hollywood melon man

Chapter 314 2001 Forbes Rich List

In April 2001, the Internet bubble was still continuing, and companies in Silicon Valley continued to go bankrupt.

When little Gilbert is busy working on "Lord of the Rings", he also pays attention to the situation in Silicon Valley. Because of previous cautious management, his social networking sites and search engine companies did not suffer much impact.

However, because of their sufficient financial resources, the two companies also acquired many small and medium-sized companies with core technologies at very low prices, and their development became even stronger.

In addition, Apple, Amazon, etc., which Gilbert Jr. holds shares in, are also growing in this bubble.

In an interview with a financial newspaper, Jeff Bezos mentioned his conversation with Gilbert Jr.

“In fact, the entire Amazon development plan was determined during my chat with Director Gilbert Jr.,” Jeff Bezos said:

“Gilbert Jr. has an outstanding vision and has pointed the way forward for our business.

If he had not become a film director, he would have been an excellent business manager and decision-maker..."

What Jeff Bezos said surprised many business tycoons in Silicon Valley and Wall Street, but after thinking about it carefully, they also found that what Jeff Bezos said made sense.

As a result, Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs were denounced. This may be one of the few recorded large-scale cyber violence since the birth of the Internet.

But the creativity and ideas put forward by little Gilbert can be realized as long as we work hard and carry out technical research. This is the difference.

Bill Gates ranks first with Microsoft, with $587 billion. The second is stock god Warren Buffett, with a wealth of US$332 billion.

He said that Apple quickly got out of financial crisis, came back to life, and had huge cash flow, which was inseparable from Gilbert Jr.

In the words of Jobs, little Gilbert has the imagination for the future, and he has the technology. The cooperation between the two is a powerful alliance.

What Jobs said made other Internet technology companies in Silicon Valley excited and began to look for imaginative directors in Hollywood to cooperate with them and get positions.

No wonder his son David Ellison is ambitious and wants to make a career in Hollywood. Having a father who is the fourth richest man in the world is really crazy.

The fifth and sixth are respectively the German supermarket king Albrecht, and Al Sadd of the Saudi Kingdom Holding Company.

Until the twelfth place, an unexpected name appeared, that is Little Gilbert.

If he went to run a business, wouldn't we movie fans not be able to see good movies?

To use the words of spokespersons for certain products in previous lives, that is the chief creative officer.

But fans were unhappy with what Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs said said little Gilbert was born to make movies.

I heard that Larry Ellison’s daughter also entered the film industry. Unlike her brother, who chose the mainstream film industry, she chose to go to the independent film industry.

The next ranking is very interesting. Seventh to eleventh are all shareholders of Wal-Mart Supermarket, members of the Walton family.

Although little Gilbert doesn't understand technology, he understands the future.

Similarly, Steve Jobs participated in a forum and said similar things.

Third place is also Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, with a fortune of $304 billion. The fourth is Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle, with a fortune of US$260 billion.

If little Gilbert had no vision and determination, it would be impossible for social networking sites and search engine companies to develop so rapidly and become the top ten Internet companies in the United States.

However, after some cooperation, these Internet technology companies discovered that not everyone is Little Gilbert. The ideas put forward by many people simply cannot be realized.

But just as Little Gilbert fans across the Internet were denouncing Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs, the 2001 Forbes list of the world's richest people was released.

Perhaps this is the outstanding imagination of Hollywood directors that allows little Gilbert to come up with so many fantastic ideas and plans.

With assets of US$178 billion, he ranks th on the Forbes list of richest people in the world.

This is really surprising to everyone. Little Gilbert's achievements in movies have always been so dazzling that people have forgotten the fact that he is still a super rich man.

In fact, last year, little Gilbert was already moving towards the top 20 rankings, and this year he ranked 12th in one fell swoop.

A comment on the Forbes Rich List said: “We don’t yet know which companies Gilbert Jr. holds shares in and which companies he controls.

His fruit company is not obliged to disclose financial statements to the outside world. We can only judge his wealth through the shares of listed companies he clearly controls.

In fact, his wealth should be even higher. "

In this regard, a reporter caught little Gilbert at the door of Cantaloupe Studio and asked him what he thought of the Forbes rich list.

Little Gilbert's answer was: "This kind of list is just for entertainment. In fact, as far as I know, there are many people richer than me, definitely more than eleven."

The eleven that little Gilbert said were the eleven that were ahead of him on the list.

North American society has never lacked the market for conspiracy theories. Little Gilbert's words have aroused people's imagination, and they have speculated whether there is some invisible family that controls the government and the world.

As a result, the family myth represented by the Rothschild family was put on the table again, and the public discussed it with great interest.

Not only the Rothschild family, but also the Morgan family, the Rockefeller family, and the Habsburg family were dug out.

I don’t know whether the incident is true or not, and it doesn’t matter. Anyway, the public just watched the excitement, and the media also took advantage of it and wrote many exaggerated stories.

Little Gilbert almost died laughing after reading these reports and stories.

These reporters should write scripts and then film them, otherwise they will be a little sorry for their outstanding imagination.

There is no lack of market for conspiracy theories, and little Gilbert said he is used to it. Regardless of whether it is true or not, just enjoy the melon and watch the fun.

It is worth noting that Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing ranks 126th on the Forbes rich list with a fortune of US$ billion through Cheung Kong Holdings.

The Kwok brothers of Sun Hung Kai Properties, also from Hong Kong Island, ranked 115rd with a wealth of US$ billion. From this point of view, the rich people in Hong Kong Island are still good.

But as little Gilbert said, this kind of list is just for fun. If you really want to take the list seriously, you will lose.

The announcement of the Forbes rich list, apart from creating a wave of public opinion, did not affect Gilbert Jr.'s work. He still followed the steps and completed the work related to "Lord of the Rings" in a leisurely manner.

After last year's popularity, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" is fully anticipated by the market. This film does not even need to hold a preview screening, and the theater chain has promised the maximum number of theaters and screens.

However, in order to have a process and reassure theater fans, a preview screening of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" was held in April.

The general review is that it fully continues the story of the previous film and the quality is even better.

Especially the scenes of the battle at Helm's Deep and Gandalf's return are exciting enough and touching.

Disney and Warner's media have begun to build momentum for "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers". In fact, the momentum has not weakened before, but now they have stepped up their promotion.

Now I am telling movie fans that the long-awaited "Two Towers" is here, so hurry up and prepare your money.

In addition to the trailers on DVD, new trailers were also released on TV during the Super Bowl, continuing to attract the attention of movie fans.

The movie "The Two Towers" is not only anticipated by North American fans, but also by many fans around the world.

The British "Times" launched a survey and the movie they most wanted to see was "The Two Towers" at the top of the list. The second is the second part of "Harry Potter".

However, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" has only entered the early planning stage. According to the preparation progress, fans will not be able to see the second part of "Harry Potter" until 2002 at the earliest.

In France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and even India, the first part of "The Lord of the Rings" has conquered countless movie fans, and they have listed "The Two Towers" as one of the most anticipated movies.

Let’s pay attention to the careers of several women. Since Naomi Watts won the Oscar for Best Actress, her career has developed quite smoothly and she has made several films.

She snatched the project of "The Secret" from Julia Roberts, directed by Steven Soderbergh.

After the bald director won the Oscar for Best Director this year with "The Internet", he non-stop assembled stars such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Naomi Watts. Filming "Crossing the Sea".

Not only that, Naomi Watts also took on the role of "My Lover" and dubbed "Ice Age".

Cameron Diaz's pursuit of Oscars is not that strong. She has recently reduced the number of films she has taken, and spends more time taking management courses as a scholar to manage companies.

She once told little Gilbert that she hoped to retire around the age of forty and become the right-hand man for little Gilbert's career.

This woman is smart enough to realize that she is not as good as Naomi Watts and Jennifer Connelly in terms of appearance, and she is not as good as Charlize Theron in terms of temperament.

But maybe he has a smart brain and can learn to manage a business and help little Gilbert alleviate his worries.

Cameron Diaz and Martin Scorsese recently collaborated on the "Gangs of New York" movie.

Jennifer Connelly's career was going smoothly. She originally planned to have a breast removal surgery, but little Gilbert liked her figure, so Jennifer Connelly gave up.

Jennifer Connelly took over "Alamaba" and collaborated with Nicole Kidman in the feature film "The Hours."

It is said that the largest investor in this movie is from Tom Cruise's production company. It seems that the relationship between the couple is indeed good, and there is no marriage change like in the previous life.

After all, he even has a daughter, and little Gilbert is the godfather of Tom Cruise’s daughter!

Perhaps the most special one among them is Charlize Theron. In addition to filming the two parts of "The Matrix", she also has ideas for the Oscar-winning actress.

For this reason, she specifically asked little Gilbert what he meant.

"There is a movie that is very interesting, but it requires a lot of effort on my part. I don't know if I should take it?" said Charlize Theron.

"What show?" Little Gilbert was curious.

"Remember Erin Wuornos? The highway hooker, the serial murderer."

"Wasn't she sentenced to death?"

"Yes," Charlize Theron nodded and said, "I know, but recently a director wanted to put this story on the big screen and invited me to star."

"And what worries you about that? My dear," asked little Gilbert.

Charlize Theron said hesitantly: "I had to shave off my eyebrows and gain thirty pounds for this movie."

For an actress like Charlize Theron who became famous through commercial films, appearance is particularly important.

Once you destroy your image and fail to achieve the expected goals, the side effects will be very serious, and you may be unable to recover.

Little Gilbert said: "Sally, my advice is, if you want to, go for it! Through normal channels, your hope of getting an Oscar is very small, and you must take risks."

The old man at the Oscar Academy likes to see an American popular idol destroy his image and play some crazy, perverted, ugly characters in order to please them, and he takes pleasure in it.

This is a bad habit, but if you want to win an Oscar, you have to make some sacrifices and choices, especially Charlize Theron.

Charlize Theron has always been a woman with great ideas and opinions. After seeing Gilbert's support, she no longer hesitated and immediately agreed to take on the film.

But then she asked: "After I become ugly, you won't dislike me and will despise me from now on, right?"

Little Gilbert was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "It's not like Changing is back. I never doubt your determination to love beauty, Sally."

After hearing this, Charlize Theron felt much more relieved.

(End of this chapter)