After staying in Germany for a few days, I met Xiaowang a few times. The whole of Germany is no longer the desolate and hopeless country I saw on the way to Poland for the first time. On the contrary, the fighting spirit and hope that this country began to burst out deeply infected me.

Although the Germans were in a difficult life and many of them couldn't even fill their stomachs, they were full of fighting spirit. They felt that they saw hope, the hope for national rejuvenation and national independence.

The whole of Germany is like a huge furnace of sparks splashing everywhere. In this furnace, hearts are boiling. What an exciting scene.

This scene is in sharp contrast with the lifelessness of several surrounding countries.

I know that Xiaowang is no longer the leader of the small party he was in the past. Soon after, if nothing unexpected happens, he will become the head of Germany and the commander of the new empire.

By that time, Europe will change.

After leaving Germany, I went to Switzerland again and went to see the arms branch. Because of the situation in Germany, the arms branch of Switzerland and Danze are now brightly lit all night, and those weapons are constantly being manufactured and then flow into Europe.

My last stop in Europe was still in Cannes.

DreamWorks' European branch is now in a huge industry. Not only does it own thousands of cinemas, but Barra has also actively entered the company of Gaomeng Company. At the end of May, it successfully won over some people on the board of directors and acquired their equity, making DreamWorks' equity in Gaomeng Company reach 59%. In this way, Gaomeng Company has become a branch of DreamWorks in Europe, which marks that DreamWorks' industrial development in Europe has entered a new stage.

Compared with DreamWorks' stumbling blocks in the United States, the development of European branches in Europe is smooth. On the one hand, European branches have won unanimous praise from the European film industry and the people over the years for their good style and integrity. Especially in movies, in addition to establishing a large number of well-decorated cinemas, they also actively cooperate with film companies from various countries to promote Hollywood movies. Moreover, they have done a good job in supporting filmmakers. Many European film directors have been directly or indirectly funded by European branches, making European branches very prestige among filmmakers and people from various countries.

On the other hand, governments are extremely cooperative and supportive of European branches. Needless to say, Germany has grown with the development and growth of the German National Socialist Workers' Party. Now the European branch has almost surpassed the famous black hair of Germany's largest film company. Xiaoma even promised Bala that once he took power, he would give the European branches the greatest care and endless support.

In France, the European branch is the largest foreign film company cooperated by the French government. In addition to its cooperation in the Cannes Film Festival, the French government also strongly supports the development of the European branch in the film industry, personnel training and film company cooperation. In addition, Gaomeng Company has been controlled by DreamWorks, so the French government will have nothing to say about cooperation in the future.

In the UK, because of the extremely strong relationship between King George V and me, coupled with the importance of British people and filmmakers on DreamWorks, Britain has also become an important place for the development of European branches.

As for Ireland, let alone every movie at DreamWorks will be watched throughout the country as soon as it arrives in Europe. As for my movie, I heard that each movie will first be screened in the holy land of Dublin, Freedom Square, and the head of state will attend in person. For DreamWorks, the Irish people have endless affection.

There is no need to mention Eastern Europe and Poland. The European branches have developed very well in other countries and regions, and have even reached some agreements with the Soviet Union, so that DreamWorks movies can be imported into the Soviet Union in large quantities.

The situation is a little worse, maybe Italy. The development of European branches in Italy is a lag among all countries, and there are many reasons for this. First, because of the Vatican Church, the Lebanese government was very repulsive of DreamWorks movies. Secondly, the Italian government was very angry in this regard because I promoted the French to build the Cannes branch. Mussolini was a rough and dictatorial person. He wanted to be the first to start such a film festival in Europe in advance, but after my matchmaking, the French were taken away by the French, which made the French lose the glory at once, which made Mussolini very unhappy.

However, during the two days in Cannes, the Italian government and the film industry also sent people to visit me specifically.

Although DreamWorks movies are not popular with the Italian government, they are widely praised among the Italian people and the film industry. Italians have a long tradition of watching movies and have deep attainments in the appreciation of movies. The style of DreamWorks movies is very popular with their appetite, so although the government is not very popular with DreamWorks, DreamWorks movies are widely screened in Italian cinemas.8

During the days I spent in Cannes, the Italian government and the film industry sent people to visit me, and one of the main purposes was that they also planned to start a film festival.

The director of the Italian Film Bureau came in person and brought a group of top Italian filmmakers. They wanted to hear my opinion on this matter. Because France already has the Cannes Film Festival, if Italy also wants to hold a film festival, they must develop their own characteristics, otherwise they will not be able to do the French in any case.

In this regard, the Italians are very nervous. They are worried that they will lose to the French, and at the same time they want to do better than the French and be more respectful, so they attach great importance to my opinion, because I made many of the things in Cannes movies.

Actually, I am very interested in their idea, and I think the film festival created by these guys is definitely a good thing for the development of world movies.

Therefore, I also carefully answered their advice.

"Mr. Corleon, this film festival means the leader. He himself likes movies very much and attaches great importance to the functions of movies." When Federico, director of the Italian Film Bureau, said this to me, it was meaningful.

I can naturally understand his words. The leader he mentioned was none other than Mussolini, the current ruler of Italy, and now Italy. He was completely controlled by the Mussolini Difascist Party, and Mussolini became the veritable dictator of this country.

In later history books, Mussolini was portrayed as a useless and cruel demon, but many things were misinterpreted. As far as I know, Mussolini was still a good admirer in art, and at least in movies, he had keen insight.

Since the birth of movies, it has been decades of development. People have gradually realized the propaganda role of movies. However, there are very few politicians who can recognize this problem from a political perspective.

Lenin was one. When he was alive, Lenin said: "Movies are the most important to us in all arts." This politician keenly saw the huge propaganda role of movies. At that time, many Russians were illiterate and accounted for the vast majority. At this time, things like newspapers did not play much role at all. Instead, movies, whose pictures are intuitive and can easily achieve the purpose of propaganda.

Apart from Lenin, Mussolini was one of the first politicians to notice the function of film. And compared to Lenin, he had much higher interest and attainments in film. So it was natural that he could personally ask about the film festival.

In fact, the Venetian Film Festival in history did come from Mussolini himself, a film festival that was later called the "father of the international film festival". The highest honor at the beginning was the "Mussolini Cup".

What Federico is most concerned about is how different their film festival is from the Cannes Film Festival. This is the most important question among all the questions.

I have my opinion on his question.

Since its establishment, the Cannes Film Festival has become a brand in recent years and has become a film event second only to the Harvey Awards in the national film industry. Filmmakers from all over the world are proud to be able to win awards at this film festival. This makes the most of the film festival appearing in this film festival undoubtedly the best movies and the best filmmakers in various countries, and most of these people are successful people.

This situation shows the high specifications of the film festival on the one hand, but also exposes a hint of old atmosphere.

So for Federico's problem, I think the Venetian Film Festival must be different from the Cannes films. The biggest difference is in this regard. Compared with the high specifications of Cannes films, Venetian Films must also be authoritative on the one hand, but on the other hand, it should form its own tradition, focus on film experimenters from various countries, and encourage these people to shoot films with novel situations and unique techniques. In a word, it is innovation!

In this way, it can be opened with the Cannes Film Festival in an instant.

"Mr. Corleon, in that case, wouldn't all those who appear at the film festival be raw melon seeds?" Federico was obviously a little unacceptable to my idea.

I laughed: "This depends on your work. You can invite some movie celebrities to come here, but the main force must be film experimenters from all countries. Movies are actually a process of continuous progress and elimination. The Cannes Film Festival is full of movie celebrities. These people have already achieved success, so they are very starry and brilliant. However, the audience is very familiar with these people's movies, so they feel a little dull.⑧ The development trend of world movies is actually in the hands of many young movie experimenters. Now they are all young people, but in the future, there will definitely be batches of movie masters among these people. What the Venice Film Festival needs to do is launch these future masters, which is the Venice Film Festival that becomes the watershed of their lives. So in the future, Cannes Film Festival can claim that their film festivals are full of masters, and you can hold your neck and say that all the masters they have come out from you."

My words made Federico laugh out loud.

"If Venice forms such a tradition, although it may not be as good as Cannes in the first few years, over time, Cannes will not be as good as you. Because you have great potential, then this will become the weather vane for the latest development of movies. You will lead the development trend of world films, which is the most important for filmmakers."

My words quickly conquered Federico and convinced him.

Next, I and these Italians planned some trivial things about the Venice Film Festival, such as the logo of the film festival, the trophy of the film festival, the awards of the film festival, etc.

These things are trivial, but they are very important.

The logo of the film festival, I brought the logo of the later Venice Film Festival almost intact. The logo of the lion is indeed much more powerful than the Palme de Cannes in the Golden Palme d'Or. As for the trophy, Federico proposed to use the "Mussolini Cup" at the beginning, but I rejected it. I told them that doing so will not only make the Venice Film Festival look a little stingy, but it will also easily have a negative impact on the film festival, and at least make the filmmakers feel a bit of political significance.

I think it is better to replace the Lion Trophy, the Golden Lion Award and the Silver Lion Award.

Regarding this issue, Federico asked Mussolini for instructions and obtained Mussolini's consent. However, Mussolini also gave some instructions on this issue.

"The leader said that the Golden Lion Award was still not impressive enough. He himself determined the name of the award." Federico waved at me the instructions he recorded Mussolini.

"The leader decided that the Venice Film Festival would call this the Golden Lion of Saint Corleone and the Silver Lion of Saint Corleone. He said that this is amazing." Federico looked at me and laughed.

I was considered to be overwhelmed by Mussolini's decision.

Mussolini did this, on the one hand, which gave me great honor, and on the other hand, it would inevitably bring many benefits to the film festival, because this is a trophy named after me, and it is the only one in the world. It will inevitably attract the widespread attention of filmmakers from all over the world and will inevitably cause fierce competition. Especially for a new filmmaker, if he can win this trophy, it obviously means an incomparable glory. So how can a filmmaker not flock to the film festival after it is established?

Mussolini is indeed a smart person.

During my discussion with these Italians, the Venice Film Festival took me just two days to establish a series of frameworks. Federico was very satisfied with this. When he finally left, he told me that if there were no surprises, the first Venice International Film Festival would be held this year. The specific time may be in the second half of the year.

I am very looking forward to this.

In the past two days in Cannes, in addition to discussing the Venetian Film Festival with the Italians, I also met many French filmmakers. In addition, I also specially met with a group of leaders of the Gaomeng Company. In a sense, I am already their boss.

When it comes to the issue of Gaomeng Company, my attitude is very simple, that Gaomeng Company can develop freely according to their original model. DreamWorks will not control them, but will only provide support from technology to funds and talents, which makes Gaomeng Company very happy.

After staying in Cannes for a few days, we set off and returned home.

By the time we returned to Los Angeles, it was already the end of June.

As the Polish part of "The Godfather" was filmed, the shooting of "The Godfather" was almost over. When I went to Poland to shoot, Griffith and others also led the crew to shoot in the United States. The three crews started working at the same time, and the work progressed very quickly.

I am very satisfied with the work of such people. After working together for so long, they are very clear about my requirements in the movie and my style. In addition, I have already specified all the details in the script in detail. They just need to complete them according to the script, so I feel very relieved about the scenes they have finished filming. ⑧

"Boss, even though the filming is going very smoothly now, it is estimated that it will be difficult to finish the film at the end of June. Let's continue to work hard, and it's almost the same in July." Griffith looked at me and scratched his head.

"David, that's right. In fact, if you use hard work, you can still complete it at the end of June, but then the time will be too fast. Boss, we want to do it more refined." Stiller also had the same opinion.

"Don't look at me, if you think this is OK, then do what you say." I nodded.

Actually, of course I think the faster the film can be finished, the better, but considering the importance of this film, I have no reason not to handle this film more refinedly.

The premiere of the film in early July should be too late.

And just as we were working on the last part of The Godfather’s drama, at the end of June, Hollywood ushered in the pinnacle of its mid-year film schedule.

Following the successful premiere of Liu Bieqian's "Paradise Can Wait" and Crescent Films' "Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Death Spirit", other Hollywood films have been released one after another.

After working hard for half a year, these carefully planned and invested movies were launched one by one, making the situation in the United States a boom.

For those viewers who have been waiting for half a year, what else is more important than watching a movie? So at this time, they don’t care about anything, they only care about the movie.

On June 24, two blockbusters were the first to open up the road.

The first movie was the epic masterpiece "Troy" directed by William Wheeler, which was invested 10 million US dollars in filming. The second movie was a big deal from MGM Films - the historical blockbuster "Legend of the Wind" directed by Zenerman, which was also invested 10 million US dollars in films!

When these two movies were first cast, they were critics commented as the "Epic Double Swords" in Hollywood historical films in 193! One is the famous "Troy" war in the immortal classic "Homera Epic", which has love, war, pursuit, and tragic. The other is the protagonist of the Hun Emperor Attila, who is called "God's Whip". Each of these two movies is brilliant and makes people tremble, but they choose to be released on the same day. It is undoubtedly a great thing for the American people.

"I'm really going crazy now! I don't know whether to watch "Troy" first or "Legend of the Wind"! It can be said that these are the two most exciting movies this year! Especially movies that men shouldn't miss!" Sam Warner, who has always liked war movies, spoke in an extremely painful tone when he was interviewed by reporters, and that was the pain of choice.

The premiere of the two movies was held on the same night, but it was equally successful.

In Los Angeles, with the screening of these two movies, the whole city was in a huge carnival. On the streets, you can also see many people dressing themselves up as soldiers and styling to the cinema.

I attended the premiere of "Troy". This two and a half hours movie, from the first shot to the last shot, screaming almost filled the audience, which was completely admiration and surprise. In order to shoot this movie, Universal Film Company borrowed Hollywood's best stunt team from DreamWorks. Not only that, William Wheeler also invited many historians to carefully evaluate the many details of the movie, making the scene of the movie grand and the details were handled very well.

The second day of the premiere of these two movies, the media commented on these two movies.

"Two shocking movies! Two rare masterpieces! 1932 was a year when war movies achieved fruitful results!"

"MGM Films' "Legend of the Wind" has a distinct Zinaman style. In the whole movie, the story revolves around the Hun Emperor Attila, and his magnificent life is presented to the audience, allowing us to truly see the resurrection of this God's Whip!"

"The whole movie is grand. Zinaman uses his outstanding control over the scene to prove that he has the ability to direct blockbusters that is comparable to Cissidimil. The movie has a rough style. This is not derogatory. This roughness is like grinding sand and gravel, with endless texture! Zinaman's portrayal of the characters in this movie is very good. He did not just realize the big scene, but showed Attila's character through huge wars and showed the character of the Huns. His technique was sophisticated and vicious. ⑻"

"In terms of artistic nature, the greatest contribution of this "Legend of the Wind" is that the film completely implements the tragedy tradition. Zinaman did not regard such a large-scale movie as a blockbuster. He regarded it as a tragedy and a delicate tragedy. The strong destiny-like tragedy in the movie made the whole movie extremely tragic. When Attila died after drinking the poison, Zinaman did not show how majestic and ambitions the emperor was unfulfilled. He chose such a shot to show Attila's life.

The last moment: He did not tell anyone that he had stepped on the war horse. On the vast field, the wind was flying, the tender green grass leaves were flying in the air, and the earth was vast. Attila rode his horse in the wind and rushed into the distance. That was the direction of Rome, which was the direction of his life. He stopped on a high slope. Below were the soldiers of the Roman Empire he besieged. This moment was the moment of victory and the end of his life. He smiled, then lay on the horse's back and closed his eyes, just like he fell asleep on the horse's back when he was a child."

"Zinaman uses such a tender way to make people intoxicated! The whole movie is immersed in such a tragic tone, charming and trembling!"

“This is a masterpiece!”

The Los Angeles Times gave a very high evaluation of "Legend of the Wind", representing the views of all Hollywood filmmakers.

And I care more about the "Troy" in Global Company, which I am the screenwriter.

In terms of investment, "Troy" is similar to "Legend of the Wind". MGM, which has a big family and a big business, is harder than Universal Film Company at least in many aspects. In terms of themes, Attila, the Great Emperor of the Huns, is spectacular and magnificent, but this does not mean that "Legend of the Wind" can take advantage of "Troy".

First of all, although "The Legend of the Wind" tells the story of Attila, the story of Troy is more familiar to Americans than the Whip of God. "The Legend of the Wind" is a story about a great man, but "Troy" tells a story about a group of heroes around a beautiful woman. So in terms of content, the latter obviously has an advantage.

The ancient legend of Homer's epic, the immortal myth of the Trojan siege, and a group of heroes with distinct personalities and a massive war, "Troy" has already been awesome with this name alone.
To be continued...