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In the last month of the new millennium, Hollywood's major players will face their final battle of the year.

The three giants that are generally recognized today are Paramount, MGM, and Marvel Studios.

The next tier of giants includes companies such as Disney, Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Universal Pictures.

This Christmas season, films such as Gladiator, Cast Away, Dinosaur, and Grinch will be released in theaters this month.

All for the purpose of targeting Paramount's three major executives.

Even just once would be wonderful.

This Christmas season, Paramount's three giants released a Marvel special effects blockbuster, Captain America, and Harry Potter.

Marvel Studios has a huge movie script in the works, which Wang Duoyu naturally wants to acquire. At the same time, Harry Potter is also a very profitable movie treasure, so there's no reason to ignore its existence.

Paramount, MGM, and Marvel Studios are no longer just making movies to make money; they are now an important part of the super dollar factory that sells super dollars.

For example, this year, more than $100 billion in counterfeit money was sold through movies and cinemas.

Such an important channel naturally needs better cover.

Warner Bros., Disney, Columbia Pictures, and other Hollywood giants have no problem challenging Paramount.

And Paramount is practically it wants to do just that.

Only a massive hype can mask the soaring box office; in this final month of the year, the box office is bound to reach its peak.

Because the opportunity is rare.

Now, the new king, George W. Bush, has not yet ascended the throne, while Clinton has already given up.

At the beginning of last month, after the election results were announced, Clinton immediately gave up the fight and chose to make a fortune in preparation for his retirement.

Of course, Clinton was still young, and he certainly wouldn't let it go so easily.

Four years later, he will surely make a comeback. As for whether he will succeed, God knows.

Clinton still believed that anything is possible with human effort, and that as long as he persisted, there was no reason why he wouldn't succeed!

So he needs to make money and prepare for the election four years from now.

With Clinton having already given up, the resistance faced by the super dollar factory is naturally much smaller.

The CIA has therefore become complacent, since its director, Burton Byron, has become a tool for Clinton to make money and naturally will no longer be eyeing the super-dollar factory.

That leaves the Federal Reserve, but that institution is now quite preoccupied with its own problems.

Last month, the Longkui team's operations in Europe thwarted the Federal Reserve's plot and destroyed several of their hideouts.

The EU was furious about this, and the Federal Reserve was heavily criticized, its head seemingly turned to mush.

With such a great opportunity, and it being the Christmas season, it would be a real shame not to take advantage of it.

Gladiator was released on December 1st and topped the box office on its opening day with $98 million.

Upon seeing such box office results, senior executives at 20th Century Fox were filled with disbelief.

How can this be?

But that's what it is.

Over the next few days, Gladiator's box office hovered between 80-90 million and just over 100 million. In just four days, meaning the opening weekend was over, the total box office had reached 410 million US dollars.

Horror!
On Monday of the second week, the box office was also very strong, reaching over 60 million, and the decline was very stable.

However, Cast Away was released on Tuesday.

Interestingly, on the first day of its release, "Cast Away" grossed $59 million, while "Gladiator" still managed to gross $59 million in a single day.

So, Gladiator actually withstood the challenge from Cast Away.

The film "Cast Away" grossed over 100 million US dollars on its opening day, reaching 109 million US dollars.

It almost broke $200 million at the box office in the US on a weekday.

It’s incredible!
After receiving this message, Wang Duoyu couldn't help but make a video call to Martinez: "You guys be careful, don't get ambushed as the year draws to a close!"

The Super Dollar Factory is so rampant that its daily box office on a weekday almost broke 200 million. Even with two blockbusters like Gladiator and Cast Away competing against it, it shouldn't be this bad.

He should be careful when he tries to cheat; he can't be too brazen, otherwise, God might not be on Martinez's side.

"Yes, Professor, we will definitely keep that in mind."

Martinez quickly assured him.

Over the next few days, as the weekend approached, "Cast Away" saw its box office soar, reaching $420 million in the past four days by Saturday morning.

Everyone was amazed and eagerly anticipated how well "Cast Away" would perform at the box office over the next two days.

Gladiator averaged $65 million in box office revenue per day over five weekdays, and after nine days of release, its total box office revenue has reached $660 million.

Although Gladiator's box office will certainly continue to decline, it has already grossed $660 million, which is more than enough for the executives at 20th Century Fox.

The weekend passed quickly, and Hollywood was focused on the box office.

The movie "Cast Away" grossed $160 million and $130 million in the past two days, respectively. Such amazing figures have left most people in the industry in disbelief.

But to be fair, Cast Away is indeed a very good movie, and its box office success is well-deserved.

Discussions about "Cast Away" have been incredibly lively both online and offline, so its box office performance is certainly not unexpected.

In just six days, "Cast Away" grossed over $700 million, leaving many people bewildered.

Next up is the second week of Cast Away, which is the third week of Gladiator's release.

On Tuesday, another movie was released: Captain America.

This is a co-production between Paramount and the other two studios, so the box office will definitely be even higher.

"Fuck, are you crazy?"

In the blink of an eye, the box office figures for "Captain America" ​​were released, and everyone was quite surprised after seeing the data.

Because Captain America's box office on its opening day reached a staggering $150 million.

A few years ago, before Titanic hit theaters, its total box office for the first three days was only $150 million.

But now, in just one day, they've already achieved these box office figures, and that's on a weekday.

This is practically humiliating the intelligence of those Federal Reserve executives.

Federal Reserve Chairman Theodosius Black angrily threw the newspaper away and roared at his subordinates:
"Fuck, investigate this! Find out the truth right now! Since this counterfeit money ring is so brazen, let's send them to meet their maker!"

From Gladiator to Captain America, it's fair to say that counterfeit money syndicates have completely disregarded the Federal Reserve.

Next month is the time when George W. Bush and Herbert will be inaugurated, and it will only be after next month that the CIA will be able to recover.

The Federal Reserve is now fighting a lone battle, and its attention is being drawn away by Europe.

Heart plug!

Just after Theodosius Black, the Federal Reserve Chairman, announced his decision, the Fed did indeed take action, but the box office of "Captain America" ​​continued to rise, and at an extremely terrifying speed, it was skyrocketing.

After its opening six-day theatrical run since Tuesday, Captain America's total box office has reached $830 million.

Captain America was all over the headlines of major media outlets and newspapers across the United States, and almost everyone was talking about it. Hollywood suddenly became a dream destination for many young people.

With three consecutive films achieving such phenomenal box office success, even many uninformed investors have begun to act.

None of the three films adhere to basic principles of law, yet their box office success is terrifying.

The films Gladiator and Cast Away have been released in other parts of the world and have indeed done very well at the box office, but it seems to be missing something, as there is a gap in their box office performance compared to that in the United States.

In contrast, Captain America was released simultaneously in multiple countries around the world on its opening day.

In six days in North America, it grossed a total of $830 million. Globally, across all countries, it grossed a staggering $990 million. In total, it grossed $1.82 billion.

In other words, there is a high probability that Captain America will break the record for the highest-grossing film in history.

It is precisely because of such miracles that capitalists don't care about anything else and just blindly rush into Hollywood.

Furthermore, with such box office success, movie merchandise also sold extremely well.

According to data from relevant research companies, in the past two weeks, the revenue from movie merchandise at major North American cinemas has increased by 25% year-on-year.

It seems that many people in North America went to the movies this month.

The stock prices of publicly traded film companies such as Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Disney are also soaring.

In other words, Paramount, MGM, and Marvel Studios are not publicly listed companies; otherwise, their stock prices would have already skyrocketed to an alarming level.

Paramount and the other two companies are not short of money, so of course there is no need for them to go public.

Since being acquired by Want Want Group, Paramount and MGM have seen their annual revenues increase year by year.

The data is so good that even the annual tax payment to the IRS is not small.

It's important to know that Hollywood moguls are masters of tax avoidance. They can make a film that is clearly profitable appear to be losing money, and not in the way of clever tricks, but in a real way that even the IRS can't detect.

That's just how the film and entertainment industry is; getting them to pay taxes is indeed quite difficult.

Ice City, Harbin Institute of Technology Weizigou Campus, the island in the middle of the lake.

Wang Yifei nestled on the sofa, one of her snow-white little feet resting on the baby cradle beside her, gently rocking it, while she looked at something on a tablet computer.

In the baby rocker, Wang Junxian and Wang Sixin were sleeping soundly, but the bad habit of rocking them while they slept was something Wang Yifei had picked up.

This is certainly not a good thing, but there seems to be nothing that can be done about it, since Wang Yifei has already set a bad example.

pat!

The door was pushed open, and a gust of cold wind blew in from outside, but it was quickly dissipated by the warmth inside.

The living room in this house is not small, but despite its large size, the indoor temperature is always kept at 26 degrees Celsius, which shows how good the indoor heating is.

Wang Duoyu walked into the living room and, seeing his eldest daughter's appearance, couldn't help but scold her:
"Wang Yifei, look at yourself! Can't you wear long pants?"

She was wearing a pair of summer shorts. Although they didn't reach her upper thighs, she was already tall, and the clothes she bought were too small. Plus, she was lounging around like Ge You, which made her shorts reach her upper thighs. It was as if she was just wearing underwear.

Wang Yifei wanted to retort, but subconsciously glanced down and her pretty face immediately turned red. It was indeed a bit too revealing.

"Big Fish Bro, you're such an old-fashioned guy. I'm at home, I can wear whatever I want. Didn't we wear swimsuits when we went to the beach before?"

"You dare talk back? Looks like you think I'm interfering too much. Fine, from now on I won't interfere anymore. Waaah!"

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Yifei rushed over and covered his mouth with her hand.

"You have no manners!" Wang Duoyu shoved her hand away, saying irritably, "Say something to yourself."

Seeing that she was about to be scolded again, Wang Yifei quickly put her hands together and pleaded:

"Big Fish, I beg you, please stop nagging me, okay? I know I was wrong. It's your responsibility to discipline me, and I shouldn't have talked back."

If her father really doesn't care about her, then she'll be in real trouble.

Seemingly free, but in reality, the future is bleak.

“I still prefer your proud and unyielding self,” Wang Duoyu said with a smile, but his daughter wouldn’t talk to him about it.

Instead, she pulled him to sit down, picked up her tablet, and started talking to him about Hollywood movies.

"Big Fish, what if I wanted to try my luck in Hollywood someday? Would you support me?"

With the global box office of "Captain America" ​​reaching $1.8 billion in just six days, Wang Yifei has almost seen another path that could surpass her second brother's.

So her quick admission of defeat just now was also related to this.

If she remembered correctly, her father's Want Want Group seemed to have partnerships with Hollywood giants like Paramount and MGM.

If only we could make good use of that!

Wang Duoyu glanced at it and immediately knew what Wang Yifei was up to.

But before he could speak, the living room door was pushed open again.

The gates to the south are pushed outwards, while the gates to the north are pushed inwards. Why is that?

Because there's a possibility of heavy snow in the north, if the main gate is blocked by snow, then there's no way to get out.

However, if you pull it inwards, even if the snow outside is more than two meters high and completely blocks the gate, it doesn't matter; you can still get out.

Perhaps some southerners don't understand, it's not like the Siberian primeval forest, how could a snowfall possibly block the gate?

You know, there's snow on the roof too. When it falls, it blocks the doorway.

Liu Xiaoli, Wang Junhong, Huang Huiru, and Huang Yanni walked in from outside, and among this group was an unexpected guest: Zhu Ling!
"Professor Wang, you're home! I've come uninvited; I wonder if you'd be happy to see me?"

When Huang Yanni saw Wang Duoyu, her eyes narrowed into slits with laughter.

Wang Duoyu laughed:
"Welcome, of course you're welcome. Please have a seat. Sisi, stop playing on the computer and go pour some tea."

He was quite surprised. It was just that Wang Junhong and Huang Huiru were on a date today, which wasn't a big deal.

But how could Liu Xiaoli, Zhu Ling, and Huang Yanni all appear at the same time?

Wang Duoyu turned his gaze to Liu Xiaoli, and before he could ask anything, she walked over and whispered something in his ear.

"Look at your phone."

So, while calling out to Huang Yanni, Huang Huiru, and Zhu Ling, Wang Duoyu subtly asked Bai Doufu to get his phone for him.

He rarely uses his phone, mainly because there are many children in his family who always cling to him.

Bai Doufu complained about him more than once, saying that the phone in his pocket was uncomfortable.

A short while later, after Bai Doufu brought the phone over, Wang Duoyu finally understood what was going on.

It turns out that Liu Xiaoli was with Wang Junhong, planning to meet Huang Yanni and her daughter to get acquainted.

There was no need for this, because as long as the two young people, Wang Junhong and Huang Huiru, could get along, that would be enough.

However, although Huang Huiru is a well-behaved girl, she also has her own ideas.

When she learned from Wang Junhong that once she got married, she would have to live at home, that is, live under the same roof as her parents-in-law.

If Huang Huiru hadn't known that Wang Junhong was a person with his own opinions, she would have thought he was a mama's boy.

So, after learning about this, Huang Huiru thought about talking to Liu Xiaoli, and it would be better if they could not live together.

Even if he couldn't convince Liu Xiaoli, there was no harm in getting to know her better.

Anyway, she will most likely stay in Beijing for a long time in the future, because she wants to continue studying at Tsinghua University.

Since she plans to have children after marriage, she intends to get married after her junior year summer vacation; she's not in a hurry now.

In order to meet Liu Xiaoli, Huang Huiru also brought her mother, Huang Yanni, along, so that she would be less afraid.

This was originally a test between the two sides, and also the first confrontation between the future mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Everything was going well until Zhu Ling suddenly appeared, which ruined the conversation that was going so well in the coffee shop.

Zhu Ling's appearance made Liu Xiaoli very angry.

The latter is like a powder keg, and Zhu Ling is the match that will ignite it.

Liu Xiaoli wanted to go home and invited Huang Yanni and her daughter to come along. As a result, Zhu Ling shamelessly followed them back as well.

That's how it happened. (End of Chapter)