"This was once a house booked by two big-name Hollywood male stars. Coincidentally, they both canceled their reservations. Mr. Li was very lucky. It was not easy to get two connected units in Area A like this."
"Oh, yeah?" Ronald adjusted his sunglasses, disapprovingly.
On this day, he had arrived at the foot of Beverly Hills in Los Angeles and was preparing to buy a house in Beverly Park. The real estate agent was the same one he met last time, and he kept praising Ronald's vision and luck.
If one person unsubscribes, it may be due to luck, but if two big celebrities unsubscribe, it cannot be explained by coincidence.
Area A happens to be the best area of Beverly Park. It is in the center of all the houses. In addition to the large trees surrounding the entire area that block the view of tourists, there are also bushes around Area A, blocking the eyes of curious neighbors.
look.
There are two large houses, one large and one small. The larger one covers an area of 2,500 square feet and has four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The smaller one also has 1,800 square feet and has three bedrooms and one bathroom. If you are not satisfied, you can also follow the Rona
Modified by Germany's opinion.
The most eye-catching outdoor feature is the large swimming pool, which is 100 feet long and 50 feet wide. It is a great place to hold pool parties under the California sunshine.
The two large houses also have various other exercise facilities, including an outdoor basketball court, an indoor swimming pool, an outdoor tennis court, an indoor tennis court, a gym, a yoga room, a small library, and an audio-visual room.
.
"The audio-visual room attached to the big house is a bit small. I have some copies of old movies. It needs to be redesigned and renovated according to the standards of new cinemas. The two garages next to the audio-visual room have also been converted into warehouses with constant temperature and humidity for storage.
Celluloid copy. There is a grass pond here. Build me a Chinese-style pavilion and an arch bridge to connect the two houses on the pond... Let Lao Wang and the others come over."
Ronald's time was precious, so he just put forward ideas for these things and asked Richard to help him find someone to implement them. The celebrity who originally ordered the big house obviously liked luxury cars. There were six garages for sports cars alone. Ronald
Conveniently, the two rooms were converted into places for business learning.
What rich people pay attention to when doing things is efficiency. Ronald made the decision and plan, left the matter to a private lawyer and a private accountant, got in the car and ran to CAA to meet Niceta with Richard.
"Aren't you interested in who is the original owner of these two houses?" Richard didn't care about his role as an assistant and was a little bit happy. The client asked you to handle some personal matters.
This shows that the trust between both parties is still at a very healthy level.
"I don't want him to find a reason to raise the price..." Ronald is not very interested in this kind of gossip. No matter which big star you are, you are not as rich as me.
"So who is it? You must have some news about CAA, right?" Ronald looked at Richard's expression of wanting to flatter but had no chance, so he asked by the way.
"The big one is Stallone..."
"Pfft, hahahaha... let me laugh for a while." Ronald heard the name and couldn't hold back his laughter.
"Hehe... The artist who is the best at managing money in Hollywood may be you... Ronald, I don't think I've heard that you have failed in investment." Richard adjusted his glasses, and this asshole looked for opportunities on his own.
It's been a long time.
"Hey... that's all good luck..." Ronald was proud for a while, but when he thought about the Andy Warhol painting he bought from David Geffen, he regretted it and invested in the undefeated gold.
The body is broken here.
"Ronald, you're here just in time. Do you want to go on vacation to the Aegean Sea?" As soon as Niceta saw him in the CAA office, she enthusiastically pulled out her chair.
"Why should I go there?" Ronald sat down and took the coffee that his secretary had brewed. "I'm here to promote the release of Working Girl. How many of your clients can help with the promotion?
"Ronald's movie "Working Girl" has already booked various female secretaries' stage shows, but just the secretary is not enough. If it can be paired with some big-name stars, the publicity will have the best effect.
"Because in our client list of CAA, three directors are all in Greece. If you can go and talk to them..."
"Who is it?" Ronald asked. It's normal for three star actors to be on the same location. What are three directors doing together? Why don't they start fighting?
"It's Francis (Coppola), Marty (Scorsese), and Woody (Allen)..."
As soon as Niceta explained the situation, Ronald understood. These three directors were often praised by film critics, but their box office performance was unstable. One film often became a hit and the other lost money.
After the writers' strike ended, surprisingly, not all producers resumed filming immediately. Many of them were fine during the strike. Once the strike ended, the true financial situation was revealed, and many medium-sized studios started filming again.
A wave of bankruptcies.
No one was willing to invest in the projects the three directors wanted to make. And their own financial situation was also in question, so they had no choice but to join forces and co-direct a movie in order to tide over the difficulties.
This kind of platter-style movie (each person directs a story) was originally an investment channel for wealthy movie fans. It allowed them to invest in their favorite directors and actors and "fulfill their dreams."
But halfway through filming, two of the four co-invested producers have already begun bankruptcy liquidation procedures. The end of the screenwriters' strike did not allow them to survive. On the contrary, due to the approval of a large number of commercial film projects, the three of them jointly filmed
The movie's box office performance is not as expected, and there is a risk of it failing.
Niceta simply wanted Ronald to take a look. These were the people who had supported him in the early years of his directorial career. If he was willing to invest...
"Platter movie...ah..." Ronald pinched his eyebrows. This type of movie has always been a taboo in commercial movies. Every director has his own style, and the more famous he is, the more he is praised by film critics.
The more unique the style, the more likely it is for three people to get separated.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The last time Hollywood had such a big director platter, it was the "Twilight Zone" that killed Jennifer Jason Leigh's father.
"If I invest in a movie, my partners in Daydream must agree. The return on investment in such a movie will not be very high." Ronald put down his hands and quickly but firmly refused.
"Okay, I'm just a suggestion." Niceta retracted his idea. Ronald was his most important customer. But Ronald was always nostalgic, and he originally thought he would help.
"However, I might be able to find someone to help." Ronald doesn't contribute the money himself, but that doesn't mean no one is willing to invest in a joint work by three well-known Hollywood directors.
"Who? I asked everyone in Hollywood..." Niceta felt surprised.
"Who said it's from Hollywood?" Ronald laughed. He called Michelle Cannold, who was daydreaming, and asked him to help contact the executive of Crédit Lyonnais whom he met in Cannes.
The Dutch banker Frans Afman invested in the film industry and financed new films by Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas.
Anyway, his investment philosophy is to focus on the projects of big directors and would rather have a lower return on investment. Now, he would be happy to introduce three big directors to him at once.
Crédit Lyonnais quickly approved injecting funds into the projects of the three great directors to save the crews who were running out of money. Frans Afman was even more fond of it. The vulgar Hollywood did not know how to cherish their treasures. These great directors
The artist's project requires support from the Bank of China...
"Ronald, thank you very much, not only because you helped introduce Mr. Frans Afman to inject funds into the crew. But also, we feel the respect for artists here." After Coppola received the check,
Finally, he could pay the hotel bill and began to serve all kinds of delicious European food. He learned that Ronald had been the one who had made the move, so he called to express his gratitude.
"You receive a lot of respect in Europe, which cannot be bought with money. To express my gratitude, it is also because of your good artistic reputation that Crédit Lyonnais trusts you."
"Hahaha, once the money is in place, we can finish filming next month. Then the three of us will go to the premiere of your new film separately."
The three directors were all very happy. Ronald's words were true. An artist's reputation can be exchanged for money!
"Thank you, desserts can be served..."
Ronald put down the phone and handed it to the waiter. He was eating with Helen Slater in a Greek restaurant. The Mediterranean diet not only takes care of carnivores like Ronald, but also has many vegetarian dishes with olive oil.
Helen.
Even the specialty dessert baklava has a high-calorie version with honey, eggs, and whole milk, and a low-calorie version with only yogurt and chopped nuts.
"So, are there really many stars in Hollywood who are in financial difficulty now? Even these three directors have no one to invest in them, which is really a sad thing."
"Um...it's not that sad." Ronald didn't say anything. Helen liked to discuss these social and moral matters, but as far as Ronald knew, these three directors were not very popular with big producers.
Favored, only some mid-sized studios are willing to gamble on them.
"Hollywood can't just have genre films with a commercial frame. It must also explore many artistic genres, otherwise the whole of Hollywood will become a stagnant water." Helen took a bite of the dessert (actually a healthy version, the yogurt is fermented and has very little
sugar), and then started to chat about some of her thoughts with her friends.
"That makes sense," Ronald said following Helen's words. Indeed, Hollywood cannot just repeat the proven commercial film model, but must also make bold explorations and breakthroughs, so as to form a new genre film model.
So that practitioners who are not so talented can also produce profitable works.
If Coppola had made "The Godfather Part III", then the producers would have lined up to give him money. But if he had not broken all the conventions at that time and made the first part of "The Godfather", then today's gangster movies would still be there.
Repeating the noir film patterns of the 1930s.
It's just that rather than letting these famous directors make exploratory art films that are not cheap, Ronald prefers to invest in small-budget exploitation film directors who have never had a chance to complete this mission of exploring new genres.
"Are you unhappy?" Helen noticed Ronald's distraction, "Did I say something wrong? I just had some thoughts when I was chatting with my friends, ah...I didn't mean that you are a commercial film director who only repeats himself.
Ah..." Helen waved her hands anxiously and recounted her usual thoughts about chatting with Helen Hunt and some Broadway actors, as if she was a bit blaming Ronald.
"Of course, honey, I know what you mean." Ronald held her hand and reassured her, "I was just wondering if there was any way to help those talented people who were ignored by the big studios.
Directors come and shoot what they want to shoot.”
"Really?" Helen's eyes sparkled, and Ronald looked so charming when talking about this kind of industry and social responsibility.
"Of course, um... Also, before you go to Canada to continue filming, I also want to spend some time with you. We haven't seen each other for a long time."
"whee……"
The two spoke louder and softer, got closer and closer, and finally kissed each other.
"Please leave our table, Mr. Stallone." A man with a British accent shouted a scolding voice, interrupting Ronald and Helen's warm moment.
"Tsk...hey...can't you just calm down for a while?" Seeing that the eyes of the surrounding diners were all focused on a few tables away from Ronald, Ronald was not happy that his good mood was interrupted.
"That seems to be Meg Tilly..." Helen recognized the person on the table over there, "I heard that she and her husband are divorcing. I don't know if this is... No, this is the person who was rumored to be on the set with her.
There must be a man with scandals, I remember Zinnemann’s father is over 70 years old, this man is not the right age.”
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The accent is wrong too..." Ronald whispered, that man was clearly one of the two cheating men and women he met at the Palace of Versailles in Paris.
Colin Firth.
Like Ronald, they came to this Greek restaurant for a date. They just happened to bump into Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone.
This hormonal male star suffered heavy losses due to his divorce from his ex-wife. But Stallone did not change his habit of attacking beautiful female stars everywhere and not knowing how to attract Hollywood female stars.
When Meg Tilly was dating her boyfriend, he showed Rambo-like courage and asked Meg Tilly to play at his house on the spot.
Colin Firth, who was provoked, of course stood up and protected Tilly behind him, separating her from Stallone. But the good higher education he received in Britain made him not know how to deal with a fool like Stallone.
"Meg, why do you always hang out with these Losers? Zinnemann does the same. He does too. Let me tell you the secret to success in Hollywood. Be with Winner so you can
Can become Winner".
"Oh, God...", hearing this earthy confession, Ronald almost dug his toes into the ground in embarrassment.
"Look at me, then look at him." Stallone stepped forward and pushed Colin Firth down on the chair. Then he made a posture that showed off his muscles and continued his earthy attack. "I'm a Winner. I'm here."
Hollywood Park, there is a big house in the most popular area now, where is your little boyfriend..."
"Uh..." Ronald had no choice but to deal with such fools. The larger house he bought was booked by Stallone. Cannon had no money to make a movie for him, plus he suffered heavy losses from the divorce.
He has no way to pay for the remaining money on the house. If even the deposit is not returned, he is in danger of going bankrupt.
In order not to go bankrupt, Stallone had no choice but to change to a house in District D, which is the smallest and worst, close to the road. First, he took out a mortgage loan. With the future income from his two series of movies as collateral, there were still banks willing to lend money.
That place is easily visited by Hollywood tourists, gossip reporters, movie fans and so on...
However, speaking of it, Stallone might be wishing for people to watch, as this would prove to some extent that he has not passed out yet.
"Hey, this is so rude..." Helen couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to protest to Stallone. To bully Colin Firth, a British actor, in such a arrogant and low-level manner was too embarrassing for Hollywood.
"What kind of little baby is this..." Stallone turned his anger into joy. This actress is more beautiful than Meg Tilly.
"Ahem..." Ronald stood up and walked out of the dark corner. Originally, they had reserved a seat in the back because they wanted to have more privacy.
Ronald is tall and tall. Although his muscles are not as good as Stallone's, he has a well-proportioned body that he has practiced wrestling for many years. In addition, he is half a head taller than Stallone. He is so condescending that he is not too far behind.
"Ah..." Stallone saw clearly that it was Ronald, and his arrogance was poured cold water on. He had boasted a lot just now, and now he was facing a man who bought a luxury house that he couldn't afford...
"I, house, you, hey..." Even for a fool like Stallone, it was rare that he felt ashamed because he was not gentle enough and turned into Luther, and he no longer bothered Meg Tilly.
Without saying anything, he turned around and left.
"Thank you, Ronald...Director Li..." Colin couldn't help but thank you.
"It's okay, we are not all like that in Hollywood. I have always had a good impression of British actors, and Alan Rickman and I have a great time working together." Ronald ignored Tilly, who was sitting next to him and looked pale.
Holding Helen's hand, the two of them left.
"Meg, this Ronald is such a good man..."
"..." Tilly didn't know what to say. Various emotions came over her. She suddenly lowered her head, covered her face with her hands and started crying.
"Meg, we'd better not live in Hollywood anymore. Why don't we live somewhere else? Life outside Hollywood is more normal, unlike here where everyone is obsessed with fame and fortune..." Colin Firth thought that Stallone's rude humiliation just now made Tilly
very sad.
"However, Zinnemann used visiting the children as an excuse. He said that I could only live in Hollywood, New York, and Cannes in British Columbia. Only then did he agree to the divorce and let me obtain custody of the children."
Meg Tilly knows that such conditions are very vicious. If they live in Hollywood or Manhattan, New York, their savings are not enough, and Canada is too far away from the entertainment industry, the careers of both actors may be wasted.
The most beneficial thing for the two of them is to live in a small California town near Los Angeles. It is quiet and low-cost, and they can come to auditions and socialize at any time...
"British Columbia..." Colin Firth also hesitated. He came to Hollywood to make a name for himself.
"Ugh..." Meg Tilly couldn't help but feel even more sad when she saw that the two of them were helpless because of money. She lowered her head and cried loudly. If back then... I should be living in that big house in Hollywood Park now!
"Honey, let's go to Canada, to British Columbia. For you, I can be a middle school drama teacher. It's no big deal..." Faith, who thought it was Tilly who was sad because he didn't want to go to Canada with her, hurriedly made an oath.