May 17th.

The Cannes Film Festival grandly opened.

The Summer's "Seven Deadly Sins" also officially met with the public as the opening film.

The opening film refers to the first film released after the opening of the Film Festival. Generally speaking, it is a new work by a director who enjoys a high reputation in the industry.

Although Xia Tian is still very young, because he has released many classic works before and is the boss of two major Hollywood film giants, his "Seven Deadly Sins" was definitely worthy of being elected as the opening film. This is also the work of a Chinese filmmaker. The first time he was elected as the opening film is very honorable.

The movie "The Seven Deadly Sins" itself deserves this honor.

After the first screening, the audience who were lucky enough to see this movie gave it a very high evaluation.

"This movie is really amazing, I was shocked!"

"This new work in summer will be destined to shock this Cannes Film Festival!"

"It's hard to imagine that such a sophisticated work would be shot by a young man."

The audience commented.

For a time, summer's new works became the focus of the Cannes Film Festival, and it was hard to find a ticket.

Although this Cannes Film Festival also has excellent films such as "Underground", "Meeting a Hundred Percent Girl", and "Ulysses' Gaze", no movie can be as attractive as "The Seven Deadly Sins".

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The jury at the Cannes Film Festival couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after watching the summer movie.

They had negotiated with the Summer Secret Room before, and in order to invite him to Cannes, they specially used the Palme d'Or prize as bait.

After Xia Tian really arrived, they were worried about whether Xia Tian’s new work was exciting enough. If his new work was a bad movie, it would be bad to smash the Cannes Film Festival’s signature.

Although I have launched many excellent works with good reputation and high box office in the summer, I am not afraid of 10,000 yuan, but I am afraid of if I want it.

No matter how awesome a director is, he may still make bad movies.

The most typical example is Zhang Yimou. The bad "Three Guns Shooting the Case" can be made famous in film and television. Especially after he successfully directed the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, when people reached the highest point, they took out such a movie, which was even more shocking.

No matter how bad a director is, he may still make a masterpiece.

For example, Wang Jing has been criticized for being an old business, rehearsal, and is also called the "king of bad movies". As a result, the film "Chasing the Dragon" proves that Fatty Wang is not unable to make great works, but it just depends on whether he is willing to be serious or not.

Therefore, the organizer of the Cannes Film Festival also has some concerns about summer. He is worried that the quality of his new film may not be very good, so he is afraid that if he awarded the Palme d'Or Award, it will cause criticism.

But now, after watching "The Seven Deadly Sins" with your own eyes, the organizers were relieved.

It is definitely worthy of winning this year's Palme d'Or for the quality of "The Seven Deadly Sins".

They invited Xia Tian to come this time, and it was really the right person to invite him.

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The movie-watching craze caused by "The Seven Deadly Sins" in Cannes is still continuing, while summer is busy ushering in and seeing off.

In fact, he is not a social person. If he had a choice, he would rather take Xu Qing and Gong Li to sea on a cruise and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Mediterranean.

However, since he wants to turn Cannes into his "private land" and continue to promote people through this film festival, he has to establish good interpersonal relationships and get the greatest support.

In this way, his plan will be easier to implement. Otherwise, even if his position in the film industry is high, it will be difficult to suppress all voices. If every time he wins an award, his plan will not be able to continue.

So no matter how much summer hates social engagements, it has to try to settle all its strengths.

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Just when I was busy having social engagements in Cannes in the summer, another big thing happened in the technology world.

That is, computer companies such as ibm, Microsoft, HP, Compaq, and Apple have successively joined the Sony-Philips alliance and jointly expressed their support for mmcd.

The computer industry attaches no less importance to data storage and multimedia than the Hollywood film industry. Moreover, the demand for storage in the computer industry is also very high, and the market is no smaller than that in the film and television industry.

The reason why these computer companies jointly expressed their support for mmcd is mainly because Sony Philips promised these companies that users would provide recordable mmcd devices in the future. This caters to the needs of the computer industry. Because the computer industry needs to store data frequently, mmcds that can be burned at will will naturally be more pleasing to their appetite.

However, Sony Philips' commitment is completely different from the needs of the film industry.

Because film companies are afraid of the Tuozaka, they do not want this recordable device to be provided to ordinary users. Otherwise, everyone can copy the data in the CD, and the flood of Tuozaka will inevitably be avoided.

The reason why Toshiba's SD has won the support of major film companies is because it promises not to provide ordinary users with SD burning devices.

Because the entertainment industry and computer industry are both very powerful, and have demand for storage, and the market size is almost equal. This has led to the dispute over the SD and mmcd formats they support, and it is difficult to decide the outcome for a while.

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"Xia Sang, if you can express your support for us, I will not only give you the treatment of your partner, but also give you Columbia Pictures shares for free." Sheng Dianshaofu called Xia Tian and said.

Xia Tian now has Tianxia Production, Universal Pictures, and Columbia Pictures, which are the most powerful entertainment giant in Hollywood. He is also the chairman of Tianxia Technology. Bainaohui Computer also occupies a place in the global computer industry, and its sales are even higher than veteran technology companies such as Compaq and HP.

So if summer can turn to supporting the mmcd format, then Sony will definitely win this format dispute. From then on, the mmcd format will be unified, and Sony will share the profits of tens of billions of dollars with its partners.

After hearing what Sony said, Xia Tian couldn't help but be moved.

To be honest, joining mmcd is indeed much more profitable than joining SD.

On the one hand, Toshiba's SD camp already has companies such as Warner, Panasonic, Pioneer, JVC, etc., and they all have the qualifications of partners, which makes it possible for several companies to share a patent, which means sharing tens of billions of dollars with a large group of people. Naturally, there are fewer ones assigned to them.

In comparison, Sony's mmcd currently has only one ally Philips. If you join it yourself, the three companies will share the profits of mmcd, and their revenue will be more than twice as high.

On the one hand, Sony's Columbia Pictures stock is worth at least one billion US dollars. Although this money is not much, it is much more than Toshiba gives, and Toshiba doesn't give a penny.
Chapter completed!