Weinstein will call Daniel here, and I have to say that it is still Robert. Egger's movements helped. Originally, Disney revealed the news that Daniel might join Miramax, hoping to make the Weinstein brothers and Daniel have a dirty relationship. Unfortunately, despite working together for many years, Robert didn't know the brothers that well.

Now that Disney has decided to keep Miramax and let the two founders leave, the Weinstein brothers have made a decision.

After leaving Miramax, they will definitely not leave Hollywood, and the two who are fed up with Disney's constraints will not continue to sign with CAA or other companies, and going it alone and starting over is the only option.

With this in mind, the Weinstein brothers, who are more realistic than anyone else in Hollywood, are certainly unlikely to offend Daniel, and not only that, but they will be closer to DD Pictures. After all, even if Daniel's appeal is not considered, the network and hierarchy of connections he now has in his hands are enough to make Harvey jealous.

F2F is developing very well, but it is still in a state of burning money, and this state may continue for a while, and Daniel has a lot of things to take care of. In addition, David's "Ghost Omen" has improved a little, but it is still tepid, "Love to the Bottom of the House" is good at the market, and major theaters have also expressed their willingness to give more films, and the publicity work still cannot be relaxed at all, David takes people to manipulate it specifically, Daniel does not pay much attention to it, and DD Pictures will have to go through a lot if it wants to be a studio that can withstand the ups and downs. Even if he uses his foreknowledge to help them bypass many obstacles today, then ten years from now. His "ability to predict" loses its effectiveness, and DD Pictures still can't avoid a bad ending. Now like this, he has limited support, so that David and DD Pictures can grow slowly, ten years is enough for them to experience, after all. In the past few years of running DD, David has really shown his talent.

Even Mark and David were able to pick up their jobs. There are still countless things Daniel has to understand and decide, not to mention that although MB is on the right track, there is also Javier, many times. Because of the deep involvement in the early stage, Javier also had to use him to make some decisions, which is the sequelae of his use of the prophetic advantage to intervene too deeply, but this kind of thing cannot be avoided, only Daniel himself works harder and slowly hands over the matter.

In addition, a lot of his film affairs are now basically negotiated and managed by Cusa, and Melissa is preparing for the promotion and release of "Saw Horror" on the one hand. On the one hand, it is also necessary to assist Kusa, after all, in many film projects, Daniel does not only star. He also has investments - this is specifically for Melissa to assist, and Ferguson is busy with "Da. In addition to The Finch Code, we are also looking for suitable projects.

Everyone doesn't touch the ground, and Daniel, as the final decision-maker, can't be loosened a little.

Daniel decided to take a break from Hollywood for a year, of course, just to study. But more opinions also believe that he wants to take this opportunity to take a big vacation. After all, since he entered the industry, the intensity of work is rare in Hollywood, many big stars, may make four or five movies a year, but basically there are only one or two influential big productions, unlike Daniel, who counts hundreds of millions of blockbusters and red films at the box office, which of course means more effort and work.

A ** film, it may be filmed for a week and a half and a half, and it will be over, and you don't even need to participate in the promotion in the later stage, because it is not certain whether it can be released, it may be that the ** investors and directors themselves run the film festival, film funds and distribution companies, sell the film to collect funds, and that's it. "Chainsaw" is an example, Ferguson is so good that he let James and Werner shoot for a few more days, and the filming is a little more detailed, if it is according to James's shooting plan, that is, the 20-day shooting schedule, a ** film with a 4 million investment will be completed, and the actors will basically end the job - because there are no well-known actors in it, which means that these actors have no publicity value, and it is useless to let them run the itinerary, it is better for Daniel to roar in MB or F2F.

Under the pressure of being so busy, Harvey's phone call was a little annoying.

Daniel didn't go back to Los Angeles either, but called Trick and asked him to find out the specifics and who was so "kind" and paid him to help him PR Oscar.

Among the finalists this year, Captain Jack of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is too commercialized after all, although Daniel plays the role of Jack. Captain Sparrow is a significant breakthrough for himself, but the academy has always disliked commercial blockbusters, which is obvious to all, unless it is a film like "Titanic" and "The Lord of the Rings", although the latter is also a special effects blockbuster, it is actually closer to the epic genre, and the difference between it and "Pirates of the Caribbean" is still quite different from pure commercial films.

If it weren't for Daniel's performance being really acclaimed, and his face in Hollywood was getting bigger and bigger, and Tricker's network was well maintained, it would be difficult to nominate an actor.

Now, there is the force to push him to win the award, which is certainly not a good thing.

Although Daniel himself did not particularly consider the consequences of his succession, this is also because the probability is too low. However, if you think about it now, it's not that you can't think about it at all.

Adding fuel to the fire or icing on the cake is often the difference between a fraction of a second.

The day before the release of "Ghost Omen".

Trick rushed to Mountain View, and Daniel knew that the situation might be worse than he thought, otherwise Trick wouldn't have made a phone call, but rushed over in person.

"If I don't take the initiative to find out, those people won't pass the message at all," Trickor's brows furrowed, "It's not that I don't know what they're going to do, and if I ask them, they won't hide it, and if I don't ask, they should give face to those hands in the back." ”

"Can you know who it is? I listened to Harvey on the phone, meaningfully, though he didn't have any definite suspicions. But it looks like it's supposed to be Disney's side. ”

Triver nodded, "I didn't get it right, but Disney intervened for sure." This is not unexpected. After we made an offer to Disney before, although the two sides can continue to cooperate, they can move their hands and feet behind their backs, and they will definitely not let it go. ”

He didn't ask Disney why he was doing this, and once things came to light, few people couldn't see the purpose, especially a publicist like Trevor who was good at interpersonal interactions.

"That's not all. I suspect, except for Disney. And some power. Triver felt a little uneasy, "When you want to get clear information, there will always be resistance of one kind or another, trying to cover up something. Disney though strong. But it can't do these things. ”

"Do you think the others are doing the same?"

Daniel sat up.

Triver didn't speak, but his attitude was very clear, he could meddle in this matter now, and it seemed that there was still cooperation with Disney, except for a few others, there was no one else.

What's more, Daniel also remembered some of the news he had heard.

"Robert has been meeting with Jeff, McNicle and others a lot more recently than before."

He had the ins and outs of the matter in his head, and Robert . Iger had always wanted to put a shackle on him. Daniel's tough offer on the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean has nothing to do with it, except that there is no need to scruple about relationships. There is also the meaning of probing Disney's reaction, and obviously, it is Robert's reaction now.

Looking at Daniel's turned gaze, Triver shook his head.

"If it's really several companies connected together, we can't parry."

Hollywood's Big Seven, that is the oligarchs who have dominated Hollywood for decades. They are now working together to give Daniel a public relations actor, Daniel's current status. There was nothing to fight back, and although Daniel had a little illusion, Triver put out this unrealistic little fire in time.

"To ruin this matter, it's nothing more than two ways of light and dark, on the bright road, we can release the news, saying that someone is behind your back, and the college judges are afraid of everyone's discussions, maybe there will be some restraint, and the other finalists are not without any strength, Sean. Pan is also deeply rooted in Hollywood. When the time comes, they will twist together, and they may be able to cause some trouble on the other side. ”

After Trick finished speaking, Daniel knew that this clear path could not be taken.

If he does, he will offend the Oscar judges first, and Tricker's connections will be damaged immediately. After all, people are voting for Daniel, and you want to destroy the credibility of the academy, which is untenable. In addition, Daniel did not win at the Golden Globe Awards last year, but he was crowned the Oscar, although there is a Dagma to top the cylinder, but it also leaves a seed in the hearts of many people, the youngest Oscar actor, the hat is very high, but there are more people staring, this time, if Daniel is still very lively on the emperor, I am afraid that Robert's request will be met from another angle.

Regardless of whether it is a kill or a batter, as long as it is effective, relatively speaking, they may prefer to let Daniel fall, rather than being a succession of actors, prosperity and decline.

"Where's the Secret Passage?"

"Of course, the secret way is to contact the judges and try to vote for other candidates."

Spend money on PR for others!

Daniel's cheeks bulged, this is really an aggrieved proposal, not to mention that this dark channel is not necessarily useful, this is to compete with Disney and several other public relations resources.

Don't explain the heartfelt Trive, even Daniel himself, knows that this is not reliable.

……

Seeing off Trick, Daniel thought about it for half the night, and there was nothing he could do, so he had to wait for Cusa to come over on the third day.

He has to wait until after the release of "Ghost Omen".

The next day was Friday, "Ghost Omen" still got 2382 screens under the forces of all parties, this scale is quite good for a film with an investment of 35 million, and the theater chain still has some fantasies about DD Pictures, or Daniel, although this film from beginning to end, in addition to being invested and produced by DD Pictures, it has nothing to do with Daniel himself.

On Friday, only the box office of less than 7 million was won, and on Saturday, the whole of the box office did not exceed 8 million, and it was only more than 20 million in the first three days of the weekend.

"Ghost Omen" has fallen to the ground, although the result is not satisfactory, but it is unlikely to lose money, according to this trajectory, that is, a one-month effective release period, the box office at the end of the end is very limited, and how much can be harvested in this month is basically the final number of the box office. Judging from the prediction, it is 60 million, plus horror films have a large income on DVD, there is no suspense in making money, but the income is very limited.

This is basically the norm, among the films with tens of millions of investments, there are hundreds of percent of the return on investment like "Greek Wedding", and there are several in the entire Hollywood film history.

The so-called David himself is not depressed, this is the first project he created single-handedly, from script selection, budget formulation, crew formation, filming and production, post-publicity, and distribution arrangements, David personally grasps it, and it is already his ability to do it without losing money. Now he didn't have time to take a breath, so he immediately threw himself into the promotion of "Love to the Fall of the House", relatively speaking, the appearance of "The House Collapsed" looks a bit similar to "Greek Wedding", both are romantic comedies, and they are also very much expected on MB and F2F. I don't dare to think about 400 million, there should be no problem to break 100 million this time.

Kusa came to Mountain View after "Ghost Omen" won 20 million first-weekend box office.

Recently, Triver, Ferguson, and now Cusa have all been running intensively to Silicon Valley, and their sense of smell has basically guessed Daniel's whereabouts.

A slight look at the internal report of "Ghost Omen" tossed Daniel aside.

"What do you think about the previous events?"

The Oscars are just around the corner, and this year's Oscars are more than half a month earlier than in previous years, so in fact, Trif wants to do something openly and secretly, and now it is difficult to have a chance to reach out, the time is too late, there is not much he can do, and many of the votes in the hands of the judges have been sent to the academy. Once this kind of cathargy is discovered, PwC's reputation will be left with nothing.

"The specific result, no one knows now, we haven't received the news until now, so their movement is definitely not big, so whether they can push you up is still unknown." To be reasonable, Kusa peeked at Daniel, "Ahem, after all, this time your votes are estimated to be at the bottom, and what you voted for last year should not be voted for again this year, if the result is like this, then it would be the best." But if things really develop in a direction we don't want to, then we have to come up with a countermeasure, otherwise we will be too passive. ”

Kusa didn't finish his words, and it sounded like he wasn't out of the question.

Daniel closed his eyes and had a three-point affirmation of what Kusa was going to say, but he was still a little hesitant.

Looking at his reaction, Kusa didn't say it directly, but analyzed what everyone knew, "They do this in the hope of holding you to the top in one step, you have nothing to go up, you can only go downhill, how steep the road is up, how steep the road down is, when the time comes, if you want to maintain the coffee position, the initiative will not be hurt by us." We have to worry that if we don't have a good project for a few years, we can only fall down, and if we want to go back to it at that time, we can only resign ourselves to fate. Robert's mind is persevering, and he can't hold you and starts pushing you, which is also an embarrassment of our own position. ”

Indeed, except for Daniel, there is no such freak in Hollywood, popularity, awards, investment, relationships, all four corners, step by step into the tower at Daniel's feet today, pushing him to the top of countless Hollywood stars, this tower continues to be built, if it collapses, of course, it doesn't matter, if it doesn't collapse, it pierces the seven heavens, that is to create an era of previous actions.

It is inevitable that Robert and others will deal with him so persistently.

"Danny, now is what you want to do, take a step back, wait for later, or ......"

Kusa didn't finish his words, looking at Daniel, who closed his eyes and didn't speak. (To be continued)