Silicon Valley

Casting for Harry Potter in London, England.

A little blond girl was performing in the hall. After finishing, the director asked: "Little Emma Watson, why did you choose the role of Hermione Granger?"

"Hello, Mr. Collen. Because I'm exactly the same as Hermione, I really can't bear to let someone else play this role!" The little girl looked at the director with eager eyes and pleaded, "Please, Mr. Collen, Please let me play Hermione!"

Emma Watson likes watching "Harry Potter" very much, especially Hermione, who is witty, brave and studious in the novel. She felt as if Hermione was herself in reality. Emma Watson's parents divorced since she was a child. Since then, she and her younger brother Alex Watson have settled in London with their father. There was a financial difficulty, which made her cherish the opportunity to study! Therefore, since childhood, Emma Watson was the primary school bully in the class, and was also called a genius.

Director Chris Gollen looked at the stubborn and confident little girl in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little funny. He auditioned for many people. For the first time, the actor who auditioned said that he was exactly the same as the role, and he was still so affectionate. Sincerely, I am afraid that other people will spoil it by playing this role. If it was an adult, director Chris Gollen might think that the other party was hypocritical and said it on purpose. However, the other party is a 9-year-old child. The words that came out of her mouth must have come from the bottom of my heart.

However, in the previous auditions, there were also many outstanding young actors. You know, this movie is "Harry Potter", and all the child stars all over the world are eager to star in this movie. The competition is unimaginable.

Although Emma Watson's performance is commendable, but the acting is not good. In a previous life, Emma Watson went through 8 rounds of auditions before finally passing...

"Emma Watson, although your acting is not bad, there are people who act better than you, and you are also a well-known child star who has acted in TV series and movies. So..."

Emma Watson heard this and was very sad, her eyes were red and tears were rolling in her eyes. However, the stubborn and proud Emma Watson told herself not to cry!

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and a young man walked in with a document.

He came to the casting judges such as Chris Gollen and whispered: "Mr. Chris Gollen, there is no need to audition for "Harry Potter", Mr. Williams has already selected the candidates himself!" Having said that, hand a document to each judge.

Chris Gollen frowned and took the document, "How can you not even have an audition?!"

The producer sitting on the side said: "Since Mr. Williams has been selected, then, this is the decision!"

In American movies, the power of casting is in the hands of the producer, and the director only provides reference. In many cases, the actors are already selected, and the director is finally selected.

"Well, I have no opinion..."

Turning over the list, Chris Column saw Emma Watson's name on the list.

Oh lucky girl!

Chris Golan looked at Emma Watson and said, "Emma Watson, we didn't intend to make a final decision...but, you're lucky! Author of "Harry Potter" Mr. Henry Williams himself named you for the role of Hermione Granger!"

When Emma Watson heard this, she was going crazy with joy.

"Mr. Chris Gollen, are you telling the truth?!!" Emma Watson asked in disbelief.

"It's true, Emma Watson, for sure!"

Emma Watson nodded and wept with joy, "Mr. Williams, don't worry, I will definitely play well and will not disappoint your expectations!" Emma Watson's eyes were very firm, and at the same time, she was very determined towards Henry. full of goodwill.

...

Soon, the entire British media boiled over.

What? !

"Harry Potter" audition is gone, Henry has selected all the actors! ! !

Newspaper headlines and TV news are all about Harry Potter casting.

The news that Henry personally ordered immediately soared to the top of the Internet search list.

Many professionals have spoken, criticizing and questioning this, and netizens are also complaining.

"The filming didn't even have an audition, Williams is just a fool, the movie "Harry Potter" is ruined!"

"Yeah, it's the dumbest decision in movie history!"

"I really don't understand how someone as smart as Henry Williams could make such a stupid mistake!"

"Hehe, maybe Henry Williams has been successful too many times over the years, so he has become arrogant and arrogant. He thinks who he is, he can decide which actor to use just by looking at the photos and information, and he still needs to choose. What are the judges doing!"

"Henry Williams, we are fans, please take this movie seriously?"

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Henry still went his own way, just getting the "Harry Potter" crew ready for shooting as soon as possible.

At this moment, Henry began to think about how to get more high-quality IP, especially "Transformers".

The copyright of "Transformers" is currently in the hands of Hasbro. A few years ago, Henry tried to acquire Hasbro, but it was unsuccessful. Finally, he established Galaxy Toys himself, and sold games and movies through Galaxy stores all over the world. or TV peripheral toys. As a result, Galaxy Toys has had a huge impact on Hasbro, leading to Hasbro's status as the world's No. 1 toy company in jeopardy!

And with the release of more and more super IP movies from Galaxy Films, Galaxy Toys has grown rapidly by taking advantage of the east wind!

On the other hand, Hasbro has gradually been eroded, and it can even be said that it has abandoned its armor. In addition, other Hollywood film companies are mostly willing to license their own movie peripheral toy production rights to Galaxy Toys in order to cooperate with Galaxy Films. With this increase and decrease, Hasbro's situation is naturally more and more difficult.

Hasbro Corporation, meeting room.

"Everyone, this morning Galaxy Toys initiated an acquisition request from us!" Hasbro Chairman Oliver Moore glanced at everyone solemnly and said solemnly.

The faces of Hasbro's large and small shareholders present changed slightly.

"Oliver Moore, how much did the other party pay?" The person who asked was Alan Charlotte, Hasbro's second largest shareholder, in his fifties, with a bald head and thick eyebrows.

Oliver Moore frowned slightly, if it was before, Ellen Charlotte would definitely be on his side. But now, he asked how much. Obviously, Hasbro's situation has made Alan Charlotte lose confidence.

"$5 billion!" Oliver Moore replied.

Hearing this data, Alan Charlotte sighed slightly. Before Galaxy Toys was established, Hasbro's market value was over US$6.25 billion. Now, the market value has plummeted to less than US$4.5 billion. The other party offered $5 billion, which is a very good price. Alan Charlotte also knows that the market is a zero-sum market, and the rise of Galaxy Toys means the decline of Hasbro! Since January this year, the company's performance has been poor, and Hasbro has started to lay off a large number of employees. Previously, Hasbro owed about $800 million in debt due to its wanton expansion and acquisitions. The company's financial pressure is very great!

"$5 billion, the price is reasonable!" Alan Charlotte said simply, expressing her attitude.

As soon as Ellen Charlotte's voice fell, the rest of the people agreed.

Oliver Moore leaned back in depression. Most of the shareholders agreed to sell the company. No matter how much he insisted, it was useless. He could only watch his company be annexed.

The so-called, come out to mix, sooner or later have to pay back!

Hasbro's rise can be said to have been developed along the way by annexing other companies. Now, it's its own turn!

Three days later, Hasbro merged with Galaxy Toys, but the new merged company is still called Hasbro, because the name is more suitable for children and its popularity is much higher than Galaxy Toys!

In addition to making toys, Hasbro also operates Hasbro Children's Hospital, which provides state-of-the-art pediatric care and home care. Henry decided to expand this business and open Hasbro Children's Hospital all over the world, not only to expand the brand's influence, but also to promote more Hasbro products!

In addition, Henry will also build Hasbro Park to compete with Disneyland!

Hasbroland itself is more popular with children in the name, plus the brand licensing of Galaxy Films and Firefly Games, such as "Pokemon", "Warcraft", "Tom and Jerry", "Toy Story" ", "Marvel", "Jurassic Park", "Harry Potter", "The Lord of the Rings", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc., can have many elements, definitely more than Disney Fun!

Speaking of "Transformers", Henry suddenly thought of the movie "King Kong"! This movie is very classic, especially the scene of King Kong's "jerk off" is the most interesting. The IP value of this movie is high, and it would be fascinating to have such a behemoth in Hasbro Land.

The earliest "King Kong" was filmed in 1933, and the well-known "King Kong" was filmed in 2005. The film director is precisely Peter Jackson, who filmed "The Lord of the Rings" under the Galaxy Film Company! In fact, since 1996, Peter Jackson has always wanted to remake this movie, but he failed to do so and could not find an investor!

Peter Jackson is very talented. When remaking "King Kong", he worked as a producer, director, screenwriter and many other jobs. Henry didn't have to write the script himself. He was just about to call Peter Jackson to tell him that Galaxy had plans to remake "King Kong." But on second thought, he is now fully devoted to the filming of "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", so don't let him get distracted. It's not too late to wait until he finishes filming!

Usually, film rights are only 50 years old, and now it's 1999, and the rights have long since expired. So, if Galaxy Films remakes it, that's no problem at all.

In the movie "King Kong", there is also a woman, a great beauty that even King Kong will fall in love with! Without her, the film would not be able to go on. Her name is Naomi Watts, and although she is unknown now, her acting skills are amazing. She played Betty in the film "Mulholland Drive" released in 2001, which made her an instant hit.

Henry thought about it, and let someone inquire about Naomi Watts' whereabouts first, but he didn't expect that she could not pay the rent for three consecutive months and was kicked out of the house by the landlord.

Henry couldn't help shaking his head, how deep the water in Hollywood is, people who haven't been in it will never know. In short, it is really difficult for beautiful actresses who are unwilling to accept unspoken rules in Hollywood to get along!

(To be continued ~^~)