hollywood melon man

As the saying goes, if my neighbor stores food, I store guns, and my neighbor is my granary.

There is no doubt that Gilbert Jr.'s wealth is far more than what is on the Forbes rich list. His wealth has long exceeded $100 billion.

But if one does not have the ability to protect such a large amount of wealth, it will eventually become a fat sheep for capital, waiting to be slaughtered.

Fortunately, little Gilbert understood this truth very early on.

The bottom line has not been crossed, and everyone can save face. Although it is said that gunfights happen every day, and America is happy, the upper class definitely does not want to turn the top rich circle into a gunfight scene.

Capital is weak. The higher the position, the more afraid of death it is. The bottom line is that it has not enjoyed enough. This is because human desires are unlimited.

As long as you don't want to risk your life, you will be cautious in doing things and will not use extreme means.

Of course, things are not set in stone, and the bottom line was eventually broken. But Gilbert hoped that by that time, he would be even stronger.

After these trivial matters were over, Gilbert Jr. returned his focus to movies.

Since "Star Wars", science fiction films have always been the darling of the film market, and this genre has also produced countless classic commercial blockbusters.

Now, the status of science fiction films is gradually being replaced by superhero movies.

The reason for this is essentially because superhero movies can encompass genres such as science fiction, action, adventure, epic, etc., forming a movie genre that is popular all over the world.

In the past, Hollywood had no shortage of stories about fighting aliens, such as Independence Day, and no shortage of heroic films, such as the famous Red Dead Redemption trilogy.

Other adventure films include "Indiana Jones" and the "Mystery of the Talisman" series starring Jackie Chan.

There are epic films such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and there are even more action films, too numerous to count.

However, only superhero movies can combine all these elements together.

Well-known film critic Peter Rawson published an article at the beginning of the year, in which he stated that superhero movies are what people need right now.

The reason is that after the September 9th incident and the economic crisis, people are in great need of a sense of security, and the power and omnipotence of superheroes just meet this sense of security.

The movie "Avengers" is different from previous science fiction movies in that it essentially has no story to speak of.

If I have to say it, it's a bit like an online game, a story about a group of superheroes teaming up to fight monsters.

Since the story is not important, the most important thing for the movie to accomplish, besides showing the characteristics of superheroes, is to construct their huge worldview.

For this reason, at the beginning of filming, Gilbert Jr. did not shoot the main content of the film, but instead shot the Easter egg content first.

In the past, Easter eggs were also an important part of Marvel movies. When the song at the end of the movie sounded and the audience was reluctant to leave, they should know that the movie still had Easter eggs.

These Easter eggs have an important task, which is to build the world view and provide clues to the next movie or other superheroes.

The first Easter egg shot by Gilbert Jr. was the scene where Thanos appeared. The character of Thanos, nicknamed Purple Potato Spirit, was played by Josh Brolin.

"Earthlings, they are not as weak as we think."

"They are tough, unruly and difficult to rule by their enemies."

Josh Brolin, wearing a motion capture suit, suddenly stood up, and the person speaking below was actually Gilbert Jr., who was pushed by Kevin Feige to play a cameo role and appeared in the easter egg.

"It is impossible to conquer them."

Josh Brolin turned around with a hideous smile on his face.

"OK, it's done."

With this one Easter egg shot, Josh Brolin finished filming. After taking off the motion capture suit, Gilbert Jr. and Josh Brolin shook hands.

Josh Brolin said: "What a shame, I only have this little screen time, I would like to play more."

This is bullshit, all the Hollywood actors want to be a part of Gilbert Jr.'s work.

Gilbert Jr. said, "Josh, you are the ultimate villain, and there will be important tasks in the future."

Hearing this, Josh Brolin's eyes lit up: "Great, it's my honor to work with you."

Just like that, Josh Brolin finished the filming gloriously. And Gilbert Jr. went on to shoot the second Easter egg content, which was a scene of six superheroes eating Arabic kebabs together.

Gilbert Jr. thought that this Easter egg was a good way to end the film, and it was just right for the six superheroes to mesh.

What’s interesting is that they were really eating. Little Gilbert found an Arabic kebab restaurant to shoot, and then several actors ate it happily.

When seeing the process of making kebab rolls, little Gilbert couldn't help but imitate the beginning of a very popular business simulation game.

“Let’s speak Chinese…”

It was delicious. After the photoshoot, Gilbert treated everyone to some Arabic kebab rolls. The only thing that was really busy was the kebab rolls staff, as there were too many people.

After finishing the filming of the two Easter eggs, Gilbert Jr. officially shot the first shot of "Avengers 1" at the Fox Studios in Los Angeles.

Although Gilbert insisted on using real shooting in many places, more than 60% of the scenes in the film were shot in the studio using green screens and set designs.

Although Gilbert Jr. is famous for his real-life shooting, he is no stranger to green screen technology. Moreover, after the experiment with "Avatar", the green screen technology is now more mature.

After starting the filming, the progress of the film was very, very fast, advancing by leaps and bounds.

Finally, let’s take a look at the performance of the film market. Inception has reached a box office of 3 million US dollars in North America, temporarily becoming the North American box office champion this year.

Of course, if "Avatar" is included, "Inception" will be relegated to second place.

But this result is good enough. An original, non-popcorn and brain-burning movie can finally get such a high box office.

Not only that, the film directly defeated the $200 million blockbuster "Tron: Legacy", which showed the horror of little Gilbert.

A chain reaction caused was that after the release date of "The Avengers" was announced, no other film dared to be released at the same time as it.

David Ellison also behaved himself and moved the release date of "John Carter" to June and stayed away from it.

Perhaps he thought that as long as he stayed away from Gilbert Jr., he would not fail. But if he failed again, even if he had more money, David Ellison would be seriously injured.

The overseas box office performance of "Inception" was also explosive. By the time "The Avengers" started filming in September, the film's global box office had reached 11 billion US dollars.

Although the film's box office potential has been basically exhausted, "Inception" also created the second best box office performance of an original film. The first best is, of course, "Avatar".

Similarly, "Inception" also became the fifth film in Gilbert's directorial career to exceed $1 billion in box office revenue.

The first four are The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Dark Knight.

Although James Cameron is still the champion of single-film box office and even the runner-up position, he still cannot compete with Gilbert Jr. in total box office due to his slow production speed.

However, although Gilbert Jr. has a good relationship with James Cameron, he cannot withstand the cynics who use "Avatar" and "Titanic" to attack and discredit Gilbert Jr.

I have to say, this is a kind of black humor. (End of this chapter)