Seeing Martin, Scott was not the slightest curious, and came over and said, "Idiot, come with me." ”

Bruce stood in the foreground, not wanting to move, intending to leave Martin alone to meet Sophia.

Martin grabbed him by the arm and pulled him, saying, "What are you afraid of?" ”

Scott turned his head, bared two rows of teeth, and smiled: "At most, like me, when you endure it more times, you will understand that this is actually a kind of enjoyment." ”

Martin patted Lao Bu on the shoulder: "I understand why you are always nervous and scared, and you have endured too few times!" ”

Bruce doesn't say a word, Martin is such a rotten person, the more you resist, the more excited he becomes.

For Elena's sake, Scott reminded, "You know Sophia, and her main concern is reliability and safety. ”

Martin nodded, "Thanks." ”

Scott opened the door and led the two into the reception room.

Sophia sat on the couch and beckoned, "Martin, Lao Bu, sit casually." ”

Martin chose a single sofa.

Bruce entered the door against the wall, his back firmly against the wall, and whoever wanted to attack him from behind had to break a concrete wall first.

Sophia, who has never been a nonsense, swept her eyes over Martin and Bruce's butts, and said, "Warner Pictures had someone come over in the morning and invited me to participate in the investment of Terminator IV. ”

"They asked me to be the lead actor, and I declined," Martin said. ”

Sophia asked, "You're not optimistic about this project?" ”

Martin is indeed not optimistic, but he will not say this: "In the past few years, the film projects I have participated in do not represent myself, I can have today, Louise, Kelly, and you, Sophia, are the key." ”

With his acting skills, coupled with nine points of truth, it is exactly the same as the real one: "I think about commercial projects, not only about myself, but also whether your investment can be profitable. ”

Sophia remembered several investments she was involved in.

"Louise turned down the investment, and so did I." Martin didn't say what the characters were, nor did he say Terminator and Cameron, because these didn't mean anything to Sophia: "If it weren't for Pacific Pictures, a veteran company in the industry, I wouldn't dare to invest, let alone pull you to invest." ”

What he said was the truth: "In the past few years in Hollywood, what impressed me the most was not how much investment profits, but how many cheats and abductions, they did everything, especially for investment outside the industry. ”

Sophia continued: "It's not just this industry. ”

Martin nodded, and simply gave an example: "The film "Saving Private Ryan", Sophia, you must have heard of it, this is a very successful film both commercially and awards, but can you think of it? This film is a loss for investors! ”

Sophia was a little surprised: "Loss? ”

Martin continued: "With this film, Spielberg made a lot of money, Tom Hanks made a lot of money, the distributor DreamWorks made a lot of money, and investors from outside the industry lost money! There are many similar examples, take Warner, for example, on "Troy", Brad Pitt made tens of millions of dollars, and the publisher Warner Bros. also made tens of millions of dollars in profits, but the last thing investors saw was a loss-making ledger. ”

Sophia asked, "These people in the industry, banding together to create financial scams?" ”

Martin shook his head: "No, it's not a scam, it's all legal, for example, the publisher has to pay for the publicity and distribution in advance, and many media channels themselves belong to Warner Bros., as for the cost of overseas publicity, probably God can't figure it out." In addition, the issuance fee paid by Warner Bros. can be borrowed from other Warner companies, and the high interest will also be included in the publicity cost......"

Sophia understood, and continued: "Overseas investors don't pay attention to them, and many investors in North America are similar to me, even if they can get some of the investment, they actually make money, and for some reason, even if they are dissatisfied, they will not choose to resort to law." ”

"That's right." Martin took the opportunity to turn back: "Our investment will go through the channel of Pacific Pictures, although we will be charged a management fee, but we can basically get the profits." ”

Sophia's investment in "Eyes Across the Mountain" was all invested in "Wanted", which was settled for the first time in December last year, and the harvest was more than double the investment.

Martin said this, precisely because he knew this, he also had an investment in "Wanted", although it took 1 year after the release of the official financial settlement, but the investment of 5 million US dollars on the books of Davis Studios received more than 12 million US dollars in the first settlement.

Subsequent offline revenue will also be settled on an annual basis.

Sophia smiled all over her face: "Martin, you know, I've always supported you. ”

"This year, Pacific Pictures and my Davis Studios will also invest," Martin said. ”

Sophia wants stability and controllable risk: "Remember to inform me. ”

After some more chatter about the past in Atlanta, Martin and Bruce said goodbye and left.

Sophia called the well-paid entertainment lawyer and professional accountant, and after a few calls, she took out the business card she had just received in the morning and dialed it.

Lauren was drinking coffee in the café, thinking about the next breakthrough, and after answering the phone, her face was a little unsightly.

In the morning, just after talking, in the afternoon the people of the House of the Beast turned down the investment invitation of Warner Pictures.

These rednecks......

Lauren couldn't help but shake her head, if it weren't for Hollywood's lack of money, how could Warner Pictures give her an investment opportunity?

If you can't do it here, then it's only Asians.

Lauren decided to take a trip to Asia.

…………

Bruce drove over, Martin got in the car and called Louise and Kelly next to each other, and even Wu Maoting contacted him.

The latter is hard to say, but Louise and Kelly won't abandon him just yet.

Kelly once said that it looks good and is easy to use, while you can enjoy it, of course, you have to enjoy it for a few more years.

On Sophia's side, Martin also had to make some necessary preparations, put down his phone, and asked, "Lao Bu, Ivan is still in Los Angeles?" ”

Bruce probably understood Martin's thoughts: "He's been staring at Pete's business. ”

Martin thinks a lot: "Can Ivan stay in Los Angeles for a long time? ”

Bruce understood what Martin was worried about as soon as he heard it, and said, "Even if Sophia chooses to cooperate with Warners, it is a pure business cooperation. ”

"It's just about controlling the risk," Martin said. ”

Bruce nodded: "Don't worry, I'll take care of it, Ivan has long been out of family in Atlanta, and he and I were partners when we were in other industries earlier." ”

On both occasions, Ivan played a role, and Martin simply said: "I give Ivan a long-term and stable income......"

"No!" Bruce interrupted him: "Ivan is employed by me and has nothing to do with you. ”

Martin pointed at him: "Old Bu, you really have shit all over your head. ”

Bruce said, "You infected me! ”

Martin took out his phone and called Thomas first: "Keep an eye out for the news of the Warner Pictures Terminator project. ”

He said to Bruce again, "Go to Pacific Pictures." ”

After thinking about it for a while, Martin found a cell phone number that Cody Horn had left him on the last golf course.

"Hi Martin." The phone receiver rings with a familiar female voice.

Martin has already figured out the reason: "Cody, last time you said you wanted to teach me to play golf, I have been waiting for you to teach me the tricks, I wonder when you will have time?" ”

"It's a coincidence." Cody said with regret: "I'm adjusting my body for the Oscars these days, and I'm not fit to play. ”

She asked tentatively, "Martin, can you wait until after the Oscars?" ”

Martin replied, "Of course, we can make an appointment then." ”

Cody laughed, "That's it." ”

Martin hung up the phone, and suddenly noticed a strange look in the eyes next to him.

Bruce said, "Sure enough, I'm rotten for a reason. ”

"Don't make excuses and excuses for your rottenness." Martin was quite helpless: "I'm here to find out the news, keep abreast of the situation over there, and deal with it immediately if there is any situation." ”

It's almost time for the Oscars.

At Pacific Pictures, Martin enters Louise's office and discusses recent events.

Men and women discuss matters, sometimes they use their hands and mouths at the same time, up and down.

Just one day before the Oscars, Martin received news from Thomas that Christian Bale's agent, Parker, was in contact with Warner Pictures for preliminary talks about the Terminator project.

It seems that the odds of Bell starring are very high.

Martin remembers very well that Christian Bale starred as John Connor in this one.

also proved one thing to Hollywood, leaving Batman, his commercial appeal is not strong at all, and he has no ability to monoclonal antibody at the box office.

It seems that everything is developing in an orderly manner.

But Martin still keeps people watching, and Bale poses him on "Deadly Magic", and if he has the chance, he will come back from the pit.

The Bell sponge tearing incident at Pinewood Studios, the British media and the police can all prove that it was Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep who did it, and that it had nothing to do with him, Martin Davis.

So, the account is not over yet.

It's not just him, on Bell's side, he remembers the accounts one by one very clearly.

The last weekend of February 2007 arrived, and the 79th Academy Awards kicked off on time at the Kodak Theatre.

This year, the biggest attraction is whether Martin Scorsese can realize his dream.

Well-informed people know that the odds are as high as 90 percent!

Martin, who still walks on the Oscar red carpet despite knowing that he is the escort, will not make the mistakes that Leonardo made when he was younger.

In the year when the big ship was popular, Leonardo refused to walk on the Oscar red carpet because he was not nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor, and publicly declared that he was "worried about stealing the limelight from the Oscars".

The story behind is known to those who care about Hollywood.

On the day of the ceremony, Martin arrived in a Cadillac flagship car, wearing a Brioni haute couture gown, and held up Coca-Cola on the red carpet with members of the Coke Cult.

Then meet Nicholson and Leonardo in the media area, and walk into the Kodak Theater together as a super combination of the bastard trio.

(End of chapter)