But Lin Mu did a good job of keeping the film secret before its release, and he even asked James Cameron to strictly limit media interviews with the crew, which undoubtedly increased the public's sense of mystery about the big-budget film. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Spielberg, who finally finished filming "Schindler's List" at the end of October, told Lin Mu that he "can finally breathe a sigh of relief." Although the film "Schindler's List" is based on black and white photography, it is still a large-scale color production, with 126 characters and 30,000 extras. In addition to 30 locations, 140 sets were set up in Poland. More than 100 Jews were mobilized to work behind the scenes, allowing them to relive a bloody nightmare of Nazi terror. The plot of the film is turbulent and tragic, and the pictures, with black and white photography as the main tone of the documentary, show the horror of the German Nazis' frenzied extermination of the Jews, and its tragic situation is tear-jerking. To make the film more memorable, Lin Mu persuaded Paramount and Universal's executives that although the film was already in production, it had to be postponed until next year.

Spielberg got up at the suggestion of Lin Mu and headed for a beach vacation in New Mexico, and although the filming of "Schindler's List" was over, Spielberg clearly hadn't broken free from that oppressive atmosphere. Lin Mu thought that the Florida sun and sand would ease his tense nerves, and Spielberg's personal physician agreed with Lin Mu.

As soon as Spielberg returned from vacation, an old friend came to the door, and this person made Spielberg make an amazing decision to decide the ups and downs of the rest of his life, and this person was David Geffen.

On the list of America's richest people, there are only a handful of legends like David Geffen who have dreamed like this. What's more, although he is "uneducated, short in stature, and ordinary in appearance", he controls the dreams of many others. There is no doubt that David Geffen is a professional dreamer, and he himself, the embodiment of the "American Dream". Since the technological revolution and globalization, the road to success of the rich has gradually lost its legendary brilliance. They are either mathematical geniuses or business elites, and their success has so many technical details that it reads like inspirational novels that rely on computer programs and ledgers to fill pages. And David Geffen's life is full of a movie, with coincidences and adventures, as well as conflicts and twists. He has controlled well-known record companies and media shares. If he hadn't existed, half the world's record players and theaters would have been dumb. When he spoke, the United States listened with bated breath.

It has been said that success depends on luck. Then David Geffen's luck is too good. He didn't officially go to college, mixing for a semester and mixing for a semester; Changed 17 jobs, from ushers to mailrooms. Mailroom jobs are still earned by lying, falsifying academic qualifications, and stealing mail. When he applied for a job in the mailroom, he falsely claimed to have a degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. The company hired him and wrote to UCLA to verify his credentials. The Los Angeles "No Found" reply was intercepted by Geffen in the mailroom, and the letter was vaporized and replaced. If he had been caught doing his job with his education and emails, the job would have been gone. But Geffen wasn't caught, either he was lucky, or he knew exactly what he was doing, and he was extremely careful.

RDS is David Geffen's first successful work as an entertainment mogul. After that, Geffen went on to create the more famous Geffen Records. Within a year, Geffen Records had become an industry leader, selling millions of songs one after another. The entertainment industry is a special industry. What the audience saw was the brilliant starlight, the jade face and golden voice of the actor and singer. And these are the products that the management has carefully packaged and created. The "raw material" of the entertainment industry exists in people with artistic talent. In aristocratic society, these people sought out their benefactors who had money and leisure to appreciate them, and only served their benefactors. In the commercial era, large corporations unearthed artistic talents, styled them according to the needs of the market, and made a profit.

Artistic talent is not in the same stable supply as oil and gold mines, so finding the right people, or knowing what kind of artists can open up what kind of market, is the professionalism that entertainment managers need. David Geffen has a golden finger for it, and many of today's superstars have started their real careers with Geffen Records. John Lennon's last album, Double Rhapsody, was released by Geffen Records, and Geffen is said to be the only one to make a deal without listening to a song. Lennon was assassinated shortly after, and the album was a huge hit, taking the newly formed Geffen records to the next level.

If Lin Mu had studied David Geffen seriously at this time, he might really suspect that he belonged to the same crossing clan as himself, but Spielberg would not think so, and his first thought when he saw David Geffen was: "Why is this guy here?" ”

Although David Geffen was hugely successful in his career, his private life was something that Spielberg did not dare to flatter. David Geffen, who is over 50 years old, is still single and childless, he can be regarded as the highest achiever gay in Hollywood, and the famous American "Out of the Closet" magazine once ranked the 50 most powerful gay celebrities, and David Geffen ranked first without suspense.

"Spielberg, my old fellow, how's the Florida beach going?" As soon as they met, David Geffen enthusiastically wanted Spielberg to hug him, but he flatly refused.

"There are a lot of beauties on the beach, but I don't think you're interested in that!" Spielberg was clearly teasing him.

"I'm not here to argue with you about my personal issues, in fact, I have a big matter to discuss with you!" David Geffen didn't want to dwell too much on Spielberg on this issue, the two of them had been friends for many years, but as soon as they met, they would argue on this issue, and neither of them would convince anyone.

"Oh?" Spielberg put away his playful expression, putting aside David Geffen's homosexuality issues, he still admired David Geffen's talent in business.

"I want to start a film company, I wonder if you're interested?" David Geffen didn't beat around the bush and told Spielberg what he thought.

"Forming a film company?" David Geffen's proposal made Spielberg's mind suddenly come alive, he had also had the idea of forming his own film company before, one is not ripe, and the other is that forming a film company requires a lot of money, with his own strength, it is indeed a little difficult to complete, but now it is different, David Geffen is a famous big financier in Hollywood, and his Geffen records have a large number of professional talents, which already has the conditions for setting up a film company.

"I need a partner with a lot of experience in this area, and the first thing that comes to my mind is you, a great Hollywood director." David Geffen said with a smile.

"Actually, you have a more suitable choice!" Spielberg shook his head, and he wanted to cooperate in the formation of a new film company, and he immediately thought of another person.

"Could there be a better candidate than you?" Spielberg said this, which did make David Geffen a little curious.

"He's going to make you happy!" Spielberg deliberately bought a pass.

"Who?" David Geffen asked eagerly.

"Paramount's Vice Chairman Lin!"

"Lin?" David Geffen thinks Spielberg's suggestion is not clever, "He's a powerful figure in Paramount, and he's very much respected by Sanam Leishidong, he's almost half of Paramount's owner, how can he join forces with us to set up a competitor for his company?" ”

In fact, he has been actively seeking cooperation with other Hollywood studios, and he believes that the future film market will be a situation where several companies join forces to dominate!" Spielberg still stands by his opinion.

"But he's already working with Universal, and I think it's going to be going to be for a long time." David Geffen voiced his concerns.

"But in my opinion, this kind of cooperation is not stable, and now it is the top management of Universal that is tied to the top of the world with profits, but in fact, there are big differences in their creative ideas, and sometimes, even Paramount can't do exactly what he wants. Starting a new film company, I think he would be very interested. Spielberg analyzed to David Geffen. And the most important point is that having a private investment company in hand, in terms of the funds for the establishment of a new company, he can greatly reduce the pressure on you and me! ”

"You mean Dream Company?" David Geffen had heard of the company, but he wasn't interested in venture capital. "This company is not simple, I heard that Warren Buffett and Sanam Lei Shidong are shareholders of this company, and they also acquired Japan's SoftBank not long ago, and they have been making a lot of noise recently."

"So this is also an opportunity for us to cooperate with Paramount, and pulling in the gang is equivalent to pulling Sanam Lei Shidong into the company's board of directors, as long as we have a controlling stake, the company will still listen to us in the end!" Spielberg told David Geffen very directly.

"But the big question is, will Lin agree to give us a controlling stake?" David Geffen said worriedly.

"I think I can give it a try!" Spielberg was confident in convincing the woods.

Upon learning that Spielberg and David Geffen were planning to form a film company, Lin Mu's first reaction was to think of the famous animated film company DreamWorks, which was the only film company in Hollywood that could compete with Disney. The most impressive thing about Lin Mu's film in Dreamworks is the beautiful picture at the beginning: the quiet sky at night, a little boy leaning on the moon fishing, this scene instantly creates a wonderful and magical dream, this is people's childhood dream, we have long lost her, but DreamWorks presents them in front of people again, and the fairy tale story will always be kept in the purest place in our hearts. He remembers that the company was founded in the year and that Spielberg was one of the founders. Lin Mu was almost certain that the company that Spielberg and David Geffen would build would be the dream factory of one of Hollywood's Big Eight.

Spielberg told Lin Mu about his vision with David Geffen, and of course the main purpose of his trip was to lobby Lin Mu to partner with them. Unexpectedly, before he had expressed his final intentions, Lin Mu was a little impatient to ask if the company still lacked new partners, and he was willing to invest in this new company in his personal capacity.

The two hit it off and immediately negotiated all the cooperation matters, and finally Spielberg happily told Lin Mu that David Geffen also wanted to meet him. Lin Mu was not interested in David Geffen as a person, but he had a lot of ideas about David Geffen's Geffen Records, so he accepted Spielberg's invitation and agreed to meet his partner.

David Geffen didn't have that kind of hot look in Lin Mu's eyes when he saw it, which made Lin Mu secretly glad that he was obviously not the type that David Geffen liked. However, the meeting between the two is really interesting, and it is also an interesting story that Lin Mu, a genuine UCLA graduate, met David Geffin, a former impostor. Spielberg seized on this and hit David Geffen hard.

If he hadn't known in advance that David Geffen's sexuality was problematic, Lin Mu would never have imagined that this polite middle-aged gentleman sitting in front of him would be a homosexual. But I have to admit that David Geffen is also a good businessman. After talking to Lin Mu for a few words, he keenly saw that Lin Mu had already had the idea of creating his own company. David Geffen trusts his own judgment because he finds that Lin Mu has a very clear understanding of the development and positioning of the new company, and these thoughts are not improvised.

"The new company is still lacking a person who can take care of the whole situation, and I think you're a good fit, but I don't know if you're willing to give up your role at Paramount and come and work with us?" David Geffen asked directly.

"It's a pity that I can't do without Paramount for the time being, because I'm a director of Viacom myself, and I'm just an investor in this new company, and I'm afraid I'll have to consider other people to manage the company." Lin Mu also directly rejected this idea, and his actions clearly told David Geffen and Spielberg that he had relinquished control of the new company, and he had no intention of holding the new company firmly in his own hands.

"But Spielberg's contract with Universal hasn't expired yet, and he certainly doesn't have time to take care of that, and I'm a true layman in the film field, so neither of us can effectively manage the company, and I'm afraid there will be some problems with the operation of the company after it is established." (To be continued.) )