Chapter 818 Rescue

Every big company will invest in politics. This is a very common phenomenon in North America, and Walt Disney is no exception. For example, in last year's presidential election, Disney's media clearly leaned towards Ao Heitan.

Austria Heitan did not disappoint Disney either. The first few tasks completed after taking office were the bilateral negotiations between China and the United States on many cultural products such as movies. The number of imported films from China has further increased—the number of common ledgers has increased from 20 to 25, and the number of special ledgers has increased from 14 to 18.

It's not just Disney that benefits, but Hollywood as a whole.

In addition, Austrian Heitan also put pressure on many Arab countries, asking them to further liberalize the animation film market.

Apart from the pressure on the surface, Tony Blair has also gone to the Arab world to lobby privately, and the results are generally not bad.

The Walt Disney Distinguished Advisor was also the right person to communicate privately with the Swiss government.

After George's people visited London, the celebrity-chasing British paparazzi discovered that former Prime Minister Tony Blair took his family to Bern, the capital of Switzerland, for vacation.

as to how much tony blair can play in it god only knows

The matter cannot be resolved smoothly in a short period of time. Although Tony Blair met with a few old friends in the Swiss political circles, there was no good news. After the time entered May, the summer vacation in North America The curtain opened again.

After George Lucas' Star Wars prequel trilogy ended, few films dared to challenge Disney's big-budget commercials in the first weekend of summer.

Another superhero from Marvel Comics has stepped onto the big screen. Thor and Loki have embarked on a long journey of falling in love and killing each other.

It's arguably Marvel's worst superhero movie since Captain America, both in content and at the box office.

The box office of the film's first week was only more than 65 million U.S. dollars, which is indeed a bit embarrassing for surprise movies that have always easily exceeded 100 million in the first week of North America.

Many viewers admitted frankly that the film is except for Thor and Loki's rivalry. Not much to watch, and Anne Hathaway's Jane Foster is bad enough.

Even more people said that the reason why they entered the theater was to watch the Easter egg at the end of the film, and the content of the Easter egg was the trailer of The Avengers!

In any case, Chris Hemsworth's Thor image has been recognized by most people, perhaps because he once worked as a construction worker in Australia and has rich experience in using hammers. His powerful movements also fascinated many female audiences.

The film's commercial performance can only be regarded as mediocre. It took ten days for the North American box office to exceed 120 million US dollars, and the global box office is only 240 million US dollars. Based on the current development trend, the film's final box office Likely to stay within $500 million.

Although the box office performance is not very good, Thor has completed its mission very well, splicing the last piece of Avengers and playing a perfect warm-up role.

It was the end of May. Pixar's masterpiece Up made its grand debut. This cartoon finally got rid of the tepid box office situation of Ratatouille and Wall-E in North America. In just 20 days, the film The North American box office of Robot Wall-E exceeded the final 220 million US dollars. Go straight to the $300 million mark.

Time slowly entered July, and Ryan waited for the good news he wanted, and Switzerland finally made a ruling on the Roman Polanski incident.

Although the Swiss government has not made it public yet, he has received definite information from Tony Blair. And informed Harrison Ford and many other Polanski's friends, as well as members of the Jewish club who attended the party last time.

Until July 12th,

The Swiss Ministry of Justice just held a press conference.

Swiss Justice and Police Minister Evelyn Widmer Schrempf announced at a press conference. Refuse the U.S. to extradite Polanski and immediately release him from detention.

Because the U.S. Department of Justice did not provide Switzerland with a confidential transcript of a hearing in the Polanski case, the Swiss side determined that the extradition conditions were insufficient and decided not to extradite it.

In this case, we cannot rule out the possibility that Roman Polanski has already served his sentence and that, therefore, a serious technical error decided that extradition is no longer possible and that the basic conditions for extradition are lacking. Considering the factual part of the case, doubts continue existence, we have decided to reject the extradition request.

These are the words of Widmer Schrempf in a press conference, From 11:30 today, Polanski is a free man, he can go to France, or Poland, or wherever he will not be arrested. place.

After submitting a bail of up to 5 million euros, Roman Polanski was freed and returned to France.

Ryan has also fulfilled his promise to the Hollywood Jewish circle. As for the role of the former British Prime Minister's private lobbying, even Tony Blair himself can't tell.

But in any case, Ryan saw the results he wanted.

A few days later, Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson and Sidney Ganesh came to visit together and brought a letter from Roman Polanski, who had had a fight with Ryan because of The Pianist Unhappy director, the words deep thanks were used many times in the letter.

The nightmare is finally over, and I appreciate your help from the bottom of my heart.

There are many words of thanks like this in the letter, and Roman Polanski, who has matured, is also a smart person.

Afterwards, some remarks slightly biased towards Polanski began to appear in the mainstream media in North America. Compared with the turmoil in Hollywood two months ago, these remarks were quite restrained, and they definitely did not offend the sensitive nerves of the public.

As a famous director who has won an Oscar, it is embarrassing and absurd for the world to face the unbearable events of 30 years ago being announced to the public, and will lead to prison...

But as Polanski himself, I believe that he is not a monster with no conscience at all. The three decades of conscience condemnation will definitely make him sad. We should also see what Polanski will do in the future and how to do it. .”

Not to mention rescuing people, Ryan also quietly cleaned the floor for the other party. It can be said that he is a standard good person, just like the conflicts between him and Polanski on The Pianist never existed. On the other hand, In other words, he has transformed into a real businessman, considering issues more based on interests, rather than his own likes or dislikes.

For example, he is now meeting someone he doesn't like very much, and talking and laughing with him.

Ryan, you should go into politics. George Clooney seemed to be joking. You might be in the White House.

Looking away from the wall separating Natalie and Scarlett's garden, Ryan picked up his coffee, took a sip, and said with a smile, I like Hollywood more than the White House.

Natalie next to her picked up the coffee pot, poured coffee for the two of them, and sat back in her seat.

Have you seen the demo? George Clooney took the initiative to change the subject, I think Nat did a great job.

I think so too. Ryan gave a thumbs up to Natalie, Believe me, dear, this is a very good war reflection film.

What's the next plan? George Clooney asked again.

Although he is the real producer of the film, he understands that some rights are not in his own hands.

The film will be released by Miramax. Ryan had already had a complete plan, It will be screened in North America from November, George, you know what our goal is, all work must start in advance.

I think you've done enough. Even without personally participating, George Clooney could guess some of Ryan's thoughts, The situation is too favorable for us now.

There is nothing wrong with adequate preparation. Ryan flicked the coffee cup at hand, I hate upsets the most.

Even if you are upset, you are going to upset others by yourself, and no one will like being upset by others.

Charlize has turned to the fashion industry, Nicole has won three Oscars, and he doesn't like literary films very much. Natalie's best director is his only demand for Oscars in the near future.

It is really not easy to win this award. Although Natalie has more advantages than Catherine Biroger, her age is the biggest obstacle.

Don't forget, she is not yet thirty years old!

Therefore, in addition to uniting multiple forces, Ryan seized every opportunity available to create favorable conditions for his own side as much as possible.

As for the seemingly biggest opponent, it is not a real threat. Anyone who knows Oscar will understand that it is almost impossible for James Cameron to win the best director with Avatar.

After all, Avatar is not a theme closely related to reality like Titanic.

After sending George Clooney away, Ryan and Natalie returned to the villa without going to the garden. He sat on the sofa and considered the public relations matters of The Hurt Locker, while Natalie sat next to him, flipping through a A book in Hebrew.

What's this?

Seeing that Natalie was engrossed, Ryan couldn't help being a little curious, but he didn't know Hebrew.

When I was filming a movie in Israel, someone recommended a novel to me. Natalie turned over the cover and waved in front of Ryan, This is the autobiographical novel of the famous Israeli writer Amos Oz, A Tale of Love and Darkness.

I want to buy the film adaptation rights. She said again.

Another schizophrenic!

Whispering in his heart, Ryan had a little impression of this book. He took the book from Natalie, put it aside, and said the plan that he had planned for a long time, Nat, why don't we really cooperate? Once, you are the director and I am the leading actor. (To be continued...)

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