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Chapter 729: Cultural Clash

Almost all wealthy people in the United States will do in a generally consistent manner with mainstream society and safeguard the interests of their interests. Ryan is no exception. In his current position, Iran is the opponent, and not to mention that by smearing Iran, you can still gain huge benefits.**

Just as North America condemned Iran, the Jenkins Film Foundation, under his name, announced that it would invest in two Iran-themed films, namely "I Growing Up in Iran" directed by the Iranian female cartoonist and illustrator Maga Shatabi, who is now settled in Paris, and "A Farewell" by Iranian director Asha Fahati who was deported from the Iranian government.

As for the theme of the movie, it must be closely related to the actual situation of Iranian society.

The former reveals through the eyes of a precocious and blunt girl that during the Islamic Revolution, fundamentalists took over the power of the Iranians, and women were forced to wear veils, and tens of thousands were thrown into prison. She herself was eventually forced to leave her hometown to go to France to pursue an optimistic and bright future.

The latter will show the entanglements of contemporary Iranians in family affection and religious life, and alludes to criticize Iran's hierarchical religious society status, especially focusing on the situation of Iranian women.

In addition to the Jenkins Film Foundation, Warner Bros., Disney Pictures and Paramount Pictures will all participate in the investment, production and distribution of the film. The federal government will also apply for a special sponsorship to pay for some of the expenses of these two films.

As early as the mid-1990s, Ryan chose his position and continued to smear Iran's propaganda even for the interests of him and the entire group represented by him.

As a famous Iranian director who was first imprisoned and then deported, Asha Fahati was even pushed onto the Oprah talk show by many forces behind him, telling the world the dangers that he would encounter in Iran's persistence in creating.

"Mr. Fahati, after filming "About Alice", you were banned by the Iranian government and were once thrown into prison and eventually forced to leave your hometown. You should know very well which movie themes in Iran are not to be touched?"

"There are many themes that are not allowed, such as dissent about culture, politics, violent themes or sexual scenes. This is also the reason why Iranian movies are difficult to develop. Iranian filmmakers have been looking for suitable expressions. We cannot defeat the review system and can only insist on creating in the cracks."

"When you are in Iran, would you rather risk being imprisoned to make movies freely?"

"I'm not a hero or a politician. I'm just a movie. I just want to say things through movies when I have something to say. If I have to choose, I'd rather create freely without taking risks. But in Iran, this is obviously impossible."

Similarly, Marga Shatabi has also accepted interviews from many Western media, and one of the words was repeatedly hyped by North American media.

"I just want to use this work, and hope that people don't forget the Iranians who lost their lives in prison, suffered from various tyrannical rule, or were forced to leave their loved ones and their motherland in order to defend Iran's freedom!"

For Western media, other words from these two Iranian art workers who live overseas are not important. Just these two paragraphs are enough to prove to the Western people how terrifying Iran is.

Although the topic triggered by the movie turns to current affairs and politics, "The Three Hundred Warriors" is definitely one of the biggest winners of this storm, just like "Argo".

By the end of August, the film still maintained a weekly box office revenue of nearly $15 million. The cumulative box office in North America gradually approached $250 million, and the global box office was infinitely close to $450 million. With such a development momentum, the final North American box office is expected to launch an impact on $300 million, and it is almost inevitable that the global box office exceeds $500 million.

In the media's words, Nicole Kidman, as an investor, can count banknotes on the floor full of dollars.

When the North American theaters' first $50 million share was paid, Nicole set up a trust fund for Sandy. She clearly told Ryan that she hoped that her daughter could grow and live happily in the future, rather than be like her father. She often struggled with entanglement of interests.

Ryan did not express any opinion on this. She would have to choose her daughter's future path.

Similarly, he also established a trust fund for Sandy, which will be listed under another foundation. The shares of several IT companies such as Apple, Microsoft and other companies and future dividends will be transferred to this trust fund.

The international situation is turbulent, and the Middle East powder keg is on the rise again. Iran faces sanctions from the international community, which are almost the themes of August.

Perhaps it was the sanctions of the international community, perhaps it was the increasingly loud voices of opposition in the country, or perhaps it really wanted to change the country's image. After September, the Iranian government gradually calmed down and not only expressed its hope to restart the Six-Party Talks, but there were rumors in the upper class of North America. Iranian diplomats in the United States implicitly told the federal government that Ahmadinejad would like to officially visit the United States next year to ease the cultural and ideological conflict between the two countries.

When these rumors are still unknown, the Iranian Ministry of Culture suddenly issued a statement hoping to invite representatives from the American Film Association and Hollywood celebrities such as Ryan, Spielberg, George Clooney to visit Iran, so that they can observe a real Iran through their own eyes.

"You don't really want to accept an invitation from the Iranian government, do you?"

Charlize Theron, who had just returned from South Africa yesterday, put down the fashion magazine in his hand and looked at Ryan with some concern, holding an invitation, "Middle East...Ryan, you'd better not go."

"I didn't say I wanted to go."

Putting down the invitation letter from the American Film Association, Ryan lay on his back in a rocking chair, looking at the stars above the terrace, and said, "The Film Association needs to organize a delegation, and Disney can just send a few representatives."

"Then I'll feel relieved."

A strawberry was taken from the fruit plate on the table, and Charlize threw it to Ryan, "What is the real Iran like, has nothing to do with us."

“Bingo ~”

Ryan snapped his fingers, stuffed the strawberry into his mouth, and said vaguely, "Iran is now an authoritarian country or a democratic society, and it has no meaning to Hollywood. What Hollywood movies want to show is always an Iran that meets the interests of Hollywood."

"Is this possible change?" Charlize simply dragged his rattan chair and sat next to him. "From the rumors now, the Iranian government seems to be making some changes."

"So that." Ryan pulled one of Charlize's hand and gently drew a circle in her palm. "If the Iranian market is open to Hollywood movies, it can bring more than $500 million in box office every year, the image of Iran in Hollywood movies will be improved immediately."

"But that's the case," he said, "Iran is not the Iran now."

"If I open the CT store to Iran..."

Charlize pulled the fruit plate closer, took a strawberry, bit off half of it first, and stuffed the other half into Ryan's mouth, "Dear, can our fashion products gain a foothold in Tehran?"

"Charlie, don't forget that your brand is mainly aimed at women." Ryan raised a finger and shook it. "It is not during Pahlavi's rule. It is impossible for Iranian women to appear on the streets in fashion. Even if they buy it, they can only wear it secretly at home."

"Okay, I'm just thinking about it." She shrugged, "From the Islamic Revolution, Iran has become more persistent in the Persian tradition."

"No, no, my dear." Ryan shook his head slowly, "Conservative has no relationship with Persian traditions. Iran is now extremely conservative. This is not the tradition recorded by Persians."

Seeing that South African diamonds showed unusual interest, Ryan continued, "Pahlavi is indeed a bastard and is not a qualified ruler, but during his rule, Iran's traditional cultural characteristics were stronger, such as not using the Red Cross or Red Crescent marks, but using the Persian traditional Red Lion marks, and it was recognized by the international community."

"This puppet ruler even wanted to restore the glorious culture of ancient Persia, and made a lot of attempts to secularize, Persianize and de-Arabization in this regard, and achieved some results at one time. Although the domestic contradictions in Iran were sharp at that time, there were still some achievements in culture."

“It is said that the status of women has been greatly improved at that time.”

Hearing Charlize's words, Ryan nodded, "It's a puppet, Pahlavi is a puppet supported by the federal government. He has too many problems and is easily overthrown."

"What about Iran now?"

"Today's Iran has little connection with Persia except for Arabic Persian."

He opened his mouth and bit the strawberry that Charlize had stuffed over. Ryan said while chewing, "Also, from a different standpoint, there will be different views. From the perspective that is in line with our interests, the Iranian government is a dictatorial government that engages in terrorism."

As for the truth, how many people in the United States care?

"So..." Charlize's eyes rolled a few times quickly, "Will the sequel of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" be produced?"

"Not for the time being." Ryan shook his head, "Zach Schneider and Frank Miller accepted the invitation from Warner Bros. to prepare for "Watchmen."

These two people can be said to be one of the people who benefited the most from "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta". Zach Schneider showed his directorial talent to all Hollywood, and Frank Miller's comics have become the movie adaptation choice that various film companies are closely watching.

"Dear, it's getting late." Ryan stood up and picked up Charlize directly, "We should go and rest."
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