The Best Director

Chapter 202 The Godfather and the Difficult Brother

The crew of "T-21-Team" is filming in full swing in Las Vegas every day. It has not been a week since Flame Films successfully acquired Artisan Company for 160 million. When the industry is still guessing what Flame wants to do, the gossip newspaper " Daily Entertainment suddenly published a piece of gossip on the set, "Magic Yang's new business theory, is the 28 law already a thing of the past?"

In the article, according to an insider’s disclosure, I learned from Joshua Alba that talking about the acquisition on the set a few days ago, Magic Yang talked about a new business concept "Long Tail Theory", % unpopular products and % The mainstream is equally important, and the development strategy of Flame Films is also based on this theory. It is said that "it is no longer 'what we can give customers', but 'what customers ask us to give him'". Gone forever.

And when he talked about the IT industry, he is very optimistic about the development prospects of Google. It has discovered and implemented the long-tail theory, and even predicted that if Yahoo and Microsoft do not take action and directly acquire or launch new technologies, they will be replaced by Google in a few years. more beat?

"I sent Bill Gates and Jerry Yang a Chinese idiom 'raising tigers for trouble' (T-Rer--ger-is-t-curt-t). And I suggest, first, buy Google directly immediately, pull If Lie Page refuses, he will take it as soon as it goes public; second, cut off all business with Google." At the same time, he commented that Yahoo is unrealistic, and Google knows the convenience functions that young people and ordinary people really need, and even more Said, "I didn't choose to go to Stanford at the beginning, otherwise see how I clean up Google. Why, because I love movies."

What is the long tail theory? really doable? "Entertainment Daily" commented with a smile: "This year Miracle Yang is obsessed with making inventions. In addition to the popular online street, he has launched an attack on business."

Many websites including Yahoo also reposted this rumored news, because although he didn't go to Stanford, as the owner of the most popular blog site B1gger, he has a certain weight in the IT industry, but he praised Yahoo and Microsoft. Google's remarks did not receive any support, and only Larry Page broke into a cold sweat when he saw it.

"Magic Yang is actually a business genius. Maybe we should be grateful that he didn't go to Stanford, otherwise we would have one more competitor and one less best director." Yahoo Entertainment commented on this rumor so jokingly.

Under the clear blue sky, on the Las Vegas Boulevard, the crew of "T-21-Team" is setting up the camera equipment, and the assistant director directs the extras to move. Next to the green trees near the fountain, Joshua and Ali are Kexis was talking about something with a smile, he nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, I like Dotia bread, I make it? Jesus, I can't do it"

"Joshua Alba, come with me." The cold voice seemed to be gritted teeth, and Wang Yang walked past with a livid face, his eyes were full of suppressed anger, and he held a piece of paper in his hand. Rolled up newspaper.

Alexis was a little frightened by the director's anger. She had never seen him swearing at anyone since the filming started for almost a month, but now... Joshua is also very suspicious. He has been acquainted for so long, and he is rarely seen. Guo Yang's appearance of wanting to kill someone seems to have something to do with him? Said to Ali, "I'll go and see what's wrong, Yang seems to be in a bad mood." Joshua followed quickly.

Ali watched him walk behind Wang Yang, and walked under a tree in the distance where there were no passers-by and no crew members. Natalie, who was rehearsing the scene over there, also looked at Wang Yang, and saw him smashing the newspaper in his hand When he got to Joshua's ng mouth, he pointed at it and said something angrily, like a powder keg exploding.

"Look at what this is, tell me what this is? What are you doing?" Wang Yang clenched his fists and almost swung his fist at Joshua. Joshua frantically picked up the newspaper while opening it. While asking: "What's the matter, what's the matter?" Wang Yang took a deep breath, but still couldn't suppress the anger, and shouted: "What's the matter? Why do you want to tell the **** Ing long tail? Tell the media?"

"Didn't I tell you to keep it a secret? Do you know what you said to go out and you betrayed me?" Hearing Wang Yang's gnashing of teeth, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Joshua's forehead, and he stared blankly. Looking at the small-page news "Magic Yang's New Business Theory" in the newspaper, he quickly read it speechlessly: "Uh..."

Wang Yang pressed his temples, took a long breath, and said, "When did I say that Yahoo would go extinct within 5 years, and that I would clean up Google?? Damn it, even if I have the ability, I don't have the interest. Fuck his fucking IT" he said louder and louder, and roared again: "But do you know that Flame Movie and B1gger have business dealings with Yahoo and Google, and there will be many strategic cooperations in the future, you are messing up the situation now so awkward"

"Oh..." Joshua put down the newspaper, looked at the furious Wang Yang, and said helplessly, "I'm sorry...I don't know how this happened...I didn't tell the media. I told her because she was also very interested, and I said it was confidential...Damn it." He scratched his head irritably, and said anxiously: "Who is so unscrupulous and sold it to the gossip newspaper and said I am sure Not Ali, she has no reason to do this..."

"Hahaha, of course Ali has no reason to do this." Wang Yang suddenly stopped laughing, grabbed Joshua's collar, and said angrily: "But if she also tells her friends, she must keep it secret; friends tell friends , and then a group of friends, if you want to keep it secret, someone wants to sell it." He twisted and pushed vigorously, and breathlessly said: "So do you know how terrible viral marketing is?"

Joshua took two steps back, and said with a blank face: "Yang, I'm really sorry, I messed up."

"It's not Google and Yahoo. Do you know that the development plan of Flame Films has been announced in this way...It is possible at any time that other big companies will react, and then they will seize the resources of the film library and seize the market with us..." Wang Yang shouted weakly, propped his left hand on his waist, pinched his nose with his right hand, and said: "Do you know why the flames are not listed? One is not short of money, and the other is to avoid those snipers from Carl Icahn. We want to be safe, Show in a low-key manner”

Wang Yang glanced at Alexis over there, stared at Joshua again, and gradually said loudly: "Joshua, you know that a good producer thinks about everything from the film and the market. Yes, it has nothing to do with sī people. Why are there so many third-rate and fourth-rate producers? Because they can't keep their mouths shut, because they don't consider the overall situation when they do things, so they say everything casually? Isn't it? Once you get hooked up by a hot girl in a bar, you tell the investors and the director that the heroine is her? Who cares about you, you can’t even be a third-rate producer, and you’re going to leave immediately.”

Joshua wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and dared not look into Wang Yang's angry eyes, and said softly, "I know, I didn't say that..."

"Have you watched "The Godfather"? Don't let women control your thinking." Wang Yang roared again, nodded his temples, and said: "This is for joking in front of women, to satisfy their interests..." He got more and more The slower I spoke, the more of my anger suddenly disappeared, and the more I spoke, the more I whispered: "Just say everything... In order to make women happy, let a person who has no camera sense and is not an actor at all participate in the audition..."

Seeing him stop suddenly, his expression gradually calmed down, like a powder keg being poured down by a basin of cold water. Joshua blinked suspiciously, and said in a daze, "Continue?"

"Hmm." Wang Yang looked at the cast members who cast their gazes over there, Natalie who was expressionless, and Ali who was a little worried... He scratched his head, suddenly laughed softly, and punched Joshua on the shoulder After a while, he laughed at himself: "Sorry, Yue Shu, in fact, I am also responsible. I made this mistake first." Joshua was still stupefied in shock: "Really?" Wang Yang nodded: "yes."

The source of this virus transmission chain is what he said out of his mouth, and it is also to satisfy the interest of women. The more he talks, the more interested he becomes...

Wang Yang sighed, and Joshua told Alexis the same mentality as he told Natalie and Rachel, but Ali told others. He didn't suspect that it was Natalie or Rachel who spread it, they weren't such boring people; he didn't blame Ali, when the first secret became second, it became third because Belittled.

"Joshua." Wang Yang looked at the tall young man with a depressed expression in front of him. This month, Joshua has done his job diligently and without any mistakes; while a few years ago, everyone was still immature. A child... People have to go through some things and gradually mature. Whether it is him or Joshua, there is still a long way to go.

He put his arms around Joshua's shoulders, smiled calmly and said, "I did wrong, and you did wrong too. When someone tells you a secret, you have to keep it secret and keep your promise."

"Yes." Joshua nodded solemnly, but still depressed, and said with a frown: "I know it's my fault. Every time I face Ali, I don't remember anything, but I will definitely not you in the future." The scolding woke me up." Just now, he had the idea that the other two women might have said it, but he thought otherwise, the fact is that he and Ali said it, and when he said it, he only said one sentence "Don't talk about it everywhere".

Why can't you keep a secret? It's messed up and he's disappointed in himself but at the same time he's really made up his mind that he's going to be a good producer, a good human being

Looking at Wang Yang, who was completely out of anger, Joshua's eyes gradually became firm, and he asked, "Then what should I do now? What consequences do I have to bear?"

"Do your job well and keep going, don't respond to this matter." Wang Yang smiled, glad to see that he wasn't cowering. In fact, some time in the morning, when Mark Slant told the news on the phone, they had already talked about it. The situation was not that serious. He was only angry about Joshua telling the media.

Wang Yang said: "Flame has already bought Artisan. We already have many films, which are the largest number of films in all Hollywood companies. Universal has the most among those big film companies. No one can touch our films. Library." He shrugged and said with a smile: "And our operating system and distribution channels are basically mature, even if Universal starts to pay attention to long-tail business, it will have little impact on us."

The long-tail theory focuses on operation, and the film library is the foundation, but it is not enough to make money by buying it back and putting it in the warehouse, otherwise the artisan will not go bankrupt; the strategy of the flame movie is not to be exiled, but to refine the market business. Repackaged and launched those movies, such as "Weekend Family Comedy Package", "Blood Horror Movie Collection", etc., so that movie audiences can see at a glance when choosing movies, and they can always find what they want.

"Really? You didn't comfort me?" Joshua looked doubtful, but he was naturally very thankful if the disaster he caused wasn't that big.

"I need to comfort your sister, she doesn't know yet; but I don't need to comfort you." Wang Yang smiled and picked up the newspaper that fell on the ground, and while folding it, he said: "Actually, we are developing the home entertainment market. Seize the market share of those big companies. They have enough capital and high vision, and they will still pursue high costs and Oscars; in fact, the most worrying thing is that companies such as Dimensions and Miramax will also join the ranks of closing films, you know, stand The opponents in front of you are the ones fighting you close to you."

There are many movies, but it is far from enough, because the more small commodities, the greater the power of the long tail. The goal of %:% can only be truly achieved when Huo Huo's film library has parts, parts, and movies.

The acquisition of artisans is a crucial deal for Flame, but it will not stop because of this. Flame is already looking for the next prey and buying film copyrights.

"The worst situation now is that there are more acquisition opponents. We already have a Lionsgate." Wang Yang looked at the newspaper in his hand again. The text on it was full of jokes. Theory? Let’s hope they think it’s fake news.”

This kind of gossip, which is not a gossip, does not occupy much space, and it will not attract much attention; and there are no pictures, no evidence, it can only be regarded as rumors, just tell someone "Paris Hilton is facing each other in the bathroom." Mirror, swearing at Drew Barrymore" is the same, the difference is that the latter is more attractive.

"Yang, what was written in the newspaper is a bit out of shape, but..." Joshua said with a face full of thought, "It's still a long-tail theory, it seems very reasonable, and it can't just be made up by random people. And the IT…”

"Whatever, don't care." Wang Yang looked into his eyes, and said seriously: "Don't do this again, you and I are both." Joshua nodded solemnly, Wang Yang also nodded, and turned around When he saw Alexis over there, he suddenly thought of something, and said, "Brother, there is another sentence in "The Godfather", a man who doesn't take care of his family is not a man at all."

Wang Yang said with a smile: "I still have a woman who understands and can influence your thinking and change your thinking, your mother, your wife, your daughter." Joshua also laughed immediately: "I will add another sister of yours. , you know that I have always taken care of my family since I was a child."

"It seems that we are not godfathers." Wang Yang thought about the cursing just now, and he didn't know if he had hurt this guy's heart, so he extended his right hand to Joshua and said, "Friendship can be built." A solid line of defense, I hope this matter will not destroy our friendship." Joshua stretched out his hand to hold him tightly, and said with a smile, "Why? Dude, if you accept my apology, I will be very happy."

"Thank you very much for not rejecting my friendship." Wang Yang held his hand and pulled, and the two touched shoulders vigorously. Wang Yang patted Joshua on the back and smiled encouragingly: "Dude, Great people are not born great, but show their greatness in the process of growing up, and we are just on the road."

Alexis, who was watching the situation from a distance, saw that they were all right, and smiled as if he was relieved; Natalie also smiled and looked away, and everyone in the crew continued to concentrate on their work.

Joshua heard that his way of speaking was very different from usual, and he couldn't help asking: "The Godfather again?" Wang Yang let go of him, shrugged and smiled: "Otherwise, what do you think? It's such a classic." After all, He walked over to the camera position.

"Godfather..." Joshua shook his head. Although the matter was over, he still had to figure it out. He thought about walking towards Alexis, and Ali also walked up to him: "Joshua, what's the matter? Miracle Yang is so fierce." Joshua took a breath, explained the news about the newspaper clearly, and asked Said: "Have you told the others?"

"Oh my God, I didn't know it would be so serious..." Alexis covered her mouth with her hands, her face was full of surprise and apology, and said anxiously: "I'm sorry, I had a phone call with my friend two days ago, we Just happened to be talking about amazing jan and then the anecdote and I just said it.. I thought you meant you could tell a close friend but I told her you told not to go around..sorry "

Joshua waved his hand and said mockingly: "It's nothing, in fact, I am the most responsible. I made this mistake first." Ali blamed herself: "I'm such an idiot..." Joshua Looking at her, she said seriously: "Ali, I did something wrong, and you did it too. When someone tells you a secret, you have to keep it a secret and keep your promise. But none of us did it... "

"Hey, Walley, let me take a look." When he came to the camera that had been set up, Wang Yang greeted Walley-Pfister and the others, then squinted his head and looked at the viewfinder. Let go of things, and have work for the rest of the day. After looking at this position, he took out a separate director's viewfinder and walked to the side of the road to look at the picture from another angle.

At this time, I heard a laugh and asked: "What happened? You just scolded Joshua so much that you were about to cry." Wang Yang put down the viewfinder, looked at Natalie next to him, and said with a smile: " It’s nothing, the long tail theory I told you has leaked out, and I’ve become a damned business genius.” As he spoke, he took out the rolled up newspaper from his pocket that he asked someone to buy in the morning, and said: "Let's see."

"What..." Natalie took it, opened it and looked at it flatly, and immediately laughed: "It's too bad, I told the media." Wang Yang responded while taking the scene: "Aren't you Right? Why?" Natalie looked at him and said softly, "What do you think? My plan is, because of this incident, you and Joshua had a falling out, and then there was a rift in your relationship with Jessica... I am a Harvard student."

Wang Yang smiled and ignored her words. Natalie has been paying attention to his expression and eyes without a trace of doubt. She smiled in her heart. In fact, she was really troubled just now. If she suspects that she is responsible for this matter, she will be very disappointed and sad. Fortunately, the truth is She thinks too much.

"Raising tigers is a problem..." No more worries, Natalie read the newspaper text with great interest, and translated the idiom in Chinese. The more she read it, the more interesting she was, and she smiled and said, "You look very arrogant, a business wizard." , Here’s a lesson for Bill Gates, ‘If you don’t get rid of Google now, I guarantee that it won’t take five years, they will regret it, and it will be Google who kicked Gates’ ass.’ Haha”

In order to attract attention, gossip newspapers will naturally not report it in an ordinary way, but portray Miracle Yang as "I only love movies and disdain to enter the IT industry, but as soon as I enter it, it will be bloody and bloody", what kind of Internet boss Yahoo is not far from death, Bill Gates is waiting for the future to thump his feet, he should kill Google immediately.

"I'll just wait a few years to see if it's true." Natalie rolled up the newspaper with a smile, Wang Yang put down the viewfinder, looked at her, and said with a smile: "I don't know if those in the newspaper are true, but I Knew you were going to be an Oscar for Best Actress."

"Yes, you said it when you were 14 years old." Natalie shrugged and said, "I said it too, brother, you will be the best director at the Oscars."

The two couldn't help laughing a few times, vaguely remembering that they had said similar things during the filming of "Juno". Wang Yang patted her on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "Don't say it's impossible, nothing is impossible, so we will." He said, walking towards the camera, and Natalie followed behind with a smile.

"But the Oscars are no big deal, I prefer the box office."

"Then you don't want it, I want it."

"Why not if it's free anyway? That trophy is gold and the box office will be higher if you get it."

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