Chapter 329: Buy, Buy, Buy

Regarding Cao Yang's statement, Jude Law was somewhat skeptical.

He had combined Cao Yang's explanation with his own understanding of the role, and he had worked so hard, yet he couldn't enter the state in a short time and play the role better.

Let alone just looking at Cao Yang's explanation without combining it with his own understanding?

After going back, Jude Law cast aside the frustration of being suppressed and analyzed it carefully, finding that it actually wasn't his own problem.

He had been an actor for so many years and came from a stage play background, and his acting had always been praised. He still had some confidence in his acting before.

The result of today's situation, he knew very well, was likely that everyone else entered the state earlier than him.

This was actually a very strange thing.

He had acted in so many movies and had seen all kinds of actors; those who entered the state from the first or second day of filming were truly rare.

According to general practice, it was as the plot was filmed that everyone would get along better and better, and become more and more tacit, making it easier to perform and enter the state.

And for a situation like "New Pirates of the Caribbean," one could only say that those three people were geniuses, and he, an acting powerhouse, was just set off to look more like a normal person.

But this wouldn't do.

Several actors with scenes together had entered the state and were acting particularly well, which would make him look very incompetent.

There were so many people in the crew watching; through comparison, they might not say how genius those actors were, but would only spread: Jude Law is just a fraud, his acting is very poor, everyone was fooled by him...

Even if he figured out what was going on, Jude Law was still under great pressure.

So, with no other choice, let's give it a try.

This time, Jude Law only looked at what Cao Yang explained, didn't look at the content he analyzed himself, and read until after two o'clock in the morning, reading it over and over again, not knowing when he fell asleep in a daze.

Then, he "woke up."

He was called Will Turner, saved by the governor's daughter, the kind Elizabeth Swann, when he was a child, and sent to a blacksmith shop to learn skills from an old blacksmith who liked to drink.

Not only that, he also learned a good set of swordsmanship and secretly liked Elizabeth Swann, who had saved him...

Jude Law sat up from the bed, first looking ahead with unfocused eyes, and after about tens of seconds, he blinked and let out a long sigh.

Getting off the bed, he habitually reached for his sword, then shuddered, and the string in his head tightened with a "swish."

Where is my sword?

Where is my big sword?

Then he assumed a defensive posture and began to look around vigilantly.

Wait, this is a hotel?

Jude Law slowly lowered his defensive posture, frowned, shook his head hard, and muttered to himself: "I am Jude Law, not a little blacksmith..."

Taking three steps in two, he ran to the washroom, looked at the handsome guy in the mirror, and let out a long breath.

For today's filming, Jude Law felt extremely relaxed. He didn't need special preparation. As long as he stood in front of the camera, no matter who he was acting with, it felt as if he had experienced it before, and he rarely made mistakes.

For example, the scene with Eva Green.

Yesterday, he was clearly suppressed by Eva Green's imposing manner, so he acted in a mess.

Today, Jude Law found that no matter how aggressive Eva Green was, no matter how arrogant and imposing she was, it was as if he had been with such an Eva Green for countless years, and he had his own way of dealing with it.

He dealt with it very easily.

When acting during the day, Jude Law didn't have time to think about these changes. After the day's shots were easily filmed, he returned to the hotel and began to ponder these essential changes today.

Depp had been acting according to Director Cao Yang's requirements since the first day, looking very relaxed.

Thinking carefully, Depp seemed to act even more relaxed and comfortable today, freely and easily, playing an alternative pirate... it didn't feel like acting at all, as if he was that Captain Jack.

To sum up, Depp was the most obedient one. Director Cao Yang told him how to act, and he acted that way. He was also the one who entered the state earliest, not needing any grinding at all, and brought Captain Jack to "life" on the first day.

Duan Yihong was a strength-based actor; Jude Law felt this deeply.

He could play the role very well on the first day, and on the second day... he entered the state completely, even performing better than Depp.

From Duan Yihong's various performances, Jude Law could also see that he respected Cao Yang very much and must have followed Director Cao Yang's arrangements, so although he entered the state a day later than Depp, he could perform better.

Eva Green...

Thinking of this French woman, Jude Law had a headache.

On the first day, this woman performed the worst.

However, Jude Law discovered after filming on the first day that this woman went to ask Director Cao Yang how to play the role well.

Then, starting from the second day, this French woman began to explode, once forcing Depp, who had entered the state earlier, to be unable to catch the scene, and he had several NGs.

So it was certain that after Eva Green asked Director Cao Yang, she was given "special treatment" by Director Cao Yang, which was why she could explode on the second day.

Finally, Jude Law thought of himself.

Why was it suddenly so easy today?

The answer seemed very simple: he had completely listened to Director Cao Yang's words yesterday, reading only the content explained by Director Cao Yang over and over again, and didn't look at the content he analyzed himself.

Jude Law suddenly had a sense of sudden enlightenment. No wonder everyone said Director Cao Yang was good at training actors, no wonder Director Cao Yang could cultivate so many Best Actresses and Best Actors. It turned out that Director Cao Yang's analysis of roles was the most powerful!

Of course, there was a premise here, which was that you must listen to Director Cao Yang's words seriously and not analyze blindly with self-righteousness!

Combining role analysis might be more suitable for other directors, but undoubtedly, when meeting Director Cao Yang, you just need to close your eyes and listen.

This was the problem!

Through yesterday's verification, he was now convinced of this point.

At this moment, Jude Law felt he had sublimated, and his admiration for Cao Yang reached its peak.

Cao Yang added the remaining three immersion experiences he had redeemed to Depp, Jude Law, and Casey Affleck, one for each.

All of them only needed one to succeed.

From this, it could also be seen that the acting of the several main actors this time was very good.

The subsequent filming naturally proceeded very quickly, including the non-object performances under the green screen, and everyone completed them very well.

The plot on "Dead Man's Island" was very important in the whole movie, and could be considered the big climax of the whole play.

Jack and Barbossa had a fierce duel around the treasure cave, until Jack stabbed Barbossa, and he then pulled out his sword and stabbed Jack.

However, as soon as Jack walked into the moonlight, he turned into a skeleton, and he indicated that he was also cursed because he had secretly stolen an Aztec gold coin.

Regarding the skeleton transformation and the special effects of the whole play, Disney still used Industrial Light & Magic.

The special effects in the film were not simple computer special effects; Industrial Light & Magic tailored them according to the body parameters of each actor, and the final special effects of each actor were very consistent with their appearance and physical movement characteristics.

Industrial Light & Magic and Disney could also be considered old partners.

Many of Disney's live-action films used Industrial Light & Magic, so much so that by 2012, Disney simply spent money to acquire Lucasfilm, including its subsidiary Industrial Light & Magic.

On this point, Disney fully practiced what was called "buy, buy, buy."

However, Disney's CEO Robert Iger was still very awesome and had great strategic vision. The several major acquisitions and investment cases after taking office later proved to be very successful.

Acquiring Pixar Animation in 2006 made Disney almost dominant in the field of animated films, with no decent competitors anymore.

Acquiring Marvel in 2009, look at how much money the Marvel series, which was the "Avengers" series and its surrounding superhero movies, earned for Disney.

Acquiring Lucasfilm in 2012, Lucas had the super big IP "Star Wars" series, and also had a special effects company like Industrial Light & Magic that was counted in the industry.

The success of Marvel's superhero series of films was inseparable from the special effects support of the acquired Industrial Light & Magic.

In addition, there was another point that everyone might not have noticed yet.

Pixar Animation was the asset of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Because Disney's acquisition of Pixar Animation used a cross-share swap method, this resulted in two very interesting things.

Steve Jobs leaped to become Disney's largest individual shareholder.

And Disney therefore became a shareholder of the not-yet-risen Apple company, and Disney's CEO Robert Iger represented Disney and entered the Apple board of directors, becoming a director of the Apple board.

Therefore, the several major acquisitions made by Robert Iger made Disney the number one film company among the six major Hollywood studios, and it was also a significant lead over the second one.

During his tenure as Disney's CEO from 2005 to 2020, Disney's stock price rose from $23.8 to $128, an increase of more than 5 times.

Disney's market value also grew from over 40 billion US dollars to about 260 billion US dollars.

For a company like Disney that had always been stable, or for a large Hollywood film company, this could be considered a not-so-small miracle.

However, the five-fold growth in fifteen years couldn't move Cao Yang to invest in Disney, because there were many companies in China that were at the forefront, and the return on investment could be thousands or hundreds of times.

Cao Yang rarely made major investments; what he had most was cash, in units of 100 million and US dollars. This was net assets, completely different from the valuation assets of those so-called rich people.

He just took out a little bit to enter the stock market, such as buying Tencent, Gree, Moutai, Yunnan Baiyao, Yili, Hengrui, Wanhua, and Wuliangye, etc. Just the growth of these stocks could make him unable to spend it for several lifetimes.

So, opening a damn company, even if his official status was removed, with his influence and cash flow, even if an internet company entered the film and television industry, what could it do?

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