Rebirth In Hollywood

The sun fell into the sea to the west, and Ryan took Natalie onto the 'ts' yacht. After the 396-foot yacht honked its horn, it slowly left the marina in Santa Monica. As the speed increased, it rushed towards the outer sea.

The two entered the cabin and went directly to the top deck of the yacht, standing by the guardrail, facing the refreshing sea breeze, and looking at the red sea in front of them.

The sun that moved to the west disappeared completely, and the afterglow left behind, but against the blue sea, forming a peculiar and beautiful sunset scene.

"Leaving Los Angeles." Natalie lowered her head slightly, letting Ryan put the hood on her head, "Facing the empty sea, I finally feel no pressure."

"It turns out that my Nate also feels a lot of pressure." Ryan opened the cabinet on one side, took two bottles of energy drinks, handed Natalie a bottle, and said in a joking tone, "I thought Natalie was confident. Te has always been fearless."

"Honey……"

Just as Natalie was about to speak, a yacht in front of her, which was much longer than the 'ts', appeared not too far away. The other party seemed to know Ryan's yacht, and suddenly the whistle sounded, especially the two. When the first boat crossed, the yacht was almost close to the nearest safe distance, and the long whistle was not interrupted.

It's like showing off and showing off.

Both Ryan and Natalie frowned. The other party was very rude, and the person who could buy such a huge yacht must be a famous super-rich in the United States. This is nothing like those upstarts in Russia. the difference.

"Who is this?" Natalie watched in disgust as she slowly left and sailed to the yacht in the port of Santa Monica. "Too annoying."

"Larry Ellison's Sunburst."

Although this is the first time I have seen it in this life, Ryan has seen many pictures of this yacht from the Internet in his previous life. "This kind of rude behavior, there are not many people except him."

"Why did he do this?" Natalie turned her head.

"Showing off, it shows that he pressed me on the yacht." Ryan doesn't care, he is not a child, "don't forget, this guy has always liked to fight for riches, and I used shoes at USC a few years ago. Lost him, and now I am far behind on the rich list, I guess I feel very embarrassed."

"You wouldn't want to build a bigger yacht..." Natalie patted the guardrail playfully, "and then compare him?"

"I'm not that boring.

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Pulling Natalie, the two sat on the white plastic chairs behind, "I guess Larry Ellison didn't expect to meet us outside the port, otherwise there will definitely be a more exciting show."

"Isn't it all over in the past?"

Unscrewing the bottle, Natalie took a sip by herself, and then fed Ryan a sip, "I heard that Larry Ellison is arrogant, but he is not a narrow-minded person."

"The movie his son invested in, that David Ellison."

After seeing Natalie nod, Ryan continued, "Half of the investment in Sony Columbia's "Top Secret Flight" released this month came from David Ellison. "The Hulk" conflict is the most direct competitor, "Hulk" has received more than 110 million US dollars at the North American box office, and "Top Secret Flight" has not yet made 20 million US dollars."

"I've heard about this too." Natalie also remembered, put the energy drink on the table, and said with a smile, "It is said that David Ellison saw that there would be planes and air battles in the film, and immediately found it. Sony Columbia Pictures is asking for investment.”

"Larry Ellison has had a lot of fights with the media." Ryan leaned back in his chair. "The media will definitely not miss the opportunity to laugh at them."

"So, he met you." Natalie took Ryan's words automatically, "To compare you in another way?"

With Larry Ellison's style, Ryan wouldn't care. Thinking about the grudges between the Oracle madman and Microsoft's giants in the past two years, it really doesn't matter.

As early as 1994, in order to deal with Microsoft, Larry Ellison hired a Microsoft cleaning lady to help him engage in "Infernal Affairs" activities, and finally found clues to deal with Microsoft from Microsoft's trash can. Microsoft executives, including Bill Gates and Paul Allen, were caught off guard when they suddenly received a lawsuit from the US Department of Justice about one of its bundling practices.

This is the sensational "garbage door" incident in the IT world.

Ryan still remembers what Bill Gates said to Larry Ellison ten years ago - look at those sane companies doing such sleazy things to their competitors!

But the initiator was very proud, and Larry Ellison not only quickly admitted that everything was his own, but also proudly announced that I am very satisfied with what I have done.

Since then, even if Ellison and Microsoft have formed a bridge, the giants of the two top IT companies will not hesitate to pinch them. No matter what good thing happens to either side, the other side will always push the bar horizontally. Make your opponent feel good.

Two years ago, Microsoft Paul Allen's 'Octopus' yacht was about to be completed. Once launched, the 413-foot super yacht will surpass Ryan's 'ts' and the private yachts of several oil tycoons in the Middle East. Become the longest private yacht in the world.

The news spread quickly, and in order to win over old enemies Bill Gates and Paul Allen in life, Larry Ellison decided to lengthen the yacht he was building, the 'Rising Sun' that just sailed away .

The yacht, with a planned length of 403 feet, was originally built just to surpass Ryan's 'ts', but Larry Ellison increased the length to 452 feet because he didn't want the Sunburst to be the second child at birth.

Today, the "Rising Sun" is a veritable world number one, and the ongoing undercurrent of the yacht size competition has also been brought to the surface by the lunatics of Silicon Valley.

The super-rich seems to want to use the yacht to tell the world - men, still use size to speak!

Yachting is a favorite way for wealthy Westerners to show off their wealth.

In fact, not only these famous rich people in the United States, but also celebrities in Hollywood, also have a soft spot for yachts.

Following the popularity of private jets after 9/11, yachts have also become a must-have luxury item for many Hollywood first-line giants, not to mention others, even the chubby girl Scarlett Johansson has spent millions of dollars to buy a small yacht, and Steven Spielberg, one of the three giants of DreamWorks, spent nearly 200 million US dollars to order a 282-foot 'Seven Seas' from a Dutch yacht manufacturer.

"Didn't you say that Scarlett and Alison also went to sea?"

The sky was getting dark, and Natalie's eyes turned to the distance with a flying seagull, "Where did they go?"

"Scarlett's boat can't go to the high seas." Ryan pointed to the north facing the stern of the yacht. "They went to San Francisco, it seems that they are going to participate in some event."

"Activity?" Natalie frowned. Seeing that Ryan didn't care at all, she swallowed the words she wanted to say.

"It's dinner time." Ryan looked at his watch, Natalie didn't mean to leave, "I want to eat outside."

"That's good." Ryan took the communicator on the side, "I'll have someone bring it up."

There are many kinds of dinner, but the amount is not large. Natalie's own appetite is also limited. She just put down the knife and fork after eating a little steak.

Since the end of the promotion of "The Hunger Games", she has been busy with the post-production of "127" for more than a month, and the pressure of work is naturally a bit heavy, so Ryan rarely talks about this aspect, but keeps talking about the circles. Gossip funny things, make her happy, and let her relax completely.

"You know what, Nat."

Soon, Ryan also put down his knife and fork, "The failure of "Top Secret Flight" did not hit David Ellison, I got news that he pulled $60 million in funding from Larry Ellison, Going to invest in air combat movies again.”

"Do you think he'll fail again?" Natalie asked, holding her coffee cup.

"Failure is inevitable." Ryan nodded his head, "David Ellison hasn't figured out what Hollywood movies are all about, and the money invested now is simply paying tuition fees. "

"anything else?"

Hearing Natalie's question, Ryan laughed, "He's going on a rampage in Hollywood with a lot of money, completely breaking the inherent rules."

"You don't like him?" Natalie naturally understood Ryan's mind, "right?"

"It's not just me." Ryan spread his hands and said helplessly, "I believe that few Hollywood studios like to break the rules."

With Disney, he not only stood at the top of Hollywood, but also became a defender of the inherent order.

For example, DreamWorks, as far as friendship is concerned, he has a good relationship with Steven Spielberg and Jerefer Katzenberg, but he still chooses to join the alliance of the six major companies, ruthlessly suppressing DreamWorks, the existing The vested interests of the class will never give up their cakes to share with others easily.

Today's DreamWorks has been mired in the quagmire. As the difficulties encountered, the contradictions between the three giants have become more and more prominent. "Escape from Clone Island" finally only harvested more than 35 million US dollars in North America, resulting in huge losses. Let the already heavily indebted DreamWorks not bear the burden.

DreamWorks now has only two options left: sale or bankruptcy and reorganization.

But the latter needs to raise a large amount of funds to revitalize the stagnant business. How many people are willing to invest in DreamWorks?

It is said that both Paramount and 20th Century Fox are interested in taking over the film and television business of DreamWorks, and several parties have also tried to contact each other, but they do not know which DreamWorks will ultimately commit itself. r1152 ()