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Chapter 575 I Can’t Look Down on Myself

Zhao Fei sat in the back car 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 cooperated with Wu Jianye There were the most people, but he found that every time he came out with Wu Jianye, he could see something different about Wu Jianye.

For example, he was the first person to know Wu Jianye's great power in Xiangjiang, and he was also the first to doubt Wu Jianye's wealth in Xiangjiang, but all this is not much different to Zhao Fei. It's because they are classmates and partners, Wu Jianye's net worth has nothing to do with him.

At most, it was just to snatch more of his things in the usual way, but it was all within the understandable range of everyone, but this time he came out and discovered another attribute of Wu Jianye.

That is the attribute on the woman's side.

Li Xiuming, whom he saw in New York first, had already given him a great impact. Who is Li Xiuming?
Of course he knew that the most popular film actress in the country had retired later, which was a loss to the domestic film industry. Even "Popular Cinema" called it 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 thought of the first movie "Peacock Princess" that Wu Jianye and Li Xiuming collaborated with.

It seems that they were together at that time!Zhao Fei thought quietly.

I thought Li Xiuming's impact was already big enough, but I didn't expect to see the appearance of the European goddess Isabel Adjani and Wu Jianye after coming to Los Angeles, which made him even more unacceptable. He really is Can't imagine how the two came together.

If Zhao Fei knew that Wu Jianye and Isabel Adjani were just in an ordinary relationship, he would probably be even more shocked.

This is when Zhao Fei went to Xiangjiang, he didn't have the habit of reading old newspapers, otherwise he would have known Wu Jianye's romantic history in Xiangjiang, and Zhao Fei would have been even more shocked at that time.

Soon a few people came to Phantom Entertainment.

At this time, Phantom Entertainment is no longer what it was when Linda was first established. It has also moved away from the original site and moved to Century City in Beverly Hills. Not far away is the famous [-]th 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 wanted to Then there was something super friendly 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 I see the appearance of Wu Jianye and Isabel Adjani, I suddenly understand
Asshole gentleman.

Just don't look down on yourself.
Thinking of this, Linda's expression is not beautiful.

"Wu, you are really charming, the French rose is also the most beautiful rose in Hollywood!"

Wu Jianye was slightly taken aback at first, not understanding where Linda's sourness came from, but he didn't think too much about it, thinking that Linda was only feeling unwell for a few days every month, just in time for now.

"I know whether she is attractive or not. Isabel is here today, so let's sign the contract first!" Wu Jianye said vigorously.

His previous cooperation with Isabel Adjani was just a verbal agreement. Now that Wu Jianye has come to Hollywood, he will naturally sign a contract.

Linda didn't argue too much with Wu Jianye, and said: "The contract is ready, and now Isabel can sign it as long as she calls her agent!"

Isabel Adjani waved her hand and said nonchalantly: "Don't wait for him, I can decide this matter myself!"

Then Isabel Adjani didn't even look at the remuneration given to her, and signed her name in the signature position.

Wu Jianye walked over and said with a smile, "So trust me?"

Isabel Adjani nodded and joked, "That's a must!"

In fact, Wu Jianye did not let Linda treat Isabel Adjani badly, and the salary he gave was 500 million US dollars, which is already the top salary among Hollywood actresses.

There are also grades 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 reach two to three times. Moreover, in the context of this era, Hollywood stars , the remuneration is not yet at the level of 2000 million US dollars, and there is also a requirement for a share of the film.

For example, Dustin Hoffman, a Hollywood actor, currently earns between 800 and 900 million US dollars, and most of the top Hollywood male stars in this era are paid in the early 1000 million. The 2000 million salary is still a dream at this time.

Five years later, when Jim Carrey starred in "The Masquerade", the first male star with a salary of more than 2000 million will appear in Hollywood.

The current salary of 500 million US dollars is already the top salary for a Hollywood actress. Although Isabelle Adjani is also well-known in Hollywood, it is still one level behind the 500 million US dollars. After all, she starred in more Most of them are literary films, but among the mainstream commercial films in North America, they have never shown their box office appeal.

In fact, it is not only Isabel Adjani who needs to sign the contract, but also Wu Jianye, Zhao Fei, Tan Yang and others.

Although Wu Jianye is the behind-the-scenes boss of Phantom Entertainment, in this place of America, all necessary procedures must be followed, otherwise the problems faced are enough to prevent the filming of this movie.

Wu Jianye took a look at his own contract, which stated a remuneration of 20 US dollars, while that of Zhao Fei was 8 US dollars, and that of Tan Yang and Tan Yang's team was 10 US dollars!
"You are really business-like!" Wu Jianye glanced 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 pay attention to principles, don't we!" 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 levels, but it is difficult to find directors with tens of millions of levels!
And because Hollywood has always followed the production system, the authority of the director has been greatly weakened, so if a director wants to get a salary of tens of millions, it is not much easier than a female star getting a salary of tens of millions.

Although Wu Jianye won the awards of the three major European film festivals, he is still only a translucent existence in Hollywood, and has not made any achievements in the mainstream Hollywood film circle. Not a bad paycheck.

Wu Jianye saw what Linda was doing, didn't say anything, and signed his name directly. Zhao Fei and Tan Yang saw that Wu Jianye had signed, so they naturally had nothing to hesitate, and signed directly. own name.

After signing, Wu Jianye asked, "Did Tom Hanks contact you?"

"The Love of Ghosts" is originally a romance film, and there are not too strict requirements for male and female leading actors, so in Wu Jianye's view, there is no need to find the original leading actor Patrick Swayze, let alone the female leading actor They have all been changed, and the actor Wu Jianye is more interested in is Tom Hanks.

This actor who became the most capable actor by later generations is an actor Wu Jianye admires very much, especially his performance in "Forrest Gump", which is even more impressive.

Linda smiled wryly: "We contacted, but he has already refused!"

Wu Jianye was slightly taken aback: "Refused?"

"Yes, Tom Hanks thinks that playing a ghost will have a bad influence on his image, and 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". At the beginning, Phantom Entertainment refused to sell the copyright of "Jurassic Park" to Spielberg. Now The opponent has already started targeting Phantom Entertainment.

"Then let's open the recruitment, send a notice to male stars of the right age in Hollywood, and invite them to audition!" Wu Jianye said, although Tom Hanks is good, but since there is no way to invite him, Wu Jianye has no need demand.

Linda nodded, and glanced at Isabel Adjani and the 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: "Wu, I'll wait for you at the hotel!" After speaking, Isabel Adjani left with brisk steps.

She also has her own things to do. You must know that her agent didn't want her to take on this drama before, but she is really not as strong as Isabel Adjani, so she can only agree helplessly in the end. Now Phantom Entertainment has fired her. 500 million top salary, Isabel Adjani will naturally tell her agent!
Presumably, after seeing this salary, the agent should have nothing to say. After all, what the agent earns is the star's share. The higher Isabel Adjani's salary, the more money the agent earns.

As for Zhao Fei, Tan Yang and others, they were also assigned to other rooms.

After everyone left, Linda smiled and said, "Wu, this is the financial situation of Phantom Entertainment for the past two years, you should take a look first!"

Wu Jianye sat on the sofa, but Linda handed over the documents.

The development of Phantom Entertainment in the past two years has not been as strong as before. "The Lion King", which was released in January last year, is still Phantom Entertainment's most profitable movie in the past two years.

In fact, movies like this are hard to come by in Hollywood. Nowadays, the seven major studios in Haolai only shoot between 15 and 20 movies every year, and they shoot that type of movie every day. How many movies of each type will be shot has been planned long ago.

Phantom Entertainment also has its own plans. For example, their newly developed series of movies "Die Hard" series, now also guarantee the speed of one movie every two years. This kind of movie is different from the "Home Alone" series, one movie every two years The speed is already considered fast in Hollywood!
Although Bruce Willis didn't film "Die Hard 2" last year, he was also free, and co-starred in a western movie "Sunset" with Blake Edwards!
Although not as dazzling at the box office as "Die Hard", it also earned millions of dollars for Phantom Entertainment.

And Phantom Entertainment's gold series "Home Alone" has been announced by Phantom Entertainment that it will suspend the development of this series, which is also to protect this series.

In the last "Home Alone" movie, the audience has obviously begun to experience aesthetic fatigue. If Phantom Entertainment continues to develop this series, it will only end up making this series stink.

At the same time, Phantom Entertainment will also invest in and shoot Cheng Long's second film in Hollywood this year. This film is also a series of films, and the script is also provided by Wu Jianye, but it is not the most influential Cheng Long in Hollywood. The "Rush Hour" series, but the "Shanghai Noon" series.

This series of films was not outstanding among Cheng Long's films in Hollywood. The biggest reason was that the film's story routines were a bit old-fashioned in Hollywood at that time, but it has been different since 89. up.

As for the original version of "Shanghai Noon", Liu Yuling who played Pei Pei was replaced by Chen Chong who Wu Jianye is familiar with.

This film is still jointly invested by Phantom Entertainment and Golden Harvest.

At the same time, Linda also invested in a few movies, which made some profits and some losses. Generally speaking, the development of Phantom Entertainment has become more stable in the past two years, and it is no longer as rapid as it was in previous years. For The Lion King, the return on investment ratios of other films are all within the acceptable range of other production companies.

However, this does not mean that the income of Phantom Entertainment has decreased. The income of a "Lion King" is enough to make all film studios envious.

At the same time, Phantom Entertainment's film production over the years, as the video tape market has become another important income for Hollywood film studios, the video tapes of these movies are still continuously returning benefits to Phantom Entertainment.

Although a large sum has been allocated before, the rest are pure benefits, so although it seems that there is a lot less, the accumulation of small amounts has also brought a lot of benefits to Phantom Entertainment.

In particular, Arnold Schwarzenegger is simply the uncrowned king of the video tape market. The income of the movies he starred in has already surpassed the box office revenue.

And now Arnold Schwarzenegger has also become one of the highest-paid film actors in Phantom Entertainment, and even the highest-paid movie actors in Hollywood.

As for Phantom Entertainment's financial report, Wu Jianye would read it every year, and now he simply read it and put it on the table.

Linda saw that Wu Jianye put the report aside and said, "There is one more thing. Johnson knew about your coming to Los Angeles, and proposed to meet with you!"

Before the Berlin Film Festival, Wu Jianye saw Johnson and proposed to take a stake in the Johnson family's theater business. However, after Johnson returned to the United States, he had no contact with Wu Jianye. Now he found Wu Jianye, apparently to mention this thing!

"Then make an appointment!" Wu Jianye said.

(End of this chapter)