Chapter 933: Nomination
For the Chinese New Year, even if Wu Tian can't return to China, he will inevitably call some particularly important people by phone to greet the New Year.
It took at least dozens of phone calls and most of the busy days to finally get these inevitable mundane things done. This is also thanks to Wu Tian's good recovery, otherwise I am afraid that this round of phone calls will tire people out.
But fortunately, Wu Tian is in the United States, at least he doesn't have to come to the door to pay New Year's greetings in person, which is actually quite relaxing.
"Actually, the New Year's flavor in Chinatown is stronger than in China, but it's a pity that it's ......" Wu Tian sighed a little bored.
Because of the call, Wu Tian had to send all the women away, and when the call was over, he was bored.
"Tianshao, why don't I let someone come back to accompany you?" Hao Yu said.
"Hehe, forget it, what time is it now? Wait a little longer and rest early. Wu Tian said with a smile.
As the saying goes, there is no filial son in front of the bed for a long time, although this situation is not very appropriate for himself and a group of celebrities, but Wu Tian also doesn't want his injury to make the women feel bored, so usually everyone comes to see him, and often only lets them stay for an hour or two.
Besides, it is the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year in China, and in Los Angeles on the other side of the world, it is already ten o'clock in the evening.
However, Wu Tian was destined not to rest so early, and as soon as he was helped to the hospital bed by Hao Yu, he heard the mobile phone ring again.
"It's Gao Yang's call." Hao Yu took the mobile phone and asked Wu Tian for instructions.
"It's not going to be another New Year's greeting, is it?" Wu Tian smiled and motioned for Hao Yu to answer the phone.
"Happy New Year, little day." Gao Yang's laughing voice came out of the mobile phone speaker.
"You're really New Year's greetings again?" Wu Tian said with a smile.
"Uh, you're still annoyed?" Gao Yang said, "Yes." Then I'll hang up, let everyone fight for you one by one. ”
"Oh? What about your meetings? Wu Tian laughed.
In the past few years, every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, as long as Wu Tian is in the capital, it is indispensable to contact a group of guys to get together, as if they are holding an annual meeting, while discussing the development ideas of the New Year. On the one hand, it is indispensable to have a happy drink and contact feelings.
Wu Tian was absent this year, but he didn't want them to get together.
"Hehe, everyone is here, but you are not here, so let me call you on behalf of the New Year." Gao Yang said with a smile.
"Okay, hehe, it's a pity that I can't go back this year, and I can't pour a few more. I think I'll leave it to you, hehe. Wu Tian said with a smile.
"Hey, I said you were taking me seriously, or were you trying to clean me up? I've got a voiceover here! Gao Yang shouted.
"That's why I said that I knew you were on the voice." Wu Tian said with a smile, there is no doubt that since Gao Yang represents himself, he will inevitably be regarded as a unified goal by everyone in a while. This kid must be drunk......
It was easy to chat with the guys in the capital and hang up the phone. The phone rang again.
"It's Mr. Yang's phone." Hao Yu hurriedly asked for instructions again.
Wu Tian smiled and nodded, Yang Xiaoya's call would never be refused.
"Did you sleep?" Yang Xiaoya's gentle voice sounded.
"No, for the New Year, where can I sleep so early, hehe." Wu Tian said with a smile.
"Well, that's good. I'll tell you, I'm on my side. Yang Xiaoya said.
"Well, it's the first day of the Lunar New Year." Wu Tiandao.
"Hehe, just in time for something to happen in the Middle East, the two oil-producing countries have a conflict. Let's take advantage of the situation and save some effort. Yang Xiaoya said with a smile.
"Oh, that's a good thing." Wu Tian smiled, "However, are we stockpiling enough refined oil?" ”
According to the plan, Wu Tian's purpose was to push up the price of oil, so that the cost of the Shengtian family shipping company would rise rapidly, and then let the ship's company grab their orders. In order to make the price of the king of ships have an advantage, the best way is to store a large amount of refined oil in advance, so as to ensure that the next actions of the king of ships will not be lost.
"Eighty percent of the target level has been stored, which is barely enough." Yang Xiaoya said.
"Well, let's do it." Wu Tianhao's angry statement.
"It's already underway, and it's expected to see definite results within a week." Yang Xiaoya said.
"Okay, Da Kui and Lili have already filled their shipping load with orders, and it just so happens that the first shipment will start to be shipped in the next few days." Wu Tian said with a smile.
"Well, I've already investigated their fuel stocks, and it shouldn't be enough to cover the consumption of all their ships at once, that is, they will lose money on the first shipment." "So, if we only have to keep oil prices high for two to three weeks, they will lose a lot of money, and if it lasts longer, their customers will easily be snatched away by us." ”
From the island to the United States, the cycle is about two weeks, as long as the second transportation is still a loss, the Morita family will inevitably increase the transportation price, at this time the king of the ship comes forward, it is easy to grab their customers.
At that time, even if the oil price falls and the Shengtian family lowers the price, it will be difficult to recover the original customers.
Of course, the Sheng Tian family can continue to choose to lose money in order to win customers and not lose money, but with the scale of their company, the impact of such a big loss on the company is quite large, and even makes it difficult for the shipping company to recover for a long time, at least this year is in vain. And once the loss reaches that level, the entire company's ability to resist risks will be reduced to the extreme, and a little more blow will bring the whole company to the end......
"Wu, your physical fitness is really good, you are the person with the best recovery ability I have ever met."
The doctor looked at Wu Tian, who had just removed the plaster, with admiration on his face, and walked slowly under Gao Yang's support.
"Thanks to the doctors and nurses for taking good care of me, hehe." Wu Tian said.
"This is the modesty of the Chinese." The doctor also smiled, "If a normal person is injured like yours, it will take at least three months to remove the plaster, and then it will take at least half a year of rehabilitation training before it is possible to return to walking." It only took you two months to remove the cast and you were able to walk right away, and I think you'll be fully recovered soon. It's nothing short of a miracle. ”
"Okay. Let's witness the miracle together, and I hope to walk to the Oscars to receive the award. Wu Tian said with a smile.
Wu Tian has already received an invitation to the Oscars, and "2012" has won eight nominations in one fell swoop, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Special Effects, Best Original Screenplay and Best Art Direction.
Among these awards, there are four of the most important awards, which are far more important than those in the technical category. Even if a film only gets one of them, it is already proud enough, which is enough to show that this is a classic work that must be watched.
It's no wonder that "2012" has received many nominations, it's really a great work, not to mention anything else, just the box office, this work is currently in North America, and it has already earned $400 million, and overseas regions are still in theaters. It's impossible to determine the final box office total, but with the current momentum, there's nothing wrong with surpassing a billion.
Although this box office figure is not very ideal, because in order to shoot this work, Wu Tian can be said to have spared no expense, with a total investment of up to 430 million US dollars, which can be said to be Wu Tian's most expensive movie so far, and even if the box office reaches one billion. Producers don't make much money - according to the normal ratio of the producer and the distribution theater, the producer generally only gets a little more than 40 percent. Overseas markets are even less than 40 percent.
That is to say, with a box office of one billion, the producer of Dingtian does not make money or lose, and can only rely on the later sale of attached DVDs and online paid on-demand to make money.
Anyway. At least the audience's satisfaction with the reviews was quite high, and almost no one thought that the movie ticket was a loss after watching the movie.
And this is also what Wu Tian wants to see, his goal is to hope that this work can make him win the Oscar for Best Director, and just fulfill one of his wishes. As for making money......
When did Wu Tian ever trade money?
Even though there are many people on the Internet who shout that Skye Wu's profiteering myth is over, Wu Tian scoffs at it - these guys don't understand that making money can actually be done step by step......
Affected by last year's financial crisis, the international market shrank, and crude oil prices fell again and again, and by the beginning of the year, it had fallen below $40 a barrel, and the lowest point was even less than $35, which can be said to have entered a historical low.
In this case, it is not very difficult to speculate on crude oil prices, because it is not only Wu Tian who wants to raise crude oil prices, but all oil-producing countries are trying to increase crude oil prices, and the most common plan is to reduce production.
In this environment, Yang Xiaoya first made a force, began to buy sharply at a low level, followed by the meeting of oil-producing countries to reduce production, and crude oil prices began to grow, rising by about ten dollars in a week.
However, this figure did not meet Wu Tian's expectations, and Sheng Tian also chose to continue to insist, preferring to keep customers at a loss.
Obviously, they made a mistake, and then crude oil continued to rise, and unexpectedly, the Federal Reserve also joined in the fun, announcing that it would start buying Treasury bonds for a long time in order to recover the economy, and the whole economy was like a stimulant. Crude oil then broke through the $50 mark!
The poor Morita family finally couldn't hold it anymore and decided to raise the transportation costs.
At this time, the ship king, who had been waiting for a long time, jumped out, and found the old customers of the Shengtian family very clearly, and quoted a price that was nearly half cheaper than the new offer of the Shengtian family.
As a result, the shipping company of the Ascension family suddenly fell into a realm where there were no orders to do.
For this kind of company with expensive equipment, if there is no business to do, no idle day, it is a loss day, personnel wages are on the one hand, equipment wear and tear depreciation is quite serious, a little longer, the whole company will face the crisis of bankruptcy.
However, the Morita family is also a more famous family on Hijima, in addition to the shipping company, there are other ways to make money, the big deal is to use the profits of other companies to fill the deficit of the shipping company, always want to survive for a while, and wait until the ship's loss price can not support, and when you want to increase the freight, you can grab the customer back.
But where did they ever think that their financial company had already become Wu Tian's target...... (To be continued.) )