Best Actor

    "That's right, well, I see." This is the answer given by Zoe after listening to Sean's explanation.

    Naomi doesn't care about dating Katie in the newspaper, and Jordana and Camilla both know about it, so the only thing that will react to it is Zoe, I still remember the three chapters of the original contract very clearly.

    In the end, Sean racked his brains to come up with an excuse, and even planned to use the role of integration to cover up his own scene - the truth is true - it was useless at all, and Zooey said she knew after listening to the explanation , and then there is no more text. Of course, she looked at herself for a long time before speaking, so that Sean had to try to look like this, maybe she noticed something?

    Anyway, she is getting more and more unable to guess this girl, and sometimes even thinks that she is a little neurotic, probably all who like mysticism? However, Zooey, who doesn't look too loud, is really cute.

      Suspicious, but also the only option for now.

    With Jessica's promise, there should be no big problems in personal life, as long as you tell Sanders and Frederick, then they will naturally arrange everything, even though the agent will pay The power was handed over reluctantly, but was very cooperative when needed. Next, the most test-taking plot of "The Aviator" came to an end. Even though Sean was the protagonist in the protagonist, Scorsese gave him two days of vacation, and then the matter on the "New York Post" side was temporarily It also takes time, so Sean came to his production company after a break to discuss things with Vladimir.

    "Todd?" Sean pushed the door directly into the office. As the chairman of the company, he had a good relationship with Vladimir, so he rarely greeted him.

      temperament.

    "Sorry, I don't know..." Sean quickly apologized and made a gesture to go out.

    "It doesn't matter, I've already talked about my business." The woman smiled, then got up to say goodbye.

    But Vladimir stopped her: "Please wait."

    Then turned to look at Sean: "You came just in time, Sean, let me introduce, this is Ms. Sofia Coppola."

    Sofia Coppola? Fortunately, Sean has been looking at the relevant information of the company these days, and he quickly remembered who the other party was, and immediately extended his hand and smiled: "Nice to meet you, Ms. Coppola, I heard that "Lost in Translation" is in The Venice Film Festival has been well received, and congratulations on proving once again."

    "Thank you." Sophia suddenly smiled.

    Speaking of which, Sofia Coppola, as the daughter of the great director Francis Coppola, although she began to shuttle between various studios at a very young age, has suffered many setbacks in her career. For example, when old Coppola wanted to support her as an actor, he did not hesitate to replace Winona Ryder, who was supposed to play the old godfather's daughter, in the third part of "The Godfather", and handed the role to Sofia.

    Unfortunately, Sophia has almost no talent in this area. After the movie was released, her rigid performance in it was criticized by the media, and Jin Suanmei will also be the worst newcomer and worst supporting actress. awarded to her. Very bad, isn't it? But it's not over yet. After a few years of depression, Sophia appeared in the first "Star Wars Prequel" again, playing a handmaiden of Amidala. Unfortunately, her performance was still poor, so she finally gave up acting and left. Be a director.

    Unexpectedly, she is a bit like a fish in water in terms of directing. Her debut film "The Virgin Suicide" was a mediocre box office after its release in 1999, but her reputation was quite good. . But even so, the influence is still not high, so there is the "Lost in Translation" last year, and then it shined at this year's Venice Film Festival, and also won the Most Popular Film Award.

    Although this was just a consolation vote, Sophia was very happy, so not long after the film festival ended, she came to Vladimir to discuss the distribution. And Sean just came over at this time. Although he is the chairman, his focus is on performances, so he is not always there.

    "This is indeed a good movie, the feeling of loneliness, even a young man like me can still feel it, I believe many people will like it." After chatting a few words with each other, Sean complimented again, and Sophia, who was so excited, immediately proposed to go to the company's screening hall to watch it together, and then Sean said this after watching it for more than half an hour.

    Well, although most of the movies he starred in are a bit literary, but this "Lost in Translation" still bored him, not because he couldn't understand the movie, but the rhythm was too dull, For half an hour, what impressed Sean the most was the big **** at the beginning. The heroine's figure sounded good, what's the name? Scarlett Johansson?

    Thanks to Sophia being by my side, as the master, you have to keep your appearance, otherwise he might have yawned, but maybe he can cooperate in the future. role in.

    It was easy to finish reading it, and after sending Sofia back to Vladimir's office, Sean leaned on the chair with a long breath.

    "Doesn't feel good?" The other party asked.

    "It's alright, at least the pictures and cuts are very good, and some shots are really good, people who are used to fast-paced commercial masterpieces may not like it, but there are also people who like this taste People, if you can take advantage of the Venice Film Festival to hype it up, someone should watch it... invest about 4 million, right?" Sean asked.

    Nodding after getting a positive answer: "It should be fine to keep the cost - are you going to publish it ourselves?"

    "When I invested in the film, I used the name of a leather bag company, so I could distribute it myself." Vladimir shrugged, "In the beginning, I just wanted to guarantee the name of an independent film, Unexpectedly, it is convenient for us to carry out distribution work.”

    According to the anti-monopoly law, the company that produced the film cannot participate in the distribution work, but it is very simple to avoid it, just set up a leather bag company to invest.

    Independent film is one of the selling points of "Lost in Translation", and as an independent film, the funds must come entirely from a certain person or an investment institution. Although with the development of independent films, these are no longer rigid rules, but for various considerations - such as being able to participate in the production of "National Treasure" this time, getting to know Cage through Sofia played a big role.

    So, Samsara Pictures completed the investment of "Lost in Translation" through a shell company, which also allowed them to evade the law and hold the distribution in their hands.

    Although the distribution channel of Samsara Pictures is still small, the channel must be used continuously and bring benefits to the theater chain, so as to have the opportunity to expand. It is also possible to use it as a test of the company's issuance capabilities.

    "Okay, I see." Sean nodded, expressing approval of Vladimir's plan.

    "Tell me about you, Sean, you definitely didn't come to the company to discuss "Lost in Translation" with me, right?" Vladimir asked immediately.

    "Indeed, I'm here to ask you, do you have any ideas for a bigger move?" Sean asked in a very serious tone after straightening his collar.

     "What kind of big move?" Vladimir asked in surprise and curiosity.

    "Cooperating with big producers more, and making big profits without losing money." Sean said in a bold tone.

    "Like?" Vladimir narrowed his eyes.

    "Do you know Transformers?" Sean smiled.

    If it were him in the past, he would definitely have to wait until the news that a Transformers live-action movie started to be made, and then remember that there is such a movie that could have been invested.

    But it's different now. Now that you have determined the goal of Howard Hughes, you should definitely work harder. If it was said that the purpose of expanding the production company at the beginning was to increase and consolidate its voice in Hollywood, and it was somewhat passive, then now it has become as much as possible to develop the production company into the seven major studios. Here are the best production companies out there.

    Although his main goal is to become the best actor in the 21st century, this does not conflict with developing the company. He may not be able to compare with Hughes in terms of operation, but in terms of vision, There's still a bit of it, plus you've picked up a good CEO, so why not try more?

    So when Vladimir began to try to get the company involved in big productions, he also began to recall as much as possible, what good big productions in the past two years were worth investing in.

    After searching in his mind for a long time, he finally found one, that is Hasbro's well-known toy, the Transformers that many people born in the 80s have played!

    "Wait a minute." Vladimir made a gesture, then quickly searched the office computer, and a few minutes later he turned the monitor to Sean, "Is this it? ?"

    "You haven't heard of it, Todd?" Sean raised his eyebrows in surprise.

    "Of course not, I just want to make sure," Vladimir shrugged, "If you're serious, that's really causing me a lot of trouble, it doesn't seem to have People thought about making these toys into a live-action movie."

    "Transformers have cartoons - isn't Hollywood, as long as there is profit, any subject can be made into a movie?" Sean said half-jokingly.

    "I don't, but it doesn't mean others don't—well, let's talk about what you think, Sean." Vladimir waved his hand and watched him show a serious expression, " What are you going to do?"

    "What else can I do," Sean laughed, "Of course it's a collaboration with a big studio, don't you think I'll want to go all alone?"