Chapter 884: The sequel begins
On February 12, Netscape announced the acquisition of Paper Software, a company founded in the late eighties by former top IBM programmer McMechaw, who was also recruited as Netscape's vice president of technology.
On February 13, the market was very satisfied with the acquisition worth more than $20 million, and both the transaction price and McMechaw's strong joining was a major positive, and Netscape's stock price soared again.
Song Ya then completed the deal with Picault in Los Angeles, transferring 0.5 percent of Netscape's shares, or $54 million, for $134 of the closing price. The two parties issued a transfer announcement in the name of A+ Ventures and Picault Investments, and Netscape also issued an announcement on the change of equity.
How can it be good for shareholders to reduce their holdings? Jim Clark has his own way, NBC's financial channel CNBC a late-night column guest broke the news, saying that APLUS was originally an unstable factor in Netscape, he has reliable internal sources, that singer who doesn't know anything, layman, Flying Pig, lucky boy often point fingers at the company's operation, his reduction is actually a good thing, 0.5% is too little, and it is best to sell out the remaining 2.6% and get out of here.
The more powerful and low-key tycoon Picaul chose to enter the market at this price, indicating that Netscape is beginning to be recognized by old-fashioned investors who are more professional, calm and rational in their investment behavior.
Isn't that a good thing, what else is a good thing? Netscape is still up on the next trading day!
Of course, that's a later story, on the night of the thirteenth, Song Ya appeared at the door of a top theater in Los Angeles again to attend the premiere of the sequel to Dance My Life.
"Amy, look over here, Adam, here!"
The first starring lineup was all present to build momentum for the new film.
In order not to be photographed in the same frame as Amy Adams for the premiere, Song Ya spent a lot of brains, and finally decided that the heroine and the second male protagonist of the first part walked the red carpet, Amy and Adam Sandler held hands, and Adam also held the little actor who played his host brother in the first part, the black fat boy.
Adam Sandler has improved his coffee status, and last year he starred in a school comedy overage transfer student, which was acceptable at the box office, and also played a supporting role and cameo in many movies.
And although Amy has been criticized by film critics for not being worthy of being called the heroine in the cat and mouse game, and her results in the awards season are zero, she has finally stepped out of the shadow of continuous street hits due to the box office hits. This year, I am counting on the Romeo and Juliet modern chapter with Little Plum.
Oh yes, Xiao Lizi didn't come, saying that he was too busy.
And Song Ya, the former male number one, held the dancing finger Anne Fletcher and flew across the red carpet early, because those reporters were too fond of asking him personal questions, why he didn't stay with Mariah Carey on Valentine's Day, why he reduced his holdings of Netscape stocks, when the new tour started, what happened to the Blade project, the progress of the Barn Company case, etc., it was not good to be too noisy.
They are followed by the first second female Taraghi and her boyfriend Terrence Howard, Taraji's personal development is much worse than Terrence Howard, after the first one, she appeared in a single major supporting role in episodes such as ER, and then pounced on a low-budget black film 'How do I stop this', and her career was stalled.
And Terrence Howard had a very high output last year, almost all of them were important supporting roles in single-episode series and movies, and his acting skills were highly recognized, and he was quite focused on taking the gold medal supporting role route.
followed by director Stephen Gyllenhaal's family, his wife is a producer, his daughter is the second female in the play, and his son is also dressed up handsomely today.
Halle Berry and Cuba Godin Jr., two black movie stars, both starred in Stephen Gyllenhaal's art-critically acclaimed 'The Adoptive Mother's War' last year.
Jared Leto and his girlfriend, who became popular with cat-and-mouse games, received the most enthusiastic red carpet cheers, and the reporters' flashing lights illuminated the door of the theater as if it were daytime, and as a reward for investor Song Ya, Jared Leto will be responsible for introducing the male and female protagonists who danced the sequel to My Life, Gosling and Jennifer Love, Hewitt.
After the filming of this movie was completed, it took too long to wait for the schedule, Gosling has not received a job in the entertainment industry for almost a year, and his performance in the spotlight is a little nervous, restrained, and youthful, while the star-like Jennifer Lovel Hewitt is the opposite, the heroine of the popular youth drama series of a family of five, and the coffee position far exceeds Gosling.
Today is destined to be her show, appearing in a Hepburn-style little black dress, and her makeup and hairstyle are also imitation of Hepburn.
Her temperament was already a bit like Hepburn, and the reporters were all amazed and crazy, and kept shouting 'Look here', 'You're so beautiful today', 'Jennifer, look at this!' ’
No one wanted to ask Gosling questions, and he was embarrassed to the side and smiled widely, like an insignificant hotel doorman.
This is also the origin of the contradiction between the two and the brokerage team behind them from the beginning of filming, the man is extremely eager to join forces with the woman to hype, and the woman is always vigilant about being rubbed hot.
"Everything has to be implemented whether the audience buys it or not."
Song Ya's seat was next to Ron Meyer, the president of distributor Universal Pictures, although the project was personally handled by his predecessor, Simberg, who was witty and ran away before the opening of the future water world.
The co-invested Geffen Films has only one high-level executive, and as Catherine gradually focuses on her own KM Pictures, she has a delicate relationship with Spielberg's Amperin Entertainment, and co-producer Amperin Entertainment has also been replaced.
At the beginning, Sinberg thought that it was necessary to please the audience with a lower age group, the male and female protagonists one had just reached seventeen, and the other was only fifteen, and the style of the film was also younger, compared with the first part, the script has completely become a campus story.
"I think it's good." Song Ya smiled at Ron Meyer, the two had already watched the release version in advance.
"Hmm."
Ron Meyer was noncommittal, it was not his to make the movie a pot, and besides, the investment and distribution costs were not high, in fact, he did not need to be present in person as the president.
The biggest hidden danger of the sequel to Dance My Life is that there were a lot of campus dance follow-up films last year, and most of them were shoddy porcelain touches, and the audience's reaction was unpredictable, so Ron Meyer was worried.
An important publicity strategy of Universal this time is to emphasize the label of dancing the authentic sequel of my life, not only the premiere called the original cast to help, but also familiar faces such as Amy and Chubby Dun all made cameos in the movie.
The story takes place in a California middle school, where the proud princess-like cheerleader, Jennifer Love, Hewitt, the heroine who values dance as her life, and her simple-minded and well-developed quarterback boyfriend, the dramatic conflict begins with Gosling, a male protagonist with good grades and a cowardly personality, being bullied by a quarterback.
In any case, this movie is presented from the perspective of the male protagonist, the quarterback is a frequent villain in American movies, although in reality, this kind of team brain that wants to be proficient in various complex football tactics cannot be stupid, but they are indeed the lifelong enemies in the memory of most American men in middle school, soak me, dump my crush goddess, be favored by the school and teachers, and maybe have better academic performance than me, so how can you bear it?
So it's right to take care of the movie, after all, you have to take care of the psychology of the main people who buy tickets to watch the movie.
The naïve middle school student love plot started with an off-campus chance encounter.,As soon as the cowardly male protagonist dances hip-hop,Talent、Talent、Confidence and charm are suddenly presented in front of the heroine.,But after returning to school,,He turned back into that ordinary cowardly boy.。
The female protagonist began to be interested in the male protagonist, and then naturally began to contact, understand, and fall in love.
So the unlucky villain quarterback became an ex-boyfriend who was jealous and troublesome all the time, and he began to be frequently slapped in the face by the male protagonist in the second half of the movie, which was full of refreshment.
In terms of the original soundtrack that A+ Records is responsible for, Becky's song and Brenda's voice should be liked by young people, as well as Song Ya's young dumb when the male and female protagonists are alone in the latter part of the movie, the unity and quality are not up to the height of the first part, but they are definitely above the passing line.
Little Gosling's acting skills are visibly better than Jennifer Hewitt's, especially the melancholy eyes when he is secretly sad when he is bullied, which is very in place.
"It's not bad, but it's not bad."
The ending is naturally that after a debriefing performance, a lover finally becomes a family, Song Ya makes her own judgment, this pure white movie does not involve social issues at all, it is simpler and easier than the first one, but the plot is indeed old-fashioned enough.
"Well, the campus films in the United States are about like this, and there is nothing new to shoot."
Yeremov echoed in front of the washstand: "There is also a hard injury, the dance scenes that are grander, more professional, and younger than dancing out of my life are not paved with dramatic conflicts, and I often start dancing without saying a word......"
"Yes, I don't think it's much more refined than last summer's follow-up film, which cost me 14 million with Amperin Entertainment, Universal and Geffen Pictures."
Song Ya complained: "Forget it, if this project fails, the third part should not let Universal interfere too deeply, the Seventh Congress will always make this kind of flat and stable routine film, and it costs a lot of money." ”
"The box office is another story, and I'm personally optimistic." Yeremov replied.
"Uh, Hallie?"
Suddenly, Amy's voice sounded outside the door, "Are you coming to the bathroom too?" ”
"What about you? I'm in a hurry,...... Harley replied.
"Oh, then you ...... first"
"I'm not in line, let's go in together."
"Good, good ......"
"Over there, it's the men's restroom."
"Oh yes......"
When Song Ya heard this, the corners of his mouth immediately curled, and Yeremov immediately wiped his hands clean, "Boss, I'll go first." ”
"Don't be like this, Yeremov, let's go back together, I'll talk to Mr. Ron Meyer about something else."
Song Ya glanced at the women's bathroom door that had just closed, Shi Shiran and Yeremov returned to the screening room, no hurry, he will be able to return to being single soon, and safety is the first at present.