Three Hundred and Sixty-Seven Chapters: Pro-Chinese Faction

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The momentum of Lin Xilei's arrival in Hong Kong can be called a top star treatment, and the media and paparazzi flocked to her. net ( . . . M)

TB even broadcast the interview process live.

It's a pity that Lin Xilei, who covered her face in black, only said "thank you" the whole time, and didn't reply at all. The reporters almost lay on the hood of the car, but finally let Lin Xilei get away.

Lin Xilei, who entered the "Iron Triangle" crew and officially started filming a new movie, has a firm policy on this matter. China Star Company, her management team, and herself have not officially responded to this matter on any subsequent occasions. What is strange is that after Daniel Sandler quickly refuted the rumors about the "girlfriend" relationship, he stopped mentioning this issue and focused on filming the last part of "Amazing Night".

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In mid-April, Daniel has just finished all the work on "Night at the Museum", and then the director team and the post-production work will be followed by producers - in fact, mainly Fox and the "Harry Potter" three. Group of people is responsible. Although he is an investor and a main actor, he doesn't spend too much energy on the final version. At the same time, the 9th Shanghai International Film Festival officially announced that the European film "The Immortal Gardener", which is classified as German and British, has become the opening film of this film festival. Starring Daniel Sandler, Rachel Weisz and director Fernando will all set foot on Chinese soil for the first time to meet Chinese fans.

This news is a great encouragement to the Shanghai Film Festival. Although it is the only A-category international film festival in mainland China, the international influence of the Shanghai Film Festival has always been lacklustre. The number and quality of the films registered for participation are comparable to those of the three European film festivals. The gap between major international film festivals is very large, and there is no way to compare with well-known old A-category film festivals such as Montreal and Karlovy Vary. Obviously, whether it is for the organizing committee, for Chinese films, or for the competent authorities, this This phenomenon is quite depressing.

Daniel Sandler's attendance was probably the most notable moment of its existence.

It comes at a critical time when the Shanghai Film Festival is determined to establish itself as a truly "international" film festival. Daniel's support cannot be said to be a big favor.

Since Daniel became famous, every year the Shanghai International Film Festival sent invitations to him, but he was all declined. For this routine invitation, the staff of the organizing committee actually did not report any hope. They would not think that today is a special year—but, when they got a call back from Sally, it was confirmed that Daniel had accepted the invitation. It was only when I started to contact the host to discuss the itinerary that I suddenly discovered the change of the situation. And this sense of unreality will continue.

Finalizing the itinerary did not delay too much time.

In fact, basically it was Daniel who made the request, and the Shanghai International Film Festival cooperated—this is the principle of strength and weakness. Daniel doesn't expect the Shanghai Film Festival to add glory to himself, but the Shanghai Film Festival hopes that Daniel's arrival can spread a layer of gold dust on its "international" word, not to mention that Daniel will also bring the Oscar-winning Rachel Weisz for Best Supporting Actress. In addition, as a Chinese director, An Li will also be present at this film festival, and "Brokeback Mountain" has gained unprecedented international influence. Obviously. The trio of Oscar winners will bring more attention to a festival of mostly Asian and European filmmakers.

After the Shanghai International Film Festival announced the news, Daniel's team also issued a statement.

Daniel will fly from Los Angeles to Beijing on June 12, 2006. The itinerary is very complicated. First, he will transfer from the capital to the Giant Panda Breeding and Cultivation Center of Kawabe Province. He has confirmed the cooperation with the other party on "Kung Fu Panda", and Donate a batch of research equipment to the center and set up an additional foundation, as the "Technology Benefits All Beings" foundation, focusing on humanitarianism, the right to life and other fields. It is the first item to expand to the fields of biological protection, climate and environment. On June 14th, Daniel and his team will return to the capital and have talks with several Chinese official departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and the Ministry of Health. The scope of the talks will include Internet cooperation, film industry cooperation, and the "Technology for the Benefit of All Beings" Foundation in China. Charity projects. And thanks to the help he provided to China in the SARS incident in 2003, Daniel will also be interviewed by Chinese high-level officials-this will provide more help for his career development in China. June 16. He will leave the capital and arrive in Shanghai, preparing to attend the opening ceremony on the second day. After that, Daniel will also participate in several film discussion forums, discussing topics such as Chinese films, world films and Hollywood.

On June 21, Daniel will fly directly to Thailand to inspect a local refugee camp and fulfill his duty as a UNHCR goodwill ambassador. He will not return to Los Angeles until June 28. Prepare for the next series of work: including the premieres of several films, the finals of the High School Musical Cup and the summary meeting of the first stage of preparations for the "Golden Eagle Award", etc.

There is no doubt that this China itinerary is enough to make many people look sideways.

China is recognized as a promising market, but it is understandable that Hollywood has not started to act with sufficient intensity - because so far, its equivalent is still too small, in addition, the local market is closed and unique. The policy has also killed the enthusiasm of many companies, especially for Hollywood, which is trying to treat China as a new film colony.

And Daniel's latest move about China also confirmed him as a pro-China faction.

Since Daniel founded MB, he has actually been subjected to this accusation, or positioning. Protests against MB, F2F and other social media's regulation on China-related issues are endless, and even some lawsuits in the name of violating freedom of speech are not new, but MB and F2F's approach is quite smart, and it does not directly challenge American values , but it is in line with the business strategy to deal with obvious mistakes and unsubstantiated assertions. So despite being accused by conservatives, social networks such as F2F have never been outraged. On the other hand, this is also evidence of Daniel's bias towards the Democratic Party - although the Democratic Party is not considered to be pro-China, it is at least a little more moderate than the conservative hawks, and Daniel is going on this basis. farther.

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"Your optimism about China is really surprising." When Daniel received a call from Larry Page, he just put down the phone call from Christopher, the chairman of the MPAA. Cooperative Program Concerns.

"uh-huh?"

"I'm sure that you were already preparing for these cooperation matters when you first implemented the pro-China line." Page is very sure, "However, I still disagree with the introduction of a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer into the Android Alliance, you should know . This would draw opposition from a large number of founding members.”

Daniel originally planned to introduce a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer into the mobile phone development alliance in the memorandum of this trip to China, but the early work encountered obstacles, and the most important thing was that Google, an important partner, disagreed. In order to seek the greatest degree of consensus, Google abandoned many principles. Of course, they are also unwilling to cause opposition from manufacturers in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea to the intervention of Chinese manufacturers.

"Page, you have to understand that the mobile phone manufacturers among the founding members cannot independently develop a market against Apple. Second, if we want to enter the Chinese market, especially you have formed an alliance including China Mobile. But It is unthinkable and impossible not to give power to local manufacturers in China. I don't think you are naive to think that your decision will not have bad effects. That is a country with 1.3 billion people The market, their administration owns the market and they have everything, you have to submit.”

"Maybe you're right, but at least not right now."

"So you decided to turn a relationship-enhancing move into a reluctant surrender?" Daniel chuckled, "Paige. Smart people don't do that. If it can't be avoided, we should do it beautifully. It is in your interest and in my interest to maintain relations with China."

Page was silent for a while on the phone. Of course, he would not change his mind because of Daniel's words, in fact, on this issue. Google itself lacks firm will. In terms of Google's most important search business, there is a strong competitor in China, coupled with the gap in values ​​between the two sides, it is understandable that Google despises the establishment of a closer relationship with the other party. It's just that Daniel's statement is reasonable enough to delay. It may be able to benefit existing manufacturers in the alliance, but it will definitely upset Chinese manufacturers who feel they are being discriminated against.

Whether to do such an arrogant thing, Page hesitated.

"Page, I understand that Google is special in China. But I want to tell you two things. First, are you willing to bear such a result, when you have the opportunity to compete in that market again after a few years? Are you willing? Can you bear the additional obstacles brought about by the unpleasant history? Second, Chinese companies are going out of China, and they need to cooperate with the world's leading Internet advertising service providers. Are you willing to have a higher stake in this part of the business because of a good relationship? Sure? I think you'll have your own ideas."

"……Maybe,"

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"I was a little unexpected." Daniel put down his phone, and Kusa Damon sat opposite him.

Kusa is prepared, "If you want to get closer to China in China, especially people with huge influence, you need to bear extra pressure. You will be widely blamed for many shortcomings in China, even if you just go to China. Participating in a film festival will be considered to support their authority, not to mention, you still have so many things to do, except for the activities of "technology benefiting all beings", other activities may be under pressure, such as MPAA. In fact, I don't quite understand why you are so close to China? Even though it is a fast-growing market, its annual box office is not even comparable to the North American box office of one of our small productions. Maybe wait, at least When it exudes a little bit of its own charm, at that time everyone is moving, it doesn't matter if your steps are bigger, but now you go too fast."

Daniel let out a sigh of relief. To be honest, his thinking about China is very complicated.

Of course, these measures cannot rule out the influence of his soul as a Chinese, but what is equally important, or even more important, is indeed his pursuit of interests-no one can imagine that in less than ten years, The total box office in China can directly increase from 30 million US dollars to more than 6 billion! And that's not counting other sales -- even though piracy is rampant there, merchandise is still profitable. More importantly, in the future, China will have the largest population of citizens in the world: 650 million! That's twice the population of the United States, and that's a place not to pass up.

"However, I believe in you, and you are always right."

Kusa suddenly smiled, "You are an 'undefeated legend', aren't you?"

"Ha ha."

"Don't worry, although these behaviors are not liked by the country, as long as you don't violate the principled issues, no one will interfere with your freedom."

"That's one of America's good things—long live the rich?"

"Maybe."

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There are many and frequent cooperations with Google. For example, YuTube, Plutos invested and controlled it, and then introduced Google to it. Google has a strong ability to monetize traffic. YuTube needs such a partner, and Google is willing to have a new one. flow entrance. Therefore, the differences in the Android Alliance will not have a serious impact. In fact, whether to join the Development Mobile Alliance sooner or later is not so decisive. An obvious example is Taiwan, which is a founding member. However, the subsequent performance was not satisfactory-some of China's independent brands developed better. Daniel's promotion of this matter is more to make the Chinese feel that they have face-of course it is face-saving to be able to join a top frontier group.

But the MPAA may not be easy to pass. Hollywood itself is becoming more and more worried about its profit prospects. The box office revenue in the North American market is basically unable to meet the investment of tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars. The global box office is Hollywood's revenue. It is a very important part, and although the Chinese market is not so attractive, if the film industry tries to inject them with a core competitive factor, this will definitely not be accepted.

To approach Daniel through the channels of Christopher, the MPAA, rather than the individual companies worried about the move, is enough to show how stubborn these people are about maintaining Hollywood's detached position. On the other hand, they also hope to use this to tell Daniel that this is the concern of the entire Hollywood and not to try to confront them.

Of course Daniel wouldn't fight them, it was tough and stupid.

Therefore, trying to persuade them is a matter of considerable energy and wisdom.

The important thing is that they definitely don't allow Daniel to have a fake hand. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)