hollywood entertainment mogul

"Excuse me, can you lend me your wife?"

"What did you say?!"

"For good luck, she can bring me good luck here."

"You need to ask her about that."

"How's it going, ma'am?"

"I don't want it, let's go!"

"Try it, just take a gamble."

In the screening hall of LV Cinema, a clip from "Unethical Deal" was playing on the screen. It told the story of the hero and heroine David and Diana who met the rich man Gage after losing all their money in the casino.

Gage wanted to let the heroine sit next to him to give him a little luck. The heroine reluctantly agreed. As a result, the rich man Gage won a million dollars.

The film started shooting in February, was completed in July, and took two months to post-production. By October, the director's cut was released. The producers from Duca and LV Films watched the film twice in the screening room while watching it.

Discuss, ask questions, and make comments.

Duca looked it over and felt that there was no big problem.

This version has a few more passionate scenes than the one I remember from "The Deal". Brad Pitt is more handsome than the original male protagonist, the young Demi Moore is also very sexy, and the veteran actor Robert Redford's performance is as stable as ever.

, the older he gets, the more handsome he becomes, and he is more charming than Brad Pitt in the play.

Overall not bad.

However, during internal discussions within the LV Films production department, everyone had serious concerns about the film's box office performance. The reason is that the film's plot is too realistic and does not meet the aesthetics of mainstream audiences in the current market.

Nowadays, most of the commercial romance movies are variations of lovers eventually becoming friends and Cinderella meeting the prince, such as "Pretty Woman".

Most of the literary and artistic love movies are unforgettable, such as "The Last Love" or the love between a man and a woman.

No matter how it changes, the theme of the movie is to praise beautiful love.

However, the movie released by LV Pictures goes in the opposite direction, pointing out the realistic and fragile part of love. This is like dissecting the beautiful love and exposing the ugliness of love.

It is undoubtedly a major challenge for a movie like this to win the support of the audience.

"Boss, what do you think of these problems?"

Chief producer Walter Meaney turned sideways and asked.

"Is there any problem with the quality of the movie?"

Duca touched his chin and asked.

"No, out of fifteen producers and production assistants, 10 people gave A-level evaluations, 2 were A+, and 3 were A-. Overall, everyone recognized the quality of this film very highly."

Producer Minnie looked at the opinion form he just received and said.

"Since everyone thinks it's good, there's no need to worry too much. We are a production company and we are only responsible for making high-quality movies. We don't have to worry about other things. We leave the box office issues to the audience."

Duca said slowly.

"good!"

Producer Mini nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

From "Reservoir Dogs" to "Unruly Skies" to "Basic Instinct" to "Mexican", these movies were all decided by Duca, and all of these movies have achieved good box office results.

This fully demonstrates that boss Duka has a sharp vision and keen judgment in investing in movies.

Now this "Immoral Deal" is also decided by the boss, and the quality of the movie has also been recognized by the boss, which gives him some expectations for the movie's box office.

"Walter, I'll leave the film distribution work to you. First find people from the six major distribution companies to watch the film. Whoever offers the best conditions will be the one we cooperate with."

"Okay boss!"

Waltermini nodded and said.

Generally, when a small independent production company distributes a movie, it needs to take the movie video tape, promote it everywhere, participate in film festivals, and beg grandparents and grandma, hoping to be noticed by people from several major distribution companies and sell it at a good price.

The first few movies produced by LV Pictures also did this.

But things changed later.

With several movies produced by LV Pictures selling well at the box office, people in the industry know that the movies produced by LV are of high quality and have the potential to become dark horses. It is definitely not a loss to cooperate with them. For example, Columbia Samsung has cooperated with LV several times.

, making tens of millions from several movies.

This also led to changes in the status of both parties.

LV Pictures has changed from a weak position to a strong one, from passive to active.

Every time the company has a new movie, the six major Hollywood distribution companies will take the initiative to seek cooperation, hoping to obtain the distribution rights of the new movie.

What LV Pictures needs to do here is to select a partner with the best conditions and more sincerity from these companies.

This kind of thing is not difficult to do, and it can be completely left to the supervisors Minnie and Rod Steiger, and Duca does not need to interfere too much.

"Mr. Kim!"

When leaving the screening room, actor Brad Pitt chased after him from behind, with a somewhat eager look on his young face.

Duca stopped and looked at him. Although Brad Pitt was twenty-nine years old, two years older than him, there was still a big gap compared to the masculine, domineering, mature and handsome screen appearance in later movies.

At this time, Pete was more youthful, shy or pretending to be shy, and his eagerness to get the upper hand and his ambition revealed in his expression were very consistent with the image of a young man.

"Peter, is something wrong?"

Duka put his pocket in his pocket and chuckled, while his secretary Yin Sabella stood aside holding the folder.

"Mr. Jin, I want to say thank you. Ever since I joined the crew, I have been looking for an opportunity to thank you in person. Thank you for giving me this role. This is the most important role I have ever played since I debuted. I

Thank you very much."

Brad Pitt said slightly excitedly.

"Haha, you're welcome. You are an actor with great potential. Come on, this won't be the last time we work together."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Jin, I will definitely perform well."

Brad Pitt said excitedly that it doesn't mean that this is the last collaboration, or that if a suitable role comes up in the future, he will be approached again. This is great news.

You must know that no actor in the industry does not want to cooperate with LV Pictures, especially a new actor like him.

"goodbye!"

"Goodbye Mr. Jin!"

Brad Pitt said quickly.

Duka smiled softly, turned around and left. When he was about to walk out of the aisle, Peter was still standing there paying attention.

Seeing Pitt like this, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He often hangs out with shameless guys like Keanu Reeves and Quentin, which makes him a billionaire who has no real character at all.

No one flatters or supports him, and he doesn't even know how high his status is in the industry.

In the future, we should take more care of those young actors and give them more opportunities. Guys like Quentin Keanu River, trying to flatter them is harder than killing them.

Back in the office, Duca took a sip of hot coffee and was about to sit down and play a little game when Quentin called in.

"Duka, are you busy? I have something to tell you."

"explain!"

Duka turned on the voiceover, leaned on the sofa and played the game while talking.

"Emm, it's like this. It's a matter of budget. The budget of 6 million for the first time seems not enough."

Quentin said hesitantly.

"...."

"Duka, are you listening? I didn't think carefully last time. I thought that this was my second film and I could use less film, but I only used 1/10 of it after just one week of shooting. The rest was definitely not enough.

.”

"How much does it cost!"

Duka asked with a dark face.

"Emm, how about another 1 million?"

"I'll give you two million, is that enough?"

"That's enough, haha, Duka, you are the most generous boss I have ever seen."

"Just Kang?"

"No, you also have a good vision. You can find me, the most potential and talented newcomer among tens of thousands of new directors. No one can match this."

"Haha~, thank you for the compliment. Now stop talking nonsense and go make your movie."

Duca hung up the phone with her heels, lay down and stretched in the sun, and continued playing games.

"Dear, I'm back."

After a while, Monica opened the door and walked into the office. She had long wavy hair and was wearing a blue suspender skirt. She smelled of sunshine.

“How is the post-production going on Age of Innocence?”

Duca put down the game console and asked.

After "The Age of Innocence" was completed in September, it was in post-production at the Los Angeles studio. Monica also played a small supporting role in the movie and went over to do the dubbing today.

"It's relatively slow. Director Scorsese is very strict in controlling every aspect. It probably won't be edited within this year."

Monica kicked off her high heels, poured a glass of white wine and leaned against her desk as she spoke.

"Then take your time and finish "Immoral Trading" first."

Duca picked up the game console and said.

“What about unethical dealings?”

"The production department gave it a 10 A rating."

"Wow, it's another good movie, dear, we are going to make money again, haha~"

Monica happily sat down against him, clicked a few random buttons on the game console, and killed the game.

Duca twitched his lips and said, "Don't always talk about making money. The purpose of making movies is for art and elegant things."

"Ha~, don't be ridiculous. I used to make movies for the sake of art. Since I learned from you, I have become obsessed with making money and have forgotten about artistic pursuits. My dear, have I fallen?

"

Monica hugged his neck and smiled.

"Yes, I accidentally fell into heaven."

Duca pinched the tip of her nose, then took out a game console, and the two of them played Double Mario online.

Monica was very bad at gaming, her fingers were clumsier than her feet, and she died a dozen times in a short while. Then she started acting up again, making trouble on the side, and became a sexy distraction.

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In the end, neither of them could finish the game, so he had to accompany Monica to go shopping and dance in the dance hall until late at night.

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