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Hearing Helen Herman's words, Matthew's heart was also half-shattered. The original work and script were all placed in Paramount Pictures. It is estimated that 80% of the film copyright has been sold, but he did not give up easily. After all, inside the circle Anything can happen in a mess. Besides, he has seen many scripts on the desk. In fact, they are not used for filming and production, but are waiting to fall and become moldy.

He sent Helen Herman to inquire about "Twilight", especially Paramount Pictures, and then called Bella Anderson to activate Bella Anderson's assistant team. Also to collect and understand relevant information.

In some ways, he forgot some vague things that led to the current situation. Pure Man is still a Hollywood star who has left a certain impression on him, but he has never even watched the "Twilight" series. , just know that this is the film that made the pure man popular.

As for "The Hunger Games", Matthew didn't mention Helen Herman and Bella Anderson. After all, I haven't heard of the famous young actress surnamed Lawrence, in case the series hasn't even been published yet. ?

In fact, he knows very well that Helen Herman is not without doubts that he can always choose the movies that sell well at the box office and avoid some sinkhole movies. How could she not be surprised by her shrewdness? Others might think it was the result of careful analysis and choice by him and his management team, but of course she knew that wasn't the case.

However, Helen Herman is a very rational person, and he has asked twice. Seeing that he always says some foolish things, he has no interest in asking any more, because his choice can always bring the two of them. best profit.

Matthew can also guess that Helen Herman's suspicion is more that he is hiding something. As a very rational woman, Helen Herman will not think about the marginal places at all.

For the next few days, he didn't care about "Twilight", and it was all handed over to Helen Herman and Bella Anderson.

Matthew went through the information everywhere, checked the bestseller lists in recent years, and went to the largest bookstore in Beverly several times, but did not find anything related to "The Hunger Games". Instead, he saw a few books from Japan. "Escape" seems to be somewhat similar to the vaguely related movie plot.

He specially asked some bookstore owners to ask if there was an original English book similar to "Battle Royale", but he still found nothing.

After on-the-spot investigation, Matthew roughly came to a conclusion that "The Hunger Games" should not have been published, and the film copyright would be out of the question.

Are you looking for someone to write something similar? For a moment, he had such an idea, but then gave up, not to mention whether the original author is already writing it, even if he finds a shooter, he doesn't remember the relevant content.

The vague movie plot is probably not as much as the content related to "Battle Royale" in hand.

Matthew put "The Hunger Games" aside for the time being, just pay attention to it later, and began to wait patiently for news from Helen Herman and Bella Anderson.

Before Helen Herman and Bella Anderson had more accurate news, David Ellison came to the door.

"David, you don't come to call for money, do you?"

In the reception room, Matthew greeted David Ellison to sit casually, and asked the servant to bring coffee, and said, "Didn't I tell you last time, the follow-up funds for "Fast and Furious 4" will wait a few days , My No. 13 film studio is going through the registration process, and after the registration is completed, the investment will go to the studio's account."

"I didn't come for this." David Ellison said with a rare seriousness on his face, "You told me last time that you were going to set up a film studio. I thought about it for a while and had an idea. ."

Matthew looked at David Ellison and said, "Let's just say it directly, who is with whom."

David Ellison didn't go around in circles, and said directly, "I want to use part of the equity in Sky Dance Pictures to exchange part of the equity in No. 13 Film Studio with you, or I can directly invest in your studio. Can."

"Oh?" Matthew thought about it and asked, "David, how much equity do you want?"

"About 30 percent is fine." David Ellison, of course, has his own considerations, "We are good friends and close partners, I hold part of the shares of No. 13 Film Studio, you Holding some shares in Sky Dance Pictures is also beneficial to our future cooperation."

Matthew did not answer the call immediately, but was considering the pros and cons. In the future, Studio No. 13 will invest in very few independent films. He has not seen a few independent literary films. Pure commercial production is the first choice. Commercial production It often requires a large amount of money, such as the type of "The Hunger Games" that was not found. It is estimated that the funds of about 100 million US dollars are indispensable, which means a huge risk.

No one can guarantee that a commercial film will be successful, and there are more cases where he has a foot in it.

It's good to have multiple people with deep pockets and deep pockets to share the risk, otherwise a larger film fails and the studio can simply declare bankruptcy.

And David Ellison is just as daring as he is. The previous collaborations, whether it is a movie or a trick, are very suitable for his appetite.

More importantly, David Ellison's financial resources and the more powerful Ellison family behind him are undoubtedly an extremely powerful force.

Of course, he is also very rich now, and with Apple's stock price continuing to rise, his entire net worth is now close to $400 million.

But the net worth is not liquidity. These 250 million US dollars are accumulated from Apple stocks and Marvel Comics stocks. It is impossible for him to sell Apple stocks now.

The remaining Horner Manor is real estate, and part of the cash is "donated" to two charitable foundations, plus the $40 million invested by "Iron Man" and the $60 million investment share of "Fast and Furious 4", again a few more. He couldn't stand the investment of tens of millions of dollars.

Although an outsider in business, he also knew that he had to keep a certain amount of liquidity on hand.

In every way, the benefits of the equity swap proposed by David Ellison far outweigh the downsides.

He can also guess the idea of ​​David Ellison, no doubt that he wants to use this method to tie the cooperation between the two sides more firmly.

"That's it, David."

Equity crossover is not a trivial matter. Matthew has considered it, but he will not make a decision immediately. He also needs to seek the opinions of professionals, "I will seriously consider it and reply to you as soon as possible."

David Ellison didn't expect Matthew to make a casual decision either, saying, "Okay, hopefully good news."

Matthew smiled and said, "We're all friends no matter what."

"Of course." David Ellison nodded. "I'm still waiting to dig a hole with you."

He took the initiative to change the subject, "What's going on with Brad Pitt?"

"I've been in contact with Natalie Portman." Matthew gave a general overview of the situation. "I don't know the specific progress yet."

David Ellison frowned and thought for a while, "I'll find someone to inquire." He suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "I let someone develop an undercover on Plan B."

"Uh..." Matthew was a little stunned, "Is this okay?"

"Just a business espionage." David Ellison didn't care.

Hearing this, Matthew suddenly remembered something widely circulated in the media: Larry Ellison once got a commercial spy into Microsoft's cleaners, and then smothered Microsoft through waste paper, so angry Shameless yelling at the press conference...

Is everyone in the Ellison family good at using this trick?

He threw away the nonsense and asked, "Reliable?"

David Ellison nodded, "Relax, very reliable."

Such exciting and interesting things have not happened to him for a long time. To dig a hole and bury a big man in Hollywood feels better than investing in a successful movie.

The mentality of a rich man, Matthew can somewhat guess, because now he is also a rich man.

There are many rich stars in Hollywood, and it is not uncommon to have a net worth of hundreds of millions. Brad Pitt is one of them.

"Nate, welcome back."

In the office of Plan B, Brad Pitt hugged Natalie Portman, who had just returned from Africa, warmly, took a step back and took a good look, and said, "I'm getting a tan."

After attending the conference in Geneva, Natalie Portman returned to New York and followed a United Nations team to Africa. She stayed there for many days, carefully building a charity image. She just returned to the United States the previous week. After the vacation, I came to Los Angeles to continue preparing for the project "Cloud Atlas"~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The sun in Africa is very poisonous. "Natalie Portman, sitting in a chair, said, "There are also a lot of mosquitoes, and it's terrible to bite people. "

She said something that came to her mouth, and swallowed it back. The thing that Matthew recommended called Fengyoujing was really useful. It repelled mosquitoes, refreshed and stimulated. It is definitely a must-have medicine for traveling to the tropics.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie hid in Africa two years ago. They have a certain understanding of the African environment. The two talked about Africa and gradually shifted to the preparations for "Cloud Atlas".

"It's going well." Brad-Pitt showed his style as an idol of middle-aged and elderly housewives again. "If nothing else, we can officially prepare before the new year, and the release time is tentatively scheduled for the summer of 2009."

Natalie Portman has always liked the original book and the Wachowskis' script, and said with a smile, "This is the best project I've seen that combines business and depth. I believe it will be a movie like "The Hacker". A film as successful as Empire."

Brad Pitt is quite confident, "Absolutely."

"By the way, Pete," Natalie Portman volunteered, "I met Matthew Horner in Geneva, he's a UNHCR goodwill ambassador."

Brad Pete heads, as many people know.

Natalie Portman continued, "Matthew Horner regrets the loss of Cloud Atlas, and is deeply saddened by it."

Brad Pitt couldn't help laughing. It's really not easy to grab this project from Matthew Horner and David Ellison.

"And," Natalie Portman said, "I'm taking Matthew Horner's words, Matthew Horner wants to run a mega-project..."

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