Chapter 2527 My Honey

Along with a fragrant breeze, a gorgeously dressed beauty who was taller than most of the gentlemen present appeared beside Feng Yiping.

Coincidentally, this one was also wearing a red dress.

However, compared to Mayer's conservative collar that only exposed her neck, this one was much more avant-garde. The collar looked like a silver chain, and the front of the dress looked like two pieces of cloth hanging on the silver chain, with a deep V that ended only below the two protruding parts.

In the middle of the ravine, there was also a silver chain hanging, but it was inlaid with sparkling diamonds.

It looked like she wanted you to look at that piece on purpose.

"Feng," Kidman smiled at Feng Yiping, leaned over to kiss him on the cheek, and in the fragrance, she whispered, "You look so handsome today!"

"Thank you, you look so beautiful tonight!" Feng Yiping could have said something better, but Mayer was still beside him.

"Nicole, let me introduce you, this is Google's vice president, Ms. Mayer,"

The two beauties in red smiled brightly at the same time, as if they had met too late.

"Actually, Feng doesn't need an introduction. I wanted to come here a long time ago when I saw Ms. Mayer," Kidman said. "Ms. Mayer is the pride of us working women!"

"No, Ms. Kidman is the idol of more women," Mayer said. "I wanted to ask you for an autograph,"

She also added, "Like Feng, I am also a super fan of yours. I like all your movies,"

Kidman glanced at Feng Yiping and chuckled, "Haha, really? It's really my great honor,"

"Especially thank you for your wonderful performance in "Long Way Home" (originally "Homeward Journey", but considering Google, "Homeward Journey" is indeed better than "Homeward Journey", so it's changed now)," Mayer said.

"We have to thank Google for its strong support..."

Their transition was also very fast. They were just complimenting each other, and now they talked about work, and then they were all a little speechless.

Before the awkward silence, Mayer smiled and nodded at them, and took the initiative to say, "There's a friend over there, both of you, excuse me,"

Looking at Mayer's figure, Kidman asked, "Ms. Mayer, it seems that you don't have a boyfriend yet?"

"I'm not sure, maybe," Feng Yiping said.

"He must be a very good man," Kidman said.

Just say it, why are you looking at me?

"Where's your husband, didn't he come?" Feng Yiping looked around.

"Unfortunately, he caught a cold the day before yesterday," Kidman said.

"Oh, please convey my regards,"

"Thank you," Kidman, as usual, gently took Feng Yiping's arm and led him to the wall, "I have to congratulate you, your new movie will definitely be very successful,"

"Thank you Nicole," Feng Yiping smiled.

The new movie Kidman mentioned is the "Inception" that is about to be completed.

To be honest, there are some things that Feng Yiping really didn't expect.

He chose Marion Cotillard as the heroine of Inception, and Inception should have started shooting earlier than originally planned.

So, some of the current results make him feel that his luck is really good.

Because at the 80th Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood on February 24, Marion Cotillard won the Best Actress of this year's Oscars for La Vie en Rose.

She also became the first actress in history to win an Oscar for a foreign language film.

In addition, in 2007, she also won the Best Actress at the 20th European Film Awards for this film, and the Best Actress in Music/Comedy at the 65th Golden Globe Awards held before the Oscars, as well as the Best Actress at the 33rd French César Awards, which is known as the French Oscars, and the Best Actress at the 61st British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Awards, which is known as the British Oscars.

She can be said to be the most popular actress this year.

So much so that even French President Sarkozy and Prime Minister Fillon issued statements to congratulate her.

In this way, Inception, in which she plays the leading role, can be said to be popular before it is released.

This is something Feng Yiping had never thought of, because he didn't remember that Marion Cotillard just won the award this year?

"I have to congratulate you, congratulations on getting another little golden man," Feng Yiping said.

Kidman pulled his arm towards his chest, "So I am very grateful for the opportunity you gave me,"

Because of Long Way Home, she also won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar this year, which is not in vain for her acting old and ugly in the film.

This result is much better than the version Feng Yiping remembered, and as a filmmaker, Kidman is very clear about the reason. It can be said that it was made by spending money.

Although there is Ang Lee and a luxurious lineup like her, the quality of Long Way Home is indeed quite good, but the strength of this year's opponents is very strong. Kidman's final award has a lot to do with Netflix's willingness to spend a lot of money on public relations.

Thanks to Netflix's heavy investment and the hard work of the Weinstein Company, which cooperated with Netflix, "Long Way Home" received a total of 6 nominations at this year's Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Music.

These nominations are really important.

Kidman stopped, looked at Feng Yiping and said, "I heard that you actually conceived this story? Why did the Netflix Writers Studio accept the award in the end?"

Her eyes were filled with brilliance, "This is the first time I've seen someone not take the Oscar statuette seriously,"

“I just gave a summary,” Feng Yiping said. “The biggest credit goes to Netflix’s screenwriting studio.”

"There is no best original screenplay that was not written by a team," Kidman said.

This is indeed true. In Hollywood, well-known screenwriters do have their own teams, and a lot of work is indeed not done by them themselves.

Feng Yiping smiled and said, "I think I am already good enough and I no longer need such proof, right?"

He didn't expect that he would win the Best Original Screenplay Award. For reasons he knew, he was embarrassed to accept the award, so he gave it to Netflix's Writers Studio without hesitation.

"Yes, I believe that as long as you are willing, you can achieve the highest achievements in any field," Kidman looked at Feng Yiping at this time, as if looking at an idol.

She is well aware of the difficulty of getting ahead in Hollywood, as well as the Oscar rules and public relations, which are of course essential, but the excellence of her work is always the most solid foundation.

Therefore, she really admired Feng Yiping for winning the Best Original Screenplay as soon as he started the project.

"No, I really just got lucky," Feng Yiping said.

But to say "Long Road Home" is indeed very successful.

In addition to winning the Oscar, its global box office has far exceeded his expectations and is now close to US$300 million!

He is not surprised that the U.S. market exceeds US$100 million because of the vigorous promotion by Google and his three companies, NEXTDOOR, Facebook, and YouTube.

The total box office in Europe exceeded 120 million US dollars, which didn't surprise him, because Europe has always been fond of such films.

But this time, its domestic box office revenue actually exceeded 100 million yuan, which really surprised him!

He remembered that the domestic box office of this movie was quite average at that time, and not many people went to see it. It seemed to be only tens of millions, and there were no splashes or noises. It could be said that the crowd was very powerful.

But in my own hands, the domestic box office was close to 10 times the original!

Moreover, this is still 2008.

This is a problem that would make the original version angry to death.

"You know, Fon, you can be said to be my knight," Kidman said. "This is my best work in recent years,"

Since winning the Oscar for Best Actress in 2003, the results of her films have been very average, both in terms of box office and reputation.

She was even known as a box-office poison before. The long journey to find a home that was both well-received and well-received at the box office can be said to be a beautiful turnaround for her.

"So Mr. Knight, can we have dinner tomorrow?"

…………

At 10:30 in the evening, in the Wanli Hotel suite where the dinner was held, Feng Yiping met Lauder again.

Before he even asked, Lauder smiled and asked, "Feng, am I wrong, or are you really gloating about Hilton's current situation?"

"I'm a little gloating, but not to Hilton, mainly to Blackstone," Feng Yiping looked at the surprised Lauder, "Come on, Lauder, don't say you don't know, Blackstone was not involved in that plan. ,"

Lauder looked at Feng Yiping, "Is Blackstone involved?"

"Let's not talk about this anymore," Feng Yiping didn't bother to delve into this issue. These guys on Wall Street are not elites one by one, but they have become elites.

Only a fool would believe them.

"Can you tell me more specifically now? What kind of opportunity is this?" he asked.

"It seems that you are really interested in the Hilton Hotel," Lauder said with a smile.

Feng Yiping felt that Lauder's current attitude was far less positive than at the banquet just now.

As for whether he is interested in Hilton, isn't this nonsense?

Hilton, which was acquired by Blackstone, has 10 hotel brands, 2,800 hotels around the world, and more than 500,000 rooms. How can he not be interested?

What particularly satisfies them is that Hilton Hotels currently does not have many hotels in the country, that is, they are mainly distributed abroad, which is exactly what he envisioned.

Although Hilton was in poor condition after being acquired by Blackstone, Feng Yiping, who knew the future trend clearly, knew that this was definitely only temporary.

Overall, the Hilton Hotel is a quality asset.

The current environment is obviously a very suitable time for acquisition, because the price of purchasing Hilton Hotel at this time will definitely not be high.

When the world is mired in the subprime mortgage crisis, housing prices are falling, the economy is in decline, and money is tightening, who else would buy such an asset-heavy company?

Especially when he thought that if he succeeded, it would be like another hard slap on the face of the Blackstone guy, and he was looking forward to it.

But this guy Lord? He looked at Lauder for a while, and he kept smiling.

After knowing Feng Yiping's intention, he felt that he must seize this rare opportunity to take the initiative.

Feng Yiping looked away and said calmly, "It seems that you have concerns or other ideas, so just pretend that you didn't mention this to me."

"I do have the idea of ​​acquiring an internationally renowned hotel group. I think it is not difficult to achieve my goal at this time,"

Now, Lord, who had originally acted confident, was a little dumbfounded.

He did not expect that Feng Yiping would change his mind so quickly.

He looked at Feng Yiping and felt that Feng Yiping was bluffing because Feng Yiping had shown a strong interest in Hilton from the beginning.

In addition, it sounded like he had a grudge against Blackstone Schwarzman.

So, would Feng Yiping give up Hilton?

"In that case, Lord, I won't keep you," Feng Yiping stood up and stretched, "I am very sleepy now,"

You must be pretending, right, Lord thought.

But looking at Feng Yiping's appearance, he couldn't expect to hear Feng Yiping asking him to stay when he walked to the door.

"Feng," he said, pointing at Feng Yiping and smiling, "I say, can't you let me have the upper hand once in a while?"

"I don't have any other ideas or concerns, I'm just thinking about some problems,"

"Now is indeed a good opportunity to acquire Hilton, but what I want to ask is, do you have enough funds?"

"Money?" Feng Yiping looked at him with his hands on his hips, "Haha, we really don't need it this year!"

"Even if it's $26 billion," he shook his head, "it's nothing,"

Lourde's eyes lit up.