Hollywood Drawing

After a rough look around the outside, the real estate agent took them to the door of the main building and said, "Let's go in and take a look, Mr. Greenberg. Don't be fooled by the appearance of the house. The design inside is very modern."

"Okay, why is that Wall Street tycoon selling this house?" Wayne asked casually as he followed him into the main building.

"He's bankrupt, sir. Now the bank has repossessed the house." The agent was obviously very honest, and he could collect this information if he was interested.

He then continued to introduce: "This manor was built in March 1970 and was purchased directly by the previous owner. His futures business was doing well at that time.

It was just that he did not escape the fate of bankruptcy the year before last. Because of his old-school thinking, he was unwilling to believe in anything related to the Internet and chose the wrong direction.

There is only one owner of this manor, and he doesn't live there much. Most of the time he lives in New York. In October of the previous year, Mr. Horford declared bankruptcy and the house was taken away by the bank to pay off the debt. "

Wayne nodded. He roughly knew what was going on. There was a crazy rise in the stock market in February last year. A lot of investment companies and investors thought they would make a lot of money, and many of them jumped off the building.

"After clearing the debtor's property rights and completing all the procedures, this manor came into the hands of our company." The agent smiled. "Since he lived almost all of his life in New York, he didn't live in the house for a few days at all. He just sent people to maintain it. It can be said that the house was basically empty for many years."

This means that this house is basically new, and all the time-preserved feelings have been made, which he is very satisfied with. This doesn't make much sense to North Americans. Most of the mansions they buy are decades old, but it has a decisive effect on his soul on the other side of the Pacific.

"You two, please come inside! The furniture in this house is all designed by famous designers according to the overall style of the house. The furniture items inside are all available and completely fit the overall style. If there is anything you are not satisfied with, You can also ask someone to adjust it at any time.”

Nina looked at this quaint and luxurious house, and stars began to twinkle in her eyes. He knew that the price of this house was not cheap, but his boss should be able to buy it.

The layout of the hall is open, and the hidden huge floor-to-ceiling windows fill the room with natural sunlight, making it not gloomy at all.

The main living room set off by the high ceiling is very spacious and grand. The open layout brings a quiet and peaceful atmosphere to the living room. Wherever you stand in the living room, you can see the beautiful scenery of the manor in front through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.

Wayne and Nina remained silent as they followed the agent to the huge dining room, carefully admiring everything in the house.

After seeing the restaurant, we went into the private cinema on the left side of the main building. The screening room was not big, with more than a dozen seats, but the existence of the cinema gave Wayne a lot of credit.

Next door to the cinema is an indoor swimming pool. The curved swimming pool is not big and makes it very comfortable to look at.

The two floors upstairs are the living area, rest and entertainment area and study and office area. Underneath is a huge wine cellar and vault. The vault uses a bank vault security door, which can store a large number of valuables and works of art for the owner.

Then they went up to the second floor. The left side of the second floor is mainly the guest room, and the right side is the study room and rest and entertainment area.

The third floor is much smaller than the second floor and is divided into two. Only a huge master bedroom and a connected dressing room are designed. The large balcony of the bedroom has a spiral staircase leading to the garden.

Wayne stood on the third floor balcony and took in the view of the entire estate. He could overlook most of Los Angeles in the distance, with Beverly Gardens at his feet.

"All furniture and decorations are from Chanel." The agent reminded him behind him.

He looked carefully at the furniture and furnishings. The trademarks were indeed Chanel, but he didn't expect that this was also a top furniture manufacturer.

After walking around, the group returned to the first floor and sat in the spacious living room. The decoration and design of the entire house could be said to be very much to Wayne's liking. He felt very good about the house.

"Mr. Greenberg, what do you think of this manor?" the agent asked, sitting on the gray pure leather sofa.

Wayne recalled it and said, "Not bad."

The main building alone has an area of ​​more than 2,000 square meters. There are ten bedrooms in the whole building, all of which have matching dressing rooms, which is enough even if parents come over.

What needs to be considered now is that maintaining such a large manor requires hiring regular housekeepers, chefs and maintenance personnel, and tax issues must also be carefully considered.

But in this country, as long as you have money, these problems are not a problem.

This is the first time in his two lives that he has bought a house. He had never bought a house in his previous life. His parents left him a self-built yard in the countryside and a building shared by his father's work unit, which also saved him from the pain of being a house slave.

"Mr. Henry." Wayne asked, "The price of this house?"

The agent smiled and said: "The reason why the bank sells the house is to recover the loan and stop the loss, which is much lower than the current market price. If Mr. Greenberg hires people from our company to maintain the manor in the future, he can give you the lowest price." !”

“Just tell me the price!”

"$28 million!"

Henry knew that this young man could afford the money. The reason why he recommended this manor was because there were not many customers who could afford such a mansion, and the one in front of him was definitely a potential customer.

"Okay." Wayne rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, then continued: "Can your company help with loan processing?"

"Of course!" the agent said happily: "It is very easy for a high-quality customer like you to apply for a home loan."

"Take out the contract. The down payment will be sent to your company as soon as possible. I want to move in as soon as possible." Wayne indicated that he was completely satisfied and could sign the contract directly. "Help me hire two maintenance staff from your company, and the housekeeper and chef will also recommend two."

Henry didn't expect it to go so smoothly. When it comes to large-scale real estate transactions, customers are usually very picky. "Okay, it's no problem at all Mr. Greenberg. I'll go through the formalities in the afternoon and you can move in as soon as tomorrow."

"Nina, go and check in with Henry."

"No problem, boss." Nina heard her boss's instructions and had already prepared materials in the car when she arrived.

"Mr. Greenberg." Henry led them outside. "You are the fastest Hollywood practitioner I have ever seen to buy a mansion. On Mulholland Drive, not far from you lives Tom Cruise. He is also a client of ours, but a successful star like him , also worked hard in Hollywood for ten years before buying a mansion here."

Wayne shrugged his deliberate compliments, but would not take his words to heart. He was not proud enough. What he was complimenting was not himself, but the dollars in his pocket.

"Thank you, Mr. Henry, that's it. Please take my assistant to go through the formalities. The money will be transferred to your company account as soon as possible." He opened the car door, handed the information to Nina, and said politely to the real estate agent. Got in the car and headed back to the apartment to pack some things.

He planned to bring only some personal items and clothes, and most of his daily necessities were placed here. The rent will continue to be paid and he is not planning to quit the rent. If there is a chance in the future, he can buy this apartment. This is his college memory.

Wayne, who was busy preparing to move, didn't know that someone in Burbank was also looking at his project.

Burbank has always been nicknamed the media capital of the world. The Warner Group's headquarters building is the most important part of it, and the Hollywood film distribution and production giant Warner Bros. Pictures is located in it.

Like other giant companies in Hollywood, Warner Bros. produces and releases many films every year. They also have their own project review and risk assessment mechanisms.

Every project submitted to Warner Bros. must undergo a script review by a highly specialized team, estimate the film's market risk and value, and analyze whether the script's selling points meet mainstream demand.

This series of considerations includes the film's genre, potential audience, the box office performance of similar films, possible actors and the recent achievements of the director of the upcoming film.

Perhaps none of the above can guarantee the success of a film, but it can minimize the risk of failure.

After going through this process as quickly as possible, Wayne's "Escape" and the plan were placed at the regular meeting of Warner Bros. executives. This script and plan had just been obtained from agent Jimmy. Come.

In fact, they have their own news channels. As soon as Fox received the project plan, they had already received it at the same time and entered into risk assessment. Hollywood giants have always cooperated with each other and undermined each other.

There were not many people in the conference room and it was very quiet. Jeff Robinov personally sent the copied documents one by one to CEO Kevin Trasuha and senior executives. This includes the contradictions between his preliminary investigation and Fox's negotiations.

Jeff heard about the subsidiary's report a few months ago. Universal Pictures' film and television executives told the subsidiary to refuse to release the film called "Happy Death Day". They were also happy to sell Goodman a face.

But later 20th Century Fox released the film, and its box office explosion almost shocked the entire industry. A film that cost one million to produce has earned more than $100 million in global box office, and it did not rely on publicity and distribution. This case analysis It's on the desks of many corporate executives.

So when he heard about the other party's new project, and the moment the first negotiation with 20th Century Fox broke down, he started thinking about it, and the information he collected early on came into use.

When Jimmy sent Wayne's new project "Get Out" to the company, he had already done all the preliminary work and prepared all the materials.

The executives opened the file together. The first page of the information was the director's file evaluation. Wayne would be surprised to see it. It recorded almost everything that had happened to him since his freshman year.

"I've heard about this director. He had a conflict with Universal's Goodman some time ago. He even made a move at the graduation ceremony. He threatened to use the nearly 30 million US dollars from the sale of the film to play games and sue Goodman until he went bankrupt. ! What a crazy and competitive young man."

An executive from the publishing department said to everyone in a joking tone.