Chapter 472 - 471: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Chapter 472: Chapter 471: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

"I’m back!"

"Finally back in Los Angeles!"

As the Lola touched down at Los Angeles International Airport, Kyle made a decision.

"I need half a month off!"

That’s right!

Since the beginning of 2001, Kyle had been fully immersed in work, either busy allocating stock options to the veterans of Page Pictures or planning the strategy for Golden Dawn Entertainment Group. No sooner had he finished these tasks than he had to deal with a host of other matters, including Under Armour, Grand Wind Capital, Golden Dawn Publishing, Seattle Industrial Park, and Google.

"Even with the help of Alexander, Little Baggio, and Saos, I’m still half-dead with exhaustion!"

In fact, there were times when Kyle felt an urge to stop and rest, as he already had enough money and it was time to enjoy life. However, once you’re in the game, you can’t help but be swept along!

Kyle wanted to take a break, but would CEO Victor agree?

Donna Langley, Kevin Feige, Jeff Weiner, Domino... every single one of them would absolutely not agree or compromise.

Tens of thousands of people depended on Kyle for their livelihoods, and they would never let him stop. In fact, even if Kyle voluntarily stopped, they would push him forward with all their might!

"Oh, my laborious life!"

Kyle was both pained and happy; taking half a month off was already his limit.

"Boss, I have to say, you probably can’t take a vacation now. Golden Dawn Entertainment Group has hundreds of documents that require your signature." Alexander poured cold water on Kyle’s plans.

After speaking, Alexander took out a stack of documents from his briefcase.

It looked like there were easily a hundred pages!

Alexander said in a deep voice, "Boss, this is just a portion of it. To be precise, this is at most the tip of the iceberg."

Kyle’s forehead was covered in black lines.

Sure enough... no rest for him!

Alexander continued, "Boss, these documents are all urgent and need to be reviewed and processed as soon as possible."

Kyle patted his forehead, waved his hand, and said, "Alexander, right now I need to rest. As for these documents, I wish I could immediately, instantly, and urgently throw them all into the trash can, and then set them on fire, burning them to ashes."

"But, boss... these documents really do need to be approved as soon as possible." Alexander weakly resisted.

Kyle’s mouth twitched.

What to do?

He could only put aside the idea of a vacation and immediately deal with these tasks.

Whether it was Golden Dawn Entertainment Group, LinkedIn, or any other company under Kyle’s name, they were all like high-speed trains, racing wildly on the tracks, unable to stop their progress.

Even if Kyle wanted to hit the brakes, he couldn’t!

So, he could only grit his teeth and push forward, forward, and further forward!

...Before long.

Under Alexander’s persistent urging, Kyle, fresh off the plane, couldn’t even go home. He had to head straight to the headquarters of Golden Dawn Entertainment Group to deal with a pile of busy work.

Busy! Busy! Busy!

It took Kyle a full three days to successfully complete the pile of tasks at hand.

"Boss, you can take a vacation now. However, you also need to understand that, given the current situation, your vacation won’t last more than a week." Alexander said matter-of-factly.

"Got it, I got it."

At this moment, Kyle felt a headache just looking at Alexander.

Having a dedicated subordinate could sometimes be quite exasperating.

Knock, knock, knock~

Just then, there was a knock on Kyle’s office door.

Victor Jones, CEO of Golden Dawn Entertainment Group, walked in.

"Boss, this is a fax that Kevin Feige from Page Pictures just sent. I think you need to take a look." Victor said with a smile.

"Oh?"

Kyle was both puzzled and a little happy.

As of now, the work that truly piqued Kyle’s interest was still in the film and television industry.

No choice, this was true love!

"It’s already mid-March, and there’s not much time left until the Academy Awards ceremony on March 25th. We have a total of three nominated films: ’Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,’ ’Spider-Man,’ and ’Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.’"

"’Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ received 10 nominations, while ’Spider-Man’ and ’Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ each received a total of 6 nominations, including Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design."

Victor said, "From the current publicity exposure, the only film of ours that is likely to win an award at the 75th Academy Awards is ’Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.’"

Hearing this, Kyle couldn’t help but purse his lips: "These old fuddy-duddies in the Academy still look down on, and even despise, commercial films!"

It was almost common knowledge that commercial films were not favored by the Oscars.

Throughout 2000, while Page Pictures’ films "Spider-Man" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" both achieved great success at the box office, becoming box office bombs, it was almost impossible for them to win an Oscar.

Well, even if they did win, they would at most be fringe awards like Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, or Best Editing.

The four major awards—Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Picture—were almost completely out of reach for commercial films.

"Hehe!"

Kyle sneered, "If it weren’t for the fact that Page Pictures’ trophy room is currently empty, I wouldn’t even bother vying for these Oscar awards."

To be honest, Kyle, who had money flowing in his veins, didn’t really care much about awards like the Oscars, but he had no choice.

There wasn’t a single Oscar statuette in Page Pictures’ trophy room.

It didn’t sound good!

"Oh, by the way, boss, this is the current North American box office revenue for ’Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.’ Believe me, you’ll feel a lot better after you see it." Victor said with a smile.

The box office report for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" landed in Kyle’s hands.

Sure enough... after Kyle saw the North American box office data for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," a smile immediately spread across his face.

"Mr. Jones, you still have a way. The success of film and entertainment is the best medicine for the boss!" Alexander, who was standing by, also laughed.

Kyle waved the report in his hand, his face beaming with pride: "You’re both right, you’re practically mind readers. But, I have to say, ’Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s’ performance is indeed outstanding enough!"

The film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was a hit in the North American market!

The film officially landed in North American cinemas on December 27, 2000. After a small-scale release, it began its wide release on January 22.

"Wow, that’s a good result!"

"Judging from its current box office performance, it has already surpassed ’A Beautiful Mind’ to become the highest-grossing ’foreign film’ in North America. If it also wins a few major Oscars and gets another wave of publicity, its North American box office surpassing $100 million is absolutely certain!"

Kyle laughed triumphantly.