Chapter 300: Person of the Year!
2000, the first year of the new century, is also a legendary year for Dunn Walker.
Since 1927, Time Magazine has selected the "Man of the Year" at the end of each year.
In 1998, it was President Clinton who led the economic recovery of the United States. In 1999, it was the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, who started the era of e-commerce. In 2000... For the United States, this is an election year, and new presidents are usually honored on the list. .
However, this year, Dunn was awarded the title of "Stock God" and created a legendary story on Wall Street; the release of "Spider-Man" set off a wave of American heroism all over the world; high-profile propaganda of feminism , has become the most popular friend of women...
With his amazing achievements in the three fields of finance, film and television, and ideological trends, Tang En has become the well-deserved number one darling in the eyes of the public media!
Dunn replaced the new president George Bush Jr. and became the global "Man of the Year" selected by Time Magazine in 2000!
This is a great honor!
Take a look at who has made the list over the past decade...
President Bush Sr., who led the United States to victory in the Gulf War;
Ted Turner, a media mogul who insists on free speech and criticizes current affairs;
In the general election, he defeated the prestige Bush Sr., the successful elected Bill Clinton;
African peace fighter Nelson Mandela;
Pope John Paul II, who restored relations with the Jews;
Newt Gingrich, the Republican leader who ended 42 years of Democratic dominance in the House of Representatives;
Dr. He Dayi, who invented the "cocktail" therapy to treat AIDS and achieved amazing results;
Andy Grove, Intel's CEO, who invented Pentium and Pentium II technology and brought computers into a new era;
Because of the economic recovery of the United States, and an extramarital affair, President Clinton, who was on the list for the second time, participated in the investigation of the Watergate incident and the presidential derailment. Independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr; (two in 1998)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who created a new business selling model...
In 2000, in Time Magazine's Person of the Year selection, Hollywood director Dunn Walker, who influenced the Internet bubble crisis, set off American heroism, and triggered a feminist trend, defeated his rivals, President Bush Jr. and Bill. Gates, successfully elected!
As for the other list, the selection of the most influential people in Hollywood has lost its suspense.
This year's Hollywood, in addition to Dunn Walker's name, is there anyone else who can match him?
Michael Eisner?
Give me a break!
The year 2000 was definitely the beginning of an ups and downs for Disney.
Animation in the traditional framework is no longer novel, and people are visually fatigued by this stereotyped storyline. The rise of three-dimensional animation has led to the inevitable decline of Disney, which takes two-dimensional animation as its creative core.
According to the world brand value ranking by businessweek/interbrand, Disney still ranks in the top ten with its long history of popularity and the strength of consumer goods, but its brand value has declined.
Strategic reform and internal adjustment are issues that Disney must face.
This point, many financial magazines have put forward, Disney's decision-making, of course, has some consciousness.
It's just that Michael Eisner's influence in Disney is too great, and it is by no means a little trick of Dunn to eliminate his accumulated power over the past two decades.
At this time, an earlier email from Dunn played a key role. He received a reply from Disney's second-in-command and vice chairman, Roy Disney, expressing interest in finding a few opportunities to chat with Dunn.
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In the blink of an eye, it's a new year.
A new book has been put on the shelves without violent publicity - "The Disappearing Lover"!
This crime, thriller, and suspense novel, once listed, was placed in the most prominent bestseller position by major bookstores.
No way, the author's signature column of this novel is marked with the name of "Dawn Walker"!
But Dunn didn't care about it, he didn't even participate in any new book promotion, his energy was in Hollywood.
Also on January 1st, the "Spider-Man" videotape and DVD will be officially released to the market!
Video cassettes are a bit outdated, but now is definitely the golden age of DVD sales!
Because of the investment in cooperation with 20th Century Fox, Dunn got a lot of financial documents inside Fox, including the CD sales of "Titanic" and "Star Wars: The Menace of Ghost Man".
Shocking!
The disc of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Menace of the Phantom Man" only went on sale in February last year, including regular edition, hardcover edition and collector's edition, with a total of 12.87 million copies sold, with sales reaching 280 million US dollars!
Because of the longer sales time, "Titanic" has successively released several DVD versions such as regular edition, hardcover edition, collector's edition, extended edition, and behind-the-scenes edition. A total of 15.63 million sets have been sold, with an astonishing $330 million in sales. !
Even if 20th Century Fox were to give 20% of its sales to dealers as their profit, it would definitely be a huge profit.
Because the cost of a dvd disc is less than 0.2 US dollars, including the beautiful packaging, it is only 0.4 US dollars.
Now, "Spider-Man", which is as famous as the two blockbusters, is on the market, and the producer Dunn Pictures and the distributor Universal Pictures are full of confidence!
Spider-Man will be available in two editions, the regular $19.90 edition and the $39.90 hardcover edition.
Among them, the wholesale price of the distributor Universal Pictures to the distributors is $15 and $35.
No way, this is America, and intellectual property is paramount!
If you put it in the past, Hollywood will be more ruthless!
Who would have imagined that just 20 years ago, when a movie was released in a movie theater, 90% of the box office would be distributed to the distributor? At that time, movie theaters could only make money by selling Coke and popcorn.
"Boss, can I talk to you?"
Dunn was thinking about "Spider-Man", Ella Fisher led Katherine Kennedy came in.
"Oh, sit down, what's the matter?"
"About the director of 'Juno'."
Dunn smiled and said, "Catherine, I said, you are the producer of this movie, as long as the heroine is Natalie Portman and the supporting actress is Rose Byrne, you choose the rest."
Katherine Kennedy shook her head, "I know, but...there are too few female directors in Hollywood."
"That's true." Dunn nodded, Hollywood's oppression of women is very harsh, "but it's not impossible, right?"
Kathryn Kennedy said: "'Juno' is the first film of Rose Pictures, and ... you have already made a statement. When it comes to feminist organizations, the influence will be very large, and it is best to guarantee the bottom line."
To put it bluntly, I just hope to choose a female director who is powerful enough!
"Is there a choice?"
"I like Penny Marshall."
Dunn thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Indeed, except for Cameron's ex-wife director, she belongs to her. I heard... Tom Hanks was also brought out by her?"
Katherine Kennedy said with a bitter face: "But she was rejected by Ms. Dargis."
Manola Daggis, an early member of Dunn Films, chief art analyst, Dunn's royal team, high prestige and real weight~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Even Katherine Kennedy should respect her opinion.
"Oh why?"
"She thinks...Penny Marshall's directing style is masculine and commercial, which doesn't fit the gist of Juno."
Dunn said "oh", "It makes sense. "Juno" is not only a feminist work, but I need to show depth. To put it bluntly, this is an award-winning film designed for me Nat."
"Award? Oscar?" Katherine Kennedy opened her mouth in surprise.
Tang En said with a smile: "Even if you don't get the best actress, at least there must be a nomination, right? Manola's words make sense. Since Mrs. Marshall is not suitable, let's replace it."
Kathleen Kennedy looked embarrassed, "There are only a few famous female directors in Hollywood, Kathryn Bigelow is making "The Devil's Game", and Jane Campion is reluctant to make movies written by others, even Sophia Cole. Paula, is also working on a new script."
As she spoke, she sighed, "You can't use new people, right? This risk is too great!"
"Newbie?"
Dunn frowned.
He quickly thought of the female director who once made a sensation in Hollywood - Patty Jenkins!
In 2003, she filmed "The Devil", which pushed Charlize Theron to the Oscar throne;
In 2017, she filmed "Wonder Woman", which made Gal Gadot the goddess in the hearts of men all over the world.
Now Patty Jenkins, just 30 years old.
After graduating from Cooper Union College, she went to the American Film Institute, the host of the Oscars, to study for further study, and graduated with a short film that she graduated last year, which has a good reputation.
She has already made her way to Hollywood.
Now is the best time to give her a chance!
(Sanqi Chinese)
