Mr. Zhou's restaurant is located in the luxurious area of Beverly Hills, and is a Chinese restaurant frequented by Hollywood stars, not that the food here is good, but the restaurant does not allow reporters to enter, let alone anyone to take pictures, which can create a very private space for those celebrities, so it is very favored by Hollywood stars. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In order for any country's cuisine to be widely spread overseas, it must be properly improved, and Mr. Zhou's restaurant is no exception, and the Chinese food they provide can only be said to be nondescript in Murphy's eyes, in addition to the Westernization of the dishes, they also implement a typical Western-style meal system, which does not seem to be particularly different from Western food.

Murphy and the others sat around a round dining table, eating and talking.

"How's the studio's project with Netflix going?" Robert Downey Jr. swallowed the beef in his mouth and asked Murphy, "Is the filming done?" ”

"I don't know the exact progress."

Since the Oscars, Murphy's energy has been focused on "The Dark City", "Let's ask Gail about these things." ”

Gal Gadot, who also doubles as the producer of "House of Cards", heard Murphy's words and ended the whisper with Margot Robbie, saying, "It's still filming, Paul Wilson took the whole crew to Washington to shoot location scenes, it is estimated that by the end of this year, all the filming of the first season will be over, and Netflix plans to launch the series next fall." ”

"On Netflix's website?" James Franco asked curiously, "Don't go through the TV channel?" ”

These are all Gal Gadot's contacts with Netflix, she nodded, "The premiere must be Netflix's website, and we will talk about it later." ”

If the series can be popular, it will not be a problem for other TV stations to buy the rights to broadcast it in the future, and if the response is not satisfactory, even if Stanton Studios and Netflix want to push "House of Cards" into TV stations, it will be quite difficult.

"By the way," Margot Robbie asked curiously, "who did the crew choose to be the heroine in the end?" ”

"Robin White." Gal Gadot saw her puzzled face and reminded, "The actor who played the heroine of "Forrest Gump" back then. ”

Margot Robbie remembered who she was and nodded knowingly, "It turned out to be Forrest Gump's girlfriend." ”

The people sitting together were all their own people, and the atmosphere of the dinner was quite good, and several people were talking about topics of interest to each other, especially some gossip scandals in the circle.

"Have you heard?" Margot Robbie said mysteriously, "Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis broke up because of a third party. ”

"A third party?" James Franco was also well-informed, asking, "You're not talking about Amber Heard, are you?" ”

Gal Gadot asked, slightly surprised, "Isn't Amber Heard gay?" ”

Margot Robbie shrugged, "Maybe it's still bisexual." ”

She took a sip of the water glass, and then said, "Anyway, Johnny Depp is so fascinated by Amber Heard that he is said to be ready to propose to her, but Amber Heard has always kept a certain distance from Johnny Depp." ”

Robert Downey Jr. rubbed his chin and said, "A young lesbian with a fancy for an old man with a bad reputation......"

"It's possible to keep the line long," Murphy guessed, "for Johnny Depp's big fish." ”

"You people." Gal Gadot shook his head repeatedly, "Why can't it be because of love?" ”

That being said, even Gal Gadot himself didn't believe what she had just said.

"Alright, let's not talk about that." James Franco took the initiative to change the subject and asked Murphy, "Are you interested in Sony Columbia Pictures?" ”

"That's the thing." There was no need for Murphy to deny it in front of these people, "It's just a preliminary idea." ”

Robert Downey Jr. thought for a moment and said, "Sony Columbia Pictures has had a poor performance in recent years. ”

"It has been ranked first among the six major companies for several years in a row." Gal Gadot continued, "But the situation has improved this year, and "The Amazing Spider-Man" has just been released in July. ”

Murphy hadn't paid any attention to this before, asking, "How's the box office?" ”

"It's okay." Margot Robbie was the first to reply, "There were more than $62 million in the opening weekend in North America, and the total box office in North America has now exceeded $200 million, and the global box office seems to be more than $500 million." ”

James Franco shook his head, "It's average, it's Spider-Man!" ”

It's clear that Sony Columbia Pictures has overconsumed Spider-Man, resulting in "The Amazing Spider-Man" performing far less at the box office than the old "Spider-Man" trilogy.

"The ......worse the performance of 'The Amazing Spider-Man,'" Robert Downey Jr. is a man who understands, "the more likely Sony Entertainment is to get rid of Columbia Pictures." ”

Murphy sighed, "Even if Sony Entertainment wants to sell Columbia Pictures, it will cost a lot of money." ”

Not to mention anything else, the copyright of "Spider-Man" and the James Bond series alone requires a lot of money, although Murphy is now worth a lot of money, but a company of the size of Sony Columbia Pictures does not mean that it can be easily obtained if you want to.

Moreover, it is not certain whether Sony Entertainment will divest Sony Columbia Pictures.

Others also understood the reality, and knew that they could hardly help in this regard, and their assets were much worse than Murphy's.

Murphy knows this, too, and while the likes of Robert Downey Jr. and James Franco are well-paid and have billions of dollars, most of them are real estate like real estate and stocks, not cash flow.

And as a Hollywood superstar, the income is very high, and the expenses are quite large.

Take Robert Downey Jr. as an example, his private life is the same as all Hollywood superstars, extremely extravagant, and his consumption expenditure is enough to make many second-tier stars stunned.

According to Murphy's understanding, this friend of his own, just the money to buy wine, costs about $20,000 a month; Not to mention the nine apartments under his name, which he once spent $45 million to completely renovate and renovate; His private yacht was purchased and refurbished at a cost of $13 million.

As a superstar, Robert Downey Jr.'s luxurious life is much more than that - he only flies by private jet every time, and has his own requirements for the type and grade, which adds him $200,000 a month for aircraft maintenance; He and his family's bodyguards are 24 hours a day, spending $150,000 a month; In addition, Downey is also an avid collector, with a wide range of collections covering Hollywood movie stars, art, jewelry, guitars, etc., he has a collection of more than 200 works of art, including Andy Warhol's works, worth millions of dollars, and he is also keen to collect Hollywood movie star memorabilia such as Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, etc., these memorabilia are extremely expensive and rare, with a total value of millions of dollars, adding up to 12 warehouses for storage, and the storage cost alone is as high as millions.

For example, a few years ago, a childhood friend of Robert Downey Jr. died, and he once spent $2 million to launch his ashes into the air with a salute in accordance with the other party's will......

Murphy and Gal Gadot together spend about $200,000 to $300,000 a month, but Robert Downey Jr. basically spends about $1 million a month.

Of course, that's not a lot at Robert Downey Jr.'s current level of income, and it's slightly inferior to the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in the same class.

Dinner didn't disperse until about nine o'clock in the evening, and Murphy returned to Wave Manor and specially told Gal Gadot to pay close attention to the dynamics of Sony Columbia Pictures, as he remembered correctly, the first part of "The Amazing Spider-Man" made Sony Columbia's performance slightly better, but the second part was definitely a disaster, with huge losses, which led Sony Columbia Pictures to directly cut the series "The Amazing Spider-Man".

Maybe there will be a chance at that time?

In the current Hollywood rules and environment, it is simply unrealistic to create a company that has developed into the scale of the Big Six, and the best way is to directly acquire one of the Big Six companies just like Sony Entertainment and Viacom entered the market back then.

Murphy saw very clearly that after a relatively good development in the first seven or eight years of the century, with the transition of production of series such as "Spider-Man", Sony Columbia Pictures was the only opportunity for him and Stanton Studios.

By the end of September, Twentieth Century Fox came with news that "Diego Rose" was officially removed from North America and overseas markets, and the film finally received $132.78 million from North America after nearly ten months of ultra-long screenings with the help of the Oscar halo effect.

Coupled with the overseas box office gains, the global box office of this film has accumulated as high as 285.65 million US dollars!

In every sense of the word, "Diego Rose" was an extremely successful film, and although Twentieth Century Fox has not yet sent a list of accounts, it is inevitable that Stanton Studios will make a huge profit.

At the same time, the filming of "Dark City" continues, and Margot Robbie also joined the filming, her role is the most mysterious in the crew, but Margot Robbie's state is adjusted very well, and several scenes with Henry Cavill are quite outstanding.

Seeing Margot Robbie's performance getting better and better, Murphy simply brought forward several difficult scenes, including Jay Rachel's direct confrontation with the magician.