(Sadly tell you that after two o'clock this afternoon, the trump card will disappear from the recommended position, please collect it, otherwise you won't be able to find the book.) )

"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", that is, the first installment in the series, of course, so far, there are only three installments in the series, and there are no plans for the later "The Hobbit" series.

After all, not everyone is as aware of the great accomplishments of The Lord of the Rings as Daniel.

"The Fellowship of the Ring" is scheduled to be released in December 2001, and it is too early to enter the publicity, but the first trailer will be released at the end of this year, so get some movement in advance so as not to affect the pace of the new line of the distribution company.

This matter can't start with Jones, and the Los Angeles Times, as a million-dollar newspaper, is not something that Jones can sway at will. But out of an agreement between the two parties, Cussa promised to hand over the final reveal to Jones if the momentum reached expectations.

Only when there are contacts can we cooperate for a long time, otherwise Kusa will really have a comfortable part-time job - a sellout.

Fred is a true trader, and while Daniel is working in New Zealand, Kusa and Fred have plenty of time to talk about the team of manipulators they've built – the dirty forces behind the internet.

Kusa paid $1 million to Fred's team and took control of the team, and Fred became the manager of Daniel's team, in charge of all things online - not just the hype news, of course, but also the subdivision theory of numbers that Daniel had previously proposed.

At the end of the day, Fred's job is how to effectively push and even influence people on the Internet.

The job is extremely complex, and the one million that Kusa pays upfront can only maintain a necessary team, and with the spread and development of the Internet, the pressure is bound to increase, and when the time comes, they will need more investment.

However, Daniel's team is still poor.

Even the million has just been credited to their account.

Yes, Cusa took Legally Blonde.

MGM and the Legally Blonde crew are amazed at how passionate they are about Daniel, and sometimes it's true, when it's hard to get what you wish for, and someone will give it to you when you're not very interested.

After Cusa rejected MGM, Robert, the film's director, even called Cusa himself and invited him for an interview.

Daniel did have a gap after March, but not for long, because the publicity work of "Gladiator" was very heavy, especially as the focus of this wave of publicity, Kusa and the distributor Universal Pictures had already had a detailed publicity plan, and each move must ensure that the film is promoted to the greatest extent, and at the same time, Daniel's personal image must not be harmed.

So it was decided that before mid-August, Daniel would only have a more continuous time between March and May to shoot a film.

Legally Blonde accepted the schedule, and they agreed to focus on Daniel's scenes.

However, Kusa doubts whether Daniel's role needs to be filmed intensively.

This is a female inspirational film through and through, and no matter how many scenes are added to Daniel, it can't be changed, otherwise there will be no need for the whole project to be saved.

In addition, the sincerity given by the filmmaker also includes raising the price code to 2 million...... Plus a 5% commission on North American box office surplus!

When producer Ricky said this, Kusa was a little out of shape even if he was a teenager.

This means that MGM is confident that Daniel can boost Legally Blonde by more than five percent of the box office.

Kusa didn't hesitate to sign the film.

If you don't consider that this is a female inspirational film, Cusa is quite optimistic about the film itself, but the important thing is that it can set a precedent for Daniel, a precedent to be divided.

Although "Legally Blonde" is only a small film with an investment of 20 million, once the opening is opened, people will get used to following the old routine.

Is the producer of "Legally Blonde" really crazy? If the box office is 50 million, as they expected, then 5 percent is equivalent to almost 50 to 1 million dollars, and together, Daniel's worth of making this movie has skyrocketed by 30 percent to 3 million.

Of course, the filmmakers are not crazy, they have been in contact with Daniel for a long time, but they are not as crazy as they are now. There is no doubt that the people at MGM saw Ridley's "Gladiator" through some channels, and they got some assurance from Daniel's performance, and they also got some eyebrows for the publicity of "Gladiator". Adding up to all this information, it's not hard to see why MGM is willing to bet heavily on Daniel.

Before August 2000, Daniel would have a period of intense exposure, and there would be a meteoric increase in popularity, and according to the popularity of his first appearance on the Internet, there is no doubt that his popularity and the number of fans will increase, and then he will no longer be a newcomer with only one male supporting film, but a promising and glamorous Hollywood superstar. Daniel's brilliant performance in "Gladiator" will inject attraction into the new movie, "Legally Blonde" is just a chick movie, no one expects to see any high-end performances in it, but Daniel will change this thinking inertia.

This is still not all, if MGM chooses to be released in the summer of 2001, then "The Fellowship of the Ring" will also start the pace of promotion, and "Legally Blonde" can borrow another east wind.

gave Daniel a share, more because of his strong topicality and news in the next two years.

MGM is a clear-headed publishing company.

After discussing it with Daniel across the Pacific Ocean, Kusa decided to go next, first of all, Daniel had an impression of the film and knew that it should be surprisingly good at the box office. Secondly, in between the filming of The Lord of the Rings and the promotion of Gladiator, it was good for him physically and mentally to be able to shoot a new movie without much stress.

In the plan, Daniel returned from New Zealand and joined the group to shoot "Pretty Woman" until mid-April, if it went well, and then began the global promotion of "Gladiator".

At the end of the day, this extra plan is all about money, and Daniel's team is really short of money. Fred deserved to have taken a million, the money was still lying in the bank account, and Kusa's mission had already reached Fred's mailbox.

He sorted out the ins and outs of the Elven incident.

"It's an interesting thing." Fred thought for a moment, "No matter how similar it is, but being mistaken for a real elf must be a bit too much, if we follow the New Zealand media and seriously discuss the unsolved mystery of the elves, I am afraid that everyone will see through it, it is better to deal with it with a more relaxed attitude, Americans are always willing to laugh at the ignorance of other countries, New Zealand is not a ticket base - I just hope not to make Peter Jackson unhappy." ”

Cusa endorsed this strategy.