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After Daniel joined, the attitude of the new line has undergone considerable changes. This is predictable. Peter has gained a lot of fans with "The Fellowship of the Ring", but these people who will pay attention to the director are actually a very small part. Although the loyalty is still very high, compared to the amount of money brought by withholding funds In terms of income, New Line obviously believes that the latter is more cost-effective.

But Daniel is different. He is the most influential actor in the whole "The Fellowship of the Ring". If the director and him have an episode, it may not be able to make "The Two Towers" hit the street, but it will definitely affect the final box office. Ten million? Even 50 million, no one can say exactly, at this time the new line needs to take risks. And New Line Pictures, which belongs to Time Warner, actually has a high degree of independence. This is determined by its founder, Robert Shayer, but this is based on the fact that the operation of New Line is in good condition. If there is a problem this time , then Shayer will give Warner a ready opportunity to step in the new line's business -- not necessarily to kick Shayer out of the game, but likely to bring in forces that can check and balance him.

So new solutions naturally emerged.

30% will be settled immediately, 30% will be settled at the end of June, and all will be settled before the next movie is released.

Peter can accept this condition. With the success of Weta, his power will also increase. Peter believes that after the release of "The Two Towers", it will not be so easy for the new line to grasp the Weta digital.

With this out of the way, Daniel became more confident in joining Weta.

……

Last month's Oscars ceremony, Daniel attended, but did not serve as the presenter.

He's in it as part of the massive Fellowship of the Ring, because Legally Blonde played at a normal level this time around -- not nominated for a single award, so he had to go with Legolas instead of Amy to participate in this award ceremony. Daniel suspects that all of MGM's public relations funds are used to run the Golden Globe nominations, so that the Oscars hang a zero, which is somewhat ugly, not only MGM and "Legal Blonde" are ugly, the Golden Globes Also very ugly. Compared to Reese Witherspoon, Daniel is a little bit better because he wasn't nominated at the Golden Globes or even participated.

However, MGM is definitely not without a grain. In a sense, they are more willing to choose this result than "Pretty Beauty", because Denzel Washington won the Oscar for best actor, and now "Rwanda Hotel" has won an award from The cast is already a first-class movie, the leading actor is the actor, and the supporting actor is the winner of the supporting actor award. Of course, MGM is not happy, and Helen Dele is also grateful for Daniel's proposal at the beginning. Although an actor of Denzel's level is not so "upstart", after winning the Oscar, his value will not increase much, because It was not low. But his choices will be much wider, and it is quite unlikely that Denzel will take over the film at that time.

Judging from the results of "The Fellowship of the Ring", despite being shortlisted for a long list, it only won a bunch of technical awards in the end. Of course, it is very unexpected to have the best photography, the best time effect, the best makeup, etc. Well deserved. But the Academy was able to give the best cinematography to "The Fellowship of the Ring", which still gave Peter a surprise. As for his own best director nomination, he didn't dare to think about it - a special effects blockbuster, and it was also the first feature.

"Beautiful Mind" was the biggest winner of the whole competition, and no one could beat the six prizes. As expected by Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman lost to the first black female actress, Halle Berry, which is also the hottest Oscar topic.

Daniel, who had been sitting for the whole game, was in a calm mood towards some. After all, it had nothing to do with him.

Just sitting down with Peter Jackson again when it's time to review the results of "The Fellowship of the Ring".

Of course, the most important thing today is not this, but Pirates of the Caribbean.

Daniel and Robert decided to leave the post-production special effects of "Pirates of the Caribbean" to Weta Digital. The workload is far less than that of "The Fellowship of the Ring", but if "Pirates" is an expected success, then for Weta Digital. For example, it is quite powerful. As long as it operates properly, who says it can't be the next Industrial Light and Magic.

Industrial Light & Magic, which started from Star Wars, is the most prestigious company in this category. As long as Weta Digital seizes the opportunity, it may not have a chance to surpass it.

After Weta Digital completed "The Fellowship of the Ring", it fired a group of employees because it was unable to maintain a regular team of hundreds of people, which is also an industry practice, but if it takes over "Pirates", then it is necessary to maintain Weta Digital. The scale and competitiveness of the company, the benefits are self-evident, each of these engineers and creators who have experienced "The Fellowship of the Ring" is a fortune.

It was not that difficult to convince Disney to choose Weta. After all, this is a common project. Daniel has a special effects department and has just produced the famous "The Lord of the Rings". No matter what, it is a suitable choice.

"Richard is right." Peter raised his coffee cup and gestured to Daniel.

"You're finally telling the truth, so it's not your intention to ask me to invest."

"Without me, how could Richard think of looking for you?"

The two fought each other for a few words, but the relationship between the collaborators was even closer.

With the collaboration between Weta and Disney, Daniel's recent hustle and bustle has finally paid off.

"Is it "Bourne Bourne"?"

This film, which was released in June, has already been seen in the earliest version, and the evaluation is quite high. So now the Daniel team is in a good mood, and it is another movie that has joined the "Daniel Fine Collection".

Melissa nodded.

"Yes, The Bourne Bourne has its premiere in New York, and then you have to go to Paris and London, then Tokyo. It's going to be half a year's work."

It will be released in the United States in June, in France in early September, in the United Kingdom in late September, and in Japan in January of the following year. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a half-year work, but "Bourne Bourne" is definitely one of the most important works for Daniel. . This is Daniel's absolute protagonist's work released so far, and everyone's last doubt about this wonder boy is in this film - whether he can independently undertake a mainstream production.

If "The Bourne" fails, then his chance will have to wait until "Pirates of the Caribbean", even if "My Big Greek Wedding" may be a success, it can't prove Daniel completely.

This is basically a movie where you can never lose.

Fortunately, the quality of "The Bourne Bourne" seems to be guaranteed at present, and the subject matter is quite safe - especially in the DVD field, so the pressure of losing money is very small, it depends on whether you can make a lot of money. Box office appeal.

"I have a headache. I feel that the energy supplemented by the vacation is about to be exhausted. I have to go on another vacation."

This is Collins' advice to Daniel.

The Porsche family has a holiday resort in Northern Ireland, including a 15th-century castle, and Collins hopes to go there with Daniel to rest for a while.

Daniel and Melissa get to know their work, Bourne is out in June, My Big Greek Wedding is in October, in October it's going to start actual filming of Pirates of the Caribbean, and in December it's "Pirates of the Caribbean" The Lord of the Rings 2 and Hotel Rwanda are coming in March next year. In addition, there is also a "Pianist" in it. After the filming, Polanski communicated with him about publicity matters. He will go to the Cannes Film Festival in May, walk the red carpet, and then if necessary, he needs to participate in the closing. Mode. Moss Film Festival in June, Daniel doesn’t have to attend, it will be released in Poland and France in September, Polanski hopes that he can take time to participate in at least one, on the local TV media and so on, this is actually no problem, he needs to promote in September "Bourne Bourne", the time difference is not much.

At such a cursory glance, he doesn't have time to go on vacation at all, not to mention that he still has four jobs of Raymond, Fred, David and Weta Digital to deal with. Even if Cusa can help him in part now, it will be difficult to adjust.

But rest and vacation always make people think of time as a sponge.

"After The Bourne, I'm going to Dublin for a few days, and you can take a vacation too, if you want to go together, save for the venerable Kusa, and then I'll be back by mid-July to join The Greek Wedding ', I will bring my computer and I can continue to deal with things on Raymond's side."

The three thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with this arrangement, but they had to sigh about how busy Daniel was in the next year.

……

"my God."

Daniel looked at the new issue of Newsweek in front of him, and trouble finally continued to come.

The Newsweek report was written by its senior reporter Shabone Channing, a former Los Angeles Times employee and Jones' colleague. Now working in the social department of "Newsweek", he also has a unique identity - the son of Mrs. Channing, Daniel's cook.

"Daniel, on the morning of 9/11, mentioned to his assistant and the cook, my mother, that he was feeling bad, had dreams full of explosions and fire, and they turned on the TV and they saw Fox The live broadcast of the event. The metaphor is not simply a coincidence, maybe it was designed to stop this, including the war that is going on right now.”

Below this journal, there is a lot of public opinion.

There are few positive words.

"Does Daniel want to make a comeback and re-establish his reputation as an anti-war? But this is a bit stupid. Does he think he is the son of God?"

"Now, Hollywood stars, who usually have no brains, have made a fool of themselves this time."

"Have a hunch? Didn't he have a hunch that the United States was about to destroy the terrorist organization in Afghanistan?"

"Stupid and ridiculous."

"When I heard it, I really felt blind. I shouldn't have watched his movies."

After reading it carefully, Daniel raised his head and scanned the members of his team.

Cusa, Melissa, Triver, Andy, all present.

"It's okay to deny it. They don't have any evidence. We can accuse Mrs. Channing and her son of slandering." The source of all this is ironic.

Triver's plan is not the best, but it is the most that can be done at present.

"I think it's best to communicate with Mrs. Channing. It can be explained that Daniel only talked about his feelings after he had a rough idea of ​​what happened, but she heard it wrong or didn't hear it all." This was Kusa's suggestion.

Melissa is more in favor of the latter. Triver's plan is too violent, and the effect will definitely not be good. The public tends to be suspicious. But whether Mrs. Channing will cooperate is a question, and again, people will think that this is the remedy and operation of Daniel's team.

Daniel frowned and thought for a while, this might affect his planning, and he had to act carefully, otherwise those who watched the show would be too happy.

At this time, there were indeed many people watching his good show.

George Clooney, who once paid attention to his joining the Anti-War and Peace Committee, is now quite happy. He did not forget to call Brad Pitt and share his happiness.

Johnny Depp, reminded by Tracy, is also watching what he does.

Time has passed, and Triver has reminded twice that the response must be fast, otherwise it will spread, and the statement or rescue measures will not have sufficient effect at all.

"Andy, Fred, ask Fred to come over." Daniel raised his head suddenly, "Brothers and sisters, now is a critical moment, listen to me, we can do this..."

……

The Alliance for Equal Rights, Finn Collins' office, and the director of the Alliance, Donald, is talking to him about this.

"It's stupid," Donald had always been dismissive of Daniel, but he could have taken advantage of his fame, so he was happy with Fein's proposal, but now he deeply regrets it, "Fin, we have to do something Action, can't be dragged into the water by him."

"Donald, wait a minute, maybe it's not Daniel's dizziness. I've dealt with him, and he's not such a brainless person."

"Fin, as time goes by, it will be too late. You see, his team has not responded so far. The media reporters will definitely blow up Cusa Damon's call. What does this mean? It means that they are helpless, whether it is or not. This **** metaphor actually happened. But now the public thinks it didn't happen, and Daniel can't tell, so it's the way it is, and it can't be changed. And, you gotta know, Finn, this thing is coming to us Say, what does it stand for especially for the Anti-War and Peace Council, that we have chosen such a stupid anti-war opportunist so loudly, our credibility will be lost, and then no one will want to fund us, and the coalition will have to Dissolution and closing. Can you afford such consequences?"

"Donna, are you threatening me? I'm the secretary general of the alliance, and you're just a director. I'm the one who decides all this."

Finn's brows were furrowed together. He was more sensitive to internal crises than this crisis. Donald clearly wanted to exaggerate the impact of things, and then the next step was to criticize his decision-making and get him out of office. Sit yourself.

dream!

Because of this incident, there are many people who gloat over the misfortune, and there are also people who have internal crises like the Alliance for Equal Rights.

In particular, several companies that still have cooperative relations with Daniel pay more attention to all this.

Daniel's personal mobile phone has received several calls.

MGM's Helen Dele, Universal's Ron Mayer, Disney's Robert Iger and Jerry Bruckheimer, and even Tom Hanks gave him a call to help , Brother Tang is willing to help with public relations resources.

Of course, Daniel's life is not that bad. In addition to thousands of fans, many of Daniel's friends in the circle are also paying attention and praying that he can get through this.

Paul Walker, Allie Larter, partners of Gladiator and The Lord of the Rings.

This article by Shaborn Channing has caused fluctuations in the entire Hollywood, and in a certain direction can also prove the influence of Daniel today.

At two o'clock in the afternoon that day, Cusa Damon was interviewed by many media at the door of Daniel's house.

"We have paid attention to this report by Mr. Channing. First of all, we condemn this act of resorting to private conversations to the press, which is not a public act."

"So you admit that all this is?"

"Does Daniel really have a terrifying metaphor?"

"Public opinion thinks you are inviting names and fooling the public, how do you respond?"

Cusa only said one sentence, and was overwhelmed by the gossip. He had to wait for a while~www.novelmt.com~ Everyone was quiet before continuing to speak.

"Yes, it's a fact, actually, Daniel felt bad the day before the incident, but of course he didn't think that would happen, he just thought he was paying too much attention to the war during that time, that There are sequelae.”

"Do you have any evidence?"

This time, the leading reporter asked everyone's only question.

Cusa nodded without hesitation.

"Yes, we have, and we will announce a specific and detailed response to this matter later, at four o'clock sharp, but let's start by saying that Daniel will never use war as a means of obtaining The means of attention, that's shameful, please everyone trust us, trust Daniel."

After saying this, Cusa turned around and returned to the villa.

This brief response was quickly published on the websites of major portals and mainstream media in the form of an alert.

Most of Daniel's fans are relieved. Since Cusa has admitted and admitted that there is evidence, there should be no problem.

Then they started talking about "Daniel's horrific metaphor."

In the crowd of ordinary netizens, this response is not so good.

"Let's see what ridiculous evidence they concocted in two hours."

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