Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 34: Guns, Police, and Phone Booths
It was not until noon the next day that Aaron woke up from the hotel bed, hugging Jennifer Connelly.

"Have I sunk so low?"

Then, Aaron ran into the bathroom and took a shower!
After Jennifer Connelly woke up, the two of them ate something and then sent her home, reminding her to call directly if she had any questions.

"Got it. I'll come and accompany you in a few days!"

Jennifer Connelly hugged Aaron and kissed him before getting out of the car.

When Aaron returned to the hotel, he received a call from Disney's production department, who was Jeffrey Katzenberg's assistant.

"Mr. Katzenberg thinks the 'Family Trip' project has no commercial value. I hope Aaron, you can recommend a script with commercial elements!"

"Business element? I see. There will be opportunities. Please thank Mr. Katzenberg."

"That's not necessary, Aaron. Mr. Katzenberg is still very optimistic about you!"

After hanging up the phone, Aaron wanted to slap himself. How dare he expect Jews to support this literary work?

Aaron Anderson then headed to Heritage Entertainment’s New York headquarters, located in a vintage Landmark Theater near Times Square!

Landmark Cinemas is a well-known art-house cinema chain in the United States, often showing independent films and foreign films;

Heritage Entertainment also frequently distributes foreign art films because it owns the Landmark Cinema chain, and it also invests in some of the films itself.

During the Reagan era, the Paramount Act in Hollywood began to exist in name only. In order to protect their own distribution advantages, Hollywood studios began to invest in theaters again.
However, today’s cinemas are not the large-scale multi-hall cinemas of the future. Most of them still operate in the theater model. There are also countless cinema chains in the United States!
A third-floor office at the Landmark Theatre in Times Square.

Guy Martin, head of Heritage Entertainment, is looking through the script of "Family Journey".

Aaron sat on the sofa, observing the Times Square environment during this period, which was indeed a mess;

Adult stores, strip clubs, sex comedy bars, dirty environment, poor security, the future famous world crossroads will probably take a few years to come!
"Wow, the script is very heartwarming, focusing on family and kinship," Guy Martin smiled. No wonder director Francis Coppola had a good opinion of the script.

Aaron also nodded, "Mr. Martin, the budget of this "Family Trip" is about 700 million US dollars;"

"Director Giuseppe Tornatore has returned to Europe, and we hope to secure $200 million in funding in the United States!"

"Two million dollars?" Guy Martin shook his head. Although Giuseppe Tornatore won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, it was still too expensive for an art film like this.

"Heritage Entertainment can invest $120 million in exchange for the North American distribution rights to 'Family Trip,' which is also our support for the arts."

Aaron thought for a moment and explained, "Jennifer Connelly will also join this "Family Trip" to play the youngest daughter;"

"No matter what, she was also a young beauty in the United States in the 1980s. She had a certain popularity and could always attract some audiences to the theaters;"

“A $200 million investment isn’t that much!”

Guy Martin smiled and said, "Aaron, $150 million. That's the final price."

"Well, alright then," Aaron stood up and shook hands with the other party. "It's a pleasure working with you. I'm sure we'll have other collaborations." "Landmark Cinemas screens art films, but we're not against commercial works either!"

Aaron nodded, "I understand."

After leaving the theater, Aaron came to Broadway Avenue and suddenly heard a shout.

"Robbery, robbery!"

Across the street, an old woman was shouting that she was being robbed, and she was pointing at a young black man running very fast in front of her.
The young black man was holding a women's bag in his hand, which was obviously something he had just snatched.

Then, a passerby went into a nearby telephone booth and called the police for her!
Aaron shook his head. Times Square was definitely a criminal's paradise right now. "Thank goodness no guns were used!"

"Gun!" Aaron suddenly thought of something and turned his head to stare at the phone booth.

Guns, phone booths, police!

The classic Hollywood low-budget crime thriller "Phone Booth" in the future: a man receives a threatening call in a phone booth, warning him not to leave the phone booth, otherwise he will be shot;

The sniper killer in the dark, the threatened man in the phone booth, the police who dared to come to the scene, and the wife of the male protagonist in the phone booth!
There are few characters, simple scenes, and easy shooting, all relying on the uniqueness and novelty of the story.

Aaron has been wanting to develop his script "Ghost", but unfortunately, the cost of this film will not be low enough for Aaron to accept.

The production budget of "Pretty Woman" reached 1500 million US dollars, not to mention that "Ghost" also has some ghost special effects to do, which is definitely more expensive than "Pretty Woman"!
"This idea needs to be implemented as soon as possible," Aaron thought as he quickened his pace and left.

This idea needs to be adapted into a script by a screenwriter as soon as possible...

However, after returning to the St. Regis Hotel on Fifth Avenue, Aaron first called director Giuseppe Tornatore in Italy to explain the situation of "Family Trip";
There is now a 5-hour time difference between the East Coast of the United States and Italy. New York is 5 hours behind, and it is already night in Italy.

"Thank you, Aaron. I will start filming "Family Trip" in Sicily next month, and will then go to Rome, Milan, Turin, Florence and other cities for filming;"

"The role you mentioned for Jennifer Connelly will be mainly in Milan, and it will probably be filmed in two weeks!"

Giuseppe Tornatore sounded cheerful on the phone, which was probably because the financing process of "Family Journey" went smoothly.

"Okay, I'll take Jennifer to Italy then!"

Since Jennifer Connelly also wants to play some roles, "Family Trip" will definitely participate in the Cannes or Venice Film Festival, and it would be nice for her to experience it.

After solving "Family Trip", Aaron took out a pen and paper and began to think about his own idea of "Sniper Phone Booth";

Aaron only needs to set the outline of the script, and for the rest, he can ask the screenwriter to polish it!

After all, even Quentin Tarantino, who has trouble with grammar and vocabulary, can write a screenplay, so if Aaron takes the time, it won’t be a big problem, but the details will definitely be a little lacking;
However, there is absolutely no need to do that, because the most valuable thing is the creativity!

Phone Booth, if Aaron remembers correctly, grossed nearly $100 million worldwide, but that was after the millennium, and the film market had almost doubled in size compared to today;
It is definitely not as good as the current annual box office in North America of only 40 billion US dollars, but during this period of time, the global box office should be around to million US dollars, right?

(End of this chapter)