"Hello, Christine. ”

At Los Angeles International Airport, a helpless Phyllis Beretta dialed a screen fan, "I'm Phyllis, Phyllis Beretta. ”

A girl's voice came over the phone, "Ah, hello, Phyllis. I'm looking at the photos you uploaded to the support site today, and a few of them are really good, professional!"

Phyllis Beretta was in a hurry, and quickly said, "Christine, can you do me a favor, can you lend me five hundred dollars?"

"Huh?" the other side of the phone was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Is there an emergency?"

"I'm going to buy a ticket back to New York. "Phyllis Beretta's face was full of sadness, and tears seemed to be falling at any moment, "I just received a call from the police, my parents were in a car accident, I have to go back quickly, I don't have enough money on me......"

He said, "You give me an account." Phyllis, don't worry......"

Phyllis Beretta quickly reported her bank account number to Christine on the other end of the phone, and the two said a few more words, she hung up the phone, and then a prompt was sent that there was an extra thousand dollars in the account.

There was an emergency at home, and Phyllis Beretta didn't say much, edited a thank-you text message to Christine, and hurried to buy a plane ticket to hurry back to New York.

On the other side, Christine sat in front of the computer to finish her work, and specially posted a post about Phyllis Beretta on the support website, briefly explaining her condition, hoping that other fans would help as much as possible if they met her.

Her family conditions are very good, but she knows that Phyllis Beretta comes from an ordinary black family in Queens, New York, and is financially average, as if her parents are still burdened with a heavy mortgage.

Hopefully not a serious problem.

Thinking of this, she put these aside for the time being, ready to wash up and go to bed early, being a screen fan is just a hobby, and she usually has a formal career.

The week that followed, Matthew spent the streets of Los Angeles filming Hancock in action, rescuing hostages in banks, catching robbers on highways, and bullying ice-cream kids......

Although there were some accidents of one kind or another in the shooting, it went smoothly on the whole, and basically maintained the schedule of director Peter Borg's plan.

After filming rescuing people from train crossings, he took a break from the cast to head to Geneva for a global United Nations conference on women, children and refugees.

He had some things to attend to before he went.

Matthew sent Alexandra D'Addario off first, and Helen Herman secured her the heroine of a low-budget horror film that was going to Australia to shoot and could last a long time.

The day before they went, the two had a crazy night together, and they had a very peaceful communication, and this relationship that lasted for half a year ended here.

Since it's not love, it's impossible to last for a long time.

Alexandra Daddario was not sad, and Matthew was not reluctant, and from the very beginning, they were very clear-headed, and they both knew that each other was just a passing guest in each other's lives.

Matthew didn't have time to think about it, because there was so much work to attend to before he left for Geneva.

Next, he met up with David Ellison to chat, and the two talked about the fourth part of "Fast and Furious", and the writing team has recently continued to refine the script to keep the story relatively simple so that enough time can flow for action scenes such as speeds, explosions, and fights.

Movies like this are generally limited to about two hours, and if the narrative is left too long, the duration of the action scenes will inevitably be affected.

Although he is not a very professional producer, Matthew knows very well what the audience wants to see most when they go to the theater to see this kind of film.

In this kind of film, a good story is the foundation, and a good story can also be a simple story, but all kinds of stunt scenes and action scenes can really attract the audience.

After Matthew read the latest version of the script, he consulted with Justin Lin and Bearded Jack, and was not satisfied with the script, and asked the team led by Gary Scott Thomson to continue to revise and adjust, anyway, the film will not start shooting in the short term, and they have enough time.

In addition, he also met Daniel Wu, a Chinese actor who is handsome but strong, obviously not a popular sissy, and director Justin Lin specially auditioned for him with makeup, and it was also officially confirmed that Daniel Wu would play the role of Chinese American.

Matthew also talked to Daniel Wu in detail, the Chinese actor grew up in the United States, and has enough understanding of American drag racing and modification culture, fluent English and American living customs, and will be able to avoid some unnecessary conflicts in the crew in the future.

These were also the main reasons why he chose Daniel Wu in the end.

In fact, Helen Herman is right, the first thing they have to consider must be the North American market, the North American market is the first market for Hollywood movies, like this typical popcorn movie, where the North American market is hot, the overseas box office will basically explode.

First the North American market, then the others.

A Chinese-American actor and character is undoubtedly more accepted in the North American market.

Matthew has experienced the high xenophobia of the North American film market in recent years, just like typical Hollywood-style political correctness, a film can only take the initiative to adapt to the current society.

This "Fast and Furious 4" has no financing, no pre-sales, and is entirely a huge investment by him and David Ellison, of course, to avoid those elements that will obviously invite failure.

In terms of distribution rights, following the previous Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures and Lionsgate, Walt Disney's label specializing in distribution has also approached the door to win the North American and overseas distribution rights of the film.

Matthew and David Ellison are not in a hurry, and they are talking to several distribution companies, of course, who will choose whoever gives the best conditions.

In addition, Mercedes-Benz has stated that it will continue to sponsor Matthew's films.

Perhaps it is Matthew's luck and effect in movies in the past two years that have been extended to the commercial side, after serving as the spokesperson of Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz's sales have been steadily rising whether it is an SUV or a business sedan.

Mercedes-Benz is interested in signing him to a further five-year contract extension and is ready to officially start talks with Helen Herrmann before the end of the year.

At the same time, Matthew's two films also continued to close the box office in the summer season, and "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World", which premiered in late May, has reached the end of its screening, currently grossing $345.68 million in North America and $885.61 million worldwide.

The North American box office of this film has little potential to tap, and there are still some countries and regions overseas that have just been released or are about to be released, and the global box office is very hopeful to break through the billion-dollar mark.

"Transformers" is also popular, with a cumulative box office of $285.2 million in more than a month after its release in North America, and a global box office of more than $500 million.

DreamWorks has long put "Transformers 2" on the agenda, according to the latest news obtained by Matthew, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures have discussed the news of making an independent film of Megatron, and have also contacted Helen Herman again, but his high salary has once again made DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures back down.

High salaries can sometimes be a concern for film companies, and there will always be a high risk associated with excessive investment.

Of course, Matthew can't afford to lower his salary for a dubbed movie.

Transformers and Megatron he likes very much, but he has already missed it with the dubbing of the film "Transformers", and this nostalgia is enough once.

Matthew then put these things aside for a while and worked with Helen Herman and Amanda to tailor his speech to the United Nations conference in Geneva.

As a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), he will give a special speech on stage.

After finishing the speech, Amanda talked to him about the charitable foundation.

"I almost forgot to congratulate you. ”

In a lounge, Amanda gently stroked her short blonde ear-length hair and said to Matthew, "You're a billionaire now." ”

She tilted her head to look at Matthew, "How many times have you multiplied the Apple stock in your hand?"

Matthew just laughed, but didn't answer Amanda's question at all, on June 29, the first generation of kidney machines was officially launched for sale, and Apple's stock skyrocketed, rising nearly nine percent on the same day, and more than five percent on the second day.

Today, Apple's market capitalization has crossed $100 billion, up more than 20 times from $4 billion when Steve Jobs returned in 1997.

The number of individual stocks he bought was actually limited, and the combined market value is only a little more than $200 million.

Still, that's enough to make him a billionaire.

There are obviously quite a few billionaires in Hollywood.

If he is a lazy person and has no other pursuits, with these apple stocks, plus other assets, he can completely eat and wait for death.

But Matthew is not such a person after all, once a person has money and nothing to do, he will soon be wasted.

He will continue to work hard in Hollywood and continue to stick to his original intention.

Standing on the high vantage point of Hollywood, you can see the lush forest, which is composed of models, actors, stars, and newcomers who are eager to become famous.

It's foolish to give up on Hollywood's forest just like that.

So, even if he enjoyed fighting Alexandra Daddario's stormy waves, he wouldn't give up the entire forest because of this one person.

Amanda just smiled when she saw Matthew, and she didn't want to answer, and she didn't ask questions, after all, this also involves personal privacy.

"Matthew, about your two charitable foundation......s," she slowed down, "I have a new idea, and we need to make some adjustments." ”