Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Of course, Jed and John knew that the original version of Normandy was not suitable for shooting. As the most tragic landing in World War II, there are naturally various monuments standing here. If they want to shoot, Jed has no confidence in convincing the French government to dismantle these Architecture, so Jade and John came to France for vacation entirely under the name of visiting the beaches of Normandy.Jed has to say that France is indeed the most hedonistic place in the entire continent of Europe, with food, beautiful scenery and beauties, all of which are missing.Fortunately, Jed and John are no longer young boys, and they basically either taste wine in the top wineries in France or enjoy delicious food in the best restaurants.

Although Jed is the ultimate boss of the entire Sherman Group, the boss's vacation is also limited.Even John was a little surprised when he heard that he was going to spend a week's vacation with Jed. After all, Jed rarely gave himself such a long vacation.Although there is no shortage of excellent professional managers in the various companies under the Sherman Group, everyone is used to Jed being the spiritual leader of the Sherman Group.

From the crumbling Sherman family back then to the thriving Sherman Group, Jed's every decision-making is classic.The previous Sherman family, like the general chaebol family, focused their investment on the two major industries of finance and energy, which also led to the assassination of Jed's cheap father and mother by other chaebols.After Jed was reborn, he reversed the investment of the Sherman family and turned to media, entertainment, mobile communications, optical storage and Internet technology.

After the rebirth, the Sherman Samsung Mobile Technology Company, a joint venture between the Sherman Group and Samsung, has become the third largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world after Nokia or Motorola. More importantly, the Pioneer Communications Laboratory under the Sherman Group also owns gsm and Many key patents of the two major protocols of cdma and basic patents of the third and fourth generation mobile networks.Many investors believe that when the global network enters the third-generation mobile network, Sherman Samsung will become the world's largest mobile phone and mobile communication equipment manufacturer.

In terms of optical storage technology, Jade once again extended his black hand to sdVd and Bd technology after dVd technology slaughtered the Japanese.Although sdVd is a product that will be eliminated, after all, many companies joined the sdVd alliance during the battle between sdVd and Bd, and Jade never minded taking money from both sides.

As for Internet technology, Cisco and Yahoo in Jed's hands are enough to make AOL feel deep fear. If Jed is not gradually selling Yahoo's shares, I am afraid that AOL will implore the US Department of Commerce to carry out "antitrust "Investigated.

Galaxy Movies and Dongfeng TV, which are directly controlled by Jed, are classic cases of Americans "starting from scratch". Starting from a small screenwriter, Jedson created the most successful small movie giant in Hollywood history-Galaxy Films, At the same time, it has also become the largest independent drama series and program provider in the United States - Dongfeng TV Company.The most important thing is that this company also owns the Asian Broadcasting Group in Asia, and its Asian Television Company and Asia Satellite Television Company are the major audiences in the Chinese-speaking world.In particular, the Asia News Center under the Asia Broadcasting Group has been regarded as an important news source in the world and the king of Chinese news channels.

And everything is related to the man Jed Sherman. With the success of the Sherman Group, I remember that he rarely appeared in public, and many news became rumors.Although there are still some media that are unhappy with Jed and will make irresponsible remarks about Jed's "Playboy" deeds and "gay" news, but it has been unable to change the American perception of Jed.What about Playboy?Which young man has never been absurd, the important thing is how he is now!

Jed is not only an American entertainment tycoon and Internet giant, he is also a supporter of many charitable foundations in the United States.The American Foundation for AIDS Research, the National Cancer Research Foundation, the American Center for Cancer Research, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and other medical funds must have Jed Sherman's name on the list of sponsors published every year, despite some hostile press reports that Jed donates a lot of charitable funds for "tax evasion" (the US federal government and state governments allow individuals and companies to deduct taxes by donating to certified charities), but Jed has always been willing to donate to Jed, even the most conservative American Republicans have little to blame for Jade.

As for Jed's homosexuality, no media dared to criticize him. Jed's sending Mel Gibson to prison has already restrained many anti-gay people.After all, with the precedent of Mel Gibson, courts at all levels in the United States are naturally happy to send those "hate criminals" to prison for a few years of reflection.So it can be said that Jade is the Sherman Group, and the Sherman Group is Jade.

For the executives of the Sherman Group, it is already a habit to wait for Jed's decision-making at the regular meeting every Monday.Although Jed and John have tasted delicious food and wine in France this time, they still need to deal with company affairs from time to time.The project that made Jade feel that he was burning money recently was to form a global mobile communications company, preparing for the future acquisition of Iridium.

"You know that the real Normandy beach is not available, so where is the next stop?" John asked.

"Ireland." Jed replied with a smile, "Before the Cretaceous, the British Isles were connected to the European continent, so the coast that can appear on the coast of France should also have coasts at the same latitude of the British Isle or Irish Island." .Given the degree of development of the British on the west coast of England, I think we can only go to Ireland and Scotland to find similar beaches. But I think the situation in Ireland will be better. Scotland is too cold. If we want to go there to shoot, actor They can't take it."

In fact, while Jed was busy "investigating" with John in France, another team arranged by Jed had actually found a similar beach on the west coast of Ireland.Of course, the local government is willing to cooperate with Galaxy Movies and DreamWorks to make such a movie reflecting the heroic deeds of World War II, which is beneficial to the development of local tourism economy.Now that the beach has been found, the crew of "Saving Private Ryan" naturally moved in immediately.

The first is to build a quarantine area, Jed doesn’t want the big scenes he racked his brains to leak before it is released; the second is to build various buildings, these are all scenes needed for shooting; the last is to recruit extras .Since various large-scale and real war scenes were to be filmed this time, Jed also specially hired real instructors from the US Navy 6th Squadron to support and teach.When Jed rushed to the shooting scene, the whole scene had completely turned into a real military camp. Whether it was playing the Allies or the Nazis, whether it was the protagonist or extras, everyone was required to undergo a four-week military training.And the contract has clearly stated that the training is very strict and there is a possibility of injury. Although the crew has purchased insurance, there is no guarantee that everyone will pass the final training. Some people will definitely quit or leave due to the high-intensity training.

In addition to the rigorous military training every day, there will be World War II history experts come to correct the habits of the Allied forces and Nazis in the evening, so that they look more like soldiers at that time.After the four weeks of military training, there was another week of blasting training. The pyrotechnician spent a week teaching all the actors how to run and how to fall during filming.Of course, there are also various death and injury effects created by prop masters using animal corpses and real people.

Just as "Saving Private Ryan" was about to shoot the first set of shots, the prop master and historian rushed to Jed while arguing.

"Where are those boarding boats of yours used during World War II?" The historian handed a stack of photos to Jed, "Why didn't you tell us about such a big flaw? It would be a joke if it was sent out for release!"

"There are not many shots of boarding the boat. Who can see it clearly? And how many people in the American audience are proficient in the history of World War II?" The prop master was naturally unambiguous.

Jed scanned the photos, and ordered: "Fire these prop masters and replace them!" Jed was also very annoyed that there was a problem with this small detail. The budget for the 6th battle is very huge. If these boarding boats become a joke in the end, neither money nor word of mouth can afford to lose.

"Where do you get these boarding boats now?" Jed asked the historian.

"It's probably going to be difficult." The historian is also a little embarrassed, "But I think the Los Angeles base or the Hawaii base should have some stocks. You can contact the local naval department."

"I see." Jed contacted Michael Bay after sending the historian away.It's really that the relationship between this guy Michael Bay and the US military is really good.With such a good relationship, it's no surprise that users don't use it!After instructing Michael Bay, within a day, Michael Bay said that the group of boarding boats was far away in the sky, and there were many abandoned World War II boarding boats on a beach in Los Angeles.Jed hurriedly asked Michael Bay to take a group of prop masters and historians to restore the boarding boats, and then arrange the nearest plane to transport them to Ireland.

After handling the boarding boat, Jed began to investigate carefully on the beach in Ireland.After all, to shoot such a large-scale landing operation, how to deal with sub-shots and how to arrange camera positions are all brain-consuming issues for the director.Just after Jed had the basic shot script in his mind, Jed suddenly saw the leading actor of this movie, Tom Hanks who played Captain John Miller.

At this time, Hanks also saw Jed, and he was very happy to be able to cooperate with Jed again this time. The "Philadelphia Story" and "Forrest Gump" they collaborated with made Hanks a Hollywood history One of the few consecutive winners of the second-time actor.It would be a lie to say that Hanks didn't covet the actor, so Hanks not only joined the crew of "Saving Private Ryan", but also had no complaints about the harsh military training of the crew.If it was any other actor, I'm afraid he would have been dissatisfied long ago, but Hanks persisted.

Now that he saw Jed, Hanks had to come over to say hello.

"Mr. Sherman, I'm very glad to join your crew." Hanks respected Jed very much.

"I'm also very happy to cooperate with Mr. Hanks again. I wonder if Mr. Hanks is interested in challenging for the Oscar winner again?" Jed asked with a smile.He was well aware that Hanks ended up losing out to Roberto Bernini in "Life is Beautiful."