Chapter 431 Turn of the Century
Compared with previous years, the meaning of the 72nd Academy Awards Ceremony is even stronger. No movie can win more than four Golden Man. The seemingly most successful "American Beauty", but at the last moment, it lost the most important best film.
In the past, when a certain movie dominated the Oscars, it would attract fierce criticism from the media. This method of dividing pork would also arouse public criticism.
To put it simply, the media doesn’t care who won the award or how many awards a certain movie can win. All they want is a topic of hype. As long as the media that can attract attention and represent the public’s voice can not only praise the winners to heaven, but also make them worthless.
Generally speaking, the frustrated person who has not won the award will not only not be criticized, but will also win a lot of sympathy points.
If this frustrated person is one of the popular people before the award ceremony and has a huge influence in the United States, then there will definitely be a lot of unfair voices in the media after that.
"The judges who can decide the Oscars' performance awards have never liked young people, which can be seen from their attitude towards Ryan. They would rather give the best film to Jenkins Pictures as a comfort rather than give the Oscar a best actor at the age of twenty."
"The college claims to be carrying out youthful reforms. What is the effect of the reform? Maybe they won't admit it, but it has to be said that the core members of the college have always maintained an "old-school" style, immersed in the golden age of the past and refused to be sober. In their eyes, Ryan is still young and can continue to wait. For this reason, they even turned a blind eye to the advantages of this young man!"
"About Hollywood's past history, we don't know who achieved Ryan's achievements at the age of 20. He was nominated for the best actor for four consecutive years. The films he created and starred in broke all the box office records that could be broken. He seemed down-to-earth and mature at a young age. He has always maintained a dedicated spirit and a responsibility beyond his age!"
"Don't these judges really see it? The Polish artist wandering in the ruins really can't impress them? Or do they choose to ignore it in habitually?"
"When 70% of Oscar judges are over 60 years old, it is conceivable that it is difficult for young people to win heavyweight awards. A group of people born in forty or fifty generations. Of course, the honor they value will not include handsomeness and youth. The wrinkles on their foreheads and white hair on their temples are their favorite!"
"Although this suggestion is a bit outrageous, we still have to say, 'Ryan, let's leave the Oscar for the time being, and wait until you are thirty before you compete for the Oscar for the best actor! Otherwise, even if you achieve more than age in movies, you will not be on the top of the film industry, because the decisive factor is not the movie and the characters themselves, but the age that you can't make up for if you try hard'!"
The Los Angeles Times pointed the criticism at the outdated and conservative colleges, and their remarks were very representative in the voices made by the media.
"Among the young actors born in the 1970-1980 section, Ryan is definitely one of the best actors, and can even be said to be the best one. His role in "Pianist" is surprising, and he shows the character's fear and explosive characteristics in detail. He is indeed a very talented actor. He can always provide a convincing performance, and Oscar did not choose him. It can only be said to be an irreparable regret!"
The New York Times' remarks are relatively calm.
As for the fans' reaction, perhaps it was because they were rude in the best actor four times in a row, and most fans began to get used to it. Although there were many people who abused the academy online, there was no protest like last year.
Of course, Ryan asked the agent team to post the self-deprecating remarks on his personal website as soon as the Oscar ended, which also played a lot of role.
After all, many criticisms and sympathy in the media are inseparable from his public relations. If there are large-scale protests in reality and on the Internet, it may be counterproductive and arouse dissatisfaction and dislike from the college.
Public opinion must be well grasped, and Ryan knows this very well.
He just wanted the School of Film Arts and Sciences to remember that you have owe me a lot in the past four years...
Ryan handed all these things to the team behind him to deal with. After years of training, they knew how to grasp the degree. After he returned from the UK, he focused most of his attention on the Nasdaq stock market. It was definitely very interesting to be able to witness the end of another golden age in the United States.
Perhaps it is the influence of deeply rooted religious culture. Every time at the turn of the century or when the new millennium comes, Western society, especially North America, where liberal ideas are rampant, there will always be various inexplicable rumors. The protagonists of these rumors are often a major disaster that is enough to destroy human society.
After entering the 1990s, the development of computers and the prosperity of the Internet have led to the two going deep into every corner of American society. I don’t know where the rumors come from. The term Millennium Worm has become the most popular topic in the millennium. A considerable number of Americans are worried whether the nuclear bomb controlled by computers will be suddenly launched because of the Millennium Worm and eventually become the culprit for destroying the world.
So a movie about the Millennium Worm came into being. Even if humans are about to be destroyed, Hollywood can seize the business opportunities and make a lot of money.
This is the characteristic of the media industry. Instead of believing that people who work in media have a conscience, it is better to believe that politicians can tell the truth.
The facts soon proved that this was another unnecessary worry. When the bell of the new millennium rang, the crystal ball on Times Square fell, the expected nuclear explosion did not happen, the whole world was running as usual, and Hollywood was still indulging in luxury.
After these worries dissipated, the rumored protagonists computers and the Internet once again became the focus of attention across the United States, as Nasdaq is performing miracles again and again, and countless investors in IT stocks have become rich overnight.
Greed is one of human nature. When a dollar becomes twenty dollars, investors will not choose to stop at the right time, but want to turn twenty dollars into ten thousand dollars. The crazy rise in the Nasdaq index seems to make all this look extremely easy.
If it weren't for knowing the ending in advance, even Ryan himself could not guarantee that he would start to let go one year in advance when facing such temptation.
In fact, many investors know that the stock market is not normal now, but are confused by the huge immediate interests. They always believe that the stock market fanaticism can last for several years and there will never be a collapse in a short period of time...
"We all got rid of it last month."
The new week is here, and in a generous office in Burbank, Scott smiled and said to Ryan, "Apart from the little money we bought out, we are now outsiders."
"Don't be too greedy, don't attract too many attention." Ryan put down the coffee cup in his hand. "It's still the old way. The funds are spread to all foundation accounts. Don't do too much action during this period. No matter what Wall Street does, we just need to watch."
If there is no shadow of Wall Street Group behind Nasdaq, I'm afraid even Satan wouldn't believe it.
Strictly speaking, Ryan and Scott's approach can be considered as snatching cakes from Wall Street. Although they made it very secretly, they have been reselling stocks since last year, and even many popular stocks that are rising rapidly are sold to people on Wall Street, it is impossible to touch other people's cakes without paying a little price.
Scott has always had close ties with Wall Street. Under Ryan's instruction, he reached some agreements with several major Jewish groups on Wall Street.
Since last month, Pixar Studios and Jenkins Pictures have conducted a new round of financing, and Ryan has accepted the investment from them.
People who know how to share will always be more popular than those who eat alone. Moreover, Ryan's future plans also require the support of the power of Wall Street. The resources they hold are far from comparable to those of any wealthy man or group company.
Although the shares Ryan holds will inevitably be diluted to less than 50%, the shares held by Nicole, the second largest shareholder, still firmly controls the controlling rights.
Besides, those people are just investing. As long as the company can benefit, they will not jump out and make unnecessary interventions.
"Time shouldn't be far."
Hearing Scott's emotion, Ryan nodded in agreement.
As early as mid-March, the Nasdaq index experienced a slight decline, but most people think it is a normal self-adjustment in the market. Things seem to be just as they expected. Just the day after the end of Oscar Night, Cisco's stock price rose by 0.86%, with a total stock value of more than $550 billion, thus surpassing Microsoft in one fell swoop and taking the throne of the world's number one market value.
The stock market is full of joy. Analysts believe that Cisco's becoming the world's highest-capital company is another important sign of the arrival of the Internet era, and it is expected to become the world's first company with a market value of more than $1 trillion.
The previous point may be correct, but the latter point is obviously advocating.
When Scott first started negotiating with Cisco last year, the company's market value was only more than 200 billion US dollars. In just half a year, it surpassed General Motors and became the world's largest company with market value. Does it really have so many actual assets?
According to the preliminary conclusion of Ryan's investigation and consulting company, Cisco's actual assets will not exceed $50 billion at most, and the rest is a bubble. Although Cisco's helmsman John Chambers kept advocating that his company had a bright future, things have long exceeded the control of Cisco's board of directors.
Chapter completed!