Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 212 It's Vacation

"Ethan~ look~ the sun is coming out~"

On the morning of August [-], [-], London.

When Ethan looked in the direction of Evelyn's finger, a deep orange color connecting the sky and the earth came into view immediately.The unglaring sun poked out its confused head from the end of the Thames like a child just waking up. Under the breeze, the slowly flowing river sparkled.

Such a sight made Ethan quickly raise the Leica camera in his hand, and he only heard a click, and the beauty of the water, the sky, the color and everything warm was preserved by him forever.

In the next second, a smiling face suddenly appeared in the four-square world in the camera. The girl's head was slightly tilted, and her golden hair was sliding down like a waterfall, as if a layer of tulle was blocking the warm sun, but More like a winter mist, shimmering against the sun.

Press the shutter again to record faithfully.

The incessant thud and bang is the whine of film, but also the joy of girls.

It wasn't until Ethan put down the camera that the girl who had been posing before came up to her and asked expectantly, "I got them all? How is it? Does it look good?"

"Of course it looks good." Ethan replied without thinking.

"That's what you said! If you don't look good when you rush out, you will be finished!" The girl wanted to take responsibility.

Regarding this kind of rogue behavior, Ethan didn't panic at all. "It doesn't exist!" He shook his head and said, "Photography has no technology at all. As long as people are good-looking, the photos taken will be good-looking."

After hearing Ethan's stern rebuttal, the girl wanted to continue to emphasize the topic of whether the photos look good or not, but after Ethan said that beauty is greater than technology than everything else, the girl who was still staring at him smiled instantly I squinted, looked around and wanted to take another shot.

Playing in public made the surrounding security look nervous. Although they knew that the task of going abroad would not be easy, no one thought that the employer had no sense of being a rich man at all.

A guy with a net worth of hundreds of millions likes watching the sunrise as much as a commoner?

Alas - this is really -

The thoughts of rich people are so unpredictable to them!

After the sun had completely escaped the constraints of the horizon and climbed into the sky, the two of them returned to the Savoy Hotel where they stayed after watching the sunrise. After having breakfast and resting for a while, they went straight to the British Museum to watch the monuments of the Empire on which the sun never sets. 'collection'.Regardless of whether it is the mummies of ancient Egypt or the carvings of the Parthenon Temple in ancient Greece, it will open the eyes of the two bumpkins.

In the afternoon, the two bumpkins touched St. Paul's Cathedral again. Even though the building no longer has the most original Roman style, it has become a baroque building after reconstruction, but the magnificent dome and atmospheric sculptures are still the same. Can people smell the weight of history?

Standing at the entrance of the apse overlooking the high altar, the pantheon-like golden light made Ethan ask with a smile, "What do you think?" He turned his head to look at Evelyn.

"It looks like it has a history than our country." Evelyn said truthfully.

"Hahaha—" Ethan laughed out loud.

Now that he decided to take a break, Ethan wanted to leave that hard-working place in America, go for a walk, wander around, that was what he wanted to do most.

The reason for choosing John Bull is also very simple: first, he was born in Asia in his previous life, set foot in America, and went to Oceania where New Zealand is located, but before crossing, he had not touched Europe and Africa. In this life, he can try to make it up; secondly, the "Alien" project team under Destiny Films is frantically rushing to the progress of John Bull...

That's right, although Ethan wanted to relax, but did he really let him put down the company in his hands and ignore it?

He admitted that he was not as good as little Joseph.

If he said he was on vacation, he was on vacation. Even if Hawaii burned, he could still ignore it.

After three days of shopping in London with his sister, and after visiting all the places Evelyn wanted to go, Ethan took the satisfied girl to Surrey County on the edge of London, and got into Shepparton to work. room.

This is an old film studio. Founded in 50, they have a history of nearly [-] years. Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" and Attenborough's "Young Winston" , Kinneman's "Day of the Jackal", which were all filmed here.

When Ethan and Evelyn came here, the container building with white walls and red tiles first came into their sight. After revealing their identities to the staff, following the guidance of the other party, the future will sail on the screen The Nostromo was also presented in front of the two of them.

And while they wanted to watch the filming, Steven Spielberg who got the news also came up, "Wow—Ethan—long time no see—"

The sudden shout disrupted the order of the scene. Director Ridley Scott, who was speaking to the actors there, suddenly frowned and looked around, and the actors around him also followed the direction of the voice. Puzzled eyes, but when they found out that the speaker was a film producer, and the VIP he greeted was the largest investor and copyright owner of the entire film...

All the troubles will disappear.

Instead, there was a sudden burst of enthusiasm and curiosity.

no way.

There is no other person in the world who can freely control 23 million US dollars in cash at the age of [-].

"Oh—you bastard, why did you suddenly shout?" Ethan glared at Spielberg angrily, but at the same time smiled and opened his arms to hug him.

"Didn't I express my surprise for your arrival!" Spielberg explained with a laugh.

"But after you yelled, how can I observe the shooting scene?" Ethan was very dissatisfied.

"Oh forget it—" Spielberg shook his head. "You're interested in making movies? I'd rather believe that wild boars can climb trees than I believe you want to make movies!"

The confident words made Ethan shake his head helplessly, and patted the other person's back.

After the two let go, Spielberg also turned his gaze to Evelyn, "Hi Evelyn."

"Hi Steven." Evelyn offered her hand.

Only then did Spielberg hold her lightly, and they broke up instantly.

As Spielberg said, Ethan was not interested in filming the film. He greeted the director and the staff, and then he chatted with Spielberg about the progress of the project.

The "Alien" project officially started shooting on the [-]st of last month. According to the plan, they will shoot most of the scenes in the Shepparton studio, only the surface of the alien planet in the movie, the engine room of the space cargo ship, and the medical room of the space cargo ship These three places need external viewing.

And the filming crews have already found these filming locations. The last two are in England. One is an abandoned power station in the western suburbs of London, where there are equipment in the engine room, and the other is an abandoned hospital in Hertfordshire. Can be used as a medical room.The only thing that needs to travel far is the surface of an alien planet...

"The surface of the alien planet needs to be filmed in Wales, and the Welsh National Park there is in line with the setting in the movie." Spielberg said: "If all goes well, the movie will be completed in October this year, and then Industrial Light and Magic will do its best for the post-production. service, next summer..."

Spielberg stuck out his finger, "Eight months of production time should be enough, and I'm [-] to [-]% sure that this movie will be released in summer next year."

"You can rest assured that we will not relax on the quality of the film."

Although Spielberg didn't guarantee the ticket, Ethan is very satisfied with the [-]-[-] summer release. After all, their previous plan was to strive for next year's Christmas file.

And after Ethan roared, Spielberg followed him personally, and the construction period was shortened by four months?
Wow--

This is truly a medical miracle!

Now that the movie is expected to be released in the summer, Ethan will not stay in the studio anymore, because he has discovered that with his appearance, the staff present will secretly glance at him from time to time.

Although he knew he was handsome, this kind of distraction was not something a capitalist could bear.

So, he took advantage of the fact that the time was noon, and asked the knowledgeable Spielberg to invite him to a restaurant next to the studio for dinner. While waiting for the meal, the two also chatted about other things.

"Thank you for your hard work this time." Ethan, who was sitting there, said with a smile, "If you weren't watching from here, then I guess this movie might have been delayed until 1980."

"Oh—that's what I should do."

Spielberg shook his head and said with emotion: "If it wasn't because I took you to Columbia, then this project might not have encountered so many troubles..." "Let's not talk about the past."

Ethan waved his hand and interrupted the other party's words.

"I'm not worried."

Ethan admitted that when he learned that the helm of Columbia had an inextricable relationship with Spielberg, the shutdown caused by concealment really made him very upset.

But this kind of discomfort will not affect the relationship between the two parties. In other words, even if Spielberg has hidden something on the previous personal relationship network, Ethan can tolerate it.

Firstly, Spielberg’s hiding was just to protect himself, because his personal network has been thundered, and he was just suppressed by Columbia;

Secondly, Spielberg did help him a lot before, whether it was the contact with Ralph Bell or the detection of everything Philips planned, it was Spielberg who did it before he contributed. Offer to help.This may be mixed with a little personal selfishness, but at the same time, the benefits that Spielberg brought to him are absolutely unique.

With these, Ethan is willing to ease the relationship with him.

Uh……

To put it more simply...

Business is business.

And when Ethan expressed that he didn't care about what happened before, Spielberg, who was sitting opposite him, nodded apologetically. This appearance made the atmosphere a little awkward, so Evelyn then He opened his mouth and said, "Steven, I heard you turned down a project for "Alien"?"

"This behavior won't affect you, right?"

"Oh—no——" Spielberg understood what Evelyn meant, and continued with a smile: "Sidney didn't want me to take that project at first, but after I turned it down, Sidney was very happy. Happy."

"Why? I heard you say that the project seems to belong to Universal?" Ethan was a little curious, "The CEO of Universal doesn't like his own project? Isn't this a bit outrageous?"

"Hahaha—that's because I wanted to do that project myself." Spielberg explained: "It was a comedy movie about the war, it was about things after Pearl Harbor, and Sidney felt that part History must be serious, so from the very beginning I opposed my filming..."

Following Spielberg's narration, Ethan knew that the movie he rejected was "[-]".

This is a movie related to WW2. It is about that after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the book wants to plan a sneak attack on Los Angeles. In order to destroy the glory of Los Angeles, they decide to destroy Hollywood.

Under Spielberg's planning, he decided to make this film into an absurd comedy. He wanted to play a black humor, but before the film project was approved, countless people raised objections to it, including even Kubu. Rick, as a predecessor of the same ethnic group, told Spielberg that this movie can only be made from the perspective of official history, and cannot be marketed with comedy.

But Spielberg didn't want to make a canon, so he wanted to use his power at Universal to go his own way. Even if his boss, MCA CEO and Universal CEO Sidney Sheinberg, came forward, he wouldn't listen.And just when everyone had no choice but to pull this stupid ass, Columbia Pictures went into a storm, and Ethan's roar brought him to John Bull.

"Honestly, Sidney wanted to thank you."

"Because he thought this movie was going to be the Waterloo of my career."

Spielberg smiled and spread his hands, "But I don't believe it..."

"Although I didn't make it this time, I don't care. I'll just find another chance to shoot in the future."

The words of Tou Tie made the corners of Ethan's mouth twitch slightly. After finding the relevant information in his memory, he understood that this movie is really Spielberg's Waterloo.

Although he wanted to tell Spielberg, 'the people around you are really saving you', he didn't know where to start without reading the script of the movie.

Therefore, he could only say: "There is a chance."

"After all, Universal has given you great authority."

Just when Ethan thought that this topic would end because of this, Spielberg shook his head and said, "No, no, after this year, I will have no chance."

"Why?" Evelyn, who had been listening, didn't understand.

"Because my contract with Universal expires this year." Spielberg said: "We signed a year-term contract, not a project contract, so once the contract expires, Universal can no longer bind me, and I can move around as I please. A movie was made, and in this case..."

"I don't think any of the studios will buy into my idea."

"After all, they were against it before."

"The same goes for Universal."

"Sidney wanted an extension, but I wanted to think about it."

The news made Ethan and his sister look at each other.

Both of them saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Because they remembered that the previous Roy Disney had offered an olive branch to Spielberg and Lucas through them!With this invitation in front of him, maybe Spielberg has an idea?
If not—

Why didn't he renew his contract with Universal?
Thinking of this, Ethan tentatively asked, "Roy?"

"Yeah~" Spielberg didn't hide it, "it's him."

"I'm interested in the stuff you told me before, running all the business for a live-action film company? Wow, that's really challenging..."

"Of course, if you want to buy a film company? Then I will definitely be more excited!"

Although in the previous exchanges, Spielberg was very kind, but Ethan knew that this guy was never the guy who regarded money as nothing like Wozniak.

It is true that Spielberg likes movies, but at the same time he will not give up greater interests. If not, there would be no DreamWorks in Ethan's previous life.

And when Ethan caught Spielberg's eager gaze...

He immediately shook his head, "Acquire a film company?"

"Wow, that's still too far away for me. Our company has enough business now, I need to take care of them before I can think about other things."

"After all, the acquisition of a film company and the establishment of a company are two different concepts. The former has a lot of people to support, while the latter can focus on the development of a single project just like an independent film company."

"But with your current size, it is very easy to run a Hollywood company." Perhaps because the two sides have entered the stage of small talk, Spielberg mentioned Columbia again, "Take Columbia as an example, MGM is very important to them. The offer was only $24 per share."

"When the value of a Hollywood giant is only [-] million, you..."

"After two years of operation, you can buy one."

Spielberg raised an eyebrow at the two.

And this matter...

Ethan actually knows it very well.

　Notes: ① The reality of "Alien" was filmed from July 1978 to October 7, 5. The editing took 10 weeks and was completed in the spring of 21. The screening was on May 1979, 5. Full showings are June 25. ②Spielberg’s name as the Prince of the Universe is not a joke. When he was filming “6”, Kubrick even came forward to persuade him not to do this (information comes from Kubrick’s personal documentary “ "Picture Life"), but he didn't listen, even so, Sidney Simberg approved him 22 million. It was just too good for him. ③ Kubrick is also Jewish. ④Columbia’s market value in 1941 comes from the history of MGM compiled by the Los Angeles Times. On November 01, 500, MGM formally offered to acquire Columbia and purchased 1978 million shares at a price of $1978 per share, which is 11%.Inverting it is 20 million shares, with a total market value of 24 million.

　　
　
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