nightcrawler in los angeles

Chapter 93 What?Audrey Hepburn?
In the center of the concave-shaped waste land, a huge platform was built with discarded bricks and clods.

There are many desks neatly placed on the platform, and the things on the desks are very simple, a landline phone, a pen, a piece of paper, and a neatly stacked Citibank check slip.

Jin Xizhen, with a ponytail tied up, was speaking seriously to a girl: "After the meeting, we will have at least nearly 3000 people go out to find rental venues for us. Whenever the phone rings, you You need to record the venue reported on the other end of the phone, and if the price is less than 3000 US dollars, you can take the address you recorded to see Mr. West, and if the venue is suitable!"

"Mr. West will write you a check on the spot!"

"You take the check and the venue address you recorded and go to Mr. Sidney Pollack of the Motion Picture Association of America to ask him to arrange technicians and installation vehicles to install movie screens and projectors on site, understand?"

The girl covered her mouth when she heard Jin Xizhen's words and said cautiously: "Jin! I really can't do it. I'm so nervous. I'm really afraid that I'll cause you trouble later on."

When Jin Xizhen heard this sentence, he slapped the girl on the back and reprimanded him: "If you want to be called a smuggler for the rest of your life, go back to Koreatown!"

"Okay~"

When Jin Xizhen saw that the girl seemed to understand, she immediately turned her head and went to the next person for training.

Sophie Marceau looked very tired today, and she was very surprised when she knew that Tao Xi was going to open a theater company.

Although she has lived a happy life since being with Tao Xi, her career has not been easy, but fortunately she still bears the name of a "French girl", and some small producers are more welcome her.

For "love" Sophie Marceau is willing to do some regression.

After all, if two people really love each other, there must be one person who needs to pay, so for Tao Xi, Sophie Marceau did not put too much pressure on him.

But suddenly when she was resting alone, Tao Xi prominently appeared and threw the joint publishing contract of "007: Thunderbolt" on her dining table~
Sophie Marceau froze.

This is a movie joint distribution contract. Whether a movie can sell well depends on whether its distributor is willing to fully invest in the movie and fully promote the movie.

But why was Tao Xi able to win the distribution contract of [007 Series Movies]?Tao Xi is just a little boy who owns fifteen hot dog shops.

In a daze, Sophie Marceau met John Grant, the director of the 007 series of films, under the leadership of Tausi and a little old man named Peter Lamont.

John Gran, who was sitting upright, nodded in satisfaction the first time he saw Sophie Marceau's face: "If your little boyfriend can really help 007, I still have some suggestions from the top management of MGM. Right, as for that obsessive old man Andre, I will help you get rid of him!"

Sophie Marceau, who returned to the RV, cried!

This is crying with joy!

I'm wronged, I don't need to say it, but you have to know, if you really don't know, then you are not far from breaking up.

But when your boyfriend knows what's on your mind and also fulfills your girlfriend's wish, then this girl will definitely reward you with a lot of new knowledge when there is no one at night.

But Tao Xi didn't give her time, but dragged her to the scene to help Mr. Sidney of the American Film Association. The first time she saw Sidney Pollack, Sophie Marceau felt familiar.

When Peter Lamont, a little old man, poked his head out of the nanny's car and saw Sophie Marceau who was a little embarrassed, he waved to her and said, "Okay, don't stand under the car."

"This is Sidney Pollack, the director of "Eight Warriors of Kyburg". I once worked as an art coordinator in his crew."

"It just so happens that both of you are French, and he is also a member of the American Motion Picture Association. He is the person in charge of issuing the [Box Office Monitoring Machine] and [Ticket Sales Permit] to Tao Xi this time."

Sidney Pollack looked up at Sophie Marceau and then looked down at the script in his hand.

Sophie Marceau glanced lightly at the cover of the script [Into Africa]. She had heard of this movie before, and it was a biography of the Danish female writers Karen Brixen and Errol Terzebinski. !
But Andre once said by chance that because of the complexity of the biographies of these two people, no one is willing to take over the adaptation of this script.

"Hey! Sidney, I heard you're going to invite Audrey Hepburn in this movie, right?"

"You said that if you invited both the flower of England of the last century and the flower of France of this century to star in a movie at the same time, would it not only get you word of mouth but also earn a lot of dollars for Universal Pictures?"

Sophie Marceau suddenly became short of breath after hearing what the little old man said.

But Peter Lamont laughed when he saw Sidney Pollack's pupils constricted violently.

But soon Sydney Pollack, who was obsessed with the script, replied with a look of indifference: "My movie has already started shooting. If you didn't do everything possible to say that you were going to die, I would definitely not come back! If you This time I came back to let me see if you pretended to be dead, I will leave in a while, and I will leave my name badge for you before I leave, which will not affect the distribution of equipment for this cinema."

Peter Lamont snapped his fingers happily when he heard the friend who was many years older than him: "Hey! I knew you, an old guy, would not abandon me, but 007 is really important to us."

"If this theater chain is successfully opened, I will not only let my father go to Cary Grant's house as a guest, but also let old Mr. Cary Grant invite his beautiful neighbor next door as a guest."

"Oh! Fxxk! Peter, damn you!"

"I begged you for a long time to invite Ms. Audrey Hepburn to star in my movie, but you were unwilling to help me."

"Now you are so easy to promise me to ask Mr. Cary Grant to help me hire Ms. Audrey Hepburn for the sake of a little kid. I should really doubt the eight-year friendship between us!"

Peter Lamont saw his old friend Sidney Pollack jumping into a rage in the nanny car, Peter Lamont hurriedly stood up and helped him beat his chest, trying to calm him down: "Oh! Ah, Sidney, Hollywood has changed a long time ago.”

"The current independent art films need living space, and MGM, where I grew up, also needs living space, and the theater distributors can solve all these problems."

"If you can't let some independent theaters or commercial theaters accept your art film, your art film will be abandoned by the capital sooner or later, because no theater is willing to play your movie that only a few people watch every day!"

"In the long run! The cost of art films is rising year by year. Without the support of theaters, you will be eliminated sooner or later!"

"Now with this independent theater chain that has just risen, I don't want to give up, I want to try, understand me, and this girl only needs a supporting role."

Sidney Pollack, who had calmed down, threw the script in his hand at Sophie Marceau and stood up.

Sidney Pollack looked at the busy scene outside and said slowly: "It's just a drive-in theater that just started, and you haven't got what you want yet, so you just help him?"

Peter Lamont tilted his head and looked calmly at Tao Xi, who was waiting for the staff to arrive on the platform, and said, "Intuition! Just like no one in the outside world believes that you can let the screenwriter successfully knead four books into one." Same script!"

The atmosphere in the nanny's car was very depressing for a while, but Sophie Marceau stared at her with big eyes as if she had heard some gossip.

Sidney Pollack sighed heavily after a long time and said: "Peter, I hope you are right, my time is running out, the producers of Universal Pictures have already arrived in Kenya, and the day after tomorrow at the latest I'm going to Kenya to start filming, if Audrey Hepburn"

"Ms. Audrey is very interested in your script. If Universal Pictures can consider strengthening the treatment of Ms. Audrey Hepburn, I believe she will go. After all, she likes the script very much."

Sidney Pollack was furious when he heard Peter Lamont's words: "Oh! Damn! I should really educate you with a piece of wood like I did when I was young. Since you have already given the script to Audrey Hepburn, why not let her come!"

"Universal Pictures didn't give you a lot of budget, did it?" Peter Lamont looked at his year-end friend with disdain.

Sidney Pollack was taken aback when he heard this sentence, but soon he shook his head helplessly and gave a wry smile. That's right, there is no way to recover the cost of film production without the participation of American theaters, let alone Ms. Audrey Hepburn was invited in.

In fact, what Sidney Pollack didn't know was that Audrey Hepburn had been engaged in public welfare undertakings in recent years. If he could really meet Ms. Audrey Hepburn in person, maybe Audrey Hepburn Women can star in movies at a reduced salary, because in the 80s, Africa really needs help in the eyes of Audrey Hepburn.

If there is a movie that can make the outside world recognize Africa, Audrey will be very willing.

However, Sidney Pollack's starting point is different. He is a director first, and an artist second. If Universal Pictures loses money because of inviting Audrey Hepburn, he doesn't want to see it.

As a director, the biggest fear is that the movie you shoot will not be able to earn back the principal for your investors.

Unfortunately, Sidney Pollack is the director who did not earn the principal for the people behind him in the previous few films. If an art film is sold only on CD channels and copyrights, it will be difficult for the film to pay back.

It was this misunderstanding of thinking that made him give up on the participation of Audrey Hepburn.

Sidney Pollack turned his head and glanced at Sophie Marceau and said calmly: "I know you, this is a deal between your boyfriend and MGM."

"I don't want to get involved, but I'd like to give you a chance. There is also a role of Mrs. Belfield in my script. You can read the script and we'll try it out later."

Peter Lamont couldn't help turning his body sideways and pouting his lips after hearing the words of his long-lost friend, and muttered to himself: "Cultural people really want to face the pain!"

The position of the nanny car is very good. He is very far from the platform. On the left side of the platform, there are seven huge Mark trucks parked. Each Mark truck has the letters [MPAA] on the side. [MPAA] is the abbreviation of Motion Picture Association of America.

There are a lot of expensive movie screens and projectors stacked on top of the truck.

The profits of the Motion Picture Association of America come from the income of membership fees and the sale of film patents on the one hand, and on the other hand, from the rental of movie playback equipment to movie theaters. These movie equipment will be charged according to the size of the movie theater and the number of seats.

If you are an independent theater, the Motion Picture Association of America will give you some subsidies, and you can settle in at $2000 per device. [Neill United Cinemas] got this kind of support with the help of Peter Lamont.

Tao Xi watched more and more people below the platform, and Tao Xi was also very happy. This was the first time he directed such a large-scale operation.

Nearly 2000 people from the Blood Gang wanted to participate, and nearly a few hundred people from the sewers wanted to participate. As for those who heard the news and wanted to participate, Tao Xi did not restrain them.

Because the lease contract was printed out by Old West after several times of review by a lawyer, as long as someone came in to collect it from him and sign a contract with the other party, he could send someone to the site to deliver a check to install the equipment.

Of course, the trucks of the Motion Picture Association of America will not cooperate, and Tao Xi needs to hire a team to pull people, equipment and technical staff to help.

Old West's former transportation service provider participated in it, with a total of 470 4-wheel pickup trucks on standby.

Tao Xi glanced at the microphone that Jin Xizhen handed him, and was a little nervous. Jin Xizhen saw Tao Xi's cowardly expression and patted him on the back of the head: "You are not afraid of bullets and bullets, let you speak a few words with the microphone So, what are you afraid of?"

"I'm just a little nervous!" Tao Xi glanced at the growing crowd below and rubbed his fingers vigorously.

Jin Xizhen turned his head and glanced at Tao Xi and ignored him, and walked towards the group of little girls not far away.

"Harm! Just say it!"

"Isn't it just to say a few words!"

Tao Xi glanced at the crowd below the platform that was still rushing in, and couldn't help shrinking his neck.

Standing near the abandoned factory to maintain order, Prince Shea commanded several Los Angeles police officers with a green face. Today is his last day of duty at the Los Angeles Police Station.

"Hey! Prince! Shouldn't you go back to Buffalo to report to your parents about your recent situation?"

Rookie policeman Prince replied shyly, "I'm here today to thank you, and I'm leaving tomorrow. I should have a few days to rest."

(End of this chapter)