Rebirth In Hollywood

"Did I do something stupid yesterday?"

As soon as he walked into the restaurant, Ryan heard Natalie's voice with a questioning voice, "Is it still crazy? I only remember some vague fragments."

Pulling over the chair, Ryan sat opposite Natalie, picked up the knife and fork, and said, "After coming back, you haunted me for half the night."

"I still remember these." Natalie smiled embarrassedly and sat down. "I mean, I was drunk during the filming, and I vaguely remember..."

"I took the film back." Ryan pointed to the cabinet outside the restaurant, "It's there, you can see it yourself after breakfast."

"Oh, and also." Ryan said again, "I gave the crew a holiday, and today we have a rest."

"Hmm~"

Natalie nodded, stopped talking, and began to concentrate on breakfast.

She was still in the diet control stage, she just drank a glass of skim milk and ate half an apple, said hello to Ryan, and left the restaurant.

After eating breakfast in a hurry, Ryan walked into the living room. Natalie was using a small projection equipment to watch the clips shot yesterday. Hearing his footsteps in the past, she turned back quickly.

"This is me and Scarlett?" She seemed embarrassed.

"I can't make two people who look exactly like you, right?" Ryan sat next to Natalie, "If I hadn't called Anna to help, only God knows what you would become. "

"That..." Natalie hurriedly turned off the playing screen and explained, "I don't know why. Maybe it's because the pressure has been too great recently, which caused me to lose my temper when drunk."

"However, why does Scarlett seem to be very skilled?" she muttered again.

"What?" Ryan didn't hear clearly. "What is it, Nat?"

"Ah. It's nothing." Natalie shook her head. "This scene has finally been filmed. I cut out those excessive scenes, and the rest is enough."

Shrugging, Ryan helped Natalie pack up the film. There was a knock on the door. He walked over and opened the door. It was Scarlett Johansson standing outside.

"Hi, Ryan." She waved her hand and immediately got into the suite.

"Scarlett!"

See Scarlett coming in. Natalie couldn't help staring at her, "You..."

"I don't remember anything."

Before Natalie could finish speaking, Scarlett planned her words, "Nate, I seem to be drunk yesterday and don't remember anything."

After she finished speaking, she quickly moved away from Natalie's sight and beckoned here, "Ryan. You won't be shooting today, do you have any plans?"

"I'm going to Wall Street."

Pointing to his formal clothes, Ryan said to the two, "If you are interested. You can go together."

"Scarlett."

Natalie knew that Ryan's going to Wall Street must be for work, and she went to hold Scarlett, "Let's go shopping, it's been a long time since I've been to Fifth Avenue."

Take the elevator down to the underground car park. The three got into two cars separately and left the Waldorf Astoria hotel one after another, waiting for Natalie and their Chevrolet to leave. Ryan's Rolls-Royce is heading to Wall Street.

As an important member of the same interest group, Taylor's father, Scott Swift, is almost always based in New York. As the manager of many foundations large and small under Ryan and Nicole's name, his tactics have become more and more in recent years. Skilled, with more and more funds under his control, he has also become an important member of Wall Street.

"Ryan, the signs of a financial crisis are becoming more and more apparent."

After entering the reception room, the two of them were not so polite and sat on the sofa separately, and Scott went straight to the topic, "From the data analysis we have drawn, the period from the end of this year to the end of next year is most likely to break out. "

"Will it have an impact on us?" This is the focus of Ryan's concern.

"There will definitely be an impact, but it won't be particularly big." Scott said succinctly, "According to my estimation, finance, banking, insurance and real estate are the key industries in this crisis.

Except for the Hollywood-related industries, our assets are mainly concentrated in the IT industry. "

"And," he continued, "I've sold stocks in industries that could be severely affected, and I've raised some of the money to invest in China, and the rest, as you wish, as backup funds."

"What's going on on Wall Street now?" Ryan asked with a nod.

"The New Century Financial Corporation should not last long." Scott flipped through the documents in his hand, "According to our estimation, it is difficult for them to persist until May, as well as Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers, there are also many problems. Once When the financial crisis hits, filing for bankruptcy protection is probably the only way out.”

"Pay more attention to the situation of investment banks." Ryan thought for a while, but there are not many relevant memories in his head. "Invest cautiously in North America during this time."

Then, Scott gave him a detailed analysis of the severe situation that Wall Street might face. Ryan also learned more about this financial crisis, which he only had a general understanding of in his previous life.

Scott's words can be summed up in one sentence: God is here now and cannot save America from this very likely crisis.

Two thousand years later, the economic development of the United States has slowed down, and the industries that have really developed rapidly are undoubtedly the high-tech industry represented by the IT industry, and the real estate industry, which is strongly promoted by the federal government.

External enemies are always the best way to resolve internal conflicts. Although the Iraq war temporarily resolved the domestic crisis, it did not fundamentally change the fate of the nation's twin deficits and economic decline.

When fighting Iraq, the federal government's war budget was about 50 billion to 60 billion US dollars. At that time, it was thought that a quick solution could be achieved. As a result, from 2003 to the present, the US military has been in Iraq for 4 years, and the cost has exceeded 500 billion US dollars. Directly This led to the enlargement of the US national debt, fiscal deficit and trade deficit.

How can we improve the economic situation in the United States? This important task falls on the real estate in the United States. The federal government made a choice around 2000, calling on everyone in the United States to buy a house. Even the Federal Reserve has adopted a loose monetary policy and continuously cut interest rates. The loan interest rate is very low, and the real estate is used to drive the US economy, so that the US economy continues to prosper.

They joined with Wall Street to encourage the middle and lower classes of the United States to buy houses, create a real estate boom, and create a bigger bubble to plug the black hole left by another bubble.

As a result, commercial banks issued subprime loans, and then packaged and sold subordinated bonds to investment banks. After investment banks purchased these mortgage securities, they began to design financial derivatives. They also packaged them into subordinated bonds—debt Mortgage bonds - sold to big clients of investment banks and insurance companies.

And just like that, subprime bonds were sold all over the world

History over the past few decades has proven countless times that focusing a country's economy on real estate will only crush the bubble, and the bursting of the bubble is only a matter of time.

Now, it's America's turn to be unlucky.

Perhaps the financial crisis laid the groundwork on the day capitalism was formed, but the strategy of the federal government and Wall Street to gamble on real estate is undoubtedly one of the direct triggers.

The financial crisis is bound to affect Hollywood, and people with large sums of money will be able to play the role of savior like David Ellison in his previous life.

Of course, there is no way this Hollywood outsider can take action in this world.

Ryan stayed in Scott's office until the afternoon before leaving. When he was driving back to the Waldorf Astoria, he remembered another big Hollywood event next year - the writers' strike!

Although the model of Jenkins Pictures has led to the rise of screenwriters' status and income, the voices of the Screenwriters Association for improving the treatment of screenwriters have never stopped. In recent years, they have also negotiated with the Producers Alliance several times, but there is no ideal result. , If nothing else, this strike is very likely to break out again under the induction of the economic crisis next year.

Even if there are certain uncertainties, it is always right to be prepared. After returning to Los Angeles, we will push forward the compilation of scripts for the next two to three years for each of Disney's subordinate labels. King Kong 2" that kind of situation.

That kind of bizarre script, if it weren't for the writers' strike, would definitely be rewritten.

Saying that you are both a member of the Screenwriters Guild and a member of the Producers Alliance, will both sides come to you at the same time?

Throwing away the question of no choice at all, Ryan called Natalie and rolled his eyes when he heard where she and Scarlett were.

Two people are trying on clothes in CT's New York flagship store on Fifth Avenue, 'ct Nature's Treasures'.

Fortunately, after Charlize Theron finished filming "Hank for All", she was busy opening stores all over the world, and she did not worry that she would appear in New York.

Picking up Natalie and Scarlett from 'ct Natural Treasure', Ryan asked a bodyguard to drive away their Chevrolet, and the black Rolls-Royce returned to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Perhaps the relaxation of the day had an effect. After the crew restarted the next day, the efficiency was significantly improved. Ryan, Natalie and Scarlett also maintained an excellent state, and the ng times of most of the shots were controlled at less than five times, and maintained this high efficiency for a long time.

When late February arrived, Ryan and Scarlett Johansson ended their roles.

Scarlett went to Nashville to join Taylor, who was on a national tour, and Ryan flew back to Los Angeles to prepare for the upcoming 79th Academy Awards.

Unlike previous strong performances, this year, only "Cars" has been nominated for the heaviest award for Best Animated Feature, and the others are only nominations for insignificant technical awards.

Ryan didn't want to attend the awards ceremony, but he was strongly invited by the Academy, and they invited him to be the most important presenter - the best picture presenter. (To be continued...) R1292