Annapurna Films, in the president's office.

Female domineering president Megan Ellison is on the phone with a real domineering president.

"I just read the investment report you sent me." Larry Ellison on the other end of the phone asked, "Why do you suddenly have to mobilize more than $200 million?" ”

Megan Ellison said: "I have two film projects that require big investment, and Annapurna Pictures has just been launched, and the market lacks confidence in us, so it is not easy to raise money from other sources. ”

Larry Ellison has a question: "More than $200 million invested in two projects?" ”

"Actually, the total production budget is $300 million, and I still have more than $100 million in my hands," Meghan said. ”

Larry Ellison asked, "I think you wanted to go the small and medium-sized investment art film route?" ”

"Initially, but now the opportunity is rare, and these two projects are generally favored by the industry." Meghan talked about "The Seventh Son" and "Transcendental Hacker", as well as Martin Davis.

Larry Ellison was silent for a moment and reminded, "You should be cautious about such a huge investment if you observe it for a while. ”

Meghan can listen to her father's words, do you think she should be more cautious in investment?

She hung up the phone and suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside.

With a newspaper in Spanish in hand, Dreit hurried down the hallway to the president's office, looking slightly flustered.

Megan Ellison looked up from behind the computer screen and said, "Did something happen?" This appearance should be kept calm in the company! ”

Dreit also wanted to be calm, but the content of the newspaper made him unable to calm down, and quickly said: "President, those Mexicans are dead!" ”

He lost his mind: "All dead! ”

Meghan, the female domineering president, frowned: "What Mexicans?" ”

"The ones that gave us the script message." Dreytt put the newspaper on his desk: "I was shot indiscriminately, and I died in Tijuana." ”

Meghan glanced at the newspaper, which was in Spanish, which she couldn't read, but the picture in the newspaper was clear, and the big picture showed six bodies lying in blood, and bullet holes could be seen in the wall.

In the six separate images, there are facial photographs of six dead people.

Dreit really felt scared, why were they shot indiscriminately?

Meghan closed the newspaper and tossed it aside.

Derett has a good background and graduated from a prestigious university, but when he has experienced such a thing, his voice is trembling: "It must have been Martin Davis who did it!" Absolutely! President, what should we do? ”

Isn't it a good business war? Why doesn't that side play cards according to the routine at all? How can you use guns to engage in business wars!

"yes, it must have something to do with Martin Davis." The idea of a female domineering president is completely different from that of ordinary people, Dreit sees that personal safety is threatened, but Meghan finds a business opportunity in it!

She pondered and said, "Martin Davis is so angry that he would use such a cruel method, which shows one thing. ”

Derett's legs couldn't help but tremble.

When facing those Mexicans, he had a kind of condescending calm.

But after seeing the photos of the corpses of the Mexicans, there is only the fear of broken eggs.

Meghan's thoughts became clearer: "Martin Davis is super optimistic about the two scripts of "The Seventh Son" and "Transcendental Hacker", so he is so angry and uses this method to retaliate. ”

Dreit was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, it seemed that this was indeed the case.

He couldn't help but say: "This is a means of revenge that will only be used after suffering a huge loss." ”

Megan nodded slightly, looked at Dereit again, and said, "Don't worry, this is Los Angeles, not Tijuana." ”

Dreit was a little relieved.

Megan thought for a while and said, "You continue to stare at Martin Davis, according to normal people's thinking, if he loses these two projects, he will definitely actively look for new projects!" ”

A scene from the Oscar nominees' luncheon flashed before her eyes: "The key to winning the project is funding!" Fighting for money, who have we been afraid of? ”

Dreit hurriedly responded.

When the subordinate left, Megan thought about it carefully, dialed her father's phone, and explained the matter in general.

Larry Ellison has been through real business battles, going against Bill Gates, working with Microsoft executives, sending commercial spies, and having security besiege hostile shareholders inside Oracle.

He knew that the most high-end business wars were often presented in the most primitive means, and said: "I will send a team of bodyguards over and let them stay by your side 24 hours a day." ”

Megan, who has been accustomed to the life of bodyguards since she was a child, did not refuse, and asked, "What about investment?" “

Larry Ellison didn't know about Hollywood, and just like he did with David Ellison, he asked directly, "How sure are you?" ”

Megan said, "Seventy percent. “

Larry Ellison dared to fight and gamble: "Don't say seventy, five achievements can be tried." ”

Meghan added: "If you want to do it, you can do it best, and I plan to make additional investments, and the total production budget for the two projects will increase to $350 million." ”

This is the end of the matter.

Meghan called Wilson again: "You're well-informed in Hollywood, pay more attention to Martin Davis' situation. ”

Wilson understood what she meant, and replied, "Yes." ”

…………

Disney Studios, an office building next to the Disney Studios building, is entirely occupied by the "Martian" crew.

Preparations have begun for the new film directed by Louise Mayer as producer Ridley Scott and starring Martin.

They are also the Big Three of this crew.

With a total budget of $120 million, the new film is the most expensive project ever built by Davis Studios.

Pacific Pictures, Disney Pictures, and Gray Pictures all participated in the production investment.

In the just-concluded actor negotiations, Thomas got a lucrative actor contract for Martin.

"Gone Girl" basically ended its North American screenings, with a total of $228 million at the North American box office.

Overseas screenings are still ongoing, and the global box office has now combined to exceed $450 million.

Coupled with the huge success of "Inception", last year's two films gave Martin, who had just stepped into the 20 million club, completely on his feet.

Martin's contract with the crew of "The Martian" has a base salary of up to $20 million, and then adds a share of the North American box office ladder.

The share line is $120 million of the production cost, and when the North American box office reaches 120 million, Martin will receive a 2% share, and for every additional $30 million, the share amount will automatically increase by one percentage point, up to a maximum of 10% of the North American box office.

This is commonly known as a 20+10 contract.

There is also a 5% share of offline gross profits, including DVDs, online VODs and TV rights.

This is an absolute single-actor film, and the second highest paid actor is Mene.

However, Hollywood supporting roles are far from the main actors' salaries, with Mene only $3 million plus the corresponding post-production share.

This is already a high price among Hollywood supporting actors.

The total salary of the other supporting actors is not as high as Mene's alone.

Jessica Chastain has already auditioned for makeup, and Louise and Ridley have unanimously decided to use her as the female commander of the spaceship.

The rest of the roles are also being auditioned one after another.

"Several of my assistants have gone to the Middle East and Australia to find suitable locations." Compared with David Fincher, Ridley Scott is a serious director who pays special attention to efficiency, and in recent years, regardless of the scale of investment, he has basically maintained the shooting and production speed of one movie a year.

He looked at Martin: "I want you to prepare for the role for the next two months, and your upcoming role is an astronaut who lives on Mars and must undergo a series of intensive physical training." ”

Martin said, "I will." ”

"Ever since I met Martin, he's been training a lot, including running, fighting, strength exercises, and gun use," Louise said. ”

Ridley, an old-school director, turned his mind around and said, "People are old, sometimes they have a bad memory, and I almost forgot that you are the most athletic actor in Hollywood." ”

He changed his voice: "One more thing, you find a farm or a planting company and learn how to grow potatoes." ”

This is one of the key plot points and selling points in the film, and Martin responds: "I'm ready for that. ”

He didn't learn from anyone, and growing potatoes belonged to the ability of his previous life.

Martin, who was also born in the early '80s, came from the countryside, and it was common for children in those days to help the family with farm work, using farm manure to grow potatoes, vegetables and sweet potatoes, and I don't know how much.

If you want to say it, he has more experience with farm manure than many professional farmers in the United States.

The three of them discussed many issues such as the filming and production of the project for most of the day, and the whole crew was controlled by Louise, and Ridley Scott was a super good at shooting sci-fi genres, even if he never thought so.

According to Ridley's plan, the preliminary preparations must be sufficient, so that filming starts in mid-to-late May, shoots are completed in two months, and all post-production is completed at the end of October, and the film can be released in November.

Then, he took a month off and went back to work with Twentieth Century Fox, where the new work had been finalized, the new film of "Alien".

At the end of the three-person meeting, Ridley suddenly asked Martin and Louise, "Do you have a suitable epic project?" We can continue to work together. ”

Sure enough, epic movies are true love, but Martin didn't want to jump into this pit, and said: "I just encountered some changes here, and there is no suitable one for the time being." “

Ridley heard something and didn't say anything more.

Coming out of the small conference room, Martin chatted with Louise and left the crew's studio.

Bruce came over from the other side and said, "Annapurna Pictures made an announcement in the morning that they were going to increase the investment in two projects, 'The Seventh Son' and 'Transcendental Hacker', with the former increasing the production budget to $180 million and the latter to $170 million. ”

Martin was a little surprised: "It's interesting that the domineering female president actually made additional investments." ”

(End of chapter)