In fact, Roland has a very special memory of Steven Soderbergh, and this memory does not come from his dislike of George Clooney, nor from the surprise when he saw the big names in the "Rohan" series, nor because of the regret when the other party defeated Anglee with "** Network" and won the Oscar for Best Director in 01.

It's this bald head, who once made a movie called "Contagion".

"Contagion" is full of big names, but the multi-threaded narrative makes the whole movie have no bright spots, does not highlight any characters, and does not create any dramatic conflict, so that the film was sprayed into shit by critics and audiences when it was released.

Because most viewers think that the plot in the movie is too absurd, and there is no virus that can infect the world before people even know it; Critics believe that director Steven Soderbergh deliberately deliberately blackmailed governments, especially when depicting America's treatment policy, the excessive darkness and ugliness is like dragging a dung truck and taking a walk on his own way!

As a result, the bad comments made him lose his job as a director.

No film company continued to look for him to shoot movies, and no audience went to the theater to support his masterpiece, so this bald head who could offend both the father of the owner and the parents had to give up the road of directing and chose to change careers and become a painter.

But it's a pity that not long after he left the film industry, he was vaccinated by lottery, made a fortune, smashed and looted......

All appeared.

Not only that, but the Washington Monument on a rainy night was also hit by a thunderclap!

When the movie comes into reality, the oncoming horror reminds people of the guy who warned the world in the first place!

But the ensuing horror of reality and anger at the way of dealing with it made this memory disappear.

It was precisely because when he watched "Contagion" that Roland was amazed at the portrayal of the movie!

So now he is willing to help the bald head match.

Not for anything else, just because of the original admiration!

All right.

This is so righteous and awe-inspiring that even he himself does not believe it.

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The reason why he decided to help the bald head was that in addition to having Nolan on the scene and not wanting to be slapped in the face on the spot, the most important point was because he couldn't lose money for a rotten project, and the money-making project could be expected.

Since you know that the lens language can't restore the whole picture of "Solaris", isn't it over if you don't do it?

And after knowing that "Spy Shadow" is a good series, wouldn't it be the best choice to prevent it from entering the world?

Roland doesn't have a sense of belonging to any film company, so he doesn't feel any pressure when digging projects.

Not to mention, when AOL and Time Warner announced the merger and the two sides neatly submitted the asset distribution results to the American Communications Commission for review, the finally unsustainable Sgeland Wines had already sold Universal's TV asset American Cable Network to Barry Diller, the Jewish chairman of IAC Group, and at the same time as the deal, it was also in talks with Vivendi about the merger.

If nothing else, within half a year, the two companies will be able to complete the road of merger and liquidation and completely integrate into one.

Knowing that Vivendi is about to enter the market, it is the right way to take "Spy Shadow" out of the hands of French enterprise geunes!

As for whether to invest?

That really didn't matter much to Roland.

Because "Spy Shadow" is not "Fast and Furious", it has the limitations of the original book, and the entire series cannot be overdeveloped.

The overdevelopment here does not refer to the limit on the number of parts of the film series, because in Roland's previous life, after filming the original book, Universal continued to make "Spy 4 and 5" in order to make money.

Although the substitution made the project "Spy 4" die directly, when Matt Damon returned, and borrowed from the drag racing method of "Fast and Furious 8", the entire series was still able to make considerable profits.

Therefore, it is feasible to give up Jason Bourne's character in the trilogy and turn to selling feelings, after all, there are audiences who are willing to pay for it!

And the real operational difficulty of the whole series is actually the development of the periphery.

Because Robert Ludren, the author of the original book "The Identity of Bourne", which is a bestseller.

Like Stephen King, this guy who sold more than 200 million copies only sells movie rights.

Because of this, even if the capital knows that if "Spy Shadow" is done well, its market will definitely be able to reach the same height as "007" and "Mission Impossible", they are too lazy to do it, there is no way, who makes the game adaptation copyright, clothing design copyright, TV series adaptation copyright, toy production copyright...... None of these things are in their hands?

If you make the plate of "Spy Shadow" bigger when you can't eat profits, isn't that the heir to the cheap original author?

With this idle time, then the capital might as well invest its energy elsewhere!

Isn't it fragrant to make more than a dozen films of "Fast and Furious"?

Let Vin Diesel and others make a motion capture for the game, and you can cheat money when you go public!

Is it unpleasant to shoot Tom Clancy's work?

"Ghost Recon", "Splinter Cell", "Rainbow Six" ......

This special code has made Ubisoft profitable!

In this way, in the case of Marvel on the left, Harry Potter on the right, the former Lord of the Rings, and the post-Hobbit, unless the Big Six are introduced, Roland will not intervene in "Spy", not because he can't make money, but because he ......

The value for money is too low!

This is not the intrusive brain-computer interface technology shown by Iron Man Musk's live broadcast, and it is a waste of life to continue to waste time when the market is clear and he knows that he will not be able to eat extreme profits.

So, after chatting with the bald heads, Roland, who returned to the guest room, called James Cameron.

"Anyone wants to make 'Solaris'? How much to bid? ”

"No, no, no, they don't want to buy the rights, they just want to shoot this project."

"Isn't that just a submission of a production plan and waiting for us to review it?"

"That's right! May I? ”

"Oh! You've spoken! Do you need to ask me if I can? I'll give it to Jon later, ah no, Jon Landau pulled you away! Now the only person in the company is Lei (Sancheni)! I'll give her a call later and ask her to contact Steven Soderbergh and them, I've lost interest in that project anyway, so whoever likes to shoot it now! ”

Thirty seconds, the tricky problem for Steven Soderbergh was solved.

Immediately afterward, Roland dialed Katherine Kennedy's number again.

When this busy guy who doesn't touch the ground knows that Matt Damon's guy actually shook Roland, it became a matter of course for "Spy Shadow" to start filming, but-

"Roland, you mean, let me go to DreamWorks to pull investment, right?"

"Isn't that possible? Universal is in very serious financial trouble right now. ”

"Uh...... It's not that it can't work, but DreamWorks also has funding problems right now. ”

Katherine Kennedy on the other end of the line explained: "All along, DreamWorks project funding has been taken from Chase Manhattan Bank, and because Steven's dad was familiar with them, they gave DreamWorks a billion-dollar revolving loan. ”

"However, Chase Manhattan Bank has recently been working with . Morgan talks about the merger and wants to complete the annexation of the First Bank of Chicago, Bear Stearns Bank, and Washington Mutual, so this high-risk revolving loan is stopped, and Steven, who got the news, also lent out the funds needed for the company's next projects "A Beautiful Mind", "Artificial Intelligence", "Shrek", "Dangerous Lover", and "The Last Castle" before calling it off. ”

"So, they can't get more working capital now, and even if Chase approves DreamWorks, they can't borrow much money because the quota has been used up, and the public fund can't do it without start-up capital."

Get......

Roland sighed, "Then I'll vote, how much?" ”

Katherine Kennedy was not surprised, because she just thought "The Identity of Bourne" was a good film, so she and her husband bought the series, "I don't know, it depends on Matt Damon's offer." ”

"What is his price now?"

"The investment of 40 million in "Genius Ripley" and the global box office of 120 million are small losses, but in fact, they also meet the standard of B-list, and when you calculate it comprehensively, it is more than 5 million and less than 10 million."

"Then sign a trilogy for 20 million, and like "The Lord of the Rings", a series will be filmed together."

Since the old man had no money, Roland also pulled the project into his pocket.

In this way, a series is filmed together, and that is a must.

Because only in this way can you use the money of leeks through film and television investment funds.

Although it is a little strange to pick up the development of the "Spy" series in the process of looking for Christopher Nolan to shoot the "Batman" series, for Roland, it is just a vote.

Without spending money on a large scale and without having to keep an eye on the production with the group, it is not unacceptable to press a bottom of 30 million.

As for the release?

Of course, the release is lost to Warner!

Under Disney's cautious vigilance, Warner, who has shown sincerity, deserves to eat this cake!

And just after Roland resolutely dealt with the problem that ordinary people couldn't solve for a few days and months in three minutes, not long after he walked out of the hotel, the bald head who was about to invite everyone to dinner had already received a notification call.

When everyone learned that the call was from James Cameron's partner, and the content was to let Soderbergh feel at ease and prepare that "Solaris" would be reserved for him first, a slightly happy exclamation suddenly arose-

"Oh my God! Is that why they succeed? The efficiency is so high! ”

"Sure enough, it's useful to find someone! Didn't Steven say before that when he asked Fox, he got repeated prevarication? I don't even indicate whether there is a project plan or not! But now, after Roland intervened, the project has been finalized! ”

"Aren't you talking nonsense? You don't look at the relationship between Roland and James! ”

"Don't talk about that! Steven, congratulations! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! It's been a wish! ”

"Thank you, thank you."

The warm congratulatory words made the bald head smile like a daisy, and in front of everyone, he simply vented the joy in his heart.

And after that......

His gaze fell on the smiling Nolan again.

Because he knows that Roland is most likely not taking care of himself, but taking a fancy to this cutting-edge director!

'Roland likes his films so much?' ’

'Fragments of Memory' doesn't seem to be good enough to be sought after by countless people, right? ’

The bald head muttered in confusion in his heart.

But after thinking about it for a few seconds, he didn't want to, because-

'Whatever! Anyway, I'm now discovering Christopher's Bole! ’

As long as you have a good relationship with him, then ...... Isn't it the same as finding a backer? ’

After reacting, the bald head opened his arms with a smile and hugged the guy who still didn't talk much.

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Although Roland didn't take "Solaris" seriously, and also felt that "Spy Shadow" was not of high value, but these views were all the impact of capital's pursuit of profit, for the general public, for those newcomers who want to climb the mountain, Roland's nod and reply is already enough joy to cheer.

And just as the people who had benefited from this were celebrating, in Seattle, tens of thousands of miles away from London, three old men were also in a meeting.

"The time has come to buy Yahoo, when are you going to do it?"

Paul Allen, with his fingers interlocked and his hands on his abdomen, tilted his head and asked.

"We'll have to wait for Yahoo's board of directors to change at the earliest." "They have a board of thirteen people, and after the change, Karl Icahn and Ronald Perelman can take seven, in which case, as long as Karl continues to tell the public that Yahoo is mismanaged and the company is undervalued, as is customary, we can take advantage of the situation," Bill Gates said. ”

"The board of directors voted 7 to 6, Yahoo has to sell anything, and after the acquisition agreement is reached, we just have to sit down with Carl and negotiate the price, which is about 100 billion to 150 billion from the current situation."

That's right, Yahoo is worth so much this year.

In the first few days of the millennium, their stock price soared to 118.75, with a market value of 128 billion, and although it has since fallen, it has remained around 100 billion, stabilizing Berkshire Hathaway.

In this case, it would be a dream to buy at parity, let alone a five-fold premium, which was a tacit agreement based on Carl Icahn's only so much money, and if Roland had not taken the initiative to sell nearly 18 billion shares, this business would have been even more troublesome.

"Fifteen billion? Almost, no more than it really can't be acquired. ”

Paul Allen nodded, "How many shares are we going to use at this price?" ”

"About 15 to 18 percent, and the rest in cash." Steve Ballmer said, "Carl will help us kick the founders of Yahoo out of the company, so don't worry about them interfering in the company's operations after the acquisition." ”

"Hmm." Paul Allen was pleased with the result, "So how does the Department of Justice explain that?" ”

"It's impossible for us to buy in the face of an antitrust case."

As soon as this topic was mentioned, the two people who were still calm and calm looked bitter.

After glancing at each other, Bill Gates shook his head and said: "The biggest problem on the Justice Department's side is that they feel that the system + browser solution is a monopoly, so we decided that PC manufacturers can freely choose the Windows desktop and make part of the source code of the Windows software public, so that our competitors can also write applications on the operating system." ”

"We are also considering providing users with a set of Windows Basic Edition, allowing users to install their own software." Steve Ballmer added:

"Is that so? Isn't that a sacrifice too great? Hearing this, Paul Allen also frowned.

Because the window of the whiteboard is ......

There is really only one core competitiveness of 'user habits'.

But for those two men, the concession was acceptable.

Steve Ballmer said, "While giving up the monopoly makes us less competitive, we get the biggest interface on the Internet, and with n, users will choose us by habit, even if we don't have to tie it up." ”

"What really worries us is that when we make the settlement agreement, there is a clause that may cause dissatisfaction in the market, because we have decided to compensate users of some Windows operating systems and issue a certain amount of vouchers, which needs to be negotiated with the Ministry of Justice, and if the current vouchers are not fully distributed, the remaining balance will be donated to schools that accept students from low-income families, and half of them must be purchased from Microsoft's educational products."

"And this result may cause dissatisfaction among companies that dominate the education market."

Such words made Paul Allen stunned on the spot.

Because he understands the implications of this decision.

The so-called random compensation is just a pretense to appease the people, and through this means, the opposition of the people will be suppressed.

The amount of donations after that is to gag the mouths of local governments, because the education funds of public schools have always been the bulk of financial expenditures, and Microsoft pays out of their pockets to update their equipment, so they can also use it as a grade.

After all, this is the result of the struggle they have spearheaded!

The states jointly sued Microsoft, and then Microsoft admitted and took the initiative to contribute to the cause of education, this kind of dedication to self-feedback to the people can make many people hold on to their votes in the next election.

Now that Microsoft has made them more stable, they won't continue to stumble.

Everyone is a civilized person, there is no need to die and break the net!

But this kind of move is actually hurting other companies in the education market.

Because the money donated by Microsoft was repaid by buying Microsoft products.

So, what about other companies that focus on the education market?

Join forces to sue Microsoft for the monopoly!

Of course, since the size of the education market is far less than that of the civilian market, Microsoft can fight to the end with those companies, but the problem is that the biggest companies in the education market, they know it!

Not only that, but they are also familiar with other people's bosses!

"It's not...... Is it really good for you to pit Roland like this? ”

Paul Allen smiled wryly, "Roland allowed us to successfully acquire Yahoo, and as a result, we acquired Yahoo more smoothly, and then took up the market share of their company's main business?" ”

"We don't have any friends in business, but it's really ...... for us to do it."

"Too much, right?"

"Who in the circle doesn't know that Yahoo was asked to be collected by Roland?"

"People make billions less to cooperate with us, and as a result, we have to beat another company in his hands, which is ......"

"Do insiders dare to do business with us next time?"

Such words made the other two shrug helplessly.

They didn't defend it, because what Paul Allen said was the truth.

In the acquisition of Yahoo, they did cheat Roland again, but ......

This is the best way to block the mouths of the people and the government at the same time!

That's right, the company that occupies the market for teaching machines in American schools is related to Roland.

And that company......

It's called Apple.