Of course, the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars, which can make Li An's heart, are actually not very attractive to Roland, after all, he has jumped out of the food chain of the entertainment industry now, and he is not at the same level as all the awards.

Like Freckles Eddie Redmayne, isn't it a joke to be able to invite Stephen Hawking to the premiere of "The Theory of Everything" and make him move to tears for his performance?

Since the highest honor in the industry can be captured, then they will not be obsessed with it.

Only what you can't get will be in turmoil.

When you can buy a Ferrari production line by leaning back on the sofa and working in a daze, you won't be like those celebrities who take a picture when you pick up the car and tell everyone about it.

Because you know that you have money, you don't care about these foreign things at all.

And what's the point of showing those who don't know you're rich?

Different levels of worship do not satisfy your vanity.

The class gap will only make you feel -

This is how it should be.

…………

After the celebration banquet of "Spider-Man 3" has passed, the twentieth century has also come to an end.

With the advent of the zero year, all kinds of major events have also come one after another.

First, on January 10, the Federal Trade Commission approved the merger of AOL and Time Warner.

Due to the bursting of the dot-com bubble, the merger and acquisition, which should have exceeded 160 billion, eventually shrank to 120 billion, but even so, Time Warner still did not emerge from the infighting.

Gerard Levine, who once served as Chairman and CEO of Time Warner, is the CEO of the new company, AOL's founder Steve Skye is the chairman of the board, and Robert Pittman, former president and COO of AOL, and Dick Parsons, former president of Time Warner, become co-COOs of the new company.

Judging from this distribution model, the leadership team of the original Time Warner is a dwarf in the new company.

However, after the merger of AOL and Time Warner, Ted Turner, the largest shareholder of the original Time Warner, is still the largest shareholder in the new company, and as the vice chairman of the board of directors, he has given all the support to the original Time Warner leadership team.

That is, to support Time Warner's orderly merger with AOL while ensuring revenue.

In this way, AOL Time Warner has become the most bizarre product in the history of corporate mergers.

Although the two groups merged, the miscellaneous divisions still operated independently, and Time Warner's media and entertainment division refused to officially open to AOL, while AOL created its own equity incentive plan to replace the cash rewards of performance dividends other than Time Warner.

Such an act makes insiders inside and outside the industry like a monk who is at a loss.

Merger and merge, unity and unity are the right way!

If you can't even do business integration, it's just a combination of the two on the brand, then ......

What are you guys doing here?

Lonely?

The internal struggle to the flesh made everyone not optimistic about the future prospects of AOL Time Warner, and at this time, no one thought that they would be able to complete the legendary triple play integration.

As a result, many private equity funds that hold their shares have also sold off, not wanting their performance to be affected.

And when everyone felt that if the contradictions between the two sides could not be reconciled, then within a year, a tragic war would break out in AOL Time Warner, Roland was quite satisfied with the situation.

If AOL Time Warner is monolithic, how will Google develop? How else does DC operate?

The vast majority of Google's Internet businesses are unable to circumvent AOL's patents.

That's why Google is spending a billion dollars to take a stake in AOL to bypass this problem.

DC's outsourcing is a deformed product of Time Warner's serious infighting.

There is no outsourcing without infighting, and there will be no situation where the DC Cinematic Universe is formed while creating independent films.

So, the harder AOL Time Warner fights, the happier Roland becomes.

Because when these guys are trying to make as much profit as possible in the field they manage in order to keep their position, the kind of eagerness to stretch the statements and kick the competitors out of the game is really beautiful!

For this reason, tears of emotion unconsciously flowed down the corners of his mouth.

…………

At the same time as the official merger of AOL and Time Warner, the inauguration ceremony of the Commander General was also officially held on January 20.

As the first inauguration of the 21st century, the scale is quite grand.

Morning prayer ceremony, procession to Capitol Hill, swearing-in of the deputy commander-in-chief, swearing-in of the president, inaugural luncheon, inaugural parade, inaugural ball...... The whole process will be done and 50 million dollars will be burned.

More than 300,000 people watched the rally and made the security personnel miserable.

Of course, Zipper did not refuse to hand over his rights like King Zhi.

So, everything is quite peaceful.

However, even if this matter was related to Roland, he had no intention of going to the scene, and after donating $250,000 to the other party's inauguration account, he turned around and began to deal with other things derived from it.

With the ascension of the second ancestor, Henry Rumsfeld also officially stepped down as chairman of Gilead and continued to hold shares of the company in his personal capacity, because of his departure, the board of directors was also reorganized, the chairman of the board of directors will be replaced by the founder, and the vacated board seats will be owned by Roland.

At first, Roland wanted David to continue to top the bag, but considering that he had too many titles and miscellaneous companies related to him, Roland gave up this idea, screened around the technology companies, and finally reached a tacit agreement with Steve Jobs, who had the same interests, to invite him to become an independent director of Gilead Technologies.

An independent director is a director who is independent of the company's shareholders and does not hold a position within the company, and has no important business or professional ties with the company's management and management, and can make independent judgments on the company's affairs.

The meaning of existence is to prevent the controlling shareholder and management from exercising internal control over the company and harming the interests of the shareholders as a whole.

Although this thing came about with good intentions, you want to get the owner of the company to relinquish control of the company?

That's a dream!

Capital can divest itself from the management of the company, as required by law.

But at the same time, they can also implant the trust of their other companies where they are needed.

Just like Warren Buffett kicked out Coca-Cola's CEO Douglas Ivester in '99, the last successor was himself, and during the time he managed Coca-Cola, due to missing the acquisition of the sports drink Quaker, Pepsi took advantage of the situation and realized the business Boom, he was criticized and resigned, but the new successor is the Dow Chemical invested by Warren Buffett, Coca-Cola, is still controlled by him.

Therefore, independent directors have never been independent.

They will never be able to be independent.

Because the meaning of the existence of these guys is to maintain the perpetual rule of capital.

As for the rhetoric on the surface, it is just to fool the public.

…………

At the same time that Roland resolved the issue of Gilead's board of directors, the Golden Globe Awards ceremony was officially held on January 21.

Roland, who has not participated in the Golden Globe Awards before, will not participate in the future, and the reason why he is concerned is simply to know whether the two brothers who control Miramax will still be demons.

Of course, he is very different from himself ten years ago, he would rather read the company reports at night than bother to turn on the TV to watch the live broadcast, even if the stars are shining on the red carpet, Renee Zellweger and Julia Roberts are competing for beauty in order to maintain their coffee position, and the new generation of actors Kate Hudson and Sarah Gayla are scratching their heads in order to become famous, but this eyeball economy can no longer make him interested.

Not because they are not beautiful, but because the cost of acquiring this beauty is too great and meaningless.

In this way, flipping through the news the next morning becomes the first choice to save time.

Although Roland can't remember the list of winners in his previous life, the list is very similar, which makes him extremely satisfied.

The best foreign language film was won by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and the best director went to Li An.

Harvey Weinstein's fat man, a beep.

However, just as Roland was about to close the page after reading the results, another photo on the website caught his attention.

If you look closely, isn't that brown-skinned mixed-race beauty Jessica Alba, the popular lover in ancient entertainment texts?

'She was invited to the Golden Globes?' ’

Confused, Roland flipped through her information with IMDb.

When he found out that this guy was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for starring in James Cameron's "Black Angel of the Last Days" TV series, he suddenly realized that he directly turned off the computer page.

No matter how beautiful Jessica Alba is, he has no idea of collaborating.

Because Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, and the girls of the Jewish gang were enough for him.

Anne Hathaway will be labeled Catwoman by him;

Charlize Theron has starred in the Phoenix Girl;

And the girls of the Jewish Gang......

Their needs are the final project!

No way, many times the reality is so cruel.

Even if I think you're OK, I can only say no to you.

Who keeps me around, and there are so many people of my own who need me to take care of?

As for the invisible woman in "Fantastic Four"?

Even if Kevin Feige really wants to prepare this movie in the future, then Roland will not choose Jessica Alba.

In his opinion, even Hailee Steinfeld is better suited than her.

Because the latter, it is the Jews.

…………

And when the Golden Globe Awards passed, February, also quietly arrived.

On the 8th, Disney California Adventure Park officially opened.

As the largest project set up by Disney at the turn of the century, Disneyland's sister park, which has an average daily capacity of 33,000 people, has attracted a lot of attention from the outside world as soon as it opened, especially Disney has always claimed that the new park covering an area of 29 hectares has four areas, 22 attractions, and 15 restaurants, so that visitors can enjoy a pleasant play at the same time, enjoy the rest service of being at home, and people's interest in it is even greater.

However, with the opening of the park, when people entered the park and had a day of fun, they realized that they had been cheated!

Although Disney has always said that Adventure Park is a continuation of Disneyland, this park is not attractive to children, but is full of a lot of prohibitory signs and adult signs!

Not only that, but there are more than 70 vending shops buried in the 22 scenic spots!

Such a dense crowd of vending is uncomfortable, and the large number of non-children's programs is even more deceitful to tourists.

As a result, in the month of its opening, major media published articles criticizing it, feeling that Disney, which had been operating for nearly 100 years, had fallen into the eyes of money, lost its original intention, and gradually deviated from the needs of the masses, and was no longer the fairy tale kingdom that attracted people's aspirations.

Not only that, but they also came up with examples, and a group of anchors said one after another-

"There's no way I'm going to put my kids at Disneyland and go to Adventure Park on my own!"

"I can't accept a two-step booth and a three-step storefront store park!"

"The workmanship at Disney Adventure is so rough! In their Disneyland, there are barriers on the edge of each scene so that guests will not be disturbed by the outside scenery while playing, but in the adventure park, the surrounding broadcast towers and the Anaheim Convention Center are all visible! If that's all there is to it! The most difficult thing for me to accept is that even the hotel in close proximity can have an unobstructed view! ”

As a result of this criticism, Disney Adventure's first month of opening did not meet operational expectations.

The daily passenger flow of 9,000 at the peak and 5,000 at the bottom made Disney even more dumbfounded.

You know, before the park opened, they put down their wild words and said that Disney Adventure Park would definitely be operating at full capacity!

For this reason, the Los Angeles Times even hailed it as "the world's most crowded paradise!" ’

Can ...... now

The park's maximum daily footfall is not even half of its full capacity?

This, this, this......

"What's going on!!!!

"Why is the number of visitors to Adventure Park so far behind expectations?????"

Disney tyrant Michael Eisner is once again thundering!

With his roar, in the conference room of Burbank's Disney headquarters, the crowd could only bow their heads and dare not make a sound.

Because like Disneyland in France, the plan of this Disney Adventure Park was also made by the Emperor himself, and when everyone couldn't make the decision, they couldn't explain to him why people don't like adventure parks!

But their silence, of course, was only exchanged for abuse.

When Michael Eisner found out that this group of subordinates dared to isolate him, he banged on the table and gave the guys in charge of the project a saliva bath from top to bottom, left to right, and outside to inside.

In the end, he was even more out of breath and said, "I don't care what you think now!"

Anyway, you'll have to get this out of me within a month!

If the number of visitors next month does not exceed 500,000!

Then you're all going to fuck off! ”

Such high pressure made the guys present look at each other.

Almost everyone thinks he's crazy.

Because according to the objective law of development, the performance of all amusement projects in the first month of opening is the peak of the moment, and without innovation, the passenger flow will only fall, not rise.

If not, wouldn't amusement parks become the most profitable business in the world?

Invest once and use it for life!

Therefore, when the number of visitors to Disney Adventure Park did not reach 500,000 in the first month, if you want to achieve 500,000 in the next month, there are actually only two ways to do it-

1. Swap the signs of Disneyland and Disney Adventure;

2. Dreaming.

But after these guys said their thoughts very implicitly, Michael Eisner, who heard the connotation, was even more unhappy!

How dare you confront my decision?

Damn it!

After scolding the guys present, he was furious and told everyone to get out!

And when he returned to the office out of breath, Dick Cook, who had been waiting here for a long time, spoke his mind.

“Boss。”

"Huh?"

"I actually have an idea about paradise."

"What? Do you have a way? Say! ”

"I started driving the train at Disneyland, and I've met a lot of guests, and from what I've learned about them, a lot of times, they turn down an attraction because they don't know what's fun about it.

For example, if I used to drive a train, it was not an attractive project in any other park, but it was different at Disneyland, because it was Mickey's little train, the little flying train.

Although the project has not changed, because of the presence of Mickey and Goofy, the children love to play.

It's the same now, although we have opened Disney Adventure, many of the programs in it are not clear to visitors at all!

A pirate ship spinning around is not attractive to tourists at all, as it can also be played at Six Flags Park.

But what if we added some special meaning to this pirate ship?

Like Mickey's pirate ship?

Then it's a different story!

But Mickey can't appear in Adventureland.

Because that's a brand for kids, and Corsair is an adult project.

So, I think the best way for us to change that is to advertise those adult programs.

As Mr. Walt Disney did before, advertise with movies.

Make up a story for these projects, make up a compelling story, and let everyone know that this project is only available to us at Disney, so that people will naturally choose our adventure park.

And now, in Hollywood, didn't the most advertising person sign a cooperation agreement with us? ”

When Dick Cook clearly explained his thoughts, Michael Eisner's fiery eyes suddenly lit up!

"That's right! Advertise! ”

"Hurry, hurry! Go to Warcraft Film and Television, and invite the Buddha Luo Lai to come over! ”