It is very necessary to study philosophy.

Just after the directors reminded Li Rui, more and more women came over and asked for Li Rui's contact information.

Li Rui was a little overwhelmed and couldn't help but ask Burns: "Is Hollywood always like this? Why didn't this kind of thing happen when I attended the Lions Gate banquet before?"

Burns said: "Because you have become famous, you know that there is a kind of actress in Hollywood who does not receive a single movie throughout the year, but will attend countless parties. They live like social butterflies every day. After getting up every day, they work for

To prepare for a party in the evening, first visit a dermatologist, then go to a hairdresser to get your hair done, then buy trendy designer clothes, and finally hire a makeup artist to come to your home to apply the most professional makeup, just for such an occasion.

Ask for contact information from a celebrity or someone who could bring her a job."

Li Rui sighed: "This is really an era of chasing fame and fortune..."

Burns smiled: "No, no, no, you are wrong, this is not something that happens now. Have you read Jane Austen's novels?"

Li Rui said honestly: "I have heard of her Pride and Prejudice, but I really haven't seen it. I prefer to watch Alexandre Dumas and Scott."

Burns said: "If you have read it, you will know that even hundreds of years ago, women were still pursuing fame and money. In Austen's stories, ambitious girls competed for fame and jealousy, just to attract attractive women.

Attention of money men. Both the Eagle Country at that time and Hollywood now had strict hierarchies and concentrated power.

In the hands of the rich and powerful elites, the fastest way for the women in Austen's novels to reach the top of society is to marry a rich man, and the fastest way for those young actors to become heroines is to marry investors

People date, so what do you think is the difference between Eagle Country hundreds of years ago and Hollywood today?"

Li Rui nodded to express his understanding.

In the past and present, at home and abroad, human nature remains unchanged. Similar stories are played out at any time and place, and they never change.

Closer to home, Burns and Li Rui talked about Blockbuster's acquisition of the Lionsgate film library. Due to Li Rui's status as a shareholder and the price he offered was indeed very good, the project progressed very quickly.

It has entered the final stage, and soon netizens will be able to freely watch tens of thousands of film and television resources owned by Lionsgate Pictures on Blockbuster's website, and all this will only cost a few dollars per month.

This is why Cage's philosophy is wrong.

To a certain extent, Cage is right. If you look at the box office revenue alone, few films released by movie companies make money.

Before the 1980s, box office was the absolute criterion for determining whether a film could make money.

But times have changed. Nowadays, a large part of the profits earned by film companies come from outside the box office, such as video tapes, DVDs, cable TV networks, pay TV networks, and the newly emerging online streaming media. These revenues are

It has already surpassed the theater box office a long time ago.

However, it is difficult for people outside Hollywood to understand the full story of this kind of thing.

For example, Lionsgate Pictures will hide the actual revenue of the movie from financial analysts, reporters and even investors.

Li Rui also joined the board of directors. After listening to a report, he learned that they would combine film revenue with other irrelevant data, such as royalties from authorized TV broadcasts, to make the financial report as difficult to understand as possible.

According to Burns, the purpose of this is to prevent Wall Street from seeing how difficult it is to control the film industry, and not to let investors know how many traps there are in the gross profit of the film. Otherwise, as Cage said, no one will dare to

Invest money to make a movie!

While they were chatting, someone came over and greeted him in Chinese: "Li Rui, congratulations on winning the Oscar!"

Li Rui raised his eyes, hey, isn't this Deng Wendi!

Li Rui had heard about this news topic figure for a long time. One time in his previous life, he went to Yanzhou for a visit. When he and Liao Yongyan were walking on a street near the Grand Palace, Liao Yongyan suddenly pointed at a magnificent courtyard with locked iron gates on the side of the street.

, said mysteriously: "Look, that's the courtyard Deng Wendi was assigned to after her divorce. I heard it's worth several hundred million!"

At that time, Li Rui never dreamed that one day Deng Wendi would take the initiative to greet him at the banquet!

"Thank you, Ms. Deng!" Li Rui responded very politely, "I'm really glad to see you here."

Wendi Deng is not a simple person. Her husband is Rupert Murdoch, the boss of News Corporation, and one of the most powerful people in the world. He owns multiple news media companies and has a very large say.

In the past few years, Deng Wendi returned to China to develop her career. She often appeared in the film and television circles, fashion circles, and entertainment circles, and became friends with many celebrities.

This time she is participating in the Oscars as the producer of "Snowflake Fan". Even though that film is not very good, she is Murdoch's wife, and Hollywood has to give her enough respect!

Li Rui naturally has to give enough respect to Deng Wendi. After all, she has not divorced Murdoch yet, and if Li Rui wants to develop around the world, there are many places where News Corporation can be used.

The two had a very lively chat and made an appointment to find a chance to have dinner after returning to Hua Country.

Deng Wendi is even interested in investing in Li Rui's Ruiying Fund. Of course, Li Rui welcomes this rich and well-connected woman with open arms.

While we were chatting, someone came up to us and said excitedly: "Deng, I like you very much! Can I take a photo with you!"

Deng Wendi was probably used to similar scenes, so she smiled and said, "Okay."

Li Rui took a step back to give the other party room to take pictures. When he saw clearly the person who asked for a photo, he couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise.

Isn’t this...the world’s largest internet celebrity?

In a few years, with the popularity of social media and short video platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, ins, and tk, a large number of Internet celebrities with millions of fans have been created.

Among these Internet celebrities, Kardashian is undoubtedly the most popular. At her peak, she had more than 300 million fans on the Instagram platform alone. If calculated across all platforms, her number of fans even exceeds one billion!

The Internet celebrity with the largest number of fans in the world.

In her previous life, she often appeared in various entertainment news, and the biggest impression she left on Li Rui was... her prominent figure.

While Kardashian and Wendi Deng were taking photos, Li Rui took a sneak peek and found that she didn't have such an exaggerated figure at this time, but she looked similar to her appearance in the leaked video.
Chapter completed!