The auction was held in the form of a gala dinner, in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel. Dozens of tables were set up in the spacious ballroom, and many Hollywood celebrities were already seated.

Zhang Fan foresaw a lot of acquaintances here. The Brad Pitt couple who met at the yacht club, the vice president of Disney Pictures, Craun, the heartthrob Leonardo, and so on. Many celebrities from Hollywood gather here.

After saying hello to the acquaintances with a smile, Zhang Fan and Scarlett found their places and sat down. It didn't take long for the auction to officially begin.

These auctions, which are mainly aimed at Hollywood celebrities, have traditionally focused on luxury goods such as art and jewelry. Their goal is also very clear, that is, for these Hollywood celebrities who are not bad for money.

Hollywood celebrities have always been less literate. There are a lot of people who can become famous in their teens, and after becoming famous, who will go to school or something? Except for some talented and intelligent people, most of them have low emotional intelligence.

It's okay to say that the jewelry at this auction is valuable, after all, the jewelry itself is valuable.

But the works of the so-called famous paintings, especially those who are not famous themselves, are completely a big hole.

Auction houses have joined forces with collectors who specialize in this business to hype up the market. The works of some painters who do not have much real artistic value are hyped up to sky-high prices through propaganda and propaganda. In order to attract those newly rising nouveau riche to take over stupidly and make a lot of money themselves.

There are liars everywhere in this world, and the difference is only whether the means are clever or not.

It has to be said that this method of the auction is very clever. The targets they chose were all Hollywood celebrities with low emotional intelligence. Under the trend of vanity and face, these Hollywood celebrities who make easy money have always spent lavishly. He even did not hesitate to take debt for this move.

And Zhang Fan, as a new celebrity in Hollywood, has a lot of wealth in his hands. Naturally, they were targeted by these people.

Zhang Fan can not come, but since he wants to gain a foothold in Hollywood, this kind of thing is naturally unavoidable. Zhang Fan, who knew this, came over, but he never thought of spending a huge price to buy those works of art.

The so-called works of art are basically blown out. In addition to the works of real masters such as Van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, etc. The rest of the so-called works of art have little value. It's all hyped up. Spending a huge amount of money for these things, Zhang Fan doesn't know what others do, but he will never do this wronged person himself.

If you really want to show off your style, just buy those real masters. There is no need to spend money in vain.

But there are not many people who can have a calm head like Zhang Fan, especially Hollywood stars who are not of high quality but want to use these things to improve their style, but many people are deeply involved.

Once someone sticks to this so-called famous painting, it will not be long before they buy it one after another, and their family property will be ruined. But when they want to sell those so-called famous paintings, they will find that these so-called famous paintings are actually not so valuable at all!

Just like the Japanese in their eighties, the Japanese at that time were real nouveau riche. The price of land in Tokyo is so high that you can buy land in all of North America!

At that time, many Japanese tycoons bought the hyped artworks at exorbitant prices. But when the real estate bubble of the Japanese is extinguished, the economy is over. These Japanese people want to sell these works of art, but they find that they basically can't even sell them!

Like the Japanese, most Hollywood stars who have risen from the bottom like to pretend to be 13 when they have money in their pockets, and the result is that they are slaughtered as wronged bosses.

The most famous are Will Smith and Nicolas Cage. Especially Nicolas Cage, the Hollywood actor couldn't even repay the terrible loan after going bankrupt, and had to frantically pick up films to pay off the debt. thus became the famous king of bad movies in Hollywood.

"Zhang, when does your new film start?" The auctioneer at the booth was passionately introducing a painting by a painter that Zhang Fan had never heard of, while Cloun, the vice president of Disney Pictures, had already sat down next to Zhang Fan and asked about his new film with a smile.

Zhang Fan just won the Oscar, and at this time, even a fool knows that he has to take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money with new works.

Not to mention that Zhang Fan's company has already begun to make preliminary preparations for the film project. There is no way to hide this kind of thing in Hollywood, let alone hide people like Croun.

The reason why Scarlett welcomes Zhang Fan in various ways is that she is willing to unlock various postures under Zhang Fan. In large part, it is because Zhang Fan has agreed to invite her to play an important role in his new film.

Zhang Fan, who shines at the Oscars, wants to invest in a new film, and it is a blockbuster with an investment of more than 150 million US dollars!

Scarlett was able to get an important role in this movie, and even Zhang Fan told her that this is a series of movies and will shoot many big productions. Of course, Scarlett wants to hold on to Zhang Fan tightly. She has always remembered that Zhang Fan said that she lacked a representative role.

"It should be soon. Zhang Fan squinted at the many celebrities who kept shouting high prices for an unknown painting, and responded casually.

"Have you ever considered continuing to cooperate with Disney?" Clauen didn't do anything about it, and directly put forward his own purpose.

"Cooperation?" Zhang Fan squinted, with a smile on his face.

"Yes, like this slum millionaire cooperation. Crawn nodded earnestly, "Disney takes a stake in the distribution rights and channels, accounting for 40% of the investment share of your new film." Of course, we also have to enjoy a corresponding proportion of copyright. ”

Disney made a lot of money on the movie Slumdog Millionaire. They didn't pay for it themselves, they just provided channels, but two rounds of screenings plus film distribution rights got at least more than 100 million dollars in profits!

Even Disney can't refuse this kind of income. After receiving the news that Zhang Fan was preparing a new movie this time, Clouen came over without the slightest hesitation, ready to continue to take advantage of Zhang Fan.

It is indeed a millionaire who takes advantage of the slums. This time, Disney just included the distribution rights that had to be charged for before into the investment, but they put forward even more excessive copyright requirements!

The previous slum millionaires were not favored because they were not favored, so Disney did not ask for the copyright. But with the success of this movie, all kinds of peripheral income naturally made them blush. This time, the copyright was directly requested.

In Disney's view, Zhang Fan, who is a foreigner, must cooperate with them if he wants to shoot a new film. They're Disney, after all!

This time, however, they were disappointed.

"I'm sorry. Zhang Fan shook his head slightly, "This time, I am going to invest alone." ”

The smile on Clounn's face instantly stiffened.

Cloun, or Disney, didn't expect Zhang Fan to refuse their investment request! This is simply unbelievable to them. But Zhang Fan did just that.

The reason why the previous slum millionaires would accept Disney's investment at a loss was because Zhang Fan wanted to open the door to Hollywood as quickly as possible. It is not even a matter to give up even a part of the benefits for the sake of this goal.

But now Zhang Fan has achieved his goal, but Disney still thinks that he is an outsider with no foundation, and wants to continue to play the trick of empty gloves and white wolves to gain benefits from Zhang Fan's hands, and even fights Zhang Fan's idea of new movie copyrights. Zhang Fan didn't directly smash the water cup in his hand on Crawn's head, he was already respecting the old and loving the young.

Do you really think you are a fool?

"Zhang. Crawn finally regained his strength, and looked at Zhang Fan with a complicated expression, "You must know that if you make a big investment in Hollywood to make a movie, it is absolutely impossible to succeed without our help." ”

Crawn's words are already faintly threatening, Disney is one of the giants of Hollywood, and it is not a good thing to offend them in Hollywood.

Crawn's threatening words may be useful for others, but not for Zhang Fan. Not only did it not work, but even Zhang Fan's aura changed instantly.

Scarlett, who had been sitting on the other side and had been silent, suddenly felt a chill coming from Zhang Fan's body, like a cold current suddenly blowing!

"First of all, don't take me for a fool. Slum millionaires have made you a fortune. I'm not going to pursue it, because it's a voluntary thing. But I'm not a fool who doesn't know anything, you still want to be a white wolf with empty gloves, and even want copyrights? What do you think of me? Are you the oil sellers in the Middle East?"

Zhang Fan's tone was cold, and his eyes were sharp: "Besides, Hollywood is not the only Disney company!"

Zhang Fan's meaning is very clear, the last time I let you take advantage of it, I volunteered, and I don't need to say anything. As for Disney's threat, Disney is indeed one of Hollywood's giants, but it is only one of them. There are many more studios that are at the same level as Hollywood and Disney!

Now the initiative is in Zhang Fan's hands. Anyone who has worked in Hollywood knows that most of the new works that have been released after a big Oscar win and have taken advantage of the rise in fame are successful. The odds are high. Although it is not without precedent for the failure of works after the glory of the Oscars, in most cases it will be a big profit.

If there is a 30% chance of success in business, it is worth giving it a try, and now the success rate of Zhang Fan's new film is more than 30%.

Now Zhang Fan has gained a foothold in Hollywood, not to mention that with Zhang Fan's character, he will never continue to accept Disney's blackmail!