When Jerry Bruckheimer received Daniel's offer, he knew that Daniel was going all out for the role.

Of course, he also knows that Gore Verbinski and Johnny De are angry, because Depp's connections have been connected to him.

The weight of the lobbyist is astonishing – Bob Weinstein, the boss of the Weinstein brothers.

Even though Depp just starred in Miramax's "Chocolate" not long ago, it is true that Jerry did not hear that the two sides had a particularly close personal relationship. On the contrary, Daniel, Harvey Weinstein and Daniel's team used to work together for Daniel's Oscar and finally won it, and this good karma should be maintained no matter what.

Of course, Jerry doesn't have to sell Bob's face, which is normal, and one of the powers of a producer is casting, especially when working with a director like Gore who is not so strong.

What's more, Bob didn't make that much effort to speak for Depp.

Most of the time it's just a matter of coping with one or two.

Jerry was actually a neutral party when casting, Disney or Robert, and director Gore were the two sides of the conflict, but on the one hand, Gore was chosen by Jerry, and on the other hand, the expression of "Pearl Harbor" made Jerry a little unreasonable in his cooperation with Disney now.

He was going to hear Daniel's thoughts.

……

Daniel didn't expect Jerry to be so candid.

As soon as they sat down to get down to business, Jerry gave his mind to himself — he wanted Daniel to play Will Turner, and he thought he was the best fit for the role.

"Daniel, I know that this invitation is a little inappropriate, and I also know that an actor can always play different roles, but after all, this is a 100 million investment project, and choosing a protagonist who is not so safe is too dangerous for the project." Jerry stirred the coffee in front of him over and over again with a spoon, "Of course, I understand what Cusa and I communicated to guò - I mean, maybe there will be a more suitable project." ”

It's going to kick him out.

Daniel doesn't know how determined Jerry's heart is, and it doesn't quite match the message Robert gave him, but Robert doesn't need to lie to him, which means that either Jerry later changed his mind and changed completely, or Jerry is testing him.

Squinting his eyes, Daniel groaned for a moment.

"Jerry, do you think it would be risky to choose me as Captain Jack? Because I've never been in a movie with a hundred million investments? Because I don't have an absolute protagonist movie online? ”

These are all Daniel's hard shortcomings.

However, casting is not the election of the president, how many conditions must you meet before you can choose - to measure whether an actor can meet the needs of the role, the previous work is of course an important basis for consideration, but it can also be seen from the original choice that Johnny Depp has no experience in more than 100 million commercial blockbusters, and there is not even any box office, of course, he has played the leading role for many years, but there are no previous two, and there is no Oscar, what is the use of the leading role experience.

Daniel's box office prestige with two films last year, as well as June's "Spy" and Polanski's "The Pianist," are enough to prove that he is in the range of A-list investment blockbusters.

Jerry's use of the word "insurance" to dismiss him is really a bit untenable.

"However, Daniel, Captain Jack's setting is too far from your past characters and your own image, which will make the audience question."

Daniel's eyes widened suddenly, and now he understood.

Jerry is convinced by Gore!

Gore Verbinski's understanding of this film has been affirmed and recognized by Jerry, which is why Jerry's attitude has changed so much today.

Unless Gore can change his mind and even convince Jerry once more, Daniel feels that there really is nothing more he can do.

But "Pirates of the Caribbean" can't afford to fail, and neither Cusa nor Melissa understands why Daniel is so demanding, and he even breaks up with Jerry Bruckheimer.

And after calling Gore directly, he tyrannically hung up the phone.

"If you want Captain Jack so much, why would you offend Jack and Gore directly?" Melissa was puzzled.

He didn't have any personal experience of the "hard years" when Kusa and Daniel fought for the role at the beginning, but he had heard it many times, and in order to get the role of Legolas, they even used the method of stealing and changing pillars and hiding from the world. But today, Daniel's disposition is quite irritable.

No matter how important the film is, to be honest, there is no need for such a gaffe for Daniel today.

"It's just a risky move, and Daniel really told Jerry and Gore that he was tough - if you don't want to turn against me, you can do it." Although Kusa's tone was calm, his brows were furrowed, he was different from Melissa, he knew more and more about Daniel's things, Daniel would do this, of course, there was a reason for him. Still, he felt that it was too risky.

……

As Kusa said.

Jerry and Gore are indeed sitting together now, and they both have a headache to watch.

Daniel's stubbornness towards the character took them by surprise.

Gore, in particular, was directly called by Daniel.

In their opinion, this is a bit unreasonable, more like a proud general who has just won and has no way to accept different opinions.

But Daniel is only twenty-three years old, and if he wants to do this, no one else can do it.

Unless the relationship between the two parties is torn apart.

Jerry breathed a sigh of relief, he hopes to maintain a relationship with Daniel, this kind of person who does not lack popularity, acting skills, and luck is the most likely to succeed, whether it is MGM, the new line and even the Time Warner behind it, now has a very good attitude towards Daniel - I heard that Daniel has just resigned from "Legally Blonde 2", and the news from MGM is as high as 12 million plus 10 points, but it has not been able to make Daniel change his mind, but MGM is still cooperating with him in "Hotel Rwanda", and cooperating in investment, There is no sign of a breakdown of the relationship between the parties.

This is a person who has a very clear plan for his future, maybe he is really optimistic about this film - or maybe the direction that this film represents, special effects, animated live-action, adventure, alienated heroes, etc., no matter which one it is, it always makes Daniel look at it. And the trouble is here, such people are generally determined, and once the way is blocked, disputes and contradictions will inevitably arise.

Where the interests lie, no one can clearly grasp the changes in Hollywood.

Even though he had a conversation with Depp under Gore's lead, and the director was finally persuaded by Gore, but the difference in casting may have an impact on the movie, and whether it is worth it to make him and Daniel turn their faces, Jerry is still a little hesitant.

Gore, on the other hand, completely let go of the idea of reconciling with Daniel.

Simpler people are generally quite stubborn, and he has little to do with Daniel, and a director can't rely much on an actor unless the actor can develop the power to influence the producer's choice of director - Daniel can't control so many Hollywood studios.

……

"This time we won." Tracy hung up the phone with a relaxed look.

Depp was also smiling.

"I really didn't expect that in just three years, the young man who had just entered Hollywood was now able to compete for the leading actor in the A-grade system, and I have to say that he was so lucky."

It's a kind of victor's tone.

"And the salary is higher than yours?"

When he just defeated Daniel, he laughed at himself and didn't make Depp angry, so Tracy didn't have any scruples when he spoke. In fact, she also needs to be angry, and now CAA's Kusa Damon is not much weaker than her in the circle, this time the two sides played in the air, Tracy won a lot, a little out of breath, but when she thought that she pushed Daniel out in the first place, Tracy couldn't have been in a good mood.

Depp really didn't mind Tracy's complaints, he just frowned slightly.

"Why did this film appeal to him?"

He read the early script several times, but he really didn't feel that this would definitely be a blockbuster movie, with Daniel's momentum today, there are many choices, and there are many works that will not lose money when you see them - such as the comedy handed over by Universal, it is said that Daniel's contact with the other party has been very deep, and Daniel is not soft at all when he pries into the corner of Kim Carrey. However, Depp has no idea of competition, that is not suitable for him, not at all.

"Maybe it's just a love of pirate genres?" Tracy tried to guess, but nothing came of it until they asked.

……

Daniel motioned for Kusa to sit down for a moment.

He and his investment manager Raymond are discussing things, and usually this kind of conversation is only available to Kusa, and Melissa and Andy will not be too involved in capital operations.

Raymond had previously assessed that Apple's stock might usher in a period of decline, and Daniel decided to believe him, so he took out the money from the stock market, nearly fifteen million, which is still lying in Daniel's account, needs to be invested, and it is always less and less valuable to put it there. Daniel's income is more than that.

After Evan Williams' blogger came back to life, the number of users increased very quickly, especially abroad, and the momentum of the ** customer company in which it participated was even stronger, which has long attracted the attention of capital.

This massive expansion is accompanied by a large consumption of funds, so the launch of a second round of funding, which should be the first round in a sense, is not a pure capital investment after all.

After several months of negotiation and evaluation,

Sequoia Capital, a well-known angel investment fund, invested $100 million, or 20% of the shares, but at the same time paid $40 million to compensate for the dilution of the shares, including management and Daniel - the entry of big capital means that the small ones lose their voice, and Blogger, as a high-quality investment target, has the qualifications to put forward this condition.

After the dilution, Daniel's stake in MB remained unchanged at 70%, but his stake in the parent company Blogger was further reduced to 16 points, and he was compensated with 20 million in cash.

Coupled with the previous speculation and investment in short-term financial products, Daniel's current living money has approached 50 million.

It would be too unsmart to put such a large sum of money in the account.

Raymond is reporting to him today on some of the investments he has made - most of them are still in the stock market, of course.

"Javier?"

Kusa had been reading the material, and had only listened to a few words, but basically except for investment manager Raymond, MB CEO Javier, and Mark, no one would discuss these investment behaviors with Daniel specifically.

"No, Raymond."

"Oh, he's thinking about how you're going to make more money? But seriously, will Apple's stock really fall? Didn't the iPod have fallen once since it came out last year? Now that the market has stabilized, there should be no more big falls. ”

"Leave these things to the professionals." Daniel sometimes feels that he has a lot of things to do, if there is no David, DD Pictures has to carry the affairs on his back, even if he hires a professional manager, there are still a lot of things to care about, "You said Javier, MB has more and more investment plans to find on the door." ”

MB's development is not wrong to describe it with each passing day, and it is rare that its profit method is based on the credit and model of blogger, and there is almost no adaptation period, which allows it to maintain abundant funds in the process of rapid development - for shareholders, this is the voice of nature, if you contact venture capital last year, Daniel will lose not a little bit, blogger's valuation is 500 million, MB's latest valuation this year has exceeded this number, and the valuation given by NEA is 750 million.

This has sparked a new big discussion on the Internet, after the NASDAQ stock market crash, a new wave of Internet wealth creation has been brewing, a new mode of operation can create hundreds of millions or even billions of wealth in just one or two years, this attraction no one can stop.

There are advantages and disadvantages to introducing venture capital, and the disadvantage is of course that the benefits are shared, and at the same time, you need to worry about the loss of control. The benefits are also obvious, the energy and network behind Sequoia Capital is very strong, and the benefits of being able to leverage these forces for the company's operation are self-evident. This is also the main reason why Evan decided to bring Sequoia into Blogger.

Cusa knew about this, but didn't get involved deeply, so he listened to Daniel and didn't ask any more questions.

Instead, he waved the newspaper in his hand.

"Collins has been in the news."

Although I expected it, I only arrived in Los Angeles yesterday, and I saw it in the newspaper today, and the efficiency is indeed a bit high.

Fair and Collins arrived in Los Angeles yesterday, Daniel did not pick them up, and settled in the hotel, and he will meet her a little later today. But as soon as the newspaper came out, you can imagine how many media were waiting for them.

Shake your head and throw away these annoying things.

"I hope you don't have anything more annoying to tell me."

"Unfortunately, I have. Jerry and Gore have decided to invite Depp to star in "Pirates of the Caribbean", and your plans are all in vain. ”