Chapter 118: Scheming
John followed Sophia to her house the next day to visit Francis Ford Coppola and invite the great director to be the executive producer of Forrest Gump.
"Hello!
"Hello, Director Coppola!" John said as he looked at the fat Francis Ford Coppola in front of him.
He didn't understand how the genes of Francis Ford Coppola and his wife could give birth to a daughter with such a bumpy figure as Sophia.
"Could it be the old Wang ...... next door? John quickly shook off this evil thought in his heart. "Director Coppola! I'm really disturbing to come here!"
"It's okay! I especially like to talk to young people!" Francis Ford Coppola knew that John was very young, but when John appeared in front of him, he was still a little surprised, because John looked so young, and if people didn't know, they would definitely think of the director of the Billion Club as a college student.
Although we haven't met before, I've seen your "Stealing Love", which is very good. Francis Ford Coppola praised. Although some of the lens language processing in the film is still very immature, he thinks it is already very good, you must know that when he is 21 years old, he is still studying for a master's degree in directing!
"Director Coppola, you're overrated!" John said modestly. "I especially like your 'The Godfather', this movie is simply a classic of classics, and it is very worthy of learning from us younger generations. John thinks that everyone can carry the sedan chair, and it doesn't cost to say beautiful things anyway.
"Oh, oh my God!" Sophia watched her father and John boast to each other, and she couldn't stand it. "Stop flattering each other, okay? people who don't know think you're boasting!"
"Haha....... ”
Francis Ford Coppola and John burst out laughing when they heard Sophia's words, they were indeed suspicious. Francis Ford Coppola then picked up his coffee cup and gestured to John. "Director Chris Deng! Try the coffee I asked someone to bring from Brazil!"
"Okay, thank you!" John thanked and picked up his coffee cup.
After taking a sip of coffee, Francis Ford Coppola looked at John without warning and said, "Is there no one to take care of the widow's son?" and then looked at John with a smile on his face.
And John shook his head with a smile after hearing Francis Ford Coppola's words and swallowing the coffee in his mouth. "I'm not!"
John knew that Francis Ford Coppola was saying a code phrase to confirm whether he was a Freemason, and if he was a Freemason, he would reply "The stonemason disagrees!", and if not, he naturally did not know what that meant.
Just like Sophia on the side, she didn't understand why her father said this strangely. Because she was not a Freemason, she naturally did not understand the meaning. "Father, what are you talking about? What widow? What son?"
Francis Ford Coppola didn't answer, and John smiled and said, "Director Coppola, why didn't Sophia join?"
"She's still young, and I'm going to enroll her in two years!" replied Francis Ford Coppola. "Director Chris Deng, since you're not, then you know this code phrase so well?"
"Friends are, so naturally they know!" John didn't tell the truth, because he didn't want Francis Ford Coppola to know his identity.
In fact, his rank is over level 13, so he is not a Freemason, he belongs to a higher level of Illuminati.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand a word!" said Sophia, frowning, feeling her father and God John babbling.
"You'll understand later!" replied Francis Ford Coppola.
At the same time, he was also puzzled, from what Sophia told him about John, he analyzed that John must be a member of a political family or a merchant family, and these families are basically Freemasons, so he will test John, but John told him that he is not a Freemason, which makes him a little puzzled.
"Director Chris Deng, I don't know what your parents do! You're so talented at directing, I think they're also from the film industry!" Francis Ford Coppola continued to inquire about John's identity. He was very interested in John's identity. A young man who is only 21 years old not only knows many national treasure actors, but also can spend tens of millions of dollars to make a movie, and is ready to donate all the box office of a movie.
"My father was a handyman, and my mother was a handyman!" John, of course, knew Francis Ford Coppola's intentions, so he said it very vaguely.
Morgan Sr. usually not only has to deal with the affairs of the Democratic Party and the consortium, but also has to deal with the affairs of the Morgan Alliance and the Illuminati, as well as other miscellaneous things, so it is absolutely appropriate to say that the old Morgan is a miscellaneous person. And Mrs. Morgan usually assists old Morgan in some affairs, so John's words are not wrong.
But Francis Ford Coppola didn't believe this, on the contrary, in his opinion, the more John hid it, the more problematic it became, but John didn't know it, and he couldn't continue to ask, so he had to change the subject. "Director Chris Deng, I heard Sophia say you want to ask me to be the executive producer of your new film?"
"Yes, I wonder if Director Coppola has time! If he's willing to help me? Don't worry, you won't lose $5 million. I don't know what director Coppola thinks?" "$5 million to hire a producer is already a lot, and this is still the price offered by the name of Francis Ford Coppola, otherwise this position of 1 million John is too expensive."
But John used $5 million to ask Francis Ford Coppola to be the executive producer, he will definitely not suffer, you must know that "The Godfather 3" has just ended, if John can invite Francis Ford Coppola into the crew, it will attract a large number of fans of "The Godfather", which will create a lot of box office for John.
And Francis Ford Coppola nodded when he heard John's offer, John's offer was very arrogant, he was very satisfied, but he was not ready to take the money. I heard Sophia say that Forrest Gump is a public welfare movie! I also like to do some public welfare undertakings, so the remuneration is forgotten. ”
"How can this work! You came to "Forrest Gump" as a producer, which is equivalent to doing me a great favor, if I don't get paid again, I will not be able to do it in my heart. In fact, John didn't want to persuade Francis Ford Coppola to take the money, but it was difficult to repay the debt, so John, who could solve it with money, was more willing to pay.
But Francis Ford Coppola was determined to make John owe him a favor, so he resolutely refused to take it.
John's identity is definitely not ordinary in his opinion, and letting such a person owe him a favor is much more valuable than 5 million. You must know that there is no distinction between people in terms of personality, but there is a difference in status, so some people's favors are worthless, and some people's favors are worth a lot. And these favors may not be able to play a key role one day, even if he doesn't need it, then there are daughters and sons.
And John saw that Francis Ford Coppola refused to accept the money, and he had no choice but to call Francis Ford Coppola bright and quiet with a smile, and then pretended to be ecstatic to accept this "kindness". At the same time, he secretly scolded Francis Ford Coppola for being cunning and cunning.