Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Entertainment journalists are always unscrupulous creatures, and when Jed was planning the publicity for Jurassic Park and eventually laying the groundwork for a billion box office worldwide, they said Jed would be the best movie in Hollywood Producer; and when Jed and Spielberg jointly launched "Schindler's List", they said that Jed was a good director who touched people's hearts; even when it came to "The Blair Witch", they also praised Jed for pioneering A whole new trend in horror movies...

But all of this was when Jed was successful. When "The Shawshank Redemption" failed both at the box office and in awards, they could not wait to step on Jed, who had been praised to the sky, to hell.Among them, "Variety Show" and "New York Times" are the most enthusiastic. Perhaps this has something to do with Jed offending the New York media when he first became famous, and of course it has a lot to do with his Los Angeles origin.It was only when Jade came to the United States that he realized that Americans also have regional discrimination. The simplest way is that New Yorkers look down on people from any other city.Especially when it comes to movie entertainment, New Yorkers are very unhappy with Angelenos.

In addition to the New York media being the main force to slander Jed, as the newspaper with the largest circulation in California, the "San Francisco Chronicle" is also a media that hates Jed very much.This may be related to the grievances between the two cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco.There are two famous cities in a state, and who is the most famous city in this state has become a place of competition between the two cities. Naturally, the San Francisco media will not let Jed, who is a native of Los Angeles, even if Jed is in San Francisco. less investment.

Since Galaxy Films announced the start of filming "Apollo 13", various media who hate Jed seem to be launching a "Crusade" media war, and Jed is the biggest villain in this battlefield. The "New York Times" believes that NASA's payment of public relations fees to Galaxy Movies is a disguised waste of public money, and they even accused it of immoral transactions; while "Variety Show" put the target on Tom Hanks, Remind him not to waste his acting career on Jed just to repay his kindness.

However, when "Apollo 13" was filmed and the first wave of promotional materials was released, the public who had been taught by the media suddenly discovered that this was actually a very powerful movie.Due to the public's enthusiasm for the "Apollo Lunar Exploration Program" triggered by "Apollo 13", the "New York Times" had to introduce the lunar exploration program in its own science and technology page, but at the same time, it also hinted at the promotional film in its own movie page. A well-made movie does not mean that the feature film is also very good.

In order to promote the movie, Jed naturally has to go on some shows. His own "Oprah Show" and "Late Late Show" are naturally the focus of publicity. David Lyman did not let Jed go because Jed is his boss , but the problem is more acute.

"Mr. Sherman, according to Variety, you should have gone bankrupt at the end of last year. The reason why you can still shoot "Apollo 13" is because NASA provided a huge sum of money, right? ’ asked David Lyman.

"Yes." Jed replied solemnly, "NASA provided us with all of their budget for last year. For this reason, Congress held a special session, and finally Mr. President signed the budget. We are very grateful to NASA. With emotion, for this movie, their employees have to endure the toilet without toilet paper and water for a whole year, you have worked hard!"

Jed's answer made the audience laugh out loud, because the "Variety" report seems to make sense, but there are many problems as long as you scrutinize it carefully.NASA is an independent department of the U.S. federal government. All their budgets must be reviewed by Congress and submitted to the president for signature. How could they use their own budget to make movies?And if you really want to spend all your budget, wouldn't it mean that NASA will not be able to work normally this year.

On the one hand, Jed's answer mocked the stupidity of "Variety Show", and on the other hand, he also explained the transparency of his company's funds.Since Jade's company is not a listed company, legally he does not have to disclose the company's financial situation to anyone.But it is precisely because of this that many media have speculated that Jade's company is suspected of "money laundering".

In particular, they also involved Jed's grandfather. After all, Jed's grandfather was a former KMT military official and had close ties with the local Zhigongtang in the United States. Therefore, they all speculated that Jed's film company was laundering money for the Chinese gang.Jed sneered at this. Since he was reborn in this world, his grandparents seldom contacted him because of his mother's death or other reasons. Where is there any "money laundering theory"?More importantly, Jade's impression of his grandfather's family is completely a very traditional military family, honor is higher than life, and he will not be involved in gangs.

As for "money laundering," Jed actually wanted "Variety" to be able to check Italians and Koreans.But Jed didn't dare to say this. He had already had a grudge with the Japanese, and it was completely unnecessary to get into trouble with the Italian gangsters.What's more, he was still involved with a certain family in the mafia, Jed would not be stupid enough to stab his allies at this time.

David Lehman's next question is sharp, but Jed has his own tricks, not to mention Lehman also knows where his boss's bottom line is, and above the bottom line is completely room for him to play, and even Lehman is still ruthless in the show. Seriously, Jed made a little joke about his sexuality.

However, Jed laughed and revealed it. Although Jed did not publicly admit his sexual orientation like David Geffen, he never shy away from his sexual orientation.

After Lyman asked this question, Jed smiled and said, "By the way, I want to start a record company with Mr. Geffen. What do you think journalists will write about?"

Lehman did not expect that Jed would take the initiative to break the news, and quickly answered: "Gays, you are blessed!"

Lehman's words mocking the "Bible" naturally made Jed laugh, "Our record company has not yet joined gay singers, and I also promise that our company will never discriminate against heterosexual singers."

Lehmann didn't dwell too much on this issue. Although the Democrats were president at this time, the domestic topic of homosexuality was still very sensitive, so Lehmann quickly brought the issue back to "Apollo 13".

"Yes, our movie will be officially released on June 6." Now that he is on the show, Jed must advertise the movie, "Yes, we will be the earliest movie in the summer, this is a movie suitable for the whole family Great movie to watch! We look forward to busy parents taking their children to the movie and telling them about your passion for lunar exploration."

As Jed announced the release date, the highest wave of publicity for "Apollo 13" also came out. Almost all American audiences knew that a movie called "Apollo 6" would be released on June 30.And "Variety Show" did not forget to criticize, "Now we only hope that Galaxy Film can earn back the promotion fee!"

In the suspicious eyes of the media, "Apollo 13" was officially released in 2197 theaters across the United States, and this day happened to be Friday.Although Roger Ebert has a media reception ticket presented by the Galaxy Film Company, he still stubbornly insists on buying a ticket to enter the venue. In his own words, "I hope that everything I say does not involve any film company. Interests".Roger is indeed one of the most important film critics in the United States who admire Jed most. He mentioned in the program, "If there are still directors in the United States who can find a balance between the artistry and commerciality of movies, and put their own thinking on human nature into them If so, then Mr. Jed Sherman is without a doubt the best of the lot. Yes, I love his movies. Every one of them so far."

For the movie "Apollo 13", Roger is a little worried that Jed has gone too far on the road of commercialization, and because the movie has the shadow of government public relations funds, Roger is even more worried that the movie will eventually Reduced to a movie for government bragging.Compared with commercialization, Hollywood is more unacceptable to bragging about the government. Roger is very worried whether Jed will do it.

The opening of the movie is still the iconic children's laughter of Galaxy movies. A cartoon child uses silver paint to outline a few flowing lines and stars on the blue curtain with a few strokes, and then the child disappears. The word Galaxy Movie was slowly pushed out.Few people know why Jade finally decided to use the Chinese character official script as his company logo, but many people think it has something to do with his quarter Chinese ancestry.After the opening credits of the Galaxy movie, the words "Works of Jed Sherman" suddenly appeared on the screen.

A smile suddenly appeared on Roger's face, and he knew exactly what it meant.Jed is a man with multiple identities. He is the director and producer of the film.If he defines this movie as a "Galaxy Movie Product", it means that he thinks it is a company movie, not his personal work; but obviously, this subtitle tells everyone clearly that this movie is his recognized as belonging to his works.

The scene at the beginning of the movie made everyone who experienced the Apollo 11 moon landing excited, because Jed replayed the live broadcast that year in the movie, and even invited the host who was in charge of the live broadcast at that time to narrate.This scene and the soundtrack immediately brought the parents at the scene into the passionate years of the year, even Roger Ebert was no exception. He wrote in his small notebook, "The most atmosphere-building man in the United States The director is none other than Jed Sherman."

This homage to that year's broadcast, while boring to some, was an exciting moment for anyone who lived through those years.In such a scene, the protagonists appear one after another.They are not only admirable astronauts, but also ordinary people. They are equally excited for the Apollo 11 landing on the moon.Roger also thought that it was a waste for Jed to shoot this shot, but he quickly responded that this description is to tell how much the hero is obsessed with landing on the moon, and it is also to show the hero’s family relationship, etc. wait.This kind of non-traceable camera language made Roger suddenly interested. He didn't expect Jed to grow so fast.

Although the techniques in "The Shawshank Redemption" are very mature, Jade used more of the actor's expressions and dialogues in that movie, but here, Jed uses the director's unique language—— Camera language.Roger wrote, "This slightly oriental lens language makes the description of the movie more delicate."

Next is the plan and launch of Apollo 13. Here, Jed uses a very relaxed shot to describe the life of astronauts in space. It seems that space is a gentle and safe environment.But with the sudden change of the soundtrack, Roger knew the plot was about to take a steep turn.Sure enough, Apollo 13's capsule exploded as one maneuver progressed, and here Tom Hanks reported to base with the snappy phrase, "Houston, we're in trouble!"

This phrase actually seems unremarkable in this movie, and countless aerospace-themed movies have borrowed this phrase to show that their spacecraft is in danger.The ensuing shot is so rushed that the astronauts have to close all the hatches while trying to figure out a way to fix the problem.While the space capsule was busy, the Houston command center was also busy.

Ed Harris, who plays the commander of the ground command center, stabilized the whole situation with his calmness.For Ed's acting skills, Roger's eyes lit up.He didn't expect that Ed, who has always played the tough guy in fighting scenes, would have such a side. His calmness added a stable overall situation to the whole movie plot amidst the hustle and bustle.After barely keeping the capsule stable, Ed and other ground personnel had to face how to get Apollo 13 home safely.

Just after this problem suddenly appeared on Apollo 13, American TV stations took action to report the incident.Roger found that it was through media reports that Jade connected the ground command center and the astronauts' families, two scenes that were not directly connected.Moreover, by editing media reports and using montage techniques, some unnecessary plots can be skipped while explaining some problems in the movie to the audience.

Because Jed could not explain some common sense issues to the audience through the mouths of members of the Houston Center, but due to the lack of common sense of American audiences, Jed had to introduce some problems that astronauts need to encounter to the audience through the TV station scene.For example, why is the gravity of the moon used for acceleration; why is the carbon dioxide in the lunar module eliminated; and how difficult it is to manually judge the orbit into the earth from space.

Seeing Jed's meticulous and unobtrusive "explaining of aerospace knowledge", Roger felt that Jed had created a new way of explaining movies.Such sidenote descriptions will not only not bore the audience, but will help the audience better understand the plot.

After Apollo 13 solved the power problem, breathing problem and manual operation problem, the movie finally came to the end. At this time, Apollo 13 will also face the biggest test: the heat-resistant tiles are not damaged, right?Otherwise, the astronauts will be burned to ashes in the atmosphere; and the parachute is not frozen, right?Otherwise, the astronauts will be smashed to pieces like a meteorite hitting the earth...

At this time, after the people in the command center said "3 minutes countdown", Roger knew that Jed was playing psychological hints again.The main purpose of this line of dialogue is to make the audience nervous and let them know what the result will be in 3 minutes.At this time, 3 minutes is longer than three hours for the audience.As expected by Roger, the whole movie theater became impatient, they were eager to know how it would end.

But after the 3-minute countdown ended, the radio was still silent, only the Houston command center was calling eagerly, "Odyssey (the code name of the Apollo 13 landing module), please answer if you receive it."

In the silence, only this voice is repeated, and some vulnerable girls in the theater cry like the helpless astronaut families in the movie. "Death is not the scariest thing, the scariest thing is the moments waiting for death." Roger quickly wrote down a sentence in his notebook.

But it is clear that Jed will not revise history, and the screen soon shows Odyssey opening the parachute and slowly landing, as well as a dialogue from the protagonist, "Hello, Houston, this is Odyssey. Nice to see you again! "

When this line of dialogue appeared, the theater burst into warm applause.Roger rubbed his eyes, he knew Jed had succeeded.As he did in The Blair Witch, he keeps the audience in check.Such a movie is bound to bring Jed an excellent reputation, and such a movie with the main theme is naturally very popular among the generally conservative American people.

Roger wrote the last film review in his notebook, "I guess Mr. Jed Sherman will not make a movie like "Shawshank Redemption" again, but his taste for movies and his concern for humanity will appear. Among his other works. "Apollo 13" may not be the best artistically, but it is a very moving movie in recent times. Mr. Sherman not only brilliantly tells a story we all know, but also It also made us listen with gusto, and I give it two thumbs up for that."

The box office of "Apollo 13" on Friday was an average of 3395 yuan per hall, and the total box office of the day was nearly 750 million yuan.As soon as the result was announced, all the sarcastic media shut up.It's only Friday. How high is the box office when it comes to Saturday and Sunday, when moviegoers are at their peak?No one expected that after encountering "The Shawshank Redemption", Jed would announce his comeback with such an achievement. Is there a more perfect turnaround than this?