Ace Hollywood

When Jerry Bruckheimer received Daniel's invitation, he knew that Daniel was going to go all out for the role.

Of course he also knew about Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp's anger, because Depp's contacts had already been connected to him.

The weight of the lobbyist is surprising - Bob Weinstein, the boss of the Weinstein Brothers.

Even though Depp just starred in Miramax's Chocolate not long ago, it is true that Jerry did not hear that the two parties have a particularly close personal relationship. On the contrary, it was Daniel, Harvey Weinstein and Daniel's team worked together for Daniel's Oscar, and finally won it. This good relationship should be maintained no matter what.

Of course, Jerry doesn't have to sell Bob's face, which is normal. One of the producer's powers is casting, especially when working with a director who is not so strong like Gore.

What's more, Bob didn't try so hard to speak for Depp.

Mostly just deal with one or two.

Jerry was actually a neutral party when casting the cast. Disney or Robert, and the director Al Gore were the two sides in conflict. But on the one hand, Al Gore was chosen by Jerry; Jerry is somewhat unreasonable in his cooperation with Disney now.

He intends to listen to Daniel's thoughts.

...

Daniel didn't expect Jerry to be so frank.

When they sat down and just got to the point, Jerry confided all his thoughts-he wanted Daniel to play Will Turner, and he also thought he was the most suitable for this role.

Daniel, I know that this invitation is a bit inappropriate, and I also know that an actor can always play different roles, but this is a project with an investment of 100 million yuan after all, and choosing a protagonist who is not so safe is too risky for the project. Jerry took a spoon and stirred the coffee in front of him over and over again, Of course, I also understand what Kusa and I have communicated-I mean, maybe there will be a more suitable project.

It was meant to kick him out.

Daniel doesn't know how determined Jerry's heart is, and it's not very consistent with the information Robert gave him, but Robert didn't have to lie to him, which means that either Jerry changed his mind later, and it was a complete change, Either that or Jerry was testing him.

Squinting his eyes, Daniel pondered for a while.

Jerry, do you think it is a risky thing to choose me to play Captain Jack? Because I have never been in a movie with an investment of over 100 million yuan? Because I don't have a movie with an absolute protagonist?

These are Daniel's rigid deficiencies.

However, casting is not about choosing a president. How many conditions must you meet before you can choose? To measure whether an actor can meet the needs of the role, the previous work is of course an important basis for consideration, but it can also be seen from the original choice that Johnny De Pu also has no experience in commercial blockbusters over 100 million yuan, and he doesn't even have any box office hits. Of course, he has played the leading role for many years, but he doesn't have the previous two, and he doesn't have an Oscar. What's the use of leading role experience.

The box office prestige created by Daniel's two films last year, as well as The Bourne released in June and Polanski's The Pianist, are enough to prove that he is within the scope of candidates for A-level investment blockbusters.

Jerry used the word insurance to dismiss him, which is a bit untenable.

However, Daniel, the setting of Captain Jack and your past roles and your own image,

They are all too far away, which will make the audience question.

Daniel's eyes widened suddenly, and now he understood.

Jerry is convinced by Gore!

Gore Verbinski's understanding of the film has been affirmed and recognized by Jerry, which is why Jerry's attitude has changed drastically today.

Unless Gore can change his mind and even convince Jerry again, Daniel feels that there is really nothing more he can do.

But Pirates of the Caribbean can't be missed. Cusa and Melissa didn't quite understand why Daniel was so obsessed, and he even broke up with Jerry Bruckheimer.

And after calling Gore directly, he hung up the phone brutally.

If you want to get Captain Jack so much, why did you directly offend Jack and Gore? Melissa was very puzzled.

He didn't personally experience the difficult years when Cusa and Daniel competed for the role at the beginning, but he heard it many times. In order to get the role of Legolas, they even used the method of stealing and cheating. . But Daniel's handling today was quite violent.

Regardless of how important the film really is, honestly, for Daniel today, such a gaffe would not be necessary.

This is just a risky move. Daniel actually told Jerry and Gore that his attitude is very tough—if you don't want to turn against me, you can decide. Although Kusa's tone was calm, his brows were furrowed tightly. Unlike Melissa, he knew more about Daniel's things in more detail. Daniel would do this, of course, for his reasons. Still, he felt it was too risky.

...

As Cusa said.

Jerry and Gore are indeed sitting together now, and it's a headache to watch.

They were surprised by Daniel's stubbornness for the role.

Especially Gore, who was directly put on the phone by Daniel.

In their view, this is a bit unreasonable, more like a proud general who has just won a victory, and there is no way to accept different opinions.

But Daniel is only twenty-three years old. If he wants to be like this, no one else can do it.

Unless the relationship between the two parties is torn apart.

Jerry breathed a sigh of relief. He hoped to maintain a relationship with Daniel. This kind of person who is not short of popularity, acting skills and luck is the most likely to succeed. Whether it is MGM, New Line or even Time Warner behind it, now The attitude towards Daniel is very good - I heard that Daniel has just resigned from Legal Blonde 2, and the news from MGM that the price is as high as 12 million plus 10 points, none of which can make Daniel change his mind. It's just that MGM is still cooperating with him on Hotel Rwanda, and the cooperation and investment, there is no sign of a breakdown in the relationship between the two parties.

This is a person who has a very clear plan for his future. Maybe he is really optimistic about this film—or it may be the direction that this film represents, special effects, live-action animation, adventure, alienated heroes, etc., no matter where Same, after all, Daniel caught his eye. And this is the troublesome thing, this kind of person is generally determined, and once the road is blocked, disputes and conflicts will inevitably arise.

Where the interests lie, no one can clearly grasp the vicissitudes of Hollywood.

Even under Gore's lead, he had a conversation with Depp, and he was finally persuaded by Gore, but the difference in casting may have an impact on the movie. Is it worth it to make him and Daniel turn his face, Jerry or There is a little hesitation.

Gore completely let go of the idea of ​​​​repairing with Daniel.

Simpler people are generally quite stubborn, and he and Daniel have very little interest. It is impossible for a director to have much dependence on an actor, unless the actor can develop enough to control the producer's power to choose the director——Mr. Daniel There is no way to control so many studios in Hollywood.

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We won this time. Tracy hung up the phone with a relaxed expression.

Depp was also smiling.

I didn't expect that in just three years, a young man who just entered Hollywood can now compete for the leading actor in an A-level production. I have to say that he is really lucky.

This is filled with a victor's tone.

And the salary is higher than yours?

When he just defeated Daniel, he laughed at himself and it still wouldn't make Depp angry, so Tracy didn't have any scruples when he spoke. In fact, she also needs to vent her anger. Now CAA's Cusa Damon is not much weaker than her in the circle. Thinking that she had pushed Daniel out in the first place, it was impossible for Tracy to be in a good mood.

Depp really didn't mind Tracy's complaints, he just frowned slightly.

Why does this movie appeal to him?

He read the early stage script several times, but he really didn't feel that this would be a big hit movie. With Daniel's momentum today, he has a lot of choices, and there are many works that won't be lost at first glance - such as the one handed over by Universal. In that comedy, it is said that Daniel and the other party have been in deep contact, prying into the corner of Jim Carrey, and Daniel is not soft at all. But Depp didn't have the idea of ​​competition, it didn't suit him, not at all.

Maybe it's just the love of pirates? Tracy tried to guess, but the two of them ended up with nothing unless they asked.

...

Daniel signaled Kusa to sit down for a while.

He and his investment manager, Raymond, are discussing things. Generally, only Kusa can listen to this kind of conversation, and Melissa and Andy will not get too involved in capital operations.

Raymond had previously assessed that Apple's stock could fall for a period of time, and Daniel decided to believe him, so he took the money out of the stock market, nearly 15 million, and the money is still lying in Daniel's account It needs investment, and it will become less and less valuable to put it there. Daniel's income is more than that.

After Evan Williams' blogger came back to life, the number of users increased very fast, especially abroad, and the momentum of the hacker company in which it participated was even stronger, which had long attracted the attention of capital.

This kind of large-scale expansion is accompanied by a large amount of capital consumption, so the second round of financing was launched—in a sense, it should be the first round. After all, the entry of Google and Daniel is not a pure capital investment.

After several months of negotiations and evaluations,

Sequoia Capital, a fairly well-known angel investment fund, invested 100 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 20% of the shares, but at the same time paid 40 million U.S. dollars to compensate for the dilution of shares including management and Daniel—the entry of large capital means that small The right to speak of the head is lost, and blogger, as a high-quality investment target, has this qualification to raise conditions.

After the dilution, Daniel's shares in MB remained unchanged, still holding 70%, but the shares in the parent company Blogger were further reduced to 16 points, and at the same time, he received 20 million cash compensation.

Coupled with the previous speculation and investment in short-term financial products, Daniel's current living cash is approaching 50 million.

It's not smart to put such a large sum of money in the account.

Raymond is reporting some investment suggestions to him today - most of them are of course the stock market.

Javier?

Kusa has been reading the materials, and only listened to a few words, but he didn't know who it was, but basically, except for the investment manager Raymond, MB's CEO Javier, and Mark, no one will discuss these investments with Daniel in detail. Behavior.

No, Raymond.

Oh, he has figured out how to make more money with your money? But seriously, will Apple's stock really fall? Didn't it already fall for a round after the ipod came out last year? Now that the market has stabilized, it should There won't be any more crashes.

Let's leave these things to professionals to consider. Sometimes Daniel feels that he has too many things to do. If there is no David, DD Films' affairs will have to be carried on his back. Even if a professional manager is hired, there are things to be concerned about. There are still many, You said Javier, there are more and more investment plans from MB.

It is not wrong to describe the development of MB as changing with each passing day. What is rare is that its profit method relies on blogger’s credit and model, and there is almost no adaptation period, which allows it to maintain sufficient funds during the rapid development process—for shareholders Said, this is the sound of nature. If Daniel got involved with venture capital last year, it would not be a little bit of loss. Blogger’s valuation is 500 million. The latest valuation of MB this year has exceeded this figure. The valuation given by NEA is 750 million.

This has triggered a new big discussion on the Internet. After the Nasdaq stock market crash, a new wave of Internet wealth creation is already brewing. A new operating model can create hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in just one or two years. No one can stop the attraction of wealth.

The introduction of venture capital has advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is of course that the benefits are shared, and at the same time, there is also the need to worry about losing control. The benefits are also obvious. The energy and relationship network behind a fund like Sequoia Capital is very powerful. It is self-evident that being able to use these forces is beneficial to the company's operation. This is also the main reason why Evan decided to introduce Sequoia into blogger.

Kusa knew about these things, but he didn't get involved deeply, so he didn't continue to ask after listening to Daniel's words.

Instead, he waved the newspaper on his hand.

Collins has been in the papers.

Although I had expected it, but I only arrived in Los Angeles yesterday, and it was published in the newspaper today, so the efficiency is indeed a bit high.

Fair and Collins arrived in Los Angeles yesterday, but Daniel didn't pick them up, and settled in the hotel. He will meet her later today. But as soon as the newspaper came out, one could imagine how many media were waiting for them.

Shaking his head, he threw away these annoying things.

I hope you have nothing more disturbing to tell me.

Unfortunately, I have. Jerry and Gore have already decided to invite Depp to star in Pirates of the Caribbean, and your plans are all scrapped.