Hollywood Road

Leaving the city center, Murphy asked a taxi to rush to Century City, went directly to the death star building of caa headquarters, and found Bill Rossis and Grace who were already waiting for him in a reception room.

"Is the news reliable?" Bill Rossis asked first.

"Very reliable, provided by my friend in the city center." Murphy leaned back on the sofa, frowning, "Who would hire a private investigator to investigate me?"

"Newspapers and media have paparazzi to provide information," Grace is also considering, "There is no need to find a private investigator. Murphy has no relatives in North America, nor can it be relatives who want to share assets."

Having said this, she suddenly thought of someone. While Murphy did not pay attention, Bill Rossis made a few mouth gestures. When Bill Rossis saw it, he shook his head directly. Carey Mulligan was very rebellious. , But the mind is simple, without such complicated thoughts.

The three of them couldn't think of the answer for a while.

"This matter will be handled by me and the company." Bill Rossis finally told Murphy, "You just need to be yourself, don't mess around."

The friend Murphy was talking about who provided the information, he could guess who it was. Now Murphy is a well-known director, and he can't get too involved with this kind of person.

"Don't worry," Murphy stood up, "I know what to do and what not to do."

He was about to leave, but Grace called him.

"Murphy, the admission ticket for the Miss Universe contest is here," she opened her handbag and handed a small paper bag over. "If you are serious and want to have a long-term relationship with that Israeli girl, let her stay in Los Angeles as much as possible. ."

Murphy took the paper bag and stuffed it into his pocket. "I know what to do."

He really wants to keep Gal Gadot in Los Angeles.

"Oh, there's more." Grace said again, "The mailroom has received a large number of letters from your fans, which have been forwarded to me. You have never responded to them personally. If you have time, you'd better go and read them. Look."

Bill Rossis also said, "Although you are a director, you can't ignore the support of fans."

"Okay," Murphy simply sat down again and said to Grace, "Rey, can you pick some and bring it over now?"

Grace stood up immediately, "Wait a minute."

Although Murphy said to take some, Grace directly brought back a big bag, which was full of letters from fans to Murphy received by caa's open mailbox.

"So many?" Murphy opened the bag and saw the piles of letters inside. "You won't let me answer letters next to you?"

He never expected that a director could receive so many letters from fans.

Grace has found pens and letter paper, "Pick some back."

Murphy took out a few letters from the bag, opened them one by one and looked at them. The contents of the letters can be described as various, and there are all kinds of messy things.

Some fans thank him for making such a wonderful cult film, and encourage him to continue in the future; some fans ask him what type of next work is, and can you tell me a little in advance; some female fans think he is very handsome and ask if you can consider it Looking for her to be a girlfriend, the letter also contains photos that I don’t know about a few times before; there are fans who criticized him for being **** in his past films, which will only attract people with blood...

The most outrageous is a female movie fan named Daisy who wants to discuss some perverted killing methods with him.

This letter was first thrown aside by Murphy, not intending to return this inexplicable letter.

I quickly browsed through more than 30 randomly selected letters. Murphy selected ten letters with more reliable content and wrote short replies one by one. Although the content of the replies are different, the core meaning is nothing but very Thank you for your letter and support, and we will shoot and produce more excellent videos that will satisfy you in the future.

It didn't take much time, Murphy finished ten replies, and after handing them to Grace, he said, "You can do the rest of the work."

He didn't care about this kind of thing, like Hollywood's big-name stars, often have someone responsible for this aspect of affairs.

Leaving the Death Star Building and waiting for the taxi outside, Murphy took out the small paper bag and opened it. There were more than a dozen tickets for the Miss Universe game inside, and Grace apparently spent a lot of money.

With so many tickets, Murphy didn’t know whom to give. The other four guys who were hailed by the media as Stanton’s party members went to overseas markets to make publicity. The other members of the crew were all on vacation, and few people were there. Los Angeles, these tickets can not be sent out at all.

Grace got the first-class ticket, and it would be a shame to waste it.

After thinking for a while, Murphy dialed Carla Faith's number, "Where is it? Century City?"

"Where in the company." Carla Faith's clear voice resounded in the receiver, "Are you also in Century City?"

Murphy motioned the driver to wait, "I just got out of the Death Star Building and I have something for you."

There was silence on the phone for a while, and another voice rang, "Well, come to the Fox Building if it is convenient for you. We will see you in the cafe on the second floor in 15 minutes."

"Okay, see you later." Murphy said to the driver after hanging up the phone, "Go to the Fox Building."

Nowadays, apart from Paramount Pictures, there are no large film companies in the Hollywood area. The large and medium-sized Hollywood studios are basically concentrated in Burbank, but 20th Century Fox did not move there, but moved its headquarters to Beaver Century City, on the west side of Lishanzhuang, occupies an entire building.

Came to the coffee shop on the second floor, Murphy waited for a few minutes, then Carla Faith, wearing a professional suit, walked up and down, pulled the chair away, and sat opposite Murphy.

"What good stuff did you bring?" Carla Faith asked.

Murphy drew out an admission ticket and pushed the paper bag to Carla Faith, "The Miss Universe contest is about to begin in a few days. This is the admission ticket."

Kara-Fiss was not polite, picked it up and took it out and took a look, "It's just right, I can take it to give people away to buy people's hearts, and cheer for your girlfriend by the way."

"Is the job not going well?" Murphy immediately realized this. "Have a lot of difficulties?"

"A woman who is new to a position is still facing some old qualifications," Carla Fess obviously encountered a lot of difficulties, frowning slightly, "There are also directors who are eyeing, and there is no way to go smoothly."

"Are you afraid of them?" Murphy was just smiling, "I believe in your abilities and means."

Carla Fiss shook his head, "This position is different from before. To establish authority, you must have real results. The performance of film production is not evaluated from multiple aspects like news. It is very intuitive. There are no successful projects and With the box office in hand, newcomers like me will naturally be rejected."

Compared with the previous news industry, the standard for measuring film production is simpler and more direct.

Murphy knew this too, and asked, "How is the project you are operating? The one where the alien and the predator are together."

"The progress is not very smooth, and there are some obstructions in the department." Carla Firth never let go. "I just found the director, Paul Anderson, who directed "Resident Evil". Someone recommended him to me. what do you think?"

"I don't know him very well, I just watched "Resident Evil" directed by him." Murphy recalled a lot, and said, "As long as the movie can have the rhythm of "Resident Evil" in the future, the aliens and predators It’s very likely to achieve good results."

"Actually, my favorite director is you," Carla Faith sighed. "Unfortunately you are not interested."

Murphy laughed, "If I have a suitable project, how about looking for your investment?"

"Are you not cooperating with Miramax?" Carla Faith asked in surprise.

Murphy shook his head and said, "Have you never heard that the conflict between the Weinstein brothers and Disney Chairman Michael Eisner can no longer be reconciled? At this time, cooperation with Miramax will only fall into Disney's interior. In the whirlpool of disputes."

"Have you found the right project?" Carla Faith asked again.

"I am interested in both Marvel Comics and DC Comics superheroes." Murphy said helplessly, "But Marvel Comics can't look down on me. I haven't touched DC Comics yet, so I guess it's not much better there. "

"Don't you think about the X-Men?" Carla Faith immediately remembered the power he was fighting for. "Didn't you tell me that you can split the X-Men and shoot some independent movies with characters?"

Murphy raised an eyebrow. "Do you have such power now?"

"There is always a way to fight for it," Carla Firth said deliberately, "Do you need me to make a list of X-Men roles for you?"

"I'd better find time to watch it myself." Murphy thought for a while, and then said, "Will you talk about it when I have contact with dc comics?"

Although "Sin City" is growing slowly in North America and its theaters have been cut to below 1,500, the North American box office has successfully exceeded the $80 million mark and is gradually moving towards $85 million overseas. After continuing to expand regional screenings, the box office also exceeded 25 million U.S. dollars, pushing the global box office past the 100 million U.S. dollar mark.

Of the three recently directed films, two have a global box office of more than 100 million U.S. dollars. These can become the capital for Murphy to negotiate with dc comics and make his words more convincing.

It's too difficult to impress Hollywood studios that are not profitable and can't afford to rely on their mouths.

Of course, Murphy knows very well that in addition to capital, he also needs a plan and a project book so that he can be convincing enough.

And he is not buying the copyright, as long as he gets the project leadership right is enough.

If it goes well, Carla Fais can also be included in the project. The cooperation with big Hollywood companies is also normal. As long as it succeeds, she can also accumulate capital.

After Murphy briefly talked about her plan, Carla Faith said with a smile, "Then I will wait for your good news."

She stood up, ready to go back to the company, Murphy reminded, "Don't forget, let your friends go to support Gail."