Chapter 128: Big Fat Sheep Smith

Honestly, for appearing in this kind of scene.

Abel was a little surprised.

Today he left San Francisco and flew straight to Los Angeles -

That's right, even if it's just more than 200 miles, he still flies.

Since the last time, driving from Tarrant to Houston.

He had lost the slightest interest in traveling long distances by car.

After Abel arrived in Los Angeles.

There is a rock security and David Jones, a service professional who came in advance, to arrange food, clothing, shelter and security measures for him.

While on the way, he called Jessica and Anne respectively.

Two sisters,

One has gone back to New York to promote "Black Angels of the Last Days".

One went to Orange County, California to film.

Another longtime employee, Liv Taylor, also returned to New York.

Liv expressed some interest in Abel's "Elizabeth's Back Garden" company.

This Hollywood actor with a model body and modeling experience at the same time.

It may appear on Isa's runway at that time.

in other words

Abel found himself in Los Angeles after that.

There may be no girls around.

Thinking about it,

He called Michael Ovitz.

The original intention was to let Ovitz make another cameo as a pimp.

As a result, Michael Ovitz, who had just started the drinking party, immediately slapped his own thigh hard.

Half an hour later,

That's where his boss comes in.

After the warm welcome at the beginning.

Abel was accompanied by Michael Ovitz, as well as two of Ovitz's cronies in the AA.

Surrounded by a group of Hollywood giants who are very interested in him.

The crowd went to the outdoor buffet buffet.

That is, Michael Ovitz, in the garden of this villa.

Because of their arrival, the practitioners in the entertainment industry who were originally chatting here.

Whether it's a big star or a small actor.

They are all eye-catching, and they all leave automatically, so as not to provoke the dissatisfaction of the bigwigs.

「. Ha, hello."

In the face of these Hollywood executives who regard themselves as the God of Wealth and have an enthusiastic attitude.

Abel didn't behave very coldly.

Everyone carries the sedan chair, even if Buffett appears here at this time, it must be this attitude.

Without waiting for Michael Ovitz to take the initiative to introduce.

In the midst of the present,

A white man about 50 years old introduced himself to Abel:

"Mr. Smith. Hello, I've heard Jessica say your name a long time ago. Maybe you know me, I'm James Cameron."

Hearing this person's self-introduction, Abel couldn't help but look at the white man.

"Hello, you're Mr. Cameron? That Cameron?" Abel said softly.

James Cameron, this name in Hollywood, not to mention a household name, that is also thunderous.

The Terminator series made Cameron appear in the eyes of the public.

A Titanic directly made Cameron the top director in the world.

"That's right. It's me." The white man, who seemed to be a little active, admitted with a smile.

Abel looked at Michael Ovitz, who nodded lightly at him.

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With Michael Ovitz's confirmation, Abel finally believed in this guy who was so proactive.

It is the Cameron who will shoot Avatar in the future and create a miracle at the box office of the earth's movies.

At the moment, he only felt that this Cameron seemed a little enthusiastic.

Enthusiastic and proactive, looking at their own eyes, a bit like

It's like a butcher looking at a little white sheep.

Abel speculated that Jessica Alba may have told James Cameron about her relationship between men and women.

But even with Jessica's relationship, James Cameron doesn't need to be so enthusiastic and proactive.

You're one of the top directors in the world, and you're the one who dares to bang on the Oscars and shout that you're the king of the world.

Now so enthusiastic, like an insurance seller.

Abel muttered a little in his heart, doubting that he was not only physically fit and financially talented.

Is there anything else you don't know about?

Fortunately, when he was about to doubt his life, Michael Ovitz inserted it at the right time.

James Cameron wanted to say something, but another middle-aged man next to him immediately said:

"Michael is right. James, Mr. Smith is not your guest tonight. He's Michael's guest, and he's everyone's honor."

Several other executives from other Hollywood companies around him also spoke at the right time:

"That's right. James, I'll talk about that later."

"I'm guessing you're trying to say that you're going to shoot that alien movie again, right?"

"Hello, Mr. Smith. I'm Shirley Lansing from Paramount Pictures, and it's a pleasure to meet you."

「.」

When I saw all the executives of Hollywood companies, they all expressed their attitudes.

Even if I was like James Cameron, I had to endure it first.

Fortunately, Abel came to him and said, "James, we can talk about that later."

That's what satisfied James Cameron and stepped aside.

With a smile on his face, Abel met the Hollywood executives in the room, with the help of Michael Ovitz.

For example, Shirley Lansing, president of Paramount Pictures, who brought Paramount Pictures to new glory.

and the vice president of Universal Pictures, Conlasin Thyssen.

Warner Bros. Director of Filming, David Garcia, etc.

There are more than a dozen of them, and they basically wipe out all the executives of the eight major Hollywood companies.

But so many people combined, Abel only remembers one Shirley Lansing.

First, Shirley Lansing is the first female top eight in Hollywood history.

At the same time, Shirley Lansing is a famous, excellent filmmaker.

Paramount is under her management to its current glory.

After she leaves, Paramount Pictures will start its street journey again.

Secondly, among the Hollywood executives present, her status is also the highest.

People can be eo, and everyone else is some vice president, director of the shooting department, director of the logistics department and so on.

Moreover, Michael Ovitz also secretly told him.

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Shirley Lansing and her Paramount Pictures have always been one of the eight Hollywood companies with the best relationship with AA.

When Paramount Pictures and James Cameron were filming "Titanic".

The brokerage company with the most efforts is AA, and the brokerage company that makes the most money is of course AA.

It was Michael Ovitz's most successful collaboration with Shirley Lansing.

After that, the two formed a good friendship.

This time Michael Ovitz re-a.a.

The happiest Hollywood company executive is probably Shirley Lansing.

With this relationship, Abel naturally took a high look at this old woman.

It's just that after getting to know each other, Abel figured out these top layers of the Hollywood food chain.

The reason why he is so enthusiastic about himself as an outsider.

He found that these guys regarded themselves as big fat sheep.

That's right, a Wall Street financial capitalist.

Appears in Hollywood, a little friendly to Hollywood

Dot.

And then he was in Hollywood, and the attitude he could get was the attitude of these people in front of him.

After discovering this, Abel was a little speechless.

Thinking about these people, I want to repeat the scene of the whole circle uniting with Wall Street investors in themselves.

What's more, before this, Abel already had an AB Smith Entertainment company that sprinkled a circle of coins in the circle.

Combined with these factors, in the eyes of these people, he is really a pure big fat sheep.

This discovery left Abel speechless.

Let him have little patience to deal with these people.

He had to hint to Michael Ovitz and use all kinds of excuses and methods to get these people away.

In the end, only Michael Ovitz remained, and Shirley Lansing, who had the best relationship with Ovitz.

"Whew~"

Abel breathed a sigh of relief, he looked at Shirley Lansing, and then at Michael Ovitz.

"I always feel like these guys are treating me like a big fat sheep. Always want to stick a handful of oil on me. Ma'am, you look at you like that too."

The latter sentence was said to Shirley Lansing.

Shirley Lansing was stunned, and then the old woman laughed, and she didn't hide it.

"Haha~ That's interesting, Mr. Smith. But you're right, if the right opportunity arises, we'd love to work with you and investors like AB Smith Entertainment!"

It's really straightforward enough, no wonder it's a woman who can be at the helm of one of the eight big Hollywood companies.

When seriously striving for interests, it is completely okay to lose face or anything.

Able smiled and shook his head, "Okay. If you have the chance, you can give it a try."

Abel remembers that Paramount Pictures still had years to come.

At this time, if Paramount Pictures doesn't mind free-riding.

Then it doesn't matter to him,

Invest some money in those films that Paramount Pictures makes money on, while strengthening the relationship with it, and make some money by the way.

As he spoke, James Cameron, who had just left.

In a few steps, they appeared next to the three people.

"Oh~" Shirley Lansing saw James Cameron's appearance, and she patted her forehead lightly:

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"You're really persevering. But maybe Mr. Smith will be happy to support you."

Abel looked at her, then at James Cameron, and finally at Michael Ovitz.

The latter reluctantly spoke, to James Cameron.

"James, do you want to talk about your alien blockbuster again? You know, you want so much that no one can get it!!"

"Not a lot." James Cameron whispered:

"Just $200 million. $200 million, any of the eight Hollywood majors can get it."

"Huh." Michael Ovitz laughed but didn't say a word.

Shirley Lansing didn't speak, just looked at James Cameron with an expression like you were lying.

It's cheating money, no, it should be said that it's cheating the budget.

James Cameron is famous.

Back then, when he first started filming the Titanic, he said that it would only cost 60 million US dollars.

Later, it was added and added, and it was added to almost 200 million US dollars

At that time, in order to support "Titanic", Paramount Pictures really almost ran out of gas.

Abel next to him listened with some curiosity.

It's an alien planet again, and it's a big war again.

He felt,

James Cameron seems to be talking about the record-setting "Avatar".

"What's going on?" Abel opened his mouth and said, "Wouldn't anyone mind telling me?"

James Cameron's lips moved, immediately

Wants to use his flicker skills.

But Michael Ovitz still wants to stay in AA for a few more years.

Ovitz was afraid that the boss would fall into the pit, before James Cameron spoke.

Michael Ovitz said in advance:

"James was probably talking about a plan he had a few years ago. At the end of the Titanic, he had such a big plan."

"That's right." James Cameron admits it very calmly.

Michael Ovitz ignored him, and Ovitz continued:

"In the beginning, James's plan for this shoot. All the companies in Hollywood are rushing to ask for him, and everyone believes in him."

Abel nodded.

James Cameron, who just finished filming the Titanic.

It's no wonder that Hollywood's eight major universities don't rush to ask for it!

He continued to listen quietly to Michael Ovitz's explanation.

Michael Ovitz went on to say:

"But. When everyone looked at James's shooting plan and budget. Almost all of them ran away in fright on the spot!"

"Amount"

Abel couldn't help but look at James Cameron and found that the latter didn't have a look of embarrassment at all.

"His original plan for filming called for a total budget of $400 million."

Michael Ovitz said helplessly:

"That's $400 million! The profit from the entire Titanic box office, after deducting the cost, is only so much money?"

"He wants to take so much money and make another movie."

"No one in Hollywood would want to go crazy with him like this!"

After listening to Michael Ovitz's explanation, Abel understood this time.

It also made him realize that James Cameron was going to shoot this movie.

It should be the groundbreaking 3D masterpiece, with only a 10% share of profits and distribution revenue, which flattened Fox Film's loss-making "Avatar" in 2009.

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It's just that he only knows about Avatar that this movie was probably released in 08.

The box office is very exaggerated, and it is indeed quite good.

Other things, and this kind of insider today.

He really didn't know.

He only knows that James Cameron's movie has made investors a lot of money.

Even if its final total pre-sale is as high as about 500 million US dollars.

Such a movie. Can't seem to miss it?

Thinking of it this way,

Abel smiled at James Cameron.

Then he said, "James, I'll just call you James. Maybe you can give me a copy of your business plan?"

"Boss," Michael Ovitz said, worriedly.

Abel shook his head at Ovitz and signaled that there was no need to worry.

James Cameron smiled for the first time in this conversation.

"Ah~ Naturally. Where do I send my proposal? Mr. Smith."

Able smiled, "You can email Jessica directly, and I'll just look for Jessica." You know, James."

James understood in seconds that Jessica's relationship with Abel was not hidden from him.

And Jessica,

Or the daughter of James Cameron's father's godson/daughter.

This is also Jessica, who is young and has nothing to do with it.

can be the reason why he can play the starring role in the big production of the American drama "Black Angel of the Last Days" supervised by a big name like Cameron.

「ok!」 After several years of running, now I have a good answer, and I am still a rich fat sheep in everyone's eyes.

James Cameron gestured happily.

Then the great director hurriedly said that he was leaving.

Nobody wants to

Leave him.

Now because of his exaggerated shooting budget requirements.

The executives of the eight major Hollywood companies are too late to hide from him!

unless

Unless James Cameron says tomorrow that he is willing to make films that cost less than $200 million.

If that's the case, it's guaranteed that James Cameron's door will soon be flooded by a large number of Hollywood's top eight executives.

Hollywood is so realistic, adapt or leave.

After James Cameron left, Shirley Lansing looked relieved.

She saw that because of her action, Abel and Michael Ovitz both looked at her.

Shirley Lansing explains:

"You know. Because of the cooperation on the Titanic. The first thing James looked for was us. We are also the ones who are looking for the most in the back. Now we are the ones who are most afraid of him coming to the door."

"Haha~" Michael Ovitz laughed.

Abel smiled slightly, picked up the red wine glass, and took a sip gently.

Strictly speaking, he is only twenty years old this year.

Not yet under the age of legal drinking in the United States.

But in reality,

Unless there are police officers nearby, or in front of cameras and cameras.

Otherwise, not many people will comply.

The slightly sour and sweet red wine swirled in the tip of his tongue and slid down his throat to his stomach.

And at this moment, Abel, who was holding a red wine glass again, saw a woman dressed in flaming red lips, walking towards him and the others without hurrying.

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At first glance, he thought that this woman was beautiful.

The figure is also sexy, but the mouth is slightly bigger and the lips are particularly thick.

Flaming red lips refer to this kind of woman.

He thought to himself.

"Mr. Ovitz. Ms. Lansing, and Mr. Smith. Good evening."

The woman had already come to the three of them, and she spoke very familiarly after coming.

"I toast you~"

As she spoke, she poured a glass of liquid from her hand, whether it was red wine or foreign wine, directly into her own throat.

That's when Abel recognized.

This flaming red-lipped beauty is Angelina Jolie.

He looked at Shirley Lansing and Michael Ovitz and saw that neither of them had any intention of raising a glass.

They all just smiled and nodded at Angelina.

And Angelina Jolie did not have a gloomy face because they didn't give face and didn't drink.

The hierarchy is clear, and the status is clear.

Abel felt,

I have comprehended an unspoken rule of Hollywood, or an explicit rule.

Although it is useless.

"Julie. Good evening." After all, she is a customer signed by the company, and she is also one of the most popular second-tier actresses in Hollywood.

Michael Ovitz, the CEO of AA, is still willing to give some face.

Michael smiled and said, "Tonight's fun."

Before he could finish his sentence, another "Angelina Jolie" appeared.

It's Charlize Theron,

The South African diamond, holding a glass of red wine, walked directly in front of Abel.

In Angelina Jolie surprised a little stunned,

Shirley Lansing was surprised, as well as Michael Ovitz slightly dissatisfied.

South African Diamond smiled at Abel and said, "Thank you very much for last night's incident, Mr. Smith!"

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