Hollywood Drawing

"Jimmy, how did this negotiation turn out?"

"Very bad, the Fox negotiating team is very arrogant, they think you want too much, these **** vampires are still only willing to give you the basic director salary.

They reluctantly agreed that you would be a part-time producer, but they did not agree that you should participate in post-production. The task for you is to finish all the shots, then check out and leave! "

Wayne's somewhat angry voice came over the phone: "fxxk, this is my project, what do they want to do? Give me some money and kick me out after using it? Damn it."

Jimmy hung up the phone and sat helplessly at the coffee shop on the first floor of the Fox Building. This was the second time the negotiations broke down in half a month. Fox was surprisingly tough, and they almost completely denied Jimmy's demands.

I understand Wayne's meaning. Fox doesn't necessarily have to accept all the conditions, but at least there is room for negotiation.

Through "Happy Death Day" Wayne got a considerable degree of exercise, it can be said that he has made rapid progress. Having accumulated a considerable degree of experience, he also has a considerable degree of confidence in the second film, which is also the genre he is best at.

I don't care about the director's salary, the idea of ​​wanting to share the benefits of my work naturally arises.

And Fox's attitude is that when we invest in your film, we can pay you to buy out the project, or give you a director's salary that is worthy of your worth, but you are not qualified to think about anything else.

There will be producers who will take over the post-production, and the post-production division, even if it is an incentive-style ladder division, is not what you should think about. It is already the greatest kindness that we can invest in your project.

The attitude has not changed, and everyone takes it for granted. If Jimmy is not Wayne's agent, he will take it for granted. After all, the other party is Fox.

But Jimmy's natural position is against the film company. He must strive for the interests of his clients. This is where he can best reflect his work ability.

After drinking up the coffee in the cup, Jimmy picked up the briefcase containing the copy of the project and walked out of the Fox Building. Since the problem could not be solved through negotiation, he was going to deliver a few more companies. Wayne was not a year ago, and now some people are willing to invest in him.

In the apartment, when he saw his boss hang up the phone, he made a rare foul language. Nina handed him a bottle of water.

In the past two weeks, in addition to helping to communicate with Wayne's lawyer and family accountant, she also helped to follow up on Jimmy's communication and negotiation. The process was not smooth, and she knew it better than anyone, which made her wonder if she would lose her job soon.

It's halfway through July to see it. Wayne spends it all while waiting, and Fox's tough attitude also makes him have another mind. He has communicated with Jimmy in advance. If it still doesn't go well today, he will suspend the negotiation and look for other investment channels.

The production cost of 5 million US dollars he marked at the end of the plan hardly arouses the cautious treatment of large companies. Compared with normal commercial film investment, this amount of money can almost be regarded as workshop production.

Jimmy delivered the project to another company. Compared with the project approval, the risk assessment work to be done in the early stage was very easy to pass. No company would rashly decide to invest a lot of money in production, but Wayne's project production cost is very low, and it is not difficult to pass the audit.

"Investing in movies is like gambling. Once successful, the rewards are huge." Nina sighed. "But Fox already has a lot of revenue experience for your project. Why do they force you to back down? Aren't they afraid of you switching to another company?"

Slowly exhaling a puff of smoke, Wayne calmed down and said, "No, they're not afraid, they're 20th Century Fox. Just because they know that my project is likely to succeed, they have to make sure that their profits will not be compromised. I part with even a little.

I was not allowed to join the post-production work because to ensure the success of the film, the producer must always understand the market and the audience better than the director. "

"What do I do now, just wait like this? Boss, I think my job is too easy, and it doesn't match what you pay me." Nina's tone was a little teasing. After getting along these days, she knew that the other party was not A serious man.

"The film is definitely going to be filmed, don't worry Nina, you will know how busy you are when the filming starts." Wayne put out the cigarette **** and continued to ask her, "What did the real estate agent say?"

Jimmy's bad news prevented him from caring about it. It seemed that the project could not take shape in a short time, so he was going to solve the house problem first.

"We can go to the house at any time. Two of the three candidates are in Beverly Hills, and one is in Mabry Beach. Do you want me to contact them?" Nina took out her notebook and answered the boss's question seriously. She is very serious about this job.

"Contact the real estate agent, we will go to see the house later, this place is too small, I need to change the working environment."

To this day, Wayne still lives in an apartment next to USC. Ever since he had the idea of ​​changing houses, he has always felt that the size of the apartment can no longer meet his needs.

Now that he has the conditions to change his living environment, there is no need for him to make do with himself. In the Hollywood Vanity Fair, everyone tacitly agrees that if they have the conditions, they must give themselves the enjoyment that meets or even exceeds their worth.

A few days ago, the real estate agent recommended two villas. One is in the Santa Monica Valley in the Brentwood District. The hillside area here is a traditional wealthy area in Los Angeles. The whole block is very quiet and it is an ideal place to live.

But the wildfires that spread to Marbury in winter and spring made him a little worried about this place. If the distance to the hillside is not considered, the usual fire place is less than five kilometers away from the house introduced by the real estate agent.

Whether it's the firefighters who set fire to the mountain at a fixed time every year to save themselves in order to keep their jobs, or it's just that there are accidental fires every year, Wayne doesn't want to take this risk.

What makes him feel bad is the problem of neighbors. The closest family to the house is Matthew McConaughey. This **** likes to use drugs and highs, put on music that can be heard all over the street, and go to the road naked to provoke the police.

For the wildfires and neighbors, he also made the Santa Monica Valley a candidate list.

Nina drove the car all the way to Beverly Hills. After she saw the real estate agent, she followed the other party's car and drove to a high point in Beverly Park before stopping in front of a manor.

"Mr. Greenberg, I'm Henry, the real estate agent. The house in front of us is located on Mulholland Drive high in Beverly Park. It was designed by the famous architect Howard Scarter. It covers an area of ​​5.3 acres and was built in 1970. In March, the previous owner was the owner of an investment firm on Wall Street.”

When he and Nina got out of the car, the real estate agent began to introduce the house. Wayne looked at the grand gate and admired the design of this manor from the bottom of his heart.

There are marble pillars on both sides of the gate, which are the kind of simple and elegant carved corridors, full of the precipitation of the traces of the years. The marble is all engraved with flower patterns, and the mottled traces are very clean. It seems that the real estate company has been maintaining the manor.

Looking in from the gate, I could only see the guard room and the forest, which blocked anyone's prying eyes.

"Let's go in and have a look."

Hearing Wayne's words, the real estate agent opened the door and drove into the manor.

The entrance to the entrance is a garden. Since the manor is built on the mountain, all the buildings inside make use of the mountain. The main road is winding, and there are garden trees on both sides. It can be seen that this design is to maintain the privacy of the owner.

The garden and near the fence are full of huge crape myrtle trees, which not only ensure that everything inside is completely invisible from the outside, and when the crape myrtle blooms in spring, a large circle of rare beauty will appear.

The garden, apparently well-maintained, ends at the end of a flat grassy area with huge sun loungers and row seats.

After getting out of the car, the real estate agent pointed to the sunshade and said, "If you hold a party during the day, you can open the huge sunshade to avoid the strong sunshine in California."

"This design is very thoughtful, and there is a large space for self-use awnings. Unfortunately, with my personality, it is difficult to invite a large number of people to come to the house for a party." Wayne continued to move forward, he was very optimistic about these designs, but if It is better to use a parasol if there are fewer people~www.wuxiamtl.com~ This manor covers an area of ​​more than 5.3 acres, Mr. Greenberg, do you want to take a circle outside? "He is reminding the other party that a huge area means a lot of money.

"Of course, let's go around first." Wayne understood what the other party meant, but with his own income, he could fully afford it.

Walking around the main building of the manor, in front of the house is a small square paved with marble, with a small fountain in the middle, and on the right side is a two-story annex building, which is the storage area garage and nanny room.

Directly in front is the main building of the manor. The three-storey stone shape gives people a dark and deep feeling, but you can see the huge floor-to-ceiling windows hidden in it, and I believe there will never be a lack of light inside.

There was a wooden sign downstairs, and Wayne didn't see it until he walked to it. It said Augustus.

"This is the name of the main building. His previous owner's surname was Augustus," said the real estate agent.

Behind the main building is a large outdoor swimming pool that surrounds the building. Outside the swimming pool is a large flat grass with patterns painted on it, which is obviously used for helicopter parking.

"Boss, if you live here, you can usually take a helicopter when you go out to work!" Nina was stunned from the moment she walked in. In her world, she never thought that there would be such a large luxury private manor.

"Helicopter? Don't mention that thing to me, I will never ride that thing in my life!" He has a psychological shadow on the word helicopter. In his previous life, he was a die-hard K-B fan, which was the most unacceptable thing for their generation of NBA fans. one thing.

Behind the helipad is a large golf course. He took a special look at it and felt that if he could shovel some of it and turn it into a horse farm, he would be able to take over his horse. He couldn't play golf well.

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