N-M Chapter 284 Help at your doorstep
Chapter 284 Help at your doorstep
Wu Yuchen stared at Robert Iger for a few seconds, then showed a smile and asked: "Do you want to be friends with me as Robert's personal identity, or as Disney CEO, Mr. Iger?"
The latter smiled and said: "Robert Egger."
The meaning of this answer is that both personally and as Disney CEO, Robert Iger wants to be friends with Justin Wu.
Wu Yuchen naturally understood the meaning of his words, smiled and shook his head:
"Robert, if you speak in your personal capacity, I have to admit that you are a very charming person who makes other people want to be friends with you. But if you speak in your capacity as the CEO of Disney, IMHO, that is unlikely. "
Robert Egger did not show any disappointment, but put on a sincere face and said:
"Wu, I know that there are some gaps between you and Disney because of some of Disney's previous mistakes. And I am here today hoping to fill these gaps and let us go back to the past. Let's work together on "The Sixth Sense" "It was a pleasant experience, wasn't it?"
Wu Yuchen smiled directly and said with a slight sarcasm: "Robert, you should know everything between me and Disney. I don't want to be stabbed in the back again!"
"Wu, this matter is indeed Disney's fault. We violated the spirit of the contract and caused you a lot of harm. I'm very sorry for this! I just hope that you can give me and Disney another chance, something similar It will never happen again!"
Wu Yuchen waved his hand directly and said: "Haha. Disney owes me an Oscar for Best Director. Give it back to me first and then talk about other things!"
To be honest, what Wu Yuchen said was not very polite. If it were the presidents of several other major studios, they would have been angered by Wu Yuchen's disrespectful attitude. After all, they sit in this position and hold great power. , themselves are among the most powerful people in Hollywood.
But Robert Iger was worthy of being "Smiling Mickey Mouse". He didn't look angry at all. Instead, he looked thoughtful and said directly:
"Wu, if this can make up for the relationship between us, then we at Disney will try our best to help you win the Oscar for Best Director this year!"
Wu Yuchen was really surprised now. Disney helped him publicize the best director? He had never considered such a magical thing before. This Robert Iger...what is he trying to do?
This time, Wu Yuchen actually made a lot of preparations in order to compete for the Oscar for Best Director. For example, he specially shot an anti-war themed movie that suited the time, and asked Spielberg to coordinate the relationship with "The Pianist."
But to be honest, even after doing so much, he dare not say how sure he is that he can win the best director. He doesn't know how many Jews Spielberg can convince. There is also an old Martin's "Gangs of New York". He is watching with eager eyes, and his competitiveness is no worse than him...
And now, Disney's new CEO suddenly appeared and told him that he would help him win this year's Oscar. If the power of Disney is really added, then his chances of winning this year will be much better!
Wu Yuchen couldn't help but squinted his eyes and looked at the smiling Robert Iger: "I will not pay any public relations fees."
Robert Egger shook his head: "This is my sincerity to show you! I said, I came today because I want to make friends with you!"
After Wu Yuchen sent away Robert Iger, he couldn't help but fell into thinking. He never believed that a Disney CEO was so kind as to help him with public relations just to make friends with him, even though Wu Yuchen said that Disney owed him a lot of money. He has an Oscar, but he is not as naive as a child to think that the other party will return it to him.
But now, Robert Iger is really like a good old man. He said he owed him an Oscar and really wanted to help him get one. The key is that he didn't make any demands at all. So this made Wu Yuchen a little suspicious, thinking repeatedly about what medicine the other party was selling in the gourd.
However, this kind of help that comes to your door is not in vain, and Wu Yuchen naturally accepts it directly. And this time he has learned a lesson. He will keep a close eye on him and there will be no chance of a backstab happening again. As a result, he is even more certain about winning the Best Director Oscar this year.
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Of course Robert Egger didn't come here to stab Wu Yuchen in the back again. As he said, he just came to make friends with Wu Yuchen. In fact, before Wu Yuchen, he had already made friends twice.
After Robert Iger took office, the first thing he did was to visit Roy Disney. Not only did he invite him to the board of directors again as an honorary director, but he also hired him as a consultant, which gave this Disney spiritual pillar a lot of face. He immediately appeased Disney's employees and veterans and gained support, allowing him to smoothly carry out drastic internal reforms.
After completing the initial internal reorganization, the second friend Robert made was none other than Pixar boss Steve Jobs.
Disney's core business is their animation. If Disney Animation collapses, then all of Disney will be gone too. But in a short period of time, Disney's own animation department was no longer enough to support Disney animation, so Robert targeted Pixar. We cannot let Pixar leave Disney, we must keep Pixar or even acquire Pixar!
Robert gave Jobs enough face that even the grumpy Jobs could not find fault with him. He also made many promises to Jobs, which brought the two parties back to the negotiating table to discuss the contract renewal issue between Disney and Pixar.
Immediately afterwards, Robert came to visit Wu Yuchen non-stop.
If Steve Jobs represents animation, then Justin Wu represents live-action movies. Disney has really not achieved anything in terms of live-action movies in recent years. The Weinstein brothers' Miramax has also been cutting ties with Disney following the collapse of Eisner.
Therefore, Disney must have a viable live-action film business. Robert is not only interested in Wu Yuchen, but also Miracle Pictures and Marvel in his hands.
Needless to say, Miracle Pictures has created miracles one after another with Wu Yuchen here. With Miramax and Disney breaking up, if Miracle Pictures can join Disney, it will be able to support Disney's live-action film sector.
With the explosion of "Spider-Man", Marvel's various live-action movies have allowed Robert to see some possibilities in the future. Marvel has more than one "Spider-Man". As long as the filming is good and IP can be created one after another, And these can be combined well with Disney and Disneyland!
And the core figure in all this is Wu Yuchen!
Therefore, everything he is doing now is to repair the relationship with Wu Yuchen and establish a friendly relationship. No matter what plan you have, it must be carried out on the basis of a good relationship with Wu Yuchen. Compared with his goal, what does it mean to ask Disney to pay some money to help Wu Yuchen win an Oscar?
If possible, Robert hopes that the future Disney animation department will have Pixar, and the live-action film department will have Miracle Pictures and Marvel. When that day comes, he believes that he can definitely take Disney to the top of Hollywood!
Robert Iger is not in a hurry, he is very patient, and he can lead Disney for 5 or even 10 years for this day!
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On February 5, 2003, then-US Secretary of State Colin Powell took out a tube of white powder at a United Nations meeting, claiming that it was evidence that Iraq had developed "weapons of mass destruction." But he was unwilling to take this bag of white powder for testing...
Wu Yuchen laughed when he saw this scene on the TV camera. Others don’t know what this is, so doesn’t he know it? Ah, it’s just a pack of washing powder!
Ten years later, the United States has publicly admitted that this so-called "weapons of mass destruction" is a lie.
But now, as the No. 4 figure in American politics, he has thrown out such an excuse at the United Nations, which naturally allowed George W. Bush to launch an attack. He once again gave a speech emphasizing the threat that Iraq poses to world security and peace, and also proposed It has three goals: to demand the disarmament of Iraq, to restore the freedom of the Iraqi people, to protect the world and to withstand severe dangers.
In the language that people are familiar with today, it is "demilitarization", "democratization" and "protecting peace".
This announcement escalated the entire situation again. This was clearly a declaration to launch war!
None of these people are fools, and they all feel that the storm is about to come. Immediately, anti-war demonstrations broke out in many places in the United States. Thousands of anti-war protesters called for peace and no war in New York.
One slogan stood out: "A village in Texas (where George W. Bush was born) misses its idiots." This slogan has been used to mock George W. Bush since he was running for president. When the Iraq war broke out, It was also widely quoted and ridiculed by protesters.
In short, the entire American society, and even the world, became tense, and anti-war movements broke out everywhere. And it was in this atmosphere that on February 11, the nominees for the 75th Oscars were announced.
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas": Best Picture, Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Score.
"The Hours": Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Score.
This time "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" received 7 nominations, and "The Hours" received 9 nominations.
At the same time, Wu Yuchen achieved another achievement for the second time, that is, being a double-nominated director at the Oscars. In one fell swoop, he became the most popular candidate to win the Best Director award this time!
"Thank you, but it's too early to say congratulations now. I hope you can save your congratulations until the Oscars night~"
Wu Yuchen smiled and hung up the phone again. Since the announcement of the big list, people have been calling to congratulate him. Although Wu Yuchen himself is also very happy, the more this time comes, the more modest and cautious he behaves. He remembers clearly the last time he was nominated for a double director and failed.
Wu Yuchen was happy, but some people were angry.
"idiot!"
In neon, a man smashed his teacup in anger.
"Miyamoto-kun, didn't you say before that you wouldn't let this movie appear in the Oscars? Didn't you say that it would be left to Sony?"
A middle-aged man bowed and apologized: "Private Marseille! I tried it, but the person in charge of Sony North America rejected my request!"
The man snorted coldly. As a neon right-wing force, he was extremely disgusted with Wu Yuchen's "The Boy in Striped Pajamas". In the past, they have continuously denied their crimes during World War II and even whitewashed the evil deeds of their ancestors. They have achieved many results in the past few decades.
But now, Wu Yuchen's "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is the most exposed in the world in Hollywood, and its crimes are exposed at the Oscars. How can we not make them angry?
"Matsuda-kun, have you contacted any Japanese groups in the United States?"
"We have been contacted, and they have mobilized some of their power to protest and even report. However, due to Wu's extremely cunning filming techniques, this film does not have any bloody scenes and will not be reviewed to a higher rating..."
"Where is the media? Let some pro-Japanese North American media smear us!"
"Yes, we are already doing this."
"We must do our best to prevent this movie from getting good results at the Oscars!"
After finishing speaking, he glared at the director of Sony again. At this critical moment, he couldn't even control his own company. What a fucking waste!
"Also, let the diplomats protest against China again for smearing our neon image through movies! Use all our capital power, especially those who cooperate with China, to put pressure!"
He knows that China is currently focusing on the economy and attaches great importance to foreign investment. They are also an important force in investing in China. There are many Chinese people who are willing to give up many principles for the sake of economy and money. By putting pressure on certain departments and regions in China, threatening to divest, and asking them to target Wu Yuchen internally, miraculous results may be achieved.
"Send someone to contact Wu Yuchen himself and test his attitude. Be polite first and then attack with force. Use coercion and inducement!"
Although they may not be able to do anything to Wu Yuchen, maybe they can do it?
"Hi!"
And all this does is snipe "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas."
Previously, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" was only screened, and its spread was not wide. But as soon as the Oscar nominations were announced, the number of theaters increased directly to 500, which is already a large number.
If this movie continues to get better results at the Oscars, it will definitely spread to the world on a large scale. This is the last thing the neon right wing wants to see!