Chapter 573
After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the three people finished entertaining the guests and found a conference room to chat.
"Mr. Buffett wanted to buy shares, but I refused." Gilbert Jr. said.
“He also wants to invest in the medical center?” Bill Gates asked in surprise.
“It’s nothing surprising,” little Gilbert explained: “The older you get, the more reluctant you are to let go of everything you have now.
Mr. Buffett would certainly like to live longer, preferably to live forever. ”
Life is an eternal topic. A great historical figure like Qin Shihuang spent a lot of effort in pursuing immortality and ruling his empire forever.
There are so many wise men in Chinese history. The monarchs are surprisingly consistent in their pursuit of prolonging life.
Even Western society has the legend of the Fountain of Youth, the water of life.
So a question arises. Ordinary people. Understand that life is limited. There is no reason why these social elites don't understand.
In fact, they understand, they just don't want to give up.
Buffett is that kind of person. Even if there is one chance in ten million, he will pursue it desperately. Just so that he can have his current wealth and status for a long time, he will do his best.
"Then why didn't you agree to him?" Bill Gates asked.
Little Gilbert explained: "The collusion between Wall Street capital and medical capital is very deep. I think this is a conspiracy.
And Wall Street capital has always been very dissatisfied with my position, thinking that someone in 911 These dead elites have nothing to do with me.
Our capital in Silicon Valley is no worse than theirs in finance, so why should we be their little brother? ”
The fact now is that due to the hollowing out of the industry and the high development of financial capital, financial capital dominates everything. Silicon Valley is one of the few places that can get rid of financial capital, although it is not easy to do so.
Little Gilbert added: "I have communicated with Master Shikong. He will come to the United States for one month every year, and we will seize the time to recruit people.
In my vision, the medical center will become the world's top medical institution integrating Chinese and Western medicine.
Imagine that scene, the wealthy people from all over the world are queuing up just to get a bed in our medical center..."
Little Gilbert didn't finish speaking, but the three of them could roughly imagine the scene. It was indeed beautiful.
After the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the medical center, Gilbert Jr. returned to Los Angeles and continued busy with the post-production work of "The Last of Us."
The post-production of "Iron Man" also requires little Gilbert to keep an eye on, and he is extremely busy.
“I hope the overall style of the film will be more joyful, rock and roll, and passionate.” During the post-production process, Gilbert Jr. emphasized:
“The style of “Iron Man” Unlike the more serious style of "Batman", we have to create differentiation, otherwise it will be too similar."
Marvel Studios as a whole is completely new to the filmmaking business, and Jon Favreau is also a novice director. Fortunately, I have little Gilbert to look after me.
The first is the special effects production. Because Orange Studio is responsible for the special effects work of "The Last of Us" and the special effects production of "Iron Man" is very complicated, multiple special effects studios cooperated.
"Iron Man" is different from "The Last of Us". "The Last of Us" has a large number of real shots, supplemented by special effects shots that are lower than the average number of special effects blockbusters.
And "Iron Man" has a higher than average number of special effects shots, and far more than the average number, which makes post-production special effects production more difficult. In order to catch up with the summer schedule of 2006, studios such as Industrial Light and Magic, Digital Domain, and Visual Effects Studio have all joined in the post-production of special effects.
Because the construction period is quite tight, sometimes it is inevitable that the work will be rushed, resulting in the effect not meeting Little Gilbert's requirements.
Phil Lord, the special effects supervisor in charge of special effects production, was scolded by Gilbert Jr. for this, but Gilbert Jr. basically encouraged other special effects engineers.
He encouraged special effects engineers to use their imagination and construct the pictures in their minds during the special effects production process.
In the special effects production of Iron Man Mark 1, Mark 2 and other battle armors, a young special effects project improved the practicality and aesthetics of the armor at the level of special effects lens performance.
In addition, regarding the flight trajectory and the flames generated by the armor, the engineers made several revisions before finally settling on it.
These inconspicuous but highly professional fields must have sufficient talents to do all this. The director alone cannot complete these tasks.
Similarly, the end of filming is not the end of film production, post-production is equally important.
So the film industry never relies on the merit of one person, but the masterpiece and achievement of a team.
Every time he was interviewed by the media, Gilbert Jr. gave credit to the team and never considered it to be his alone.
But his co-producer Charles Rowan said: "It is true that movies are the product of teamwork, but a team cannot be without a backbone.
Little Gilbert is the backbone, he can bring everyone together, cooperate sincerely, and work hard to complete one project after another. ”
The character who can unite the team is usually the core of the team. If you want to be such a core, you have to prove yourself with the performance of a movie.
Little Gilbert does not need to prove himself , no matter where he is or what project he is working on, he will always be the core.
Being busy with the post-production of two movies at the same time, little Gilbert is very tired.
But the rewards are rich. , the first trailers for "The Last of Us" and "Iron Man" were cut ahead of the Super Bowl in February
At the same time, the publicity and distribution work for the two films is also underway in an orderly manner.
Disney released "Iron Man", and most of the publicity and distribution work was completed by Touchstone Pictures, a subsidiary of Disney.
As for "The Last of Us", which is jointly produced by Warner and Disney, it is just like usual, nothing special.
It is customary for summer movies to place ads at the Super Bowl. In addition to these two movies, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", which Gilbert Jr. serves as producer, will also place ads at the Super Bowl.
Today’s Super Bowl advertising costs have skyrocketed, which is different from the first time Gilbert Jr. ran an ad in 1993.
But for Hollywood movie theater companies with deep pockets, the Super Bowl is still the best promotional stage. The cost of promoting a summer movie can reach tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, so the advertising fee is nothing.
Let’s pay attention to the situation of "Batman Begins". The film has finally been released globally. In the end, it received a global box office of US$623.35 million, which can be said to be a success.
After the film was canceled, Warner Pictures released the DVD of "Batman Begins", which sold $115 million in two weeks.
The success of the movie has also led to the revival of DC movies. Warner Pictures can no longer resist launching other superhero movie plans.
(End of this chapter)