Hollywood Road

"Can I leave this copy?"

Looking at Gal Gadot's delicate face full of apology and regret, Natalie Portman closed the script and asked, "Can you?"

"I'm really sorry." Gail Gadot is not like a girl of this age, who writes everything on his face, which covers up his emotions very well. "Before I came, Murphy specially told , Asked me to take back the copy of the script, the project is still in the confidential stage..."

Natalie Portman pushed the script over, "It's okay."

Gal Gadot smiled apologetically, picked up the script and put it in his bag.

Drinking the remaining coffee in the cup, Natalie Portman suggested, "Let's go out and stroll."

At this moment, Gal Gadot wanted to find an excuse to go away, instead of facing this extremely perfect face, he went to Murphy and told him what he had encountered today.

But she nodded and agreed, "Let's go, I just want to buy some clothes, you can advise me."

The two talked and laughed, seemingly no different from when they came, and walked out of the cafe together.

After shopping around the street and having lunch together, Gal Gadot has never been as energetic as he is now, and he is more motivated than when he participated in the Miss Universe contest.

She has an independent personality, and the idea of ​​going back to Murphy just whirled around in her head and was thrown into the Rocky Mountains.

Gal Gadot knows very well that Murphy is preparing for "Disappearing Lover" and is very busy with work. She shouldn't let this small matter disturb him. She can't live under the protection of her mother and Murphy forever. Learn to grow up and mature, and as Murphy becomes more and more successful, people like Natalie Portman will definitely meet in the future. You can't run into trouble, so you can just withdraw?

She knew that Murphy was never afraid of trouble, nor was she afraid of fighting, and she was also not afraid of it. Now that she met such a woman, she should hone her and increase her experience.

Besides, compared to Natalie Portman, she has nothing to lose.

Accompanying Gal Gadot into one fashion store after another, Natalie Portman is very patient, and uses what she has learned from the stylist to give advice to Gal Gadot from time to time. A very caring friend.

While trying on clothes alone in the fitting room, Gal Gadot received another call from Murphy.

"Are you out?" She smiled happily, "Nate is buying clothes with me?"

"Well, I got to the place."

In the CAA's reception room, Murphy sat on the sofa, "Bill has gone out to pick up people. I guess he will be back soon."

He asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

In the past, Gal Gadot may not understand, but now he understands the meaning of Murphy's words, "We are fine, you can rest assured."

Even though Natalie Portman wasn't around, she didn't say much, and obviously didn't want these trivial matters to disturb Murphy.

Hanging up the phone with Gal Gadot, after a short wait, the door of the reception room was pushed open from the outside, and Bill Roses walked in with a person.

Murphy stood up, looked over Bill Rossis, and fell on the familiar face behind him. The other party was so young, he seemed to be younger than his own age.

This is the guy who intends to invest in his own movie?

Bill Rossis has already brought the young man with short golden brown hair over and took the initiative to introduce them, "David, this is Murphy, Murphy Stanton, the most promising young man in Hollywood Director. Murphy, this is David, David Ellison, the founder of the Sky Film Fund."

"Hello, David." Murphy took the initiative to stretch out his hand. David Ellison was not as young as his age. He stepped forward and shook his hand forcefully. "Hello, Murphy, I am Your loyal fans, I have watched each of your "Sin City" and "Planet of Horror" more than three times."

Murphy laughed, "It's my honor."

As he spoke, Murphy saw Bill Rossis making a gesture to him, and nodded insignificantly, indicating that he knew who the young man opposite was.

"Let's sit down and talk." Bill Rossis greeted the two of them to sit freely, and sent three more cups of coffee.

Sitting together, the three people chatted for a while. The topics are basically movies and private equity. Murphy can see that David Ellison is not the same as the super rich second generation in his impression, although some ideas are very different. Sentimental, even a little naive, but showed a certain ambition and ambition, and did not have that kind of arrogant, ignorant words and deeds.

Perhaps David Ellison in private will be another look, but someone who has received elite education since childhood will never act like an ignorant and alternative fool on this occasion.

"Murphy, Bill showed me your script and plan." David Ellison tried hard to make himself behave like a rookie. "A very interesting story, I can imagine it will change in your hands. It’s a great movie."

"We have enough confidence in this project," Murphy appeared very confident, "My Stanton studio and partner Twentieth Century Fox, the current funding chain is a bit tight, so we are ready to raise funds."

Bill Rossis added, "A number of banks and foundations have already approached us."

This is a real situation. Murphy has "Deadpool" hitting the market. The new work will naturally be expected by many people. Investors are no exception. There are many investors and foundations who have contacted Stanton Studios. , But this is only the initial intention, Murphy has to choose the most suitable conditions.

David Ellison was holding huge sums of money, but could not find a suitable investment project. He met Bill Rossis after being introduced to him. Although he was young, he studied at the USC Film School. I also know a little bit about the situation here, knowing that Hollywood has never lacked scammers, and those unfamiliar crews who cheat money with projects can catch a lot of them.

Therefore, he is still more cautious in choosing the project. With CAA and Murphy Stanton in there, there will certainly not be too many problems with this project.

But while considering the security of investment, he also has some ideas of his own.

"Director Stanton, I want to ask." David Ellison wrinkled his nose. "Can you add some flying scenes to the film?"

Hearing this, Murphy had the urge to roll his eyes, and Bill Rossis looked over.

"This is a drama," Murphy refused without hesitation. "It's not a flying war movie."

He frowned slightly. If the other party insisted on this request, he could only be eliminated. Although this would lose a person who was willing to invest, it would not be difficult to find other investors with his current reputation.

"Oh..." David Ellison scratched his head, "Do you have any plans to make war movies in the future? Especially war movies with airplanes and air combat."

This person is really not an ordinary obsession with airplanes.

Murphy shook his head, "It shouldn't be. I'm not good at war movies."

David Ellison patted the arm of the sofa lightly, seemingly regretful.

But after the emotional side, he showed his rational side. After dropping out of the USC Film School in the first half of this year, he took a huge sum of money and wanted to enter Hollywood ambitiously, but the situation was far from what was expected. Simply, the well-known projects of the six major companies do not lack funds, the projects of small companies are not guaranteed, and there may be investment traps. The Sky Film Foundation was established for more than three months, and even a suitable project was not found.

In the end, it was my father who took the shot and asked an old friend for help. The other party introduced him to CAA, and then he came across such a seemingly reliable project.

It's just that there is no air combat in the project, no planes...These are the things that make him unsatisfied.

However, compared to opening up the situation, really entering Hollywood, aircraft and air combat are less important.

Thinking of this, David Ellison turned to the topic, "Murphy, I heard that "The Lost Lovers" still has a funding gap of 15 million US dollars. My Sky Film Fund intends to invest."

"There is indeed a funding gap." Murphy thought for a while and said, "The project also needs external financing to solve the remaining funding problem."

Looking at the young David Ellison, Murphy’s thinking is constantly turning. This is undoubtedly a real local tyrant. He vaguely remembers that he had read some news on the Internet. Rumor has it that Larry Ellison was on the Internet. When David Ellison dropped out of school and entered Hollywood, he put a sum of hundreds of millions of dollars in his hands in order for him to start a career.

David Ellison did a very good job later, but in the early stage, every investment can be called a super big failure. It seems that in order to open the situation, he kept throwing huge sums of money, but he did not pursue the return very much. The ridicule of many people.

It is in the failed investments that seem to be very prodigal again and again, David Ellison has accumulated valuable experience, and this has led to his later success.

Murphy feels that this person's initial investment bottom line may be very low. As long as the project is relatively reliable, he is not too profit-seeking.

With this in mind, he decided to test it out, "David, I have reached an agreement with Carla Faith, the person in charge of the 20th Century Fox project, that the external funds introduced in "The Lost Lovers" are mainly in the form of loans."

The loan also means that the investor will not participate in the profit sharing of the film, but will only get the interest stipulated in the contract.

This is also common in Hollywood investment. After all, no one can guarantee that a film will be profitable, and the loan is more stable and insurable than the income from participating in the income share.

David Ellison wrinkled his nose again and seemed to be thinking.

"You've seen the script, you should be able to see that this is a small project that is biased towards the plot," Murphy gave Bill Rossis a wink and continued, "The main direction of the future is also the awards season, so it is impossible to open it. Too high interest."