After more than a week of running, John finally secured the sponsorship of the film commercial.

IBM Group paid $800,000.

NBC paid $500,000.

GM paid $1.2 million.

PepsiCo paid $500,000.

AIG paid $800,000.

Steinway & Sons paid $600,000.

"Stealing Love" finally got a total of $4.4 million in advertising placement fees, but only half of it got 2.2 million in the early stage, and the other half had to wait until the movie was released to pay.

With this $2.2 million in revenue, John successfully closed the gap in the cost of film production and overcame the biggest hurdle.

After returning to Hollywood, John immediately started the next job, that is, to go to the equipment store to rent various equipment for filming, although he has an income of 2.2 million, but film is a risky industry, saying that it is not necessary that there will be an accident that day, it will require a lot of money, so he must save.

There are many gear stores dotted along Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard, and John drives his second-hand car to one of them.

"Boss! We need so many reels of color film?" Dani asked, looking at the 600 reels of film on the purchase order.

John replied to Denny's inquiry: "The length of a 35mm color film is 122 meters, and according to the specifications of film shooting and projection, it takes about 27 meters of negative to shoot and show for one minute, and about 4.5 minutes for a reel of film."

And "Stealing Love" is a total of 101 minutes, so we need 23 reels of color film is enough, but the material shot by the director will be more than ten times or even dozens of times the length of the film, people like James Cameron, may even reach hundreds of times, and novices like me may use more than him. ”

John was self-aware, although he took two professional directing classes and worked as a dramatist, cinematographer, and editor. But he was faced with a new crew, and it would take weeks just to run-in, and how much film would have to be used.

Fortunately, Kodak hasn't killed itself in this era, and the cost of color film is not too expensive.

Eventually, after some haggling with the owner, John bought 600 reels of Kodak color film for $160 a plate.

The total amount of film was $96,000, and the total was $133,000 with the rental of shooting equipment.

Seeing the price finally calculated by the shopkeeper, John was distressed and wrote a check.

After getting the equipment in order, John and Dinie returned to Studio Crown to continue their preparations.

While John was busy, a BMW was carrying a young woman to the Crown Studios, she was sent by Karl Lagerfeld to measure Dinny's measurements, named Sophia Coppola, who was originally just an operator, but because she was familiar with Los Angeles, she was sent out by Karl Lagerfeld.

Sofia Coppola sat in the back of the car, looking at the familiar Hollywood, and the past in her heart came to mind, last year she starred in "The Godfather 3" directed by her father Francis Ford Coppola, and won the "Golden Raspberry Award" for the worst newcomer award and the worst supporting actress award.

This devastated her, and in order to survive the storm, her father used his connections to secure her a job in Karl Lagerfeld's studio.

But this job is not as good as she imagined, her daily task is to keep answering the phone, for this kind of work, she is very unwilling.

It didn't take long for Sophia to come to the door of the Crown Studio, and when she got out of the car and saw a small three-story building that was inconspicuous, her brow furrowed, how could such a small company owner have the ability to let Karl Lagerfeld make the clothes himself?

The person who can make Karl Lagerfeld make clothes by himself, who is not rich or expensive, how can he live in such a place.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

Sofia Coppola knocked on the door with doubts.

"Hello, who are you looking for?"

Dani asked, looking at Sofia Coppola outside the door.

"Hello, my name is Sophia Coppola, and I'm looking for Miss Dani Miller," Sophia Coppola quickly took out a business card from her bag and handed it to Daini.

As soon as Dini heard that Sophia was Karl Lagerfeld's man, she knew the purpose of the other party's visit, and John had already told her that she had made her clothes.

"Miss Sophia Coppola, thank you for coming from Paris!, please come in ......," said Dani, looking at Sofia Coppola, who was about her age, in thanks.

"You're welcome, it's my job. "Sofia Coppola is very curious about Dinny's identity, and there are not many people who can make Karl Lagerfeld do it himself.

"Sofia Coppola?"

John, who was on the side, heard Daini's words, his brain turned, he felt that the name was somewhat familiar, so he casually asked, "Are you Sophia Coppola, the daughter of director Francis Ford Coppola?"

"Yes, what do you call it?" Sophia wasn't curious that John could guess the name of her father, who was one of Hollywood's biggest directors.

And when John got Sophia's answer, he was taken aback, because the surveyor in front of him was not only the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, but also the best female director in Hollywood in the future. In 2003, she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director for "Lost in Translation".

"My name is John Cristian, Miss Sophia, I heard that you disappeared after winning the Golden Sour Plum Award last year, so you went to Paris!" John didn't pay much attention to Sophia in his previous life, so he didn't know much about Sophia's trip to Paris.

And Sophia Coppola heard John's words, and the wound in her heart that had not healed was torn open by John again, the Golden Sour Plum Award was the biggest shame in her life, and now when she was mentioned by John, she would feel a faint pain in her heart.

"Oh...... I'm sorry, Miss Sophia, I didn't mean that...... In fact, it's nothing to get a golden sour plum, those film critics like to stand on a high place and accuse others, so you don't have to care about their cynicism. "John sometimes doesn't feel like he's very good at talking.

"Thank you......" Sofia Coppola gave John a blank look, she didn't think John could talk.

"By the way, Miss Sofia Coppola, I think you should be new here, and if you want to go back to Hollywood, I have a position as an assistant director here that can be offered to you. John is ready to pull Sofia Coppola to his thief ship, and in the future, his own director staff will have a new force, and Sophia Coppola's father has a very good relationship in Hollywood.

"Thanks, I'll think about it......" Sofia Coppola nodded, she knew that the telephone operator was not suitable for her, but if she wanted to be an assistant director for a rookie, it would be no different from a telephone operator, it would be better to stay in Paris and lick her wounds!

It wasn't long before Sophia measured Dinny's measurements and left Crown Studios in a hurry, as she didn't want to spend a lot of time with someone who wasn't very good at chatting.

And John looked at the back of Sophia leaving and was not disappointed, if Sophia came, he welcomed, if he didn't want to, he didn't force it, anyway, Hollywood has directors.