At Los Angeles International Airport, Julie held a little boy less than four years old and entered the VIP lounge with her assistant.
Louise waved her hand.
Julie went over, greeted Martin and Louise one by one, and sat across from them.
Martin glanced at the boy with black hair and yellow skin and asked, "This handsome boy?"
Julie said: "My son, Maddox, returned to Cambodia this time mainly for him and for me to have some peace and quiet."
Martin figured out that this was Jolie’s Cambodian adopted son.
Louise said: "As cool as you are, he must be a handsome guy like Martin when he grows up."
Julie glanced at Martin and said with great approval: "As long as he is half as handsome as Martin."
The little boy was afraid of strangers and buried his head on Julie's shoulder, afraid to speak.
Louise didn't like children very much, and she had no interest in entertaining them. She asked directly: "The film failed. It seems that you have been under a lot of pressure and you went overseas to hide."
Julie patted the child's back gently and smiled: "It's not as stressful as you, are you okay over there?"
"More than a dozen investors have just interrupted cooperation." Louise downplayed it. Only she knows how much pressure there is: "I can only go overseas to find investment."
Jolie said: "As far as I know, there are many overseas people who want to invest in Hollywood. Some people even use Hollywood movies to make scams, which can easily attract funds."
Martin looked at Louise first, as if he was thinking about her, and then said, "Cambodians are interested in investing in Hollywood?"
Julie thought for a while: "There should be, I haven't noticed it." She looked at Louise: "With your experience and qualifications, as long as the project is good, you will have no problem getting investment."
Louise turned to the topic that Martin was concerned about: "I have a project in hand and want to invite you to participate."
Julie was quite surprised: "Aren't you afraid that I will mess up again? I have failed three times in a row."
Louise's words were equally touching: "We have been friends for many years. We can't just watch you fall. I will give you a hand if you can."
She first said the nice things, and then said the "ugly" words: "Of course, my project can't afford such a high salary."
It is extremely rare in Hollywood to have someone who is willing to help when times are difficult. Julie said: "I almost lose my confidence."
Martin knew his own weight and just listened, not speaking.
Louise continued: "Let's fight together and tell Hollywood that we are far from doomed."
Julie handed her son to her assistant and asked, "What specific project?"
Louise said: "An action gunfight movie, adapted from "Wanted" by Dingniu Comics. Martin is the hero and you are the heroine."
Julie said: "I look back at the script. As long as the script and the character are okay, everything else is not a problem."
"Alexander the Great" failed. Although the most unlucky actor was Colin Farrell, she was also implicated and it will be difficult for her to have other suitable opportunities in the short term.
Unless next year's Mr. and Mrs. Smith succeeds.
Louise said, "I'll have someone talk to your agent later."
Julie glanced at Martin and remembered that he had a movie that was about to be released. If it was successful, she should come down and cooperate with the successful one. Maybe she could get rid of her bad luck?
If it failed, she would have no choice but to refuse Louise's offer.
We were already in a difficult situation and couldn't fall into the abyss. We didn't even have a chance to turn around.
Louise changed the topic again: "Are you familiar with them in Cambodia?"
Julie glanced at her son, her eyes full of love: "I set up a foundation there, and the King of Cambodia is going to grant me the title of honorary citizen."
Louise said: "When I have the opportunity next time, I will go over and take a look and contribute."
After chatting for a few more words, when it was time to board the plane, Martin and Louise went to the first class cabin.
The two people sit next to each other, and after lowering the middle partition, it is very convenient to lie down together and talk.
Louise took Martin's arm, pillowed it under him, and said, "As long as A Eye in the Mountain succeeds, Julie's side won't be a problem."
She saw Martin wearing an earphone on one ear, took it off and listened: "Boston accent?"
Martin simply said: "Scorsese's new project is a gangster film adapted from the Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs". Leonardo is the first protagonist, and I want to fight for the second protagonist."
Louise returned the headphones to Martin: "This is indeed a good way to enhance your style, but you will face very fierce competition and it will be difficult to win."
Martin said: “The easiest way is to bring capital into the group.”
Louise turned to look at Martin and guessed what he was thinking: "If you don't have more than ten million dollars in funds, you don't have to think about it."
Martin took the initiative and said: "So, rich woman, I can only count on you to support me again."
Louise was dissatisfied: "When you need it, call me a rich woman; when you don't need it, call me a drunkard, a pervert, and a slut. That's you."
"The first part is serious, but the second part is just to add interest, isn't it?" Martin emphasized: "That's a Martin Scorsese gangster movie, and it's a guaranteed profit."
But Louise slowly shook her head: "Scorsese's movies, like Quentin, have never been good at the box office and require offline operations to collect money. Bad seed, do you need me to remind you? Time costs are also costs. What's more, Pacific Pictures doesn’t have that many investors anymore.”
Martin was silent for a moment, but what he was thinking about was the process of creating "Zombie Gigolo" in Atlanta.
At that time, he was jumping up and down, pulling up the house and pulling down the house, and then he just made up a plate.
When I was a young actor in my previous life, the producer didn't know where to go, so he used one end to fool the other end, and in turn used the other end to fool the other end. Don't see too many examples.
Bill Gates' son-in-law is a joke, but similar cases are not uncommon in the film industry.
Louise knew Martin to a certain extent and asked: "Bad boy, what bad ideas are you holding back? If you do bad things, don't involve me."
Martin asked: "What about using other people's money to help you make money?"
"Are you so kind?" Louise didn't believe him: "What good do you have?"
Martin said frankly: "Several million dollars in salary, and a role in Scorsese's crew."
Louise just looked at him, waiting for him to say more.
Martin said: "Your Pacific Pictures has been established for almost ten years, right? During this period, you have participated in the shooting of many films. You can see the logo of Pacific Pictures in the titles of many films."
Louise sighed: "Most of them are low- and medium-investment movies, A-level platters. The only time, they were messed up."
"You told me last time that you wanted to get out of North America, get out of the area where the failure of Alexander the Great had the greatest impact, and invest overseas." Martin considered this matter carefully: "If you add Martin Scorsese and Leon Where is Nadeau’s name? How about using their projects to attract investment?”
Louise has participated in many platters, and she understood what Martin meant when she heard it: "Pacific Pictures solicited investment in their name, and then you took the investment to the crew and used it to win the role?"
Martin said: "I have definite news. The crew will be established in February. It is a film starring Leonardo. I believe there must be many people willing to invest. Pacific Pictures can get management fees and profit commissions. Other people’s chickens lay your own eggs!”
Louise has also been thinking about attracting investment overseas recently. She thought for a moment: "It can only be done overseas, preferably not in Europe. With Leonardo's appeal, a studio in Hollywood was established, and as soon as the news reports came out , it’s not difficult to attract investment.”
Who dares to underestimate Jack’s appeal?
Martin filled in the gaps: "With your operational capabilities, even if investors want to go to Hollywood and see the crew, you can take them to Warner Studios and deal with them."
Louise still has some confidence: "It's a small matter."
She has already begun to think about how to run it: "For this project, Scorsese is cooperating with Warner Bros., and it is not difficult for me to get the regular materials from the crew... Since it is an investment, I can ignore the time cost."
Martin is self-aware that his current reputation and appeal are not enough. To be precise, he has not established a brand and can only rely on Pacific Pictures.
Louise looked at Martin: "It's just that you owe me a huge debt again."
"My dear, please think differently." Martin is now very self-conscious. Although his body capital is sufficient, his brand capital is seriously insufficient: "In the future, if I become famous and become a movie star with market appeal, you can use my reputation to attract investment. !”
Louise laughed first, then shook her head: "At that time, you will abandon me."
Martin put away all his impropriety and asked very seriously: "In your eyes, who am I?"
Louise wanted to say yes, but suddenly fell silent. The failure of "Alexander the Great" caused her to experience unprecedented setbacks. Most investors abandoned Pacific Pictures, but Martin and Kelly did not.
Although she knew that Martin was a complicated person, she felt much better about Martin than before and said, "We will talk about the future later."
The flight arrived in Hong Kong smoothly, and Louise called Pacific Pictures at the airport and asked the company to immediately contact Warner Bros. to express its interest in investing in Martin Scorsese's new project.
When investments involving tens of millions of dollars are involved, it is normal to negotiate for several months.
The International Bartenders Association sent someone to receive them, and the two of them stayed in a luxurious suite at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Martin was very self-conscious and acted as a silent male companion. Together with Louise, he met with the chairman of the Bartenders Association and several senior bartender masters.
The subsequent International Bartenders Conference will be attended by bartenders and senior drinkers from all over the world, and the venue of the conference will be at the famous convention and exhibition center.
Martin specifically asked the chairman's assistant for a copy of the meeting procedures and guest list, and then returned to the room to read it carefully.
Louise also came to the study, preparing to write a plan, and saw Martin looking through the information seriously: "What are you doing with these?"
"Of course I have to contribute to my ideas." Martin said, "Let's see if there are any potential customers."
Louise said: "I am very conscious, keep going."
After looking through it, Martin found several key targets and obtained more public information through Louise's connections in the Bartenders Association.
There should be a third chapter later, which is currently being coded.
(End of chapter)
