American fame and fortune

Seeing Martin, Scott was not at all curious, walked over and said, "Idiot, come with me."

Bruce stood at the front desk and didn't want to move, planning to let Martin go to see Sophia alone.

Martin grabbed his arm and pulled it, saying, "What are you afraid of?"

Scott turned his head, bared two rows of teeth, and smiled: "At most, I am like me. When you endure more times, you will understand that this is actually a kind of enjoyment."

Martin patted Lao Bu on the shoulder: "I understand why you are always nervous and afraid, and the number of times you have endured is too little!"

Bruce didn't say a word, Martin is such a rotten person, the more you resist, the more excited he is.

For Elena's sake, Scott reminded: "You know Sophia, her most concern is reliability and safety."

Martin nodded: "Thanks."

Scott opened the door and led the two into the reception room.

Sophia sat on the couch and greeted: "Martin, Old Bu, sit down wherever you want."

Martin chose an armchair.

Bruce leaned against the wall when he entered the door, with his back firmly leaning against the wall. Anyone who wanted to attack him from behind had to break a concrete wall first.

Sophia never talked nonsense, glanced over Martin and Bruce's buttocks, and said, "Someone from Warner Pictures came over this morning and invited me to participate in the investment of the fourth part of the Terminator."

"They asked me to be the lead actor, and I said no," Martin said.

Sophia asked: "You don't like this project?"

Martin is indeed not optimistic, but he would not say this: "In the past few years, the film projects I have participated in do not represent myself. I can have today. Louise, Kelly, and you, Sophia, are the key .”

With his acting skills, plus nine points of truth, it is exactly the same as the truth: "I think about commercial projects, not only about myself, but also about whether your investment can make a profit. You have made a lot of money. For me With more support, I can go higher and further.”

Sophia remembered the few investments she had been involved in.

"Louis rejected this investment, and I rejected it." Martin didn't say what the role was like, nor did he say Terminator and Cameron, because these didn't make sense to Sofia: "If there is no veteran company in the industry, Pacific Pictures, I dare not invest, let alone pull you to invest."

What he said was all the truth: "In the past few years since I came to Hollywood, what impresses me the most is not the amount of investment profits, but the deception. They do everything, especially for investments outside the industry."

Sophia answered, "It's not just this industry."

Martin nodded, and simply gave an example: "Sophia, you must have heard of the movie "Saving Private Ryan". This movie is very successful in terms of business and awards, but can you imagine it? Said it was a loss!"

Sophia was somewhat surprised: "A loss?"

Martin continued: "Through this film, Spielberg made a lot of money, Tom Hanks made a lot of money, the distributor DreamWorks also made a lot of money, and investors from outside the industry lost money! The same example also There are many. Take Warner as an example. On "Troy", Brad Pitt made tens of millions of dollars, and the publisher Warner Bros. also made tens of millions of dollars in profits, but what investors saw in the end was a loss account book."

Sophia asked: "People in these industries, gang up, and create a financial scam?"

Martin shook his head: "No, it's not a scam, it's all legal. For example, publishers have to pay for publicity in advance. Many media channels themselves belong to Warner Bros. As for the cost of overseas publicity, God probably doesn't know. Also, Warner Bros. The distribution fee paid by the brothers can be borrowed from other Warner companies, and the high interest will also be included in the distribution cost..."

Sophia understood, and then said: "Overseas investors don't look down on them. Many investors in North America are similar to me. Even if they can reap part of the investment, they actually make money. For some reason, even if they are dissatisfied Will choose to resort to the law."

"That's right." Martin took the opportunity to turn back: "Our investment is channeled through Pacific Pictures. Although we will be charged a management fee, we can basically get the profits we should get."

All the proceeds from Sophia's investment in "The Mountain Has Eyes" were invested in "Wanted Warrant". This project had its first settlement in December last year, and the funds obtained were more than double the investment.

Martin said this precisely because he knew this. He also invested in "Wanted Warrant". Although it took a full year for the official financial settlement to be made after its release, the $5 million investment in Davis Studio's books was settled for the first time. Got more than 12 million US dollars.

Subsequent offline income will also be settled annually.

Sophia smiled all over her face: "Martin, you know, I have always supported you."

Martin said: "This year, Pacific Pictures and my Davies studio will also invest."

What Sophia wants is stability and controllable risks: "Remember to notify me."

After chatting about the past in Atlanta, Martin and Bruce said goodbye and left.

Sophia called the well-paid entertainment lawyer and professional accountant. After several calls, she took out the business card she had just received this morning and called.

Lauren was drinking coffee in the coffee shop, thinking about the next breakthrough. After answering the phone, she looked a little ugly.

Just after talking in the morning, the people from the House of Beasts rejected Warner Pictures' investment invitation in the afternoon.

These rednecks...

Lauren couldn't help shaking her head. If it wasn't for Hollywood's lack of money, how could Warner Pictures give her an investment opportunity?

If you can't do it here, there are only Asians.

Lauren decided to take a trip to Asia.

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Bruce drove over, and Martin got in the car and called Louise and Kelly next to each other, and even contacted Wu Maoting.

The latter is hard to say, but Louise and Kelly aren't ditching him just yet.

Kelly once said, good-looking and easy to use, while you can enjoy it, of course you have to enjoy it for a few more years.

On Sophia's side, Martin also made some necessary preparations, put down his phone, and asked, "Old Bu, Ivan is still in Los Angeles?"

Bruce probably understood Martin's thoughts: "He's been keeping an eye on Pete's business."

Martin thought a lot: "Can Ivan stay in Los Angeles for a long time?"

Bruce understood what Martin was worried about as soon as he heard it, and said: "Even if Sophia chooses to cooperate with Warner, it is purely a commercial cooperation."

"It's just managing the risk," Martin said.

Bruce nodded: "Don't worry, I will take care of it. Ivan has no relatives in Atlanta. When we were engaged in other industries earlier, he was my partner."

Both times, Ivan played a certain role. Martin simply said: "I will give Ivan a long-term and stable income..."

"No!" Bruce interrupted him: "Ivan is employed by me and has nothing to do with you."

Martin pointed at him: "Old Bu, your head is really full of shit."

Bruce said: "It was infected by you!"

Martin took out his mobile phone and called Thomas first: "Pay attention to the news of Warner Pictures' Terminator project."

He said to Bruce again, "Go to Pacific Pictures."

After thinking about it for a while, Martin found out a mobile phone number that Cody Horn had left for him at the golf course last time.

"Hi, Martin." A familiar female voice rang through the handset.

Martin has already found a reason: "Cody, last time you said you would teach me how to play golf, I have been waiting for you to teach me skills. I wonder when you will have time?"

"What a coincidence." Cody said with regret: "I am adjusting my physical condition for the Oscars these days, and I am not suitable for playing."

She tentatively asked, "Martin, can we wait until after Oscar?"

Martin replied: "Of course, we can make another appointment then."

Cody laughed: "Then it's settled."

After Martin hung up the phone, he suddenly noticed a strange look in his eyes.

Bruce said, "Sure enough, I'm rotten for a reason."

"Don't make excuses for your bad behavior." Martin was quite helpless: "I'm here to inquire about the news and keep abreast of what's going on there, so that I can deal with it immediately if something happens."

It's almost time for the Oscars.

When he came to Pacific Pictures, Martin went into Louise's office and carefully discussed the recent events.

When men and women discuss matters, they sometimes use both hands and mouth, moving up and down together.

Just the day before the Oscars, Martin received a message from Thomas that Christian Bale's agent Parker was in contact with Warner Pictures to start preliminary negotiations on the Terminator project.

It seems that Bale's chances of starring are very high.

Martin remembers well that Christian Bale played John Connor in this one.

It also proved one thing to Hollywood, leaving Batman, his commercial appeal is not strong at all, and he has no monoclonal antibody box office ability.

Everything seems to be in order.

But Martin is still stared at. Bell put him on "The Prestige", and if he has the opportunity, he will come back.

The British media and the police can all prove that the Bell sponge tearing incident at Pinewood Studios was done by Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, and had nothing to do with Martin Davis.

So, the account is not over yet.

It's not just him. On Bell's side, he remembers all the bills clearly.

The last weekend of February 2007 came, and the 79th Academy Awards ceremony kicked off on time at the Kodak Theater.

This year, the biggest thing to watch is whether Martin Scorsese can realize his dream.

Well-informed people know that the probability is as high as 90%!

Although Martin knew that he was destined to accompany the runner, he still walked on the Oscar red carpet. He would not make the mistakes Leonardo made when he was young.

In the year when the big boat was popular, Leonardo refused to walk on the Oscar red carpet because he was not nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor, and publicly declared that he was "worried about stealing the Oscar's limelight".

Anyone who cares about Hollywood knows the story behind.

On the day of the awards ceremony, Martin came in a Cadillac flagship car, wore a Brioni haute couture handmade dress, and raised Coca-Cola with members of the Coke God on the red carpet.

Then meet Nicholson and Leonardo in the media area, and walk into the Kodak Theater together in a super combination of the bastard trio.