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This shareholding means nothing to Wall Street because Cantaloupe Studios is not a listed company and cannot operate through the stock market.

Most of the shares are in the hands of Disney and Gilbert Jr., who have no decision-making power, not even the right to make suggestions, let alone control of Cantaloupe Studios.

Of course, Wall Street could also use the same trick to persuade Disney to sell its shares in Cantaloupe Studios. Even if Gilbert Jr. takes back most of the shares, he might be able to get about 20% of the shares.

But to be honest, Wall Street has already paid enough for a movie studio, even if that studio is worth a lot.

Again, not worth it.

In addition, Robert Iger would not agree. His career as CEO of Disney can be said to be entirely supported by Gilbert Jr., and you want him to cut off his own arm?

What's more, after the subprime mortgage crisis and the failure of the Rockefeller and Morgan families, as well as the California Gang's defeat in the election in California, Wall Street is currently suffering considerable losses.

The biggest characteristics of capital are its weakness and compromise. Once they find that even their thundering strike cannot make little Gilbert surrender, they will give in and retreat.

Because they cannot afford greater losses.

In other words, Gilbert Jr. has the determination and courage to lead the Silicon Valley Group and Hollywood to engage in an East-West civil war with Wall Street.

He would not hesitate even if it meant destroying all of North America, as long as he could still run away.

But the capitalists cannot do that. It is because of the natural geographical advantage of North America that they can continue to be their superiors and maintain their rule over the Western world.

Once this geopolitical advantage turns into a powder keg, they will have no choice but to return to Europe in disgrace.

Others may not know, but they know what Europe is like. In essence, the current state of Europe is caused by these capitalists.

Without the courage to fight to the death, after repeated failures, they could no longer do anything to little Gilbert.

After finishing his trip in the UK, Gilbert Jr. returned to Los Angeles to continue working on The Dark Knight Rises. At the same time, the 84th Academy Awards also announced the list of nominees.

Naomi Watts was once again nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in "The Impossible".

This movie was released earlier than its predecessor, and although its box office was mediocre, it won many awards.

Naomi Watts is currently in a slack state. Unlike Cameron Diaz, who has completely stopped working as an actor and turned to producing, she still occasionally takes on some films.

She likes the script of "The Impossible" very much. She plays the role of a mother in the film. She is also a mother, so she can especially understand the feeling.

So she invested in the film with her own money and starred in it. She also found Ewan McGregor to star in it and asked Gilbert Jr. to find Disney to distribute the film on her behalf.

Although the box office was not high, at least it did not lose money and it even received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, so it was a worthwhile investment.

But what really caused the tsunami was not the movie "The Impossible", but the list of Oscar nominees.

Here's the thing. After the Oscar nomination list was announced, big-mouthed director Spike Lee immediately criticized the Oscars, saying it was discriminatory against the black community.

The reason is simple. There are very few black people in the Oscar nomination list this time. In major awards such as Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Actress, there are no black or black actors.

This made Spike Lee very angry, and he believed that this was discrimination against black actors by the Academy.

It would be easy to say if it was just Spike Lee, but other black actors and practitioners have come out to express their support for Spike Lee's statement.

Jamie Foster, a black actor who won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in "Soul Singer", publicly stated that Hollywood has ignored black actors for many consecutive years, not just this year. This is because no black actor has won any major awards in recent years.

Black people and Hollywood immediately became hot topics in North American society and were widely discussed. Racial discrimination is undoubtedly a very sensitive topic in North America, especially for public figures.

Many black actors, black directors and black practitioners have said that they will refuse to attend this year's Oscars ceremony unless the Academy makes changes and apologizes.

In response, the Academy's rotating president, Brontz, said they would enhance the diversity of the Oscars and looked forward to next year's Oscars.

The black community was unhappy with the college's statement, while more people disagreed.

Samuel Jackson, another black actor, publicly stated: "Black children in Africa are struggling on the brink of death, worrying about tomorrow's bread every day.

They lived under the gun and endured famine and war.

You only care about your Oscar nominations and awards, which are not that important. Besides, are you really for fairness, not for privileges?"

These words are very frank and were said by a black actor. It can't be that black people discriminate against black people, right?
However, Samuel Jackson was immediately labeled a black traitor by Spike Lee, who called on all black people not to associate with him.

More than a decade has passed since Halle Berry won the Oscar for Best Actress, and black actors have continued to receive nominations and awards.

It has now developed to the point where black actors must be nominated regardless of whether they are qualified or not, otherwise it is discrimination.

In this regard, Audrey, a white actress who has been in the independent film industry but has not received an Oscar nomination, said: "This is discrimination against white actors!"

Old cowboy Clint Eastwood mocked directly: "Look at their fragile hearts, I'm afraid they are about to cry."

Of course, given Gilbert Jr.'s influence on Hollywood, there would definitely be reporters asking him about this.

As soon as he walked off the set, Gilbert Jr. was caught by reporters and asked what he thought about the incident.

Gilbert Jr. did not criticize these black actors, so as not to cause endless quarrels. Although it did not affect him, it was annoying.

"Personally, I think that whether actors, directors, and other professionals are nominated should be determined based on their level, rather than being given preferential treatment because of their skin color. Otherwise, it would be unfair to everyone."

Gilbert Jr. also joked about himself: "Personally, I think The Avengers should win a Best Picture, and I can win a Best Director.

But the Academy didn’t nominate me, but this doesn’t mean that the Academy discriminates against me. At most, it proves that they don’t like non-realistic themes like superheroes.”

Such a controversy will not produce any results. In fact, the black community does the same thing every year at the Oscars, but this time it was particularly big.

The following year was 2012, and The Dark Knight Rises was completed in New York and entered the post-production stage.

Gilbert Jr. and Christian Bale were interviewed together to talk about their thoughts on the trilogy.

Gilbert Jr. specifically talked about the villain: "I talked to Heath many times, and there was a time when the Joker was close to returning. But in the end, unfortunately, it did not happen for various reasons.

But I promise, the villains this time are still amazing enough.”

The host asked: "Can you give us some hints?"

Gilbert Jr. refused: "You will see in the movie, he is really terrible." (End of this chapter)