American Fame and Fortune

Chapter 65 The Master and the Payroll

This film has a large investment scale disclosed to the public. Kelly Gray has never operated it and made a special call to Louise Meyer.

 Louise, who was going to Morocco, chose to transfer in Atlanta and stay one night at the same time.

 At the airport hotel, when she saw Martin and Kelly arriving, Louise automatically ignored the latter, threw herself on Martin, and shouted: "Penicillin!"

Kelly was heartbroken and cursed angrily: "You female pervert, you only have eyes for men? You couple of bitches, can you restrain yourself?"

 Louise picked up the specially brought magazine and handed it to Martin: "Look, Louise's penicillin shocked the entire United States and the International Bartenders Association. Many people call me the master!"

This is the "Esquire" magazine under the Hearst Group. Martin discovered that the cover of the magazine was Louise. She was wearing exquisite business clothes, her right hand was placed across her bulging chest, and she was holding a cup of mixed penicillin. .

 Cover slogan—Louise’s Penicillin cures all unhappiness!

 Open the magazine and look at the title page. There is an interview with Louise, which mainly talks about the process of inventing penicillin.

 Martin has completely traded away the penicillin, and Louise will certainly not be polite and will keep it all to herself.

 Then there are several well-known tasters who praise penicillin.

One of the greatest discoveries in the cocktail world in the new century, Louise is the best female bartender in the past twenty years.

 Louise's whole body was floating, just like Michael Jordan is to baseball, Gareth Bale is to golf, Leonardo is to female models under 25, it is a love from the soul.

Kelly took a look at the magazine and revealed it without mercy: "What a waste, how much did it cost?"

Louis fell from the cloud to the floor and glared at Kelly: "How can you slander my innocence out of thin air?"

 The two men glared at each other angrily, their hands bent into claws, ready to tear apart at any moment.

 Martin patted the sofa: "Sit down and talk about business first."

 Louise took back the magazine, put it away solemnly, pulled down her wrinkled beige shirt, and said: "Don't use the pure love drama model for this project, use the Hollywood method."

Kelly understood it immediately: "Find a few unimportant guys to register a company for the project alone?"

This is a common operation in Hollywood movies. Louise simply said: "As long as you pay taxes legally, there will generally be no problems, but you must be prepared for problems. Put a shell on the project and calculate the finances separately. Someone will really track it down in the future. , you can throw away the shell at any time.”

 Martin understood clearly: "And then let others take the blame?"

Louis joked: "If you want to go to the prison to pick up soap, you can."

 Kelly automatically responded: "I'm ready."

 Martin reminded: “Stop talking nonsense and talk about business.”

Louise added: "The disclosed production costs should not be completely decoupled from the quality of the film. I participated in a test meeting of a German director a few days ago. It seemed to be called Death House or something like that. It claimed that the cost of a film of 12 million US dollars was shot." The effect is only $100,000, which is not as good as your late-night scene..."

 She and Kelly have been friends for ten years, and their relationship is so close that they are in the same movie. She specifically reminded: "That German director can throw away his shame, but you can't, Kelly, you still have a long way to go."

Kelly gestured and said: "I have been away from Hollywood for a long time. I want to give you a piece of advice."

Louise didn't sell it, and said directly: "Fixing the publicity costs, I know you don't have the distribution ability, but in order to sell the film and attract distributors, you also have to do publicity."

She emphasized: "Especially for overseas distributors, it doesn't matter how much the film is sold overseas. There must be expenditure on overseas promotion in their accounts."

Martin suggested: "Sign up for a few overseas film festivals? For example, in Southeast Asia, India or Russia, just send a few people there and the cost will pile up?"

 Louis smiled at him: "Yes, my knowledge has increased."

Kelly kept it all in mind: "Benjamin has planned a three-month shooting and production cycle for the film and is preparing to show it at the Savannah Film Festival. Please help me contact several distributors."

 The three people talked for a while, and the topic gradually came to an end.

“Let’s talk about the business, let’s talk about something happy.” Martin came to the couch, sat between Kelly and Louise, hugged each other: “Female drunkard, didn’t you release the expansion screw?”

Louise knows how to publicize well: "Take your time, I keep releasing new cocktails and keep the buzz in the bartending world. It won't be long before I will be like Ada Coleman, as a woman." Become a master of the International Bartenders Association!" She held Martin's hand tightly: "You will help me and continue to inspire me, right?"

  Martin said: "Of course, all mine is yours."

Kelly suddenly asked: "What is an expansion screw?"

 Louis smiled happily: "It's as good as penicillin."

Kelly felt that she had also fallen: "You guys are such a bad couple."

 Martin actively invited: "Kelly, welcome to join the ranks of dog men and women."

 Unfortunately, the sofas in the hotel are red and a new round of auditions is inevitable.

 …

 The next morning, the crew held their first meeting after the project was established.

Gray Company registered and established the "Zombie Gigolo" studio with Andrew and others.

Company Vice President Dave serves as the producer, and except for Andrew who replaces Lynn as the casting director, the rest of the filming team are all the same people Benjamin has always used.

 In addition to the leading actor, Martin also serves as the production manager and has a certain say.

The crew hired Atlanta's most popular male striptease team with high salaries and will pay high salaries for this.

 As highly professional technical talents, the total salary of the 18 members of the team is as high as 900,000 US dollars.

Their inflated salary has in disguise pushed up the salary of Martin, the leading actor.

  Martin's total salary for the leading actor and production manager is as high as $150,000.

  The main filming location of the crew is the Beast House Club.

 At the same time, another simple photo studio will be built.

   The crew disclosed the production cost to the public at US$6 million, and invested US$3 million in publicity, with plans for global distribution.

As soon as the studio was listed, the overseas promotion and overseas copyright sales staff set out from Atlanta Airport and began traveling around the world.

The crew also submitted materials to relevant state government offices to apply for relevant subsidies and concessions.

According to the policy passed by Georgia last year, "Zombie Gigolo" investments exceeding US$500,000 can enjoy a total tax discount of 30%.

 As for how to do the accounting in the middle, it has nothing to do with Martin.

Jerome accompanied him to the office building where the studio was temporarily rented, and Martin signed the contract sent by Dave.

 He won the first leading role in his previous life.

Coming out of the office, Jerome said: "At $150,000, you set a record for the Marietta Theater Company."

 Martin said vaguely: "The situation is special."

Jerome thought he was talking about his relationship with Kelly: "When you get a high salary, you have to work hard, you can't relax, and you must be prepared."

 Martin agreed: "I'll get ready tomorrow."

 After a long circle, he finally landed on the ring stage of the House of Beasts.

 (End of this chapter)