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Six hundred and seventieth eight chapters full of tricks

Not everyone can say this kind of half-joking and half-serious movement like Clint Eastwood, if Matthew had accumulated decades in Hollywood, he would have stood up and criticized him, but now his confidence is still a little lacking.

Besides, in the reality that the proportion of minorities in theater audiences is increasing, it is in line with the interests of his business star to attach importance to minorities.

So, no matter what others do, Matthew still followed the previous strategy and put Amanda in charge of the three foundations to continue to provide assistance to blacks, minorities, and women and children.

Just this month, Matthew, along with many super rich men such as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, were named one of the top ten charitable figures in the United States by Forbes magazine.

At the same time, many women and children's rights protection organizations across the United States have also listed Matthew as an enthusiastic public welfare figure, and some have also made Matthew a honorary director.

In addition, Matthew also announced donations to several famous charities, with the total amount of donations reaching millions of dollars.

These are a huge help to his fame and influence.

Forbes magazine also conducted an exclusive interview with Matthew.

"A person is still rich in wealth until his death, which is a shame!"

Facing the reporter of Forbes magazine, Matthew said seriously, "I think people in the world are governing the wealth entrusted to them by God. They are not the true owners of wealth, and they cannot bring them in life or death. We should donate money for things within our ability and help those in need is very necessary."

He stressed, "I am not a passion for wealth, especially when the billions of people in the world are much poorer than us."

Matthew likes money very much, and he has never denied this, but he is also very clear that money can bring a person a lot more than money itself.

Some Wall Street investors, including billionaires, are willing to introduce their other identities besides their jobs, especially the board members of top universities such as Harvard, Yale, and Columbia University, or directors of well-known museums, art groups, and social organizations.

When people first heard about these titles, they couldn't help but respect their academic achievements. However, these people admitted that they were honorary titles they received after donating, but they still valued them very much.

In the United States, you can have a lot of property, but you have to give back and someone has to notice it or you will never become a truly influential person.

Many American media even believe that generous donation is an unwritten tradition of American billionaires, a necessary quality for successful people, a standard for rich people to be recognized by society, and a spiritual style with ultimate temptation.

Of course, the rich are keen on donating, which has a lot to do with the policy encouragement of the US government. Tax preferential policies are the best example.

When facing charity and media reporters, even people with limited cultural literacy in Matthew will say some things that sound very high-end.

"It is very necessary for us to donate money and help those in urgent need of help." Matthew seemed to have really become a philanthropist. "Donation is the most necessary, because no matter which non-profit organization donates to, this act itself meets the donor's self-realization needs, allowing them to live for their ideals, for their beliefs, and for the best image in their hearts. Every morning, people can see a person they want to see or should see in the mirror: a responsible citizen, a caring neighbor."

In today's era, selling characters is very important. Through years of hard work, Matthew has also established a relatively complete character for himself in addition to Playboy.

In fact, Playboys are nothing. Which young rich man is not like this? This society no longer cares about this.

Donors like Matthew will almost make a fancy to donate, but accepting donors is not easy, and they can also make a variety of tricks to accept donations.

When communicating with Amanda, Amanda told Matthew a typical case that had just happened.

Some time ago, Jim Harbor, the former head coach of the 49ers of the National Football League, wanted to jump to the University of Michigan football team with a high salary. His first year's salary will be $7 million. As soon as the news came out, it was hot in the American university and sports circles. Why should the University of Michigan give a football team coach such a sky-high salary?

In this regard, Amanda explained to Matthew: The reason why he poached famous coaches with high salaries is that if the school’s football team won the game, then the overly excited Michigan alumni would generously donate to their alma mater, and the amount of these donations would definitely be several times more than $7 million...

The reputation brought by charity has won Matthew more attention, and he has also recommended the film "Twilight" through various channels.

Compared with those big productions that often invest hundreds of millions of dollars, Twilight does not have enough publicity points in addition to having more and more book fans.

As time goes by September, a series of matters related to Matthew have been found.

Thanks to his recommendation and help, after three rounds of auditions, Karolena Kokuva won the role of redhead Scarlett, but the salary was only $200,000.

But for Karolena Kokuva at this stage, a female second-telegrapher in a big Hollywood commercial production is more important.

On the night when Karolena Kokuva passed the audition, Matthew invited her to visit Horner Manor, and performed a night of beauty and beasts in the carefully prepared gym.

He fully let himself go in Karolena Kokuva.

The result of this night led to Karolena Kokuva postponing it to the crew for two days before reporting.

At the same time, the crew also finalized other major actors, including Matthew and Sienna Miller, with most of them undergoing two-week military special training.

Shooting this type of subject in Hollywood is a must-have for training before shooting.

On the other hand, Helen Hermann ended the negotiations with Walt Disney, and Matthew signed an equity transfer agreement with Disney, but the formal transaction will not be completed until the end of the year. The two parties agreed to exchange shares at the end of the year.

Subsequently, Walt Disney officially announced the deal, which also means officially announcing that it would acquire Marvel Comics.

Perhaps it was Matthew, a celebrity shareholder, who really played an example. Many small shareholders of Marvel Comics fell under the offensive of Walt Disney. Although the management of Marvel Comics was in conflict, joining a huge entertainment media group is not a bad thing for Marvel's development.

At least Marvel Comics' management did not refuse to negotiate with Walt Disney.

Almost at the same time, Walt Disney is also promoting the acquisition of George Lucas' Lucasfilm, and Mickey Mouse's huge industrial layout has already revealed clues.

I have to say that Robert Eiger looks like a smiling Mickey Mouse, but his abilities are not inferior to his ex Michael Eisner at all. He has a gentler work style and a well-known professional ethics. Disney is being led by him on a fast lane of development.

After the transaction is completed, Matthew also benefits a lot. The near-term benefit is that he will become a small shareholder of Walt Disney. In the long run, the opportunity to invest in Marvel superhero movies will be very rare.

Judging from the current situation, I'm afraid that Walt Disney management will not think about how far Marvel superhero movies will develop in the future.

It was the Marvel Avengers universe that completely pushed superhero movies into Hollywood's business mainstream.

It is very rare for Matthew to get a piece of the pie now.

The first North American box office split of "Iron Man" has reached Studio 13.

After more than four months of screening, the film was released from major North American theaters last week, and the North American box office finally stayed at the figure of $33.5 million.

The overseas screenings have not yet ended, and the overseas box office has exceeded the 400 million US dollars mark.

Matthew received the first North American box office share account of $20 million. Although Paramount Pictures intercepted the distribution fee and partially advanced publicity and marketing expenses, the amount of North American box office share account that can be obtained in the future is limited, the overseas box office share account of the film has not been calculated.

The box office alone can recover $40 million in investment and make profits, not to mention the share of many peripheral revenues such as DVD, TV copyright and online on demand.

According to PwC's estimate, the $40 million investment will probably bring him a profit of $35 million to $40 million.

Even if you look at the entire Hollywood and even the United States business circle, this is a very profitable investment.

Today, when traditional production can only have 10% or even less profits, the profits that a big Hollywood movie can make is really shocking.

This is also an important reason why everyone knows that movies are a high-risk industry and that so many people invest crazyly.

Usually, a super-selling movie can often make up for the deficit caused by three or four failed movies.

Of course, those super big pit goods on the rankings are not included.

Matthew is preparing to invest directly in Iron Man 2 and Captain America. The former is about to begin preparations, and the latter has a specific written plan.

As for another film planned by Marvel Studios, he does not intend to invest in it.

At the same time, the North American theater journey of "The All-Man Hancock" is gradually approaching the end. The trend of this film opening high and closing low is very obvious. It has been released for more than two months, and the box office has no explosive power.

At present, the film's box office in North America has just exceeded US$300 million, and the global box office has reached US$700 million.

However, the daily revenue of the North American market has been below one million for more than a week, and it is not too far from the North American downgrade.
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