Chapter 36: The Signing and Christmas
Rolls-Royce stopped at the door of the office, and then the car door opened, and a little girl jumped out. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
I saw that the little girl was wearing a black dress, big brown sunglasses on her face, and long black gloves on her hands. Live a classic look of Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's", but the whole is one size smaller!
Who is such an elf girl who has come out of the dust?
After the girl got out of the car, she turned around and looked into the car, and everyone involuntarily looked at the car door, and a figure walked down proudly. He is a young man, wearing a slim-fitting gray suit with a fine black and white straight stripe shirt and an earthy knitted tie, which looks both fresh and low-key luxury.
Then two young men and women strode in, and someone had already opened the door to the office.
"So, which of you is from Disney?" Sid asked.
"I am. The director of Disney immediately stood up, no matter who the other party was, the person who could sit around in a Rolls-Royce was definitely not something that a person of his level could provoke, and he asked in a cautious tone, "May I ask who you are?"
"Sid Leon, you can call me Sid. Sid nodded, and said with an indifferent expression.
"Are you Sid!?" Michael Lohan reacted at this time, although Sid did not have Joe makeup, but the great change in temperament and clothing made him not recognize it at the first time.
"And what is this ......?" Tina Lohan turned to look at "Little Hepburn" beside Sid.
Lindsay took off her sunglasses and smiled and beckoned, "Hi, Daddy, Mommy." ”
"Lindsey !!"
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"So, you mean that you want us to Disney not sign with Lindsay?" The director of Disney looked strangely at Sid, who was sitting opposite, and it was the first time he had heard such a strange request.
"Yes, the packaging methods you use at Disney are all old-fashioned teen idol packaging methods, and I don't think it's suitable for Lindsay. Hilde's tone was flat, but his words provoked the anger of the other party.
"Do you think you can do better than us at Disney?" the Disney executive asked angrily.
"Of course. Sid had a natural expression, completely ignoring the rising anger of the other party.
"Where the hell are you from, how dare you point fingers at us!" the Disney director roared in complete anger.
"Well, the initiative to sign the contract is not yours, it's Lindsay's guardian, isn't it?" Sid said with a smile.
"You!!" the Disney executive glared angrily, then turned to look at Michael Lohan.
Sid also turned his head and looked at Michael Lohan with a playful smile.
Michael Lohan didn't expect to be the center of the argument all of a sudden, and he suddenly spat out, "That ......"
He looked at Sid, who had subconsciously feared Sid since the last time he told his secret at Arrowhead Lake Camp. I thought that after the trip to London, Sid would disappear from their lives, but I didn't expect that this time the other party not only returned, but also was stronger than I imagined.
But he also hopes to use the power of Disney to get rid of Sid's threat. He pursed his lips and was about to speak.
Sid suddenly spoke, "Think clearly before you speak, Michael." His sharp eyes saw Michael Lohan on his back, and a layer of sweat immediately appeared on his back, and he immediately remembered the secret he had been pinched by Sid.
"So, then, what are you going to do with Lindsay?" asked Michael, looking at Sid apprehensively.
Sid smiled, "What does Disney's contract say?"
Before Lindsay was 18, she had at least three films featuring her. Michael Lohan said immediately.
"Michael, you!" the Disney executive looked at Michael Lohan angrily, he didn't expect the other party to sell his teammate so simply.
"Hmm~~~" Sid raised his head and touched his chin, then said with a smile: "Then 500,000." ”
"Huh?" everyone in the room was stunned for a moment.
"What 500,000?" asked Michael Lohan subconsciously.
"How about I'm going to give you $500,000 a year as an annual salary until Lindsay turns 18?" Sid's words immediately moved the minds of Michael and Tina Lohan.
Ordinary child stars in Hollywood, even if they play the leading role, a movie can have a salary of $200,000 is the cap. "A Natural Pair" paid Lindsay only $100,000.
And everyone knows that making a movie is not a thing of selling cabbage, you can only make one in a year or two, and Michael Lohan and Tina Lohan, who don't work at all, and Tina Lohan, who is a housewife, can't generate income at all.
This puts the Lohan family in an extremely ridiculous and interesting situation, the whole family has to rely on the salary of 11-year-old Lindsay Lohan to survive, and when they are not making movies, they can only live on crazy commercials.
"Okay, yes, OK. Michael Lohan and Tina Lohan had a plan in their minds and immediately made a decision. The annual income of 500,000 yuan is far more than the current unstable income level, which made them agree immediately without thinking too much.
"Michael, we at Disney can arrange a better development plan for Lindsay, are you sure you want to trust this unknown kid?" said the Disney director angrily.
"Lindsay's development doesn't need them to worry about, and you don't need to worry about it. Sid looked sharply at the other party.
"All right, sir. Then Sid stood up satisfied, "This matter is so happily decided. ”
"Then first things first. Sid turned to Lindsay's parents, "Stop all the advertising for Lindsay, and children should have a happy childhood, not a job to support their families." ”
"Yes, yes. Being reprimanded by Sid in a stern tone made Lindsay's parents blush, after all, anyone would feel embarrassed if their lack of virtue was exposed.
"Brother Sid. Lindsay tugged at Rashid's sleeve, and Sid smiled and squeezed her little hand.
"Okay, my lawyer will contact you to sign the contract later. Sid said to Lindsay's parents.
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"This, this contract ......" Michael Lohan and Tina Lohan looked at the dense and dazzling signing contract, which was much more complicated than they imagined, and much more cumbersome than the contract Disney had given them before.
"What, is there a problem?" Sid's royal lawyer, Goffman, swept his eyes sharply over the Lohan couple, and they suddenly felt speechless, the strong aura of an elite lawyer is not something that ordinary people like them can fight.
"Yes, yes. Michael Lohan plucked up the courage and said, "Why?"
"Why?" Goffman looked at each other with a smirk, his sharp eyes making Michael Lohan think he was talking something undeniable.
"Okay, I'll explain it to you. Goffman said with a scrutinizing smile, "Our company provided Lindsay with a seven-year acting employment contract, and until Lindsay was 18 years old, you and your husband and wife, as her guardians, could receive an annual salary of $500,000 from our Fire Lion Pictures every year, regardless of whether Lindsay had a paid income or not." You know that?"
"Of course, of course. Speaking of money, Michael Lohan immediately smiled and agreed.
"But as party A to the contract, our company must guarantee that its investment will not be unnecessarily disturbed. And you, Mr. Michael Lohan, have a number of arrests for alcoholism in the police records, and ......" Goffman said, throwing out a document with several photos scattered around the conference table.
It is the photo taken when Tina Lohan was beaten beyond recognition by Michael Lohan during the filming of "A Natural Couple", and went to the hospital for treatment.
"It's, it's caused by Tina's accidental fall. Michael Lohan said in a panic.
"Hehe......" Goffman showed a contemptuous look: "Mr. Luo Han, you must not know that there is a kind of thing in this world called 'forensics'. This document also includes the cause of the injury analyzed by the FBI's forensic experts based on Ms. Lohan's medical records. Let me tell you an interesting thing, when a person is injured in a fall, it is completely different from the X-ray of being injured, and forensic experts can analyze a lot of information based on the injury. For example, Ms. Luo Han was not only injured by a fist in the front, but according to the angle of the wound fracture, the perpetrator was a man with a height of 1.79 meters, right-handed. Mr. Lohan, how tall are you?"
Goffman's aggressive words immediately made Michael Lohan suddenly angry, "That's, that's okay." ”
“OK。 Goffman put away the document with satisfaction, "In order to make it clear to you, I will explain to you again, except for the psychotherapy requirements for Michael, you are not allowed to be interviewed by the media in any form during the contract, or release any information about Lindsay to the media." ”
"Whether it's admonishment treatment or media terms, as long as there is any breach of contract between the two of you, you have to pay liquidated damages. Goffman sneered.
"Liquidated damages!?" As soon as Luo Han and his wife heard something related to money, they immediately looked through the relevant terms excitedly: "5...... 50 times the annual salary!?"
"Yes, there is no white pie in the sky, of course, high returns have high risks, I want to remind you both. By the time Lindsey reaches adulthood, our company will pay you $3.5 million in annual salary, which is more than most Americans can earn in a lifetime. Goffman's words were like carrots hanging from mice, and the eyes of the Lohans lit up.
In the face of the huge wealth that ordinary people can't reach, both of their hearts are about to beat out of their chests, and they don't have time to carefully check the contract. In fact, Sid and Goffman set a trap in the contract, although the Lohan couple can get an annual salary of 500,000 yuan a year, but any other income of Lindsay has nothing to do with them.
They can no longer be the guardians of Lindsay, and they can no longer receive the fruits of her labor without compensation. This is also to prevent the cheating parents of Macaulay Culkin, who magically squandered all their children's earnings before they reached adulthood.
"If it's okay, let's sign a contract. Goffman said.
After Michael Lohan and Tina Lohan signed the contract with excitement, Goffman scratched his head and looked at the side, he patted Sid, who was playing video games with Lindsey on headphones, "Boss, it's time to sign." ”
"Oh, that's it?" Sid asked, taking off his headphones.
"Of course. Goffman said confidently.
After signing his name on the contract, Sid stood up with a sly smile and said to Michael Lohan what made his heart flutter: "Welcome to Hollywood, Mr. Lohan!"
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"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells."
"How enjoyable we skied -- we sat on the sleds -- "
The melodious Christmas song "Jingle BellRock" flows from the stereo and echoes in the warm fireplace living room, where a huge Christmas tree stands next to the stone fireplace, which is burning brightly.
Sid, Jeremy, Amy Adams, and Lohan's family sit around the table enjoying Christmas dinner.
Jeremy and Amy Adams had to keep their identities secret and maintain their "dead" identities before the release of "Ghost Record", so they had to contact their families and spend Christmas here at Sid for the time being this year.
After getting Sid's first (1998) annual salary, the Lohan family bought a house in a middle-class suburban community with pride, but because of renovation problems, they couldn't move in until the next year, but Michael Lohan, who had no medicine for his brain, couldn't wait to return the original rented house.
They were already planning to go to the hotel for Christmas, but at Lindsay's plea, Sid also planned to beat the Lohan couple so as not to get carried away by then. It was agreed that the family would temporarily live in the Sunset Villa during the Christmas holiday.
As Sid expected, the Lohan couple, who were originally a little complacent because they received an annual salary of 500,000 yuan in one breath and lived in a suburban community, were surprised and shut up from the time they entered the Hollywood Hills to the time they saw the Sunset Villa. They can't stop marveling at the upscale luxury of the Sunset Villas and the magnificent views that take the city and coastline under their feet.
As they walked around, the couple, especially Michael Lohan, felt even more in awe of Sid.
And after gathering so many people, the sunset villa, which has been a little lonely since the purchase, has also become lively. Lindsay's younger brother Michael Jr. and five-year-old sister Ellie don't have the complicated minds of adults, they are very happy to play back and forth in the courtyard and path of the villa.
The child's silver bell-like laughter made Sid, who had been busy with work, smile rarely, and relaxed his tense nerves.
"Ding-ding-" Jeremy rang his wine glass, and the crowd stopped whispering and looked at him.
"We are here today to celebrate Christmas with such a beautiful view, all because of one person. Jeremy's words made Zhongrenlu smile knowingly.
Sid nodded slightly, signaling to everyone.
"Then I wish Sid good health and all the best. Jeremy raised his glass as he finished speaking.
"To Sid!" "To Sid." ”
Amid the toasts of the crowd, the curtain of '97 was covered with light, and the bright moon of Los Angeles reflected the city of angels below.