American fame and fortune

In a restaurant near North Hollywood, Martin and Bruce were having breakfast when they heard the morning news and looked at the TV in front of them at the same time.

The news footage came from paparazzi shots, which clearly recorded the process of Paris Hilton being controlled by the police last night because of dangerous driving.

Martin pointed to Bruce.

Old Bu said in a low voice: "I just met someone last night, I didn't expect it to be so soon."

Paris's temporary spokesperson, Jin, appeared and excused Paris into the reporter's microphone, talking eloquently. I don't know how long he had been preparing.

Bruce's cell phone rang suddenly. He opened the text message and looked at it. He said, "There are TV stations and newspapers who want to interview Paris. Paris is not in the mood to face the media after being released on bail. Let Jin respond for her."

Martin said: "Borrowing Paris to be famous."

"And then make trouble." Bruce said: "It's all the means of the entertainment industry."

Martin thought about it for a while: "Civilized people, you have been studying and observing for so long. Do me a favor. There will be a movie in which I actually play the leading role soon. Think of a way to promote it."

Bruce considered it carefully, and after a while he said, "I'm just like you, I can only do crooked ways."

Martin laughed: "Old Bu, are you still being polite to me?"

"Didn't you fight against perverted freaks? You need a kettle!" Bruce was thinking all bad ideas, and said with gestures: "In normal times, you drink from a bottle, but at critical moments, you use a bottle to hit the pervert's head. Propaganda, you made the kettle, and the model is yourself, which is guaranteed to attract a lot of attention."

Martin was very helpless: "You are really talented!"

Bruce's skin is getting thicker and thicker: "It's only a little stronger than you."

But Martin was thinking: "No, the kettle should be used by women or blacks. I am the inventor. It can be used. The director Caroline said that because of the kettle, I am somewhat famous all over the United States. Maybe these can also be used. Use it."

He immediately took out the notepad he carried with him and wrote it all down.

He doesn't need to think about the normal way at all. Those who are professional in marketing have bigger and bigger brains.

After breakfast, Martin went to the brokerage firm to find the broker Thomas.

When I came to the office partition, I found that the hair on Thomas's forehead seemed to be thinning.

This is a good sign, indicating that Thomas has been carrying the weight and carrying him forward.

Thomas told Martin: "Craven and Ajia must go there often, in case others take advantage of the loophole."

Martin nodded: "I go to Craven's studio every day."

Although the project is not public, it is not a secret to some particularly well-informed people.

Thomas added: "I've declared for you the project "Summer of Jeans", and the company will give priority to recommending it to the crew. The role is a football coach. If you can win the role, I'm sure I can talk about a salary of more than 200,000 US dollars. The shooting cycle is at most one month."

Martin's focus is not on this: "Notify me when the audition will be, and you will operate it."

Thomas said, "No problem."

"Yes, Lao Bu and I just had an idea..." Martin briefly explained the previous matter: "You are a professional, can you do it?"

Thomas thought of the kettle he had seen before, and said after a while: "It can be used, and if it is used well, the effect will not be bad. This has always been a topic of social concern and a mainstream value orientation."

Martin didn't stay long at the agency, and soon went to Craven's studio, and said something similar.

Craven has some considerations: "When the main plot of the script remains unchanged, individual characters can be changed appropriately. Sometimes publicity is more important than the quality of the movie. Since you have such a foundation, we will use it."

Ajia exclaimed: "Hollywood is more fun than European movies. European movies are all focused on showing the dark side of human nature, ignoring marketing."

Martin thinks that things should be viewed from both sides: "Some large-scale movies are still very good to watch. I especially like Sophie Marceau."

Watching a movie starring Sophie Marceau, I basically fast-forward all the way, and then reach a certain segment.

Later, with the development of the Internet, it became even simpler, with various collections.

Three days later, Craven's assistant team worked out a preliminary budget.

There are actually not many people and scenes involved in the film, and it is expected that the production cost of 10 million US dollars will be able to handle it.

But the production cost, which can be reasonably accounted for, is $16 million.

As for the post-stage publicity, there are too many things to do.

Martin immediately called the Atlanta support team: "Boss, it's me, Martin, before I left Atlanta, you and Sophia asked me to focus on investable projects. The one I told you a while ago can now be confirmed."

Vincent, who was in Atlanta, said: "Sophia and I have been waiting for your news, let's talk about it in detail."

Martin roughly said: "Horror films, the producer and screenwriter are Wes Craven, the godfather of Hollywood horror, the director is the famous French director Alexandre Ajia, I am the leading actor, and the Hollywood gold medal producer Louise Mayer. Pacific Pictures came forward to organize the platter, and Carey's Gray Films will also participate."

Last time, Vincent and Sophia tasted the sweetness, he said directly: "How much to invest, report the amount."

Martin said: "I will send you the budget later, $16 million."

Vincent was very happy: "Leave me and Sophia a share of 12 million US dollars, and the two of us will rush to Los Angeles as soon as possible to deal with related matters."

Martin responded immediately: "I have prepared the materials here and sent them to you. You can take a look first, and then come over after you are satisfied."

With the support of the support group in my hometown, I have the confidence to do things.

Martin then called Kelly Gray again.

Soon, a deputy manager of Pacific Pictures and an assistant at Craven Studio rented the office of Warner Studios and formally established the "Mountains Have Eyes" film studio.

The studio's financial accounting is independent, and platter investment is accepted.

After Pacific Films and Gray Films invested a total of US$1 million into the account, the crew was formally established.

Wes Craven is the screenwriter and producer, Alexander Aja is the director and executive producer, and Martin, as the representative of Louise and Kelly on the crew, has a co-producer besides the leading actor person's position.

Martin's two jobs add up to a total salary of $600,000.

The premise of these, of course, is that they can really attract investment.

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At Los Angeles International Airport, Martin took Menet to wait at the VIP exit early.

Menet asked, "Boss, why didn't Old Bu come?"

Martin said casually, "Old Bu is scared."

The reason is simple, in addition to Vincent, Sophia also wants to come.

She is a shadow that civilized people can't erase all their lives.

In the distance, four people turned the corner and walked along the corridor.

Sophia, the lead, was wearing a T-shirt and shorts, her arms and legs were bulging, ready to explode at any moment.

Vincent is still wearing his cowboy hat.

Behind is Ivan dragging a suitcase.

The person who dragged the suitcase for Sophia, beyond Martin's expectations, turned out to be Scott!

Martin took the initiative to go forward and greeted: "Boss, Sophia."

Vincent walked over quickly and hugged Martin with open arms: "My friend, my brother, I knew you were extraordinary, and you are equally outstanding when you come to Los Angeles."

Martin was the same as before: "Fortunately, I didn't let the boss down..." He let go of Vincent and shook hands with Sophia: "There is also your great trust, ma'am."

Sophia's hand looked like a rock, but the person was smiling: "You gave me a surprise."

Martin asked Menet to lead the way, and they came to the luxury business car together.

When getting into the car, Scott came over with his figure splayed and said in a low voice, "Boy, you're doing well."

Martin pointed to his ordinary clothes, then pointed to the donkey tag on Scott: "Not as good as you."

Scott raised his head, walked in a figure of eight, and got into the car.

After Martin got into the car, he asked, "Go to the hotel first?"

Sophia couldn't wait: "Go to the movie studio first."

"Warner Studios," Martin said to Menet.

Vincent was curious: "You work with Warner Brothers?"

"I just rented the office of the studio." Martin said simply: "The studio is currently negotiating distribution with Warner Bros. This time it signs a global distribution contract, and the proceeds will go to the box office."

Sophia has learned about the film industry professionally in the past six months: "The box office share is good!"

Martin added: "The studio plans to shoot the entire film in Mexico, and set up a studio in Baja California for the interior scenes, and is looking for a suitable location for the exterior scenes."

Sophia smiled even more happily: "Very good! Mexico is a great place to make movies."

All of these are very helpful for accounting. She gave Martin a thumbs up: "You are very thoughtful."

Martin said: "You are willing to invest, and of course I have to urge the crew to make preparations."

When they came to Warner Studios, they changed to two battery cars, and everyone quickly came to the leased office.

Martin called on the way, and Ajia and Craven were waiting at the door of the small office building.

After getting out of the car, Martin made an introduction for both parties.

Sophia's eyes widened when she saw Craven. This old man is so handsome.

That kind of artistic temperament is indescribable.

Look at Scott again, suddenly it doesn't smell good.

When visiting the studio, Craven briefly introduced the progress of the project.

Martin found that Sophia was always enthusiastically asking questions around Craven. Before she and Vincent went to discuss specific investment matters with the head of the studio, they even invited Craven to have dinner together in the evening.

When people entered the conference room, Craven breathed a sigh of relief, hurried to find Martin, and asked, "What happened to that female King Kong, I had a feeling just now, as if I was being targeted by a female hyena."

Martin tentatively asked, "You treat her?"

"Are you kidding?" Craven said, "I'm normal, how could I like this kind of woman, her arms are thicker than my legs, you really are a pervert..."

Martin could only remind: "For the sake of the dollar, avoid her."

Thinking of the investment of tens of millions of dollars, Craven nodded: "I will withdraw first, and you will cover behind."

The old man has been in Hollywood ups and downs for decades, and he has never seen any kind of pervert, so he should slip away first.

The investment negotiations went smoothly, and the two parties had reached a preliminary intention before get off work.

Two updates today. Writing for the next outbreak.