Chapter Seventy-Two: The Waves of Brokeback Mountain

After Halloween, the hostesses went their separate ways, and Ivanka and Guan Xin flew back to New York together. The former is going home, while the latter is going to meet with the relevant working groups of the orange company and the NASDAQ to discuss the privatization and delisting of Maidong.

After the completion of the restructuring, the acquisition of Universal Music will be formally negotiated with Vivendi of France.

Chen Bo welcomed two new faces in the office of Legend Entertainment, as well as his new assistants, brother and sister David and Megan.

Although the two of them studied film production, they had no relevant experience after all, so they stayed by their side to work on them and then entrusted them with important responsibilities. Although he didn't inherit Ellison's high appearance, fortunately, his IQ was still fine.

One was sent to Spielberg to be responsible for communicating with DreamWorks, and the other was sent to Marvel for relevant work coordination, and after Chen Bo went into the editing room, taking advantage of the fact that he was relatively idle now, he quickly edited out all the filmed materials.

When he was free, he also negotiated relevant cooperation with Xiao Lizi, and Legendary Entertainment funded someone to help him set up a personal production company, and affiliated with the company's name, in the future, he will be the core to produce no less than 5 big movies with an investment of not less than 100 million US dollars, and his own income will be paid in the mode of salary + box office sharing.

However, at present, he still has to wait for Time Warner to finish filming "Blood Diamond" before he can officially change his court, and the contract must still be honored.

Although the entire Legend Entertainment is composed of a number of companies, it basically maintains the original structure side by side, but it is not all smooth sailing, such as the demonstrators holding signs downstairs in protest.

What is the theme of the protest?

"Brokeback Mountain" is about to be released, and although it is not very shocking, it is completely challenging the bottom line of traditional Christianity.

The most conservative state of Utah has even convened a parliament specifically for this purpose, with a large vote to pass a bill banning the film. It has also been banned by many countries overseas, and even a corrupt country like the United Kingdom has lit up a red light.

The media in the United States were also divided into two camps and began a series of war of words, but they still attacked more.

The leading actor Jake Gyllenhaal suffered more sarcasm and ridicule, and the actor who was originally a promising and film family actually starred in such a deviant film, which is simply self-degenerating! It is bound to have an immeasurable impact on its star path.

What's more, the director is the Chinese director Ang Lee, who was criticized in "Hulk", and there is a new boss with his own hacked attributes, it is not difficult to understand how various media are so easy to climax.

"What should I do?" Sams, the head of Summit Pictures, has a sad face, even if he is not a top producer in Hollywood, but he has been in the industry for many years, but he has never encountered such a difficult problem. "Although the cost is only 14 million US dollars, it is a big loss if it is not released in theaters."

"Why isn't it released?" Chen Bo asked rhetorically, this question is indeed a bit troublesome, but he can't give in. "At this time, we must resist the pressure, double the publicity funds, invite well-known film critics from all over the United States to comment and appreciate, and we must do a good job in online public relations."

"What if it's boycotted after it's released? Theaters have already cut their screen counts by a third, and will be cut again if the box office doesn't work well in the first week. ”

"Don't worry so much, don't we still have the Venice Golden Lion Protection?" Chen Bo was relieved, "Inform the Los Angeles Times that I accept their exclusive interview. ”

At this time, he can only sacrifice himself to become someone else, and he also found out that Columbia Pictures was behind this incident, which was also unexpected. When have you offended them? There are also a lot of collaborations on Hulu.

The reporters of the Los Angeles Times were relatively fast, and as soon as they made a phone call in the morning, they came in the afternoon with a working group, and they attached great importance to this interview, and even arranged for a hot reporter with choppy waves and blond hair and blue eyes, Roland.

As for the reason for such a stirring up of the public, it is very simple, although he will appear in the media pages repeatedly, most of them are the inferences and assumptions of media reporters through the investigation of past events. Even big-name magazines like Time Magazine and People can't get an exclusive interview, so it's not ordinarily difficult.

And even if you want to shoot some pictures from a distance, there will always be some electronic interference, no matter how high-end DSLR cameras will malfunction bizarrely.

After a brief greeting, Loren, who seemed to have no brains, began to throw out some sharp topics, "Mr. Chen is the first Chinese to successfully acquire a Hollywood film company, and he has also formed a huge entertainment group. This makes many people feel a little uneasy and worried about whether the injection of red capital will try to export more Chinese culture through the mass entertainment industry of film. ”

"Is Hollywood American?" Chen Bo asked rhetorically, and then said, "Hollywood was originally founded by Eastern European Jews, and in the minds of movie lovers all over the world, Hollywood represents the world's top film industry, and it also integrates the world's cultural elements. Isn't it a bad thing to have a fresh culture coming in? ”

"However, the public generally believes that Chinese films are not in the stream, and the film market is also very open, not only with market quotas, but also with layers of censorship mechanisms."

"It's normal, and you can't make any film in Hollywood, can you? If you set up a black man as a villain, I can guarantee that all theaters will reject your release. And it will be criticized by all the media, is that reasonable? Chen Bo continued, "Each country has different national conditions and different cultures, so it is natural to avoid it. Don't be too double-standard! ”

"What do you think of the red capital threat theory?"

"Hollywood has never rejected hot money from all over the world, so why target me alone? I heard this argument when I was in Silicon Valley. Even if Ant Search is changed to Orange Search, it has tens of millions of loyal users, and I don't see what Chinese culture they have received. Besides, B&P Capital is an American investment fund, and most of the money comes from American investors, so I'm just a manager.

Hollywood needs money, but it wants to refuse Chinese money, which in itself is ridiculous. Both Columbia and MGM were acquired by the Japanese, so why not worry. Could it be that the Chinese money is dirty? Is it because of the difference in the political systems of the two countries, because we do not allow the United States to have military bases? I feel that this has escalated from outright racial discrimination to an attack on international politics, and it is really hard to imagine that this is what a country that claims to be free and tolerant should do. ”

If you want to be scared, I will be scared. Fulfill your little wishes.

Chinese capital has been there since before Chen Bo came, but it is only through Wall Street indirect investment, which does not account for much of it.

Chen Bo is the only Chinese who dares to enter the master in a high-profile manner, so he naturally became a bull's-eye. With the reduction of domestic demand, more and more Chinese capital will enter here in the future, and I am afraid that the whole of Hollywood will be attacked at that time.

Where you make money, you can go, this is the flow of hot money, even if you are a tough American, you can't refuse investors, right? When the economic crisis comes, it's time for you to kneel down and call Dad, even if the knees of the Big Six will soften by then.

Roland, who was speechless after being refuted, shook Wei'an's chest, and quickly changed the topic: "Tell me about your love life, so many excellent girlfriends not only violate common sense but also have been criticized by feminist organizations, do you have anything to justify?" ”

"Just don't sin." Chen Bo said disdainfully, "This just proves that I am excellent and attractive enough." Each of them is not a beautiful vase, and we complement each other emotionally and professionally. Society is inherently unfair, and it is in line with the laws of society that the rich occupy the best resources of society, and the strongest lions on the grassland will also have herds of lionesses. It's just that some people like to play dirty behind their backs, but I am generous on the bright side, and I like to be together. The gentleman is frank, and the villain is often related! ”

"Uh...... Your mind is so bold. ”

"Bloomberg, who has girlfriends in every state, can be the mayor of New York, Hefner who sings all night can be admired, and I just have five girlfriends, which is nothing."

These two examples are indeed examples of successful people, and they are both billionaires, but the media only sends the word "amorous". What rich man doesn't have a lover? Which rich man is loyal to a relationship to the end of his life? Such a person is indeed difficult to find, rich and powerful, even if you don't take the initiative, there will be women who will take the initiative to stick it on you, this is the social reality.

I saw that Roland leaned forward slightly, and the two hemispheres that were about to come out squeezed out a deep valley, if it weren't for Chen Bo's well-informed, he would definitely not be able to resist this temptation and invite her to dinner, and by the way, enjoy his private bed with an invincible sea view.

"Since you're a hardcore heterosexual supporter, why would you allow the company to produce something like Brokeback Mountain?" Roland finally got to the point.

"If you think of Brokeback Mountain as a gay work, you're wrong! Although it is not a western cowboy in the narrow sense either. It's definitely a landmark work, it's not about sex. It's about love, the kind of love that is stumbling, estranged, hidden deep inside. We should tear off the distorted surface and take off the tinted glasses to appreciate this work that strikes the heart. ”

"Is that supportive of your relationship with someone of the same sex?"

"I understand and support them to follow their hearts instead of cheating, which will hurt more people! "Brokeback Mountain" will be released no matter how much pressure it encounters, and it will hit next year's Oscars!! ”

Chen Bo made another statement at the end, although he was a straight man who was straighter than steel bar. But Apple's VP Cook is Gay, and Geffen is Gay, what can you let me do? It's just an expression of understanding and support, not a matter of trying. Take 10,000 steps back, how can others do it, and it's none of my business?