Hollywood Road

"Can I keep a copy of this?"

Looking at Gal Gadot's delicate face full of apology and regret, Natalie Portman closed the script and asked, "Is it okay?"

"I'm really sorry. A novel\u003e \u003c≤\u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c≤≦≦\u003c\u003c\u003c\u003c" Gal Gadot is not like girls of this age, who will write everything on his face, excellent cover-up Containing emotions, "Before I came, Murphy specifically told me to take back the copy of the script. Now the project is still in the confidential stage..."

Natalie Portman pushed the script over, "It's okay."

Gal Gadot smiled apologetically, picked up the script and put it in the bag.

After drinking the remaining coffee in the cup, Natalie Portman suggested, "Let's go for a walk."

At this moment, Gal Gadot really wanted to find an excuse to leave, no longer facing this abnormally perfect face, but went to Murphy and told him everything he encountered today.

But she still nodded and agreed, "Let's go, I just want to buy some clothes, you can help me with my advice."

The two talked and laughed, and walked out of the cafe together as if there was no difference from when they came.

After shopping around the street and having lunch together, Gal Gadot has never cheered up like this, and he is more motivated than when he participated in the Miss Universe contest.

She has an independent personality, and the idea of ​​going back to Murphy just turned around in her head before being thrown into the Rocky Mountains.

Gal Gadot knows very well that Murphy is preparing for "The Gone Girl" and is extremely busy with work. She shouldn't let this little thing bother him, and she can't live forever under the protection of her mother and Murphy. Learn to grow up and mature, and as Murphy becomes more and more successful, people like Natalie Portman will definitely meet again in the future. If you can't get into trouble, just retreat yourself, right?

She knew that Murphy had never been afraid of trouble, nor was she afraid of fighting, and she was not afraid either. Now that she met such a woman, she should hone herself and gain some experience.

Besides, she has nothing to lose compared to Natalie Portman.

Accompanying Gal Gadot into one fashion store after another, Natalie Portman is very patient and uses what she has learned from the stylist to point out Gal Gadot from time to time, which is very similar A very caring friend.

When trying on clothes alone in the fitting room,

Gal Gadot got another call from Murphy.

"You came out?" She smiled happily, "Is Nat shopping for clothes with me?"

"Well, here I am."

In CAA's reception room, Murphy was sitting on the sofa, "Bill has gone out to pick up someone, and he will probably be back in a while."

He asked concerned, "Are you all right?"

In the past, Gal Gadot might not have understood it, but now she understands the meaning of Murphy's words, "We are fine, don't worry."

Even though Natalie Portman wasn't around, she didn't say much, obviously not wanting to disturb Murphy with these trivial matters.

After hanging up the phone with Gal Gadot, after waiting for a short while, the door of the reception room was pushed open from the outside, and Bill Rosses walked in with a person.

Murphy stood up, looked past Bill Rosses, and landed on the somewhat familiar face behind him, who was so young that he seemed to be younger than himself.

This is the guy who wants to invest in his own movie?

Bill Rossis had already brought the young man with the short blonde hair over, and offered to introduce the two of them, "David, this is Murphy, Murphy Stanton, the most promising young man in Hollywood." Director. Murphy, this is David, David Ellison, founder of the Sky Film Fund."

"Hello, David." Murphy reached out his hand actively. David Ellison was not as young as his age, so he took a step forward and shook his hand firmly, "Hello, Murphy, I am Your loyal fan, your "Sin City" and "Planet Terror", I have seen each of them more than three times."

Murphy laughed, "It's my honor."

While speaking, Murphy saw Bill Rosses gesture to him, and nodded imperceptibly, indicating that he knew who the young man opposite was.

"Let's sit down and talk." Bill Rosses beckoned the two of them to sit casually, and had three more cups of coffee delivered.

Sitting together, the three of them chatted for a while, and the topics involved were basically movies and private equity funds. Murphy could tell that David Ellison was different from the second-generation super rich in his impression, although some ideas were very different. Sentimental, even a little naive, but it shows a certain ambition and ambition, and there is no such arrogance, domineering, ignorant words and deeds.

Perhaps the private David Ellison would look different, but someone who has received an elite education since childhood would never act like an ignorant and idiot in this situation.

"Murphy, Bill showed me your script and plan." David Ellison tried hard not to appear like a rookie, "It's a very interesting story, I can imagine that it will become a reality in your hands." It's going to be a really good movie."

"We have enough confidence in this project." Murphy seemed very confident. "My Stanton studio and my partner, 20th Century Fox, are currently a little tight on the funding chain, so they are preparing for external financing."

Bill Rosses added, "We've been approached by a number of banks and foundations."

This is the real situation. Murphy has "Deadpool" as a big hit, so the new work will naturally be expected by many people, and investors are no exception. Many investors and foundations have contacted Stanton Studio , but this is only the initial intention, and Murphy has to choose the most suitable condition from among them.

David Ellison held a huge amount of money, but couldn't find a suitable investment project. He met Bill Rossis after several introductions. Although he was young, he had studied at the USC Film Academy. I also have a little understanding of the situation here, knowing that Hollywood has never been short of liars, and those unfamiliar crews who use projects to cheat money can catch a lot.

Therefore, he is more cautious in choosing projects. With CAA and Murphy Stanton, there will definitely not be too many problems in this project.

But while considering investment security, he also has some ideas of his own.

"Director Stanton, I want to ask." David Ellison wrinkled his nose, "Can you add some flying scenes to the film?"

Hearing this, Murphy had the urge to roll his eyes, and Bill Rosses looked over.

"This is a drama," Murphy refused without hesitation, "not a flight war movie."

He frowned slightly. If the other party insisted on this request, he could only be excluded. Although this would lose a person who was willing to invest, but with his current reputation, it would not be difficult to find other investors.

"Oh..." David Ellison scratched his head, "Do you plan to make war films in the future? Especially war films with aircraft and air combat."

This guy really has an unusual obsession with airplanes.

Murphy shook his head, "Probably not, I'm not good at war movies."

David Ellison patted the sand rail lightly, seemingly regretting it.

But after his emotional side, he revealed his rational side. After dropping out of USC Film Academy in the first half of this year, he took a huge sum of money and wanted to enter Hollywood with great ambitions, but the situation was far from expected Simple, the well-known projects of the six major companies are not short of funds, and the projects of small companies are not guaranteed, and there may be investment traps. The Sky Film Foundation has been established for more than three months, and it has not even found a suitable project.

In the end, it was my father who made the move and asked an old friend for help. The other party introduced him to caa, and only then did he come across such a project that seemed quite reliable.

It's just that there is no air combat, no aircraft in the project... These are all things that make him unsatisfied.

However, compared to opening up the situation and actually going to Hollywood, the planes and aerial combat are not so important.

Thinking of this, David Ellison turned to the topic, "Murphy, I heard that "Gone Girl" still has a funding gap of 15 million US dollars, and my Sky Film Fund intends to invest."

"There is indeed a funding gap." Murphy thought for a while and said, "The project also needs external financing to solve the remaining funding problem."

Looking at the young David Ellison, Murphy's thinking kept turning. This man is undoubtedly a real local tyrant. He vaguely remembered reading some news on the Internet. It was rumored that Larry Ellison was in When David Ellison dropped out of school and entered Hollywood, he handed over a sum of hundreds of millions of dollars to him in order to allow him to start a career.

David Ellison did a great job later, but in the early stage, every investment can be called a super failure. It seems that in order to open up the situation, he kept throwing huge sums of money, but he didn’t pursue returns very much. The ridicule of many people.

It was in the failed investments that seemed to be very prodigal one after another, David Ellison accumulated valuable experience, which led to his later success.

Murphy feels that the bottom line of this initial investment may be very low, as long as the project is relatively reliable and not too pursuit of profit.

Thinking of this, he decided to test it out, "David, I have reached an agreement with Kara Firth, the person in charge of the 20th Century Fox project. The external funds introduced by "Gone Girl" are mainly in the form of loans."

A loan also means that the investor will not participate in the profit sharing of the film, but only get the interest stipulated in the contract.

This is also common in Hollywood investments. After all, no one can guarantee that a film will be profitable. Loans are more stable and insurance than participating in revenue sharing.

David Ellison wrinkled his nose again, seemingly thinking.

"If you've read the script, you should be able to see that this is a small project that is biased towards the plot," Murphy gave Bill Rosses a wink, and continued, "The main direction of attack in the future is also the awards season, so it is impossible to start a project." Pay too high interest.” (To be continued.)