"Wan Xiaohu cannoned Spielberg to be ungrateful and hurt the feelings of the Chinese people."

"Spielberg and Wan Xiaohu have different opinions on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur."

"Who is really concerned about Darfur?"

"Wan Xiaohu and Spielberg, who is lying on the Darfur issue?"

One stone stirs up a thousand layers of waves.

As Wan Xiaohu's statement was reprinted by major media, Hollywood suddenly fell into a melee of public opinion. The media that supported boycotts the Beijing Olympics and the media that did not support boycotts the Olympics were quarreled. Wan Xiaohu also used his identity as the major shareholder of Facebook Pokémon to communicate with the management, making Facebook Pokémon slightly biased against boycotts.

In addition, he is the boss of Twitter and Tube. The three major emerging Internet media in the United States have all participated in Wan Xiaohu, which quickly offset the influence of traditional paper media and increased its influence on American teenagers, making the originally vigorous boycott become a split on its own.

All the fence-riding stars hesitated as they saw that the teenagers supported the Beijing Olympics more.

These stars have a huge influence, but to put it bluntly, they still have to rely on the audience to pay for money. If they lose fans because of boycotting the Beijing Olympics, it would be more than worth the loss.

If Wan Xiaohu didn't stand up and set off a public opinion war, they might as well follow Mia, Faro and others to cheer and show their humanitarian stance, as well as the so-called democracy and human rights. If the public opinion war begins, then they will follow, and then they will choose the side.

No matter which side you choose, you will always offend the other side, so the best choice is to remain silent and not interfere.

Moreover, Hollywood stars were originally planning to protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in the United States. They were also disturbed by Wan Xiaohu, and many people directly withdrew. The 28-year-old Wan Xiaohu is already a world-class director, and his future achievements are limitless. There is no need to offend Darfur, who cannot be beaten by eight sticks.

Especially some big-name stars can see it clearly. On the issue of Darfur, of course, they have their own freedom of speech and support whoever they want. But they also need to understand that Sasha Entertainment has the potential to develop into the most successful independent film company, and behind Wan Xiaohu himself is the rising Chinese market.

Is it a big benefit to boycott the Olympics, or is it a big loss to offend Wan Xiaohu and the Chinese market?

Therefore, the boycott activity that was originally brewing like a storm finally ended in a dismal end.

Spielberg, who was denounced by Wan Xiaohu, also remained silent.

This incident gradually became forgotten by people after more and more countries and groups announced their support for the Beijing Olympics.

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Time on February 24, 2008.

Not long after the Hollywood screenwriter's strike ended, there were also a small number of Hollywood stars who shouted to boycott the Beijing Olympics in an interview with reporters. However, the media's attention was no longer on the Olympics east of the earth, but turned to Beverly Hills in Los Angeles to the west.

The 80th Academy Awards will be held this evening, awards ceremony will be recognized for all outstanding films, short films, documentaries and cartoons in the previous year, as well as all filmmakers.

At the morning awards ceremony briefing, Los Angeles officially released a set of numbers.

The screenwriter strike began on November 5, 2007 and ended on February 12, 2008. It lasted for 100 days. Finally, the Screenwriter Association and the Film and Television Producers Alliance signed a three-year temporary agreement, and in the future, screenwriters will obtain share from the Internet income of their works.

According to the agreement, screenwriters must be given a reward of at least US$1,200 per episode in the first two years, and a dividend of 2% of the income will be given to screenwriters from the third year, regardless of whether they are downloaded or not.

This is a barely acceptable condition for both parties.

However, the losses of this strike were huge. The impact of the film industry was that dozens of movies were blocked from shooting, while the impact of the television industry was that more than a dozen TV stations had no programs to play and a large number of viewers were lost. Some popular TV series will resume shooting in time, and some niche TV series will not take over until after the autumn, or even be cut in half.

There has also been a huge impact on the surrounding industries of the entertainment industry.

According to official data from Los Angeles, the strike caused the screenwriters participating in the strike to lose about $270 million in salary, while other staff engaged in film and television entertainment production suffered a salary loss of about $500 million, which directly lost more than $1 billion to the local film and television industry, and the indirect loss was even as high as $3.2 billion.

According to statistics, the losses of Sasha Entertainment, Abao animation and Marvel Comics under Wan Xiaohu are as high as more than 10 million US dollars.

The biggest loss is the crew of the sequel to the novel "The Da Vinci Code" adaptation of the novel "Angels and the Devil". The movie adapted from the novel of the same name brought a box office of 758 million US dollars to Sasha Entertainment. Therefore, after the novelist published the prequel, Sasha Entertainment quickly used it to adapt the movie.

It happened to be the first victim of the screenwriter's strike.

There is no way to make up for this loss, and I can only treat it as my own bad luck. Fortunately, it is $10 million, and it is just a drop in the bucket for Sasha Entertainment and Abao Animation. Compared with the 20th Century Fox, which is said to have lost hundreds of millions of dollars, I am much lucky.

"tiger, you're taking advantage of the situation!" Tom Rodman, co-chair of 20th Century Fox, complained to Wan Xiaohu, who was sitting in a chair and savoring coffee.

Tom Rodman had enough reason to complain that the whole year of 2007 was not a lucky year for Twentieth Century Fox. Because they were invested in the endless shooting of "Avatar", they did not have the ability to shoot more blockbusters.

I could only tinker with some low-cost movies, but achieved good results. "The Simpsons", "Juno", "Alvin and the Chipmunk" all made money. However, the only blockbuster "Fantasy Four 2: The Silver Movie Show" that I finally had high hopes for was lost at the box office.

In summary, the film industry can barely maintain a profit and no loss. However, the screenwriter's strike caused its Fox TV to suffer heavy losses. Several programs with good ratings were all suspended, and the direct loss was over 100 million US dollars. This is not the loss of the number of viewers lost in the future.

If you don’t make money, you will pay for it. The dividends at the end of the 20th Century Fox are pitifully small, and the stock price continues to fall.

What is even more indignant is that Wan Xiaohu is coming to fight Qiu Feng again.

Holding a check with endless temptation, swaying around and wanting to repurchase the copyrights of the superhero "Fantastic Four", "Dark Heroes", etc.

Rodman wanted to refuse because he knew that Wan Xiaohu had a great vision and would never buy back the copyright just because he was a comic fan. He must have been attracted by the potential of superhero movies. But he was reluctant to refuse because Twentieth Century Fox was too short of money, and these superheroes were held in their hands, no matter how great the potential was, it would be useless.

The X-Men series that can make money has been sold, but the Fantastic Four and Daredevil who have not made money can be kept?

You should know that "Dark Hero" in 2003 is a mediocre reputation, and the independent sequel "Erika" in 2005 even hit her grandma's house, "Fantasy Four 2: The Silver Shadow Man Appears" also failed. Many shareholders of 20th Century Fox have lost interest in superheroes.

Not every superhero movie is Spider-Man.

"Chairman Rodman, why bother holding on to the copyright of superheroes? I believe that after several successes and failures, you should see that the success of the movie has nothing to do with whether the protagonist is a superhero. As long as you write a good script, you can still get a high box office if you are an ordinary person." Wan Xiaohu was slowly fooling him.

He had already settled for the Twentieth Century Fox and could not stand the temptation of the check now.

The fact is indeed that in the end, Rodman, on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox, agreed to the repurchase request of Manway Comics. He sold all the superheroes of Fantastic Four, Silver Shadowman, Dareman, Erica, Bulleye, etc.

At this point, Marvel Comics' copyright repurchase plan has taken back the three major series of X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Daredevil.

In addition, the "Blade Warrior" series superheroes that have expired and have not launched new movies, as well as the "Hulk" series that Universal Pictures automatically abandoned, most of the superheroes who have been wandering away have gone home.

What remains at present are the "Aquaman Namo" series in the hands of Universal Pictures and the "human-like" series in the hands of Lionsgate Pictures, as well as the "Soul Chariot" series and the "Spider-Man" series in the hands of Sony Pictures. The "Spider-Man" trilogy was popular all over the world, and none of them had a box office of less than $700 million.

Marvel Comics has come into contact with Sony, and Sony's answer is very firm. There are some talks about Soul Chariot, but it is impossible to sell Spider-Man copyright.

Wan Xiaohu was helpless about this. He didn't care about the soul chariot, but Spider-Man couldn't. The Spider-Man series involved a group of superheroes such as Spider-Man, Venom, Doctor Octopus, Green Devil, Doctor Lizard, Sandman, Vulture, Mysterious Mage, Hunter Craven, Black Cat, Electric Man, Rhino Man and other superheroes.

Spider-Man is the most popular superhero in Marvel Comics. It can be said to be a signature and a top brand. Wan Xiaohu is bound to win. Since the agreement cannot be reached, I will find a way to deal with it in the future. All roads lead to Rome, and it is not only one way to get the copyright.

"well, Chairman Rodman, I wish us a happy cooperation." After receiving a positive answer, Wan Xiaohu was naturally proud and the arc of his mouth rose as he spoke.

Rodman is a free and easy person. Since he agreed to cooperate, he no longer complained and said with a smile: "Happy cooperation. We organized a shareholders' meeting the day before yesterday to watch the semi-finished product of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". Although many shots have not yet been attached to special effects, shareholders have always believed that this would be an excellent movie."

"It's good if everyone is satisfied."

"Then, the real publicity in mainland China will bother Wan Director Wan to worry more."

"Don't worry, I will."

"Haha, well, I wish Director Wan again, won the Best Animation at the Oscars ceremony in the evening and broke the monopoly of the cartoon awards of Disney, DreamWorks and Pixar."

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