In a restaurant near North Hollywood, Martin and Bruce were having breakfast. They heard the morning news and looked at the TV in front of them.
The news footage came from paparazzi shots and clearly recorded the process of Paris Hilton being restrained by the police for dangerous driving last night.
Martin pointed at Bruce.
Old Bu said in a low voice: "I just met someone last night, I didn't expect it to happen so soon."
Kim, Paris' temporary spokesperson, appeared and defended Paris into the reporter's microphone. She looked like she was talking eloquently. I don't know how long she had been preparing for it.
Bruce's cell phone rang suddenly. He opened the text message, looked at it, and said, "There are TV stations and newspapers that want to interview Paris. After Paris was released on bail, she was not in the mood to face the media, so let Kim respond for her."
Martin said: "Borrow Paris to be famous."
"Then we cause trouble." Bruce said, "It's all entertainment industry tricks."
Martin thought for a while: "Civilized man, you have been studying and observing for so long. If you do me a small favor, there will soon be a movie in which I am the real protagonist. Think of some ways to promote it."
Bruce thought about it carefully and said after a while: "I'm just like you, I only know how to do things crookedly."
Martin smiled: "Old Bu, are you still polite to me?"
"Aren't you fighting against perverts? A kettle is a must!" Bruce, thinking only of bad ideas, gestured and said: "Normally, you drink water from a kettle. At critical moments, you use a kettle to hit the pervert's head, and then through the media Promote it, you made the kettle and the model is you, which is guaranteed to attract a lot of attention."
Martin was helpless: "You are such a talent!"
Bruce is getting thicker and thicker: "I'm only a little better than you."
Martin was thinking: "No, kettles should be used by women or black people. The fact that I am the inventor can be used. Chairman 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 note pad he had with him and wrote it all down.
The normal method does not require him to think at all. Those who specialize in marketing have bigger ideas than the last.
After breakfast, Martin went to the brokerage company to find his agent Thomas.
When I came to the office partition, I found that the hair on Thomas' forehead seemed to be thinning.
This is a good sign, indicating that Thomas has been carrying the weight forward.
Thomas told Martin: "You must go to Craven and Ajia often to prevent others from taking 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 have already applied for the "Summer of Jeans" project for you. The company will give priority to recommending it to the crew. The role is a football coach. If you can win the role, I can definitely negotiate 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 be responsible for the details."
Thomas said, "No problem."
"Yes, Lao Bu and I just had an idea..." Martin briefly explained what happened before: "You are a professional, can you do it?"
Thomas thought about the kettle he had seen, and after a while he said: "It can be used, and if it is used well, the effect will be great. This has always been a topic of social concern and a mainstream value orientation."
Martin did not stay at the agency for long, and soon went to Craven's studio and said similar things.
Craven thought about it: "As long as the main plot of the script remains unchanged, individual characters can be changed appropriately. Publicity is sometimes more important than the quality of the film. Since you have such a foundation, we will use it."
Ajia praised: "Hollywood is more playful than European movies. European movies focus entirely on showing the dark side of human nature and ignore marketing."
Martin believes that things should be viewed from both sides: "Some large-scale movies are still very good to watch, and I especially like Sophie Marceau."
When watching a movie starring Sophie Marceau, you basically fast forward all the way to a certain scene.
Later, with the development of the Internet, it became even simpler, with various collections.
Three days later, Craven's team of assistants developed a preliminary budget.
There are actually not many people and scenes involved in the film, and it is expected that the production cost will be 10 million US dollars.
But the production cost that can be reasonably calculated is $16 million.
As for post-production publicity, there are too many things you can 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 some time ago can now be confirmed."
Vincent, who was in Atlanta, said: "Sofia and I have been waiting for news from you. Please tell us specifically."
Martin roughly said: "The producer and screenwriter of the horror film is Wes Craven, the godfather of Hollywood horror. The director is the famous French director Alexandre Aga. I am the leading actor and the director of Hollywood gold medal producer Louise Meyer. Pacific Pictures came out to organize the platter, and Kelly’s Gray Films will also be participating.”
Last time, Vincent and Sophia tasted the sweetness. He directly said: "How much is the investment, please report the amount."
Martin said: "I will send you the budget later, $16 million."
Vincent was very happy: "Leave a share of 12 million US dollars for me and Sophia. The two of us will rush to Los Angeles as soon as possible to handle related matters."
Martin responded immediately: "I have prepared the materials here and sent them to you. You can take a look at them first and then come over if you like them."
With the support of the hometown support group, I feel confident in doing things.
Martin then called Kelly Gray.
Soon, a deputy manager from Pacific Pictures and an assistant from Craven Studios rented an office at Warner Studios and officially established the "The Mountain Has Eyes" film studio.
The studio has independent financial accounting and accepts platter investments.
After a total investment of US$1 million from Pacific Pictures and Gray Pictures was received, the crew was officially established.
Wes Craven serves as screenwriter and producer, Alexander Aja serves as director and executive producer, and Martin serves as the representative of Louise and Kelly on the crew. In addition to the leading actor, he also has a co-producer person's position.
Martin's total salary from his two jobs combined was $600,000.
The prerequisite for these is, of course, that they can truly attract investment.
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At Los Angeles International Airport, Martin and Mene were waiting at the VIP exit early.
Mene asked: "Boss, why doesn't Lao Bu come?"
Martin said casually: "Old Boo is scared."
The reason is simple, besides Vincent, Sophia is also coming.
She is a shadow that can never be erased by civilized people in their lifetime.
Four people in the distance turned the corner and walked along the corridor.
The leader, Sophia, was wearing a T-shirt and shorts, and the muscles in her arms and legs were bulging, ready to explode at any time.
Vincent is still wearing his cowboy hat.
Behind him is Ivan dragging his suitcase.
The person dragging Sophia's suitcase, to Martin's expectation, turned out to be Scott!
Martin took the initiative to greet me and said hello: "Boss, Sophia."
Vincent came over quickly and opened his arms to hug Martin: "My friend, my brother, I knew you were extraordinary, and you will be equally outstanding when you come to Los Angeles."
Martin was no different from before: "Fortunately, I didn't let down the boss..." He let go of Vincent and shook hands with Sophia: "And Madam, you have great trust."
Sofia's hand felt like a stone, but she was smiling: "You gave me a surprise."
Martin asked Mene to lead the way, and they all arrived at the luxury business car.
When getting into the car, Scott came over with a splayed figure and said in a low voice: "Boy, you are doing well."
Martin pointed to his ordinary clothes, and then pointed to the donkey tag on Scott's body: "I'm not as good as you."
Scott held his head high, stepped into the car and got into the car.
After Martin got in the car, he asked, "Go to the hotel first?"
Sophia couldn't wait any longer: "Go to the movie studio first."
"Warner Studios," Martin told Mene.
Vincent was curious: "You're working with Warner Bros.?"
"I just rented the office of the studio." Martin simply said: "The studio is currently negotiating distribution with Warner Bros. This time it signed a global distribution contract, and the profits will be divided into box office shares."
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, with interior scenes set up in a studio in Baja California, and the exterior scenes are looking for suitable filming locations."
Sofia smiled even more happily: "Very good! Mexico is a great place to shoot movies."
All this is very helpful for accounting. She gave Martin a thumbs up: "You are very thoughtful."
Martin said: "If you are willing to invest, of course I will urge the crew to make preparations."
After arriving at Warner Studios, they took two battery cars and quickly arrived at the rental office.
Martin called midway, and Ajia and Craven were waiting at the door of the small office building.
As soon as they got out of the car, Martin introduced both parties.
Sofia's eyes widened a bit when she saw Craven. This old man was so handsome.
That kind of artistic temperament is indescribable.
Looking at Scott again, it suddenly didn’t smell good.
When visiting the studio, Craven briefly introduced the progress of the project.
Martin found that Sofia was always enthusiastic about Craven asking questions. Before she and Vincent went to discuss specific investment matters with the head of the studio, they even invited Craven to have dinner with him in the evening.
After entering the conference room, Craven breathed a sigh of relief and quickly found Martin and asked, "What's going on with that female King Kong? I just felt like I was being targeted by a female hyena."
Martin asked tentatively: "You to her?"
"Are you kidding me?" Craven said, "I'm normal, how could I like a woman like this? Her arms are thicker than my legs. You are indeed a pervert..."
Martin could only remind: "For the sake of the dollar, avoid her."
Thinking of an investment worth tens of millions of dollars, Craven nodded: "I'll withdraw first, and you'll cover from behind."
The old man has been in Hollywood for decades, and he has never seen any kind of pervert, so he would be the first to sneak away.
The investment negotiations went smoothly, and the two parties had reached preliminary intentions before leaving get off work.
Two updates today. I am saving articles for the next outbreak.
(End of chapter)
