Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 864 ICQ Officially Launched
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The media was the happiest when the news that Mr. Richest Man confirmed to attend the 67th Academy Awards ceremony came out.

Gein, after Tang Huan switched from the main talent of "Tang IT" to the second talent of "Tang Daheng", he would often reveal some extremely valuable authoritative information inadvertently due to inertia.

After successfully chasing and intercepting Tang Daheng this time, the reporters did not ask those colorful questions, but focused on the loss of the movie "Forrest Gump", which was making a lot of noise, and directly asked sharply: "Tang, "Forrest Gump" The True Story has grossed $3.3 million in the North American box office alone, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film after "ET," "Star Wars: First Dawn" and "Jurassic Park." but MGM claims that the company lost $6200 million on the Forrest Gump project and it was a 'successful failure.' If this is true, what do you think of MGM's management, Don? operating capacity?"

Hearing this, MGM CEO Harvey Weinstein, who was one step behind and followed the boss, suddenly lost his smile on his fat face.

"My trust in the MGM team remains the same as before." The richest man smiled indifferently, and slowly counted: "From the report, although the North American box office of "Forrest Gump" has 330 Million, it has become the No. Four blockbuster movies, but its filming budget was 55 Million; after the film samples came out, the marketing budget doubled from the original plan; coupled with other cost increase factors, the project "Forrest Gump" became a one-off project. 'Successful failure' is a fact that we have no choice but to accept."

"Fortunately, this 'successful failure' isn't all that frustrating."

"With the help of the most advanced computer special effects, Forrest Gump and many historical figures, including the late former president of the United States, have achieved a very interesting connection and interaction with the real ones on the screen, which is refreshing; A team of extras successfully simulated a grand gathering of 1000 people, which is the best technical solution for a grand scene.”

“I especially like the fighting spirit of Forrest Gump that never gives up—there are many kinds of success in life, and the factors are not limited to being smart, and simple persistence can also get good results... "

Now the interpretation of the movie "Forrest Gump" has long been rotten. The reporters are obviously not interested in listening to Tang Daheng talking about his personal experience. After he stopped talking, he immediately asked: "Some people think that "Forrest Gump" "The loss event is the most typical recent Hollywood accounting scandal, which has harmed the interests of many people. For example, Winston Groom, the author of the novel "Forrest Gump", because MGM claimed that the movie "Forrest Gump "Biography" lost money, and failed to get the [-]% of the film's net profit in the agreement. Tang, do you know the inside story about the operation of your subordinates?"

"People often subconsciously hope that reality can be as exciting and ups and downs as movies." The richest man replied calmly as usual: "I think it is necessary to repeat that I don't have to be suspicious of my subordinates. The latest report I've had is that, so far, everyone involved in the Forrest Gump movie project is happy with their compensation."

"For example, the remuneration of the director Robert Zemeckis and the lead actor Tom Hanks, using the entire revenue of the contracted film as a reference, each received 40 Million. As for the novel "Forrest Gump" that you are most concerned about The author, Winston Groom, has accepted MGM's accounting report explanation for the loss of the movie "Forrest Gump". In addition to the $35 remuneration he received for adapting the novel to the screenplay, he received another $25 Compensation in dollars..."

Listening to the boss's swaying answer, Harvey Weinstein coughed anxiously and reminded his boss - why did you forget that this is Hollywood, not Silicon Valley, so there is no need to speak out precise data in order to enhance persuasiveness. Come out and let the media take the opportunity to compare and hype.

Daheng Tang, who was stunned, laughed at himself, and quickly stopped the topic, "In short, Winston Groom is satisfied with his salary, and has finalized a cooperation with MGM for a 7-figure salary for another novel. .”

"It can be seen that the movie "Forrest Gump" is a 'successful failure'. The reason should be related to the rapidly changing industry ecology after entering the 1990s. The management of MGM has submitted a review report to me, saying that Seriously reflect on and improve future work processes.”

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The so-called unspoken rules of Hollywood were answered so lightly by Tycoon Tang, so it was considered an end to him.

In the final analysis, even if MGM really did something about the accounting of "Forrest Gump", when it comes to Mr. Rich, it is at best just an ordinary data on the report, and other projects with Million as the unit. It's no different. Don't expect him to single it out and look at it differently - even if there are loopholes, it's just for his subordinates to resist the thunder.

After dismissing the reporters, Tang Huan stopped by and met with the team of the Russian film "Poisonous Sun", which was competing for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

This film, which was sponsored by Nikita Mikhalkov for US$360 million on behalf of Tang Huan by Neelkin, won the runner-up at the Cannes Film Festival last year with Lao Mouzi's "Alive". The second level award after the Palme d'Or - the Jury Prize.

Compared with the movie "Alive" which was not released in mainland China, "Poisonous Sun" was released in Russia despite twists and turns, but it went smoothly in the end, and the audience's response was also good, so I came to Hollywood again to see if it could be further gilded.

Nikita Mikhalkov is particularly valued by the richest man, which is naturally closely related to his ability and his background in an artistic family.

His father, Sergei Mikhalkov, was born in Russia's prominent Mikhalkov family. He is a writer, fabler, children's book author and poet in the Soviet Union and Russia. He has won numerous awards and is also the lyrics of the Soviet national anthem. author.

In 1991, the film "Mongolian Spirit", which won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival and the best film at the European Film Festival, was arranged by the richest man, Nikita Mikhalkov, to avoid the political turmoil in the Soviet Union and come to The works shot on the NMGHLBE prairie in China did not interrupt the artistic creation, and with the help of movies, once again completed the heavy thinking about the nation and history.

If "Poisonous Sun" wins the prize this time, after it is brought back to Russia, it will definitely be able to make further articles. At least there will be a gimmick such as "first" and "first time" since the establishment of Russia-there is definitely a need for such things Frame the achievements of self-esteem, and the benefits will naturally be worth the money.

After a brief chat with Nikita Mikhalkov, Mr. Richest whispered something to Nelligin, entrusting her to treat the group of people well, and then returned to his place.

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Although the Academy Awards ceremony is complained by the critics every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences still does its best to please every year.

Black actress Whoopi Goldberg, who made a big impression for her role as the witch in "The Ghost," doesn't want to continue hosting this year's Oscars, so producer Jill Kay Ci had to carefully select again and hired David Letterman, the host of "Late Show" and comedian, to host this awards show.

One thing that needs to be pointed out is that the core theme designed by Jill Cates for the show this year is called "Comedy and Movies".

As the producer of many Oscar awards galas, Jill Cates naturally has a keen grasp of the tastes of Americans today-the U.S. economy is gratifyingly recovering from the first recession after the end of the Cold War. It's over, of course everyone wants to be happy.

After its release, "Forrest Gump", which can be said to have triggered a herd effect, led the way with 13 nominations; "Bullets Flying Broadway", and "The Shawshank Redemption", which was originally regarded as a classic by Internet forces in time and space, are very consistent with some "Pulp Fiction", which is popular with people, ranked second with 7 nominations.

As a powerful tycoon, Tang Huan did not hide his preferences.

For example, when Deng Lijun sang the theme song "Circle_Of_Life" of "The Lion King" - "Endless Life", he shook his body contentedly; Volta gave a standing ovation when he announced that Maya Lin: Intense and Clear Insight had won the Best Documentary Award.

After more than ten years of testing, no one is foolish enough to make things difficult for the Vietnam War Memorial designed by Chinese-American architect Maya Lin. Its significance and value have been recognized by the widest range.

This phenomenon is in stark ironic contrast to the group attack at the beginning.

You know, at that time, even Ross Perot, a billionaire in Texas who later participated in the 1990 US presidential election, joined in the fun and called her "egg_roll" after learning of Maya Lin's ethnic identity. .

It can be said that in this society where the jungle preys on the jungle, the release of the documentary "Maya Lin: Intense and Clear Insight" is to seek justice and withdraw face—political correctness!

Not long after, Jeremy Irons, a veteran British film and television actor who won the 63rd Academy Award for Best Actor for "The Debt of a Rich Family", announced that the Russian film "Poisonous Sun" won the best foreign language film.

If you include the award-winning "War and Peace" in 1969 and the award-winning "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" in 1981, this is the third time that a Russian has shown his face - director Nikita Mikhalkov excitedly took the stage to speak A speech about political correctness.

The climax of this year’s gala is the final stage in which the best actor, best director, and best film are awarded consecutively——Denzel Watson passionately introduced the best film award-nominated film " After The Shawshank Redemption, it turned out that there was nothing about this movie at all, and all three awards were given to "Forrest Gump".

In fact, in the view of the richest man, this phenomenon is quite normal.

It is very obvious that "Forrest Gump" conforms to the current American mainstream, and has even been interpreted as having a relationship with the "Republican Revolution" in the US mid-term elections. In addition, last year's winner - "Schindler's The theme of "The List" is too heavy and other factors, and the judges whose tastes are swinging and correcting, of course they should choose political correctness instead of "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Pulp Fiction".

Speaking of which, the performance of "The Shawshank Redemption" at the box office has disappointed Columbia Pictures. The filming budget was 2500 million US dollars, and the North American box office was more than 2800 million US dollars. The most typical loss is making money.

For this reason, Tang Daheng's subordinates have been very "considerate" to negotiate the copyright transaction of "The Shawshank Redemption" with Columbia Pictures, so as to see if they can obtain unexpected returns in other markets such as home theaters.

When Fatty Harvey Weinstein delivered his best picture acceptance speech, he was quite smug and said: "I heard some doubts about "Forrest Gump" and the speculation about when I was fired. The boss did express his dissatisfaction with me, and he raised a question—Gump and the others bought Apple stock and made a fortune; then why didn’t they buy Fangyuan stock and make a bigger fortune? In order to make up for the loss, he I'm thinking of following Forrest Gump's example and bringing the Bubba Gan Shrimp Company from the movie to reality."

The scene of the awards show, which had deliberately created a festive atmosphere, suddenly burst into laughter, which can be described as a perfect ending.

According to Nielsen ratings survey data, this year's Academy Awards performed better than last year - attracting 32.5% of the family audience; the ratings exceeded 53%, among the audience aged 18 to 49 21.7% of the ratings were harvested; an average of 4828 million viewers watched during the broadcast period, an increase of 7% compared with the previous year, and the total number of viewers who have watched part of the program is estimated to be 8100 million. Since 1983, the number of viewers has reached a new high, which is a busy return to the ticket price.

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Mr. Richest Man, who has achieved all his goals, is also very satisfied with this year's Oscar Awards Ceremony.He spent a few days in Los Angeles in good spirits before taking the California High Speed ​​Rail back to Silicon Valley.

Jinying, Jinjie, Jinjia, and Jinyan, who developed the instant messaging software ICQ, are eagerly waiting for their father to come back to judge—who will be the CEO of ICQ.

Tang Huan couldn't help laughing and cursing——ICQ is only officially launched, and registration is completely open. See what you have become?Wait to burn all your brother's pocket money!
(End of this chapter)