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"This is an interview with Fox in San Pedro Harbor. Mr. Craig was the night watchman on the Pirates of the Caribbean studio that was caught in the fire. The fire that broke out last night was first discovered by Mr. Craig and Call the police. Now we'll interview him."

As the camera turned, Craig, who was standing beside the female reporter, was revealed. He obviously hadn't slept all night, and he felt a strong sense of exhaustion.

"Hello, Mr. Craig, can you tell us what happened last night?"

"Yes, at about 11 o'clock last night, I was in my room and suddenly smelled some unpleasant odors, you know, the smell of various materials being burned together, very irritating, I thought it was some electrical appliance in my room that burned out, but after I checked, I found out that the smell was coming in from outside. I didn't feel good at that time, and when I went out to check, the fire in the studio was already big Well, I called 911 immediately and notified Mr. Bruckheimer on the set."

"According to our interviews with the fire department, the fire should have been caused by the foam props in the studio, which were ignited by the sparks of the shorted wires, which caused the fire, and they have basically ruled out the possibility of artificial arson. Mr. Craig, Has the crew notified anything about reopening?"

"I don't know about that, but I heard they might move to Burbank for the rest of the movie, because it still has to be cleaned up here, and the insurance company has to investigate the damaged items. So, I don't know if it's still possible. Keep working for the crew."

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Fox News is live-streaming the fire on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Daniel returned to Los Angeles this morning and was not caught by reporters. Jerry, Orlando and others all accepted various interviews.

"Is this your unified caliber?"

Sally had a new pair of tortoiseshell glasses and looked more like a school disciplinary inspector.

Daniel nodded. "Yes, Jerry thinks that since the fire has already happened, its impact should be minimized. If we publish it to the public it is Craig's obsessive novel - oh my god. It's the Harry Potter series. Episode 3, I'm afraid there's no benefit other than adding millions to Chamber of Secrets. People will take your loss for granted because the people you hired were so irresponsible and it was your fault. Now, at least No one makes mistakes, everything is an accident, so if you lose millions, you can more or less draw some sympathy and stir it up when it is released. There is always help."

"Considering that this is your investment project, this plan is not too bad." Sally held her large notebook, and she replaced it with a new one in the past two days, "However, from an actor's point of view, this It's an extreme waste of resources. That's not what I said."

"I know, Trevor, a responsible PR."

"Indeed, in my opinion. If you explain the key role you played, you can make up for the credibility you lost in the 9/11 incident. You will be suspected once, and people will still not believe it twice. But the number will be much smaller. If later If you can get one more time, it can really confirm that there is something special about you. It can create a long-term topic for you - the stars who are suspected of having special feelings."

"Listen, Sally, I don't need to be a magician. It's not a good thing. If your movie is a big hit, everyone will say it's not because of your acting, not because of your commercial value. It was a big sell, and you just picked it up because you had a premonition of his success. So all my efforts were overwhelmed by this so-called 'premonition'."

Sally shrugged her shoulders and dropped the subject, showing she was persuaded.

"You've got ten extra days, including the time you need to communicate with Jerry about the next shoot. It's good for you to take part in the promotion of "The Two Towers", and the media recently discovered that this year's film release, In addition to the first "Spider-Man", the third "Clone Crisis", and Disney's "Omen", it ranks second, only more than one million less than "Spider-Man" "I" The Great Greek Wedding" and the fifth-ranked "Bourne" are all movies you starred in. The next "Twin Towers" and the upcoming "Harry Potter" are expected to bring "The Sign" and The Bourne Bourne out of the top five, but you can still have three movies in the top ten of the year—this is your era, seems to be the Washington Post.”

"uh-huh?"

"Because of this, I think it's because of this. Recently, Universal has been more diligent in contacting you. They have performed well this year except for The Bourne Bourne. 10,000, but the momentum has been crushed by "Harry Potter". "8 Mile" seems to perform well, but unfortunately it has a potential of about 100 million. It may not even be able to enter the top 20 of the year. I guarantee that the entire global They're all expecting your "Fake Gods" to give them a surprise similar to "The Greek Wedding". And it's... a dream of course. They're now counting on you to see your miracles on a ten-point basis Halo share a little with them."

"Okay, is there anything else?" Daniel is now more and more confident in "Fake God", which is based on his confidence in himself, at least for now, Jim Carrey's appeal may not be able to match he. Yes, that's a comedy professional, but wouldn't it be more gimmicky for Daniel to star in a comedy?

"The arrangement of "The Pianist", you need to contact the Good Machine Company."

The US distribution of "The Pianist" was handed over to Good Machine Pictures, which will be renamed Focus in 2004 - the old club of Chinese director An Li.

"Cusa can get in touch with them first, he knows people who are good machines." This is somewhat coincidental, the North American release of "The Pianist" was decided by the production company, and Daniel did not intervene. But Good Machine's latest production is Lost in Translation, which Scarlett Johansson is shooting in Tokyo. It's a little delayed, but it's almost finished. As Scarlett's big agent, Kusa had some contact with the good machine.

"I've already been in contact, and the other party wants you to spend more energy on it. Basically, the more time you spend on it, the higher the box office - this is a rumor in your miraculous aura."

Since the "Greek Wedding" broke out completely, the industry's attitude towards Daniel has indeed been completely different. 10 million investment, 400 million box office, with the release in Europe, this figure is still changing. This kind of miracle is the most legendary thing. After the explosion of "Greek Wedding", he has not signed a new movie, and the outside world's estimate of his remuneration has been lost. The back-to-back contract in Universal Legend is now widely praised.

Daniel's salary has been on the rise all the time. After just entering the 20 million club, it will rise rapidly again, which seems unlikely. Anything can be launched. If a movie pays a certain actor a base salary of 30 million yuan on the actual budget, then how much money is left for the production of the movie, I am afraid it is very worrying.

So over the years, it is not unreasonable that 20 million has become a boundary. Of course, he still has some room for improvement, but it is not much. So this time, the key point of everyone's guess is, will he get a legendary salary of 20+20 in the next movie?

Given that he will begin to rest in 2004, then this suspense may have to wait in the future.

After thinking about it a little, "I can come forward and organize a film viewing party. When will they be released?"

"Not sure yet, but it should be before Christmas."

"Okay, their arrangement is still the same. I will organize a film viewing party at the Oriental Cinema in Los Angeles on the 7th. It can be on the 7th of next month. You can make a guest list with me later."

Sally glanced at him, the decision clearly not sudden.

However, seeing that Daniel did not intend to explain further, she naturally stopped talking, just nodded and continued to talk about the next itinerary.

…

In the whole promotion of "The Two Towers", except for screaming and shouting, everyone complained to Daniel that their ears were going to have problems after this promotion. In the later stage, it was because Daniel could top the entire crew by himself, so he basically ran a line by himself, and the others were in groups of three or five.

The losses in "Pirates of the Caribbean" are also slowly being counted.

The damage to the studio is valued at 1.22 million, and the insurance company will pay 60% of it - this is because there is human responsibility to pile flammable materials on the wires, which is definitely against the rules.

In addition, during the shutdown period, the cost of maintaining the crew and filming preparations for scrapping exceeded 2.2 million, and this part was not insured.

In addition to the loss, the crew also needs to re-arrange the studio, because the studios in South Bay, Burbank, and Disney will share the next shooting tasks in the United States because of the replacement of the shooting location, which requires rebuilding a lot of facilities. Fortunately, The thing is, the high-value scenes such as the treasure cave that took months to build are all in Disney's studio, UU reading www. uukanshu.com otherwise, I am afraid the loss will become unbearable. Even so, the new studio has cost nearly $1.4 million.

With these millions of losses, plus the feedback from Weta Digital, the special effects budget was definitely not enough.

So for Disney and Daniel, increasing the budget has become a must.

Melissa and Ferguson have recently brought professionals and have been studying this issue with Disney, whether to share the cost according to the existing investment ratio of 2:1, or to adjust the investment ratio.

The result is completely opposite to when the filming first started. This time, Disney hopes to increase the exclusive capital in exchange for a larger investment ratio. Of course, Daniel disagrees. It makes no sense that Daniel was optimistic about this project at the beginning, and now his expectations are a little clearer. Hope to get more percentages.

The two sides are in a stalemate, and Robert and Daniel have agreed to communicate before restarting. (To be continued..)

ps: Second update, thank you Kira for the monthly pass

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