"Destroy the earth?" Rowland? Emmerich frowned, as if considering the specific meaning of the sentence.

A secretary knocked on the door and walked in, for Roland? Emmerich handed over the freshly brewed black tea, and Ryan made a gesture of invitation to him before continuing, "Roland, have you heard of the Mayan calendar?" ”

"Of course." Rowland? Emmerich nodded, "The last day of their calendar is December 21st, and they think that from that day onwards, the world will enter a new era. ”

"But in all the legends of Western religions, 2012 was the year of disaster." Ryan crossed his hands and placed it on his desk, "It's also the rumored end of the world." ”

"You mean to make a disaster movie about that?" Rowland? Emmerich roughly understood what he meant.

"That's right."

Ryan said unhurriedly, "We can borrow the prophecies of the Mayans and religions to destroy the earth on December 21, 2012. ”

After thinking about it, he continued, "For example, if there is a problem with the earth's core, the plate has shifted dramatically, a new orogeny has begun to appear, volcanic eruptions in various places, and a tsunami caused by a global earthquake has swallowed up all the land, if human beings want to survive, ......

"It can only be like the legend." Rowland? Emmerich's brows gradually loosened, and he took Ryan's words directly, "Build a Noah's Ark that can rival the Flood." ”

"That's it." Ryan smiled.

"It's a good idea, it's a good idea." Rowland? Emmerich clenched his right fist and slammed his palm, and after thinking about it for a few minutes, he said, "But I think it's better to postpone it a few years, after all, it's a little far from 2012." ”

"I think so too." Ryan tapped lightly on his desk again, "I'll let Jenkins Films' screenwriting team finish the script as best they can, Roland, I'll make some preparations in advance." Familiarize yourself with the technology of 3D production and think about what kind of shock it will bring when the whole world collapses in front of the audience. ”

"Ryan, if the script is finished, please mail it to me as soon as possible." Completely attracted by the idea of more crazy ruin, he will not think about prehistoric films for the time being, "I think this will be the perfect ending for me in the theme of disaster films." ”

When it comes to this, it's basically settled, Roland? Emmerich then took his leave. He is also returning to New York to start a long promotional journey with the crew of "The Day After Tomorrow".

After lunch, Ryan sat in his office chair, still thinking about the morning.

In a previous life, Roland? As long as Emmerich leaves the disaster theme, the box office performance is simply a mess, but the director also wants to switch to other types of films, and vaguely remembers that the action movie that destroyed the White House was worse than "10,000 Years Before History".

While most directors claim to be able to shoot films of any genre and style, the vast majority are actually only good at one or two things. Even James? Cameron and Stephen? Spielberg also doesn't touch on subjects that he is not good at.

After a gentle knock on the door, Nicole, dressed in a tuxedo pushed the door open, and Tyler, who was also dressed in the back, each carrying a few men's clothing bags.

"It's almost time. It's time for us to change our dresses. Nicole sat down across from her and reminded.

"Hurry up!" Taylor threw the garment bag on the desk, almost hitting the LCD, "It's rude for the owner to be late. ”

"Give me ten minutes. Right away. ”

Removing the garment bag, Ryan walked into the office suite, and Taylor looked at the closed door. He smiled and said to Nicole, "Aren't you going in and helping him?" ”

Nicole glared at her, Taylor shrugged playfully, sat down in Ryan's place, and after a circle, said, "That's what the chairman of Disney feels." ”

"When you're eighteen." Ni gestured to remind her of the dress, "You can ask Ryan to give you this spot." ”

"What location?"

While arranging his bow tie, Ryan pushed the door and walked out, just in time to hear Nicole's last words, "What position does Alison want?" ”

"Chairman of Disney." Taylor winked at him deliberately, "Is that okay, my dear brother Ryan?" ”

"As long as the other directors have no opinion."

Laughing, the three of them left the office, took the elevator down to the ground floor of the Disney building, the convoy was already waiting in front of the building, and after they got in, they drove directly to Harvey? Weinstein's private clubhouse in Malibu.

Today, the private clubhouse, which is never open to the media, is wide open, and the flattest lawn has been set up as a makeshift venue, where hundreds of reporters with long guns and short guns have gathered in front of the podium, and behind them are rows of white chairs, all of whom are Hollywood celebrities.

In addition, on the shelves around the venue, there are hundreds of magnified pictures of starving children taken by photographers from Africa, although they are of different ages and genders, they are all skinny and bony with a particularly conspicuous head, and they look extremely miserable.

"So what George said was true."

After the famous journalist on the stage, who often travels to poor areas in Africa, finished his speech, Taylor, who was sitting next to him, muttered in a low voice, "There are still such poor children in the world." ”

"That's all we can do, my dear."

The deep-seated reasons in it are by no means clear in a few words, Ryan patted her arm lightly, "So, don't think about running away with Scarlett to Africa." ”

"She's a traitor again!"

After muttering this, Taylor's head drooped.

"Now, Ryan, the founder of the Foundation? Mr. Jenkins! ”

After waiting for the host on the stage to send out the invitation, Ryan straightened his dress slightly, and under the illumination of countless flashing lights, he got up and strode over to the podium.

Today is the day when one of his charitable foundations was founded.

Ryan used all of his money from the Star Wars franchise — about $100 million or more — to set up the charitable foundation to help poor children in Africa, while also accepting donations from Hollywood celebrities.

Of course, this is not a foundation established to avoid taxes, and Ryan will have people strictly supervise its operations, and make all accounts public, and will never allow all kinds of scandals like the Red Cross in North America.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

Standing in front of the podium, Ryan raised his hand slightly, and the reporters in front of him who were in a bit of a mess immediately returned to a quiet state, he did not prepare a speech, for him, impromptu speeches were not a problem at all.

"I set up this foundation with a simple purpose: to eliminate the threat of poverty and to help hungry children on the land of Africa."

"Since the beginning of this year, a severe drought not seen in 60 years has spread in the 'Horn of Africa', and Somalia, which has been in war for more than a decade, has fallen into 'the worst food crisis in Africa'......

Ryan stretched out his hand to introduce the leftmost position in the front row, and three officials from the United Nations relief organization stood up and waved around.

"There are currently 640,000 children in Somalia who are severely malnourished, most of whom are at risk of death," he continued. The United Nations estimates that without immediate action, such as providing emergency food, drinking water and shelter, the number of people affected could increase by another 125 percent, or even more than 1 million. ”

"It's easy to denounce poverty and hunger, but it's hard to beat them. African children suffering from hunger, deprivation and humiliation need more than words of sympathy, they need concrete support. ”

"Across the continent, millions of children still live in poverty and are denied access to food, education and health care. We must help them, extend a helping hand to them. ”

The audience burst into applause, and when the applause subsided, Ryan continued what was going on.

"Hunger is a common disaster faced by all mankind, we should help each other regardless of borders, while we enjoy the peace and prosperity of the United States, we should not forget that there are children waiting for us on the other side of the world, I call on more caring people to join the ranks of helping hungry children in Africa, and give necessary assistance to African children who are deeply involved in humanitarian disasters!"

There was another warm applause from the audience, and Ryan also raised his hand and applauded slowly.

"I'm going to put $110 million into this charitable foundation at once, and I'm thanking Bill? Mr. Gates and Warren? Mr. Buffett, although they were not there, they each donated $20 million, and thank David? Mr. Geffen, Stephen? Mr. Spielberg, James? Mr. Cameron, Nicole? Miss Kidman, Julia? Miss Roberts......"

Ryan thanked all the donors one by one, and finally emphasized, "The foundation's accounts will be made public, and I will ask PricewaterhouseCoopers to monitor all the accounts, and all expenses will be listed on the official website, and friends in the media are welcome to supervise them." ”

With that, he stepped off the podium and returned to his seat, followed by a speech from a United Nations official.

What Ryan does is nothing more than what most of the world's richest people do, trying to extract profits from all over the world while giving some of the money to make a name for himself.

This is also the same as Bill, who donated $20 million each? Gates and Warren? Warren Buffett related.

Not long ago, these two super-rich people ranked in the top two on the Forbes rich list also issued a charity invitation to Ryan, the theme of which is to help the poor people around the world, Ryan responded publicly at the first time, and then established this foundation.

After a brief inauguration ceremony, all the journalists were invited out, followed by a regular reception. (To be continued......)