didn't really report any hope for this routine invitation, they didn't think that today was a special year - but when they got a call back from Sally confirming that Daniel had accepted the invitation and could start talking to the organizers, they suddenly realized that things had changed, and this sense of unreality would continue.

It didn't take too much time to finalize the itinerary.

In fact, it was basically Daniel's side who gave the request. The Shanghai International Film Festival cooperates -- this is the principle of strength and weakness. Daniel does not expect the Shanghai Film Festival to add glory to himself, and the Shanghai Film Festival hopes that Daniel's arrival will pave a layer of gold dust for its "international" word, not to mention, Daniel will also bring Rachel, who just won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Vichy. In addition, as a Chinese director, An Li will also come to the film festival, and "Brokeback Mountain" has made people use unprecedented international influence. Obviously, the three Oscar winners will bring more attention to the festival, which is mostly Asian and European filmmakers.

After the announcement of the Shanghai International Film Festival. Daniel's team also made a statement.

Daniel will fly from Los Angeles to Beijing on June 12, 2006, and the itinerary is very complicated. First of all, he will transfer from Beijing to the Sichuan Province Giant Panda Breeding and Breeding Center, and confirm the cooperation with the other party on "Kung Fu Panda", as well as donate a batch of research equipment to the center and set up an additional foundation, as a landmark event for the "Science and Technology to Benefit All Beings" Foundation from the fields of humanitarianism and the right to survive to the fields of biological protection, climate and environment. On June 14, Daniel and his entourage will return to Beijing for talks with several Chinese authorities. Including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and the Ministry of Health, the talks covered Internet cooperation, film industry cooperation, and the charity and public welfare projects of the "Science and Technology for All" Foundation in China. And thanks to the help he provided to China during the 2003 SARS attacks, Daniel will also be received by China's top brass – which will help him expand his career in China. On June 16, he will leave the capital and arrive in Shanghai. Preparing for the opening ceremony on the second day, Daniel will also participate in several film discussion forums to start talks on topics such as Chinese cinema, world cinema and Hollywood.

On 21 June, Daniel will fly directly to Thailand to visit a refugee camp and fulfill his duty as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. It will not be until June 28 that he will return to Los Angeles to prepare for the next series of work, including the premieres of several films, the finals of the Youth Cup of Singing and Dancing and the summary meeting of the first phase of preparations for the "Golden Eagle Award".

There is no doubt that this China itinerary is enough to make many people look sideways.

China is widely regarded as a promising market, but Hollywood is understandable that it has not begun to act with sufficient intensity, because its equivalents have so far been too small, and the closed local market and peculiar policies have dampened the enthusiasm of many companies, especially for Hollywood, which is trying to make China a new film colony.

And Daniel's latest move on China also solidifies him as a pro-China faction.

Ever since Daniel founded MB, he has actually been subjected to this accusation, or positioning. Protests against the regulation of China-related issues on social media such as MB and F2F are endless, and even some prosecutions in the name of violating freedom of expression are not new, but MB and F2F are quite clever in that they do not directly challenge American values, but they deal with obvious errors and assertions that are not substantiated, which is in line with business strategy. So despite the accusations of conservatives, social networks such as F2F have never been outraged. On the other hand, it is also a testament to Daniel's bias towards the Democratic Party, which is not perceived as pro-China, but at least more moderate than conservative hawks, and Daniel has gone further on that basis.

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"It's really surprising how optimistic you are about China." Daniel picks up Larry. When Page called, he had just dropped the phone from Christopher, the president of the MPAA, who had come to inform Daniel of the concerns of some members of the MPAA about his plan to work with Chinese films.

"Huh?"

"I'm sure, you initially carried out a pro-Chinese line. Preparations are already underway for these collaborations. "But I still don't agree with the introduction of a Chinese phone manufacturer into the Android Alliance, and you should know that it will cause a lot of opposition from the founding members." ”

Daniel originally planned to introduce a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer into the development of a mobile phone alliance in the memorandum of the China trip. But the preliminary work was hampered, and most importantly, Google, an important partner, did not agree. In the search for maximum consensus, Google has abandoned a number of principles. Of course, it is not willing to arouse the opposition of European, American, Japanese and South Korean manufacturers to the intervention of Chinese manufacturers.

"Page, you have to understand that the mobile phone manufacturers among the founding members can't independently develop a market against Apple. Secondly, if we want to enter the Chinese market, especially if you have formed a coalition that includes China Mobile, but do not give power to local Chinese manufacturers, it is unthinkable. It's simply not possible. I don't think you're naïve enough to think that your decision won't have a bad impact, it's a market of 1.3 billion people, and their authorities have everything when they own this market, and you can only give in. ”

"Maybe you're right, but at least not now."

"So you decided to turn a relationship-boosting initiative into a reluctant towel?" Daniel chuckled softly, "Paige, smart people don't do that. If it can't be avoided. We should do a good job and maintain our relationship with China. It's good for you and good for me. ”

Page was silent on the phone for a while, and of course he would not change his mind because of Daniel's words, in fact, Google itself lacked a firm will on this issue. For Google's most important search business, there is a strong contender in China. Coupled with the differences in the values between the two sides, it is understandable that Google downplays building a closer relationship with the other side. It's just that Daniel's statement is reasonable enough, and if it drags on, it may be able to gain benefits for the existing manufacturers in the alliance. But it will certainly upset Chinese manufacturers who feel they are being discriminated against.

Whether to do such an arrogant thing, Page was a little hesitant.

"Page, I understand what makes Google special in China. But I have two hopes for you, firstly, are you willing to live with the consequences, when you have the opportunity to compete again in that market in a few years, and are you willing to endure the additional obstacles of an unhappy history? Second, Chinese companies are going out of China, and they need to cooperate with the world's leading Internet advertising service providers, are you willing to have a higher grasp of this part of the business because of a good relationship? I think you'll have your own ideas. ”

“…… Maybe,"

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"I was a little bit unexpected." Daniel puts down the phone, Kusa. Damon sat across from him.

Kusa was prepared, "If you want to be close to China in China, especially people who have a huge influence, you need to bear extra pressure." You're going to get a lot of blame for China's shortcomings, even if you just go to a film festival and you're seen as supporting their authoritarianism, not to mention the fact that you have so much to do, and you may be under pressure for everything else, such as the MPAA. In fact, I don't quite understand why you are moving so close to China so much? Even if it's a fast-growing market, but now its annual total box office is not even comparable to the North American box office of one of our small productions, maybe wait, at least until it exudes a little bit of its charm, and then everyone is on the move, and it doesn't matter if you take a bigger step, but now you're going too fast. ”

Daniel exhaled a sigh of relief, and to be honest, his thoughts on China were complicated.

Of course, these measures cannot exclude the influence that his soul once had as a Chinese, but just as important, if not more important, is indeed his pursuit of profit - no one can imagine that in less than ten years, the total box office in China can grow from 30 million US dollars directly to more than 6 billion! And that's not even counting other sales, which are still lucrative even though piracy is rampant there. What's more, in the future, China will have the largest group of netizens in the world: 650 million! That's the equivalent of two U.S. populations combined, and that's a place you can't give up.

"I believe you, though, you're always right."

Kusa suddenly smiled, "You're an undefeated legend, aren't you?" ”

"Haha."

"Don't worry, although these acts are not popular with the state, as long as you do not violate the issue of principle, no one will interfere with your freedom."

"It's a good thing about America -- long live the rich?"

"Maybe."

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There are a lot of cooperation with Google, and it is also very frequent, such as YouTube, Plutos invested in the holding, and then introduced Google for it, Google has a strong traffic monetization ability, YouTube needs such a partner, and Google is also willing to have a new traffic entrance. So, the disagreement in the Android alliance doesn't have a serious impact, and in fact, it's not so decisive to join the mobile phone development alliance sooner or later - the obvious example is Taiwan's HTC, which is a founding member, but its later performance was not satisfactory enough - so that some of China's own brands have developed better. Daniel's push for this is more to make Chinese feel that they have face - to be able to join a top frontier field group certainly has face.

But the MPAA may not be easy, Hollywood itself is increasingly worried about its own profit prospects, the North American market box office revenue is basically unable to meet the tens of billions of dollars invested in the production, the global box office is a very important part of Hollywood's revenue, and although the Chinese market is not so attractive, if DD Pictures tries to inject them with a core competitive factor, this will certainly not be accepted.

Dealing with Daniel through Christopher's channel, the MPAA, rather than individual companies worried about the move, is enough to show how stubborn these people are about maintaining Hollywood's supremacy. On the other hand, they also want to use this to tell Daniel that this is the concern of Hollywood as a whole and not to try to confront them.

Daniel, of course, won't fight them, it's tough and stupid.

Therefore, trying to convince them is quite a mental and intellectual thing.

Importantly, they certainly didn't allow Daniel to fake his hands. (To be continued......)