American fame and fortune

In the small building where Pacific Pictures is located, Martin asked Jessica to take the financial director and accountant to reconcile the accounts, and then came to Louise's office alone.

Louise's assistant Nikki said: "The boss is in the reception room. He said you can go directly when you come."

"Thank you." Martin went to the reception room diagonally opposite, knocked on the door gently, and pushed the door open.

In addition to Louise, there was also Sophia.

The latter's attire surprised Martin.

Sofia was wearing a neat women's professional suit, which should be a custom-made handmade version. The muscles all over her body were so bulging that the clothes could explode into rags at any time.

Perhaps to match the suit, she also wore a pair of flat glasses.

Louise wears business clothes and glasses, which gives people a sexy and intellectual beauty.

Sophia's similar outfit looks like King Kong from Skull Island sneaking into the human world.

"What? We don't know each other?" Sophia followed Louise's example and pushed up the plain mirror: "I am also a female CEO."

For the sake of his butt, Martin rarely told a 100% lie: "She has the temperament and demeanor of a female CEO. She looks like a strong woman in the workplace."

Sofia laughed, the flesh on her face jumping up and down with laughter.

Martin quickly found a chair and sat down, with Louise in the middle. He sat down on the thick sofa and felt at ease.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why Lao Bu had to lean his butt against the cement wall every time he saw Sophia.

That solid sense of security is so important.

Louise pushed up her black-rimmed glasses slightly, and with Sophia as a comparison, she looked knowledgeable and elegant yet sexy and charming: "You came just in time. After the New Year holiday, Warner Bros. settled the income from "Never Ending" with us. , the part that belongs to you will be transferred to your respective accounts soon after the reconciliation is completed today."

Sofia laughed so hard that her flesh twitched like an electric shock: "It was really wise to choose to invest with you. A guy I know set up a foundation on his own and came to Hollywood to invest in movies. In the past few years, all the projects he invested in have suffered losses. , I lost all my money, it’s so miserable..."

Louise glanced at Martin: "Martin introduced you here, so we will naturally make a fortune together."

Sofia smiled at Martin again, the muscle fibers taut under the skin trembling wildly like plucked strings.

Fortunately, Martin's psychological quality is very good, and he can calmly face Sophia's toughness with laughter, and said: "Your support has given me my status and appeal today. I think I have some vision in movies. If you have the opportunity, everyone Keep making money together.”

He cannot face such a huge circle alone. The success of his work in the past few years is closely related to the strong support behind him.

Without Louise, Warner would have been in trouble long ago. Without Warner's tiger skin, Harvey Weinstein and others would not be able to take advantage of the situation.

Maybe you did it when he was still weak.

Martin needs money, fame, appeal, and support.

Only in this way can he live freely, have fun and do things boldly.

Louise asked: "Where is that action movie project you have?"

Martin said: "It is in the early stages of planning. If the project is officially approved, you will definitely be invited to invest together. The production cost is expected to be around US$40 million."

Sophia said without hesitation: "I will be responsible for the investment."

Martin would not spend all his money on film projects, saying: "My project plan and script will be sent to you soon."

Louise didn't speak. She knew what Martin was like. The bastard was indeed a bastard, but she had nothing to say to the people who had helped him.

Sofia was about to say goodbye and asked Martin: "I heard that there are many interesting clubs opened on Sunset Boulevard. Let's go there together?"

Martin shook his head: "I never go to those places."

Sophia adjusted her suit jacket and put on a rare gentle look: "Goodbye, you two, I'm going to the male model club."

Louise sent her back, closed the door, and looked at Martin with her head tilted: "Are you afraid of her?"

"This is not fear, but full respect for the sponsor." Martin said clearly: "I do the same to you, a big sponsor, and I will try my best to satisfy you, right?"

Louise invited: "Kelly will arrive in Los Angeles at five o'clock in the afternoon and come to my place in the evening?"

Martin understood that there would be another fierce battle tonight and responded: "I'll go over to have dinner and prepare more meat."

Men, when faced with challenges, never back down.

But first, fill your stomach.

The two chatted for a while, and Jessica called and asked Martin to go over and sign.

Martin left Louise's office and went to Pacific Pictures' financial office.

The financial statements that need to be signed are mainly Martin's investment share in "Never Ending" in the name of Davis Studio.

More than two years ago, when the project was established, Martin didn't have much money. The cost of purchasing the original novel "Dark Realm", plus the initial investment, was taken over by him and Louise when they established the "Never End" studio. The investment scale was exaggerated to US$3 million.

Including part of his remuneration included in the investment at the time, the total investment amount was US$6 million, accounting for one-sixth of the project's production cost of US$36 million.

After more than two years of preparation, filming, promotion and online and offline distribution, the harvest season has finally arrived.

The final box office of "Never Ending" was US$176 million in North America and US$386 million globally.

As of the end of December last year, the North American DVD sales of the film were US$58.95 million. Taking into account TV rights and other aspects of North American and overseas offline income, Martin was finally allocated US$19.25 million.

Although the investment income process takes a long time, the investment income is considerable.

At the same time, the studios of several other films starring Martin also settled last year's investment or due share. Thanks to the continued efforts of "Wanted" and "The Departed" in the disc market, this part of the Total revenue was also $3.52 million.

With an annual income of $20 million, Martin has it at his fingertips.

His next goal is of course to make a salary of US$20 million for a single film!

It’s not easy to get into the 20 million club, and there are only a dozen people in Hollywood so far.

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"Congratulations, multi-millionaire." Louise poured wine for Martin and Kelly herself, then picked up the wine glass: "Kelly, let's toast to the multi-millionaire."

Kelly smiled and raised her glass: "I want to try it today to see if the taste of being a multimillionaire is different from the past."

Martin stood up holding the bar and clinked glasses with them one by one: "Here's to you."

The three of them had a drink.

Kelly helped Martin pour the wine and asked: "You have made so much money, what are your plans?"

Martin expressed his truest thoughts: "I want to find a hundred beauties from various countries, rent a luxury cruise ship that is over 100 meters tall, and go to the sea to have crazy fun for a month."

Louise snorted coldly: "In three days at most, you will be covered in blood. In less than a week, you will die at sea, and your body will be fed to the fish."

Kelly is a woman with political pursuits. She can't help but shake her head: "Martin, you really have no pursuits. It's too vulgar!"

"This is true pursuit. I hone my acting skills and work hard. Why do I earn so much money?" Martin said directly without anyone answering: "Of course it's for fun!"

He took a sip of wine: "Do you want me to watch the number of my accounts increase while living a puritan's life? I won't do it."

Louise has been in the industry for more than ten years and has seen many stars ups and downs. She does not want Martin to turn into Marlon Brando in the future. She specifically reminded: "It will be very difficult to live a life like yours without money in the future."

Martin could hear the good intentions in it, and roughly said: "The money I got was divided into three parts, one-third for investment, one-third as reserve fund, and one-third for food, drink and fun. This is enough to ensure a living." full of joy."

In fact, he doesn't spend so much on his enjoyment.

Kelly raised her eyebrows at Louise: "Did you hear that? I just said that he thinks much more than ordinary people." She lay on Louise's shoulder: "You are too worried about him. "

A smile appeared on Louise's lips: "I'm afraid that he will become a pauper when he gets old, and we will have to raise him."

Kelly was surprised: "Did you think about it for so long?"

Martin took the initiative to help Louise change the subject: "Come, let's drink. Whoever drinks more will be rewarded."

Kelly asked: "What's the reward?"

"Reward her in the middle," Martin said with a laugh.

When the three of them drank a bottle of whiskey, the hall was already in chaos like a battlefield.

The next morning, Martin rarely cooked in person and made breakfast for the two of them.

Kelly was still sleeping soundly, and Louise came down alone in her nightgown, leaning on the pillar next to the kitchen, and asked, "Is what you said yesterday true?"

"Of course it's true." Martin knew what he was asking, and simply said: "Both investment and consumption can be tax deducted. If you don't invest or consume, that part of the money will have to be paid to the tax bureau, so I will give most of the money I earn. Keep investing, or buy practical assets.”

Louise reminded: "Be careful, the economic situation is not very optimistic now, don't make any compensation."

"I'll pay attention." Martin's clearest memory of this era is Apple, so when buying stocks, he naturally has to buy what he remembers most firmly.

He divided the fried eggs, bacon and ham into three plates, poured three more glasses of milk, and when carrying a plate to the restaurant, he patted Louise's butt: "Go call the lazy guy upstairs. Come down and have breakfast.”

Louise quickly dragged Kelly downstairs.

The three of them had breakfast together, and Martin drove to Burbank and held a brief meeting with Chad Starsky and Bradt. After confirming the script and shooting plan, he asked people to submit the script and project plan. Delivered to Louise, Kelly and Sophia respectively.

Counting Davis Studio, the four companies each invested US$10 million to compete in this deal.

Martin personally joined the project purely as a producer and leading actor.

The remuneration must be consistent with his market value.

Thomas is ready to make a move, and has drawn up a preliminary contract with basic salary plus share plus compensation clauses.