hollywood melon man

Chapter 98 Different choices
  Honey Mars predictably did exactly what little Gilbert wanted.

Elihu Lyon brought an unexpected surprise, which surprised little Gilbert.

He had completely limited his thinking before, but now he has opened up his mind and has more ideas.

Little Gilbert only regretted that he didn't read more about the rebirth articles on the starting point. Otherwise, if he had received their guidance, he might have taken off earlier.

It seems that if you know you are reborn next time, you must be more prepared. It took me so long to remember.

It turns out that you don’t have to wait, some things can be done by yourself.

Of course, in North America, a land with a strong business atmosphere, a dead salary is obviously not enough for two talents to work for him.

Gilbert Jr. also promised a bunch of conditions that would allow them to become one of the company's shareholders if they raise funds in the future.

Now that the company is their own, how can the two of them not work hard?
  It's not like Gilbert Jr. hasn't thought about monopolizing the company. After all, the company will already be a giant in the foreseeable future.

But to survive in this land, eating alone is not an option.

If you only think about eating alone, you will find that you are surrounded by dogs competing for food.

You have to protect the food while showing your fangs in an attempt to scare away the vicious dogs that are snatching the food.

But you can prevent it for a while, but you can't prevent it forever.

After all, in this capital society, naked interests are enough for too many people to go to war over.

Soon, little Gilbert had to face the pressure of the capital group and was wiped out.

Some people may say, fart, aren’t you also capital?
  Yes, it is, but little Gilbert is only little Gilbert himself and has no allies.

A good tiger cannot fight against a pack of wolves, not to mention that the capital groups are all human beings. If you see a solitary person, you will be wiped out by them in the process of growth before you develop.

Even the one on the other side of the Pacific, even though the entire Western society is hostile, still calls for win-win cooperation!

Why? It’s because I deeply understand that it’s not possible to fight alone, you have to have friends.

With more friends, there will be fewer enemies. Enemies who don't want to be friends will also consider your friends' reactions before touching you.

So Little Gilbert can already predict how crazy those capital groups will be if the company can be listed.

In order to protect their own food, capital groups that have become shareholders of the company will spontaneously protect the company.

There is no need for Little Gilbert to go into battle shirtless. Friendly capital groups will help Little Gilbert to keep out all hostile capital.

This is called an interest group, and it is the core of the group.

If others want to touch him, they must consider the reaction of these capital groups.

Of course, everything has its pros and cons, and sometimes capital groups will backfire. This requires little Gilbert to pay more attention in the actual process.

After receiving investment from Gilbert Jr., Honey Mars returned to school and worked with his roommates to build a website in advance, which was first promoted within Yale University.

Soon, after an initial lack of interest, Facebook became popular on campus within just a few weeks.

At this time, the popularity of personal computers increased, and Internet users were basically highly educated people, mainly college graduates.

After the information superhighway construction plan was proposed in North America, the Internet construction in North America was also greatly improved, causing the number of personal visitors to Facebook to continue to increase.

After becoming popular at Yale University, Honey Mars continued to work hard and soon launched Facebook in several other universities.

Although the web page is very simple and slow to access, this novel way of socializing is still very popular among young students.

Soon, members of the school cheerleading team shared sexy photos of themselves in swimsuits on Facebook, which made a large number of boys realize the true role of Facebook in chasing girls.

Little Gilbert later communicated with Honey Mars several times and proposed features such as curriculum, tags, and likes that were not difficult to design but very practical.

These small features made Honey Mars admire Little Gilbert so much that he felt that Little Gilbert was at a disadvantage when he went to make movies.

He should run the company with himself and believe that the company will be listed soon.

However, little Gilbert only wanted to be a hands-off shopkeeper and did not want to directly participate in running the company. He couldn't do it and it was too tiring.

The search engine progress of Elihu Lyon is relatively slow, mainly due to some technical difficulties.

The world's first search engine was born in 1990, called Archie, when the Internet was not even born.

After several years of development, Archie has matured, but it can no longer meet the growing Internet search requirements, which gives Elihu Lyon some opportunities.

After learning more about the Archie search engine, Elihu Lyon established the company in Burbank with $1 million from Gilbert Jr.

Out of a bad idea, since there is Apple and little Gilbert himself has a Melon Studio, let’s just call the new company Banana.

Thus, in an office in Burbank, Banana, the world's first mature commercial search engine, was born.

A few months later than Banana, in March 1994, Yahoo was established.

It’s hard to say who stole whose luck. After all, the winner in the war between search engines and portals was actually Google.

Looking at the newly established companies, little Gilbert was full of hesitation. In a corner where no one paid attention, he founded two giant companies.

Of course, that was from the perspective of his previous life.

In fact, business operations are risky, and the specific future development is still unclear.

But little Gilbert believes that Banana, with its own controls, has a bright future.

At first, I just wanted to share some stills and manuscripts online, but I actually created two start-up companies.

This was something that little Gilbert never expected. He had never thought about supporting someone to start a business before. He always felt that he was not good enough and was not the right person.

But after trying it for a while, I found that it was pretty good, very advanced, and it felt like playing a cultivation and farming game.

However, the matters of commercial investors are not as important as movies after all.

Internet publicity is not available for the time being, and "Iron Armor" still relies on the traditional TV and newspaper offline advertising model.

Of course, Little Gilbert did not forget the Super Bowl halftime commercial. "Speed" was the first time a movie commercial was placed in the Super Bowl halftime, which brought great attention to the film.

By the 1994 Super Bowl, the situation was completely different. Many commercial blockbusters placed in the summer season all placed advertisements in the Super Bowl.

This includes James Cameron's new film "True Lies" and Harrison Ford's "Coal Pursuit" and other films.

By the way, "The Man in Disguise" starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz also plans to release a trailer at the Super Bowl.

But New Line Cinema was deterred by the high cost of Super Bowl advertising and had to use conventional promotion methods.

This matter was brought up by Cameron Diaz and little Gilbert. She was very worried about the fate of "The Man in Disguise".

Little Gilbert hugged Cameron Diaz's plump body and comforted him: "Don't worry, Michelle, this movie will definitely be a hit. You have to believe in my vision."

Cameron Diaz gave little Gilbert a cute look and said, "It's best this way, otherwise I want you to make it up to me."

"Okay, what compensation do you want?" Little Gilbert asked

Cameron Diaz touched her chin and thought about it for a long time before saying, "It's better to be the heroine of the next movie."

"Haha, my next movie may not have many female characters, and there may not even be a heroine." Gilbert Jr. replied.

"What about the next movie?" Cameron Diaz asked again.

"No, they are all men's plays." Little Gilbert asked with a smile: "Do you want to become a man? And then participate in the show?"

"Disgusting," Cameron Diaz hit little Gilbert with a pillow, then got up and put on her pajamas to take a shower.

I sweated a lot during the exercise just now, so I need to take a shower.

Unexpectedly, little Gilbert felt that the intensity of the exercise was not enough, so he followed Cameron Diaz into the bathroom. So, with Cameron Diaz's voice sounding like a curse but not a curse, the two completed the second workout tonight.

In fact, at the beginning, Gilbert Jr. also considered filming "The Shawshank Redemption" or "Forrest Gump", but in the end he did not choose these two films.

The main reason is that by the time he was able to obtain the copyright of the original novels for the two movies, the copyrights of the novels for the two movies had already fallen into the pockets of other film companies.

Moreover, little Gilbert was more interested in the "Lord of the Rings" series than these two movies, so he chose "The Lord of the Rings" first.

There is another reason that is not so important, mainly due to age.

These two films require a certain amount of life experience in order to complete the production of the films well.

Of course, this is not because little Gilbert thinks he has insufficient life experience.

After all, rebirth has been experienced before, and no one has richer life experience than him.

But the outside world doesn't think so. They only think that little Gilbert is actually still young, and then they will doubt whether he can make such a film with a strong humanistic atmosphere.

It's no problem to shoot "Shark Beach" or "Death Is Here", young people have many ideas.

There is no problem with "Speed" and "Iron Fist", after all, the talented director has a lot of imagination.

But when a movie like "Forrest Gump" is made, it feels a bit scary.

The main reason is that I can’t get the copyright, so it’s useless to think too much.

Otherwise, despite the strange looks from others, little Gilbert would definitely take the photo.

There are plenty of opportunities, but Oscar still has to give it a try.

To this end, little Gilbert specially prepared a series of two male dramas in succession.
  After "Iron Fist", little Gilbert set his sights on Alcatraz Island and prepared to snatch Bombshell's project.

Anyway, Explosive Bay first came out with "Jedi Men", so why not give Alcatraz Island to him.

After Alcatraz, it's time to target Oscar and rush to Normandy.

Spielberg admits that he is his student. If a student has a dream, the teacher must help him, right?
  So leave this project in Normandy to me to finish with difficulty!

I wonder if Bombay and Spielberg will come to an American-style house on the spot to send little Gilbert to see God after they find out that little Gilbert has snatched the project that originally belonged to him.

But it's still early to mention these things, after all, "Iron Fist" hasn't even been released yet.

Before Christmas, the Oscars announced the nomination list, and the film "Speed" directed by Gilbert Jr. was honored to be selected for several nominations.

The film received three nominations, namely Best Sound, Best Sound Editing, and Best Film Editing.

Among them, the name nominated for best film editing is little Gilbert's name.

In other words, little Gilbert can't be lazy. He must go to this Oscar.

The old guys at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences care about face the most. Little Gilbert is sure that this is his first nomination. If he dares not to go, he will never get involved in the Oscars in the future.

This nomination is a reward, but if you want to win the award, Disney and Warner Pictures will need to initiate public relations.

It is not a major award, and the public relations for technical awards is not difficult.

Moreover, the editing work of "Speed" is indeed well done, and with the identity of Little Gilbert Squid, those squids in Hollywood who have the right to vote will vote for him.

Now that he was determined to participate in the Oscars, little Gilbert did not forget to fight for opportunities for his female companions, and finally selected Naomi Watts to attend the Oscars ceremony with him.

After telling Naomi Watts the news, the petite woman jumped up in the living room with excitement.

This is the Oscars, the ultimate stage that many filmmakers dream of.

Although she didn't receive any nominations, just showing her face was enough to keep her excited for a long time.

If she wins the Oscars, her status will rise quickly.

But obviously, they are all more beautiful than others, but no one really outdoes other actresses. There is always someone with longer legs, prettier and younger than you.

If it compares to the United States, it will be an endless competition.

As if to repay little Gilbert, Naomi Watts, who had never allowed little Gilbert to go out the back door, rarely agreed to let little Gilbert go out the back door once.

The feeling is different, the experience is also different, both of them experienced a different kind of paradise.

After Christmas and New Year, it was 1994.

This is a magical year, in which countless classic films from both the East and the West were born.

In comparison, Gilbert Jr.'s Iron Fist looks mediocre.

But that's looking at 1994 from the perspective of people in the future. For movie fans living in the present, "Iron Fist" is undoubtedly a film that attracts much attention.

After the New Year, the Saturn Awards and the second MTV Movie Awards have successively announced their nomination lists.

Among them, for the Saturn Award, "Speed" was selected for the best actor and actress nominations, and Gilbert Jr. also received his first career nomination for best director.

In addition, "Speed" was also shortlisted for the best action thriller adventure film nomination list.

Although it wasn't an Oscar, being shortlisted for the Saturn Award for Best Director still made little Gilbert pump his fist in excitement.

Here at the MTV Movie Awards, the nominations for the awards are quite weird.

"Speed" was nominated for Best Picture and Best Action Scene.

The film's leading actors, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, were nominated for awards such as Sexiest Actor and Actor, Best Kissing Scene, and Best Screen Partner.

Dennis Hooper, who plays the villain, was nominated for Best Villain, and the film won a big nomination.

However, compared to serious award selections such as the Oscars, the Saturn Awards and MTV Movie Awards have a stronger entertainment atmosphere and do not need to be so serious.

At the same time, this is also an excellent promotional platform, which can be used to advertise new films.

So little Gilbert accepted the organizer's invitation and decided to attend these two award ceremonies. It seems that he will be very busy this summer.

Of course, to attend such an occasion, a female companion is indispensable.

The Oscar went to Naomi Watts, and Cameron Diaz had a long-running feud with little Gilbert.

Cameron Diaz was jealous that Naomi Watts always got little Gilbert's attention, but when little Gilbert decided to take her to the Saturn Awards and MTV Movie Awards, Cameron Diaz was jealous again It's sunny now.

She also showed off to Naomi Watts: "I go twice, you can only go once."

Naomi Watts just smiled and didn't argue with Cameron Diaz.

After all, she is four years older than Cameron Diaz. Cameron Diaz can act coquettishly and pester little Gilbert, but she cannot.

The petite woman knows how to show her advantages to attract little Gilbert's attention to her.

Men are all children and they all need to be taken care of. Perhaps a type like Cameron Diaz who needs to be taken care of can greatly satisfy little Gilbert's protective desire.

But Naomi Watts felt that little Gilbert was also a person who wanted to be taken care of.

Sure enough, taking a completely different route from Cameron Diaz made Naomi Watts receive more attention.

There is no harmony between women. When she and Cameron Diaz are leaning on the dock of Little Gilbert, whoever can get more of Little Gilbert's heart will get more care.

However, Naomi Watts feels that she and Cameron Diaz will not be the last two women, and there will be other women joining in the future.

How to adjust your mentality at that time, whether to leave or continue to be with little Gilbert, needs to be carefully weighed.

(End of this chapter)