"Sonny agreed?"

"Yes, after two days of research, they decided to invest in Black Hawk Down."

"So happy?"

"That's right, as soon as they opened their mouths, it was a budget of 100 million, and as long as we set up a group, the funds were guaranteed to arrive within a week."

"Wow! Are there any other requirements? ”

"No, but they asked me to bring you a few words......"

"What?"

"Howard Stringer said that they Sony like the brand 'R and K' very much, according to their understanding, you are going to lay the brand goods before Christmas this year, since this is the case, it is actually possible to put ads into "Spider-Man 2", at the end of the film, isn't Gwen Stacy dead? They felt that Peter Parker could cry and pull his engagement ring out of his pocket, and he had intended to be like her in proposing after saving Gwen...... Anyway, that's what it means, they said, in terms of implantation, you can play as you like, you can understand what I mean, right? ”

"Oh~I understand~ but I don't need to, that's all?"

"Where, this is just Sony's first paragraph."

"What's the second paragraph?"

"Second paragraph...... They said that there were some small problems in the accounts of Sony and Amperin and Warcraft Film and Television, and the financial staff inside falsified the accounts, greedy for the company's profits, resulting in serious losses for the company, after their investigation, the entire financial team in the past two years, a total of more than 200 million funds have been transferred, due to the timely investigation, so the money has all been recovered, distributed according to the proportion of shares, more than 50 million dividends, will be before June this year, hit your account. ”

"Oh~I see~ Gone?"

"No, I've brought all the words, so, my job is over?"

"The end? So possible! Your Terminator project hasn't started yet, so you'll see what you can do! ”

"Okay, good~ I'll remember this, but ...... Let's wait until James is done......"

When Arnold Schwarzenegger smiled and hugged Roland, and then turned away humming a happy tune, the project plan left on the table made Roland very emotional, looking at the signature of the dragon and phoenix dancing on the cover, excitement and sadness were infinitely intertwined.

Excited, because Sony, as he expected, did not resist.

sad, but also because Sony, as he expected, couldn't resist.

In the face of absolute power, any struggle is futile.

As for why Sony suddenly said that Roland could place ads in "Spider-Man 2", and also said that there was a problem with the accounts of the global distribution company, which was recalculated after a callback?

"That's not because they think I'm hooked up with those military enterprises!"

"What is DOD?"

"Isn't that the main office of the military-industrial complex in Washington?"

In fact, after bringing in those guys to serve as film consultants, Roland had already expected this day to come.

Because in the eyes of everyone, in that long list of interests, he can't be the one who takes the initiative to make movies.

Guys who are engaged in entertainment, games, and the Internet are actively involved in arms procurement projects?

No kidding!

Who will believe this!

Even if everyone knows that Roland has money, arms procurement is not a matter of money at all!

In this way, Roland can only be the one who has taken shit luck and runs errands for the military industrial complex!

It's a hard label, but it's cool to use.

Because the spokesman of the military-industrial complex has always walked sideways on this planet.

Like Dick Cheney, who endorsed "Black Hawk Down," France and Nigeria accused him of bribing the well-known energy and infrastructure company Halliburton Group to take control of the Nigerian market......

But does it work?

Even if the evidence is conclusive, they are only accusing for ten years!

Because......

No one dared to arrest him.

╮(╯▽╰)╭

It's the same now!

After discovering that Roland's interests were not just related to Hollywood and Wall Street, but also Seattle, San Francisco, Omaha and Washington, Sony didn't want to talk about any Olympic deals......

Compete with one place, they can try it.

Compete with two, three, and four places at the same time?

I'm sorry, we don't play this game anymore, please treat us like a fart!

Competition can only exist between equal magnitudes.

Scuffling with opponents of the same weight class, this is not called competition, this is called brains into and looking for abuse.

Therefore, now Sony has chosen to lie down obediently, they don't expect "Spider-Man 2 and 3" to make much money at all, and they don't want to know what "Black Hawk Down" will be filmed, they just hope that Roland can take the initiative to leave after the contract ends......

Ah no, the money owed to you, we pay it back!

If money can buy peace, it will be the greatest embodiment of the value of money since its existence!

Sony's overture, Roland naturally accepted it gladly, but while being satisfied, he still called his own woman.

"Are you acquainted with Ridley Scott?"

"What?"

"Find him to make a movie."

"What project?"

"Black Hawk Down."

When Roland told Kate about the project she killed two years ago, she frowned when she thought it was strange.

She looked at her man deeply, then looked down through the project documents, and when the series of shocking signatures appeared in her sight, she raised her head not wanting to read the content anymore.

"Is it safe?"

"Our children will be born without a hitch, and who would you like to ask to be their godfather when the time comes?"

Kate's incompatible words made Kate stunned for a moment, and then shook her head and laughed.

Although Roland didn't say it explicitly, the meaning was already obvious-

'We are safe as capital, as for the rest? No one can guarantee that no one will be affected. ’

But this result is enough for Kate, just like she persuaded Roland not to vote for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", many times, the only one who can manage it is herself, "Ridley is filming "Gladiator". ”

"According to Steven's plan, the film will be completed around June."

And then, he only has one project, and that is to make 'Hannibal' with Anthony Hopkins.

"If you want him to do 'Black Hawk Down' first, then I'm going to go to them and ask them to postpone 'Hannibal'; But if it can't be filmed for a while, then I'll let them hurry up and shoot "Hannibal", and then go all out to make "Black Hawk Down". ”

"Of course, I can help you with it, but you have to solve the relevant projects yourself."

With Roland's current status, it's too easy to prepare a movie!

Not enough schedules?

That's it!

The filming schedule of "Hannibal" has to follow Anthony Hopkins, and he who played the Green Goblin in "Spider-Man 1 and 2" has just finished leaving the group, and then he needs to go to "Christmas Grin" and "Mission Impossible 2" to play soy sauce, when he can participate in "Hannibal", it depends on the arrangements of the other two crews, but ......

Isn't this just a matter of words for Roland?

Call Tom Cruise directly and ask him to move the old man's cameo scene forward, and then call Ron Howard and ask him to get the old man's cameo scene done first.

As for the director?

"Gladiator" is a DreamWorks movie!

Roland asked them to hurry up and finish filming to make time for themselves, isn't it as natural as the boss asking employees to work overtime?

What the?

The old man is on vacation and doesn't want to take care of things?

That's not a problem!

Roland went to his house and stole his daughter, wouldn't he be in charge?

And let Kate come forward, it was also to take care of everyone's emotions.

Anthony Hopkins and Ridley Scott don't know Kate's family too well, ask them for help first, and then help them adjust their time, which doesn't give people a sense of oppression.

It was Roland who invited them to make a movie first, instead of solving everything and letting them be tools!

Eh, this effect is two!

With Kate in the background, things went quickly, two phone calls, shouting uncle, and before ten minutes came, Anthony Hopkins said that he would let Universal put "Hannibal" on the agenda.

And Ridley Scott, even against the noise of the set, loudly asked Kate to send the script over.

After getting the director, Roland, who had been observing, contacted all parties.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Roland received the news of Sony's confirmed investment from Arnold Schwarzenegger, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, Sony had already received the report of the formation of the crew......

This speed made Sony even more convinced that Roland was mixed with those warmongers!

So, in the face of Roland's dignitaries, Sony didn't even read the documents and approved them directly.

Is the production director responsible for the team?

Casting director and director communication?

Costume design turned out of the military uniform of the year?

Script doctor and DOD face to face?

What Roland wants, what they give!

Roland asked them to connect with whomever they wanted, and they bought tickets and went straight over!

Anyway, it doesn't matter if you pay for the work, and this high degree of cooperation also makes Roland full of emotion-

"To survive!"

…………

At the same time as the crew of "Black Hawk Down" was frantically formed, the Oscars of '99 were also held on March 21.

Although they accepted the invitation, neither Roland nor Kate were willing to go hungry to serve as a backdrop for the organizers.

As a result, watching at home has become their best choice after work.

As the old man said, this year's biggest winner will only be born in "Perfection" and "Shakespeare in Love", and after nearly four hours of live broadcast, the old man also won the best director.

The Best Supporting Actress goes to Judi Dench, who starred in "Shakespeare in Love".

The best supporting actor is James Cobain, who starred in "Misery".

The actress was given to Helen Hunter, who starred in "Perfect".

The actor was taken into the arms of Roberto Bernini, the male protagonist of "Life is Beautiful".

Due to the appearance of Roland, the Oscars in 9899 have changed dramatically, Gwyneth Paltrow did not get the actress, and Jack Nicholson has one less actor, but at the same time, ......

"Shakespeare's Love History" is still scolded.

That's right, this movie still stood out from the four-way strangulation of "Perfect", "Beautiful Life", "Saving Private Ryan", and "The Thin Red Line", and the judges racked their brains and finally made a safe decision!

Unfortunately, the audience didn't buy it.

The day after the Oscars, there was a lot of skepticism, and the media that owned the industry in Hollywood were still conservative, but the people who could vent on the Internet showed no mercy.

The angry words slaughtered the pages of major forums, and the ancestral graves of the judges were all dug up by them.

The suspicion behind the curtain makes that noble gold not sacred.

For the people's 'feedback', the college can understand, because only the parties concerned will understand how complicated the situation this year is, but if it is said that it is shady, the college will not be happy......

Wasn't the biggest shady in Oscar history last year's deal?

But because you guys like it, it's right?

You guys didn't like it this year, so it's wrong?

Bah!

The face is so big!

…………

Of course, Oscar's noisy story actually only lasted a little more than a week.

Because on March 31, "The Matrix" was released.

As a movie with a philosophical label, at the beginning of the release, people actually went for the appearance of Keanu Reeves, and after the audience watched it-

Hold the grass! Keanu Reeves is so handsome!

He's so cool in sunglasses!

Kerry Moss is so sassy!

She even flies with Afu's crow!

Belch...... All right......

"The Adventures of Jackie Chan" has not yet been broadcast, and the crow on the plane was shouted by Roland.

After the release of "The Matrix", Roland went to charter the venue, although he had seen it in his previous life, but this did not prevent him from pulling Kate to watch it in his life, but when he looked at it, he regretted it, because-

Whenever Keanu Reeves plays, Kate is the star's eye.

"No, is he as handsome as me?" Roland wondered.

"Nope." Kate shook her head very decisively, but her eyes were still fixed on the screen.

"Then why are you staring at him?"

"Because he's handsome!"

Meow Meow Meow ???

Countless little question marks popped up in Roland's head.

He couldn't figure it out and continued to watch the movie with a bewildered face, but before he could watch it for a while, with the appearance of Carey Moss, Kate suddenly turned her head and asked him a question, "Is she as beautiful as me?" ”

"Nope." Roland, who was staring at the screen, shook his head decisively.

"Then why are you staring at her?"

"Don't you think she's very hot in a leather suit?" Roland looked at Carey Moss, who was wrapped in gelcoat all over his body, leaving only a snow-white collarbone, and said his inner thoughts.

"......" Kate stared at Roland's side face and didn't say a word.

In the next second, only sound effects echoed in the theater.

In the next second......

"Huh! Pain, pain, pain~"

Roland hugged his head and scurried.

Although Roland didn't understand why he was beaten until he went to bed at night, he knew that because of his handsome and charming face, "The Matrix" was a big hit.

In the garbage schedule at the end of March and the beginning of April, "The Matrix" slashed 27 million at the box office in its first weekend.

Although compared with Roland's box office record, this number is still a younger brother, and compared with Will Smith's results, Keanu Reeves still has room to catch up, but after the release of "The Matrix", Keanu Reeves's number of fans has increased geometrically like a rocket.

But even if Keanu Reeves is on fire, Roland has no envy.

Not only because he doesn't know how many times he has experienced everything Keanu Reeves has now, but also because there is no second one in the world who is more handsome than him!

What the?

Unbelief?

Xiao Lizi admits that he is not as handsome as Roland, and other guys will not say that he is more handsome than Roland!

No way, money ability!

Hey~

…………

Soon after the release of "The Matrix", there was good news from Google.

The commercial product was officially launched, and in just one month, the number of visits ran to more than 20 million.

And in this case, the two little ghost lions who graduated from Stanford opened their mouths and estimated the company at more than 200 million.

In the face of such an asking price, Sequoia Capital, which had already been greeted, took the initiative to withdraw, while the remaining KPCB injected 40 million funds into the company together with Shouwang Venture Capital.

KPCB invested 25 million, accounting for 10% of the shares.

Watch Ventures offered 15 million yuan for a six-year outsourcing contract with Yahoo's search business, accounting for 10 percent of the shares.

Although it didn't eat twenty percent, and other capital was put into the market, but for Roland, it was already very good.

Because Google wants to become bigger, it has to rely on KPCB, the core of the anti-Gates coalition, to continuously poach talents for them.

The only way to fight Microsoft is to bring together those who know Microsoft best.

Of course, although it took half a day to get 10% of the shares, this kind of achievement is really a bit embarrassing, but Roland didn't care about these things, not only that, but on the day of the signing, he also went to San Francisco in person.

After signing the contract, he was in a good mood and invited the two to a meal.

And in the process of eating, the two asked him a question-

"Roland?"

"Huh?"

"We heard from them, you don't seem to like being involved in the running of the company?"