1novels Chapter 301 Local Tyrants and the End of the World
Chapter 301 Local Tyrants and the End of the World
Because Jed was not nominated this time as an individual or as a company, the Oscar Organizing Committee arranged Jed in the celebrity area.Here are generally celebrities from Los Angeles or even the United States. They may not be professional film professionals, but they are more or less related to the film industry in one way or another.To put it bluntly, this is the special seat for Oscar's relations. As the president of an important entertainment company, Jed was naturally assigned here.
After Jed found his seat, he and John went to the adjacent VIP lounge.The reason why Jed and John have such a courtesy is because Jed bought nearly 2% of the Kodak theater shares from Kodak.Although Kodak was not on the verge of bankruptcy at this time, it was already unable to make ends meet, so the company was eager to cash out part of it.However, the reason why Jed didn't fully acquire it was because he planned to wait until 1, when Kodak was completely in bankruptcy, and then bought the entire Kodak theater at a bargain price.
The VIP room not only has comfortable sofas, but also delicious wine and desserts. The Oscar red carpet show is being broadcast live on a large LCD screen on one wall.When Jed and John were watching the red carpet show and talking about it, they suddenly found that the reporters on the red carpet were boiling.Just when Jed and John were a little confused, a fiery red Ferrari stopped next to the red carpet, and a man and a woman got out of the car.
Jed and John frowned slightly, although the Ferrari was a nice car, and it wouldn't cost any money to drive to any party.But the problem is that the Academy Awards ceremony considers itself a serious ceremony, so there are generally requirements for guests' cars.And people who have reached Jed's level will not deliberately drive a sports car to attract attention.
And the couple in front of them naturally didn't pay attention to the rules of Hollywood, and that man was Anil Abani who had been making trouble in Hollywood for the past two years.When Anil stepped off the sports car, he grandly introduced the glamorous beauty beside her to the reporter, "This is our national treasure-level beauty actress in India, Latika Darvi. She will be in 2oo9 In 2, she became the actress strongly promoted by our RKO company, and in 1, she will also become the Oscar Queen."
"He's even more arrogant than you." John teased, but then said coldly, "If you have the ability, it's a bit of personality if you have the ability; but if you don't have the ability...he still challenges Hollywood desperately, and will do it again next year." Is there him?"
"Oh, are you feeling sorry for me?" Jed teased, "Don't worry, a small RKO is not enough to shake the current Oscar's basic board. "Slumdog Millionaire" is a rare film. An unattainable movie, and with the precedent of this movie, it will be more difficult to replicate it. African, Hispanic and Asian have all had a shine in Hollywood, and it should be Indian, after all, India is second only to It is the second largest potential box office in China. It is a pity that China now has the strength to compete with Japan for the second largest box office in the world, but the box office of Indians is only for internal self-entertainment back then."
"However, in this lifeless Hollywood market, it is actually very good that the catfish of Reliance Group suddenly came." Although John was jokingly called "the most careless president" by the executives of Sherman Entertainment Group, since he is As an executive of an entertainment group, it is natural to pay attention to the dynamics of the market and competitors. "As far as the current RKO company has decided to produce and distribute movies, they are movies that you dare not make. I remember that the editor-in-chief of the "Hollywood Report" who loves you the most has complained to you in private, saying that you are not good at business. It is becoming more and more successful, but it is becoming more and more conservative in art. I, Mr. Abani, should be very interested in "Hollywood Reporter", be careful that someone really takes your place."
After hearing John's words, Jed couldn't help but smiled wryly and said, "You also know that I am becoming more and more successful in business? To be successful in business, you must maximize your box office revenue, that is, increase your movie audience as much as possible. So the most basic thing is, I can't offend them. If the 'oo7 series' also designs Russians, Chinese or Middle Easterners as villains, can their movies still be sold all over the world? Why eight 90s movies, Japanese elements are popular? It’s not that Japan’s box office makes Hollywood covet. As long as it can make a lot of money, there is no lower limit for producers. So I dare not make "Philadelphia Story" because I am worried about the opposition of traditional audiences; I dare not Made Thelma & Louise because I was worried about the opposition of conservative audiences... Can you expect me to have any depth of thought when there are too many restrictions? Honey, only the popcorn movies of 'Guns N' Roses' are the safest of."
Why didn't John know that Jed's words were correct? After a while of silence, the two left the VIP room.Just as he was going out, he bumped into Anil. He looked at John and Jed, and said with a smile: "Mr. In the hall."
When the reporter saw Jed and Anil standing together, and Anil was still swearing, they immediately set their sights on this place.Jed didn't want to make himself gossip headlines, so he just smiled slightly: "Then I wish Mr. Abani all the best."
After speaking, Jed and John returned to their seats, looking forward to the start of the Oscar ceremony.And this year's Oscar is like the parallel time and space where Jed is located. His own movie only won two trophies. Among them, Heath Ledger's Best Supporting Actor may be criticized by the media as a tribute to memory.However, "Slumdog Millionaire" produced by Reliance Entertainment Group under Anil's name has become the darling of the Oscars, winning awards again and again, and the reporters on the scene pointed the camera at Anil several times.
And at the party after the Oscars, Anil Abani, who owns several Oscars and also bought RKO, one of the eight giants in Hollywood history, immediately became the most dazzling star at the party.Not only celebrities from all walks of life went up to find acquaintances, but also the bosses of some small and medium-sized production companies went up to seek cooperation.Which giant company in Hollywood doesn't have many younger brothers?You can see that Warner has legendary movies, and Paramount also has bad robots... Who knows if next year's RKO will reproduce the heroic appearance of RKO?If RKO becomes a giant again, then these younger brothers who follow the boss will also have a place in Hollywood.
Jed and John didn't comment on Anil's flamboyant attitude, and hurried back after making a slight appearance at the party.Even so, the news that Jed and Anil had a disagreement spread again on the Internet, but this news was quickly overshadowed by another news.I don't know when it started, young people in the United States have spread a "Mayan legend" on the Internet.
Tom, a boy living in Orange County, said to his best friend Jerry: "Did you know that the ancient Mayans used five digits to record their calendars, the second of which was in hexadecimal, and the other digits were in hexadecimal?" The 18o system is adopted. Then on December 2, 2, according to the statistics of the Mayan calendar, it should be 12-oooo. This means the end of a cycle of heaven and earth, and the whole world will fall into three days of darkness, and then it will be the end of the world."
"First of all, Tom, I must admire how well you know the Mayan calendar, but why is your history only f?" Jerry laughed, "Secondly, the end of the world or something, that's a kind of fatalism. You should know me, I'm an atheist By."
"Damn it! Can't you mention that you're atheist? My mother won't let me hang out with you if you're going to publicize your atheism again." Tom complained, "Okay, what I said is Donald told me. He gave me a URL, hey man, you know what I saw?"
"Tom, look at the pimples on your face, and seeing some cool beauties will only make you more angry." Jerry laughed.
"Damn, am I as obscene as you think?" Tom said angrily, "That is a very magical website. Although it also mentions the Mayan calendar, it also lists many signs of the end of the world. You should know Is there a super volcano under our Yellowstone Park? Didn’t geologists warn that this super volcano will erupt every 6 years? And isn’t the last eruption 64 years ago? You should know this volcano eruption What does that mean?"
"Of course I know, almost half of the United States will disappear from the earth." Jerry frowned, and he had to admit that this theory was indeed plausible. "Okay, Tom, give me the address of that website. I'm suddenly interested in this website."
After Jerry got home, he opened the website that Tom gave.The earth was first shown in front of Jerry, then the earth suddenly burned, and finally turned into ashes to form the four numbers "2o12".Jerry is uncomfortable with this flash animation. Although Jerry is a complete atheist, he has to admit that the end of the world does exist.Although he believes that the end of the world has nothing to do with religion, he also has to admit that it is difficult for human beings to overcome some natural and man-made disasters.
After the flash animation is over, the entire website becomes an academic paper.The owner of the website believes that around December 2, the super volcanoes on the earth will continue to erupt one after another, but what frightens Jerry is that these super volcanoes have indeed entered an active period.At the same time, the owner of the website gave a reason for the super volcanic eruption, citing a report from a private research institution in India.According to a report by this research institution located in a deep well in the southern foothills of the Himalayas, neutrinos, originally thought to be harmless, are actually heating the Earth's mantle and triggering supervolcano eruptions.
As a top student, Jerry has naturally heard of neutrinos, which are substances radiated by the sun that have almost no mass and do not react physically or chemically with any substance.But the report quoted by the webmaster was very formal, and even Jerry found the official website of this research institution, which also confirmed that they were indeed studying neutrinos in a deep well.Frowning, Jerry downloaded the report and sent it to a physics teacher he knew, hoping that he could help answer questions.
Tom, Jerry and Donald are naturally not the only people who have seen this website. The predictions and sufficient arguments of this website have caused many Americans to panic.They discussed on the Internet whether the end of the world is real, and some even wrote to the media, hoping to get an affirmative answer.
At first, only some small local media paid attention to this incident, but soon the incident spread to the whole of the United States, and even the five major TV networks began to report the whole incident.However, NASA officials and officials from the US Federal Seismological Bureau quickly refuted the rumors, thinking that this was nonsense.But I have to say that the theory of this website has also been supported by many scientists.They believe that this is a hypothesis that conforms to existing geological theories. Although they cannot confirm its authenticity, they cannot deny it with 100% certainty.
And when the media was arguing, the website suddenly disappeared, leaving only a sentence on the page, "For some reasons, relevant content is no longer provided here."
The sudden disappearance of the website has aroused more suspicions from the media and the public. Some people even believe that the US federal government has secretly hired a group of cyber agents and that this website has been "targeted and cleared".This conspiracy theory is very popular, and the 2o12 doomsday theory has suddenly become a topic of everyone's attention.