The last Monday of May, the traditional Memorial Day in the United States, since 1971, this day has been officially determined as a national holiday, since the birth of the concept of summer in Hollywood, the Memorial Day holiday directly connected to the weekend has also become one of the best movie opening schedules, and the movies scheduled to premiere on a large scale in this schedule every year are all seed players in big productions.

Not everyone can enjoy this holiday, though.

The Wachowski siblings arrived at Plan B early Monday morning, and the signing of the agreement, which was originally scheduled for nine o'clock, was delayed by an hour as Brad Pitt had to temporarily deal with the last remaining work on Jennifer Aniston's divestment.

In a lavishly decorated conference room, where lawyers and notaries review contracts at the end, the Wachowski siblings had nothing to do, so Andy Wachowski simply took today's newspaper from the shelf, took it back and sat on a chair to look through it.

The Los Angeles Times was quickly relegated to the entertainment section by him.

"Lana, are people lucky enough to succeed in whatever they do?" asked Andy Wachowski suddenly.

"Huh?" Lana Wachowski asked, not understanding what he meant, "What's wrong?"

Andy Wachowski flicked the newspaper in his hand lightly, "Another film starring Matthew Horner is a box office hit." ”

Lana Wachowski immediately asked, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3?"

"yes. Andy Wachowski sighed, "Get $137.9 million in three days." ”

He shook his head and said, "The film starring Matthew Horner is going to add another box office hit." ”

"That's fine. Lana Wachowski curled the corners of her mouth and laughed, "We can continue to use the hype." ”

Andy Wachowski nodded, "I agree." ”

Originally, "Cloud Atlas" was a project that even Warner Bros. had doubts about, but they used Matthew Horner's hype to become one of the most talked about works in the circle, and many investors took the initiative to come to the door, including Brad Pitt and his Project B film company.

Since Matthew Horner has such influence, wouldn't it be a waste not to use it?

Lana Wachowski wrapped her fingers around a strand of long red hair and said quite smugly, "Compared to us, he only has to be used." ”

They took the initiative to find Matthew Horner, just to see that he has great value, and now he has used Matthew Horner's value without paying any price, and he has brought in a person like Brad Pitt who promised a $100 million investment, which is really a triple win.

The door to the conference room opened at this point, and the Wachowski siblings, thinking that Brad Pitt had arrived, immediately looked over there and saw Natalie Portman walking in.

"Hi Lana. Hi Andy. Natalie Portman greeted the two with a smile, pulled out a chair and sat next to him, and asked, "Haven't you started yet?"

"Nope. Andy Wachowski shook his head, then said, "Pete has something to do for the time being, I'll have to wait a while." ”

Natalie Portman was a little worried, "There won't be any surprises, right......"

For this project, Brad Pitt promised to give her a high salary, and if Brad Pitt repented, everything before would not be done in vain.

Lana Wachowski is confident, "Rest assured. ”

As soon as he said that, the door to the conference room opened again, and Brad Pitt appeared with his lawyer and other relevant personnel.

Seeing the Wachowski siblings and Natalie Portman, Brad Pitt immediately came over to greet him warmly, and the Wachowski siblings will be his guarantee to become a first-line star again.

Subsequently, under the witness of lawyers and notaries, the two parties signed a series of formal contracts to start the cooperation of the "Cloud Atlas" project.

Immediately after the contract was signed, Brad Pitt, the Wachowski siblings and Natalie Portman held a joint press conference to officially disclose the news.

In the office of Helen Herman, an angel agency, after watching the news on the television, Matthew took the remote control and turned it off.

He turned to look at Helen Herman and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's finally signed." ”

"yes, finally as you wished. Helen Herman said deliberately, "When "Cloud Atlas" is a box office hit, and Brad Pitt becomes a popular star again, you will regret what you did today." ”

Matthew spread his hands, "Then I think I'm unlucky." He stretched, "This kind of thing is the same as investment, there must be risks, who can guarantee 100% success?"

Helen Herman took off her glasses and rubbed her forehead gently, "Hopefully things turn out the way you expected." ”

Of the three people who planned the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie incident at the beginning, in addition to Matthew, the initiator, she and Yelena Boyard were also very much in favor of making Brad Pitt a small person.

Matthew nodded, but didn't say much, on the news just now, Brad Pitt officially signed a contract with the Wachowski sisters on behalf of Plan B Films, and will invest $100 million in the filming and production of "Cloud Atlas", and announced that Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman will play the male and female leads.

"It's a pity...... he regretted a little, "the investment in this film is still a little less." ”

Helen Herman said, "Not a lot. What you probably didn't know was that Jennifer Aniston completed the divestment of Plan B Films last week, and all the shares in Plan B were transferred to Brad Pitt, who is already a veritable Brad Pitt's private company. ”

Matthew thought for a moment and asked, "I remember that Plan B had three founders?"

"There are three founders, in addition to Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, and Brad Gray, the current CEO of Paramount Pictures. Helen Herman put on her glasses and said lightly, "When the box office of "Troy" did not meet expectations, Brad Gray was gradually withdrawing from Plan B, and later Viacom Group hired him as the CEO of Paramount, in order to get rid of the negative impact of related party transactions, Brad Gray transferred all his shares to Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. ”

Matthew nodded, "Plan B isn't a public company, is it?"

Helen Herman's voice remained flat, "No. As far as I know, Brad Pitt already holds more than 90% of the shares in Plan B when he gets Jennifer Aniston's shares, and the rest of the shares are scattered in the hands of some managers of Plan B. ”

She added, "This situation is normal, many production companies owned by celebrities are basically concentrated in the hands of one person." ”

"The budget for the production of "Cloud Atlas" is 100 million US dollars. Matthew frowned slightly and asked, "How is Plan B going to raise money?" Jennifer Aniston just divested, so Plan B doesn't have that much money on its books, right?"

Helen Herman shook her head slightly, "I don't know yet, I estimate that Brad Pitt will solve the source of funds in the form of personal investment and external financing, and the specific proportion is still secret for the time being, and we can't find out." ”

Matthew's fingers tapped slowly on the armrest of his chair, such a project was far from enough, but he couldn't find another suitable project for digging a pit for a while.

"That's right. Helen Herman changed the subject, "I just received an invitation this morning. ”

Without waiting for Matthew to speak, she said directly, "Harvey Weinstein and Quentin Tarantino have sent a joint invitation to invite you to play the leading role in a big project in Weinstein Pictures." ”

"Nope. Matthew didn't bother to ask about any projects, and it wasn't once or twice that he refused anyway, "I don't have any interest in working with Weinstein Pictures." ”

Helen Herman did not persuade, "I would call him down." ”

How much investment can be made in the so-called big project of Weinstein Pictures? At the top of the day, it is only 60 or 70 million US dollars, which is not in line with Matthew's positioning at all.

Matthew didn't think much of it, and he had the impression that Harvey Weinstein was running and producing some independent literary films for the awards season or cult films directed by Quentin Tarantino, and needless to say, he had no interest in award-winning literary films tailored for the Oscars.

As for Quentin Tarantino's films, the style is really not suitable, he takes the route of mainstream commercial films, and it is not good for him to go to cult films and do not want to mix them.

If nothing else, can Weinstein Pictures afford his high salary? Do you want him to take the initiative to lower his value for the sake of Harvey Weinstein's fat man?

It's not like it was a few years ago.

Helen Herman then reminded again, "Did Aziva Gossman call you?"

Matthew nodded, "Hit." "Hancock for All" started filming on July 10, I remember. ”

The project was produced and distributed by Warner Bros., with Aziva Gossman as producer and young director Peter Borg directing live, with him and Charlize Theron as the male and female leads, respectively.

In addition, the film will be released in North America over the Independence Day holiday weekend next summer.

"Charlize Theron's agent called me. Helen Herman said calmly, "Can you rekindle your old relationship with Charlize Theron?"

"Whose do you mean that?" asked Matthew.

Helen Herman replied, "Charlize Theron shouldn't have known it yet, it's her agent who wants to hype." ”

"Forget it. Matthew directly refused.

His cell phone rang at this time, it was a somewhat unfamiliar number, and it was Andrew Stanton when it was connected.

"The first draft of the script for Princess Mars has been completed. He said over the phone, "I've sent it to your mailbox." ”