This is a battle, and it is not easy to win. The protagonist who participates in the war must be brave.

Susan Levine held up Robert Downey Jr.'s face again, stared into his eyes, and said, "This shouldn't be where you are. You shouldn't be like this! You still have a chance and a chance to return to where you should be! Downey, you are the son of Robert Old! Oscar winner candidate! You have to cheer up! You are the man Susan Levine chose!"

She was full of affection: "Donny, do you remember? You said you would take me to the highest point of Hollywood to see the scenery! You want all women in the world to envy me for choosing Robert Downey Jr."

These words fell into Robert Downey Jr.'s heart.

The past, scene after scene emerged.

The first movie "The Expert in Picking Up Girls" starring at the age of 22 made him famous and successful at a young age.

At the age of 27, he was nominated for the British Film Academy Award and Oscar for his movie "Chaplin".

What did Leonardo DiCaprio and Keanu Reeves count in front of him at that time? Even their leader, Revan Phoenix, was just compared with him.

Perhaps it was because people were born too easy, but he turned a blind eye to the example of Revan Phoenix in front of him.

I was still proud of my last year, but I was defeated the next year, and I still haven't gotten up until now.

He illegally carried a gun, was arrested and tried many times, and was forcibly sentenced by the court. He has been repeatedly treated with drug use, imprisonment, and relapsed and then imprisoned.

Everyone who sees him avoids him, and even the little people dare to come over and step on him.

Once he was arrested by the police and sentenced to jail. It was a phone call from his neighbor, because he scolded his neighbor more than once when he was popular.

Then there was his life in prison, which was a shameful period, an experience he didn't even want to mention.

During that period, he was not a movie star at all, but a criminal, and he didn't even have a name. He was called "p50522".

After being released from prison, he had no reputation. No one in the industry believed that he could completely quit drugs. After all, no one was willing to take the risk of the protagonist being taken away when filming halfway through the filming...

Drugs destroyed countless people, countless families, and almost destroyed him.

Looking back now, that thing must not be touched, and whoever touches it will be done.

Who would have thought that Robert Downey Jr., the once famous genius actor, had fallen to this point and could only play odd roles on the crew at an extremely low salary of eight dollars per hour.

Even so, the crew gave the opportunity only to see if Mel Gibson recommends and guarantees.

Until he met Susan, the only producer who was willing to give him a fair chance to perform.

Hollywood scripts are often like this, and good girls will definitely not escape being attracted by bad boys. So Silver Pictures' vice president falls in love with him, a penniless man who is heavily in debt.

They were opposed by everyone, especially Susan's parents and friends, and no one would want to hand over such an outstanding woman to a notorious outdated star.

But Susan did not put pressure on him, but added this sentence called "Robert Downey Jr." to his life track silently.

So, he swore that Susan must be happy, at least not be the object of ridicule by others.

Susan once said to him: "Life is always difficult, you can only choose one of drugs or me."

He chose Susan, who was engaged to him without hesitation.

There were a lot of things happening during this period. No matter how difficult the years were, he survived with Susan.

Last year, the agent gave up on him, voluntarily terminated his contract and left him. Susan took the initiative to take on the job of his agent in addition to her own work.

Recently, Susan has almost given up her own job and has done her best to help him operate Iron Man.

Susan Levin kissed Robert Downey Jr. hard: "Donny, I believe in you! You will definitely turn the hero in my heart into the hero of everyone!"

"Yes!" Robert Downey Jr. psychologically crossed the most important turning point in life: "I will definitely!"

Robert Downey Jr. had a saying that he didn't say: Thank you for your unyielding love, I will wholeheartedly treat you.

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On the first Wednesday in early July, Susan Levine entered Relativity Entertainment and had a meeting with Ronan, and then Ronan sent her to Kevin Feige.

Ronan will not participate in the specific negotiation work, so Kevin Feige will be responsible for all of it.

This is also to avoid the emotions of the past and affect the current judgment.

How many people have liked Iron Man? Lucky, or unfortunately, Ronan was also one of them at that time.

Because I have read many related reports, Ronan knew from the beginning that Susan Levine might be the key, and he focused on this woman with Kevin Feige.

Whether out of personal feelings or real business interests, although Robert Downey Jr. is not the only candidate for the Iron Man actor, he is always the first choice.

It is not easy to sign a long-term contract with such an old bird in the circle, even if he is in a bad situation.

Whether it is because of love or not, Susan Levine will not let Robert Downey Jr. sink.

As for Ronan personally, it was not so much that Iron Man changed Robert Downey Jr.'s life, but rather that Susan Levine changed Robert Downey Jr.

In Hollywood, there are many people like Robert Downey Jr. who have become a good deck of cards since entering the industry, but whether they can become a winner in the end depends on the level of the card player behind them.

If Susan Levin's conditions do not exceed his and Marvel Entertainment's psychological expectations, Robert Downey Jr. will still be Iron Man.

But it is basically impossible for Robert Downey Jr. to get another $40 to 50 million in pay.

Of course, even if everything goes well if you sign a long contract, Robert Downey Jr.'s future pay will still be the top Hollywood.

It's just not as exaggerated as it used to be.

At that time, the production costs of some Marvel superhero movies would be so high when the special effects technology develops rapidly and the cost of a single special effects steadily declines. The pay for actors, especially Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johnson Jr., were the key.

It was natural for Robert Downey Jr. to get such a high pay. Marvel did not sign a long contract with him at the beginning. After two consecutive movies of "Iron Man" were sold, Robert Downey Jr. and Iron Man were unable to separate, so Marvel could only pay for it.

In Hollywood, strictly speaking, only Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr. have received the super-superior actor pay.

A top-notch pay is only possible in one case, that is, becoming the inseparable protagonist of a super big commercial fan movie.

No matter how superstars are, the pay for acting like this and other dramas are completely different.

Captain Jack Sparrow and Iron Man are almost the entire meaning of their acting careers.

At that time, Iron Man played by Robert Downey Jr. brought the most guaranteed profit to Marvel and there was no alternative, unless Marvel's new roles surpassed Iron Man's charm in the future, but they did not appear until "Avengers 4".

In mid-July, Ronan and Robert Iger, as the last batch, moved into the Relativity Building in Century City.

Ronan's new office is located on the top floor of the Relativity Building. To be precise, his office consists of three parts, namely the office and the suite for rest, the assistant team work room led by Connie, and a finely decorated reception room.

The office decoration belongs to Ronan's usual style, full of modernity and technology.

Even in the reception room, there is a brand new alloy screen that can support 2D and 3D screenings.

Ronan is also reminding himself that technological development is changing with each passing day, and if you relax a little, you may fall behind a lot.

The same is true for film technology.

At this point, Relativity Entertainment, as well as its Shahai Entertainment and Embassy Film Company, all moved out of Burbank and entered the office of the Relativity Building.

In addition, one floor of the Relativity Building is a post-production studio, and the other floor is dedicated to providing temporary office space for its crew.

Even so, there are still large areas of spare offices in the building.

Relativity entertainment is still developing, and later generations will slowly fill other spaces.

In addition to the film business, companies under Relativity Entertainment, such as Netflix and Marvel Entertainment, still work independently and will not concentrate on Century City.

Silicon Valley is the best place for Netflix.

Marvel has been developing in New York for many years, and staying in New York is more suitable than coming to Los Angeles.

Standing in Ronan's office, looking through the window, you can see the Fox Building not far away, which is one of the six major Hollywood buildings.

Nowadays, in terms of production and distribution, Relativity Entertainment's performance is not below Twentieth Century Fox, but the gap in overall strength is still very obvious.

This takes time and development to accumulate.

At the same time as the relocation of Relativity Entertainment was completed, Ronan received good news from the UK. After nearly fifty days of hard work, Jefferson's team basically broke up the most stubborn group of shareholders of the Manchester United club's "Shareholders' League". Anderson's shares in Manchester United's hands rose to 92%.

In other words, Anderson can forcefully acquire shares in the hands of other shareholders.

Jefferson also formally submitted a delisting application to the London Stock Exchange Centre, and the world-renowned Manchester United club is about to be fully privatized.

All costs include the acquisition, which costs £588.9 million.

After delisting, Ronan personally held 85% of the shares, Will Smith and Tom Cruise accounted for 7% and 8% of the shares respectively according to their respective investments.

The three people actually used $100 million in funds, and the rest came from Anderson's loan from Bank of America.

With the completion of the acquisition, Anderson will completely acquire Manchester United, and all loans will be transferred to Manchester United clubs through legal procedures.

In the future, Manchester United must carry the burden and move forward.
Chapter completed!