Chapter 481 Little moves keep happening
"This cake is good. Take a bite."
Cameron Diaz took a plate and a fork and stuffed a piece of cake into little Gilbert's mouth.
Little Gilbert finally swallowed it, and then complained: "Michelle, don't you also want to get back in shape? Aren't you afraid of getting fat after eating so much cream?"
Cameron Diaz has a bulging mouth and looks like she's eaten a lot.
She swallowed the thing and then looked at her plump figure without any worry: "It's okay, I can lose weight.
Besides, wasn’t it comfortable to hold you last night? Speaking of fleshy, it feels very nice. "
"???" Little Gilbert asked with a question mark on his face and glared at Cameron Diaz: "Can you say this here? Aren't you afraid of being heard by others?"
"I'm not afraid..."
While the two were arguing, Prince Abdul came over.
"Little Director Gilbert, I finally meet you." Prince Abdul was very enthusiastic and ran over to shake hands with little Gilbert.
Little Gilbert was a little uncomfortable looking at Prince Abdullah's suit.
After shaking hands with Prince Abdullah, little Gilbert asked curiously: "Why did you change your clothes?"
"To integrate into Hollywood, I have to make some changes. I believe Allah will forgive me." Prince Abdullah made a halal gesture.
Little Gilbert didn't hesitate and said hello to Michael Ovitz behind him: "Long time no see, Mr. Ovitz."
"Yeah," Michael Ovitz recalled the past: "When we worked together at Disney, it was the most wonderful time in my life..."
Michael Ovitz began to reminisce about the past, and Cameron Diaz understood that Michael Ovitz was not here to reminisce.
How can such a person have any old feelings at all? Everything is for profit. But Cameron Diaz didn't say anything. She believed her man could handle the situation.
Sure enough, Michael Ovitz took little Gilbert and told Prince Abdullah about their cooperation at Disney.
After hearing this, Prince Abdul pretended to be very moved: "It's amazing. I didn't expect to have such a pleasant time. I really hope there will be another opportunity to cooperate."
Michael Ovitz pushed further: "Yes, little Gilbert, are you willing to cooperate with MGM United Artists? The director sharing contract is easy to negotiate."
Over the years, many Hollywood companies have offered very favorable terms to little Gilbert. If he had to leave, little Gilbert would have left long ago.
Now that he is a member of the boards of directors of Warner and Disney, there is no need for him to leave.
So little Gilbert declined: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, Mr. Ovitz. As you know, my work plans in the next few years are already full."
"It doesn't matter, we can wait." Prince Abdul may sincerely want to cooperate.
Michael Ovitz knew this was unrealistic, but Prince Abdul insisted, so he could only do his best.
"Your Highness," little Gilbert said in a slightly more euphemistic way: "As you know, I am a shareholder of Warner and Disney, and it is impossible for me to make movies for them.
It's detrimental to both companies' interests, and it's detrimental to my interests. "
The Middle Eastern tycoon said he was not afraid: "Don't worry, as long as you agree to cooperate, we will convince Disney and Warner, and I will make up for their losses."
He is worthy of being a tycoon in the Middle East. There is black gold buried under the sand, and he is so rich that he oozes black oil.
But things are not that simple. There are two kinds of things. If little Gilbert takes a role from another company, it will send a bad signal.
This is something neither Warner Pictures nor Disney wants to see, so they won't agree to it.
From a side perspective, Prince Abdullah is not familiar with the Hollywood business and does not understand the ways inside, otherwise he would not be so reckless.
Michael Ovitz should understand whether he has reminded Prince Abdullah is not known, but it is possible that Michael Ovitz does support it.
Since working with David Ellison, Michael Ovitz has been abandoned by the traditional forces of Hollywood.
The same goes for one more Prince Abdul this time, because Prince Abdul is also an outsider. Michael Ovitz may be trying to unite these new forces and change the landscape of Hollywood.
Little Gilbert still refused: "Your Highness, you should know that my status is special and I cannot easily cooperate with you."
Prince Abdul wanted to speak again, but Solomon, Disney’s vice president, quickly came over.
"Your Highness, it's a bit rude to poach our ace director in front of us!"
Prince Abdullah was a little embarrassed by Solomon's words, but he was thick-skinned and bore it.
Now that Solomon is here, Prince Abdul doesn't want to poach people in person, so he chats casually and goes to other places to socialize.
Solomon drank with little Gilbert: "Ivanka said you were in trouble, so I came to rescue you."
"Thank you, Solomon, otherwise I would have been pestered for a while." Little Gilbert said with a smile.
Cameron Diaz interjected: "It looks like Prince Abdullah is sincere and really wants to cooperate with you."
"Dear, we must have bottom lines and principles." Little Gilbert said.
"That's right," Solomon changed the topic and asked little Gilbert: "I heard that Prince Abdullah's acquisition of MGM was your idea?"
"Not really," little Gilbert explained: "He had that idea himself and I asked him to find Michael Ovitz." Solomon smiled and said: "It seems that Michael Ovitz is going to be turned into a public enemy by you. He What a blessing."
"That's what he is."
"That's true."
The party was uneventful, but it announced the rebirth of MGM United Artists.
In order not to cause an overreaction, Prince Abdullah followed Michael Ovitz's suggestion and did not change the name or logo.
Although the party was high-profile, it made no difference to the public. It was just a dying company coming back to life.
Fans who may soon see the new "007" series of movies will be concerned, and the capital market will also pay attention to what big moves MGM United Artists, which has received financial support from Kingdom Investment Group, will make in the future.
It’s the second weekend of the summer season in 2004. The new films released this week are the comedy movie “Hot Girl” released by Paramount, as well as “The Caller” released by Lionsgate, and “The Caller” released by New Line Cinema. New York Moment.
However, these films are not very competitive in terms of reviews. "Hot Girl" took in a box office of US$24.432 million in the first three days of its first weekend, becoming the new third runner-up at the weekly box office.
"Van Helsing" was still the runner-up, with a box office of $15.356 million the next weekend. The film defeated "Hot Girls" based on the accumulation of working days, but the total box office in North America still did not exceed 100 million.
The rest of "The Caller" and "New York Hours" only made a few million dollars in their opening weekends, which is not worth mentioning. However, these two films are low-budget films after all, so making profits is not a big problem.
This week's box office champion is naturally "Wu Shuang", which took in a box office of 38.058 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office reached 158 million U.S. dollars.
But what is even more surprising is the overseas box office performance. "Warriors" once again topped the overseas and global weekly box office with an overseas box office performance of US$72.36 million in the second overseas weekend, plus the weekday box office.
The reason why overseas box office did not drop significantly in the second weekend is because of the expansion of overseas screenings.
So far, the global box office of "Wushuang" has reached 445 million US dollars in the ten days after its release, temporarily ranking second in the annual box office list.
The first is "The Passion of the Christ", which was released in February, with a global box office of US$610 million. It was an unexpected hit.
According to the original time and space, this movie was directed by Mel Gibson, but Mel Gibson was squatting in prison!
So the director of the film was replaced by a little-known Duncan Jones. He was born in 1971, one year younger than Gilbert Jr.
In 2002, Duncan Jones directed his first short film "The Whistle". Later, Bruce David, the producer of "The Passion of the Christ" took notice and invited him to direct this film.
As a result, Duncan Jones became famous in one battle. Although "The Passion of the Christ" was controversial, its global box office of 610 million US dollars was a real achievement.
As long as Duncan Jones keeps up, he has a bright future in Hollywood.
Nowadays, in addition to Gilbert Jr. and Christopher Nolan, among the well-known directors born in the 1970s in Hollywood, there is another Duncan Jones.
However, it is obvious that the position of "The Passion of the Christ" as the global box office champion is not stable, because even "Warrior" can surpass this movie.
There are still many movies waiting to be released in the summer, and movies such as "Spider-Man 2" and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" are all eyeing it.
Little Gilbert did not go on a trip to China this year. After all, the fake trainee incident last year made everyone unhappy.
Although there is nothing wrong with little Gilbert's insistence on principles, some people on the opposite side will not think so and will hate little Gilbert.
However, Charlize Theron made an appearance at Shanghai to promote the movie.
During the interactive session, a Chinese movie fan asked: "Ms. Theron, this movie makes me feel like I have seen a Hong Kong police movie.
You know Director Gilbert Jr., can you tell us what this is all about? "
Obviously, this question alludes to Little Gilbert's imitation of Hong Kong film shooting techniques. The organizer was anxious, who is this?
It is estimated that the incident involving fake students in the past has caused many people to suffer misfortune, so they took issue on this occasion. It's a pity that little Gilbert didn't come, otherwise the scene would have been even more exciting.
Although Charlize Theron often acts coquettishly and acts silly in front of little Gilbert, she is actually not stupid, but very smart.
In order to become a first-line actress in Hollywood, in addition to the support of little Gilbert, her own abilities are also crucial.
Faced with this question, Charlize Theron answered easily: "Director Gilbert Jr. has always been a fan of action movies. He often exchanges views on movies with Jack.
He told me that all film-making regions around the world have their advantages that we can learn from, and I think Hong Kong films are no exception. They can also learn from Hollywood. "
There are two subtexts in this sentence, one of which was taught to little Gilbert by Cheng Long. The other is to learn the advantages of local films, which is the foundation of Hollywood's strength.
Areas that stick to the rules and stay in the same old routine are destined to be abandoned by the times. This is the case with Hong Kong films.
Although this answer is not impeccable, it is still very offensive. Because the achievements made by Hollywood are real, and the decline of Hong Kong films is an indisputable fact.
So instead of being a weakness, the accusation of borrowing becomes Hollywood's strength.
Because the strong are strong, everything they do makes sense, while everything the weak do is wrong. This is the perception of the world.
Sure enough, the person who asked the question was so stared at by the movie fans that he had to sit back.
In this day and age, it is very common to worship foreign things. When you make innuendoes about Little Gilbert's movies, it's like stepping on someone's tail, and they will stand up and protect you.
It is indeed shameful to worship foreigners, but it is even more problematic for people who hold grudges to this day because little Gilbert insisted on his principles.
If you make a mistake and have a problem, you don't first choose to change yourself and change the environment in the circle, but instead blame outsiders to excuse yourself. This makes no sense.
But it's the same everywhere in the world. David Ellison also said that it's not his problem that "Van Helsing" can't beat "Warrior", it's everyone else's problem.
Human beings still have some commonalities.
(End of chapter)