Chapter 908 No Holidays

Harvey still holds part of the equity in Miramax he founded, and is the king of independent films. He undoubtedly stabilizes Linton within Disney. It couldn't be blamed, and Linton's Hollywood film industry was in a difficult situation at that time. No one could be sure whether the cat-and-mouse game project would be successful. He was really helping Linton with money.

Everyone has gained a lot from this Oscar, and they are in a good mood. Naturally, they chat very speculatively, and burst out laughing from time to time.

"Ovitz is the emperor of CAA, Eisner is the emperor of Disney, they can work together but not together."

Harvey and Linton chatted about the gossip of Disney executives, especially the open and secret struggle between Disney chairman and CEO Eisner and the president of the subsidiary company Disney Pictures Ovitz. Back then, Eisner did not let Katzenberg take over but He chose his childhood friend, CAA founder Ovitz, who was airborne, which directly led to Katzenberg leaving to create DreamWorks with Spielberg and David Geffen.

But Eisner regained control of Disney after recovering from heart bypass surgery. Both he and Ovitz were strong characters who said nothing, and they soon turned against each other because of management differences.

Harvey gloated at this, "Eisner led the wolf into the house, and our merger with ABC was also a bad move. Now we have to use the profits of the film industry to subsidize the TV network. It took nearly 20 billion to go out, and we also cooperated with News Corporation and Via. Com is in a quagmire."

News Corporation behind 20th Century Fox has been dragged down by the huge loss of its British Sky TV network, and Viacom behind Paramount is the same. torment.

Otherwise, 20th Century Fox and Paramount are both one of the Big Seven, and Braveheart, which has a budget of 60 to 70 million, will not be filmed, and the two will chip in.

"Excuse me."

Song Ya noticed that Linton began to whisper in Harvey's ear, so he bowed and said goodbye. Both of them now have the opportunity to benefit from the infighting among their bosses, and it should be inconvenient for them to listen to the conversation.

"Boss, here." Yeremov found him and took him to talk to Catherine and his wife about the Blade Runner project, and then Kingsley, the agent of Pretty Soup, joined him.

The preparations for this project are in full swing. My hero, Halle Berry's heroine, Taraji plays the hero's mother, and the elders of the vampire council in the villain also have black actors, and the other villains are all white.

In addition to the ones reserved for Charis, Pai Kingsley also 'blackmailed' a lot of cast and crew contracts, plus the group of martial artists and stunt doubles introduced by Bruce Lee's daughter, as well as the special effects team that Industrial Light & Magic has already started, the basic framework Already doomed.

"The budget will rise to twenty-eight million,

temporary. "

Catherine said: "It all depends on whether the director is satisfied with the special effects. If not, the production cost may be overrun." She joked to her husband, "You know, special effects movies are all the rage now, and the special effects companies in Hollywood are literally grabbing money."

The project that was originally scheduled for 20 million yuan was going to exceed 30 million yuan after a lot of tossing. "Haha!" Her husband laughed, "Zach has a lot of ideas, and it might be true by then."

Zack Snyder is the co-director, and he is finally coming to an end. He didn't come today, and he is supervising the progress of the location, props and other work of the Blade Warrior project day and night.

"M-Fxxk! This kid!"

We had a happy chat here. Quincy Jones, who was passing by in the distance, couldn't help but blurted out a curse when he saw it. He just finished chatting with the people from the Oscar Organizing Committee. The award ceremony was very unsatisfactory.

Everyone criticized the opening fashion show, scolded it, and said it was neither fish nor fowl, and a serious movie award ceremony does not need the fashion circle to mix in. He still can't blame the director of the awards ceremony, because the fashion show is exactly what he insisted on, and it was also his idea that only one of the five opening models was white...

Tomorrow's media is estimated to be full of criticism. Next year's Oscar Organizing Committee should not ask me to be a producer again, although those people didn't say it clearly...

"Daddy, what does APLUS mean?"

When the daughter was still chasing and making trouble, Rashida Jones asked: "Speaking of my sister's half-brothers and sisters, besides Jones III Jr., do I have any other half-sisters? Otherwise APLUS wouldn't say that!"

"APLUS?"

Of course, Quincy Jones and the white actress Natasha Kinski also have a young daughter named Kenya Jones, who is not yet three years old and has been kept secret from the outside world. Natasha Kinski is also the famous director of Poland Ji's ex-girlfriend, once hailed as the most beautiful woman in Europe, "He... what does he know!? Don't listen to that kid's nonsense."

Song Ya was really talking nonsense, she was just talking nonsense to fight against the princess's disease, but she didn't expect to hit the right one.

But Rashida Jones didn't believe it, he knew his father too well, "You have ghosts in your heart! Don't run! You can't run away from me, old man!"

The next day, various entertainment media stared at Quincy Jones and fired, and the unlucky director Jeff Maglis was also scolded. Fortunately, this part of the public opinion did not have a big impact, because most of the front pages and covers gave Big winner Mel Gibson.

For example, the Hollywood Reporter magazine, the cover is a personal photo of Mel Gibson, and the headline feature picture is a snapshot of him and his Braveheart team holding five statuettes and laughing brightly at the camera.

The second topic is a tribute to the paralyzed "Superman" Christopher Reeve, and the third topic is an analysis of the eight points and zeros of reason and emotion and why they are so frustrated.

The fourth topic is Douglas and his son. His father, Kirk, is a veteran Hollywood movie star, film company owner, and producer. This year's Oscar won the Lifetime Achievement Award. His eldest son, Michael Douglas, is the hero of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Wall Street, Instinct, and Secret Order, and an Oscar winner. The youngest son, Joel Douglas, is a well-known producer in Hollywood.

The fifth topic is the turn of Johnny Carson and APLUS to win the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, including the tribute to Johnny Carson at the awards ceremony, and the historical entanglement between Johnny Carson and the original cat and mouse game. In the main part, there is also a special introduction for the male protagonist Jared Leto in the middle, APLUS has become the first African American Oscar and Grammy double winner in history, and several box office reports produced by A+ Film Studio was placed last.

"How many theaters are there in the Beimi lineup of the cat and mouse game next week?"

Song Ya put down the magazine indifferently, he only cared about money.

"Two hundred companies, but Braveheart only went back to five hundred." Hayden replied: "It's probably an increase of hundreds of thousands of dollars."

"Fine."

Song Ya curled her lips, "No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat."

"Hey, it's mainly a big boost to the global box office." Hayden looked at his watch with a smile, "Are you sober? We're leaving."

"I didn't drink much, and I was busy chatting with Jobs."

Song Ya put down his coffee cup. After chatting with Catherine and his wife yesterday, he ran into Pixar animation boss Jobs who came to congratulate Toy Story on winning the Special Achievement Award. This time they chatted for a long time.

Because he didn't stupidly mention Apple's stock price anymore, and Jobs was very interested in the Palm OS operating system created by Palm founder Jeffrey Hawkins and the graphics chip chip that 3DFX is about to launch, as well as the new trends of Netscape. I understand everything and ask about everything.

Amy, who was drinking coffee across the table, immediately went to get his coat and graciously helped the man put it on.

"Call me." Song Ya hugged her and kissed her.

"Um."

Leaving the hotel where he was staying, Song Ya drove to the project studio of Xue Linfen's production. On the way, he called Dr. Mei, "Mei, when I mentioned 3DFX to Jobs last night, he said something without end. What does DRAM cost so much recently, what does that mean?"

"EDO DRAM? Yes, the output of memory manufacturers is insufficient, the market demand is strong, and the price is soaring. Our VOODOO1 graphics card will use eight chips as video memory, a total of 4M." Dr. Mei replied: "We are working with graphics card manufacturers. Collective negotiation, about the initial pricing of graphics cards."

"So it's a problem for graphics card manufacturers, right?"

Song Ya was slightly relieved, "We are only responsible for the graphics card chip."

"However, if the VOODOO graphics card is too expensive, it will also affect our chip shipments." Dr. Mei said.

"What's the approximate price?" Song Ya asked.

"399 dollars."

"Oh..." Song Ya subconsciously thinks it's not expensive, but something is wrong when she thinks about it, "Wait, 399 dollars? Isn't that 100 more expensive than Sony's PS game console... If you buy it home just to play games , can PC gamers afford it?"

"More than that, our graphics cards have to be combined with 2D graphics cards and high-end CPUs to achieve the best results. So when we had to negotiate, the trio became very angry. At the meeting, they cursed all the graphics card manufacturers for playing tricks in series in private, threatening If they don’t lower the price, we might as well just produce graphics cards by ourselves in the future, and we won’t take them to play anymore.”

Dr. Mei said: "But it seems difficult. After all, the cost of EDO memory is there, and graphics card manufacturers can't control it."

"Talk until April, tell the trio they have the last two months."

Song Ya can't help it. 3DFX has raised nearly 20 million yuan and bank loans of nearly 10 million yuan. Playing with semiconductors is really a bottomless pit. In any case, we can only wait for the first product to go on the market.

"Congratulations, Xinke Oscar for Best Screenplay."

The studio rented by Xue Linfen is small, and the scene is the main scene in the movie: the heroine's home. She also lent her personal nanny car to the hostess Thandie Newton, a black actress Song Ya met once at the premiere of Interview with the Vampire.

Thandie Newton is on good terms with Elvis Mitchell, the writer and critic of A+ Films' last low-budget black film.

"Thanks."

Song Ya hugged Xue Linfen who was teasing herself again, "Are you working here?" He pointed to this very simple producer's office, "Actually, the producer doesn't have to always watch on the set."

"It's my first time to participate in a production project, and I want to save money as much as possible."

Xue Linfen really cherished this opportunity, "I thought you would go home last night."

go home? Oh, she's referring to that 'home' in San Marino...

"Why don't you bring little Robb?" Song Ya was in a daze, and she asked again: "I miss him."

"I don't want him flying around with me, and he won't be able to stay in Los Angeles for two days. Aunt Susie is helping to take care of it, so don't worry." Song Ya locked the office door behind her with a smile.

"Do you have anything else to do?" She let the man do what she wanted.

"Yes, I will go to the Blade Warrior project team later." Song Ya lied, in fact, he had already asked Linda to call Mira, and took off the glasses on her nose, "So hurry up. "

It's great that you don't have to take a vacation after divorce!

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