On March 10, Jessiraski, vice president of Paramount, officially announced in London, England that the "Annie Diary" movie jointly invested by Paramount and Zhou Nan's Hepburn Fashion Group was officially approved and entered the preparation stage.

The film, on which Paramount has high hopes, will invest $600,000, most of the cost of which will be spent on the set of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, which will be restored to the way it was three years ago.

Paramount will invest $550,000 in this movie, and Hepburn Fashion Group will invest $150,000, but Hepburn Fashion Group will convert Zhou Nan's royalties into it and get 35% of the copyright and interests.

At the same time, Audrey will not receive any remuneration to participate in the role of the hostess in the play, Annie. Except for Audrey, the other supporting roles are all hot big stars in Hollywood, and they are willing to act as green leaves, just to set off Audrey's red flower.

This also made Audrey immediately cause a strong sensation in the United States, attracting a lot of media attention and coverage.

At the same time, Coty Perfume also officially launched Audrey's perfume advertisement in the United States, this three-minute movie commercial spread Audrey's beautiful image, Coty Perfume borrowed a lot of popularity, and sales soared.

Coty is a very salesman, and he immediately negotiated with Zhou Nan to sponsor the investment in Anne Diary, and was willing to pay $150,000 to sponsor the film project, in addition to paying Audrey an additional $50,000, as long as Coty's perfume could appear in the movie.

Zhou Nan was a little undecided, and he didn't know if he would change history because of his appearance. After consulting with Paramount, he realized that this was not the world's first embedded advertisement.

As early as 29, when "Popeye" was released, a canned spinach company in the United States carried out its first embedded advertisement. Three years later, the price of Eagle cigars was $250,000, and the rights to implant cigar advertisements in the movie "Scarface" were filmed, setting a sky-high price for product placement.

Since then, product placement has become more and more common in American films.

Chukor originally had the intention of bidding for advertising, but he was always afraid that it would affect the results of the movie and his first cooperation with Zhou Nan, so he didn't mention this. Unexpectedly, Zhou Nan took the initiative to raise this question with him.

He asked Zhou Nan if this advertisement was good for implantation, and would it affect the effect of the movie after implantation? Zhou Nan thought about it and gave him a negative answer.

He can be in the plot, plus after Anne entered puberty, her dream has always been to have a bottle of Coty perfume. And in the later concentration camp, plus Anne met the German female guards who also used Coty perfume, and there was a conversation and interaction between the two about perfume.

This plot not only does not affect the atmosphere of the movie, but also explains from the camera that the female guard in Germany is just a caring ordinary woman, not a demon, and everything is just a fault of the system.

This can also make the humanistic atmosphere of the film more intense and increase the intensity of anti-war reflection.

After careful consideration, Billy Wilder agreed with Zhou Nan's change. Coty perfume can be Anne's pursuit of beautiful things in the front, and in the second half, it can become a tool for the emotional communication between a German woman and a Dutch girl, enriching the emotional level of the film without compromising the style of the film.

Therefore, Zhou Nan happily agreed to Coty that the film, before filming started, had already recovered a quarter of the investment.

This immediately became a propaganda news fodder, making Coty perfume mentioned in the American media several times more often.

On March 15, Etinny made an announcement to the media on behalf of Zhou Nan. As the film's lead screenwriter, Zhou Nan prepares to visit a suitable location in Amsterdam.

On March 16, before the media could react, Zhou Nan and the others drove three Beetles, left Switzerland, and headed for Amsterdam in a low-key manner.

The media never expected that after Zhou Nan set off such a big storm in the political arena, he would wave his sleeves lightly, ignore the policy adjustments made by governments because of the economic forum he started, and ignore the various policies promoted by Switzerland because of him, and even start making movies.

It's surprising enough that he wrote a book, but when you think about it, it's a reflective and humanistic book that most people can understand. But to participate in the filming, this span is too big.

It's like using a knife to kill a chicken, and now even cutting vegetables is used with a knife. Zhou Nan's current type is already the highest-ranking among the literati, and he can directly influence the policies of various countries.

Now the road is getting lower and lower, from historical masterpieces to movies...... This is getting lower.

However, everyone still made up a reason for him, and that was for Audrey.

The establishment of a fashion company, Audrey's endorsement of Coty perfumes, and being Zhou Nan's wife, have made Audrey a semi-public figure.

In people's impressions, this is a talented and beautiful couple, everyone envies Audrey's good luck, but they don't envy Zhou Nan's good fortune.

Because there are too many beautiful women, but there are too few people like Zhou Nan who are so talented that they shock the world. So in people's inherent impression, everything Audrey has is given by Zhou Nan.

Now, Zhou Nan has written a book, Paramount is going to make a movie, and Audrey is the heroine, all of this seems to be clear.

Zhou Nan did this mainly to support his wife......

There are more women who are jealous of Audrey, but the men are a little unimpressed. At a time when equality between men and women is not the norm in society, Zhou Nan is really a little too fond of his own women.

This is also a bad start, and many traditional media also criticized Zhou Nan for this, thinking that it was okay for him to spoil his daughter-in-law, but it would be wrong to have such a big social impact.

Moreover, movie stars are not much different from Chinese dramas in this era. In the eyes of Westerners, musicians, dancers, and stage actors are the real artists.

Movie stars, as long as they can scratch their heads and pose and have a beautiful face, everyone can be a star. Because other art forms don't have a chance of NG, but movie stars can fail ten or twenty times, as long as they succeed once.

Fortunately, Audrey has not attended classes during this time and is training on the farm, otherwise, she will definitely be sad when she sees these news, and hate to wonder if her idea of being an actress is wrong.

She wanted to be an actress herself, but from the beginning, everyone just wanted him to be a star.

Zhou Nan hadn't been too noticeable when he set off from Switzerland, but in Amsterdam, there were already countless media outlets who were looking forward to his arrival after getting the news.

It's just that no one thought that Zhou Nan came to Amsterdam and didn't stay in a hotel, but lived directly in the Amsterdam Royal Palace, no matter who it was, he didn't have the opportunity to interview him.

Because the sensation caused by Zhou Nan was too great, the focus of media attention was on him, but he neglected the other groups of guests living in the palace.

The Royal Palace of Amsterdam is a representative of the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century, originally built as a town hall.

Construction began in 1648 with 13,659 piles laid on the foundation alone, making it the most magnificent building in Amsterdam at the time. It was used as the royal palace of Napoleon's brother during the occupation of Napoleon in France until 1813, when it was returned to the city government.

From 1935 it was transferred to the Crown and later occupied by the Germans. After the end of World War II, it was renovated and used as a guest house for the Dutch royal family.

Because it is a guest house for the royal family, it does not accept ordinary guests, and generally only accepts state guests and guests of the royal family.

Today, the "Dutch-East Indies Negotiations" are held in Amsterdam, and representatives from all walks of life from the East Indies also live in this palace.

Everyone only saw that Earl Krent, the head of the royal family, welcomed Zhou Nan's stay as the queen's representative, but they didn't seriously think about the deep meaning of Zhou Nan's stay here.

And other countries can think of this, but they can't interfere with Zhou Nan to make some small moves here, so they can only increase their penetration here.

However, the Dutch side has been prepared for a long time and has done the utmost protection to ensure that the negotiation process and the results of the negotiations here will not be leaked out prematurely.

Zhou Nan stayed here, and also directly stayed in the highest sixth-floor luxury room here, separate from the other negotiation team. Because it was a closed negotiation, the other negotiators only learned through the newspaper the next day that Zhou Nan lived in the same place as them.

After a long journey, Zhou Nan didn't see anyone on the first day and had a good night's rest.

The next day, he and director Billy Wilder went to the house where Anne Frank was hiding, just 500 meters away from the palace.

His trip was frantically congested by the media and citizens, and although the Dutch side filmed a team of guards to protect them, their defenses were still crowded out by the frenzied media.

Popler and Flegg did their best to protect Zhou Nan, and the three of them fled like rats crossing the street and fled back to the palace.

As a last resort, Zhou Nan arranged a press conference on the same day to satisfy the media's thirst for news on him.

At this press conference, Zhou Nan did not answer many questions, focusing on the history of his acquaintance with Audrey for seven years and the development of their relationship for four years.

He used the most simple language to tell the emotional experience between the two people, expressing his love for Audrey and her love for him.

He also spoke out to the media for the first time, saying that he was willing to do anything for Audrey, but he didn't want Audrey to encounter any criticism. He praised Audrey as a pure angel, and any prejudice and public opinion violence against her is hurtful and unfair to Audrey, and hopes that the media will not over-evaluate the internal reasons for him to stay away from politics.

"I'm a scholar by nature, and my character isn't fit to be a politician. Too much entanglement of interests will only turn me into a politician, not a wise man with a fair heart that everyone expects. Therefore, in the years to come, I will always uphold my original intention and not fall into the whirlpool of politics. Thank you! ”

(Recently, many readers who don't have any fan value have made malicious comments in the book review area with a donkey's mouth, am I offending anyone?) ）