The rest of the room quickly left, leaving Matthew and David Ellison.

"What's the matter, David?" asked Matthew, looking at him.

David Ellison thought for a moment before he said, "There are two main things, one is an investment thing, and the other is a matter of needing your help. ”

"We've been friends for so many years. Matthew smiled and said, "If you have something to say, you're welcome." ”

David Ellison shifted his body to face Matthew and said, "Don't worry, I'm definitely not going to be polite to you!" He couldn't help but laugh, "Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise are preparing "Mission Impossible 4", have you heard?"

Matthew nodded slightly, "I know, the director has been determined to be Brad Bird of Pixar Studios at the moment. ”

This is also one of the Pixar Five Tigers, who directed two animated feature films "The Incredibles" and "Food Story", and also won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.

"This project is now underbudgeted. David Ellison explained simply, "Paramount Pictures' major project in the next two years is "Special Forces 2" starring you, and then the "Mission Impossible" series led by Tom Cruise, and the main resources are tilted towards "Special Forces", the budget of "Mission Impossible 4" has always been a problem. ”

He added, "Because of the average income of "Mission Impossible 3" and some problems with Tom Cruise himself, it is relatively difficult for "Mission Impossible 4" to be financed. ”

Matthew answered, "So, David, are you going to invest in Mission Impossible 4?"

"There is such an idea. David Ellison said directly, "I want to invest, but I have doubts." ”

For his biggest partner, whether Matthew can help or will help, asking, "What are the concerns?"

Under normal circumstances, the "Mission Impossible" series has been filmed, and "Mission Impossible 4" is definitely a success, at least not a failure.

But this series is more special, and it's far from being as simple as it seems on the surface.

David Ellison trusts Matthew very much, and said while thinking, "Mission: Impossible 3 is worse than the first two, will this decline continue to the fourth part?" he pinched his chin, "The main doubt still comes from Tom Cruise himself, he has been too depressed in the past few years, there is black material everywhere, there are countless negative news, will fans abandon him?"

Hearing this, Matthew understood that Tom Cruise was what David Ellison was most worried about, thought for a while, and said, "David, where does most of Tom Cruise's black material come from?"

"A small part is that his beliefs and actions are a little weird. "David Ellison has been in Hollywood for so many years, and he can also see a lot behind it," more of his former agent, Pat Kingsley, is discrediting. ”

Matthew continued, "Tom Cruise failed to hit the Oscar for Best Actor that year, and blamed most of the blame on Pat Kingsley, unilaterally terminated the contract with Pat Kingsley and CAA, and Pat Kingsley immediately fought back. ”

David Ellison nodded, "That's right. ”

"It's been five or six years since this happened, and there has been a lot less negative press about Tom Cruise lately, and I don't think Pat Kingsley will bite the bullet. Matthew reminded, "And Pat Kingsley has also shifted the target of hatred." ”

He said directly, "Nicole Kidman also fired Pat Kingsley for squid not long ago, I heard Helen mention that Pat Kingsley is planning revenge, and Nicole Kidman is going to be unlucky." ”

David Ellison smiled, "Nicole Kidman has been unlucky since she won the Oscar for Best Actress. ”

Matthew sighed, "She's going to be even more unlucky next." ”

Since winning the Oscar, although Nicole Kidman has been a veritable box office poison, under the operation of Pat Kingsley, she can still maintain the ranks of first-line actresses, and now Nicole Kidman is on the opposite side of Pat Kingsley, and it is estimated that negative news will soon fly all over the sky.

Over the years, the news about Nicole Kidman's divorce from Tom Cruise has basically been in favor of Nicole Kidman, I'm afraid the wind will soon change, and many details of the divorce will come out of the mouth of Pat Kingsley's agent.

Who in the circle doesn't know that in that vigorous divorce case, Nicole Kidman used her sympathy for women to package herself as a little white flower and a kind little white rabbit.

Having said that, will these Hollywood first-line actresses be little white flowers and little white rabbits?

Nicole Kidman fired her agent because of all the movies she chose, but the situation will be even worse.

It's bad that she doesn't fire her agent in the future, because the aging Pat Kingsley has been left behind by the times, and it's even worse to fire the agent in the future, this agent is extremely vindictive and has too much black material.

In fact, Nicole Kidman's fundamental problem is not here, but that she has never been welcome in the mainstream audience in North America.

A film with a very good market prospect, as long as Nicole Kidman is used as the heroine, it has a negative halo of N tens of millions of dollars at the box office.

David Ellison rubbed his chin and said, "According to you, didn't Nicole Kidman indirectly pull Tom Cruise out of the vortex?"

"Let's use it somewhat. Matthew pondered, "Tom Cruise's problem is not his negative press, he is one of the most dedicated stars in this circle, and there is no need to doubt his professionalism and love for his career." ”

"Hmm. David Ellison nodded slightly.

Matthew said, "David, I can only analyze some situations for you, whether to invest or not to invest, you need to judge for yourself." ”

David Ellison said urgently, "Speak quickly. ”

"Actually, the biggest problem with this project is still Tom Cruise. Matthew raised his hand to stop David Ellison from opening his mouth and explained, "The film rights of the Mission: Impossible series are split, most of the rights are in the hands of Tom Cruise, Paramount Pictures only has a small part of the rights and distribution rights, and Tom Cruise has always held the lead of the series. ”

The "Mission Impossible" series starring Tom Cruise is one of the successful series of movies that he remembers more clearly, and when he invested in it before, he didn't have the idea of this series, but after learning about the situation in detail, he voluntarily gave up.

The chaos inside the series is far more complicated than what the outsiders see.

Matthew continued, "Tom Cruise has had too much negative news in recent years and has not had particularly good works, and the "Mission Impossible" series can be called his last guarantee, so Tom Cruise must attach great importance to this series, which is good for the success of the film, but also bad for foreign investment......"

David Ellison frowned slightly, thinking about Matthew's words.

"Tom Cruise will have absolute power over the crew. Matthew said slowly, "With the power in his hands, taking away most of the film's revenue, plus the part of Paramount Pictures, it is difficult for investors with external financing to protect their own rights and interests, and even face a loss on the books." ”

This kind of accounting, they have also done it, and it is not difficult for David Ellison to understand.

Matthew said while thinking about it, "Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures signed an unequal cooperation agreement, even if Tom Cruise does nothing, Paramount Pictures will pay Tom Cruise more than $10 million a year for the basic cooperation fee, and Tom Cruise has a high percentage of dividends for the projects they work on, plus Tom Cruise's high salary, as the share of the producer and the actor, no one can guarantee how much income will be left to foreign investors in the end." ”

David Ellison frowned, "Investing in it, maybe working for Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures for nothing?"

Not necessarily. Matthew said simply and directly, "But the earnings will definitely be much lower than you expected." ”

David Ellison said solemnly, "I see. I will let people continue to look at it and make a deliberate decision. He then moved on to the second thing, "I'm going to ask you for a favor." ”

Matthew smiled, "You're welcome. ”

David Ellison said directly, "Meghan has invested in a film, Kathryn Bigelow's "Bomb Disposal Unit", which is aiming for next year's Oscars, Meghan intends to compete for awards such as Best Director and Best Picture, and has already started operations and PR, and votes will be needed at that time." ”

Matthew understood what David Ellison meant, saying, "My vote is definitely for Meghan's project." ”

He knew a long time ago that David Ellison's sister Megan Ellison chose the same path as her brother, dropping out of USC Film School and then entering Hollywood to invest in the film industry.

The difference between the brother and sister is that David Ellison mainly invests in commercial films, while Megan Ellison works hard in the independent literary film industry.

It's just that no one expected that in the blink of an eye, the films invested by Meghan Ellison were already competing for the Oscars.

David Ellison added, "Get more people." ”

Matthew nodded slightly, "I'll call in the Oscar judges who are familiar with me." There are some things he needs to say in front, "David, I basically have no intersection with the core of the academy, and I may not be of much help." ”

David Ellison knew this and said, "It's good to have as many votes as you can launch." ”

Matthew suggested, "Let Meghan increase her efforts to tackle key problems, and a lot of the Oscar votes will be smashed with money." ”

The two discussed for a while about the impact of "Bomb Disposal Unit" on the Oscars, and left the conference room one after another.

Matthew can only help, after all, the Oscars are completely foreign territory to him.

He didn't know what the future of "Bomb Disposal Unit" would be, but then Matthew received an invitation to premiere from Kathryn Bigelow's ex-husband.