Venice, a world-famous city with a long history, in addition to the rivers and landscapes that spread throughout the city, the city is world-famous and has the famous Venice Film Festival.

Sitting in the lobby of a hotel full of medieval architecture, Matthew looked out at the waterways and was a little curious when he was visiting Venice for the first time.

"I was too busy yesterday to talk to you. ”

Opposite, Sofia Coppola's words rang out with a faint nasal voice, "When are you going back?" ”

Matthew withdrew his gaze from the window and said, "I have to see a friend today, and I'll leave tomorrow morning." ”

Yesterday afternoon he attended the premiere of Sofia Coppola's new film "Somewhere", and if it weren't for today's appointment with Rachel Vichy, he would have been on the flight back to Los Angeles.

"What do you think of ...... film," asked Sofia Coppola?"

Matthew smiled, "I don't know much about this, you're asking the wrong person." ”

This kind of literary and artistic film, he really can't judge whether it's good or bad.

Sofia Coppola did not hide her ambitions, "Originally, I wanted to rush for the Golden Lion, but after yesterday's premiere, the film did not respond very well. ”

"I don't know much about the three major European film festivals. Matthew said while thinking, "But word-of-mouth is not necessarily related to awards, right?"

He paused for a moment and asked, "I remember that the president of the jury was Quentin Tarantino, right?"

"Yes. Sofia Coppola nodded.

Matthew thought for a moment and said, "It's all from Hollywood, there's always a way to influence Quentin Tarantino, right?"

The three major European film festivals are essentially no different from the Oscars, they all share the cake, and compared with the Oscars, the selection of awards at the three major film festivals is sometimes more incomprehensible.

It is not particularly difficult for the chairman of a jury to push a film to win an award.

Sofia Coppola nodded slowly, "I'll figure it out." ”

Everyone is in the entertainment industry, and no one is stupid enough to win awards based on the so-called fair and just selection.

This kind of thing, Matthew is to say, whether it is the Oscars in North America or the three major film festivals in Europe, he does not have much influence at all.

"That's right, Matthew. Sofia Coppola suddenly said, "Can you please do me a favor?"

Matthew didn't respond directly, "Please." ”

If it is within his ability, he will definitely help those who can help, but if the Coppola family can't solve it, I'm afraid he can't do anything.

Sofia Coppola pinched her nose lightly and said slowly, "My cousin, Nicolas Cage, have you heard of his situation?"

Matthew nodded, "I've heard quite a bit." ”

The story of Nicolas Cage has long spread throughout Hollywood, and the former member of the 20 million club, because of taxes and debts, can only keep making films, and bad movies one after another.

If you don't take a film contract, you don't have money to pay off your debts, especially if you owe money to the IRS, and you are being targeted by the IRS, that's not an ordinary trouble.

But good projects are not so easy to come across, even Matthew and Leonardo DiCaprio and others are extremely cautious in taking films, adhering to the principle of preferring lack to abundance.

If you want to make money quickly, you have to take a lot of film contracts, and there are too many projects in a short period of time, and bad movies are unavoidable, and with Nicolas Cage's situation, those well-known directors and producers will not ask for trouble to cooperate with him at all.

As a result, Nicolas Cage is in a very awkward position, he can't make money without a large number of film appointments, almost all of them are bad movies, and a bad movie will only lower the salary he can get......

It's an endless loop.

"You've invested and run so many pieces. Sofia Coppola is a rare person for her cousin, "Can you find a suitable role for Nicholas?"

Matthew didn't answer, but thought about it, even if Nicolas Cage becomes the king of bad movies, he is undoubtedly valuable, otherwise even those bad movie crews won't look for him.

Those so-called bad movies, with low investment, are also millions of dollars.

It's a pity that those films are rotten in theaters, and there is not much pursuit of the box office, and the box office can be taken as much as it wants, and then flow into the disc and rental market to make money.

But Hollywood's biggest criterion for measuring the value of stars is not acting skills, nor peripheral sales, but the box office!

When I met with James Wing some time ago, James Wing once said that a new horror film plan is still a small investment and small production, with family horror as the main plot.

As long as "Latent" is successful, the series will naturally be on the agenda......

"I probably have a horror series here. Matthew organized the language and said, "The project has not yet been decided, and I can't guarantee you." ”

Sophia Coppola heard Matthew Ken's help, and quickly smiled and said, "These are not problems. ”

Nowadays, who doesn't know that movies starring Matthew are synonymous with success, and movies that are invested in and produced are also synonymous with success!

It's not that she doesn't know where the biggest trouble is that plagues Nicolas Cage, as long as Nicolas Cage can have a movie that hits the box office, with the appeal of the past and the support of the Coppola family, it is not difficult to turn over.

But where to find films that fit Nicolas Cage and can be box office hits?

The reason why I asked Matthew was also with the idea that a dead horse would be healed as a live horse.

Matthew still put something up front, "There are a few things I want to say first. ”

Sofia Coppola nodded slightly, "You say." ”

"First of all, I can't guarantee whether the project will actually be implemented. Matthew said succinctly, "Secondly, the film is a small production, and the leading actors are paid very little. ”

"Hmm. Sofia Coppola wrote it down, "I'll pass it on to Nicholas and let him talk to you when the time comes." ”

Matthew is certainly not a bad guy, although James Wing's side has not yet been decided, he has already done the preparation for the series, "If it can be negotiated, I need Nicholas to sign a three-part actor contract, and the maximum salary for a single film will not exceed $10 million." ”

This is for the sake of the future, in case the first part is a box office hit, and Nicolas Cage asks for a super high salary in the sequel, it will be too troublesome.

In the face of huge amounts of money, there are too many people who are as undisciplined as him.

For example, in the "Iron Man" series, if Robert Downey Jr. hadn't signed a long-term contract, the salary for the second part would have been tens of millions of dollars, not even less than 10 million.

Sofia Coppola frowned, then added, "What you said, I will truthfully reflect it to Nicholas." ”

Matthew suddenly smiled, "Sophia, I have an idea. "I've been to the other side of the Pacific a few times, and I've found something very interesting, Nicholas is very popular there. ”

He said half-jokingly, half-seriously, "Nicholas continues to take on random films in Hollywood, it will not do him any good." ”

Sofia Coppola was smart enough to immediately understand what he meant, "You mean to let Nicholas go to the other side of the Pacific to pick up the film?"

Matthew smiled, but didn't say anything more.

Sofia Coppola looked at the time and said, "Thank you, Matthew. She stood up and took her leave, "I'll visit you when I get back to Los Angeles." ”

Seeing off Sofia Coppola, Matthew didn't stay long and went out and took a boat to another hotel.

On the second floor of the café across from the hotel, Rachel Weisz was waiting for him to come, and when he was on the boat, he had already made two phone calls in a row urging him to hurry over.

"Over here, Matthew. ”

As soon as Matthew went to the second floor, he saw Rachel Weisz beckoning to him near the window, and hurriedly walked over, pulled out a chair and sat opposite her.

"What's the situation?" asked Matthew.

"The show will start right away. Rachel Weisz pointed to a hotel across the river, "This is where the Black Swan crew lives." ”

Matthew turned his head to look over there, the hotel is very Venetian characteristics, built on the edge of a relatively spacious river, the entrance is a small pier, you can dock speedboats and other boats, it seems that the traffic is very convenient.

"What do you see sitting here?" said Matthew, spreading his hands.

Although the main entrance of the hotel can be seen clearly, and even through the glass door, you can see part of the situation in the hotel lobby, but more than it can be seen by the human eye.

Rachel Weisz's mouth went up, "There is something going on on with the crew of "Black Swan", there is an internal conflict, Natalie Portman and Darren Aronofsky are not staying at this hotel, but staying alone in another hotel three blocks away. ”

Matthew came interested, "What contradiction?"

"Dog-blood love triangle. Rachel Weisz snorted coldly and said, "I should have guessed a long time ago that Darren Aronofsky is a bastard!"

She said coldly, "Mira Kunis lives in this hotel. ”

Matthew nodded slightly, roughly guessing what Rachel Weisz meant by the bloody love triangle.

"I have exact news. Rachel Weisz looked around and saw that there was no one else on the second floor but them, and then said, "Natalie Portman is pregnant. ”

"Oh, whose kid is it?" Matthew wasn't surprised.

vaguely remembers that Natalie Portman is the Oscar for Best Actress who won the Oscar with a big belly.

Rachel Weisz gritted her teeth and said, "If the few people in the crew who delivered me the news were not mistaken, it should be Darren Aronofsky." ”

Matthew turned his head to look at the hotel again, whether this would turn into a bad debt in the future!

"It's coming!" Rachel Weisz looked up and pointed to the river outside the window, "that Venetian speedboat!"

As she spoke, a speedboat came from far and near, quickly came to this side, docked at the pier in front of the hotel, and Matthew could see clearly that it was Darren Aronofsky who came down from the speedboat.

"He's coming to see Mira Kunis!" Rachel Weisz said coldly.