"As expected, Megan Ellison's first film failed."

Driving a golf cart and driving on the green lawn, Nicholson said to Martin, who was in the same car: "Your Depp strategy is completely successful. ”

Martin raised his cap: "Actually, I didn't do anything, Depp himself sent himself to a dead end." ”

Leonardo pointed to his head: "After more than 20 years of drug use, he has broken down here." ”

He sighed: "Back then, both Depp and Keanu Reeves had personally experienced the death of Riven Phoenix from drug use, but I didn't expect Depp to learn a lesson at all. ”

Martin said casually: "Maybe Depp quit, but failed." ”

Nicholson suddenly asked: "Will Depp stage a media and public favorite prodigal son?" ”

Leonardo sneered: "Do you think it's possible?" The probability that Martin and I will marry is higher than the probability of Depp's prodigal son coming back. ”

"Get married if you want, don't pull me." Martin has a big head when he hears that he is married, and isn't his free life fragrant?

He quickly brought Leonardo's distorted topic back on track: "I read a report this morning that Depp has been battling alcohol and drugs all his life and is a real fighter. ”

Leonardo almost squirted out the water he had just drunk in his mouth, quickly swallowed it and wiped the corners of his mouth, and said: "I'm an alcoholic, I'm on drugs, I'm late, I'm scolding fans, these are all things I'm fighting against bad habits, so I'm a fighter?" ”

Both Martin and Nicholson laughed.

Nicholson spun around, the car stopped near the hole, and he asked, "Megan Ellison's film, is the investment financed?" ”

Martin has made an acquaintance: "The three projects that Annapurna Films were start-ups, and the three projects that Megan Ellison snatched were Annapurna's first independent productions, and very few people invested in them, most of the funding came from Megan Ellison's Annapurna Films. ”

Leonardo understood: "In other words, most of the losses from the failure of the film are Meghan Ellison's personal money. ”

Martin said: "It is said that she brought hundreds of millions of dollars to Hollywood, but the investment in those three projects was too high, and she did not have enough money in her hands, so she used the proceeds of her personal trust fund as collateral to borrow money from the bank to support the production budget of "The Lone Ranger." ”

Nicholson parked the car: "The project failed, and all that was lost was Meghan Ellison's own money, and when you say that, I am full of motivation to make trouble." ”

Leonardo jumped out of the car, took out the club, and looked at Martin: "Depp is outside the captain, and it is really a sinkhole." ”

Martin came to the tray with his club, and the caddie had already set up the white golf balls.

He swings his club and hits it into the distance.

The ball fell into the bunker.

Nicholson shook his head: "You haven't improved your skills at all. ”

Martin casually found a reason: "It's normal to practice less." ”

Of the three, Nicholson played slightly better golf, and Martin and Leonardo were terrible.

He came to play at the Los Angeles Country Club, mainly to have fun with Nicholson.

Martin can't drag the two to the Angel Club to practice guns or fight each other, and Leonardo said that Nicholson is too old and needs to pay more attention.

The old bastard was born in 1937 and will soon be 75 years old.

However, many people born in this era of Hollywood are still active in front-line jobs, and Ridley Scott, who was also born in 1937, shows no signs of retirement, and Higashi, who is seven years older than them, is still directing films at a rate of one every two years.

At noon, the three of them had lunch at the country club.

While eating, Nicholson found a newspaper, read it for a while, and said to Martin: "'Transcendental Hacker' only grossed $710,000 on its first working day. ”

Leonardo himself has a production company, and he is very familiar with the production and distribution in the circle, so he calculated a little: "Judging from the current situation, this film is online and offline, Warner Pictures deducts various distribution costs, and Annapurna Pictures can't get much money back, and the loss of more than 100 million US dollars can't run." ”

Martin picked up his glass and motioned to the two best friends, "Have a drink for this good news." ”

Nicholson and Leonardo were both looking for fun, and they clinked glasses with Martin.

After lunch, Martin had to go to the "La La Land" crew to practice piano in the afternoon, and left the country club alone.

…………

Annapurna Films, President's Office.

Megan Ellison sat alone in the boss's chair for the whole morning, with nothing to do.

The success of "Bomb Disposal Unit", which she participated in before, made her feel that it was not difficult to invest in a successful film, and it was easy to get a movie alone.

Even after the film's premiere, Meghan still maintained this strong self-confidence.

Reality dealt her a heavy blow, and the North American box office was so low that she thought she was hallucinating.

The first film that was truly independently funded and produced suffered a fiasco, and Megan Ellison was inevitably hit.

The phone rang suddenly.

Megan Ellison finally came back to her senses from her stunned state, and after picking up the phone, her father's voice came from the receiver: "Such a small defeat won't break you, right?" ”

"No, I can handle it." Meghan tried her best to stay strong.

Larry Ellison said: "A small failure is nothing, think about how many times did your dad and me fail when I started my business?" Learn the lesson of this time and earn back the money you lost this time next time. ”

Megan thought about her father's experience, and her confidence gradually returned.

The father and daughter talked for a while, and Megan Ellison regained her spirits.

She regained her self-confidence.

Once the self-confidence returned, Meghan's brain could think about the problem normally again, and after thinking for a while, the reason for the failure of "Transcendental Hacker" was quickly found out by her.

The main reason lies in Johnny Depp!

Meghan carefully recalled that there were indeed some minor problems in the production of the film, but the bad things that Depp made during the promotion period were even more problematic.

As for the problems of the project itself, Meghan was the first to deny it, because from the way it was obtained, it was obviously impossible.

Megan called her personal subordinate, Dreitt.

Within a few minutes, Dreit entered the president's office, quietly glanced at Meghan's face, and saw that it was not as gloomy as before, and breathed a sigh of relief: "President? ”

Meghan asked: "I remember Depp in "The Lone Ranger", and the last $8 million salary has not been paid? ”

"Yes, you won't pay until the film is fully made," Dreett said. ”

"Don't pay this salary to Depp first, I remember that there is a clause in the supplementary agreement that if Depp has a problem, we have the right to postpone the payment until the North American release." Megan Ellison made a decision: "You are responsible for communicating with Depp and informing them that if Depp does something too hot in the promotion of "Lone Ranger", they don't want to get this salary!" ”

Dreit replied, "I'll make an appointment with Depp's agent, Whigham." ”

Megan Ellison waved her hand: "Go ahead." ”

She completely regained the confidence and momentum of the domineering female president, picked up the phone and dialed Amber Heard's number: "It's me, how did I let you do?" ”

Amber Hield on the other side said: "I've collected a lot of things that are not good for Depp. “

Megan said, "Go on, I want more!" Also, you have to be on my side when I need it. ”

After half a year of marriage, Amber is about to collapse, Depp is a good person, but he is also a bad person in life, not to mention a normal person, even her, who is not normal, can't stand it.

"Ma'am, I've always been on your side." She asked softly, "The promise you gave me?" ”

Megan understated: "You know very well that those are all small things for me, and I will gaffe?" ”

Amber thought for a moment, and it was indeed true: "I'll collect more." ”

Meghan hung up the phone, the failure of "Transcendental Hacker" is unavoidable, and the loss may be nearly 100 million, and the main reason for the failure is Depp.

Whether "The Lone Ranger" succeeds or fails, she will make Depp pay the price he deserves!

Meghan found that she had never hated someone so much.

…………

Oriental Columbia Tower, a penthouse mansion.

Amber put away her phone, walked down the hallway to the study, and looked in through the window, Depp was chatting with investment manager Joel Mandel, and it seemed that the topic was very speculative, and laughter came out from time to time.

She didn't stay long, went to the cloakroom, found some key evidence in the collection, and looked at it side by side.

As long as these exposures are exposed, Depp will inevitably face great trouble.

Amber finished reading it all and pondered Meghan's new requirements.

When a married woman wants to accuse her husband, domestic violence is undoubtedly the best reason and excuse.

In the study, Joel Mandel took out an investment agreement and handed it to Depp: "This is the investment plan I said, if you look closely, I dare not say 100% high returns, but the probability is 90%. ”

The failure of "Transcendental Hacker" did not have any impact on Depp, he was half drunk and half awake, and said: "It just so happens that I have two salaries that have just arrived, let Robert transfer them to your side, and you can invest directly." ”

Robert Mandel is Depp's accountant and Joel's own brother.

"You remember to call Robert." Joel makes everything legal: "Take a good look at the proposal and the investment agreement. ”

Depp took the signature pen, opened the plan, didn't look at the specific content at all, went directly to the place where he needed to sign, and signed his name on it.

Then he opened the investment agreement and signed it as well.

He also gave Joel a casual question: "Did the previous investments go well?" ”

Joel closed the two contracts and said: "The investment has been very smooth and the returns are good. ”

Depp laughed: "That's good." He invited, "You stay, and we will party together tonight." ”

Joel pointed to the two contracts: "I'll deal with these first, and guarantee the return on investment." “

Depp did not force him to stay, after all, he can live a chic life with money.

(End of chapter)