Hollywood Drawing

"Jimmy, what was the outcome of this negotiation?"

"It's very bad. The Fox negotiation team is very arrogant. They think you want too much. These damn vampires are still only willing to give you a basic director's salary.

They reluctantly agreed to let you work part-time as a producer, but they did not allow you to participate in post-production. Your task was to shoot all the shots, then check out and leave! "

Wayne's somewhat angry voice came from the phone: "fxxk, this is my project, what do they want to do? Give me some money and kick me out after using me? Damn it."

Jimmy hung up the phone and sat helplessly in the coffee shop on the first floor of the Fox Building. This was the second time in half a month that negotiations had broken down. Fox was surprisingly tough, and they almost completely rejected Jimmy's request.

I understand what Wayne means, and I don’t necessarily need Fox to accept all the conditions, but at least there must be room for negotiation.

Through "Happy Death Day", Wayne got a lot of exercise, and it can be said that he has made rapid progress. Having accumulated a considerable degree of experience, he also had a considerable degree of confidence in his second film, which is also the genre he is best at.

The idea of ​​not caring about the director's salary and wanting to share the profits from his work came naturally.

Fox's attitude is that when we invest in your film, we can pay you project buyout money, and we can also give you a director's salary that is in line with your worth, but you are not qualified to think about anything else.

Producers will take over post-production, and post-production sharing, even incentive-based ladder sharing, is not what you should think about. It is the greatest kindness that we can invest in your project.

The attitude has not changed, and everyone takes it for granted. If Jimmy were not Wayne's agent, he would also take it for granted. After all, the other party is Fox.

But Jimmy's natural position is opposed to the film company. He must fight for the interests of his clients. This is where his work ability can best be demonstrated.

After drinking the coffee in the cup, Jimmy picked up the briefcase containing a copy of the project and walked out of the Fox Building. Since the problem cannot be solved through negotiation, he plans to submit to a few more companies. Wayne is not a year ago, but now there are many people willing to invest in him.

In the apartment, she saw her boss hang up the phone and use a rare swear word. Nina handed him a bottle of water.

In the past half month, in addition to helping communicate with Wayne's lawyer and family accountant, she also helped follow up on Jimmy's communication and negotiations. The process was not smooth, and she knew it better than anyone else, which made her wonder if she would be unemployed soon.

July is already halfway through, and Wayne has spent his time waiting. Fox's tough attitude also gave him other thoughts. He and Jimmy have already communicated in advance. If things still don't go well today, they will suspend negotiations and look for other investment channels.

The US$5 million production cost he marked at the end of the plan would hardly arouse the caution of large companies. Compared with the investment in normal commercial films, this amount of money can almost be regarded as a studio production.

Jimmy submitted the project to another company. Compared with the project establishment, the risk assessment work to be done in the early stage was very easy to pass. No company would rashly decide to invest a large amount of money in production, but Wayne's project has a very low production cost and there is no difficulty in passing the review.

"Investing in movies is like gambling. Once successful, the rewards will be huge." Nina sighed. "But Fox already has a lot of revenue experience for your project, so why are they forcing you to give in like this? Aren't they afraid of you switching to other companies?"

Slowly exhaling a puff of smoke, Wayne calmed down and said: "No, they are not afraid, they are 20th Century Fox. Just because they know that my project is likely to succeed, they want to ensure that their profits will not be I'll share even a little bit.

The reason why I am not allowed to join the post-production work is because to ensure the success of the film, the producer always knows the market and the audience better than the director. "

"What should I do now, just keep waiting like this? Boss, I think my job is too easy. This is not in line with the remuneration you paid me." Nina's tone was a bit teasing. After getting along with each other for these days, she knew that the other party was not A serious person.

"The film will definitely be shot, don't worry Nina, you will know how busy it is when the filming starts." Wayne put out his cigarette butt and continued to ask her: "What did the real estate agent say?"

Jimmy's bad news prevented him from caring about it in time. It seemed that the project would not be completed in a short time, so he planned to solve the house problem first.

"We can go look at houses at any time. There are three options, two in Beverly Hills and one in Marbury Beach. Do you want me to contact them?" Nina took out her notebook and answered the boss's question seriously. She is extremely serious about this job.

"Contact the real estate agent and we will go look at the house later. This place is too small and I need to change my working environment."

To this day, Wayne still lives in an apartment next to the University of Southern California. Ever since he had the idea of ​​​​upgrading, he has always felt that the area of ​​​​the apartment can no longer meet his needs.

Now that he has the conditions to change his living environment, there is no need for him to make do with it. In the vanity fair of Hollywood, everyone's default is that if possible, they must give themselves the enjoyment that meets or even exceeds their net worth.

A few days ago, a real estate agent recommended two villas, one in the Santa Monica Valley in the Brentwood area. The hillside area here is a traditional wealthy area in Los Angeles. The entire neighborhood is particularly quiet, making it an ideal place to live.

But the wildfires that spread in Marbury in winter and spring made him a little worried about this place. If the distance from the hillside was not taken into account, the usual fire location was less than five kilometers away from the house introduced by the real estate agent.

Whether the firefighters set fire to the mountains at a fixed time every year to save their jobs in order to keep their jobs, or it was simply accidental fires that happened every year, Wayne did not want to take the risk.

What makes him feel bad is the problem of neighbors. The closest family to this house lives in Matthew McConaughey. This bastard likes to get high on drugs, play music that can be heard all over the street, and go out on the road naked to provoke the police.

Regarding wildfires and neighbors, he also took the Santa Monica Valley off his candidate list.

Nina drove the car all the way to Beverly Hills. After seeing the real estate agent, she followed the other person's car and drove to the heights of Beverly Park before stopping in front of a manor.

"Mr. Greenberg, this is Henry, the real estate agent. The house in front of us is located high in Beverly Park on Mulholland Drive. It was designed by the famous architect Howard Scutt. It covers an area of ​​5.3 acres and was built in 1970. In March, the last owner was a Wall Street investment company boss.”

As soon as he and Nina got out of the car, the real estate agent began to introduce the house. Wayne looked at the magnificent gate and admired the design of this manor from the bottom of his heart.

There are marble door pillars on both sides of the door, which are simple and elegant carved pillars, full of the traces of time. The marbles are all engraved with floral patterns, and the mottled marks appear to be very clean. It seems that the real estate company has been maintaining the manor.

Looking in from the gate, one can only see the guard room and the vast forest, blocking anyone's prying eyes.

"Let's go in and take a look."

After hearing Wayne's words, the real estate agent opened the door and drove into the manor.

The entrance gate is a garden. Since the manor is built on a mountain, all the buildings inside take advantage of the mountain. The main road is winding and lined with garden trees. It can be seen that this design is to maintain the privacy of the owner.

The garden and close to the wall are filled with huge crape myrtle trees, which not only ensure that nothing inside is visible from the outside, but also provide a large circle of rare beauty when the crape myrtle flowers bloom in spring.

The garden is obviously well-maintained, and it connects to a flat grassy area at the end, with huge parasols, deck chairs and rows of seats placed on the grass.

After getting off the car, the real estate agent pointed to the parasol and said, "If you have a party during the day, you can open the huge awning to avoid the strong California sun."

"This design is very thoughtful. It has a large space and an awning for my own use. Unfortunately, with my personality, it is difficult to invite a lot of people to my home for a party." Wayne continued to move forward. He was very optimistic about these designs, but if It is more practical to use parasols when there are few people.

"This manor covers an area of ​​over 5.3 acres. Mr. Greenberg, do you want to take a walk outside?" He was reminding the other party that the huge area meant a high price.

"Of course, let's go around first." Wayne understood what the other party meant, but with his own income, he could afford it.

After walking around the main building of the manor, there is a small square paved with marble in front of the house, with a small fountain in the middle. On the right is a two-story annex, which is the storage area, garage and nanny's room.

Directly in front is the main building of the manor. The three-story stone appearance gives people a dark and deep feeling, but you can see the huge floor-to-ceiling windows hidden inside. I believe there will be no lack of light inside.

There was a wooden sign downstairs. Wayne saw it clearly only when he walked up to it, and it said Augustus.

"This is the name of the main building, and its previous owner's surname was Augustus," the real estate agent said.

Behind the main building is a large outdoor swimming pool surrounding the building. Outside the swimming pool is a large flat grassland with patterns painted on it, which is obviously used for parking helicopters.

"Boss, if you live here, you can take a helicopter when you go out to work!" Nina was stunned from the moment she walked in. In her world, she had never imagined that there would be such a large and luxurious private estate.

"Helicopter? Don't mention that thing to me, I will never ride on that thing in my life!" He has a psychological shadow on the word helicopter. In his previous life, he was a die-hard K-B fan, which is the most unacceptable thing for NBA fans of his generation. One thing.

Behind the helipad was a large golf course. He took a look at it and thought that some of it could be plowed out and turned into a horse paddock, so that he could take his horse over. He was not good at golf as a sport.