When Waitis Albert went to the warehouse to get a phone for Michael Ovitz, in Oxford University, England, Kate Beckinsale sat on the grass in front of the dormitory building, holding a newspaper in her hand and reading the news about "Forrest Gump" with relish.

When she saw the photo of Verona Ryder in the newspaper wearing a black dress and holding Johnny Depp happily, she was a little disappointed.

Since John chose her to be a substitute actor and gave her the script, she has been figuring out the role of Jenny in the play, and in order to play Jenny well, she also went home and asked her parents about acting skills.

has done so much, and now it seems that the chance of being able to play the heroine of "Forrest Gump" seems to be very small, but she does not regret her efforts, because even if she can't become the heroine of "Forrest Gump" this time, she will definitely appear in John's movie next time, which the two have long negotiated.

And now what she has to do is to clean up her mood and enroll herself in an acting class to increase her acting skills, the opportunity is reserved for those who are prepared, she only has one chance to appear in John's movie, so she must seize the opportunity to make herself a hit when the time comes.

After spending two days in New York, John returned to Los Angeles from the new one, and the crew of Forrest Gump had already left for the filming location one after another, but he did not go with the large group, because there were some things that he still needed to deal with, so he would stay in Los Angeles for two more days.

The first thing to deal with was the film and television investment company, John proposed to his cousin Darren Morgan at Christmas to co-fund a film and television investment company, and now Darren Morgan is in Los Angeles, so he has to finalize it before he goes to shoot the film.

"Cousin, how much money do you think is appropriate to set up a film and television investment company?" asked Darren Morgan, sitting on the couch looking at John.

John tilted his head and thought for a moment. "I think we can contribute 100 million yuan each, and a total of 200 million dollars should be about the same. ”

$200 million is an astronomical amount for many people, but in fact, in the film and television investment industry, it is only a small business, excluding the company's fixed expenses and operating funds, the real investment money may only be about 180 million, and the average investment in a film is 20 million, and the money is invested in eight or nine films.

"Okay, then one person will contribute $100 million. Darren Morgan nodded in agreement with John's proposal.

"I'll let Dani send you the money in a minute, and I'll leave the formation of the company to you. John smiled.

"Don't worry! Darren Morgan patted his chest and assured. "By the way, you can name our investment company. ”

Darren Morgan was very conscious of giving John the task of choosing a name, but he didn't know that John was not good at choosing a name.

"Hmm......" John thought about for a long time and finally came up with a name. "Let's call it Star-Lord Film and Television Investment Company!"

As soon as you hear the name, you know that it is a copy of a Marvel hero, but it is not called Optimus Prime, Death Star, or Terminator, and Darren Morgan should be thankful.

"As for investing in films. John thought again. "When the company is formed, you send me the title of the film that the film company finances externally, and I will choose. ”

Major studios produce a lot of films every year, except for those low-risk sequels and adaptations of famous novels, and most other films will use platters to reduce risk.

At this time, vision is very important, because you have to choose from many high-risk films that can be profitable, if you accidentally make a wrong investment, the consequences will be serious, and you can bankrupt MGM without seeing a "Wind Whisperer". Of course, there were other major factors in MGM's bankruptcy, but "The Wind Whisperer" was undoubtedly the straw that broke the camel's back. and "Future Water World", the first fight in film history, almost bankrupted Universal Pictures back then.

Many people may be very puzzled, a top film company like Bada has a big business, how can a movie make them bankrupt?

In fact, companies like the Big Eight, they produce a lot of movies every year, sometimes there are a dozen, and sometimes they can reach dozens, so most of their money is generally invested in film projects.

For example, the $200 million "Titanic" took almost five years, and it can be said that the truck driver almost drove the presidents of Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount Pictures crazy.

And even if the movie is successfully released, you can't get the money right away, according to industry regulations, the queen theater will only share the account with the distribution company for the first time after the movie is released 28 days later, and the rest will have to wait until the movie is released.

And after the movie gets the money, the film company will invest the money in the next movie, like a chain.

The advantage of this is that the money can not rest and continue to earn benefits for the company, and the disadvantage is that if there is a problem in one of the links, it will affect the whole of it, and if it is serious, it will lead to the rupture of the company's capital chain, and finally have to apply for bankruptcy protection.

In fact, film companies are very aware of the risks of chain investment, but they still do it, it can only be said that the desire dictates, businessmen can't escape the temptation of interests after all, and there are people who do the business of killing heads, not to mention this kind of investment that does not threaten life.

Therefore, the eight major Hollywood studios, except for Disney Studios, which is the only company that has not been traded, the other seven have changed owners, and some have even more than once.

John & Darren Morgan's investment companies are less resilient to risk than these distribution companies, and how to choose a film becomes crucial, and for others it may take a big investment film to fail to lead to bankruptcy, but for them a medium-investment film is enough. Of course, this is under the condition that they do not increase their operating funds, otherwise even if the 100 movies invested in the streets hit the streets, they will not be able to break the production.

Finally, after more than three hours of long talks, everything about the investment company was discussed, Darren Morgan set about creating the company, and John took care of the second thing.

The second thing was to receive the vehicle, and John ordered an ultra-luxury motorhome for himself at GMC. Of course, the style is designed by himself, and GMC is responsible for the production.

GMC was so heartbroken about this RV that it first bought the most luxurious RV company in the United States, then asked General Dynamics to provide bulletproof and weapons technical support, and finally asked General Motors to develop an engine.

The whole RV is 18 meters long, 4 meters high, weighs 42.5 tons, the windows are made of 13cm bulletproof glass, and the body and chassis are made of 20cm thick bulletproof steel plates. The vehicle can not only withstand firearm fire, but also withstand general artillery attacks, and most importantly, it can also defend against biological and chemical weapons.

The interior layout of the vehicle is also very rich, living room, bedroom, kitchen, toilet, medical room can be said to be readily available, the decoration used is also very luxurious, not only the use of leather wrapping, solid wood floor, even the metal products are gold-plated, including the faucets in the toilet are plated with a layer of platinum, more exaggerated is that the roof is also made of 2133 diamonds, 161 colored diamonds to make a starry sky roof.

Of course, if you're familiar enough with astronomy, you'll notice that these diamonds aren't placed randomly, but are made according to the northern starry sky, and if you look carefully enough, you may not be able to find Ursa Minor, Andromeda, or Hounds on it.