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Chapter 415 Dinner

"The best picture is, 'The Artist'."

Harvey jumped up from his seat and glanced at the crew of "The Hunt" unconsciously, his eyes full of provocation: "I still have the best picture."

But he didn't get the response he wanted from Cheng Yu'an's eyes, even a look of unwilling retaliation.

Cheng Yuan's eyes were full of calm, which made Harvey feel like he had punched cotton.

No matter how much you change it, the other party will ignore you at all.

Nothing is more annoying than being ignored.

Almost all entertainment and comprehensive news headlines in China today belong to Cheng Yuan.

The fastest reporting by traditional media was CCTV's "30 Minutes News" at noon - the time just happened to be during the Best Director award ceremony.

"News 30 Minutes" urgently extended 10 minutes to report on Cheng Yuan's award.

The Sixth Princess immediately followed up and adjusted the day's film list, and "Hunting" will be broadcast during prime time at 8 p.m.

It has been two months since Remote Video was launched. In the early days, the market value reached a peak of 75 billion due to the popularity. Later, the market stabilized and the market value fell back to around 72 billion.

But today, because Cheng Yu'an won the Oscar, Yuan Yuan Film and Television has hit the daily limit since the market opened in the afternoon, and its market value has reached a new high, reaching the 78 billion mark and aiming at 80 billion.

Even Golden Harvest Entertainment, which is far away in the Hong Kong stock market, also surged by 7%.

Yuanyuan Technology added another spark and officially announced: "After two years of negotiation and negotiations, Yuanyuan Technology acquired 40.35% of Tudou's shares for US$577 million and became the largest shareholder of Tudou. Mr. Wang Wei, founder of Tudou.com

He will continue to serve as CEO and preside over the company's daily work. At the same time, Tudou's plan to list on Nasdaq will be suspended and the Hong Kong stock listing process will be initiated."

The number of screenings of "The Hunt" in North America has been increased to 3,500 theaters.

The global box office reached 130 million US dollars - I believe it will not be a problem to reach 300 million US dollars in the future.

Netflix even spent $46 million to buy out the North American online rights and DVD sales of "The Hunt."

The wealth brought by Cheng Yuan's Oscar statuette increased by more than 8 billion.

After the awards ceremony, there was also a press conference for the crew. After the press conference, there was an Oscar dinner hosted by Vanity Fair, and then there were celebration banquets for each crew from each company.

After the Oscars, the carnival night begins.

"Eat quickly, we won't have time later." Cheng Yu'an said while picking up vegetables for the young lady.

Liu Yifei didn't eat for a whole day for tonight's awards ceremony, and only secretly ate the chocolate bar brought by Cheng Yu'an in the theater.

After this battle, Cheng Yu'an completely made a name for himself in Hollywood.

There was an endless stream of visitors at the dinner party.

"Cheng, I look forward to cooperating with you." Leonardo came up to raise a glass. It was not that he regretted not taking "Hunting", but that he saw Cheng Yu'an's ability and felt that he might be able to win an Oscar for himself.

Of course he doesn't like "The Artist" either, and he also feels that "The Artist" is a movie that flatters the old white male judges.

"Leon, you will definitely win the Oscar, I guarantee you."

"Thanks."

Leon said a few words and walked away.

Cheng Lingfeng brought someone to introduce to Cheng Yuan.

"This is Jeff Hill from Comcast."

Cheng Yuan knew that he was the former president of NBC Universal International, responsible for the promotion and distribution of overseas movies, and is now the head of the Comcast cable network.

"Cheng, you are our best partner around the world."

Of course they are of high quality. Five of the ten films produced by a major film company with a value of more than 50 million are distributed by Universal, and Universal is also responsible for the development of film peripherals.

It can be said that the film market has been sluggish in recent years, and a large part of Universal's profits come from a major film company.

Moreover, if Cheng Yu'an remembers correctly, there will be internal infighting among Universal Pictures' top executives next year, and current president Adam Ferguson will leave in a flash and be replaced by Jeff Hill.

Cheng Yuan is not interested in global internal fighting. He just wants to know why Jeff came to him.

"Cheng, I'd like to ask you to direct Universal's most important project next year." Jeff said without hesitation.

He really didn't know that Cheng Yu'an didn't take on external roles.

Cheng Yuan refused to accept, but still chose to listen to Jeff: "'Fast and Furious Six' is in preparation. If you are willing to join, Universal is willing to pay you a director's salary of US$23 million."

"Cheng, please agree to my request. Universal is your most loyal partner. We believe that "Fast and Furious" will reach its peak again in your hands."

The "Fast and Furious" series is Vin Diesel's project, and the director must get his nod.

"Vin Diesel wouldn't turn down an Oscar for Best Director," Jeff said.

Cheng Yu'an shook his head: "But I have no interest in "Fast and Furious". There is an old saying in China that there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. "Fast and Furious" already has Vin Diesel, and I don't want to have a dispute with him over the filming.

"

Vin Diesel is the boss of "The Fast and the Furious", and Cheng Yu'an cannot condescend to cater to him.

"E on, Cheng, Universal needs your friendship." Jeff wanted to win over Cheng Yu'an, the Oscar-winning director, for him to take over Universal.

Cheng Yu'an smiled and said: "Universal can try restarting previous movies to test the market response."

Jeff asked: "Cheng, as long as you agree to take the photo, you can choose from Universal's film library."

"Jeff, don't embarrass me. I'm just making suggestions. I don't want to make a movie yet."

"OK, tell me which movie Universal will restart?"

"Jurassic Park is a very good choice."

"Cheng, Universal has temporarily sealed "Jurassic Park". This is not a wise choice."

Mainly because the first three installments in the "Jurassic" series were more blockbuster than the last. The first one had a box office of 350 million, the second one dropped to 250 million, and the third one only had 160 million, a loss that Universal didn't even mention.

Willing to mention "Jurassic".

In the past two years, Hollywood blockbusters have had a "four-word curse", such as "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", "Shrek 4", "The Hobbit" after the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and "Spider-Man" in

After the third installment, it was restarted, and "Transformers" has also reached its fourth installment.

The box office of these movies starting with "4" is not as good as their predecessors.

This has caused the outside world, including Universal itself, to lose confidence in the reboot of "Jurassic Park."

Otherwise, Spacetime Universal would not have accepted the investment from Legendary Pictures and Amblin Pictures.

But Cheng Yuan knows how terrifying the fourth part of "Jurassic Park" is, that is, "Jurassic World". The box office directly reached 1.6 billion, ranking third in film history. The audience still cannot resist the charm of the big dinosaur.

Cheng Yu'an said: "If Universal doesn't want to do it, you can authorize it to me."

"Are you filming?"

"No, Jeff, I can invest."

"I need to go back and discuss it."

"OK."

After Jeff Hill left, Cheng Yu'an said to Cheng Lingfeng: "Let's talk about "Jurassic Park". I think this movie will be a hit. We can make it within $200 million."

"So confident?" It's not that he doesn't believe in Cheng Yu'an's vision, but US$200 million is a large amount, and a major film company has never made a film with such a large cost.

"I have been working on small and medium-budget projects for the past two years, and it's time to make a blockbuster movie." A major film company has not had a movie worth more than $100 million since "Inception."
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