Chatty Hollywood

"Judy, you sold that villa to Charlotte Booth at a super low price, shouldn't it be just to show your gratitude for that incident?"

Anna asked about while helping to set up Judy's personal items.

"certainly!"

Judy answered casually.

She was gesturing around in the bedroom to see where to place the mirror that Charlotte gave to her.

—For her, this is a big deal.

They are now in Judy Foster's new home on Malibu Beach.

In fact, after the explosion of "Silent Lambs", Judy had the idea of ​​a new home. After all, although Beverly Hills is a gathering place for the rich, it is not very advantageous from the perspective of privacy protection.

There are too many stars and too many paparazzi, and Judy can often feel the pressure from the spotlight.

In contrast, Malibu Beach is much better. The natural environment here is beautiful. Compared with Beverly Hills, it is more sparsely populated and the land price is relatively cheap.

Judy can find a secluded place here and build a bigger house for himself.

—Space is the best tool to protect privacy, isn't it?

In fact, Judy had already bought a new house on Malibu Beach before the series of things such as painting the skin, but it was still being renovated.

And now, the house has been renovated for some time and can live in. Judy sold his Beverly Hills house to Charlotte and moved here immediately.

"The reason why I sold my house to Charlotte at a super low price is that I can maintain a long-term relationship with him."

After choosing a location for the mirror, Judy continued.

"For us, his ability as an exorcist and a director is very important."

"Is that right?"

Although Anna also knew that Judy was optimistic about the development of Charlotte Booth, she did not expect her to pay attention to this point.

"His ability as an exorcist is indeed indispensable-after all, we don't know other similar strangers-but we shouldn't encounter so many strange things, right?"

"It's hard to say!"

Judy gave a wry smile.

"Hollywood has always had a lot of strange rumors. Before this incident, I always thought that they were just rumors, but now..."

"Do you think there might really be other ghosts in there?"

Judy's guess made Anna chill all over.

As a soft girl, just seeing that heart with her own eyes is enough for Anna to have a nightmare for a while, if there are other ghosts—

"That's why we need Charlotte's exorcism skills!"

Anna’s fear is actually shared by Judy, but compared to her own life assistant, Miss Queen’s nerves are much tougher.

"For this kind of strangely capable person, I don't know if it's still useful to ask him for help when things come. So it's necessary to maintain a good relationship."

"It's true!"

Anna understood what Judy meant,

"On the other hand, through "Fatal Turn" and "Happy Death", we can also see that as a director, Charlotte Booth is also very potential, right?"

"That's right!"

Judy Foster nodded. For the film, which she is familiar with, the actress is very confident.

"Charlotte is absolutely capable of growing into a commercial film director. Isn't it a natural choice to befriend him when such a big director is just starting out?"

"Judy, don't you think--"

"That's right!"

Judy’s eyes shone with ambition,

"My "egg" company has just started. Wouldn't it be great if we could establish a long-term cooperative relationship with future commercial film directors at this time?"

"..."

Judy's vision is not without precedent in Hollywood.

Although most famous directors have their own independent studios or companies, they will eventually have a production and distribution party with the happiest cooperation—

Just like Spielberg and Universal;

Christopher Nolan and Warner;

Quentin Tarantino and Miramax;

And James Cameron and Fox;

—Although in 1994, except for the first pair, the middle two pairs have not yet completed their integration, and the last pair...

Well, if Cameron is not so fond of bouncing tickets and burning money, Fox's people must love him to death.

Of course, on the other hand, in the face of Cameron, who burned countless money and did not change his bad habit of skipping tickets, Fox still couldn't help jumping in every time the other party digs a hole, and it can only be said that it is true love.

Judy Foster has a similar idea now.

"It is not easy to meet a big director who is on the rise. And investing in the work of such a director itself means huge profits—"

"But Judy, isn't the scale of the "egg" too small?"

As an assistant, Anna couldn’t help interrupting her boss’s vision of the future or YY.

"If you can maintain a long-term cooperative relationship with those big directors, in Hollywood, you usually have to be medium-sized or above companies?"

"…You're right!"

Judy frowned, too.

"However, I have to try it first!"

-What if it should be done!

Although Judy didn't say this, Anna already knew what she meant.

In fact, Judy Foster's ability to value Charlotte's directorship is also related to the current situation of "Happy Death"—

It has not been released for more than ten days. This school youth comedy under the banner of a horror movie has already slashed nearly 30 million box office. Not only has it recovered its costs, it has also begun to make substantial profits.

In fact, taking away from the "Dumb and Agua" starring Kim Carrey, a comedy with a box office halo bonus during the Christmas period, "Happy Death" has almost swept the entire Christmas stall.

The scary thing is that this small-cost movie has plenty of stamina.

At present, the daily box office curve of "Happy Death" is not seriously attenuated. This means that in the next few weeks, it may continue to slaughter other films released.

-For other movies released at the same time, this is an out-and-out "horror" film.

What's more, the reputation of this movie is also maintained.

Kenneth Turan, Richard Manson, etc., who participated in the internal audition before, gave high praise, and a large number of other film critics also gave a good evaluation of "Happy Death".

And Bonnie Clyde, known as the "box office amplifier", directly began to "lick the screen"—

"Hollywood blondes, your enemy is here!"

—In the alternative film review of this face-control person, she praised Charlize Theron's beauty as unique, which aroused the interest of a large number of teenagers who only like to look at faces.

The box office of "Happy Death" continues to rise because of these ratings, and people are new to the movie's wonderful and ingenious narrative structure—

In 1994, the infinitely repeating story structure was still very novel, and the foundation laid by "Groundhog Day" before, made it easier for the audience to understand.

Even in the evaluation of "Fatal Corner", Roger Albert, who was very harsh on Charlotte, gave a rare "two thumbs evaluation" this time—

"...Mr. Booth's idea is very interesting. What's even more rare is that in "Happy Death", his narrative and rhythm control ability as a director has been greatly improved, which makes the whole story seem like a complicated and sophisticated The hand-made clocks made people can't help but be fascinated..."

"Roger Albert is rare to praise a young director!"

Judy Foster sighed uncontrollably when thinking of "Thumbman"'s past pickiness.

"Isn't that why you are optimistic about Charlotte Booth and sold the villa to him at a super low price?"

"Yes!"

-Besides, I am actually not at a loss!

Judy wondered.

Because of "Blair the Witch" introduced by Charlotte, Judy's "egg" company actually made a lot of money.

According to the rules, as an introducer, Charlotte can actually share part of the profits by hanging the title of the film. But because he was filming "Happy Death" at the time, there was no time for both parties to discuss this part of the matter.

Although the actress is shrewd as a businessman, she is also very human at the same time.

She gave Charlotte a half-sold and half-sale of the villa, to a certain extent, to compensate for this part of the profit.

In fact, she first thought about giving away the villa or selling it to Charlotte for a dollar—she didn’t plan to live there anyway. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

But after thinking about it, Judy dismissed the idea again.

It's not that I feel too bad, but I feel that the intention of doing so is too strong.

In contrast, selling at a super low price is much better.

After all, the house did have the name of a murderous house, and it was not easy to sell.

As for the other things in it, although Judy didn't say it, she believes that Charlotte, as someone who has been in Hollywood for some years, should be able to understand.

"Now let's see if he will come to me when he is preparing for the next movie!"

"Or maybe I prepare a movie and ask him to direct it!?"

Judy suddenly had such an idea.

PS1: "Rise" is a documentary, released in 2011, featuring Dakota Fanning. This chapter should actually be called "The Rise of Charlotte"? PS2: Malibu Beach is home to many star mansions. At the same time, in the Marvel universe, Iron Man’s home is also here; PS3: Before DreamWorks, many of Spielberg’s films were released globally, such as ET and Jurassic Park. Of course, he has a good relationship with Paramount; PS4: Nolan and Warner’s fate is mainly Batman Master Wayne; PS5: Quentin and Miramax, or the Weinstein brothers and cooperation, also continue It’s been a long time, including "Pulp Fiction", "Kill Bill", etc.; PS6: In fact, in the North American Christmas schedule in 1994, the strongest should be the two Christmas movies, "Santa Claus" and "Dumb and Agua". But the former was released on Singles’ Day. For example, December 23 is far away, so I didn’t mention this one; PS7: By the way, I checked the data and found that every year there is a movie called "Santa Claus" in the United States during Christmas. It's released during festivals, and it seems that the box office is okay. This is the big IP!