Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 790 If you want to save face, wait until next year

Of course, Tang Huan also has an excuse, he wants to attend the world premiere of the first "007" which is more than the original time and space.

It is still the usual place - the Odeian Cinema in Leicester Square, London; and the distinguished old guests - Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

What is slightly different is that, apart from joining in the excitement in the first few years when he first joined the United Artists Company, the richest man, who no longer rushes to appear on this occasion, also came to visit.

The Odeon Cinema is also home to the Royal Film Show, and ahead of the premiere is an event organized by the Prince's Trust, a charity founded by Charles in 1976, which will contribute £20 from the film's box office As a donation, it can be regarded as the meaning of the title of Boss Tang's appearance.

"You didn't stagger the time on purpose, did you?" Charles took a chance and joked about the little friction between Tang Huan and John Major.

Tang's richest man shrugged, "If I have to speculate in a bad direction, no matter how I explain it, it will be useless."

Diana interjected, "Prime Minister Major seems to lack patience with Tang."

Charles frowned, and a look of displeasure flashed across his face, but he didn't say anything.

Tang Huan, who took this scene into his eyes, shook his head secretly. It was really difficult for this seemingly incompatible royal couple. She devoted all her energy to public affairs, charity, and the two little princes, and her relationship with her husband became more and more estranged.

It is no exaggeration to say that after being "enlightened" by the richest man, Diana, who took an active role, gained more prestige than in the original time and space, and even surpassed Charles in the limelight.

As a member of the royal family, Diana followed Charles last year alone, first to visit Nigeria and Cameroon in Africa in March, then to Hungary in Eastern Europe in May; and finally, in November, she attended the royal ceremony of Emperor Akihito. The enthronement ceremony.

This year, Diana first visited Pakistan by herself, and then took a trip to Brazil with Charles.

You know, this is only part of the official business.

During Diana's time, a lot of charity activities were arranged, especially for those who unfortunately suffered from AIDS, leprosy and other infectious diseases that have been talked about, they extended a helping hand-it was a real handshake, this Compared with the performance of most people who dare not contact this group, the action formed a sharp contrast, and was praised by the British media as "the great commoner princess".

According to Tang Huan's understanding, the British royal family has a complicated attitude towards the Princess of Wales.

In terms of performing royal duties, Diana performed even better than Charles. Naturally, she was impeccable; but in some details, it was unavoidable.For example, during the interview, Diana sometimes asked straightforward questions, which would make the other party feel awkward and damage diplomatic etiquette.

What's more, Diana was too active, almost radical, and violated some traditions of the British royal family. In particular, she overshadowed Charles and firmly controlled the two British princes she gave birth to.

As for her private life, Diana did not retaliate and found a bunch of colorful hats for Charles, but she also kept gossip and was hunted down by tabloids.

The main reason is that the Princess of Wales and the family of the richest man, more precisely, the queen of ships, Christina, are too close—these two women with extraordinary identities, with their own children, sit together on a luxury yacht Going out to sea to play is simply commonplace.

A typical wave caused by this is that the media revealed that Eton College illegally admitted Aristotle Onassis and Socrates Onassis, the sons of the ship queen Christina, and Diana played an important role in it. own influence.

In response to the fierce doubts, the ship queen Christina gave an explanation with her nostrils upturned-my son was admitted based on his real ability; Diana's attitude was also disapproving-I just helped to say something about the age limit.

Compared with the energy possessed by these two women, their nonsense can only be regarded as harmless, but it will definitely dissatisfy the British royal family who pursues the creation of a perfect public image.

Even Tang Huan noticed the change in Charles' expression, and Diana, who was so sensitive, even closed her eyes, so she could detect it intuitively.However, she now enjoys the sense of accomplishment that makes the British royal family extremely tangled, and she doesn't care as much about Charles' attitude towards herself as before.

It can be said that the Princess of Wales is still the same as the original time and space, blackened, but the pattern has changed.

Directly ignoring her husband's depression, Diana said to Mr. Richest Man, "Summer vacation is here, and Christina and I have organized a summer camp for the children. Can Tang join in and be a teacher?"

Tang Huan shook his head slightly, and said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid I don't have time."

Diana snorted dissatisfiedly, "You men, you just come up with a lot of excuses."

Charles coughed lightly and reminded, "The movie has started."

His Royal Highness's support for "007" is well known, after all, James Bond can be regarded as a symbol of Britain.

However, "007", which is basically released every two years, has almost become a routine. Even if some inspiration is found from the legendary deeds of Tang's richest man, the innovation is relatively limited. It is nothing more than replacing the Bond girl with an Asian. Faces, James Bond suits are more stylish, cars are more luxurious, equipment is more advanced... and so on.

The latest "007" called "Clone Crisis", the story is roughly as follows: the biologist played by Zhou Runfa disappeared, and even the biological cloning technology materials he studied disappeared; and the sister played by Lin Qingxia disappeared. ——An archaeologist, after getting the news, began to look for his younger brother; at the same time, the British MI007 had been paying close attention to the cloning technology, so he sent the ace agent [-] to investigate.

The gimmick of consumption and the richest man is still quite effective-"007: Clone Crisis" won the box office of nearly 3000 million US dollars in the UK and the US in the first week. According to this trend, it will basically create a new revenue history No doubt about the record.

You must know that due to the background of the economic recession, the film market has inevitably been affected by the impact that cannot be ignored. This year's summer schedule is obviously deserted compared with last year and the year before.

Therefore, the hit screening of "007: Clone Crisis" is very rare.

However, despite the help of the richest man, "007: The Clone Crisis" was not the biggest winner, and eventually lost to James Cameron's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" - the first weekend, it was held in the United States. It won a box office of nearly 3200 million US dollars, breaking the historical record of this indicator; in the first 5 days, it achieved a box office score of 6000 million US dollars, which was 300 million US dollars more than Warner's "Batman" the year before.

The owner of a theater chain in the United States excitedly told the media: "The enthusiastic scene when "Batman" was released the year before last year is still impressive; but this year's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" triggered an even more enthusiastic wave of movie viewing. Any one of our The theater tickets were all sold out and everyone was talking about this movie!"

There is no doubt that the production team of James Cameron has become popular.But under the infinite scenery, it cannot be ignored that the director's style - honing his sword for several years, has been "used" by the richest man.

It has been 6 years since the public release of "Terminator", the pioneering work, and "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" is long overdue.You know, it didn't have any copyright disputes like the original time and space, which caused delays in progress; moreover, it received almost doting support for the technically difficult special effects of movies.

This special treatment can be seen from the production cost of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day".Its shooting cost is as high as 1 million US dollars, which is about four times the average budget of a Hollywood movie at this stage. If inflation is not considered, it has surpassed "Cleopatra" in 4 and set a new historical record.

One of the reasons why "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" keeps the audience fascinated and eager to watch is the thrilling action scenes and jaw-dropping visual effects made of real money.

James Cameron launched a nationwide search in order to find a steelmaking plant that matched the plot of the movie. Finally, after several weeks of negotiations, he selected a factory in Fontana, California, which was under renovation; In order to match the office building of Cyberdyne, which is closely related to the birth of "Skynet", an industrial park located in Fremont, southeast of the San Francisco Bay Area was rented - where there were a lot of stunts, shootings, blasting and other destructive scenes The shooting was so tossing that it still looks messy.

The total cost of filming "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," including special effects production, reached $5100 million.

But Tang’s richest man doesn’t care, because Gein regards the visual effects and computer imaging involved in it as a separate industry to operate, and “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” has also made substantial achievements in these fields, as expected. Sexual breakthrough, both commercial and critical success, bears that out.

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The day after the world premiere of "007: Clone Crisis", when Charles came to find Tang Huan, he happened to see the richest man signing a document.The above included agreeing to give star Arnold Schwarzenegger a $1200 million Gulfstream III business jet and director James Cameron $600 million.

Charles, who was tall and tall, saw these contents with a casual glance, and he couldn't help saying: "You are really generous, "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" has now earned hundreds of millions of dollars?"

"We will have to wait for a while before we can get the specific results." Tang Huan, who laughed, replied calmly.

In fact, the huge investment in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" has now recovered its cost-after operation, the copyright income of the global release that has been negotiated so far is close to 7000 million US dollars; the distribution copyright income of video tapes and VCDs , it exceeded $1250 million.

There is no doubt that "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" will be the most profitable movie of 1991.

Of course, the richest man's vague words could not fool Charles.However, he didn't delve into it, as there were other missions on this trip.

"Prime Minister Major has finished his visit to China and is about to return to the UK from Asia. The construction plan for the new airport in Hong Kong has come to a perfect conclusion. Why don't you two take this opportunity to meet at No. 10 Downing Street? Clear up some minor misunderstandings." Charles earnestly acted as a peacemaker.

John Major went to China this time. On the surface, he seemed very happy and politically responsible. Before boarding the plane, he said to reporters that "it is worth taking this step for the benefit of the United Kingdom", but in fact he was very happy about it. I am very annoyed that I have become the first head of government in a Western country to visit China.

Hong Kong Governor Wilson talked about this when he called Tang Huan in private. John Major never gave him a good look, thinking that he was incompetent, and bluntly said that the policy of compromise was no longer applicable to China. Yes, we must be tough in the future.

Under such circumstances, it would be naive for Tang Huan to believe that John Major didn't blame himself; and he wanted to meet with himself purely as a formality under pressure.

"I'm afraid the itinerary can't be arranged." The richest man shrugged helplessly, "I'm leaving for China soon. There has been a rare flood there and international assistance is urgently needed. There will be a series of important events including Xiangjiang. There's a charity event and I have to be there."

The major floods in eastern China this summer are already international news, and for the first time, China has appealed to the United Nations for international assistance.After Lin Qingxia, Zhou Runfa and others attended the world premiere of "007: The Cloning Crisis", they hurried back to Xiangjiang to participate in the large-scale charity fundraising activities held by the literary and art circles there.The richest man, who has important interests in China, naturally has to take active actions.

It has to be said that whenever Tang Huan wants to shirk, he can always find the most appropriate excuse.

After hearing this, Charles muttered helplessly: "Can't you give me some face and adjust your schedule? It won't waste much time anyway."

"To save face, let's wait until next year." Tang Huan joked, with a deep meaning in his tone.

Charles finally understood that Tang Huan's dissatisfaction with John Major's rejection of him could not be easily eliminated. Let's wait until next year. Time is indeed a good way to extinguish anger. He just hoped that both parties would not take any further steps to deepen misunderstandings. acted.

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Dizzy, I was careless.I woke up in the morning and discovered that because of the snow, the power here would be out until the afternoon. The manuscript was still stored in the desktop computer and could not be turned on.Fortunately, it is a solid-state drive. It can be removed and installed in a mobile hard drive box. It can be used directly as a USB flash drive to upload through the mobile phone.

(End of this chapter)