There are two scripts on Whoopi Goldberg's desk, one is "The Last Days" and the other is "Partners"!
She has curly braids scattered on her head. If you don't take into account the movies she has starred in, she is no different from an ordinary middle-aged black woman in her thirties when walking on the street.
"You've read both scripts several times, and you're still not sure which one you want to take?" Whoopi Goldberg's sister Addie asked.
Whoopi Goldberg can be considered a child star. She performed in the Children's Theater in New York at the age of 8. She studied at the New York Drama High School.
However, this did not make Whoopi Goldberg's acting career smooth. Because of his image problems, Whoopi Goldberg did not enter the mainstream Hollywood film circle at the beginning. When he first came to California, he even worked in a funeral service company.
I went to work, and later worked as a handyman on Broadway. Sometimes, I even worked as a bricklayer.
However, this did not stop her from wanting to be an actress. Later, she collaborated with groups such as "Spontaneous Combustion" to hone her acting skills as a comedian. When she filmed a feature film for HBO, she began to attract attention from the outside world.
Later, she appeared on Broadway and even did a talk show for a period of time. It is precisely because of this experience that she will be more comfortable hosting the Oscar Awards ceremony in the future.
In 1985, she starred in "The Color Purple", which won many praises from film critics and was nominated for an Oscar. She has since become a famous Hollywood actress.
And the psychic black woman in "The Love of Ghosts" was played by her.
Now, Phantom Entertainment, under Wu Jianye's instruction, has found Whoopi Goldberg and wants to invite her to star in Otta in "The Last Love"!
It happened that at this time, she also received an invitation for another movie, "Super Partner".
"Let's see, you should choose this one for "The Last Match". You are the leading female lead in this movie!" Eddie simply made the decision for Whoopi Goldberg based on her cast.
"And I think the director of "The Last Days" is from China. Nowadays, Hollywood generally doesn't like this movie!" Eddie thought of another reason.
Whoopi Goldberg said: "But the salary for the movie "The Last Day" was $500,000 more than that for "Baby"!"
Eddie immediately said: "Then choose "The Ghost Story". In fact, I know a little bit about Wu Jianye. It seems that he has won the honor of three major European film festivals. It shouldn't be too bad!"
Whoopi Goldberg rolled her eyes at her money-grubbing sister and chuckled.
Eddie said: "That's it. Why do you become an actor? Isn't it just to make more money? Since the salary for "The Last Days" is high, then you should star in "The Last Days".
"It's over!"
"Okay, stop talking, I will consider this matter!" Whoopi Goldberg waved her hand and drove her sister out of the study.
Since her second divorce, Whoopi Goldberg has been living with her family.
After Eddie walked out of the room, Whoopi Goldberg had "The Last Day" in her left hand and "Super Partner" in her right hand, lost in thought. She was different from ordinary black people. Whoopi Goldberg had always been very thoughtful about her future plans.
She is so clear that she knows what she needs when.
The script of "Super Partner" is easy to understand, it is just an ordinary popcorn movie, but the script of "The Last Love" is different. She likes this script very much.
If it weren't for the fact that this movie was directed by Wu Jianye, Whoopi Goldberg wouldn't hesitate at all now, and would definitely choose "The Love of Ghosts"!
But the reason why she is hesitant now is because Hollywood is not very optimistic about the movie. The reason is because the director is Wu Jianye.
Whoopi Goldberg glanced at her bookshelf and saw the video tape of "The Color Purple" placed there.
"It seems like it's been a long time since a well-received work has been released!" Whoopi Goldberg said to herself, and the "Super Partner" on her right hand was slowly put down.
Whoopi Goldberg walked out of his study with a decision already made in his mind.
The next day, Phantom Entertainment received a call from Whoopi Goldberg and agreed to play the role of Horta in "The Last Days".
After Linda received the notice, she told Wu Jianye who was sitting in her office: "Whoopi Goldberg has agreed to play the role of Horta."
Wu Jianye nodded: "Just agree and sign the contract in the next two days!"
Linda looked at Wu Jianye's casual look and said curiously: "I don't know what you think. She is obviously not in Hollywood, but she has to be assigned a role. Do you really believe that she can successfully play the role of Otta?
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Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Although I have never met Whoopi Goldberg, I have seen her movies. Don't worry, my vision is not wrong!"
Linda said: "Of course I have no objection, but I just want to remind you that you are using this movie to make a betting agreement with the Johnson family and my mother. If the box office of this movie cannot exceed 1
100 million US dollars, you will have to pay more for your shares when the time comes!"
Wu Jianye said: "They won't have a chance!"
If Wu Jianye is just playing around in music, then Wu Jianye has put in real effort in directing. This has been the case in his two lives. Although he did not direct a movie in his previous life, he also studied at the University of Southern California.
He has learned it, but he was reborn before he gave himself a chance to practice it.
Although he studied art in this life, he also studied film art. More importantly, every time Wu Jianye directed a work, he was surrounded by the top talents in the country. In addition, the works he directed were all classics.
It's been tempered.
And what is being released now is the classic "The Love of Ghosts". This movie itself is a well-received movie. Although Wu Jianye likes to include some private goods in the movie, he will not take it.
I made major changes in my first movie in Hollywood.
At this time, he has strong confidence in this movie!
Linda said: "I've always wanted to know where your confidence comes from!"
Can Wu Jianye tell her? Of course he can’t!
He smiled, casually changed the topic, and said: "Don't announce the news about the Oceanwide Cinemas acquired by Phantom Entertainment yet!"
Linda nodded and said: "I know this. Now Phantom Entertainment is being watched by everyone. If the news that Phantom Entertainment acquires Oceanwide Cinemas is announced at this time, several major studios will definitely target Phantom Entertainment."
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Oceanwide Cinemas is not a listed company, so many things do not need to be announced, which saves a lot of trouble. Now the development of Phantom Entertainment has already exceeded the estimates of several major studios. The reason why it has not yet
Targeting Phantom Entertainment is because Phantom Entertainment never has its own theater chain.
"But you can't hide this kind of thing for long!" Linda reminded.
Wu Jianye nodded and said, "Just delay it as long as you can!"
"However, the acquisition of Lane Publishing must be exposed. After the two companies have discussed the details in the past two days, it will be announced!" Linda continued.
Lane Publishing is a listed company, and even if it changes a major shareholder, it must be announced, not to mention that Phantom Entertainment is preparing to privatize Lane Publishing!
"Where are we now!"
"My mother is contacting the shareholders of Lane Publishing. It should not be a big problem. We will acquire it together and then submit an application for privatization!" Linda said.
Wu Jianye: "Well, let's proceed according to this plan!"
"By the way, the villa has been settled. It is located in Beverly Hills!" Linda remembered another thing.
"So fast?" Wu Jianye looked at Linda in surprise.
"It happened that a friend of my mother wanted to sell his villa in Beverly Hills. When I found out the news, I asked my mother to contact that friend!" Linda explained.
"When can I see the house?" Wu Jianye asked.
Linda smiled and said: "I can call the real estate agent now and have a look at it at any time!"
Wu Jianye said: "Then go and have a look, there is nothing to do today anyway!"
After Linda contacted the real estate agent, Wu Jianye also walked out of Phantom Entertainment. At this time, Lauren Donnell was already sitting in the car waiting for Wu Jianye.
After two days of adjustments, Lauren Donnell had completely changed her look. With a decent suit and a hair style, she looked like a social elite.
"Mr. Wu, where are we going?" Lauren Donnell is not Wu Jianye's driver. The reason why she gave him the car two days ago was so that he could handle his own personal matters first. Now that the personal matters have been taken care of, he naturally wants to take the car.
Leave it to the driver.
"Go to Beverly Hills!" Wu Jianye said.
The two got into the car, and Lauren Donnell sat in front and told the driver the address.
As the car drove slowly, Wu Jianye asked, "Has Little Tang Na's school arrangements been made?"
Lauren Donner said happily: "It has been arranged. Mr. Wu, since you are ready to move out of the hotel, I will move out too. I will find a place close to your villa in the next two days!"
Wu Jianye nodded and did not ask Lauren Donnell if she was rich. Sometimes when helping people, there is a certain limit. If it is too much, it will easily make people feel that it is taken for granted.
As for how Lauren Donnell solved the financial problem, it is actually easy to understand. There are many ways to borrow money in the United States. Lauren Donnell is now a regular employee of Phantom Entertainment. As long as she holds her contract with Phantom Entertainment, she can
You can get a loan from the bank!
As for why it was not possible before, it was simply because although he was CAA's agent, he did not sign a formal contract, just like a temporary worker in China.
It's the same all over the world, they don't treat temporary workers that kindly.
A few people soon arrived at Beverly Hills, which is located on the refreshing and pleasant Pacific coast and at the foot of Beverly Hills.
Although Beverly Hills is called The Hills, it can actually be regarded as a satellite city of Los Angeles. It has an elected mayor, police department, fire department and other functional departments. It is also where Hollywood stars and Los Angeles rich people live. Some people say,
Arriving here is like entering a paradise on earth.
Wilshire Avenue, the main street in Beverly Hills, is where banks and commercial buildings are located. There are countless top-notch department stores on this street. The nearby Beverly Shopping Center is also a favorite of many celebrities, with nearly 180 shopping malls in the center.
This specialty store has a very special appearance, with the transparent escalators and the heavy rock restaurant as its two major features. It was the temporary hospital used in the movie "Volcano".
The real estate agent Linda contacted was already waiting here. After Wu Jianye got off the car, the real estate agent immediately recognized Wu Jianye. This was also due to the current coverage of Wu Jianye in Hollywood.
Ever since Wu Jianye came to Hollywood, there has been no shortage of reports about him. Although he has not been able to make the headlines on the front page, he still has a place on the second page. However, these reports should not be considered too friendly.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people who were not optimistic about Wu Jianye’s first movie in Hollywood.
This is the power of the media. If they persistently report negative news about a person, even if the person is a saint, they will eventually describe him as an evil villain, and this image will be completely rooted in the hearts of ordinary citizens.
"Hello Mr. Wu, the house is right in front, you can follow my car!" the real estate agent said.
Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Okay, let's go!"
Following the real estate agent's car to the hillside of Beverly Hills, Wu Jianye saw a huge manor in the car.
From the outside, it looks like a French-style manor. After the gate is opened, the car drives in.
"Director Wu, this is one of the most luxurious estates in Beverly Hills. The entire villa has a construction area of 36,000 square feet (approximately 3,344 square meters) and an area of 2 acres (approximately 8,093 square meters).
, standing here you can overlook Sunset Boulevard.”
After a few people got out of the car, the real estate agent began to enthusiastically introduce the situation of this manor. For him, as long as he completes this transaction in a year, it will be enough for his living expenses for a year!
"The previous owners here were a French couple, but they recently wanted to sell the estate. The current price is very suitable, only $9.98 million!"
Then the real estate agent began to take Wu Jianye to visit the villa.
After Wu Jianye walked around, he was quite satisfied with the environment here and said, "Then let's go here!"
"What... Okay, I understand!" The real estate agent was stunned at first. After being a real estate agent for so long, he has met a lot of clients, but few of them are as happy as Wu Jianye.
See!
Wu Jianye said to Lauren Donnell: "Find some people to change everything in the bedrooms of this villa during this period, so that the overall decoration style does not need to be changed!"
"Understood!" Lauren Donnell said seriously.
Wu Jianye came outside the manor and looked at the scenery at the bottom of the mountain. He didn't feel any mood swings, even though he knew that after 2010, the price of such a manor would be at least 100 million US dollars!
In fact, if Wu Jianye's memory is correct, in the 2008s, such a manor was listed for sale in Beverly Hills, and the price at that time was around US$68.5 million!