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"This manor is very nice."

In the reception room, a brown-haired girl politely complimented Murphy, "Very good taste."

"It was all arranged by Gail." Murphy responded, and then asked directly, "Is there anything wrong with me, Megan?"

It was David Ellison’s sister Meghan Ellison who came to the door. He heard David Ellison mentioned some time ago that Meghan Ellison came from the University of Southern California movie as he did. The college dropped out and prepared to enter Hollywood.

The purpose of Megan Ellison's arrival, even if she didn't say it, he could guess something.

Through cooperation with him, David Ellison got rid of the embarrassment of novices and has been recognized by Hollywood. Now he is one of the few investors in the circle who holds huge sums of money.

It is no exaggeration to say that David Ellison has achieved success.

Of course Meghan Ellison also knows this, and he also understands that Murphy doesn't like going around in circles when talking about work. He also said directly, "I heard you are preparing a new film? Or is it the autobiography of the financial scammer Jordan Belfort?"

Murphy nodded slightly, "The project is now in the hands of Twentieth Century Fox."

"How is the project funding preparation?" Megan Ellison asked tentatively, "Can I participate in the investment?"

She added, "It's only a partial investment. I won't interfere with the crew and any of your work."

How David Ellison was successful, Megan Ellison saw clearly that investing in Murphy's project is simply the best financial plan.

Compared to Hollywood superstars like Leonardo DiCaprio, who will demand the right to invest, Murphy does not reject investors like David Ellison and Megan Ellison. They simply Inability to interfere with the operation of the crew.

But this is not something he can call the shots.

Murphy thought for a moment, and said, "Do you know Carla Faith?"

"Yes." Megan Ellison had met her before, "the director of the production and distribution department of Twentieth Century Fox."

After taking the memo from the side, Murphy wrote down Carla Firth's personal phone number, tearing it off and handing it to Megan Ellison, "You go to contact Carla Firth and talk to her about this matter."

Megan Ellison instantly understood that Murphy did not exclude her from investing, so he hurriedly closed the post-it notes and said with a warm smile, "Thank you, Murphy."

"You're welcome." Murphy shook his head. "You are David's sister. David once helped me."

Hearing this, the smile on Megan Ellison's face froze and then recovered. She knew that she had no friendship with Murphy. If it weren't for her brother David Ellison, it would be impossible for him to introduce him to it. Carla Firth.

She stood up, "Then I will leave first."

Murphy nodded, stood up and sent her out of the reception room.

Probably after hearing the sound in the corridor, Gal Gadot, who was also on this floor, opened the door of the study, glanced at Murphy's side, and walked over.

"How's the essay?" Murphy asked concerned.

This year is Gal Gadot's graduation season. After preparatory courses and several years of formal studies, she will graduate from the Law School of the University of California, Los Angeles.

"I didn't write..." Gal Gadot shook his head, "I am in a bad state today. I have been checking information and watching news on the Internet."

While talking, she pulled Murphy into the lounge and chatted about the news that she had just seen.

"I just saw the news on the Internet." Gal Gadot took the glass from Murphy, took a sip, and said, "Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise's Cruise Wagra A cooperation agreement was reached, and a joint statement was just issued this morning."

Hearing these words from Gal Gadot, Murphy immediately showed a thoughtful look.

"What about the new conditions for their cooperation?" he asked.

Gal Gadot thought about it for a moment and said, "There was no announcement in the statement, but the website that posted this news said that Paramount Pictures cancelled the annual fee of Cruz Wagra, and Tom Cruise was picking it up. In the future cooperation with Paramount Pictures, the remuneration and dividends will definitely be reduced, and the ratio may not be small."

"I guess it won't be false." Murphy nodded.

Paramount Pictures used this method of playing first and pulling later, and Summer Redstone is indeed an old fox.

There is no doubt that even in the present, when the appeal of superstars is far less than that of the 1990s, superstars like Tom Cruise still have considerable value, and Summer Redstone and Paramount Pictures cannot be completely The method of giving up Tom Cruise and playing first and then pulling is mainly to reduce Tom Cruise's compensation.

This is also the real purpose of Hollywood's major production companies to suppress stars.

Murphy sighed slightly in his heart, "Summer Redstone is a media giant after all."

Such a person has strength, brains, ability, and no lack of social experience. Once he stands on his opposite side, it is undoubtedly a very troublesome thing.

According to Murphy’s guess, Summer Redstone hasn’t bothered him for so many years. It may be that the big man didn’t take the little things in his heart at all, or the other party had forgotten it a long time ago. After all, Summer Ray Shi Dong doesn't talk about everything, he is definitely busy with his work, and he has spent a lot of time and energy just at war with his family over the years.

But the human heart is the most unpredictable thing. Who knows when Summer Redstone will pay attention to himself and remember the little things in the past?

Even the current Murphy will not underestimate the energy of Summer Redstone. Although the other party may no longer be a billionaire by the media during the last economic crisis, the credibility of this statement can be several percent. ?

If you take the media hype seriously, you are really a fool.

However, Murphy is no longer the Murphy before. He works closely with Twentieth Century Fox. Even if Summer Redstone really wants to do something, he will have certain concerns.

It's hard to guess how this kind of thing will develop. After all, the initiative is not in Murphy's hands, and it is even more unlikely for Murphy to go to Summer Redstone and admit his mistakes stupidly. At this stage, the best way is to add more. Watch out.

Gal Gadot and Murphy talked about the grudges between Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures, and suddenly remembered another thing.

"Are you going to buy real estate in New York?" she asked.

"I just have this idea." Murphy explained simply, "We will stay in New York for a long time to work. Living in our own house is more comfortable than living in a hotel, and the current house is not expensive."

Gal Gadot nodded lightly, "Just make up your mind about this kind of thing."

Murphy added, "We can't just live in Los Angeles? It's not bad to experience the Big Apple occasionally."

Gal Gadot rolled his eyes. "My dear, are you going to experience the traffic jam?"

"New York and Manhattan are not particularly congested." Murphy shrugged.

He had experienced more congestion in the past. At that time, he lived in a city famous for spring water. Its road congestion could not be described by parking lots. It even surpassed first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, ranking in congestion rate for several consecutive months. First in the country.

Moreover, this kind of congestion is more of a man-made disaster. Every spring is in full bloom, a dozen main roads are always built together, a main road that runs north-south, and other roads that are used for diversion next to it are also started at the same time. The consequence of this is that a whole area is a little bit turbulent, and more than a dozen nearby roads directly become parking lots.

The most exaggerated is that a road in the city center was repaired and dug three times in a row because of the problem of buried pipelines in just over half a year. At that time, Murphy often passed by there, just like people living nearby. This super-high communication efficiency in the information age was shocked and speechless.

Of course, this is nothing. After all, it's just congestion. It can be explained in one sentence-how difficult it is to rejuvenate the city!

Congestion is inevitable in all major cities in the world.

Subsequently, Murphy asked Grace to contact several real estate agents in New York, who provided a lot of residences in the Manhattan section, including several in the famous Upper East Side, which is also Murphy's priority for buying real estate. .

The Upper East Side of Manhattan starts from New York’s 59th Street in the south, north to 96th Street, from Fifth Avenue in the west, and East River to the east. The north-south avenue starts from the westernmost Fifth Avenue adjacent to Central Park to Madison. Avenue, Park Avenue, Lexington Avenue, Third Avenue, Second Avenue, First Avenue, York Avenue and East End Avenue.

From Fifth Avenue to the east and Lexington Avenue to the west, New York’s most expensive and most popular residential area is known as the "Gold Coast" of New York. It is home to the wealthiest people in New York and the real rich. Area.

Some people say that the Upper East Side of Manhattan not only represents the agglomeration of the wealthiest people in New York, but its air is filled with the taste of money and conservative values, and it has a sophisticated charm tempered by capital and time. Its many famous museums and the world's top designer boutiques reveal the urban taste of an international metropolis. The best private and public schools create the concept of class in the subconscious...

Even after having just experienced the brokerage crisis, housing prices in the Upper East Side are still high, and an ordinary four-bedroom apartment costs at least US$3 million.

Murphy set aside a budget of US$15 million to US$25 million to let Grace find a suitable Upper East Side property for himself.

Although Murphy and Gal Gadot are not the kind of people who like to buy land crazy, but at their level, having residences in New York and Los Angeles, the two largest cities in the United States, can only be said to be the most basic configuration.

After Grace had the relevant information, Murphy made a special trip to the Manhattan section to take a look, on the one hand to see the house, on the other hand, to investigate the possibility of field shooting on Wall Street.

When he returned to Los Angeles, there was good news from Carla Faith. Twentieth Century Fox completed the review of Jordan Belfort's film project and decided to invest in the film.