American fame and fortune

In the office of the president of Warner Pictures, Alan Horn looked somewhat ugly when he heard what Thomas said on the phone.

The invitation sent in person was actually turned down.

Although the method was very tactful, using the excuse of preparing to compete for the role of Nolan and Fincher's project, Alan Horn was still not comfortable.

This also directly declared his Plan A bankruptcy.

Someone knocked on the office door. Paul Haggis came in from the outside, sat opposite Allen, and asked, "I heard that something unexpected happened?"

"Martin Davis replied, saying that the schedule is not suitable, and rejected our invitation." Allen did not show any emotion, as if explaining the facts from the perspective of a bystander: "The day before yesterday, Louise Mayer They called me and said that Pacific Pictures wanted to decide to invest in another big project of Warner Bros., but they couldn’t find the funds.”

Paul Haggis immediately understood the current situation. The disappearance of a leading actor with strong market appeal meant that the Atlanta funds and Asian funds behind him were also gone.

There are many rumors about Louise Meyer and Martin Davis of Pacific Films in the circle. She refused, and Martin also refused, which is not surprising.

Alan Horn tapped his finger on the table lightly and said, "Our plan is about to change."

"The new actor does not meet our requirements." Paul Haggis did not want to take the risk of using a new actor as the leading actor in a project with such a huge investment: "The investment is too big."

Allen nodded: "It must be an actor of the first-line star level, we still have time to find it." He frowned: "Actually, the key lies in the funds. It is difficult, but since the end of last year, the situation has changed a lot, the hot money pouring into the industry has dropped sharply, and even Spielberg has gone to India to attract investment.”

Although he is good at making movies, he has been in a high position for many years and has a keen sense of smell. He feels that there seems to be something wrong with the US economy.

Most obviously, Wall Street's enthusiasm for investing in Hollywood has plummeted.

Paul Haggis doesn’t understand this. He is a relatively pure filmmaker, and he only considers it from the perspective of film investment: “Can we bypass Martin Davis and get in touch with the Atlanta funds and Asian funds behind him?”

Allen did not lack decisiveness: "I'll let someone try it."

When Paul Haggis left, he called his subordinate Lauren and asked her to contact people in Atlanta and Asia.

Paul Haggis came out of the office, went to the downstairs hall, and met Jon, the creative director of Legendary Pictures.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Haggis asked, "You should know about the new project I'm leading. Don't you plan to invest in it?"

Although Warner Pictures and Legendary Pictures are both owned by Warner Bros., they are not affiliated, but have a parallel relationship. Jon shrugged: "The focus of Legendary Pictures in the coming year is the Batman sequel, and there is nothing else that can be done."

Haggis wondered: "Didn't you raise a lot of money from Wall Street private shareholders and hedge firms?"

Jon replied casually: "Small investors on Wall Street are also short of money."

Footsteps sounded next to him. Christian Bale came over from Warner Bros., greeted him, and asked, "What are you talking about? I see you are very involved."

Jon smiled: "Of course it's money."

"A lot of big projects are looking for money," Haggis said.

Bell didn't understand these things, and said, "Actually, I'm also looking for money."

The three laughed, and Jon quickly left.

Bell is leaving too.

Haggis suddenly remembered what Allen said just now, and quickly called Bell: "Chris, let's have a few words alone."

Bell pointed to the leisure area: "Over there."

The two went to sit down, and Haggis said directly: "Warner Pictures and I are working on a new Terminator series with an investment of about 200 million US dollars. The actor has not yet been determined."

"I'm also going to play Bruce Wayne," Bell said.

Haggis said: "I asked Jon about the shooting date, and there is no conflict between the two."

The first "Time to War" revitalized the Batman movie, Warner and DC are confident in the sequel, and the fourth part of the Terminator will definitely be released after Batman.

Haggis thought a lot for a moment. With the good foundation laid by the first film, the new Batman movie should be a big hit, so that he can borrow Bale's momentum...

As for the salary and the like, it's not a problem. With such a high budget, he intends to invite first-line stars.

Bell is good at being a man, and he didn't say yes or no: "According to industry regulations, I can't talk about roles and job acquisition issues without my agent present."

Haggis said: "I will contact your agent." He opened the briefcase and gave Bell a script and proposal: "You can take a look."

Bell said: "Paul, thank you for your attention and invitation."

Agent Patrick was waiting for him in the car outside.

Bell got into the car, handed him the information, and said, "I received an invitation."

Patrick flipped through the pages and said, "I've heard about the project, and it's said that Martin Davis has been invited to play the leading role."

Bell immediately became interested: "Martin Davis?"

Patrick said: "Alan Horn met with him privately." He mentioned the most critical point: "The budget of the new Terminator will not be less than 180 million US dollars. If you can win this role, I can do it for you." You negotiate a salary of at least 15 million US dollars."

There is no one in Vanity Fair who is not interested in money. Hearing this number, Bell became more interested: "Try to get in touch with Warner Pictures. Paul Haggis and Legendary Pictures have talked here. Do not conflict."

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After accepting the instructions from his boss, Alan Horn, Lauren acted immediately, studied all the film projects in which Martin Davis starred, and quickly determined the four major sources of investment funds to support Martin.

Pacific Pictures in the Hollywood industry, Gray Films, the largest film company in Atlanta, Beast House Entertainment, also from Atlanta, and Wu Maoting, a wealthy Asian businessman.

The heads of the former two, Louise Meyer and Kelly Gray, are too deeply involved with Martin, and the latter is far away in Asia, unable to meet in a short period of time. Lauren puts it aside for the time being, and plans to contact the House of the Beast in Atlanta first. Entertainment.

They also have an office in Los Angeles.

Lauren finds out that one of the owners of Beast House has recently arrived in Los Angeles.

He immediately drove to South Broadway Street, found the office of Beast House, entered and told the people who greeted him: "I'm Lauren Kerner from Warner Pictures, and I'm here to visit Ms. Sophia."

"Please wait a moment." The person turned around and walked inside.

After a while, a middle-aged man came out and greeted Lauren: "Come with me."

Lauren found that this man's walking posture was quite strange, with his legs swayed outwards, and he walked with a crutch, as if he had suffered some huge damage to his buttocks.

Scott suddenly turned his head, Lauren didn't look sideways, as if he didn't see anything, followed him into a reception room.

"Sit." The woman who spoke made Lauren's mouth twitch.

The sportswear can't cover this woman's strong body, and the bulging muscles in her gestures are even more exaggerated than the current Dwayne Johnson.

Lauren can only find a suitable description in her head: the female version of King Kong!

Then, he realized that the head of Pacific Pictures was a woman, the head of Gray Pictures was a woman, and the head of Beast House was also a woman.

Martin Davis has a good appetite, right? This can also go down, so you are not afraid of breaking?

Lauren is also well-informed, she thinks a lot, but her face is normal, and she introduces herself: "Hello, ma'am, I'm Lauren Kerner from Warner Pictures Planning Department..."

Sophia has always done things directly, interrupting him: "Do you have something to say?"

Lauren made preparations before coming, and quickly talked about the project and sincerity of Warner Pictures.

Sophia didn't answer much, but listened carefully.

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On Rodeo Drive, in Brioni's boutique, Martin, who finished filming the new season's advertisement, is trying on a formal dress.

This is Brioni's specially handcrafted Oscar jersey based on his body data, which will come in handy this weekend.

The store manager, Critia, looked at Martin carefully and said, "Perfect! Martin, your body proportions are very good, and your skeleton is like a model. It perfectly shows Briony's outstanding elegance."

Martin smiled and said, "Thank you, I am very satisfied."

In the eyes of people like him who don't have much fashion knowledge, men's formal dresses are nothing more than that. People like him who need a mature and stable style must choose dark colors in public.

In the rest area, Bruce, who was holding Martin's mobile phone, answered the call. Hearing Sophia's voice, his heart tightened inexplicably, and his legs trembled unconsciously.

But what Sophia said was serious, he listened patiently, hung up the phone quickly, went to Martin, and whispered, "Sophia wants to see you."

"What's wrong?" Martin asked.

Bruce said: "People from Warner Pictures found Sophia and wanted to attract investment."

Martin nodded: "You tell her, I'll be right there."

He went to the locker room to change clothes.

Bruce wanted to call, but he really didn't want to hear Sophia's voice, so he just sent a text message.

Martin changed his clothes, said hello to Claudia, went downstairs with Old Bu, and drove to Burbank.

Knowing that Martin recently rejected the invitation of Warner Pictures, Bruce asked, "Will it be related to Alan Horn?"

Martin said: "Alan Horn is the president of Warner Pictures. To introduce a new investor, he must finally nod."

Bruce frowned slightly: "He wants to dig our roots!"

Martin closed his eyes and meditated. Combining Hollywood's situation and the investment income of Beast House, he thought about the conversation with Sofia.

The car soon came to South Broad Street, where the Los Angeles branch of Beast House was located.

Martin and Bruce went upstairs and saw Scott first.

I haven't seen him for more than half a year. Scott's legs haven't extended to the sides anymore, but the way he walks seems to be fixed, and he always splits his legs.