Hollywood Road

Mr. Zhou's restaurant is located in a luxurious area of ​​Beverly Hills. It is a Chinese restaurant frequented by Hollywood stars. It's not that the food here is good, but that the restaurant refuses reporters to enter, let alone anyone to take pictures. A space that looks very private, so it is favored by Hollywood stars.

The dishes of any country must be properly improved if they want to be widely spread overseas. Mr. Zhou's restaurant is no exception. In the eyes of Murphy, the Chinese food they serve can only be said to be neither fish nor fowl, except that the dishes have been Westernized. In addition, a typical Western-style meal sharing system is implemented, which does not seem to be particularly different from Western food.

Murphy and the others sat around a round dining table, chatting while eating.

"How is the studio's project with Netflix?" Robert Downey Jr. swallowed the beef in his mouth and asked Murphy, "Is the filming finished?"

"I don't know the exact progress."

Since the Oscars, Murphy has focused all his energy on "Dark City", "You should ask Gail about these things."

Gal Gadot also serves as the producer of "House of Cards". Hearing Murphy's words, he ended his whisper with Margot Robbie and said, "It is still filming, and Paul Wilson has brought the whole The crew went to Washington to shoot exterior scenes, and it is estimated that by the end of this year, all the shooting of the first season will be over, and Netflix plans to launch this series next fall."

"On Netflix's website?" James Franco asked curiously, "Aren't you going through the channel of the TV station?"

These are Gal Gadot's contact with Netflix, she nodded, "The premiere must be on Netflix's website, we will see the situation later."

If the series can be popular, it will not be a problem for other TV stations to purchase the rights to play it later. If the response is not satisfactory, even if Stanton Studios and Netflix want to push "House of Cards" to the TV station, it will be quite difficult.

"By the way," Margot Robbie asked curiously at this time, "Who did the crew finally choose as the heroine?"

"Robin White." Gal Gadot reminded her with a puzzled expression, "The actress who played the leading role in "Forrest Gump" back then."

Margot Robbie remembered who she was, and nodded knowingly, "So it's Forrest Gump's girlfriend."

The people who sat together were all their own people, and the atmosphere of the dinner was quite good. Several people were talking about topics of interest to each other, especially some gossip and scandals in the circle.

"Have you heard?" Margot Robbie said mysteriously, "Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis broke up because of a third party."

"A third party?" James Franco was also well informed, and asked, "You're not talking about Amber Heard, are you?"

Gal Gadot asked slightly surprised, "Isn't Amber Heard gay?"

Margot Robbie shrugged, "Maybe still bisexual."

She picked up the water glass and took a sip, then said, "In short, Johnny Depp is completely fascinated by Amber Heard, and it is said that he is ready to propose to her, but Amber Heard Always keep Johnny Depp at arm's length."

Robert Downey Jr. stroked his chin, and said, "A young lesbian, looking for a notorious old man..."

"It may be to cast a long fishing line," Murphy guessed wildly, "to catch the big fish Johnny Depp."

"You people." Gal Gadot shook his head again and again, "Why can't it be because of love?"

Even though that's what she said, even Gal Gadot herself didn't believe what she just said.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." James Franco took the initiative to change the subject and asked Murphy, "Are you interested in Sony Columbia Pictures?"

"There is such a thing." Murphy didn't need to deny it in front of these people, "It's just a preliminary idea."

Robert Downey Jr. thought for a moment and said, "Sony Columbia Pictures has not performed well in recent years.

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"It has been ranked first among the six major companies for several consecutive years." Gal Gadot continued, "But this year the situation has improved, and "The Amazing Spider-Man" was just released in July."

Murphy didn't pay attention to this at all before, and asked, "How is the box office?"

"It's not bad." Margot Robbie replied first, "The opening weekend in North America was more than 62 million US dollars. At present, the cumulative box office in North America has exceeded 200 million US dollars, and the global box office seems to have more than 500 million US dollars."

James Franco shook his head, "Very ordinary, this is Spider-Man!"

Obviously, Sony Columbia Pictures over-consumed Spider-Man, resulting in "The Amazing Spider-Man" box office performance is far worse than the old "Spider-Man" trilogy.

"The worse the performance of The Amazing Spider-Man..." Robert Downey Jr. is a sensible man, "the more likely it is that Sony Entertainment will lose Columbia Pictures."

Murphy sighed, "Even if Sony Entertainment wants to sell Columbia Pictures, it will cost a lot of money."

Not to mention anything else, just the copyright of "Spider-Man" and the James Bond series requires a lot of money. Although Murphy is now rich, a company of Sony Columbia Pictures' scale does not mean that he wants to It can be easily obtained by taking it down.

Moreover, it is not certain whether Sony Entertainment will spin off Sony Columbia Pictures.

Others also understand this reality, and know that they can hardly help in this regard. Compared with Murphy, their assets are far worse.

Murphy also knows this. Although people here like Robert Downey Jr. and James Franco are paid a lot of money and have a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars, most of them are real estate such as real estate and stocks, not real estate. cash flow.

And as a Hollywood superstar, the income is very high, and the expenses are also quite large.

Take Robert Downey Jr. as an example. Like all Hollywood superstars, his private life is extremely extravagant. His spending on consumption, let alone ordinary people, is enough to make many second-tier stars dumbfounded.

According to Murphy's knowledge, his good friend spends about 20,000 US dollars a month just to buy wine; not to mention the 9 apartments under his name, he once spent 45 million US dollars for It is to fully decorate and renovate these apartments; the purchase and refurbishment cost of his private yacht is as high as 13 million US dollars.

As a superstar, Robert Downey Jr.’s luxurious life is far more than this. He only takes a private jet every time he flies, and has his own requirements for the model and level, which adds 200,000 US dollars to his monthly aircraft maintenance. The bodyguards around him and his family are available 24 hours a day, with a monthly expenditure of 150,000 US dollars; in addition, Downey is also an avid collector, and his collection covers Hollywood movie stars, artworks, jewelry, guitars, etc. On the one hand, he covers a wide range of fields. He owns more than 200 art collections, including works by Andy Warhol, worth millions of dollars. He is also keen on collecting Hollywood movie stars such as Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando. These souvenirs are extremely expensive and rare, with a total value of millions of dollars, and 12 warehouses are needed for storage, and the storage cost alone is as high as one million.

In addition to hard expenses, Robert Downey Jr. also spends favors from time to time. For example, a few years ago, a childhood friend of Robert Downey Jr. passed away. According to the will of the other party, he spent 2 million US dollars to salute his ashes launched into the air...

Together, Murphy and Gal Gadot spend about $200,000 to $300,000 a month, but Robert Downey Jr. basically spends about $1 million a month in private .

Of course, with Robert Downey Jr.'s current income level, these are not particularly many, and compared with the same level such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt For others, it is also a bit inferior.

The dinner lasted until about nine o'clock in the evening. Murphy returned to Waves Manor and specifically told Gal Gadot to pay close attention to the developments of Sony Columbia Pictures, as if he remembered correctly, "The Amazing Spider-Man" The first part made Sony Columbia's performance a little bit better, but the second part was absolutely a disaster, with huge losses, causing Sony Columbia Pictures to directly cut off the "Amazing Spider-Man" series.

Maybe then there will be a chance?

Under the current Hollywood rules and general environment, it is simply unrealistic to create a company that will grow into the Big Six. The best way is to directly acquire the Big Six just like Sony Entertainment and Viacom entered the market back then. one of the companies.

Murphy sees clearly that after the relatively good development in the early 1970s and 1990s, with the over-consumption of "Spiderman" and other series of films, Sony Columbia Pictures is the only opportunity for him and Stanton Studios.

Gail Gadot will take care of this matter, and Murphy is still focusing on filming. By late September, news came from 20th Century Fox that "Diego Ross" Officially released from the North American and overseas markets, this film took advantage of the Oscar halo effect, and after nearly ten months of ultra-long screenings, it finally earned 132.78 million US dollars from North America.

Including overseas box office gains, the global box office of this film has reached a total of 285.65 million US dollars!

No matter how you look at it, "Diego Ross" can be regarded as an extremely successful movie. Although Twentieth Century Fox has not yet sent an account statement, it is inevitable that Stanton Studio will make huge profits.

At the same time, the filming of "Dark City" is still going on, and Margot Robbie also joined the filming. Her role is the most mysterious in the crew, but Margot Robbie's status is very adjusted. Well, a few scenes with Henry Cavill were pretty good.

Seeing that Margot Robbie's performance is getting better and better, Murphy simply moved forward several difficult scenes, including the direct confrontation between Jay Rachel and the magician. (To be continued..) u For more exciting novels, welcome to visit our Reading Academy