In the small building where Pacific Pictures is located, Martin asks Jessica to take the treasurer and accountant to reconcile the accounts, and comes to Louise's office alone.

Louise's assistant Nikki said, "The boss is in the reception room, and he said that you can go directly when you come." ”

"Thank you." Martin went diagonally across the hall, knocked lightly on the door, and pushed it in.

In addition to Louise, there is also Sophia.

The latter's outfit took Martin by surprise.

Sophia wore a crisp women's professional suit, which was supposed to be a custom-made handmade version, and her muscles bulged up and down her body, so that her clothes could burst into rags at any moment.

Probably to match the suit, she also wore a pair of flat glasses.

Louise wears a work uniform and glasses, which will give people a sexy and intellectual beauty.

Sophia's similar outfit looks like King Kong from Skull Island blending into the human world.

"What? Don't know each other? Sophia followed Louise's example and pushed up the flat mirror: "I'm also a female president." ”

For the sake of his ass, Martin rarely said ten out of ten lies: "She has the temperament and demeanor of a female president, and she looks like a strong woman in the workplace." ”

Sophia laughed, laughing so hard that the flesh on her face kept jumping up and down.

Martin quickly found a chair and sat down, and Louise sat on the thick sofa with his butt in the middle, and his heart settled down.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why Lao Bu had to lean his butt against the cement wall every time he saw Sophia.

That thick sense of security is too important.

Louise nudged her black-rimmed glasses, contrasted with Sophia, looking intellectually elegant and sexy and charming: "You came just in time, after the New Year's holiday, Warner Bros. settled the proceeds of "Never-Ending" with us, and the part that belongs to you will soon be credited to your respective accounts after today's reconciliation." ”

Sophia laughed and twitched like an electric shock: "It was really wise to choose to invest with you at the beginning, a guy I know set up a foundation alone and came to Hollywood to invest in movies, and all the platter projects invested in the past few years have lost money, and they have lost all their money, it's too miserable......"

Louise glanced at Martin: "You were introduced by Martin, so everyone will naturally get rich together." ”

Sophia smiled at Martin again, the muscle fibers that tensed beneath her skin fluttered wildly like plucked strings.

Fortunately, Martin has a good psychological quality, and he can calmly face Sophia's toughness with a smile, and said: "Your support has given me my status and appeal today, I think I have a little vision in the movie, and I have the opportunity to continue to make money together." ”

He can't face such a huge circle alone, and the success of things in the past few years is also closely related to the strong support behind him.

Without Louise, Warner would have opened a pit a long time ago, and without Warner's tiger skin, Harvey Weinstein and others would not have thrown a rat bogey.

Probably him when he was still weak.

Martin needs money, fame, charisma, and support.

Only in this way can he live a chic life, have fun, and do things boldly.

Louise asked, "What about the action movie project in your hand?" ”

Martin said: "We are planning in the early stage, and the official project will definitely involve you to invest together, and the production cost is expected to be about 40 million US dollars." ”

Sophia said without hesitation: "The investment is mine." ”

Martin will not spend all his money on film projects, and said: "Wait for my project plan and script, and it will be delivered to you soon." ”

Louise didn't speak, she knew Martin's character, the bastard was indeed a jerk, but she didn't have anything to say about the people who helped him.

Sophia was about to say goodbye and leave, and asked Martin: "I heard that there are a lot of interesting clubs on Sunset Boulevard, let's go around?" ”

Martin shook his head: "I never go to those places. ”

Sophia tidied up her blazer and put on a rare Sven look: "Two, goodbye, I'm going to the male model club." ”

Louise sent her back, closed the door, and tilted her head to look at Martin: "You have a psychological fear of her?" ”

"It's not fear, it's full respect for the owner." Martin said, "I'm the same with you, the big donor, and I'm doing my best to satisfy you, isn't it?" ”

Louise invited, "Kelly to Los Angeles at five in the afternoon, and to me in the evening?" ”

Martin understood that there was another fierce battle tonight, and replied, "I'll go over for dinner and prepare more meat." ”

Men, in the face of challenges, must not back down.

But first, fill your stomach.

The two chatted for a while, and Jessica called and asked Martin to come over and sign.

Martin left Louise's office and went to Pacific Pictures' finance office.

The financial statements that need to be signed are mainly Martin's share of the investment in "Neverending" in the name of Davis Studios.

More than two years ago, when the project was established, Martin did not have much money in his hands, and the cost of buying the original "Dark Realm", plus the upfront investment, was exaggerated by him and Louise to $3 million when he established the "Neverending" studio.

Combined with his part of the remuneration that was included in the investment at the time, the total investment was $6 million, accounting for one-sixth of the project's production cost of $36 million.

After more than two years of preparation, shooting, publicity and online and offline distribution, it is finally the harvest season.

"Neverending" ended up grossing $176 million in North America and $386 million worldwide.

As of the end of December last year, the film's North American DVD sales were $58.95 million, and $19.25 million was finally distributed to Martin after counting the North American and overseas offline revenue from TV rights and other aspects.

Although the investment return process takes a long time, the return on investment is considerable.

At the same time, the studios of several other films starring Martin also settled last year's investment or their due share, thanks to the continued strength of "Wanted" and "The Departed" in the disc market, and the total revenue of this part is also $3.52 million.

With an annual income of $20 million, Martin has it at his fingertips.

His next goal is naturally to earn $20 million for a single film!

It's not easy to get into the 20 million club, and Hollywood has only a dozen people so far.

…………

"Congratulations, multimillionaire." Louise poured wine for Martin and Kelly herself, and held up her glasses: "Kelly, let's toast the multimillionaire together." ”

Kelly Lang smiled and raised his glass: "I'm going to taste it today, is the taste of a multimillionaire different from the past." ”

Martin stood up on the bar and clinked glasses with the two of them one by one: "To you." ”

The trio had a drink.

Kelly poured Martin a drink and asked, "What are your plans after making so much money?" ”

Martin said his truest thoughts: "I want to find a hundred beautiful women from various countries, rent a luxury cruise ship of more than 100 meters, and go to the sea for a month of crazy fun." ”

Louise snorted coldly: "At most, in three days, all you come out will be bloody, and in less than a week, you will die at sea, and the corpse will be fed to the fish." ”

Kelly is a woman with political pursuits, and she can't help but shake her head: "Martin, you really didn't pursue it, it's too vulgar!" ”

"This is called real pursuit, I hone my acting skills, work hard, and make so much money, why?" Martin didn't need anyone to answer, and said directly: "Of course, it's for fun!" ”

He took a sip of wine: "Do you want me to live a puritan life while watching the number of accounts increase?" I don't do it. ”

Louise has been in the industry for more than ten years, has seen a lot of ups and downs of stars, and doesn't want Martin to become Marlon Brando in the future, so she specially reminded: "A life like yours will be difficult without money in the future." ”

Martin could hear the kindness and roughly said: "The money I got is divided into three parts, one-third for investment, one-third for reserve, and one-third for eating, drinking, and merrymaking, which is enough to ensure that life is full of fun." ”

In fact, he didn't spend so much on the hedonistic part.

Kelly raised an eyebrow at Louise: "If you hear it, I'll say it, he thinks a lot more than ordinary people." She leaned on Louise's shoulder, "You're worried about him too much." ”

The corners of Louise's mouth hooked into a smile: "I'm afraid that he will become a poor man when he gets old, and I want us to raise him." ”

Kelly was surprised: "Have you been thinking about it for so long?" ”

Martin took the initiative to help Louise divert the topic: "Come, let's drink, whoever drinks more, there is a reward." ”

Kelly asked, "What is the reward?" ”

Martin smiled and said, "Reward her in the middle." ”

By the time a bottle of whiskey was drunk by the trio, the hall was already in chaos like a battlefield.

The next morning, Martin rarely cooked for himself and made breakfast for the two of them.

While Kelly was still asleep, Louise came down alone in her dressing gown, leaned against the pillar by the kitchen, and asked, "What you said yesterday is true?" ”

"Of course it's true." Martin knew what he was asking, and simply said: "Investment and consumption can be tax deductible, if you don't invest or consume, that part of the money will also be given to the tax bureau, so I will continue to invest most of the money I earn, or buy practical assets." ”

Louise reminded: "Be careful, the economic situation is not very optimistic now, don't make a loss." “

"I'll pay attention." Martin's clearest memory of this era is Apple, and when he buys stocks, he naturally has to buy the ones he remembers the most.

He divided the fried eggs, bacon and ham into three plates, poured three more glasses of milk, and as he went to the dining room with one plate, he patted Louise on the buttocks: "Go and call the lazy worm upstairs to come down for breakfast." ”

Louise quickly dragged Kelly downstairs.

After breakfast together, Martin drove to Burbank for a brief meeting with Chad Starski and Bradt, and after finalizing the script and shooting plan, the script and project proposal were delivered to Louise, Kelly, and Sophia, respectively.

Counting Davis Studios, the four each contributed $10 million to put together this plate.

Martin personally joined the project as a producer and leading actor.

The salary must be in line with his market value.

Thomas, for his part, made a preliminary contract for the basic salary plus share plus compensation clause.

(End of chapter)