hollywood melon man

Chapter 210 Birthday Party
"Happy birthday……"

In the Melon Manor, a private birthday party was being held.

In order to please little Gilbert, Robert Egger proposed to hold a grand birthday party, but little Gilbert refused.

It's not an important anniversary, like a 30th birthday or something.

Little Gilbert does many things for the ultimate business purpose, but on his birthday, little Gilbert still hopes that he can have a private space.

It's a coincidence that both my past life and my present birthday are on the same day.

In this way, there is no need to separate, and the two birthdays can be celebrated together.

"Cut the cake quickly, cut the cake quickly..." Scarlett Johansson had been coveting the cake for a long time, and there was cream at the corner of her mouth, so she ate it at the first sight.

"Scarlett, you've eaten all the cake, do we have enough?" Sophia asked with a smile.

Scarlett's face tightened and she quickly denied: "I just took one bite, Sister Sophia..."

"Of course, Scarlett." Little Gilbert agreed.

The little girl had a close relationship with little Gilbert, and everyone doted on Scarlett.

Sophia rolled her eyes and said, "What are you thinking about? How could I possibly do such a thing?"

So, let's make a bet. "

"What conditions?"

"Wow, then this Jude Law must be a handsome guy, right?"

The box office revenue of over 1.5 billion US dollars was not mentioned. Little Gilbert was afraid of scaring his friends.

Naomi Watts complained: "Leo, you're not going to have a yacht party, are you?"

I think it will be difficult for "Titanic" to surpass this data..."

After little Gilbert cut the cake, Scarlett couldn't wait to pick up a large piece and snatched things from Sophia's plate: "Give me all the strawberries on top, I want to eat this..."

"That's really a pity. One movie has an investment of 5500 million US dollars, and the other has an investment of million US dollars. Little Gilbert, you are much better than Director Cameron." Sofia said.

Little Gilbert smeared cream on Scarlett's cheek. The little girl slapped Little Gilbert's hand away in disgust and urged him to cut the cake quickly.

Scarlett went to open the gifts happily. She liked this part very much. Opening the gifts was a kind of enjoyment.

As the leading actor, Leo himself did not believe that the box office of "Titanic" would exceed one billion US dollars, so he decisively accepted the bet: "Okay, I'll take the bet, but there is one condition..."

"I've seen it a few times, no worse than Leo and little Gilbert..."

"Just ten dollars, I bet that the box office of "Titanic" will exceed one billion dollars." Little Gilbert took out ten dollars and put it on the table.

"I heard that Sophia is dating a young actor named Jude Law recently. It's him that Sophia is pursuing."

After eating the cake, Scarlett asked little Gilbert: "Can I help you open your gift?"

Leo shook his head and said that he didn't know either: "I don't know what Director James Cameron is doing. I only know that I have to go back from time to time to reshoot some scenes."

Everyone was smiling broadly and did not feel that Sijia had done anything rude.

"Leo, how is the production progress of "Titanic"?" Sofia asked curiously.

However, no one stopped Scarlett from moving around. Although Scarlett was not Little Gilbert's biological sister, she felt closer than a biological sister.

From time to time, she would change the positions of these things, and then look at her arrangement with satisfaction.

If "Titanic" is placed on the Christmas schedule, wouldn't it end up being inferior to your "The Sixth Sense"? "

Those attending the birthday party were basically little Gilbert's friends and core members of the team. We all know each other well and have many topics to talk about.

Everyone was having a heated discussion around this topic, which made Sophia blush.

Recently, little Gilbert has reserved the beach next to the manor and plans to build a private pier. Now that there is a dock, a yacht is indispensable, so I plan to buy a yacht and play around.

Many of the gifts were ornaments. After Sijia took them out, she was like the little mistress of the manor, wandering around the manor and looking for a suitable place to place them.

Listening to the discussion among his friends, little Gilbert shook his head and said: "You guys, you look at things too one-sided, you only know one thing and ignore other elements.

She spat: "You're spreading rumors, I'm not going after them at all, we have a crush on each other."

"After your yacht is built, lend it to me first." Xiao Lizi said.

Sofia looked at little Gilbert, and her monotonous nasal voice sounded like a mockery: "Little Gilbert, it looks like you are going to lose money on this investment.

Little Gilbert agreed: "Okay, I agree, but I don't think I will lose."

Everything in the manor has been designed by professional interior designers, and the servants will not move it when cleaning.

Xiao Lizi didn't take it seriously and smiled: "You have to enjoy life!"

"I'm very confident. Wait, I want it too..." Sophia also pressed down ten dollars.

Then Scarlett acted stormily and robbed everyone of the fruits on their plates.

"What?" Little Gilbert asked curiously: "Sofia, you want to have a yacht party too?"

"What are you gambling?"

Anne Burton on the side said: "It's not as good as "The Sixth Sense", I think it's normal. The global box office of the film has reached 6.49 million US dollars, and it is no longer a problem to exceed million US dollars.

Little Gilbert and the others were on the semi-open balcony on the fourth floor, drinking wine and chatting, feeling relaxed.

"Okay, okay, we have feelings for each other..." Xiao Lizi clearly didn't believe this.

It was a laugh, but little Gilbert still reminded Sophia: "You have to be careful not to be deceived by others."

Sophia understood: "I know, do you think I'm a little idiot?"

After the birthday party was over and Sijia and the others were sent away, Kyoko took someone to clean up the things left behind.

Naomi Watts was counting the gifts and saw another painting, which showed a naked woman, so she asked curiously: "Could this painting be a gift from Leo?"

"No, the thing Leo sent is over there. He went to Chinatown to buy it, a longevity stone." Xiao Lizi pointed to a stone placed in the center of the pilot living room.

"Then this is?"

"I think it might be a gift from Kate. I didn't look at the character on it. Does it look similar to her?"

Kate Winslet was not invited to Gilbert's birthday party, but she still asked him to bring a birthday present.

Naomi Watts suddenly realized: "Does this Kate want to become the fourth mistress of the manor?"

The gifts were all opened by Scarlett, and little Gilbert didn't know exactly who sent them. However, based on personal preference and style, I can guess pretty well.

Every year on his birthday, little Gilbert receives quite a lot of gifts. After some fans knew the address of Cantaloupe Studio, they would send gifts to little Gilbert on his birthday.

Although Xigua Studio has repeatedly stated that it will not send gifts, it still cannot resist the enthusiastic fans.

In this regard, little Gilbert also has a strategy, and it is difficult to return the gift. I have no choice but to use it for charity. For those signed gifts, just write down who gave them. There is no way to do it anonymously.

In short, except for some particularly interesting gifts, the rest of the gifts will be sold and used for charity activities in the name of movie fans.

This has been done for birthdays for several years, and little Gilbert has received unanimous praise from the public. The Los Angeles City Government also took this opportunity to award Gilbert Jr. the title of Los Angeles Charity Ambassador.

In fact, in North America, charity is a business activity, and many wealthy people actually do charity to avoid taxes.

As for whether the money was actually used for charity, that's not necessarily certain.

Compared with these fake philanthropists, little Gilbert is more honest. He was just showing off, but he was also really doing charity.

Many children and welfare homes have benefited from this.

Not only that, because of his good relationship with Chinese friends, little Gilbert also put part of his charity funds in China for charity.

After all, I was Chinese in my previous life, and now I have the ability to help the people in my hometown as much as possible.

Of course, out of worry, he also asked Tian Chongming, his friend at Radio and Television, if anyone would tamper with his charity money, right?
Of course Tian Chongming knew what it meant, and quickly confirmed: "No, you are doing this with great fanfare, and God will hear it.

Anyone who dares to do anything about this means they don’t want their own future. "

When little Gilbert heard this, he felt much more relieved.

If you don't give money, then exploit each level, and finally fall to less than 1% of the people doing charity, then won't all his good intentions be in vain?

But even so, Gilbert Jr. still asked his team of accountants to arrange special personnel to keep an eye on the financial statements. They also require the other party to clearly state every charitable expenditure, in an open and fair manner, without hiding anything.

In the future, little Gilbert also plans to build a charity website. All charity funds will be made into a report and placed on it for netizens to view and read, thus achieving national supervision.

When people over there saw it, you, a foreigner, seemed to have a lot of demands.

Some people were very dissatisfied and simply made excuses not to let little Gilbert come to China to do charity. Ghost guy, what kind of intentions can you have?
But a charitable donation did do some good things in some poor areas, helping to repair schools and build basketball courts for children.

After these deeds were reported by the media, those people fell silent.

You can't always get benefits. You think people are uneasy, right? There is no such truth in the world.

Doing charity was a whim of little Gilbert, but it had an unexpected effect.

Now little Gilbert is the most well-known foreign friend there. When people see that this foreign friend is so high-quality, friendly, and does charity, they instantly feel admired.

Then they thought very one-sidedly that everyone in the outside world was just like little Gilbert, friendly, wealthy, loving, sincere, and possessing all the beautiful qualities they yearned for.

This has further triggered a wave of people trying to get over it. Those who can get over it these days are not just ordinary people.

Little Gilbert didn't expect that there would be such a change, which indirectly accelerated the wave of moistening people.

But having said that, even if there is no little Gilbert and the heart is not there, it should be moisturized. Little Gilbert is also helping the other side to purify it.

If we are not of the same mind, we cannot go together at all.

This incident also reminded little Gilbert that sometimes it is not easy to be a traitor. It is often done with good intentions, but it is very likely that he has done bad things.

If you really want to do something, you may have to do it in units of time.

It is probably because little Gilbert has done so many good things that his movies are generally released in China without any obstacles.

The bloody opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" was left uncut, and the original version was released in China, which greatly shocked Chinese movie fans who had not seen much.

But in fact, it is normal these days. Many Hollywood blockbusters are released directly without editing.

For example, there are many scenes in "True Lies" that will definitely be cut out in the future, but now they have not been cut.

Chinese movie fans watched the film through their fingernails while blushing, which can be said to be very open-minded.

On the contrary, later on, the scissors became more and more conservative, and the slightly more intense scenes were clicked away, becoming the target of complaints from well-informed movie fans.

In July, Gilbert Jr.'s movie "The Sixth Sense" also officially landed in the Chinese mainland market.

The film has previously been screened in Hong Kong Island and Taiwan, and has achieved good reputation and box office.

When Cheng Long returned to Hong Kong Island, he also gave a platform to "The Sixth Sense" to help promote the movie. The film currently has a box office of HK$1123 million in Hong Kong Island, temporarily ranking th in the Hong Kong Island market this year.

Gilbert Jr. has always attached great importance to developing overseas markets. When Warner was responsible for overseas distribution, it actively promoted the rapid release of the film in major markets around the world.

Therefore, it is rare that a Little Gilbert movie has been released in North America for almost a year, but is still being released in new markets.

But few does not mean that there are none. For example, the movie "Saving Private Ryan" has obviously been released in mainland China.

Even the movie "The Sixth Sense" has been released on Hong Kong Island, but "Saving Private Ryan" still failed to be released on Hong Kong Island.

The reason is quite simple. The explanation given there was that the picture was too bloody and they were afraid of causing adverse reactions.

But in fact, the real reason is that Hong Kong movies began to be impacted by Hollywood movies after 1995, and have been on a downward trend.

Hong Kong filmmakers are worried that the impact of Hollywood blockbusters will destroy the foundation of Hong Kong movies, so they will block the release time of some movies.

But doing so will only delay it for a while, and ultimately it will inevitably lead to decline.

In comparison, mainland theater chains are not so particular.

The previous mainland market could not be called commercialized at all, so there was no such thing as cracking down on local films.

On the contrary, according to the plan, Tian Chongming led the changes in the entire film marketization.

His original words were to let movies from Hollywood that are popular around the world impact the domestic film market, thereby changing the creative thinking of domestic filmmakers.

Privately, Tian Chongming held a meeting with the directors and said, "Stop filming that nonsense in the countryside. Do you like watching it as a foreigner?"
They gave you the award because they saw that your photo was ugly.

From now on, change your thinking, shoot more commercial blockbusters, and make market-oriented changes. "

The directors said yes, but those who disobeyed were immediately banned without mercy.

The director has the director's ideas, but the superiors also have their own considerations. It's up to them to decide which path to take.

After the meeting, Zhang, the national teacher who had communicated with little Gilbert, could not calm down.

He is the kind of person who knows the current situation and of course he will answer the call. But how to make changes, National Master Zhang is also confused.

By chance, when he walked to the entrance of the cinema, National Master Zhang saw the poster of "The Sixth Sense", so he bought a movie ticket and walked in.

(End of this chapter)