For a guy like Roland who watches movies and can film, but has never written about it, script writing is actually a very boring thing, because you have to present the corresponding picture in your mind while conceiving the story, and directly mark the plot, what kind of lens should be used to shoot it, and what kind of camera movement method should be used to present the picture.

Not only that, how to control the number of words in the script, ensure one page and one minute, and not let the concise and capable shooting guide become a lot of words, which tests the screenwriter's rhythm skills even more.

Even if there are a bunch of successful cases that can be copied by Roland, his progress still can't be improved.

Like Michael Bay, asking the screenwriter to write the amazing deeds of the script of "Transformers" in a week, Roland estimates that he will not be able to achieve it in his life, and like Wang Jing, Roland can't learn the act of rushing to write the next day that night.

Of course, in the final analysis, it is still a matter of coolness.

This is the same as writing, why do the vast majority of authors start high and go low, and like bad endings?

It's easy!

The whole story has been refreshed in my mind countless times, and the creative passion has passed, in this case, the later plot will become extremely difficult to write, and once this happens, won't the bad ending become the first choice of 'wise'?

Hurry up and end the new book, and the passion will come!

Because of this, Roland's script advances at a speed that is as miserable as a snail.

One page in three days, that's already fast.

After writing for a few days, I turned around and ate the book again, which is the real culprit who caused the difficult birth of the script.

As for why not just copy the Sony version of the trilogy?

Oh，my god！

Roland actually wanted to copy it, but he had almost forgotten the plot!

Although "Spider-Man" is a classic, it is also a commercial film.

Even though Roland has watched it many times and made editing and commentary, now, there is only one sentence left in his mind-

With great power comes with great responsibility。

In this case, Roland is on his own.

Of course, if even he was leaning down, then—

Isn't there still a bunch of big guys who can take over?

Therefore, he is even less cowardly.

And just when Roland didn't listen to what was going on outside the window and was only writing the script, a lot of things happened in the outside world.

With the end of the Golden Globe Awards, the list of Oscar nominees has also been officially announced, and among that long list, the most striking thing is the piles of Jewish gang members, like Robert De Niro, who hit the actor again, like Joe Pesci, Andy Garcia, Al Pacino, who are competing for supporting actor, and like Francis Coppola and Martin Scorsese, who are candidates for best director......

There are a lot of guys Roland has met with alone, and if you add all those guys who Roland only listens to his name and doesn't see him, then half of the country on the list belongs to the Jewish gang.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with Roland.

Not only that, but he was also very glad that he did not receive the invitation.

The cheerful atmosphere of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony made him tired, and if he was attending such a serious awards party, he estimated that he would have to lie on his stomach in bed for three days to recover.

And apart from these things, nothing else is happening in Hollywood.

After all, it's awards season, and even if there is a big thing, you have to hold it in front of the Oscars.

However, while Hollywood practitioners were focusing on the Oscars, Roland took a time to watch "The Silence of the Lambs" released on February 14 in theaters with James and David.

Although Roland has seen this movie before, it is also a good choice to revisit the classic when the plot has forgotten most of it.

Besides, he is very different from his previous life.

In his previous life, he was at best a professional and an actor who could act, and he was able to discover the highlights of the film from his own perspective.

And now, after the baptism of Robert Zemeckis, Chris Columbus, and James Cameron, his perspective on watching movies has changed from an ordinary practitioner to a half-baked director's shooting angle.

And watching the movie in this situation, he immediately discovered that the long shots in the film are really a stroke of genius.

In the introduction of Hannibal, the subjective camera of 360 degrees rotating in place instills all the information in the venue into the audience in a short period of time, and because there is no restriction on the field of vision, the inner state of the subjective person is vividly displayed under the background of the environment.

And when the subjective lens and the third-person lens are constantly switching, the resulting desire to peep suddenly occupies Roland's heart.

Not only that, but the long focal length lenses used extensively in the film are also the best helpers to portray the two protagonists.

The precise division of the performance area allows the actors' skills to bloom to the maximum, and the sense of freedom to accurately grasp it makes Roland's scalp tingle.

And he finally understood why the distributor of "The Silence of the Lambs" would force this movie and not let it be released in 90, if "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Dances with Wolves" were released in the same year, then who would win the Oscar for Best Picture in 91 is really an immeasurable question.

However, compared with Roland, who is very cool to watch, James is not very interested in this kind of thriller.

After the film ended, when the subtitles appeared, he had already gotten up and wanted to leave.

For his behavior, Roland didn't have a good solution.

The taste is different, so you can't force it!

What's more, although movies are his job, they are only James' interests!

Roland can learn from other people's shooting techniques, camera movements, and narrative methods, but for James, these things are completely useless!

Because of this, after returning home after watching the movie, James went back to his room to sleep in a lack of interest.

Just after the play, the Olsen sisters, who came back from the crew of "Full House of Youth", hugged Roland with a smile, and then went into the bathroom with their mother to wash the dust.

As for Roland?

This guy who wanted to go home immediately and record his feelings in writing, but before leaving, he was stopped by David, and not only that, but he was dragged into the study by the other party to discuss a very serious matter.

"It's tax time, you have to file your taxes."

"We have to give an account of the large amount of money you earned last year, and the income that will be visible to the naked eye in the future."

"My personal advice is, set up a company."

Filing taxes?

After hearing this word, Roland's face suddenly grew.

They only discussed this matter more than two months ago, but they didn't expect that two months later, they would have to solve this matter.

In order to legally avoid taxes, it is very common for people in America to set up a company, and if Roland's income is collected in the name of the company, and personal expenses are used as company expenses, it is simply too simple to make the account at a loss. However, America's corporate tax is actually very heavy, if it wanders on the edge of the law, it will definitely affect Roland's public image, just like the golden retriever commander, who declared a loss of more than 900 million US dollars in 95 years, which made him exempt from 50 million taxes every year for the next 18 years, but Roland's nature is different from him after all, although the IRS only audits one percent of the country's tax returns every year, but - all stars are within the scope of their audit, Because the income of celebrities is so easy to count, it is easy to complete tasks in terms of time and effort.

What's more, before becoming famous, the two contracts of "Home Alone" and "Terminator 2" were determined in Roland's personal name, in this case, the company under construction to avoid taxes, it seems a little cerebral palsy, these two incomes are impossible not to pay taxes, if he even wants to exempt these two taxes, after the matter is exposed, it will really ruin his audience.

Because of this, after hearing the word "forming a company", Roland immediately understood that what David meant was for him to think about it later.

Although the reward money of "Home Alone" and the salary of "Terminator 2" cannot avoid taxes, the subsequent projects can completely go from the company.

"Okay, you're my guardian now, and you'll go get it."

Even though Roland had only been with David for just over two years (plus the time loop), he had completely trusted each other.

This is not only because the other party is his guardian, but also because of his small money, David doesn't look down on it at all.

Unlike those accountants and agents who are gullible and fall into financial crisis who are deceived, Roland believes that David can help him deal with all this-

What's more, David was originally a businessman, and he had many accountants under him, all of whom had rich experience in tax avoidance.

Letting the right people do the right thing is Roland's motto.

However, just as Roland wanted to throw this burden to the other party, David didn't think about letting him go, "Roland, I know that "Spider-Man" is important to you, but don't worry, isn't money more important than the project in five years?" ”

"It's no different if you write the script a day earlier and finish it a day later, right? In that case, let's talk about what to do after the company is created, or what kind of company you need. ”

"Although minors can't become corporate legal persons, it's okay to be a shareholder, according to your current popularity and Ashley and Mary's popularity, I actually want to bid for you to set up a comprehensive entertainment company, because your own image and Ashley's and Mary's own image are in your own hands, I can use your name to authorize the production of clothing, dolls and others, and realize your fame in peripheral ways, what do you think?"

"After all, so far, your agent has not brought you any endorsement list, and there is nothing to endorse for teenagers between six and twenty years old.

When he threw his plan blueprint to Roland, David's tone was very calm.

He didn't seem to be fooling a little boy into handing over his image and popularity, and replacing these ethereal things with beautiful knives, but discussing with Roland whether this plan was feasible.

This is actually what Roland likes most about David.

From beginning to end, he treats his family members as equals and does not impose his own wishes on others because of his age.

Can......

For Roland, isn't the plan David said the predecessor of the Double Star Group in the previous life?

Isn't the reason why the Olsen sisters became the most successful child star sisters in the history of America (just about making money) is because they really exchanged their popularity for money?

Because of David's insistence at the beginning of his career, their personal image, name authorization and other copyrights are held in their own hands, which also makes their subsequent movies, television, records, photo albums, clothing, dolls, jewelry, cosmetics and a series of products can be packaged with their own images.

After all, authorizing others and selling them for yourself are two different concepts.

And this is only David, who was born as a businessman, can resist the temptation, if he were Macaulay's father, he would have sold his son a long time ago, after all, for them, they have no capital to do it themselves.

But the problem is that even if the Olsen sisters' Double Star Group developed well in the previous life, Roland was not interested!

You use my image to produce boys' and children's clothes for sale, and that's perfectly fine.

Everyone is a family, and Roland can even license these things to the Olson sisters for a dollar, and even divide them, which is easy to discuss, but if he is allowed to participate in the work together, then there is no need to talk about it.

With this spare money and this kung fu, isn't it good for him to vote for Mohami? Isn't it fragrant for him to sponsor IMDb?

Even if Mohami is not short of money now, and the big men of IMDb don't need sponsorship, then he won't do it!

Opening an investment company to hold stocks for a long time is much easier than doing business.

You know, in America, there are only three reasonable tax avoidance methods commonly used by the rich.

In addition to offshore companies and charitable donations, the remaining one is long-term stock holdings.

After all, according to American law, if you hold a stock for more than one year, you will not be taxed on the principal and profits of the investment as long as you do not cash out.

If you cash out, low- and middle-income people are completely exempt from taxes, and the top richest people are taxed no more than 20 percent.

Compared with the maximum of 43.4 percent of the individual income tax, it has more than doubled.

And by the time Roland told David what he thought, the middle-aged man seemed to be prepared.

Not only did he not refute Roland's idea, and continued to sell Roland's theory of selling goods to make money, but he also looked at the little ghost in front of him with interest and said with a smile: "Then, which company's stock do you want to buy?" ”

"Let me guess, it's the tech companies, right?"

"Apple? Microsoft? Hp? Cisco? Or IBM? ”

Roland's previous move to want a computer was clearly remembered by David, since this kid is not ready to engage in programming now, isn't investing in a technology company the most obvious choice?

However, David's words made Roland laugh in his heart.

It's February 1991!

Isn't it a brain disease to buy tech stocks in this day and age?

The helper does not have the Apple before the return, and has no value, while Microsoft, makes too little.

Nine years later, there will be an Internet bubble, and it's not interesting to get into it now!

What's more, with movies in front of him, Roland doesn't have time to take care of his assets.

In that case, wouldn't it be nice to find someone who can take care of assets?

Apple? Microsoft? Hp? Cisco? IBM？

He doesn't want any of that.

What he wants—

Time-saving.

"How much money do I have left after I pay my taxes?" Before answering the question, Roland wanted to know a little about his principal.

"The entertainment industry is very taxive, almost 40 percent."

Since he talked about this with Roland, it is naturally impossible for David not to know Roland's net worth, "Fox has only paid three million box office bonuses so far, plus your previous "Home Alone" salary and "Terminator 2" salary after being taken by your agent, your after-tax income is almost more than 1.8 million." ”

"Of course, that's not even counting other projects and local taxes."

"Those small projects add up, and your security income is almost 1.5 million."

Hold the grass ......

This IRS is really ruthless, and it's half of it in one bite.

Although Roland has a lot of complaints about such high taxes, he can't be in arrears like Wesley Snipes and Nicolas Cage, not to mention, even if it is one and a half million, it is enough.

"Okay, one and a half million is one and a half million."

"You help me register a company, and then we'll buy shares in Berkshire Hathaway."

"The price of one share shouldn't have reached 10,000, right?"

"One and a half million can buy nearly 200 shares, so let's buy it."

Roland's brain is not a computer, and he can't remember all the content of the movies he is most familiar with, so naturally he can't remember which stocks are demon stocks.

But it doesn't matter, right?

When you can't remember, it's not wrong to buy shares of Warren Buffett's company.

Compared with the guys who have risen nearly 1,000 times, Berkshire Hathaway's compound annual growth rate is the real thing, even if you don't have time to speculate on shareholders, it doesn't matter, the money is enough.

Besides, even if you want to make money, you can change direction after the wind blows, and before the wind blows, no company can be more stable than Warren Buffett.