Hollywood starts with a broker

Evening at the Ritz Hotel restaurant.

Aaron Anderson and Luc Besson sat opposite each other, enjoying dinner.

“Speaking of food, France is the most exquisite and delicious. In all of Europe and America, only Italian food can compare!”

Aaron took a sip of wine and said.

Luc Besson smiled, “On this point, it is indeed true. Not to mention the dark cuisine of England, German food is also too rough.”

“As for America, I only remember hot dogs and hamburgers.”

Aaron looked up, “By the way, the market share of French films seems to be getting lower and lower, right?”

“Yes, the impact of Hollywood is too great. How can French art films compete?”

Luc Besson shook his head, somewhat sighing.

As an oddball among French directors, the commercial elements in Luc Besson's works are always criticized by many French filmmakers, who say he is an anomaly.

But he himself believes that if you want to enhance the influence of French films, the first thing to do is to resist the invasion of Hollywood.

And if you want to compete with Hollywood, there is nothing better than using Hollywood's methods to fight against Hollywood movies!

“Then, do you have any plans to film in Hollywood now?”

For native French filmmakers, although Luc Besson's works have a strong commercial flavor, for Hollywood, his works are mixed with an indelible French artistic style.

After hearing this, Luc Besson looked at Aaron and smiled, “Hollywood does fit my ideas…”

Inside the Ritz Hotel bar, after Sophie Marceau saw Luc Besson leave, the two returned to the hotel room, and she asked her lover, “So, are you going to cooperate?”

“I don’t know?” Aaron smiled, “But he should go to Hollywood to film.”

“Hollywood is the center of commercial films. If he wants to resist Hollywood, he must learn Hollywood's methods!”

After returning to the room, Aaron sat on the sofa, pulled the girl into his arms, “Have you thought about it? When will you come back to America with me?”

Sophie Marceau affectionately wrapped her arms around the man's neck, “Aren’t you going to ask me how things are with Andrzej Żuławski?”

“Well, do I need to ask?” Aaron kissed Sophie Marceau's beautiful face, “Am I not better than a 50-year-old sloppy old man?”

“A young, handsome and talented Hollywood new producer, or a Polish Jewish controversial film director?”

“Okay, you’re getting the advantage and still acting innocent. You have another French lover!”

Sophie Marceau lay on the man, “Andrzej is preparing to return to Poland. We’ve known each other for seven years, it’s normal to end the relationship.”

“And Hollywood is the world’s film center, I always have to go and see it, but I won’t go there now, wait for me for a while!”

Aaron nodded, reached into the girl's clothes, feeling the softness, “I’ll arrange it after I go back, and then I’ll call you directly.”

“Okay,” Sophie Marceau breathed softly, “Carry me to the bathroom!”

That night, Aaron thoroughly felt Sophie Marceau's wildness, the charm of a French woman was fully displayed…

By the time Aaron returned to Los Angeles, it was already mid-September.

The North American box office of "Ghost" also exceeded 200 million US dollars, and the second box office split of 38 million US dollars was also transferred to the Dawn account.

At the same time, because Aaron needed cash, the North American videotape and TV broadcasting rights of "Ghost" were also sold to Columbia TriStar for 45 million US dollars in cash!

With the overseas income of "Ghost" not yet credited, Aaron now has more than 90 million US dollars in cash on hand.

Subsequently, Aaron purchased two luxury villas in Bel Air and Pacific Palisades in Santa Monica, spending 11 million US dollars.

“So big, so beautiful,” Nicole Kidman is Aaron's woman on the surface. After Aaron went to the set of "Sleepless in Seattle" to inspect, he specially returned to Los Angeles with Nicole Kidman from Seattle for the weekend.

The seaside villa in Palisades can enjoy the Pacific Ocean view, and is also not far from Sunset Beach and Will Rogers State Beach!

“It’s good that you like it,” Aaron hugged Nicole Kidman with a look of doting.

“This is much more private and quieter than the small apartment in West Hollywood.”

Because of the popularity of "Ghost", Nicole Kidman is already popular, no longer the Hollywood little transparent before, and needs better privacy.

Nicole Kidman strolled through the entire house, inside and out, declaring her privileges as the hostess!

“I want to redecorate some places.”

There is nothing wrong with a first release!

Nicole Kidman needs a viewing room that fits her aesthetics.

“Do whatever you want, let’s go out and eat something!”

Aaron didn't care, anyway, Nicole Kidman can decorate however she wants next.

On the other hand, the villa in the Bel Air community has a minimalist style decoration, which Aaron prefers, and he can move in with his bags!

After arriving at an Italian restaurant near Sunset Beach, Nicole Kidman reminded: “The neighboring Malibu area has just been incorporated, and a city council has been formed and city councilors have been elected.”

“Malibu, that’s a good place, many celebrities have properties there, it’s a pretty good investment!”

Aaron looked north along Pacific Coast Highway 1, Malibu, indeed, has just been incorporated.

With the revenue from "Ghost", Dawn was immediately full of vitality, and a production budget of 25 million US dollars was injected into the "Indecent Proposal" project!

At the same time, the green light was given to Steven Spielberg's project "Schindler's List", and the international distribution rights were handed over to Universal's UIP (United International Pictures).

Universal, of course, has nothing to say about Steven Spielberg, and only charges a 10% distribution commission for "Schindler's List" as remuneration.

“Liam Neeson?”

In the office of Dawn Pictures, Aaron saw Spielberg's choice of male lead and had no objection.

“Okay, the production budget of 20 million US dollars is not a big problem, let Spielberg take the lead on "Schindler's List"!”

Esselin Baker nodded, “Director Spielberg has gone to Poland to find filming locations, and seems to want to build a studio on the site of the former Auschwitz concentration camp.”

“The Polish city of Krakow, right,” Aaron doesn’t care about these things. Now the Soviet Union is almost disintegrating, and various member states have announced their independence one after another.

Moreover, Poland became an independent republic last year, and the economic conditions are quite poor, and the labor is of course extremely cheap. It’s also good for "Schindler's List" to shoot there!