Leaving downtown, Murphy took a taxi to Century City and went straight to the CAA headquarters, the Death Star Building, where he found Bill Rothes and Grace who were already waiting for him in a meeting room.

"Is the information reliable?" Bill Rothes was the first to ask.

"Very reliable, provided by my friends in the city center." Murphy sat back on the couch, his brow furrowed, "Who would hire a private investigator to investigate me?" ”

"There are paparazzi in the newspapers and the media," Grace is also considering, "and there is no need to find a private investigator at all." Murphy has no relatives in North America, and it is unlikely that he is a relative who wants to share assets. ”

Speaking of which, she suddenly remembered a person, and while Murphy was not paying attention, she made a few mouth shapes for Bill Rossis, and when Bill Rosis saw it, he shook his head directly, Carey Mulligan is very rebellious, but he is simple-minded and does not have such a complicated mind.

The three of them couldn't think of an answer for a while.

"I'll leave this matter to me and the company." Bill Rothes finally told Murphy, "You just have to be yourself and don't mess around." ”

The friend who provided the information that Murphy said, he could guess who it was, and now Murphy is a well-known director, and he can't be involved too much with this kind of person.

"Rest assured," Murphy said, standing up, "I know what to do and what not to do." ”

He was about to say goodbye and leave, but Grace stopped him.

"Murphy, the ticket to the Miss Universe contest has arrived," she opened her handbag and handed over a small paper bag, "If you're serious about dating that Israeli girl for a long time, let her stay in Los Angeles as much as possible." ”

Murphy took the paper bag and stuffed it into his pocket, "I know what to do." ”

He really wanted Gal Gadot to stay in Los Angeles.

"Oh, and there's." Grace added, "The mailroom has received another large number of letters from your fans, which have been forwarded to me, and you have never personally replied to them, so it would be better to check them out if you have time." ”

Bill Rothes also said, "Although you are a director, you can't ignore the support of fans. ”

"Alright," Murphy said to Grace as he simply sat back down, "Rey, can you pick some now?" ”

Grace immediately stood up, "Wait a minute. ”

Although Murphy said to take some, Grace came back with a large bag, which was full of letters from fans to Murphy received from the CAA's open mailbox.

"So much?" Murphy opened the bag and saw the piles of letters inside, "You're not going to let me reply next to each other, are you?" ”

He didn't expect a director to receive so many letters from fans.

Grace had already found a pen and stationery, "Pick some of them." ”

Murphy took out a few letters from the bag, opened them one by one and looked at them, the contents of the letters were varied, and there were all kinds of messy things.

Some fans thanked him for making such a wonderful cult film and encouraged him to continue in the future; Some fans asked him what genre his next work would be, and if he could reveal it in advance; Some female fans thought he was very handsome, and asked if he could consider finding her as a girlfriend, and the letter also contained photos of how many times he didn't know how many times; There are also fans who scold his past films for being rubbish and only attracting people with blood...

The most outrageous is a female fan named Daisy, who wants to discuss some perverted ways of killing people with him.

The letter was first tossed aside by Murphy, who was not going to reply to such an inexplicable letter.

After a quick glance at more than 30 randomly selected letters, Murphy selected ten of them with more reliable content, and wrote a short reply one by one, although the content of the reply is different, but the core meaning is nothing more than thank you very much for your letter and support, and I will shoot and produce a better and more satisfactory film in the future.

It didn't take long for Murphy to get ten letters of reply, and after handing them to Grace, he said, "You can do the rest." ”

He didn't pay attention to this kind of thing, like Hollywood's big-name stars, they often have someone in charge of this aspect of affairs.

Leaving the Death Star Building and getting into the taxi waiting outside, Murphy took out the small paper bag, opened it and looked at it, there were more than a dozen tickets for the Miss Universe competition, and Grace obviously spent a lot of money.

There are so many tickets, but Murphy doesn't know who to give them, the other four guys who were praised by the media as Stanton's party members have gone to overseas markets to promote, the rest of the crew is on vacation, and few people are in Los Angeles, and these tickets can't be given out at all.

Grace got a first-class ticket, and it would be a shame to waste it.

After thinking for a moment, Murphy dialed Kara Firth's number, "Where?" Century City? ”

"In the company." Carla Fez's crisp voice rang out from the earpiece, "You're in Century City too?" ”

Murphy motioned for the driver to wait, "I just came out of the Death Star Mansion and have something for you." ”

There was silence on the phone for a while, and then another voice rang out, "Well, come to the Fox Building if it's convenient for you, and we'll see you in the café on the second floor in fifteen minutes." ”

"Okay, I'll see you later." Hanging up, Murphy said to the driver, "Go to the Fox Building." ”

Nowadays, there are no large film companies in the Hollywood area except for Paramount Pictures, and large and medium-sized Hollywood production companies are basically concentrated in Burbank, but Twentieth Century Fox did not move there, but moved its headquarters to Century City on the west side of Beverly Hills, occupying an entire building.

Coming to the café on the second floor, Murphy waited for a few minutes, and Carla Firth, who was wearing a professional suit, walked over in a hurry, pulled out a chair directly, and sat opposite Murphy.

"What good things did you bring here?" Kara Firth asked.

Murphy pulled out an entry ticket and pushed the paper bag to Carla Firth, "The Miss Universe contest is going to start in a few days, and this is the ticket." ”

Carla Firth was also not polite, picked it up and took it out and looked at it, "It's just right, I can use it to buy people's hearts, and by the way, go and cheer for your girlfriend"

"Not going well at work?" Murphy immediately realized this, "Having a lot of difficulties? ”

"A woman, new to a position, is still facing some old qualifications," Carla Firth obviously encountered a lot of difficulties, frowning slightly, "and the director is eyeing up, and there is no way to go well." ”

"You're afraid of them?" Murphy was just laughing, "I believe in your abilities and means. ”

Carla Firth shook her head, "This position is different from before, if you want to establish authority, you must have solid results, and the results of film production are not evaluated from many aspects like journalism, it is very intuitive, there are no successful projects and box office in hand, and new people like me will naturally be ostracized." ”

Compared to journalism, filmmaking is a simpler and more straightforward way to measure.

Murphy knew this too, and asked, "How's that project you're doing?" The one where Alien and Predator come together. ”

"It didn't go very well, and there were some obstacles within the department." Carla Firth never let go of her brows, "I just found the director, Paul Anderson, who directed "Resident Evil", someone recommended him to me, what do you think?" ”

"I don't know much about him, but I've just watched Resident Evil, which he directed." After Murphy reminisced about it, he said, "As long as the future film can have the rhythm of "Resident Evil", with the appeal of Alien and Predator, it is very likely to achieve good results." ”

"Actually, my favorite director is you," Carla Firth sighed, "but it's a pity you're not interested." ”

Murphy laughed, "If I have a suitable project, how about I ask you to invest?" ”

"Aren't you working with Miramax?" Kara Firth asked, surprised.

Murphy shook his head and said, "Didn't you hear that the contradictions between the Weinstein brothers and Disney Chairman Michael Eisner are irreconcilable?" At this time, cooperating with Miramax will only fall into the whirlpool of disputes within Disney. ”

"Have you found the right project?" Carla Firth asked again.

"I'm interested in superheroes under both Marvel Comics and DC Comics." Murphy said helplessly, "But Marvel Comics doesn't look down on me, I haven't been in contact with DC Comics yet, and I guess it's not much better over there." ”

"You don't think about the X-Men?" Carla Firth immediately remembered the power she was fighting for, "Didn't you tell me that you could split up the X-Men and make some indie films with some characters?" ”

Murphy raised an eyebrow, "You have such power now?" ”

"There's always a way to fight for it." Carla Firth deliberately said, "Do you need me to give you a list of X-Men characters?" ”

"I'd better find time to see for myself." Murphy thought for a moment and said, "Wait until I've been in contact with DC Comics, okay?" ”

Although the North American box office growth of "Sin City" has been slow and the number of theaters has been cut to less than 1,500, the North American box office has successfully exceeded the $80 million mark, gradually moving towards $85 million, and the overseas box office has also exceeded $25 million after continuing to expand regional screenings, thus pushing the global box office past the $100 million mark.

Two of the three most recent films he has directed have grossed more than $100 million worldwide, which can be the capital for Murphy's negotiations with DC Comics, and can also make his words more convincing.

It's too difficult to impress Hollywood, a studio that can't afford to make a profit, just with a mouthpiece.

Of course, Murphy is well aware that in addition to capital, he needs a plan, a project book, so that it can be convincing enough.

And he didn't buy the copyright, as long as he got the lead of the project, it was enough.

If it goes well, she can also pull Carla Feth into the project, and the cooperation of large Hollywood companies is also the norm, as long as she succeeds, she can also accumulate capital.

Listening to Murphy briefly talk about his plans, Kara Firth smiled and said, "Then I'll wait for your good news." ”

She stood up and prepared to go back to the office, but Murphy reminded, "Don't forget, let your friends go and be Gail's backup team." (To be continued.) )