Chapter 440 New York Trip
Hiss said, "It seems that the Oscars were opened by your family. β
Mark said: "It's not my family, but it's just a game, as long as you understand the rules of the game, you can win, you lost this time, not because of strength, but because of lack of luck." β
Hiss didn't understand that for him, acting was very important, and he was as religious as he was to religion.
Mark said: "Awards can be public, to be able to come here, your strength is enough, now you just lack a little luck." β
Hiss said: "When you say this, you are ruining my three views. β
Mark said: "All activities in the world are inseparable from the word fame and fortune, the academy and industry insiders hold the Oscars for fame, the film company is for profit, why is "Vanity Fair" willing to spend hundreds of people to entertain these people, because it can bring them fame, their Oscar special issue brings them considerable income, you are now famous and advantageous, don't worry about a false title, you should consider this matter at a higher level, and enjoying it is the most important thing." β
Heath patted his head, obviously lamenting that he had met a chicken soup seller at a party.
And Donnie and David Lee, two good friends, came together, they became the most popular superstars now because of "Iron Man" and "007", second only to Captain Jack, they are hot superstars in Hollywood, they don't have so much sentimentality as Heath, and their career success makes them proud, especially with the charm of mature men.
David said: "Heath is too sensitive and delicate, one Oscar is not enough to represent all of you, the past three actors, the one with a high value is our brother, jumping out of the framework of the academy, the salary is the most intuitive, we are in a material society, money is the most realistic, one hand box office, one hand to win awards, this is the king, you are only twenty-seven years old, even Donnie, a dick, was nominated for actor at the age of twenty-eight, you did it at the age of twenty-six." β
Downey added, "You cock blow up the sky!"
Heath said, "You don't think I'm a loser?"
David Lee patted his head and said, "If you were like me when I was twenty-seven years old and didn't achieve anything, you would drown yourself in the toilet." β
Donnie said, "You're sarcastic." β
Mark said, "Gentlemen, it's party time, don't discuss these boring questions, you have fun on your own, and I'll go back to sleep, and the hottest woman in the world is around, and I'm not going to waste it on this party." β
Mark and Giselle did not leave until they had a tango dance, and they booked a room at the hotel, took their room cards and went up to rest, hoping to rest for a few hours.
Tomorrow they're going to have a party, it's the company celebrating the Oscars, and then the crew is going to have a party to celebrate, in short, it's a party and a meeting, there's no free time.
And Mark must also prepare for the filming of "No Country for Old Men", the crew is ready, the actors are also ready, just wait for Mark and Heath, as long as these two masters enter the group, they can start filming immediately, his filming cycle is two months, the latter part of the month, around mid-June Mark will enter the crew of "The Dark Knight" and start filming this sequel movie.
After the coercion and temptation of Warner's top management, Xiao Lizi finally gave in and agreed to put on a bat suit and continue to play Bruce Wayne, this man's schedule is determined, Warner can finally determine the start time of filming, they are determined to start filming in mid-June, a four-month filming cycle, three months later, and it will be released in the summer of next year.
As Mark's masterpiece, Warner has high hopes, of course, he is put in the summer file, competing for tickets, Mark is different from Cameron, he will not skip tickets, once the schedule is determined, he will work on it, in order to avoid the uncertain factors, he doesn't mind the starring actors using stand-ins, nor will he use those immature filmmaking techniques, in terms of controlling and avoiding risks, he does a very good job, even Warner can't find any fault.
In many cases, Mark was a self-proclaimed businessman who made films, not an artist.
Mark began the handover, and most of his affairs on the board of directors were handed over to Giselle, who was thought by many to do a better job than Mark.
Mark feels that the past year has achieved great success, and behind this brilliant success, he is self-absorbed, and such an achievement can withstand the praise of Time magazine.
But when Mark read the report, he was angry, theoretically they still owed more than 3 billion huge debts, Mark slapped the table and said irritably: "Lao Tzu works day and night, in the end there is nothing, and he still owes billions of debts." Seeing little Martin crawling happily on the carpet, he said, "It's only this little bunny!" and of course he didn't dare to mention Scarlett.
Giselle rolled her eyes and said, "I was ready three months ago, you only sow and don't reap, what does it matter to me? β
Mark sighed: "The world is difficult, and this ** has begun to decline. β
Housing prices in the United States began to rise after the new millennium, after the Internet technology bubble, a large amount of funds poured here, which brought the entire market even more, housing prices began to soar, and the United States entered the era of national speculation, and a huge bubble was rapidly formed.
The real estate boom has led to a rapid rise in prices, so everyone is beginning to feel the pressure of inflation, and now it is the eve of the substandard crisis, but under the unprecedented boom economy, no one sees the potential crisis.
The so-called subprime mortgage is a new era of loan standards and methods that the government of the United States has jointly created, promoted and completed for the beautiful intention of "everyone has a house to live in", the bank for the beautiful goal of "everyone has money to earn", and the poor for the happy life of "becoming the propertied class as soon as possible".
Since 2003, the United States has increased 817,000 poor families, in order to enable these people to live in housing, the United States government legislation to encourage banks to issue loans to low-income people, coupled with the 2000 September 11 to the United States economy has a huge blow, the Federal Reserve will reduce interest rates from 6.25% to 13 times in a row, and the bank then studies zero down payment of super value mortgages, of course, the interest is also quite considerable and floating interest.
At the beginning of 2005, in order to reduce the risk of inflation, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to reduce market activity, raising interest rates 17 times to 5.25%. As the cost of lending has risen, banks have adjusted the interest on subprime mortgages, which has directly led to a large number of repayers being unable to repay their loans.
In addition, with the significant decline in the real estate boom in the United States, the subprime debt problem is increasingly magnified, the loan defaults are increasing, and many sub-market lending institutions in the United States are in a bad debt crisis, on March 13, 2007, the National Housing Mortgage Bankers Association released a report showing that the subprime mortgage market is in crisis.
On April 2, 2007, the largest issuer of subordinated bonds in the United States, New Century Corporation filed for bankruptcy protection, marking the outbreak of the crisis in the subprime mortgage market in the United States, and then swept the world.
The global financial tsunami, many countries fell into a financial crisis, losses of up to $20 trillion, millions of people joined the army of unemployed, and even lost their homes...
Mark doesn't understand economics, he doesn't understand stocks, hedge funds and futures indexes, but he has a "good friend" who is an expert in this area, Martin Davis, a financial predator, who has been preparing for the substandard crisis, and he plans to take advantage of this crisis to make a lot of money.
Mark is afraid, Afraid of Martin, he even wanted to kill the other party, but he was ambushed by the power of the other party, and did not dare to start easily, now it is profitable, and he gave up his preconceptions, and wanted to make a fortune together, since the last time he fell into the hands of Martin, he will never be unreserved, without any precautions to see Martin, but do not ask this guy for help, he does not know how to operate, without his own financial institutions, it is impossible to flow a large number of assets to the market, and hedging products, he is considering finding an agent to operate, but this can not avoid the monitoring of the financial regulatory authoritiesγ
So after thinking about it, he decided to turn to Martin for help.
Martin received a call from Mark, pondered for a while, and said, "Let's have dinner together tomorrow night, I haven't seen Martin for a long time, and my private jet will pick you up." β
Mark said, "OK!" Mark knew that Martin was cunning and suspicious, and if he couldn't reassure him, he wouldn't let Mark play with him.
Mark and Giselle talked about going to New York for dinner, and Giselle said, "Okay, I'll prepare, Martin hasn't been to New York yet?" Mark stood by the window, he was thinking about the risk of this matter, would it be dangerous to take Giselle and Martin Jr. with him?
The next day, Martin's Gulfstream V arrived from New York to meet them, and Mark boarded the plane with little Martin and Giselle, accompanied by a large number of bodyguards.
As soon as they got off the plane, they were greeted by a formation of helicopters and transported them to a luxurious village on Long Island.
The estate is huge, surrounded by mountains and lakes, with its own horse farm and groves, and the security guards are all driving golf carts, and there is a high-voltage power grid at the border of the garden, making it an isolated world, and now it is a place with brilliant lights, singing and dancing, and it is actually a big party, with hundreds of well-dressed men and women dancing.
Mark said to Giselle, "I bet half of the people here don't know Martin." β
Little Martin looked at the strange thing with round eyes.
To Mark's surprise, Martin, accompanied by a girl who resembles Eva Green, greets them at the door.
Martin smiled and opened his hands to welcome, he took little Martin into his arms, kissed him a few times in front of his chubby little face, little Martin did not recognize his life, and smiled.
Thank you for the tip, the fool of the book friend, the Commonwealth.