Ace Hollywood

Sometimes, Daniel will look back, when he and Kusa Damon are racking their brains for the role of the elf prince, when he is trying to take down Comodius in Gladiator, and then look at Looking at it now, MGM and DD are like a giant mechanical beast, each gear performs its own duties, constantly conquering the city in film production, and also needs to consider new development directions. Of course, he often discusses it with Lon Meyer and the others. , but this behemoth has learned to move forward more often, how it works specifically, how it produces works-all of these are beyond Daniel's ability to grasp every detail.

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The news that cbs and MGM's TV production department will cooperate to produce a song and dance talent show still spreads a sense of wolf coming in the Hollywood TV drama production circle. DD, or in other words, Daniel Sandler's pace is really too big. He founded DD Films and developed it into one of the most profitable Hollywood film producers. The acquisition of MGM Pictures is an unprecedented snack in Hollywood. The legend of mergers and acquisitions, dd animation poached Pixar's heavyweight Andrew Stanton, the first work Wall-E won 290 million box office in North America in one fell swoop, and the global figure of 560 million is also a great success. Compared with its early 60 million The budget and profits are even more enviable. Now it has stepped into the field of TV production one step further, which can be said to be in full bloom. If we also consider the work that dd has been doing to expand peripheral profit channels and improve the distribution system, the trend of dd film industry becoming a new industry giant is already very clear.

The most important thing is whether DD Pictures and MGM can maintain their super profitability, otherwise their drastic expansion work will be unsustainable, and what awaits them will be unswallowable consequences—of course, these are Considering the premise that Plutos Investment Company does not intervene, because even Plutos, who has tens of billions of assets, wants to transfer assets to fill the entertainment empire created by Daniel. It is not so easy. It may have a devastating impact on f2f, mb and other investments of Plutos.

However, at least so far, the continued great success has kept the outside world's confidence in dd at a high level, which has provided them with a lot of convenience, whether it is financial cooperation with banks and institutions, or business negotiations with industry platforms , are in a favorable position.

February 23, just two weeks before the Oscars.

cbs president moon weiss and mrg meron meyer announced the partnership at the samuel goodwin theater

Interestingly, at the end of January. The Academy also announced the Oscar nominations here, and it has to be said that the collaboration between the two has attracted extra attention.

After the press conference, the two company executives did not leave in a hurry, but continued to talk about the topic just now in the reception room of the theater.

Can Daniel Sandler attend as a judge? In the final stage, in fact, there are 18 finalists, so there are only 10 games in total.

He is not an expert in this field. You let him attend. I am afraid that people will misunderstand the professionalism of this project.

According to the cooperation agreement between the two parties, the judges are basically the grand prize winners of large-scale professional dance competitions, senior dance directors who enjoy high reputations, and TV program producers with dance backgrounds.

The High School Musical Cup is not a completely professional program, but an entertainment talent show for the public. Its core is ultimately entertainment, fun, and professionalism is sometimes the magic weapon of attraction. Because ordinary people have a lot of interest in the dance world, but they can't pay attention to those old-fashioned dance teachers,

Also reluctant during prime time. I saw an old woman with a stiff face, holding a pointer and teaching the beautiful and beautiful female athletes how to do Lajin, how to do hand gestures and so on. but. What needs to be considered is that if a dance competition lacks serious professionalism, it is easy to attract criticism, so when they select judges, they must at least have a dance background, such as learning dance since childhood, and later doing other entertainment related work This situation. Like Daniel, he has received some dance training during filming, but he is far from professional. Sitting in the judges' seat majestically may make many people feel uncomfortable.

We have considered what you said. Mu En nodded, Actually, I think it is possible to set up a special guest seat besides the judges. He may not have a professional background. You know, the High School Musical Cup came out One of the motivations for contestants is to participate in the High School Musical series of films, so it is understandable to provide them with training other than dance. Among actors, Daniel is of course the most convincing candidate.

Ron Meyer realized that this was good advice.

Maybe, we can invite different people to join it, top figures in various fields.

Wow, the budget will be much higher in this case. Moon looked at Mayer. This is indeed the pressure from MGM. After all, although the two parties have a cooperation agreement, if the budget of MGM's production exceeds the budget, then it is very likely cbs won't agree to pay more for a show if it works well enough.

The project has been determined at the initial stage, but the specific methods and publicity should be carried out after the Oscars, and the final round will start after entering June, and it will be officially listed on CBS.

We should think again.

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We will have a preliminary competition in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and California. You know, these four states have the most universities. Meyer and Daniel reported the results of their work during this period, The major players facing The crowd was still college students. It didn’t quite fit the high school setting of High School Musical, though. But it would be a lot less troublesome.”

Daniel is also very clear about this.

It is the same in the United States. College students basically have complete autonomy. Even if you want to drop out of school, it is your freedom, but high school is not. You can play and compare, but most parents will still have some control. Rules such as access control are no less than Chinese, especially the middle class and the wealthy class.

Therefore, if the High School Musical Cup faces high school students, it may arouse the opinions of parents-after all, only a very small number of people can finally go to CBS, and most of the rest of the time is wasted, but they cannot get corresponding feedback. The return, which must be unsatisfactory. The United States is a civil society again, as soon as these parents come out. The negative impact is huge.

Meyer roughly introduced the entire arrangement and process. In terms of funding, part of it is the promotional budget of High School Musical, and the other part also found mb as a partner, plus the sponsorship of several brands, caa is one of them , they will provide a contract for the top three in the contest—whether they want to be actors, dancers, or singers, CAA can satisfy them. In this way, the gold content is quite high, the contract of caa. MGM's supporting roles, CBS's prime time, for any college student who is interested in the entertainment industry, is an opportunity that cannot be passed up.

These specific tasks, whether it is CBS or the professionals in the MGM TV department, are better than Daniel himself. Hearing Mayer talk about them one by one, Daniel can only nod on the phone.

There is one more thing. It was also mentioned by Mu En today. I think it is a good idea. He wants to set up a guest seat outside of the professional judges. He does not need to have a dancing background. It can be a top actor or a singer And so on, there is one for each round of the final stage. There is no voting right, but you can make suggestions to the judges. You can also provide the contestants with their own experience.

Sure enough, he is a professional. Daniel is of course very familiar with this mechanism, which is a good way to attract attention.

The problem is the budget. Is it? He also quickly saw the problem, For a show, if you want to invite top stars, at least a million-level appearance fee.

Um.

Well, let's audition first and see the effect. If the effect is good, we will launch this plan to further stimulate the market. If the effect is mediocre, I'm afraid there may not be much improvement just by relying on the stimulation of stars. In the final round, I will If you attend, there should be some effect.

Daniel quickly proposed a two-way policy, and of course Meyer would not object.

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For the Chinese, Vancouver is also a well-known Canadian city, because it has gained a lot of popularity in China because of Farewell, Vancouver. Many, Ottawa is somewhat stuffy. As the production center in North America after Los Angeles and New York, the film atmosphere here is very strong.

It was the first time for Daniel to go on vacation when he came to this Canadian city with a mild climate, which was completely different from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles.

He wore a peaked cap, a large mask, black-rimmed glasses, and a long black down jacket, trying to hide himself inside.

Except for Miller and the two security personnel who followed, no one else was taken. Today he mainly went to watch the most popular ice hockey game in Canada. The Vancouver Canucks played against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Long Gao is a world-renowned ice hockey superstar, and this time they will compete in the same field, which must be attracting attention. Good viewing positions are hard to come by, and Daniel didn't ask for help, so he bought a few not-so-good positions, just in time to watch the game quietly.

The two teams played at Rogers Arena, home of the Canucks.

Ice hockey is a very entertaining sport, skating itself is very beautiful, playing hockey on ice is even more exciting, and there are reasonable collision rules, very intense. Although Daniel had never been in contact with this sport when he was in China, and only watched a few games during the Beijing Olympic Games, he was still very interested in experiencing an ice hockey event for himself.

Miller liked it a little more than he did.

Manly, Miller responded curtly. You probably won't like it.

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Daniel squinted at him and measured his own state. He couldn't beat him, and he couldn't be noticed. So he wisely swallowed it.

The game was not very intense, both sides were a little lazy, Daniel was a little bored watching it, and had to hold on, otherwise Miller could see it, and he had to cheer when everyone was cheering. Anyway, he is Oscar-level acting, it is very easy to fool Miller. But the Chinese girl sitting next to him was very straightforward, and fell asleep leaning on her friend or someone's shoulder.

Don't freeze.

It's Taiwan!

The girl who was woken up moved her hands wildly, and the Starbucks coffee on the side rolled, just spilling Daniel's pant leg.

Sau Rui, Sao Rui...

It's okay. Daniel waved his hand. The coffee had all flowed into his shoes, and he couldn't watch the game. It was so cold, so he was about to stand up and leave the field first. Miller and the two security personnel had already stood up, With three parties and one card, the posture will come out immediately.

The two women didn't notice it, and after hesitating for a while, they followed.

I'm so sorry, sir, look at this— The older woman took off her sunglasses with an apologetic expression.

Hey, you—oh, it's all right.

Daniel really didn't expect to meet someone he knew in his previous life—Hong Kong actress Lin Xilei, but he heard that her family members all settled in North America. He and Lin Xilei had collaborated in Tokyo Judgment at the beginning. Of course, he just acted in a big role at the invitation of a friend. He and Lin Xilei were nodding acquaintances, but it was still very touching to meet in Canada.

They have already come out, the young girl who splashed Daniel's pant leg looked left and right, as if confirming something.

Being so close, it was natural for him to be recognized, so Daniel simply took off his glasses.

Oh, Daniel! My God!

This girl actually met Daniel only after she came to North America, and then fell madly in love with Daniel. She just came to Los Angeles to study last year, but before she left the airport, she saw a pair of reporters and people surrounding the exit, shouting Daniel incessantly. At that time, Daniel had just finished filming The Immortal Gardener and switched to Silicon Valley to communicate with Google about Android, the MGM acquisition, the f2f listing rumors, the emotional crisis between Rachel and Darren—in short, things were very serious. Many, attracted an unprecedented pick-up scene.

In fact, Lin Xilei went to pick up their family of three that day, and Daniel, who was surrounded by everyone, had no chance to meet him.

Unexpectedly, they were able to meet in Canada.

Hello, but I may have to change my shoes and socks first. I will meet you next time. Daniel handed a business card to the little girl. When he saw the car coming, he didn't say anything more, let alone know where he was going. For what purpose, without saying that she knew Lin Xilei, she turned her head and waved her hands before getting into the car.

The little girl with an excited face and Lin Xilei who hadn't figured out the situation were left behind.

Was that Daniel Sandler just now?

Yeah. God, auntie, Daniel gave me his phone number. Didn't he like me? Should I refuse, er, at least what it means.

It's still bright. (To be continued...)