Chapter 492： Double-edged knife

The hottest season of the year has passed in August in Los Angeles, but the afternoon sun is still a bit poisonous. Under the shining sun, the whistling wind suddenly sounded over the lawn on the side of the future world manor, and the propellers turned to bring The strong wind pressed the green grass tightly to the ground.

The housekeeper Nikia and a sturdy maid stood on the lawn, each covering their eyes with their hands to prevent flying grass clippings and dust from falling into their eyes.

The white painted commercial helicopter descended from the sky and landed steadily on the apron marked with the "H" symbol.

The helicopter door opened, and a middle-aged man carrying a suitcase came down and ran to Nikia almost at a sprint speed.

"Hello." The middle-aged man greeted anxiously.

Despite the strong wind from the propeller, Nikia maintained the composure of an English butler and said, "Leave it to me."

This is not the first time that the middle-aged man has come here. He immediately handed out the suitcase, and the robust maid took it.

"Send it right away." Nikia ordered: "Mr. Anderson and his two guests are in the second hall."

The sturdy maid walked quickly toward the side door of the future world like the wind.

The middle-aged man handed the bill at this time, and Nikia glanced at the numbers. A single bottle of $1,850 of beer was very scary in other places, but in this manor, she had long been used to it.

Nikia confirmed that the amount was correct and immediately signed her name on the bill.

The middle-aged man took back the bill and hurriedly ran back to the helicopter. The white-painted plane quickly took off and left Beverly Hills.

The sturdy maid carried the suitcase into the second side hall. Ronan saw the special suitcase in her hand and said to Tom Cruise and Will Smith: "The wine is here."

"What wine?" Tom Cruise was a little curious: "It's going to be transported by helicopter."

Will Smith is also very curious: "Ronan, it's mysterious, I won't show mercy to you if the wine is not good."

Ronan opened the suitcase. The thermostat inside the suitcase wrapped two bottles of ordinary...beer.

"This wine wants to maintain its original flavor and requires very high storage conditions." Luo Nan took out a bottle and said, "Not only must it be refrigerated, but it must also be stored in ice and sea water from Antarctica."

Seeing Ronan preparing to make a drink, Will Smith brought three glasses and placed them on the bar in front of Ronan.

Ronan took the corkscrew and said, "This wine will lose its original taste after leaving the storage place for half an hour, so it must be shipped by air as soon as possible."

Tom Cruise waited a little anxiously, and urged: "Hurry up and open the bar."

Bang--

The bottle cap opened, and a faint air-conditioning came out. Ronan poured a part of the wine into each of the three glasses. The beer didn't have a lot of foam, and it looked like a pale golden coldness.

Will Smith took the lead in taking a sip, a particularly refreshing taste that instantly spread from his mouth to his body.

Ronan and Tom Cruise clinked glasses and took a sip of the beer. The beer tastes lighter, not rich, and its most distinctive feature is its frostiness.

A glass of wine was over, and when Ronan continued to pour, Will Smith said: "It's cooler than the other beers I've ever drunk."

Tom Cruise nodded in agreement and said, "It's like walking around in a glacier in a single coat."

Ronan finished pouring the wine, and toasted to the two of them, and said, "Go on." It was another cold beer, and he asked, "Is this wine disappointing you?"

Will Smith smiled and said: "A beer for $1,850 is not disappointing."

Tom Cruise opened the second bottle of beer and filled three glasses again. Ronan said: "There are only two bottles of this wine in Los Angeles. I asked Nikia to take it for me from an auction at Christie’s. I don’t know if it’s the best beer, but it’s definitely the most expensive beer right now."

The three men drank and chatted, and the second bottle of beer soon reached the bottom.

Tom Cruise looked at the pale golden liquor in the glass and said, "The ingredients should be rare, right?"

"The water used for winemaking comes from a thousand-year-old piece of ice from Antarctica's glaciers." Ronan simply explained: "This piece of ice came from a giant iceberg. It was originally collected by the Marine Conservation Organization and brought back to Australia for scientific expeditions. Later it was brewed. The factory bought and brewed this batch of beer, but only dozens of bottles were passed on."

Tom Cruise has participated in several environmental protection activities and nodded and said: "The protection of Antarctic glaciers is now much stricter than before. It is not easy to return from the huge ice block of Antarctica again."

Will Smith clinked glasses with Ronan and Tom Cruise, and said, "Drink all the good wine."

However, in ten minutes, the three of them drank more than $2,000 worth of beer. After they drank, the topic of the three people also shifted from the alcohol to other places.

"I haven't said thank you to the two of you yet." Ronan said with a smile: "You registered users on Netflix and posted and shared information, which helped me a lot."

Tom Cruise smiled: "You're polite with me? It's just a small matter."

Will Smith said casually: "Aren't you inviting us to drink?"

Ronan said, "Of the recent registered users of Netflix, many of them are your fans."

In fact, several celebrities posted posts on Netflix one after another, which played a big role in pulling. No one can ignore the influence of Johnny Depp, Will Smith and Tom Cruise.

"Actually, this is also good for us." Tom Cruise said: "I have received feedback from many fans, and they feel very good about this daily direct communication."

Stars who have been in Hollywood for many years, except for a few people with weird personalities, most of them have their own eyes on things. Will Smith said: "Your Netflix has millions of users. I heard from the agent, registered users. Soon it will be tens of millions, which is tantamount to establishing a platform for us to speak directly."

Tom Cruise very much agrees with this statement: "In the past, when we wanted to make a public voice, we needed to open up media relations and use media channels. The large amount of public relations expenses were aside. Sometimes the media didn't sell face to us. Deliberately misinterpreting our meaning."

He remembered what happened some time ago, and he was still a bit sad: "My experience after the Oscars is the best example. But the platform Ronan you provided gives us a chance to speak directly, as long as enough users can Seeing our direct sound is worth more than anything."

Ronan said seriously: "It is true. With such a platform, at critical moments, you can publicly speak out at the fastest speed."

Will Smith laughed and said deliberately: "So Ronan, you have to attract as many users as possible. When your Netflix has tens of millions of users, we can bypass those difficult traditional media. Some things can be announced directly through Netflix’s platform."

"I also want Netflix to have tens of millions of users." Ronan sighed: "At the end of this year, it would be nice to have 10 million registered users."

Tom Cruise thinks he owes Ronan a huge favor, and has always been very concerned about Ronan's affairs, and asked: "Is there anything I can help?"

Will Smith also teased: "And me."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "I am calling for someone to plan Netflix's new promotion and marketing plan. The plan is still in the planning stage. After the plan comes out, if there is anything that needs your help, I will not be polite to you. ."

He thought about several plans and quickly rejected them. In the end, he decided to leave professional matters to professionals to do.

Speaking of it, Ronan really has no experience in how to promote social media. His memory is more of the use of social media.

In fact, the prosperity of social media is a good thing for Hollywood stars. They have a platform to directly face their fans and promote themselves.

Once the prosperity of social media has created countless traffic stars, even if many of them are celebrities, it cannot be denied that they are red to purple in a certain group.

However, the widespread use of social media is a double-edged sword that can both benefit and harm oneself. A celebrity who is a little bit turbulent will be cleansed by the all-pervasive Internet celebrities, causing the set to collapse and fall off the cliff. Examples are not uncommon.

For Hollywood, the double-edged knife has too little effect on its own side. As long as most stars here do not make major principle errors such as discrimination, no matter how much black material is exposed, the actual impact is not considered Too big.

At least there will be no disappearance.

People like the big cousin and others, if they were placed on the east side, they would be finished.

Even with the mistakes Mel Gibson made, he returned to Hollywood a few years later and once again returned to mainstream sight.

Others, such as black material, the more popular the star, and Hollywood is not uncommon.

For this gathering at Future World Manor Ronan not only invited Will Smith and Tom Cruise, he also invited Jeff Katzenberg.

"It's a pity." Will Smith sighed: "Jerifer can't enjoy such a limited amount of good wine."

Tom Cruise asked curiously: "Jerifer has been absent from our party several times."

"He is too busy." Ronan knows more because of the cooperation between Embassy Pictures and DreamWorks Animation Studios: "Now DreamWorks Animation Studios is producing three animation directors with a production budget of up to 75 million US dollars. For the film, Jerevor is very stressed and lives directly in the company five days a week.

DreamWorks Animation Studio's investment in a single film is relatively low, and the production investment of each animated feature film is on average 30 to 40 million dollars less than Pixar.

Of course, the visual effects of the animated feature films produced by the two are very obvious.

As Jeffrey Katzenberg was about to live in the company, Ronan decided to visit him personally to talk about cooperation in the distribution of animated feature films with Jeff Katzenberg.