Zhao Fei sat in the car behind with a complicated mood, looking at the car driving in front of them. Among Wu Jianye's classmates, Zhao Fei was the most familiar with Wu Jianye. After all, he was working with Wu Jianye.
There were the most people there, but he found that every time he went out with Wu Jianye, he could see something different about Wu Jianye.
For example, he was the first person to know that Wu Jianye had great power in Xiangjiang, and he was also the first to doubt Wu Jianye's wealth in Xiangjiang. However, all this did not make much difference to Zhao Fei. After all, he and Wu Jianye were friends.
It's because they are classmates and partners. Wu Jianye's net worth has nothing to do with him.
At most, he just grabbed more of his stuff in normal times, but it was within the range that everyone could understand, but this time he came out and discovered another attribute of Wu Jianye.
That is the attribute of women.
First he saw Li Xiu Ming in New York, which had a great impact on him. Who is Li Xiu Ming?
Of course he knew that the once most popular movie actress in the country later stopped acting and became a loss to the domestic film industry. Even Popular Cinema called this a loss to the domestic film industry.
Later, Li Xiuming opened an advertising company, and everyone knew about it, but they didn't know when Li Xiuming and Wu Jianye got together. I think of the first movie "Peacock Princess" that Wu Jianye collaborated with Li Xiuming.
It seems that they were together at that time! Zhao Fei thought quietly.
He originally thought that Li Xiuming's impact was big enough, but he didn't expect that after coming to Los Angeles, he saw the European goddess Isabel Adjani and Wu Jianye again, which made him even more unacceptable. He really
I can't imagine how the two came together.
If Zhao Fei knew that Wu Jianye and Isabel Adjani had an ordinary relationship, he would probably be even more shocked.
This is why Zhao Fei did not have the habit of reading old newspapers when he went to Xiangjiang, otherwise he would have known about Wu Jianye's romantic history in Xiangjiang. It is estimated that Zhao Fei would be even more shocked by that time.
Soon a few people arrived at Phantom Entertainment.
At this time, Phantom Entertainment was no longer what it was when Linda was first established. It had also moved away from its original location and moved to Century City in Beverly Hills, not far from the famous 20th Century Fox in Hollywood.
Linda was already waiting for Wu Jianye in the office. When she saw Wu Jianye and Isabel Adjani walking in affectionately, she curled her lips slightly. Although she didn't have any thoughts about Wu Jianye, she also thought about it at the beginning.
Then something super-friendship happened with Wu Jianye, but Wu Jianye didn't give in at that time.
At that time, I thought Wu Jianye was a gentleman, but now that I saw Wu Jianye and Isabel Adjani, I suddenly understood...
What a shitty gentleman.
I just didn’t look down on myself...
Thinking of this, Linda's expression was not very beautiful.
"Wu, you are really charming. The French Rose is also the most beautiful rose in Hollywood!"
Wu Jianye was slightly stunned at first, not understanding where Linda's soreness came from, but he didn't think much about it, thinking that Linda was just feeling unwell for a few days every month, and it just happened to happen now.
"I know whether I am attractive or not. Isabel happens to be here today, let's sign the contract first!" Wu Jianye said vigorously.
His previous cooperation with Isabelle Adjani was just a verbal agreement. Now that Wu Jianye has come to Hollywood, he will naturally sign a contract.
Linda didn't care much about Wu Jianye and said: "The contract is ready. Now Isabel only needs to call her agent to sign it!"
Isabel Adjani waved her hands and said nonchalantly: "No need to wait for him, I can make the decision on this matter myself!"
Then Isabelle Adjani signed her name on the signature spot without even looking at the paycheck given to her.
Wu Jianye walked over and said with a smile: "Do you believe me so much?"
Isabel Adjani nodded and joked: "That's necessary!"
In fact, Wu Jianye did not let Linda treat Isabel Adjani badly and gave her a salary of 5 million US dollars, which is already the top salary among Hollywood actresses.
There are also levels in the salary of Hollywood movie stars. The salary of female stars is generally much worse than that of male stars, and this gap is likely to be two to three times. And in the context of this era, Hollywood stars
, the remuneration is easily in the US$20 million level, and they also require a share of the movie.
For example, Dustin Hoffman, a Hollywood actor, today's salary is between 8 million and 9 million US dollars. In this era, most of the top Hollywood male stars' salaries are in the early 10 million.
As for the salary of 20 million, it is still a dream at this time.
It would be five years later, when Jim Carrey starred in "The Man in Disguise," that Hollywood would have its first male star with a salary of over 20 million.
The current salary of 5 million US dollars is already the top salary for Hollywood actresses. Although Isabel Adjani is also famous in Hollywood, she is still one step behind the 5 million US dollars. After all, she has starred in more
Most of them are literary and artistic films, but among the mainstream commercial films in North America, they have never shown their box office appeal.
In fact, it is not just Isabel Adjani who needs to sign the contract, but also Wu Jianye, Zhao Fei, Tan Yang and others.
Although Wu Jianye is the boss behind Phantom Entertainment, in a place like the United States, all necessary procedures must be completed, otherwise the problems he will face will be enough to prevent the filming of this movie.
Wu Jianye took a look at his contract, which said his salary was US$200,000, while Zhao Fei's was US$80,000, and Tan Yang and Tan Yang's team were US$100,000!
"You really do business!" Wu Jianye took a look at his contract and then said to Linda.
"I can't help it. It's not easy for a little woman to manage such a big company by herself. Although we are friends, we have to adhere to principles, right?" Linda said sourly.
There is a famous saying in Hollywood in later generations that it is easy to find actors with tens of millions of dollars, but it is difficult to find directors with tens of millions of dollars!
And because Hollywood has always followed a production system, the authority of the director has been greatly weakened. Therefore, it is not much easier for a director to get a salary of tens of millions than for a female star to get a salary of tens of millions.
Although Wu Jianye won the grand prize at the three major European film festivals, he is still only a semi-transparent existence in Hollywood and has not made any achievements in the mainstream Hollywood film circle. The salary of 200,000 US dollars is already a huge amount for Wu Jianye.
Not a bad paycheck.
Wu Jianye looked at where Linda was causing trouble and didn't say anything. He directly signed his name. Zhao Fei and Tan Yang saw that Wu Jianye had signed. Naturally, they had nothing to hesitate and signed directly.
own name.
After signing, Wu Jianye asked: "Has Tom Hanks contacted you?"
"The Love of Ghosts" is originally a romance film, and there are no strict requirements for male and female leads. Therefore, in Wu Jianye's view, there is no need to find the original lead actor Patrick Swayze, let alone a female lead.
They have all been changed, and the leading actor Wu Jianye is more interested in is Tom Hanks.
This actor, who later became known as the best actor, was an actor Wu Jianye admired very much, especially his performance in "Forrest Gump", which was even more impressive.
Linda smiled bitterly and said: "I contacted you, but he has already refused!"
Wu Jianye was slightly startled: "Rejected?"
"Yes, Tom Hanks thinks that playing a ghost will have a bad impact on his image. Another reason is that he and Spielberg are very good friends!"
Hearing the second reason, Wu Jianye understood that this should be the sequelae of "Jurassic Park". Phantom Entertainment originally refused to sell the copyright of "Jurassic Park" to Spielberg. Now,
The other party has already started targeting Phantom Entertainment.
"Then let's open the recruitment and send a notice to the male stars of the right age in Hollywood and invite them to come and audition!" Wu Jianye said. Although Tom Hanks is good, since there is no way to invite him, Wu Jianye has no need.
Force.
Linda nodded and glanced at Isabel Adjani and others. It was obvious that she wanted to talk to Wu Jianye about some news that she didn't want others to know.
Isabel Adjani smiled directly and said: "Wu, I'll wait for you at the hotel!" After saying that, Isabel Adjani left with brisk steps.
She also had her own things to do. You must know that her agent did not want her to take on this drama before, but she was not as strong as Isabel Adjani, so in the end she had no choice but to agree. Now Phantom Entertainment has fired her.
With a top-notch salary of five million, Isabel Adjani naturally wanted to tell her agent!
After seeing this salary, the agent must be speechless. After all, the agent earns the star's share. The higher Isabelle Adjani's salary, the more money the agent will earn.
As for Zhao Fei, Tan Yang and others, they were also arranged to other rooms.
After everyone left, Linda smiled and said: "Wu, this is the financial situation of Phantom Entertainment in the past two years. You can take a look first!"
Wu Jianye sat on the sofa and found the document handed over by Linda.
Phantom Entertainment's development in the past two years has not been as strong as its previous development. "The Lion King" released in January last year is still Phantom Entertainment's most profitable movie in the past two years.
In fact, movies like this are rarely found in Hollywood. Nowadays, the seven major studios in Hollywood only shoot between 15 and 20 movies every year.
How many movies of each type will be shot are planned in advance.
Phantom Entertainment also has its own plans. For example, their newly developed movie series "Die Hard" series is now guaranteed to be released every two years. This type of movie is different from the "Home Alone" series, which is released every two years.
The speed is already considered fast in Hollywood!
Although Bruce Willis didn't film "Die Hard 2" last year, he was still free and co-starred with Blake Edwards in the western movie "Sunset"!
Although the box office was not as dazzling as "Die Hard", it still earned millions of dollars for Phantom Entertainment.
As Phantom Entertainment's golden series "Home Alone", Phantom Entertainment has announced that it will suspend the development of this series. This is also to protect this series.
In the last "Home Alone" movie, the audience has clearly begun to suffer from aesthetic fatigue. If Phantom Entertainment continues to develop this series, it will only end up ruining this series.
At the same time, Phantom Entertainment will also invest in and shoot Cheng Long's second movie in Hollywood this year. This movie is also a series of movies, and the script is also provided by Wu Jianye, but it is not the most influential Cheng Long in Hollywood.
series "Rush Hour" series, but the "Shanghai Noon" series.
This series of movies is not outstanding among the movies that made Cheng Long break into Hollywood. The biggest reason is that the story and routine of the movie were a bit old-fashioned in Hollywood at that time, but in 1989, it was different.
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As for the original version of "Shanghai Noon", Lucy Liu who played Pepe Pei was replaced by Chen Chong, who is familiar to Wu Jianye.
This movie is still jointly invested by Phantom Entertainment and Golden Harvest.
At the same time, Linda also invested in several movies, with some profits and some losses. Generally speaking, Phantom Entertainment has developed more stably in the past two years, no longer as rapid as in previous years. Except for one movie that shocked the world, "
The return on investment ratios of "The Lion King" and other movies are still within the acceptable range of other production companies.
However, this does not mean that Phantom Entertainment's income has decreased. The income from one "Lion King" is enough to make all movie studios envious.
At the same time, as the video tape market of Phantom Entertainment has become another important source of income for Hollywood film studios in recent years, the video tapes of these movies are still continuously returning benefits to Phantom Entertainment.
Although a large amount has been distributed before, the rest is pure profit, so although it seems to be a lot less, the small amount adds up to a lot, and it has also brought a lot of benefits to Phantom Entertainment.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, in particular, is simply the uncrowned king of the video tape market. The revenue of the movies he stars in in the video tape market has completely exceeded the box office revenue.
Now Arnold Schwarzenegger has become one of the highest-paid movie actors in Phantom Entertainment and even the highest-paid movie actors in Hollywood.
As for the financial report of Phantom Entertainment, Wu Jianye would read it every year. Now he just took a brief look at it and put it on the table.
Linda saw Wu Jianye put the report aside and said, "One more thing, Johnson knows about your coming to Los Angeles and wants to meet you!"
During the Berlin Film Festival, Wu Jianye saw Johnson and proposed to invest in the Johnson family's theater business. However, Johnson had no contact with Wu Jianye after returning to the United States. Now that he found Wu Jianye, he obviously wanted to mention this.