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Robert Iger said he wanted to acquire Disney, but that’s not an easy thing to accomplish.

Some people on the board of directors did not want Gilbert Jr. to continue to expand his influence at Disney and acquire Marvel Studios. It was impossible for Gilbert Jr. not to expand his influence.

By then, Disney might have to change his last name to Landriny. Although they are both "Ni", "Ni" and "Ni" are different after all.

But as Robert Iger said, if Marvel Studios is not acquired, is it going to be a waste of time for Marvel Studios to be acquired by other companies?

You know, Paramount, Universal Pictures, MGM and other companies have been in contact with Gilbert Jr.

People understand that Disney is only the agent for the distribution rights of Marvel Studios. Since it is the distribution rights, then which company distributes it is not considered distribution, right?

Do we have fewer distribution channels and resources than Disney?
Faced with such poaching ideas, Robert Iger had no better solution. He could only make concessions on the distribution contract and use his relationship with Gilbert Jr. to stabilize Marvel Studios.

After discussing Marvel Studios, the focus of the discussion shifted to the new film being prepared by Gilbert Jr.

"I've read the new script, it's pretty good, it feels like The Matrix."

Robert Iger said: "We at Disney will fully support this film, without any upper limit."

Although there is no upper limit, there is still an upper limit. And Gilbert Jr. is not a bottomless pit like James Cameron, he generally does not overspend.

An executive from the Disney family faction wondered, “Bob, isn’t this a bit too risky?
This is an original science fiction action film, but I saw the budget proposed by Gilbert Jr., it was 1.85 million.

With such a high production cost, and for an original science fiction film, it was too risky.”

Before Robert Iger spoke, Pedro Field, vice president, spoke first.

"Vassell, I don't think you know little Gilbert."

Pedro Field emphasized: "I think everyone has forgotten that the most talked-about ability of Director Gilbert Jr. is his creative ability.

Don’t those previous movies prove his ability?”

“But, isn’t an investment of $1.85 million a bit too risky?”

Pedro Field didn't think so. He said, "Don't forget, everyone. Disney is not the only one that can afford this money."

This brings us to the previous topic. If Gilbert Jr. wants to leave Disney, he can continue to expand his value with the help of Marvel Studios.

He is always a guest of honor in every film company he visits.

Pedro Field added: "Who in Hollywood wouldn't want the famous little Gilbert, except Keely Ross?"

The implication is, don't cause trouble, young Gilbert is not one of those directors who can be manipulated by the top executives of the film companies.

He has no shortage of buyers, and if he is made unhappy, Disney will suffer a huge loss.

After these words were spoken, the executives of the Disney family were speechless. Indeed, the name Gilbert Jr. itself was valuable.

Apart from anything else, once word gets out that Gilbert Jr. intends to leave Disney, the stock market will react immediately.

You can have a beef with little Gilbert if you want, but don't affect everyone's stock price.

Just like that, without even a ripple, Disney executives voted unanimously to approve the project of "Inception".

Because Warner had withdrawn from investing in Cantaloupe Studios' films, Disney invested $1.85 million alone. Because of its wealth, it did not even seek financing from Wall Street and started a film platter plan.

Gilbert Jr. certainly knew about the meetings of Disney's top executives. Although he did not attend, he at least had representatives there.

And Robert Iger and Pedro Field would inform him afterwards, so even though he was not at the high-level meetings, he knew everything.

After knowing that Disney had approved the project, Gilbert Jr. did not pursue the matter of those executives who targeted him.

His dominance in Disney must have affected some people, so it is normal for them to cause him some trouble.

The competition within a large company is very fierce, but as long as it does not affect the normal operation and development of the company, generally there will be no quarrels. Anyway, everyone has cooperated for so many years without fighting, and it has been very smooth.

At this time, Gilbert Jr. was visiting the set of "Source Code" to see how Guo Fan was doing.

"Jake Gyllenhaal performed very well, he is a rare actor." Little Gilbert commented on the leading actor after watching a play next to Guo Fan.

Guo Fan also smiled and said, "Yes, because of his outstanding performance, our crew's filming can maintain the progress."

Little Gilbert patted Guo Fan on the shoulder and said, "You are also very good. Wilson said you did a great job.

Although there were some bumps in the road at the beginning, we were able to adjust in time, which is also the reason why the crew ran smoothly."

Guo Fan said modestly: "This is all because of your good teaching. I am able to learn from you, so I will not embarrass you."

"Hahahaha, no need to be modest."

Gilbert Jr. laughed and said, “If this movie does well, do you have the confidence to take on bigger projects?”

"Bigger project?"

“A-grade big production, a real blockbuster.”

It is Guo Fan's dream to make a Chinese science fiction blockbuster. But before making a Chinese science fiction blockbuster, Guo Fan still needs real blockbuster experience.

In fact, China Film Group has also been developing some plans recently to support young directors.

In addition, they also want to get involved in the field of science fiction and want to make a science fiction movie that belongs to China. But this dream is not so easy to achieve. To this day, not many people think that Chinese-language movies have the soil for science fiction.

Little Gilbert is just adding to Guo Fan's burden, which can be considered as helping him.

There is no need to worry about "Source Code". Guo Fan's performance is much better than expected. It will not be a problem to maintain this quality and achieve profitability.

After paying a little attention, Gilbert Jr. focused on "Inception".

At the end of June, on the eve of its 39th birthday, Disney officially held a project launch conference, and both Gilbert Jr. and Leonardo Dicaprio attended the conference.

And Gilbert Jr.'s father, Gilbert Sr., also attended the press conference.

"I've always dreamed of working with Gilbert again and now it's finally happening."

Leo said he was very excited.

"I have read the script and to be honest it is a bit difficult to understand and requires a high IQ to understand. But I am very excited to be involved in such a film, which has a lot of action scenes and I can't wait."

A reporter was curious: "Leo, can you tell us roughly what the plot is like?"

"Well, you'll have to ask little Gilbert about that."

Leo passed the blame to Gilbert Jr., who replied: "This is a story about dreams."

"Dream?"

"Yes, dreams," Gilbert said. "I think many of you will find that when you dream, you will remain conscious during the process."

Many reporters present nodded, obviously having had this kind of dream.

Gilbert Jr. added: “When I had this dream, I tried to control it, and this story was born.

This is a story based on what happened during a lucid dream.”

The reporter below saw that Little Gilbert was talking in a mysterious way and continued to ask: "Little Gilbert, can you tell us more?"

Little Gilbert refused: "I'm sorry, but I have to keep it a secret. If you want to know, you can just wait for the cinema next year!" (End of this chapter)