For four or five days in a row, because of his immersion in creation, Yi Feiyang's whole person lost weight. Unlike writing scripts before, although Yi Feiyang is a Hong Kong native, he also grew up watching Hollywood movies, and he is as familiar with the model of Hollywood movies as Hong Kong movies. However, there is a lack of understanding and awareness of Indian films. Or to be precise, Yi Feiyang's knowledge and understanding of Indian films mostly comes from some classic films of Indian Bollywood, such as "Slumdog Millionaire", as well as "Three Fools in Bollywood", and "My Name is Khan" and other films.

In Yi Feiyang's view, the Indian people who like to sing and dance also shoot movies with their own characteristics, and some movies are even better than Hollywood movies.

Looking at the world of cinema, if Hollywood is second to none, then India's Bollywood deserves to be the second, whether French films like it or not, this is a fact.

Bollywood produces thousands of movies every year, but of course, only a limited number of them can be officially released. Why is Bollywood's production so high? Because compared to Hollywood, Bollywood films have a relatively small budget. In terms of sets, costumes, special effects and cinematography, it was not world-class until the mid-to-late 1990s. But with the popularity of Western film and television in India, the pressure on Bollywood to raise the level of production has gradually increased. The box office success of films shot overseas led Mumbai-based filmmakers to travel the world, shooting in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and more.

However, when it comes to Indian Bollywood in the American film industry, it is not unanimously praised, because of the short production cycle and small budget. Some Bollywood authors borrow plots and even scenes directly from successful Hollywood movies. Some composers have also plagiarized musical melodies from Hollywood movies and even other Indian films. Most plagiarism of Western films goes unpunished. Because Westerners know basically nothing about it; Moreover, many Indian audiences are not familiar with Western films and tunes themselves. How much plagiarism is in Bollywood movies after all is a widely debated issue. Some say it's sporadic, others say it's fairly frequent.

Now, if Yi Feiyang wants to prepare for the filming of "Slumdog Millionaire", it is absolutely not enough to rely on a solid script, but also to closely integrate with life in India. For this reason, Yi Feiyang plans to find an opportunity to fly to India after solving the matter on the New Zealand side. To see what life is like there, the main thing is to visit the slums.

Just when Yi Feiyang made up his mind to find time to fly to India to experience the hard life in the slums there, as the boss of Weta Digital and a world-renowned director, Peter Jackson went crazy.

Since Weta Digital took over the production of the first part of "The Lord of the Rings", it can be said that it has made a lot of money, and there is no doubt that it is really profitable to engage in movie special effects, which is faster than ~ son sitting on stage.

I have money in my hands. Peter Jackson began to expand Weta Digital with ambitions, tripling in size. The manpower has increased from the original hundreds to the current five or six hundred, which is not counting, in order to encourage the enthusiasm of the company's employees, he also promised high benefits and bonuses and so on.

Originally, I thought that after the company expanded, it would be able to continue to develop and grow smoothly, and it was best to keep working in hand and puff out the dollars in my pocket.

However, "Lord of the Rings 2", which was first negotiated with Dream Entertainment, did not negotiate the cost of special effects production, and the work at hand was temporarily put on hold. But he's not afraid of the fat man, are you afraid that there will be no other company without dreams? At least the name of his own company has already been launched.

It is based on this pride that Peter Jackson will ignore the next acquisition plan of Dream Entertainment. However, what he didn't expect was that his friend, a business partner, sold 42% of his equity to Yi Feiyang. And here, Yi Feiyang also wants a controlling stake in Weta Digital, to put it bluntly, he is directly in charge of the company, and the fat man resisted the temptation conditions offered by Yi Feiyang. I was going to fight to the end, but as soon as I turned around, I found that many companies interested in cooperating with Weta Digital had withdrawn, and Weta Digital became a loner!

That's right! Weta Digital, which was developed and expanded by Peter Jackson in front of him, has become a completely empty shelf large company, without business, there is no income, and without income, it cannot support the company's operation. The bonuses and benefits promised by myself before have all been lost, and the saddest thing is that the rent has not been paid in full...... If you know that you won't move first, the company has small benefits!

In the first three days, the fat man could still rely on some cash on hand to support, and at least he could have rice to cook. But when it was almost a week, he really couldn't support it, who had ever seen employees do nothing every day, and the boss still paid them? What's more, it's still the salary of five or six hundred people?!

Even if the fat man is a multimillionaire, he can't resist such a toss. It can be said that the current Peter Jackson is about to be forced to Liangshan, if the United States has Liangshan.

After thinking about it, in order to avoid bankruptcy, he thought that the only way for him was to sell.

Now he knows one thing, if he sells Weta Digital, he will definitely be able to make 800 million dollars. Otherwise, if it is taken back by the bank, then he may not get anything. Under the torment in his heart, he had no choice but to sell all the shares in his hand to Yi Feiyang.

On the seventh day, Peter Jackson finally came to the hotel where Yi Feiyang stayed, and Yi Feiyang took a leisurely sip of water in the café, and then said with a smile: "Peter, since you are willing to come to me, I think you must have made a decision." ”

"Yi, tell me, did you do it?" Peter Jackson stared at Yi Feiyang angrily: "I think now only you want me to go bankrupt!" ”

Yi Feiyang smiled lightly, kept his gaze on the clear water, and said lightly: "Dear Peter, doing business always requires some means. I'm sure you're understandable, and I know you're coming to me, aren't you having nothing to lose right now? ”

"$800 million for all sold to you! But my condition is that you must stop any attacks on me! Peter Jackson didn't have the same pressure as last time in the face of Yi Feiyang, but the fear in his heart was only stronger than that day.

"Of course, of course it will stop!" Yi Feiyang finally raised his sharp eyes to meet him: "It's just that it's not worth 800 million now." Have you forgotten the conditions I put forward to you that day: 300 million or 500 million or 800 million? You didn't make the choice in time, so you don't get 800 million now! ”

This devil! Peter Jackson gritted his teeth in his stomach and cursed as he tried to say something. Under the gesture of Yi Feiyang's eyes. Durex neatly took out a document and told Peter Jackson: "Mr. Peter Jackson. Right now, your Weta Digital Light market value is only 430 million. To sell these two companies, Dream Entertainment has spent $80 million. So you will never get 800 million! ”

Peter Jackson took the document and looked at it, and couldn't help but moan in pain. He swore in his heart that he would never do business with the Orientals, especially the Chinese, in the future, because they were all devils, and they had investigated his current details clearly and thoroughly.

That's what Alex is capable of, as the company's investment manager, his collection of all kinds of business intelligence and secrets is comparable to that of the CIA. In Yi Feiyang's words, the mall is like a battlefield, so as the intelligence work in the mall is the top priority, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can dig up all kinds of news, and these messages are likely to help you turn the tide in the battle. Now, that's it!

After talking about it again, Peter Jackson completely disarmed and surrendered, and Weta Digital officially belongs to the Dream Entertainment Group for $500 million. That is to say, from this moment on, Yi Feiyang has the future of enough energy and industrial light and magic. and competing special effects companies such as Apple, and in the future, Dream Entertainment will start filming blockbusters like "The Lord of the Rings". There is no need to rely on foreign aid to create special effects; The most important thing is that Yi Feiyang knows very well that whoever holds the lifeblood of special effects, then he holds the future!

Now that Weta Digital has become a subsidiary of Dream Entertainment, as one of the founders of Weta Digital, Peter Jackson has undoubtedly become Yi Feiyang's "partner". Yi Feiyang's explanation for this "partner" is that you can continue to shoot "The Lord of the Rings 2", and if you do a good job, then "Iron Man 2" will also be handed over to you to shoot.

For a while, Peter Jackson couldn't completely switch from the role, he was the general of the defeated army, how could he suddenly become the target of the other party's key cultivation? ! "The Lord of the Rings" and "Iron Man" are all opportunities that many big directors can encounter but cannot seek.

It turns out that there are such benefits of surrender?! Peter Jackson was speechless.

But what made him even more speechless was that Yi Feiyang was assigned another task to him next, that is, to help Fat Jack direct the animation special effects of "Kung Fu Panda"! By the way, there are also the movie special effects of "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", as well as the special effects of James Wing's latest horror film "Insidious......

Before Yi Feiyang finished speaking, the fat man almost fainted to the ground!

Landlords and old wealth, this is exploiting and oppressing tenants!!

Peter, who knows a little bit about Chinese history, thought.

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Los Angeles, USA.

Journalists all over the world are gossipy. Especially Hollywood journalists, who don't gossip and can't survive. Because for them, gossip is work, and gossip is salary.

Therefore, when the news of Yi Feiyang's acquisition of New Zealand Weta Digital Company has not yet been made public, it has been directly transmitted to the United States through the grapevine.

As soon as Yi Feiyang got off the plane, he was surrounded by those well-informed reporters, and the first question was: "How do you feel about acquiring Weta Digital?!" ”

Nonsense, what can you think? Of course, it has been very smooth and successful, and I look forward to the countless benefits that this company will bring to me in the future. Yi Feiyang thought so in his heart, and on the surface, he still needed to answer in a regular manner: "I think this is a win-win project, yes, it must be a win-win situation!" ”

Then different questions followed, "So are there any external factors for the acquisition of Weta Digital?" "Why would Director Peter Jackson accept your terms?" "What do you think of Peter, as an opponent and as a current fellow?"

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In the face of these, Yi Feiyang smiled, and just when everyone thought he would answer, Yi Feiyang directly kicked the ball to Dures beside him, "These questions Mr. Dures knows better than I know, okay, I'm tired and need to rest!" Without waiting for those reporters to come to their senses, Yi Feiyang had already left the scene under the protection of bodyguards.

Seeing that those reporters were about to surround themselves, the cold-faced Dures only came with one sentence, "Don't ask so many questions first." I'll have a press conference later! ”

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In the face of the "big event" of Dream Entertainment's lightning acquisition of Weta Digital. Major media outlets have made vigorous comments. And as the largest newspaper in the United States, the media naturally does not turn a blind eye to this matter......

Chicago Sun-Times Entertainment Edition: "A Dream New Journey, From Acquisitions to Expansion, the Empire Is Taking Shape!" ”

"Los Angeles Daily News" Entertainment Edition: "Hollywood is back in the wind, and the Warring States War has entered a decisive period!" ”

The Washington Post Entertainment Edition: "China's Easy Acquisition of Vita, Dream Enters a New Era!" ”

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However, compared with the uproar of the dream expansion event, the most exciting news in Hollywood today is the super sci-fi blockbuster "Artificial Intelligence" that the great director Spielberg is about to finish filming and will be released in the United States Christmas file.

From the beginning of filming, this drama has been followed by many media. There are three reasons for this, first, the director of this play is Spielberg, the most humanistic director; second, the story of this play is very sensitive, or it has subversive significance for future science fiction; Third, Spielberg's play has long been scheduled to become an obstacle to Yi Feiyang's position, and it depends on whether Yi Feiyang's new play can defeat the other party.

In a word, Spielberg was compulsorily watched by the media and fans as Yi Feiyang's opponent and enemy.

But what interests everyone the most is the relationship between Spielberg and Yi Feiyang. As everyone knows. The relationship with Peter Jackson, Sam Raimi and others is different. Yi Feiyang and Spielberg are "old friends", or old friends. For predecessors like Spielberg, Yi Feiyang has expressed his admiration and respect on many occasions, and for a new director like Yi Feiyang, Spielberg is also very caring, not only has worked with him, but also praised him for his high understanding and very good directorial talent. It can be said that the relationship between Yi Feiyang and Spielberg is more like confidants and friends. Nowadays, such good friends are used as rivals, and people can't help but look forward to whether the friendship will break down, and whether there will be objective factors such as comity in the competition.

However, for Hollywood, for those very xenophobic American filmmakers, the rapid expansion of Dream Entertainment has made them feel panic and fear, especially now that Yi Feiyang has acquired New Zealand's Weta Digital, even a fool knows what he is doing this move. Therefore, these Hollywood people felt that it was necessary, or necessary, to erect a powerful enemy and opponent for Yi Feiyang to block his rise. And Spielberg is just the right fit. So, in order to build momentum for Spiel, these Hollywood people spared no effort to hype Spielberg and his new tome "Artificial Intelligence" in media magazines and television newspapers.

First of all, as the most mainstream entertainment media in the United States, Time Magazine stood up and reported with the headline "Apocalyptic World, Mechanical Body, Children's Heart": "There is no doubt that this will be Spielberg's ambition!" Yes, the concern about the future of technology has made the great director Spielberg's humanistic spirit, what does he want us to reflect on this time? I'm looking forward to what kind of shock "Artificial Intelligence" can bring us! ”

And "Daily Entertainment" even recommended: "Spielberg, a great director known as the representative of Hollywood's humanities and arts, has used his new work "Artificial Intelligence" to prove the charm of his work this time. The most important thing is that his work is about to challenge Yi Feiyang, but I don't know what film Magic Yang will use to meet it. We are looking forward to the duel between the two heroes, but judging from the current situation, Spielberg has the greatest advantage, and Magic Young's new work has not yet been prepared, and this battle is bleak for him...... "Its report is accompanied by a photo of Yi Feiyang walking on the street alone with a blank face, and finally it wrote: "Looking at Magic Young's expression, I don't know if I am distressed by his new play or my friendship with Spielberg? It's just that one thing we know very well is that it is difficult to win against Spear! So the legendary miraculous Young, the Son of God, can he rebel against the heavens again? We look forward to it! ”

As the target of public criticism, what is Yi Feiyang doing these days?

In fact, on this day, Yi Feiyang has been revising the script that has been created.

As a director, Yi Feiyang has always attached great importance to the script, and for Yi Feiyang, the script is the foundation of a play. Whether a drama can attract people or not, the key lies in whether the storyline is good or not, and the conception of the storyline includes many aspects, the most important of which is whether some of the upgrade points designed can attract everyone's attention.

That's right, in fact, many movies are different level-up games, and the audience can play this game in the shoes of the main character.

"Slumdog Millionaire" takes advantage of this very cleverly, allowing the audience to follow the male protagonist to level up and clear the level. And the pass here is "answer nine questions".

Do you want to be a millionaire?

Well, please answer the following nine questions, the prize money is cumulative, you can choose to give up, then you can win the prize of the questions you have already answered, you can continue, and finally win 20 million, of course, in the meantime, if you answer a question incorrectly, then you will have nothing!

Now, Gigalight has to design these problems perfectly. But these questions are not so easy to devise, because they contain a lot of Indian truths.

To paraphrase an Indian proverb, as long as you have the truth, then you have mastered everything! Of course, everything called here also includes movies! (To be continued......)