Sending Charles Rowan away, Matthew opened the script he left behind and looked at it more closely, thanks to "The Dark Knight", like super directors such as James Cameron and Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan is one of the few Hollywood directors he once remembered by name.

This script is more like a draft script strictly speaking, the plot is not coherent, the scenes are quite chaotic, and the story is relatively obscure.

Matthew could see something familiar in it, and the most impressive part of the script was that technology allowed people to invade other people's brains and share the same dreams with another person at the same time.

Seeing this, he roughly guessed that if it was really the movie that had been praised to the height of exaggeration by countless people, he could indeed consider taking the job.

vaguely remembers that the actor at that time was Leonardo DiCaprio, I wonder if Christopher Nolan will go to him when he contacts him?

That night, Christopher Nolan spoke to him on the phone, and they agreed to wait for Christopher Nolan to meet when he returned to Los Angeles.

Matthew put that aside for the time being, as Christopher Nolan was busy in Chicago with the final production of The Dark Knight and would have to wait a while before returning to Los Angeles.

On his side, "Twilight" is about to start filming.

"Sophia, at my request, Disney Studios has confirmed that Twilight will be released on November 21. ”

On the Disney Studios studio, Matthew told Sofia Coppola, "You have to control the pace of shooting and post-production. ”

"The weekend before Thanksgiving. Sofia Coppola replied, "I remember that the new James Bond "Quantum of Solace" was released on November 14th, right?"

Matthew nodded, "That's right, this film has "Quantum of Solace" in front and Reese Witherspoon's "Four Christmases" in the back. ”

Sofia Coppola said in a nasal voice, "You're gambling." ”

"It's a holiday file!" Matthew emphasized, "which year is November not crowded with a lot of films?"

Frankly speaking, this is indeed a gambling success, and no one knows if the "Twilight" series, which has all changed its director, starring and production and distribution company, will be successful.

But he believes in the strength of the crew that has been formed, and he also believes that romance films dressed as werewolves and vampires will be popular among teenagers.

Besides, he can afford to gamble.

"Don't worry, Matthew. "The location has been decided, my art direction team is setting up there, no later than the beginning of March, the film will be ready to start filming and be completed by mid-April." ”

She said in a unique tone, "Forty days is enough to shoot such a film." ”

Matthew nodded, which is one of the reasons he chose Sofia Coppola as the director, "Death of a Virgin" and "Lost in Translation" were both filmed in a very short time.

Sofia Coppola changed the subject and said, "Yesterday I talked to someone from a third-party guarantee company, and in addition to the $20 million invested in the early stage by the crew, the next $20 million has not yet arrived. "Matthew, you have to solve the funding problem as soon as possible, and then it will be a problem to interrupt the shooting because of lack of funds." ”

Matthew immediately relieved Sofia Coppola's worries, "By the end of this month at the latest, the remaining $20 million will be in full arrival." ”

Helen Herman and his accountant are dealing with the "Pirates of the Caribbean" crew and Disney Studios for the latest accounts, and the post-production share of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World" will arrive soon, according to the earliest sharing agreement signed and the supplementary agreement signed after the box office explosion of "Gathering Souls", he can get a post-share of $24 million, although April is the tax season, but with some of the funds in hand, it is not a problem to make up for the funding gap of the "Twilight" project.

And with the arrival of the new year, the endorsement fees for brands such as Rolex, Mercedes-Benz and Armani men's underwear that he endorses will be paid by the end of this month at the latest.

This part of the money, in addition to filling the vacancy of the reserved funds of "Fast and Furious 4" that he had embezzled before, he has contacted an agent and will buy shares of Marvel Comics at a high price.

Since participating in the "Iron Man" project, he has been acquiring retail shares of Marvel Comics one after another, and now Apple's stock is too small in circulation, and it is difficult to buy large shares, compared to Marvel Comics, it is much easier.

To this day, Marvel Comics is still not favored, and not many people think that "Iron Man", which was released in May, will be a big success.

Amanda contacted several small shareholders of Marvel Comics on his behalf to see if they could buy their shares, but these people are not stupid, many of them are willing to bet that Marvel Comics stocks will rise sharply after the box office success of "Iron Man", and it is not easy to buy their shares, and they have to come up with a price far more than the market.

There's no guarantee that they'll sell it now, but Amanda has already offered a very satisfactory price at this stage.

If these deals can be completed, he will also become a minority shareholder of about 4 percent of Marvel Comics' shares.

Looking back from his current position, he actually missed the most difficult stage of Marvel Comics, and if he had enough money in his hands in the late nineties when he first came here, he might be able to try to become the largest shareholder of Marvel Comics.

It's a pity that at that time, he even had a problem with eating, and his focus was not on Marvel at all, and the most in his eyes was to solve practical survival problems.

After discussing some of the production aspects of "Twilight" with Sofia Coppola, Matthew left her makeshift office in the studio and went to a small studio nearby, where the main cast had been selected by the crew and was doing physical training.

The youthful and beautiful appearance is one of the selling points of this film.

Matthew stood at the door of the studio and watched as more than a dozen young actors and actresses were doing some physical correction training with professional coaches, including the actress Nina Dobrev and the supporting actress Lily Collins.

The actors here, the men are tall and handsome, the women are delicate and beautiful, to paraphrase a phrase on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, this is a group of small flowers and small fresh meat.

Unfortunately, these small flowers and small fresh meat do not have their own traffic.

Of course, if it is brushed out, the effect will not be much better.

Looking at these people on the training ground, for a moment, Matthew felt old.

Not long after staying, he left and returned to the studio where the Fast and Furious 4 crew was located, part of which had been converted into a makeshift training ground, where the main actors, including Paul Walker, Gal Gadot and Daniel Wu, were being professionally trained as action directors.

Matthew was also involved, and the training involved a lot of the action scenes in the shoot, starting from the end of the casting.

Gal Gadot and Daniel Wu are very distinctive, Daniel Wu is quite agile, Gal Gadot's understanding of firearms is not only talking, she also compared with him the disassembly and assembly of the M9 pistol, which can be said to be a complete victory.

During the week, the crews of "Twilight" and "Fast and Furious 4" were funded by Matthew and David Ellison, and the sufficient budget and funds also ensured that the preparation of the two projects went smoothly, and by the end of February, "Twilight" was the first to start filming at Disney Studios.

According to Sofia Coppola's plan, the interior scenes in the studio will be filmed in half a month, and then the whole crew will rush to a rainy town in the Portland area to shoot the rest of the scenes.

At the same time, the first wave of publicity and promotion of the film was also carried out smoothly, in addition to a series of publicity methods, Matthew communicated with Disney, and will focus on mentioning the director, producer, screenwriter and original author of the film in the promotion, all of whom are women.

Sofia Coppola, in addition to being a director, also doubles as a producer.

The purpose of this is, of course, to make the film more attractive to female audiences, and the crew has done a special survey before, and the fans of "Twilight" are mainly women.

As for attracting male audiences, in addition to male audiences who like this type of film, look at the charm of the two female characters.

Matthew has no way of knowing who played the role of Lily Collins, but Lily Collins, who is not yet nineteen years old, is already in excellent physical condition.

In terms of the heroine, if you put aside the memories of the past, in the current situation alone, nineteen-year-old Nina Dubov is much more beautiful than eighteen-year-old Kristen Stewart in the aesthetics of most people.

A lot of times, beauty isn't necessarily useful in Hollywood, and it doesn't become a key success factor for commercial films, but it's definitely a plus.

For example, Megan Fox is in "Transformers".

On the day of the start of filming of "Twilight", a small ceremony was held, and because the actors of the film were not famous, the attention of media reporters was on Matthew, the investor.

"I'm sure everyone has already seen the original book, and it's not easy for my company to get the right to adapt this best-selling one. ”

Matthew is of course full of confidence in the lens of the reporter, "From the casting, the script to the entire filming process, I have experienced too many ups and downs, and I hope this film can be recognized by the audience, especially readers." ”

The filming of this film went smoothly and also put Matthew at ease, just as he continued to train for "Fast and Furious 4", he received a call from Charles Rowan, "The Dark Knight" was finished, Warner Bros. was preparing to hold an internal test screening, and Christopher Nolan invited him to participate in the internal test screening.