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Yang Rui had only been in Los Angeles for three days when he unexpectedly saw the script for the movie "Lost in Translation."

This film was actually tailor-made for Bill Murray by director and screenwriter Sofia Coppola, who even produced it herself. However, this is only her second film, so there is no investment at all.

Yang Rui didn't know the specific situation. It had been five years since he was reborn in 1997, and some unimportant memories had gradually faded away. He only remembered that Scarlett became famous through this. If Scarlett knew how popular this movie was supposed to be for her, she would be devastated.

Sofia asked many people for investment, and also asked Jennifer Aniston. The cost was only three million, and she planned to provide another one million.

Jennifer is not interested because this is a literary film that does not seem to have any financial potential. The plot is mainly about marriage and mid-life crisis. No matter how you look at it, the investment will be in vain.

Yang Rui happened to be present when Jennifer received the call. He asked for the phone number, invited Sophia to dinner with Stana, and expressed his willingness to invest.

Yang Rui readily agreed to Sophia's request. After learning that there were difficulties in filming with a cost of 4 million, he took the initiative to invest more.

"I can invest 6 million and recommend a well-known actress. Her salary can be divided into shares after the movie is released."

"Do you want to recommend her?" Sofia looked at Stana again and asked in surprise.

"That's right." Yang Rui wants to win this role.

Sofia smiled and said: "Great, I will definitely make this movie."

Yang Rui was a little surprised that she agreed so readily.

In fact, in Yang Rui's previous life, Sophia asked Scarlett Johansson to make this movie.

It's not because of Scarlett's outstanding acting skills, but because it's cheap and there's the relationship factor. Scarlett was not famous at that time and was not suitable for her age and movie role.

The heroine Charlotte is a young and beautiful college graduate who is in her prime of youth. She married a photographer and accompanied her husband to Tokyo, only to find that her husband was completely immersed in his work and almost ignored her.

Since you have graduated and got married, you must be at least 22 years old, but Scarlett was not yet 18 when the photo was taken. Stana is 24 years old this year and has just graduated from college.

More importantly, "Resident Evil" has allowed Stana to accumulate a lot of popularity. Coupled with the identity of Yang Rui's girlfriend, it will definitely attract more movie fans, and the chance of protecting the box office will be greater.

Now Sophia only hopes that the film can break even, and Yang Rui is willing to invest twice as much as she expected. She is confident that the film will be successful, but literary films have never had box office.

Yang Rui didn't know how much the final box office was, but he remembered that this film had won numerous awards, and that Stana would become even more popular, so he had to invest in it. Even if the six million dollars were lost, it would still be worth it.

Stana's life has completely changed. The movie will be filmed in Japan in the second half of the year. When she comes back from filming, the sequel to "Resident Evil" will also start filming.

Jennifer's Plan B company has already started planning "Resident Evil 2", but they haven't decided whether the script will be based on the game or original. If you look at the game, with Leon, Claire and Alice, there are a lot of characters. If it is original, judging from the comments from fans, many people want to see Lyon again.

Yang Rui proposed to film it as a game and find someone else to play Lyon, and Claire would not appear. In his previous life, the plot of the movie version of "Resident Evil 2" could only be regarded as a makeshift, and the changes starting from the third episode were messy and unwatchable.

Usually, North American box office and investment ratio is 2:1 before it starts to make a profit. Film producers, distribution companies, theaters, and film crews all share the box office. The ancillary products surrounding the movie, such as posters and DVDs, can make a lot of money in foreign countries. Many small-scale movies are directly released on DVD abroad, which makes more money than going to theaters. Relying on the box office hit of "Resident Evil", Yang Rui made a fortune.

He has a share of the Tongue reality show, plus six advertising endorsements, profits from Facebook, salary as a coach, etc. Yang Rui is currently worth more than 50 million U.S. dollars. There is no pressure on him to spend 6 million. Recently, an additional 20 million was invested in Facebook to upgrade its social platform and gaming platform to attract more users.

Facebook currently dominates North America in the social field and is present in many foreign countries. However, the U.S. stock market was in a recession after 9/11, and there are no plans to go public in the short term.

Yang Rui knows that he will become richer and richer in the future, so changing the plot of the movie is not a problem at all. He is not afraid of losing money.

The only thing that gives Yang Rui a headache is Scarlett's current situation. He proposed a reality show, which made Scarlett become fat, and now he has robbed Scarlett of her movie role.

How can this be a good friend? He clearly has a grudge against Si Pang.

Yang Rui vowed to compensate her for everything in the future.

Thomas Bentley also arrived in Los Angeles and played with Yang Rui and others until the end of August before returning to the company's headquarters in Silicon Valley; Jennifer also started to be busy, filming "Fake God" with Jim Carrey; Stana was preparing for the new film and honing her acting skills.

Yang Rui went to Washington alone and rented a luxury apartment near the arena, with only one bedroom and one living room. He doesn't want to buy a villa for the time being because he rarely stays at home and doesn't like cleaning.

The top of the apartment is equipped with an outdoor swimming pool and a large leisure area, offering unobstructed views of the Capitol Hill. In addition, there are two levels of underground parking and a bicycle parking area for residents. The apartment is directly connected to the community park, and has a gym, business center, cafe, etc.

After leaving the apartment, it only takes him more than half an hour to walk to the MCI Center Arena, where he can work out whether he is walking or riding a bicycle.

Yang Rui is a person who doesn't like driving a car, which is very similar to Stana. Unless he is making a big purchase, he always travels by bicycle, which is a major feature.

Others on the team also came to Washington one after another.

D'Antoni's family moved and rented a small villa, and Jeff Hornacek became neighbors with him in the same community. As the youngest child in the family, Abby lived with her parents and transferred to Washington.

She had two choices. She could go to Michigan to be with her grandfather, a basketball coach, and her older brother, Tyler. But after filming the reality show, Abby felt that following Yang Rui would be a good thing, so she chose Washington.

Yang Rui’s ability to attract children is extraordinary. When chatting online, Nina Dobrev was very envious after learning that Abby had filmed a reality show, and also wanted to come to Washington. But no one in her family works in the basketball world, so of course it is impossible to agree to such a request.

Hornacek met with the players in Washington in advance and spent a day guiding them in shooting and learning all the essentials of shooting. After that, they continued to practice on their own. During the training camp, the coaching staff will check the training results.

Yang Rui asked: "You don't need to practice anything else. Just practice shooting to save your energy, because in this training camp, we are going to conduct special training, and you will have time to run."

Jordan is very happy that Yang Rui is like this. In the past, there were always reports in the media that Yang Rui arranged for the training intensity to be the lowest among all coaches. Jordan has always believed that strong teams are trained and must work hard to succeed.

There are too many newcomers in the team. If we want to cooperate well, the amount of training must not be low. Yang Rui believed that they could withstand the test, and he was looking for people who were particularly good at running.

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