Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

"I have a quarter of Chinese blood." Jed shrugged, with an expression that you don't know. "My grandmother is Jewish, and met my grandfather when he took refuge in Shanghai. My grandfather was a KMT officer, engaged in the work of 'cloak and sword'. Because of the failure of a mission, my grandfather had to evacuate. The process of evacuation I met my grandmother in the middle of the book, so there was a later story. After the Anti-Japanese War, my grandfather and Mr. Jiang disagreed and came to the United States. My mother met my father in the United States. Then, the story is like Everyone knows that."

Spielberg nodded. During World War II, Shanghai was one of the few cities in the world other than the United States that allowed Jews to freely enter, exit and settle. For this, Spielberg still likes the city of Shanghai very much.In fact, the Chinese government at that time also issued many passports for the Jews to stay away from Europe, which objectively helped the Jews escape from Europe, so Spielberg did not have any malice towards KMT."The story of your grandfather and grandmother is like a movie," he said with a smile.

"Sometimes, life is more exciting than movies, isn't it?" Jed responded with a smile.

After the premiere of "Schindler's List" in Washington, the next day's newspapers almost all focused on the film's review headlines.In the eyes of newspapers and media across the United States, this is a great and shocking work.Seeing the almost nasty flattery of the commentators, Jed also knew that this was fueled by the National Jewish Association.After all, in the media industry, the Jewish influence is still very strong.Moreover, the National Jewish Association also used their financial background at this time to purchase eye-catching advertisements for "Schindler's List" on major TV stations and newspapers across the United States. Articles and documentaries are also being published.

In such momentum, "Schindler's List" held its premiere in New York City and Los Angeles respectively.Compared with the Washington premiere, the New York and Los Angeles premieres vacated nearly two-thirds of the tickets for sales. After all, Universal also has to test how the film will perform at the box office.Hollywood film history is full of popular and unpopular films, who can guarantee that "Schindler's List" is not one of them? "Schindler's List" decided from the subject matter that it could only be an art film, and the two directors also discarded all box office factors in shooting, which made Universal have to worry about the box office of this film.Although there are Jewish buyers who don't have to worry that this movie will kill Universal, but investing in such a big movie does not have a corresponding big box office, and it is embarrassing.

In fact, the performance of New York City and Los Angeles City really made Universal feel cold. Excluding the friendly tickets, the actual attendance rate was less than [-]%.Americans are a nation that advocates entertainment. If you make them interested in history and human nature, it is simply impossible.For Americans, what they hope is to walk into the movie theater with popcorn, or have a hearty laugh, or a hearty scare; if accompanied by their lover, then watch a warm movie A lingering romance.Naturally, this kind of overly heavy historical theme will not be the favorite of Americans.However, Universal also knew that apart from the box office, this movie would bring countless rewards to Universal in terms of honor, so they were completely overwhelmed at the box office.

On December 1993, 12, "Schindler's List" was officially released in the North American market. The first week's box office was only worth 15 million U.S. dollars, ranking sixth on the weekend box office list.Seeing such box office results, Universal could only smile wryly.Fortunately, Jed remembered that the box office performance of this film in North America was twice the production cost, and this film basically did not use too much promotional expenses from Universal, so this film is not bad in the North American market. success.The important thing is that the Golden Globe Awards in January next year and the Oscars in March will almost be the time when "Schindler's List" will shock the world.Of course, as the 460th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Fascist War is approaching, the world propaganda trend in 1 will also revolve around anti-Fascism, which is very helpful to the propaganda of "Schindler's List".

But Jed is not in the mood to comfort Universal at this time, because he is the screenwriter of another film, "Philadelphia Story". The lineup of "Philadelphia Story" is actually not that gorgeous. Except for Tom Hanks, who is still in the front line, the rest of Denzel Washington and others are just supporting actors who are not well-known in Hollywood at this time.Therefore, Universal had no choice but to invite Jed to come over again. After all, Jed's reputation at this time is already enough.

At the premiere of "Philadelphia Story", Jed really became the most popular star in the whole show, with spotlights and microphones all around him.

"Mr. Sherman, I'm a reporter from ABC. I want to know what you think about your collaboration with Mr. Tom Hanks again?" a reporter asked.Because in the summer "Sleepless in Seattle", Tom Hanks is the leading actor.This love movie with a small investment has occupied the top ten box office of the whole summer with its astonishing box office results, making Tom Hanks, who had been a little popular before, once again become a first-line actor in Hollywood.

"I'm very happy to be able to cooperate with Mr. Hanks, because he has an enviable actor-level talent."

"Mr. Sherman, do you mean that Mr. Hanks will have a chance to win the best actor Oscar next year?" The ABC reporter was visibly excited.Because the release date of "Philadelphia Story" obviously shows that they have expectations for next year's Oscars, but this year there is also a "Schindler's List", and Schindler played by Liam Neeson is a classic.

Although Jed knew that Tom Hanks did win Best Actor with "Philadelphia Story", he couldn't say so directly at this time.He had no choice but to say: "The ownership of the Oscars is a matter for the Oscars. I'm just saying that for me, Mr. Hanks' acting skills are at the actor's level."

Seeing Jed doing Tai Chi, the reporters couldn't continue to ask questions.So at this time a reporter suddenly asked: "I heard that Sherman Sang donated all of your director's income to a so-called 'Nanjing Massacre' investigation fund. Doesn't Sherman Sang know about this so-called 'Massacre'?" Is it a lie fabricated by the inferior Chinese people?"

Hearing this question, the whole venue suddenly became deserted, and the reporter showed a smug expression instead.At this time, Universal's public relations company was already in a cold sweat, thinking that this reporter is here to seek death!Everyone knew that the car accident that killed the old Shermans was most likely a murder case, and the biggest suspect behind this murder case was the Japanese consortium.Now a stupid Japanese ran over to talk about lies with Jed. Isn't this going to light a bomb by himself?

But what surprised Universal was that the big bomb, Jed, didn't explode. He just said coldly, "Is it a lie? I'll find out after investigation? ——Also, this is the "Philadelphia Story" Venue, please respect the organizer."

Although the reporter wanted to continue asking questions, Universal's public relations would not give him a chance to speak up, and a few security guards dragged the reporter away.However, Jed's mood was also greatly affected. The next few questions were answered very coldly and shortly, which made the reporters afraid to ask any more questions. The premiere press conference ended in such an embarrassing way.

Fortunately, the premiere of the next film did not disappoint everyone. Although the subject matter was very sensitive, the director handled it with ease. More importantly, the acting skills of the leading actors were also very amazing.Some film critics thought of what Jade said at the press conference, and thought, maybe Tom Hanks really has a chance to nominate the best actor.

While watching the movie, Jed frowned tightly.Originally, he thought that the production company had scruples about homosexuality and AIDS, but he didn't expect the director to be such a conservative person.Originally, Jed hoped that everyone could learn about AIDS through this movie. After all, ignorance is the most terrible thing.However, the director blurred all the details about the way of suffering from AIDS or the possible way of infection in the whole script. In the movie, AIDS is as easy to be infected as a cold, but it is only limited to gay men.In fact, Jed is very clear about his status as a screenwriter. The director is the soul of the film, and he cannot interfere with the director's creation.But the director is so blatantly modifying the positioning of his script without discussing it with himself, isn't this director a bit too strong?Even a director of Spielberg's level, if he has any objections to the script, he will take the initiative to interview the screenwriter, hoping that the screenwriter will modify it.This kind of director who doesn't respect screenwriters is probably just a flash in the pan in Hollywood.

In fact, as Jed expected, Jonathan Demme hasn't taken any big movies after "Philadelphia Story". Basically, the movies he shoots are the kind of movies that are drawn after a week of release.It is estimated that no one would dare to shoot a good script for him because of his temperament. After all, good directors are rare in Hollywood, but aren't good screenwriters?Although the director moved a lot during the filming, some important plots remained unchanged.However, when the people at Universal saw Jed's face gradually turning black, they knew that this movie had completely offended Jed, and the cooperation between the two parties might end there.

He also didn't understand why the company wanted to hint Jed in this way, if you don't obediently join Universal, we dare to ruin your movie.With Jed Sherman's current financial resources and strength, he can start another production company, why bother to be a vassal of Universal?Now that Jed Sherman has been offended, I am afraid that the two will have no chance to cooperate in distribution in the future.Besides, what if people don't have you around the world?Not to mention that Murdoch's 20th Century Fox is waiting for a vacant position, and even Redstone's Paramon has spoken out early and looks forward to cooperating with Jed.Universal's calculation this time is probably wrong.