Ace Hollywood

In Silicon Valley, an acquisition of this size is not a big deal. The private placement to imp company is only 600,000 shares, with a valuation of about 5 million. But in Hollywood, the waves caused by this action are considerable.

If this is an investment, Daniel should choose to sell the patented technology to Apple instead of acquiring Apple shares in the form of private placement.

Since this is done, it is of course hoped to be able to hold Apple's stock as a part of the investment basket.

Considering that Daniel is about to go to university to study business, has been in the industry for more than four years, has founded and invested in dd Films and Weta Digital, and it has been rumored that Daniel has gained a lot in the field of financial investment. Once these bits and pieces of information are linked together , the imaginable space is very large.

Moreover, so far, Daniel has starred in more than a dozen films, except for Gladiator which brought him the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and The Pianist for Best Actor, the rest of the films are mostly commercial. The clarity of planning is rare in Hollywood. It is conceivable that Daniel does not seem to be persistent in his acting career.

Face to face with so much material, if the media does not create a story with twists and turns, it will not be finished at all.

This made Daniel himself unable to help marveling at their imagination while reading the newspaper.

Here it says that I went to a hot dog restaurant to be a chef in order to be able to open my own hot dog restaurant and then open it into an international chain. They also interviewed Michael Tollin and said that I might be acting for the $5,000 film salary. College Blues entered Hollywood, but I never thought it would get out of control, so I stayed in Hollywood for development. Once the financial situation improved, I started planning and hired Raymond Freeman, who is well-known in the investment manager field, to be in charge of my He also said that I am quite talented in investing, and I made a lot of money to buy luxury houses and luxury cars. I invested in DD Films and Weta Digital. Recently, I started to expand my investment fields, so I founded imp Electronics. It was only a year ago Time, it was acquired by Apple. In exchange for hundreds of thousands of Apple shares, worth millions.

Daniel relayed the report to everyone, smiling helplessly, I never thought about opening a hot dog chain. I promise.

He revealed this news obliquely, just to give the rumor a final blow.

If he really intends to cross the border and enter the business field, it will indeed be a lot of pressure for the collaborators.

Imp company was really founded by you? James Wen's eyes were bright, and he was obviously very impressed by Daniel's handwriting. When I saw the news, I thought that the investment manager just had the same name as you. Later, I read the report It was confirmed that it was the same person, and I thought it was his own investment. I didn’t expect it to be really Daniel’s investment.”

Entering September, the filming of Chain Saw has been basically completed.

Finished last night. Everyone was so drunk that they didn't expect James and Warner to come to see him today.

It seems that James is still a little drunk, and Warner has a pale face, showing no signs, thinking of his special hobbies and talent for horror film screenwriting. The pores all over Daniel's body stood up, he was a man not to be messed with.

I asked Ferguson to ask when you are free. I mainly want to discuss with you. I plan to ask you to take the film to the Sundance Film Festival in January tomorrow, where the premiere will be held, and then the release will be arranged.

The Sundance International Film Festival was initiated in 1984 by Hollywood director Robert Redford and others, mainly to support small-cost independent films. The Sundance Institute established provides hundreds of films every year. Supported by the fund, after nearly two decades of development, this international film festival held in Park City, Utah has become quite well-known, and many well-known directors and films have emerged from it, such as The English Patient by Miramax, etc. There are many winners of the Oscars and Emmys who won the awards later, which can be regarded as a very influential film festival.

Daniel pushed Chain Saw to Sundance, and of course he hoped that the movie would be checked first to see the response.

In particular, he is now a well-known rich man. Robert Redford personally called him before, asking if he would like to support the Sundance Institute, because this is a non-profit organization, basically apart from holding film festivals During this period, some income and part of the investment income will be invested by various companies.

Because the film festival is becoming more and more important, especially after Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino became famous, many big companies use it as a place to select newcomers, and it is also a high-quality platform to promote newcomers. So every year in the budget, there are more or less donations to Sundance.

DD Films has been in the limelight in the past two years, and a Greek Wedding has almost become a legend of low-budget productions.

Of course, the box office factor of independent films has become less and less influential in recent years. When people define independent films, they increasingly take into account the independent consciousness and unique perspective of filmmakers, not just the small cost. Break away from traditional filmmaking rules as standard. Roger Ebert once defined this shooting method, which is basically limited in terms of funding sources, production methods, and expression skills, but in general, there is no strict standard.

Therefore, broadly speaking, except for those movies that come off the assembly line according to the procedures of the Seventh National Congress, and movies with large investment and great influence, they can all be called independent movies.

From this point of view, Greek Wedding was produced by two unknown independent film studios and DD, and the promotion is eclectic, which is also within the category of independent films.

Considering that no matter how understated the box office is in public remarks, the vast majority of independent filmmakers hope that their films will have a chance to be released, and a good box office would be even better—if it can reach the level of 400 million, it will be famous, Both fame and fortune.

Therefore, within the Sundance International Film Festival and the Institute, Daniel is still very well-known and influential.

Radford’s previous communication, in addition to hoping that he can donate part of the money to the institute, also proposed to invite Daniel to be a judge of the Sundance Film Festival, but he rejected the latter, because the film festival is held in January every year. At that time, he had already started to rest, and it was not suitable for him to attend public events related to movies.

However, donations are an established strategy, and DD Films also needs to make similar expenditures. Lionsgate, Miramax, etc. are all major contributors to Sundance. DD Films will go the independent studio route Lu, this rule must be followed.

In this way, it is only natural to launch a movie to participate in the grand event. Of course, it is impossible for a commercial horror film to be shortlisted. Sundance has both feature films and documentaries, and horror films can't rely on either.

Of course James and Warner are happy.

For them, they rarely consider the Golden Globes or even the Oscars. Like Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, they became famous in one fell swoop with the script of Good Will Hunting. After all, they are rare. Relatively speaking, the Christmas Film Festival, which is open to newcomers, is much more realistic. It's not that it's easy to win awards, but it's easy to participate.

Sundance receives 2,500 films of various types every year. Although 16 feature films and 16 documentaries are finally shortlisted, the participating groups are very large.

We have no objection. In January, there must be enough time, but you are not—

Oh, Radford invited me to be a judge, and I have already declined. I understand what you mean, yes, I will start to rest next year, so I will ask Ferguson to accompany you, and David will also find time to go Come on, you guys hold a small premiere over there to see the response, and you will have time to make adjustments when you come back.

In fact, DD Films went to Sundance for the first time. Whether it should go to Ghost Omen and Love to the House Collapse which is currently being produced by DD headquarters, or Chain Saw from the investment department, the decision is still made by Dai. Wei, Daniel himself has no inclinations. But House Collapsed is actually not suitable for Sundance's conditions, tens of millions of investment, Stephen Martin is not an unknown person. In this way, there are only Ghost Omen and Chain Saw. After a little comparison, we can see that the former cannot compare with the latter, and Warner's script and style are indeed more unique.

Hearing that Daniel was not going, the two moved their seats, losing two points of confidence.

Daniel has never watched their filming so far. Ferguson, David, and even Melissa have braved the courage to go to the set, but Daniel has never been there. They also know that the investment of 4 million is not a big project for Daniel.

We plan to release the finished film before October, do you want to see it then?

With some anticipation in his tone, Daniel suddenly turned around, James, and Warner, I am very optimistic about this project, to be honest, I think you will become famous in Hollywood after this film. But I have a little bit of a horror film, especially a horror film in the style of Warner, you know what I mean.

You mean, you... hmm?

Yes, if you understand correctly.

Seeing the expressions of James and Warner unable to hold back their laughter, Daniel was also a little embarrassed.

Well, it's really nothing, it's just this matter, you all get ready first, and when Sundance comes back, we'll discuss the promotion and release.

Say goodbye to Daniel's house.

Did he say he was afraid?

It should be. Warner also smiled, I think it may be because of this reason that he chose us.

Horror movies are, of course, scary.

Oh, Daniel is afraid of horror movies, which is a big deal, and when we run out of food, we can sell it to the tabloids. (To be continued)

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