Ace Hollywood

The place of the party was not far from Daniel’s house. Universal had booked a rented mansion in Malibu. The balcony on the second floor faced the beach directly, and the decoration inside was luxurious.

Daniel heard that there are bigger and more luxurious villas on Malibu Beach, which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for an event, but so far, he has not had the chance to see them.

After entering the party, Daniel immediately felt a completely different treatment. Last time at Universal’s pre-warming party, he was only considered a popular new star, but this time, he is already a popular star through and through. Although the coffee position is not stable, But the status of a B-level star is basically stable until his next movie fails, and even recently, his popularity cannot be said to be weaker than that of an A-level star.

The conversation between Stacey and him was very high this time, and they talked more about "Bourne Shadow" will definitely have a happy cooperation, and even pave the way for the next cooperation.

According to Daniel's current itinerary, he will return to New Zealand in October to complete the "Lord of the Rings Trilogy", and then he will start filming "The Bourne Shadow" immediately after returning. Next is the release of "Legally Blonde". New film plans are still in the pipeline. On the one hand, The producer is waiting and watching. He has a lot of movies. It is understandable to see the effect of "Gladiator" before placing a bet. On the other hand, Daniel is waiting here. The salary of 5 million for "The Bourne" is already high , but after "Gladiator", the lowest price of Daniel's commercial film is also at this price. If he does have some substantial gains during the awards season, I am afraid there is still room for an increase of three to five million.

He has a full schedule this year, so there is really no need to sign a contract now.

Ridley's face is full of red light. The old Chinese saying is good. People are happy when they have happy events. Gladiator, which has a high reputation, has become a popular choice for this year's Oscars. With Ridley's network, it is a good choice for DreamWorks and Universal. Ability, nomination is no longer a problem, and awards are also very likely.

"Danny, thank you for your amazing performance." Ridley gave him a bear hug when he met, while Russell Crowe was drinking and laughing at the side. When we let go, the two also hugged affectionately.

This is a public party, and reporters are allowed to enter. Of course, no one will go around with a cannon barrel to provoke suspicion, but it is definitely allowed to take a few photos of the crew getting along in harmony at a certain angle.

Daniel knew that Crowe must be dissatisfied with him.

Although all analysis shows that Russell Crowe is crucial to the box office, Daniel's popularity will obviously mislead many people, especially ordinary audiences, who will have such a view-"Gladiator" relies on Daniel. Fortunately, the Oscar judges and celebrities in the industry are not ordinary people. They understand the importance of Crowe, which may be an important reason why he can still maintain a stable mood.

But so what, the intrigue between Hollywood female stars is world-famous, and the male stars are actually not much less, but the methods are much more secretive and ruthless, generally unknown to outsiders.

The word "interest" does not distinguish between men and women.

After the warm moments of the crew of "Gladiator" ended, they naturally dispersed to socialize.

Daniel deliberately stayed for a while.

"Isn't Tim in Los Angeles?" He raised his glass and touched Ridley. Tim Roland, the film investor of "Snow Eagle Fund", had left Los Angeles after Daniel brought David to visit. , I haven’t contacted him again since then, and the film opportunities I mentioned are gone. He is now about to arrange a film appointment for next year. If Tim’s film is shelved, then his schedule will have to be rescheduled.

"He went to Europe, don't you have his contact information?"

Did Ridley know that Daniel and Tim were still in touch later,

Daniel had nothing to hide, so he told him about the film appointment that Tim had said, "I can't tell you about this matter on the phone."

After a few words, Daniel began to wander around the party. From now on, the time to be lazy in the party is gone forever.

Producers, directors, actors, members of the film industry association, film funds, even Wall Street people, city government officials, each is a powerful enough to make friends with, and perhaps at some point, this friendship can play a big role.

Of course, the main program of the party was to celebrate the box office exceeding 100 million. For Daniel, dealing with this group of invited reporters was quite a headache.

His recent exposure has been quite high - in line with his current coffee position, so it is not easy to repeat the questions that have been answered many times.

"I think if you are willing to look through the interviews I gave during this period, you may not have any questions you are willing to ask me."

At the beginning, Daniel teased himself, "You know I'm just news, I've said it several times, and I suspect your readers and viewers are getting bored."

The reporters laughed a lot, but they still had to ask what should be asked.

It's nothing more than what you think of the box office, whether you have the confidence to win the award, what is the story of "Bourne", the sharing agreement of "Legal Blonde", etc.

Daniel's answer was exactly the same as before, very happy, very looking forward to, very exciting, very happy.

Until Melissa said the last question, because there are still people waiting to be interviewed.

Only then did a brown-haired male reporter ask a new question.

"It was said that after the premiere of Gladiator, some film critics were hired to give you a bad review, and Johnny Depp was behind it, and it was also said that you originally planned to sign with Depp's agent, and later It was only signed by Kusa Damon, may I ask, is this true? Is there any grievance between you?"

Daniel frowned slightly. The news about his signing had been circulated before, and it was not the first time he was asked about it, but as usual, Tracy couldn't let it spread out.

"Different people have different opinions. I don't think my performance can be recognized by everyone. I feel that so many audiences and movie fans have recognized this role, which already makes me very satisfied. As for other things that haven't happened, I don't feel the need to say too much. Thank you, everyone, thank you."

Until sitting in the car, Daniel was still thinking that picking out this topic must have a purpose.

What does Tracy or Depp want to do? Lend him the east wind?

It seems that there is no need for this, and even exposing one's shortcomings for this is a bit of a loss.

""Once Upon a Time in Mexico"?" Daniel suddenly thought of something, "Melissa, did Robert Rodriguez's new movie ever contact us?"

"Yeah, but it's early, you don't have to audition until you come back from New Zealand, and they just hand over the script if you want."

Is it for this movie?

Johnny Depp has been very prolific in recent years, because it doesn't make sense for a movie to do this kind of action.

But here's a hint for Daniel Sandler.

That movie should already be in the works.

"Pirates of the Caribbean"!

No one expected the success of Disney's live-action movie, except Daniel.

"Melissa, please pay attention to me. Does Walt Disney have a live-action movie about pirates recently?"

"Live-action movie?" Melissa repeated.

"Yes, you heard me right, you can't expect Disney to only play cartoons forever."

Melissa shrugged her shoulders, indicating that she remembered.

"Um?"

Daniel's personal cell phone rang suddenly.

"Where is this phone number?"

After muttering something, Daniel picked it up, "Hi, I'm—"

His face suddenly changed.