hollywood melon man

Chapter 573

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the three people entertained the guests and then found a meeting room to chat.

"Mr. Buffett wanted to buy a stake, but I refused," said Gilbert Jr.

"He also wants to invest in the medical center?" Bill Gates asked in surprise.

"It's not surprising," Gilbert Jr. explained, "The older you get, the more you miss everything you have now.

Mr. Buffett certainly hopes to live longer, ideally immortal.”

Life is an eternal topic. Qin Shihuang, such a great historical figure, spent a lot of effort in pursuit of immortality and eternal rule of his empire.

There are so many wise monarchs in Chinese history, and they are all surprisingly consistent in their pursuit of prolonging life.

Even in Western society there are legends about the fountain of youth and the water of life.

So a problem arises. Ordinary people understand that life is limited, so it makes no sense that these social elites don't understand this.

In fact, they understand, but they are just unwilling to give up.

Buffett is one of those people who will pursue his goal regardless of the possibility of success. He will do his best to keep his current wealth and status for a long time.

"Then why didn't you agree to him?" Bill Gates asked.

Gilbert Jr. explained: “Wall Street capital and medical capital are deeply connected, and I think this is a conspiracy.

Moreover, Wall Street capital has always been dissatisfied with my position, believing that I am closely related to the death of some elite figures in 911/.

We are Silicon Valley capital, no worse than those who deal in finance, so why should we be their juniors? "

The fact is that due to the hollowing out of industries and the high development of financial capital, financial capital dominates everything. Silicon Valley is one of the few places that can get rid of financial capital, although it is not easy to do so.

Little Gilbert added: "I have communicated with Master Shikong. He will come to the United States for a month every year, so we should seize the time to recruit him.

In my vision, the medical center will become a world-class medical institution that integrates both traditional Chinese and Western medicine.

Imagine the scene where wealthy people from all over the world line up just to get a bed in our medical center..."

Little Gilbert didn't finish, but the three of them could roughly imagine the scene, and it was indeed beautiful.

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the medical center, Gilbert Jr. returned to Los Angeles to continue his post-production work on "The Last of Us."

The post-production of "Iron Man" also required Gilbert Jr. to oversee it, and he was very busy.

"I hope the overall style of the film is more towards joy, rock and passion." During the post-production process, Gilbert Jr. emphasized:
"The style of Iron Man is different from the more serious style of Batman. We have to differentiate ourselves, otherwise it will be too similar."

The entire Marvel Studios was completely new to the film production business, and Jon Favreau was also a new director. Fortunately, he had Gilbert Jr. to look after the film.

The first is the special effects production. Since Orange Studios was responsible for the special effects work of "The Last of Us", and the special effects production of "Iron Man" was very complicated, multiple special effects studios cooperated.

"Iron Man" is different from "The Last of Us". "The Last of Us" has a large number of practical shots, supplemented by special effects shots that are lower than the average number of special effects blockbusters.

Iron Man has a much higher number of special effects shots than the average, which greatly increases the difficulty of post-production special effects. In order to catch up with the 2006 summer season, Industrial Light & Magic, Digital Domain, and Visual Effects Studios all joined in the post-production special effects production.

Because the construction period is quite tight, it is inevitable that the work will be rushed, resulting in the results not meeting Gilbert Jr.'s requirements.

Phil Lord, the special effects supervisor in charge of special effects production, was often scolded by Gilbert Jr. for this, but Gilbert Jr. was mostly encouraging to other special effects engineers.

He encouraged special effects engineers to use their imagination to construct the images in their minds during the special effects production process.

During the special effects production of Iron Man Mark I, Mark II and other armors, a young special effects engineer improved the practicality and aesthetics of the armor in terms of special effects lens performance.

In addition, regarding the flight trajectory of the armor and the flames it produces, the engineers made several revisions before finally finalizing them.

These inconspicuous but highly professional fields require sufficient talents to do all of this; the director alone cannot accomplish these tasks.

Similarly, the end of shooting is not the end of film production, post-production is equally important.

Therefore, the film industry has never relied on the credit of one individual, but is the masterpiece and achievement of a team.

In every media interview, Gilbert Jr. attributes the credit to the team and never thinks it is his own achievement alone.

But his co-producer Charles Roven said: "It is true that a movie is a product of teamwork, but a team cannot be without a backbone.

Gilbert is the backbone, he can unite everyone together, work together sincerely, and work hard to complete one project after another."

The person who can hold a team together is usually the core of the team. If you want to become such a core, you have to prove yourself with the performance of one movie after another.

Little Gilbert doesn't need to prove himself. No matter where he is or what project he is doing, he will always be the core.

Being busy with the post-production of two films at the same time, young Gilbert was exhausted.

But the rewards were great, with the first trailers for The Last of Us and Iron Man edited before the Super Bowl in February.

At the same time, the publicity and promotion work for the two films is also being carried out in an orderly manner.

Disney released "Iron Man", and most of the publicity and promotion work was done by Touchstone Pictures, a subsidiary of Disney.

The Last of Us was jointly produced by Warner and Disney, and it was just like usual, nothing special.

It is customary for summer movies to run ads during the Super Bowl. In addition to these two movies, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", produced by Gilbert Jr., will also run ads during the Super Bowl.

Today's Super Bowl advertising costs have skyrocketed, and it's different from 1993 when Gilbert Jr. first aired an ad.

But for the wealthy Hollywood movie theater companies, the Super Bowl is still the best stage for publicity. The publicity and promotion costs of a summer movie can reach tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, so that little advertising fee is nothing.

Let's take a look at the situation of Batman Begins. The film has finally been taken off the shelves around the world. It finally earned $6 million in global box office, which can be said to be a success.

After the film was withdrawn from theaters, Warner Bros. released the DVD of Batman Begins, which grossed $115 million in two weeks.

The success of the movie has also led to a revival of DC movies, and Warner Pictures can no longer wait to launch other superhero movie projects.

(End of this chapter)