Chatty Hollywood

"Judy, Judy, something big happened!"

Jodie Foster went to bed late, as she had come back from Vianers Valley late yesterday. This morning, she rarely got up to exercise, but chose to curl up in the warm silk velvet quilt and sleep comfortably.

However, her life assistant did not follow her wishes. This little girl who was a few years younger than Foster slammed on the door of her bedroom noisily early in the morning, making it impossible for Sleep and Dream to continue. stay.

"What's the matter, Ana? Did bloody Hinckley get shot, or has Dr. Hannibal reappeared?"

The lady queen got up from the bed sleepily, but her mind was obviously still asleep.

"Neither! Look at this!"

Anna pushed a newspaper to Jodie Foster's eyes. Because of being too excited, it almost stuck to her face all at once.

"What's this?"

Because he hadn't woken up yet, it took Foster a long time to focus his eyes successfully. When he saw the place where Anna signaled her attention,

"The body of Alan B. McElroy was found by the Los Angeles police? Not far from Vianers Valley!? Iron arrows stuck in the body, and chains with iron spikes strangled trace!!?"

Thinking of the similar plot in the "Fatal Turn" demo I saw yesterday, the actress couldn't help but feel a chill down her back, but the next moment, her soul as a producer or a businessman immediately woke up——

"Hurry up and contact Westwood of New Line Company! Let's talk about the film "Fatal Turns", we have decided to invest more!"

Although Jodie Foster was already very satisfied with this unfinished film after watching the sample film in Charlotte yesterday-in her opinion, such an impactful film can be shot at such a small cost. A horror film, Charlotte Booth, a guy who is just 30 years old, is not inferior to some well-known directors in terms of directing ability-however, her answer to the question of whether to invest more is still "considering" .

On the one hand, this is to control the figure and avoid being too eager to lose the initiative in the negotiation. On the other hand, Judy wants to study again to see if it can be achieved at a small cost that currently seems to be very profitable. In the movie, grab more benefits.

However, the news in the newspaper made her unable to wait any longer——

In the final analysis, the reason why the project "Fatal Turns" requires additional investment from the "Egg" production company she owns is mainly to strengthen post-production and publicity and distribution efforts, especially publicity and distribution. After all, no matter how good a film is, it will still be difficult to make a profit without publicity and promotion. This gave Judy a chance to handle the opponent.

But the discovery of Allen B. McElroy's body at this time gave the other party another choice.

After all, this is Hollywood, no matter the living or the dead, as long as there is value for use, it will definitely be used. Judy can imagine with his own heels that that guy Westwood will definitely take this opportunity to publicize the hype and let the media and the public associate Mike Elroy's death with the movie "Fatal Turn".

think about it! The former director suddenly disappeared before starting the machine, but his body was finally found near the location where the film was filmed. The wound on his body still had traces similar to the killing tools designed in the film——

Those tabloid reporters will go nuts! !

What perfect news! Across the two major sectors of entertainment and society, there are murders, movies, and a hint of mystery. And if those paparazzi are willing to dig, they will definitely find some pornographic elements—after all, in Hollywood, Judy has never heard of a director who can control his belt—and most importantly, This news is so true! ! !

Judy can imagine how much those third-rate tabloid editors who make up stories for a living are grateful to Alan,

Maybe someone will hold up a half-eaten hamburger or donut and shout "Thank you Ellen for giving us food!"  …

In short, the life of the American people is too boring, and a bit of curiosity can be exciting for a long time. He was unknown during his lifetime and can only be regarded as a second-rate screenwriter. Alan McElroy, a new director, may be a big hit after his death. Got it! And relatedly, his previous project "Fatal Turn" also has a good chance to become popular along with it.

At that time, with this kind of spontaneous publicity, it's hard to say whether that guy Westwood will be interested in his additional investment. After all, if he takes the money now, he will divide more of the money he makes in the future.

"The agreement for additional investment must be finalized before the situation really reverses!"

Judy made up her mind, but after a while, her assistant Anna came back with a sad face:

"Westwood's phone is busy..."

"What!? This old fox!!!"

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At this time, "Old Fox" Anthony Westwood was happily talking on the phone with Charlotte.

"Even God is helping us!!"

Mr. Producer blushed with excitement, as if he had eaten 20 kilograms of sildenafil,

"Charlotte, do you know? My heart has been feeling a little uncomfortable for the past two days, and I am ready to be hospitalized. But after seeing this news, I feel like I have become a guest from Krypton, and I can go to save it at any time." Earth! Thank God that son of a bitch Ellen did a good job!"

"Calm down, Tony!"

Charlotte hurriedly comforted Westwood. He didn't want his producer to die of a heart attack because he was too excited when he was only one step away from success.

"God help those who help themselves! Besides, we have a lot of work ahead, and now is not the time to pop the champagne."

"You're right!"

Westwood took a deep breath, and finally calmed down a little—and at the same time, he was a little farther away from being excited enough to have a heart attack.

"In the future, we must try our best to take advantage of the discovery of Allen's body, and while those shitty reporters are still paying attention to this matter, we must stir up the popularity of "Fatal Turning", as much as we can! !"

"Do you think we should also release the Eliza Kunis matter?"

Charlotte also made a rather vicious suggestion. After all, he was able to become a director, although it was thanks to the death of the former heroine Allen and Elisa Kunis, but he was really pitted by these two——

After all, it is not an easy task to take over the guide tube just before starting the machine, not to mention the strange things encountered, just the many sleepless nights for temporarily modifying the script and preparing for the shooting of the storyboard in advance. It was enough to make Charlotte feel resentful towards these two.

"Wait for this. I need to adjust the rhythm and release follow-up news at the right time."

As an old fritter and also a person who was miserably cheated by those two, the producer Westwood can understand Charlotte's mood very well. However, he is much more open-minded now. After all, Alan and the others have already confirmed that they died, and now he can use their deaths to hype his own movie. What else can he complain about?

"Whoever laughs last laughs best, Ellen!"

Suppressing the pride in his heart, Westwood suddenly remembered something,

"By the way, Charlotte, do you think we still need that additional investment from Jodie Foster?"

"this……"

Charlotte pondered for a while on the phone,

"From the perspective of improving the quality of the film, the money is of little significance to us. After all, the shooting has been completed now. This is not a sci-fi blockbuster that emphasizes special effects. Only by strengthening the post-production, the room for improvement is very limited, and reshoots If not, the cost increase is too much. However, if you consider the announcement..."

"This money will help a lot!"

Westwood understood what Charlotte meant. In fact, as a producer, he knows more about the film announcement process and the tricks than Charlotte, the director. Indeed, Allen's body was accidentally discovered, which saved them a lot of publicity Fees, but if you want to take this opportunity to really stir up "Fatal Turns", you still need to spend real money.

"However, if you take the money..."

As a producer, he is naturally sensitive to the relationship between investment and sharing, which really makes him unwilling to introduce more investment in the later stage-after all, when it comes to settlement, what needs to be distributed is the real value of the green knife ah!

And Charlotte on the other end of the phone seemed to have heard the meaning of his producer, he was silent for a while, and then suddenly said:

"Tony, should we think about the problem from a different angle? You know, no matter whether "Fatal Turn" makes or loses, I can't make much money from this film, especially when I won you over before. I gave up a small amount of money to win everyone's support—of course, I don't think there is much money in this part—and what about you? You are an old guy who has been sitting on the bench all year round, what you can get here The benefits are actually limited, after all, when Allen was here, you, the producer, could only be regarded as a name."

Having said that, Charlotte paused for a while to let Westwood on the other side of the phone understand what she meant.

"In this case, why should we care so much about the success of the film? Who will benefit from it? Anyway, we can't get much! In contrast, how successful the film can be is more meaningful to us, isn't it? ?"

——Since you can't get real benefits, it's good to get more fame.

The meaning of Charlotte's words is obvious, and from a personal point of view, there is nothing wrong with what she said. But... Forget it, forget about him!

Anyway, New Line, a shitty company, doesn't treat loyal veteran employees like me at all well, and those investors... fools just care about them! For a mature producer, investors are synonymous with Kaizi. If we don't cheat them now, when will we wait?

"……you're right!"

Once he made up his mind, Anthony Westwood acted very quickly. After he hung up the phone with Charlotte, he was about to contact Jodie Foster, but suddenly thought of a question——

As early as when she first took over as director, Charlotte had studied on her own a plan to use the disappearance of Allen and Eliza Kunis to hype. This was proposed by that kid, and he just thought it was worth a try. But now, Allen's body was discovered not too soon or too late when the movie was about to enter the pre-heating promotion, and there were scars similar to those in the movie?

Could it be that it is not God who helps you, but...

Like Charlotte said, self helpers...

Mr. Producer, who has long been used to the storms in Hollywood, couldn't help but shiver.

However--

who cares! As long as you don't get caught, you can make money! Be it an angel or a devil! Everything else is the FBI's business!

Mr. Westwood stopped thinking about it and continued to make phone calls——

This is Hollywood!