Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 867 Who Is Doctor Cat?

It's not surprising that Spielberg feels this way, since most of his work over the years has been related to Deep Space.

In the past two years, Spielberg has not participated in many projects, among which he attaches the most importance to "The Martian" produced by Deep Space Corporation.In addition, Deep Space Corporation also participated in the investment of another film "Artificial Intelligence" he is about to direct.

"When will the filming of "Artificial Intelligence" start?" Yu Dong asked.

"It will start in late August, and I will start filming after I return from Jinling. It will take two to three months. After the filming of this movie is finished, "The Martian" will be released soon."

Yu Dong nodded. Deep Space Company hoped that "The Martian" could be released simultaneously in China and North America. However, due to some situations in China, the specific release date has not been fixed. It has been changed several times in the middle, and it was finally finally released recently. It is decided that the official release time is December 22 this year.

Yu Dong said at the Deep Space Annual Conference before that the movie will meet the audience in 2000, and now that it is set to be released at this time, it does not make Yu Dong break his promise.

"Will you be at the world premiere by then?" Spielberg asked.

"That depends on the situation. If I have time during the premiere..."

"The premiere has not been decided yet. We will hold the premiere whenever you have time, and we will put the premiere wherever you are convenient. If it is not possible, our premiere can also be held Jinling will hold it."

So Hana was quite surprised to hear that pets was acquired. Who is willing to take over the mess of pets at this time?
"Doctor Cat." The other party said a name Hana had never heard of.

Yu Dong hoped that the premiere would be held in Jinling, but he also knew that it was not necessary, as the current ticket warehouse in China was far behind other ticket warehouses.When the box office in China rises further later, it is possible to hold the premiere of some movies in China.

"It's already so low, can it go down again? Why hasn't the Deep Space Company come out to rescue the market?"

"Okay, I have nothing else to do, let's meet in Jinling in a few days."

Hana, the pets company, has also studied it, because Amazon invested in this company before, but because the Internet stocks have collectively dived, pets is now very sad. I heard that their money can no longer support q4 , it seems that what this company is going to face is bankruptcy liquidation.

Jimmy looked at Yu Dong, who replied with a smile, "No problem, but try to consider the jet lag, I won't answer your call in the middle of the night."

After the small meeting with the Williams couple, Yu Dong was about to leave the United States and return to China, but just before they returned to China, the results of the Hugo Awards came out.

……

Yu Dong knew what Jimmy meant by "contact", but it was actually a bribe. No matter what reason the Hugo Award jury did not let "The Wandering Earth" enter the nomination list, they would not be monolithic.

Especially Apple's stock, Deep Space has acquired a lot during this period, and Apple's stock has performed quite well among the technology stocks.

Since it is based on votes, the one selected is naturally the most popular among readers, and if you want to ask which is the most famous short science fiction novel this year, it is undoubtedly "The Wandering Earth".

But after the nomination list came out, Jimmy chatted with Yu Dong for the next day. He told Yu Dong that he regretted that he didn't contact the jury before.

In addition to these two studios, there are many similar studios under Deep Space, but most of them have not been established for a long time, there are not many employees, and there are no works, so they are not well-known.

However, when Yu Dong said his solution, both husband and wife were dumbfounded.

The liu's Visual Design Studio and Laimei Visual Design Studio mentioned by Roberta are two well-known visual studios under the Deep Space Company. The former is a visual studio led by Liu Changmin and based on Jinyi alumni. It was founded by Huayuan, a famous domestic designer.

As soon as Roberta heard Yu Dong's words, she knew what Yu Dong's idea was. He wanted Xue Leshan to help Liu's studio cultivate talents.

"The degree of freedom of this game has increased a lot, and our design has become simpler, but there are still many problems that we need to solve." Roberta said.

The two studios have their own strengths. liu's is well-known in film and television design and game art, and has produced many classic works.Laimei is good at clothing, jewelry design and other fields. As for film and television design and game art, they are also involved, but they are weaker than the former.

The good news is that Fran Vinci, author of the Best Novel award-winning Abyss, is a contract writer for Deep Space.

"Of course, if it wasn't for something important, I wouldn't go to you easily. In addition, I also hope to borrow two people from Liu's visual design studio. You can also borrow it."

"Pets was acquired? Who sold it?"

If "The Wandering Earth" had been shortlisted for the nomination list before, there should be no problem in voting, and even if no one was selected, according to Jimmy's pee, he would put "The Wandering Earth" first.

On the way to New York, the Williams couple was actually not in a good mood, because they thought that they would travel thousands of miles from California to New York to have a meeting with Yu Dong and the others, and they would not gain anything.

Therefore, after Deep Space decided to push "The Wandering Earth", the novel quickly became popular.

Jimmy smiled and expressed their thoughts, "I have discussed with YU to open a studio for you to develop new games. Tell me what you need, and I will arrange it for you."

Liu Cixin is the second God that Deep Space Company plans to create after Yudong. In recent years, Liu Cixin's works have performed well, and he is well-known both at home and abroad.

To portray Liu Cixin as a tragic person who has been treated unfairly is the first step for Jimmy. Next, Jimmy will make film and television adaptations of a series of Liu Cixin's novels.

Roberta said with a smile, "I want to be able to communicate with Yu often, is this okay?"

But before dealing with this matter, Jimmy had to hold a small meeting with Yu Dong and the Williams couple to discuss the sandbox game.

Besides, if you invite two alumni of Jinyi to come over, even if they are not good at technology, it will still allow them to have a bond with Jinyi.Having a bond with Jin Yi is equivalent to having a bond with YU, and Roberta is not ignorant of the world.

Ken Williams touched his head, and Roberta said what was in his heart, YU has an enviable talent as a game designer.But such an enviable talent seems to be insignificant in YU. Does this kind of literary master have a different brain from ordinary people?
According to the model proposed by Yu Dong, the design idea of ​​this game is completely different, and the item upgrade paths that Roberta thought of before will not be used.

"Go get a cup of coffee."

……

Moreover, there has been no movement in the deep space recently, and Hana has been waiting impatiently.

The general direction of this matter has been decided. Deep Space Company and Amblin will jointly produce, and then Deep Space Company will be responsible for the distribution. The next thing to discuss is the details of the script fee, director fee, and the proportion of capital contribution from both parties.

The basic base of science fiction is not big, and Deep Space Corporation has absolute dominance in this circle, so they don't have any pressure to promote a novel.

When he picked up the phone, a voice came from the other side, "Mark, have you read the news? Pets has been acquired."

Roberta has been in contact with the people from Liu's Studio several times before and has seen their strength, so this time when developing a new game, she wants to borrow two people from Liu's to handle the game art.

Of course, Jimmy's purpose is not to ruin the Hugo Awards, he mainly wants to use this incident to re-market Wandering Earth.

The most important thing is that Deep Space Corporation occasionally runs out to buy a little stock, each time not much, but it is easy to make people think about it.

As we all know, votes can be swiped.It's just that "The Wandering Earth" didn't even make it to the nomination list, so Jimmy couldn't get it even if he wanted to.

After meeting with Jeff Nathanson the next day, Spielberg decided to make the movie, and the rest was for him to talk to Jimmy.

Roberta knew that even if the novice was sent here, the masters of the studio would guide them later, and they would not let the novice figure it out on their own. Their purpose was to let the novice grow up, not to let the novice fool around. .

But Deep Space Corporation has not moved, neither buying nor selling, just holding those stocks in its hands.

Of course, if "The Wandering Earth" really enters the nomination list, it should be able to finally win the award.

But Liu Cixin's current popularity is still some distance away from the top of the science fiction world, so now Jimmy wants to add fire to Liu Cixin and make him burn up.

……

Later, everyone discovered that Deep Space had not lost money at all during this period of time, and it also got shares in several companies.

"Ok."

Hana has been studying the operation of Deep Space Corporation during this time, trying to figure out what they want to do, but found that they can't understand anything. The trading of Deep Space Corporation is very strange. The key is that the stocks they buy are not There is no other meaning other than molesting the nerves of investors.

Looking at the stock trend chart on the computer, Hana sighed helplessly. He could no longer imagine where the bottom of these Internet stocks was.

However, the money was eventually spent on the Hugo Awards. After the nomination list came out, Jimmy began to spend money to engage in public opinion to criticize the Hugo Awards jury, saying that they had a secret operation, and bought many well-known media people to let them write reviews for the Hugo Awards. "The Wandering Earth" fights against injustice.

"A company just established this year, specializing in pet medical treatment, but their funds are very strong. Just after its establishment, it has integrated many pet hospitals and established a chain of pet hospitals called Maotian."

Yu Dong said with a smile, "Don't ask me about this, just ask Teacher Liu Changmin, as long as he is willing to borrow it. But their studio has been busy recently, so it may be difficult to borrow from them. Of course, it also depends on who you borrow, if you want to borrow those main designs, it will definitely not work, but if you want to borrow a few newcomers, it should not be difficult."

And now that communication is so developed, you can talk about anything on the phone, there is no need to talk face to face.

"Let's arrange the premiere as usual. I will try my best to be there."

The husband and wife are both experts, and they understood what it meant when they heard Yu Dong's solution. Roberta pondered for a while, and couldn't help but marvel, "YU, you are definitely a gaming genius!"

As for whom to borrow, Roberta doesn't care, "As long as you can borrow someone, anyone can."

It’s just that because Deep Space has a criminal record, so everyone is afraid to follow suit. Many people thought that Deep Space was going to save the market, and bought Amazon together, but found out that they were cheated, and then they stopped buying Apple from Deep Space. After Apple's stock price went up a bit, they didn't dare to move again.

With a mutter to himself, Hana was about to get up, but before his butt left the chair, the phone on the table rang.

As for "The Wandering Earth", let alone, it didn't even make the nomination list before.

Jimmy believes that there is no door that money cannot open.

The reason why liu's studio has developed so well in such a short period of time is that on the one hand, it is because Jinyi Art has a solid foundation, and many outstanding alumni have been invited back; Many mature teams have worked together and learned a lot of experience, especially in film and television and games.

"Doctor Cat? What's that?"

The bad news is that, apart from Best Novel, Deep Space didn't win any of the other awards.

The Hugo Award is different from the Nebula Award. The Hugo Award is based on votes in the later stage.

Just when people thought that Deep Space would be the winner, the stocks of Amazon and other companies plummeted, and Apple’s stock also began to go back. Suddenly, Deep Space became a big loser. At this time, everyone It's anyone's guess what Deep Space will do next.

Hana squinted his eyes, "It was only established this year, the funds are very strong, and the sale is so fast, why do I feel that the purpose of this company is to serve pets?"

"Whether it was established for pets is hard to say, but they should have been interested in pets from the very beginning, otherwise they would not be so straightforward. The merger and acquisition has not been completed yet, but it is already a certainty. Now everyone is guessing, cats Who is the doctor's boss?"

Hana bit her lip and said, "Do you think Dr. Cat has something to do with Deep Space Corporation? They haven't moved at all in the stock market recently. I always feel that something is wrong."

"It's hard to say. If it's really them, what are they planning? Why do they do this kind of behavior against the market at this time? To save Amazon? It's not like this. Could it be that they really fancy the pets business? ?”

(End of this chapter)