Hollywood Drawing - Chapter 609

Similar to Wayne’s close collaboration with Warner Bros., Roland Emmerich’s entire directorial career has been primarily with Sony, Columbia Pictures, and Twentieth Century Fox.

The director who is good at and loves to shoot disaster films, if you put aside the disaster attributes of his works, in fact, many people can find that his consistent style is idealism and romanticism.

Beginning with the 1984 Virgo feature film “Noah’s Ark Guidelines”, the Hollywood director born in Stuttgart, Germany has deeply planted the seeds of making disaster films. And when Sony Columbia put the “Godzilla” project on the agenda, he was also the first identified core creator.

There is a very interesting phenomenon in Hollywood. Those who actually participate in film production, the so-called elite filmmakers, actually have a small circle. In particular, the best behind-the-scenes filmmakers are not strangers to each other. Of course, actors or big stars are not in this category.

This has caused almost every behind-the-scenes elite to have served in multiple crews, including Roland Emmerich, which is the most different from Wayne.

If you expand the circle a little bit, and include the small heads of the departments at the middle and upper levels of the crew, there will be more faces that are familiar to each other. Everyone has similar working habits and environment, because a film project gathers together, after a few months to a year of cooperative preparation and shooting, then they leave in a hurry and continue to participate in the next film project.

This is especially true for big productions. Any big-invested film project in Hollywood will have to bear huge profit pressure on the film company, so they will be more cautious in choosing behind-the-scenes technicians.

Up to the core creative team led by the producer and director, including the directors of various departments of the crew. Down to the bottom-level participants of the crew, temporary assistants, electricians, drivers, temporary handymen, etc., a movie can’t be born without these people.

For a top-level production like “Godzilla”, a budget of $130 million means that the crew is destined to be small, and it is the norm for hundreds of people to gather together to work.

It is very difficult to make these hundreds of people cooperate with each other and make a film according to the shooting plan in a short period of time. So when people see big Hollywood movies, almost the production cycle is more than one year.

And those film directors known as fast shooters, such as Wayne, Steven Spielberg and other directors of one movie a year, all have a very stable behind-the-scenes core team, usually the projects directed by these fast shooters, You can skip or reduce the break-in time at the beginning of shooting, and enter a stable shooting rhythm as soon as possible.

But Roland Emmerich is different. He is not a fast-moving director, so it is very difficult to finish the filming of “Godzilla” in less than eight months. Challenging work.

For him, whether it is the tight production time or Sony Columbia’s next plan, it is a battle that is not easy to win, and a battle with extremely powerful opponents.

However, at this time, Wayne, who was regarded as a great enemy by Roland Emmerich and Sony Columbia, was not as busy with work as they had imagined.

The sunshine in Los Angeles in September is still hot, and the heat is accompanied by the air, pouring into people’s nostrils as if they are dying. Sunshine, beach, yachts, swimsuits, hot girls, hot weather and hot music, together ignite the high nest of yacht parties.

“How is this big guy?”

The music on the yacht decreased, Tom Cruise was naked, wearing colorful beach pants, carrying a bottle of beer, and sat down on the sofa on the second floor, “Three years ago, I was for this everyone. Dude, it cost 19 million US dollars, and it wasn’t officially delivered to me until this year, how about it? Would you like to place an order too, and I’ll ask Pat to get in touch with you later?”

In the distance, you can still see the shadow of Malibu Beach, and the surrounding sea is also lively, with a group of seagulls circling in the air, chirping from time to time.

Wayne also wore a similar attire, sitting on the sofa on the second floor of the yacht, listening to dynamic music with a strong sense of rhythm, and looking at the seagulls on the sea. Hearing Brother Tom’s ridicule, he raised the beer bottle in his hand with a smile, touched him, raised his head and drank half of the bottle.

The cold liquid flowed down his throat, as if temporarily suppressing the heat brought by the sun. He shook his head slightly to Brother Tom beside him, and patted the sofa under him. “Forget it, I rarely find time to go out to sea. If there is a plan in the future, I will borrow your big guy.”

“Whatever, just call me anytime.”

Shrugging, Tom Cruise put the wine bottle on the table, opened a wooden box, took out two cigars and handed him one. “Learn to enjoy it, Wayne, **** it, what are you doing with all the money you earn, more than two hundred million dollars, you can buy a lot of big guys like this!”

“Greenberg Studio, there will be multiple projects in the next two years, money, this stuff is always not enough, isn’t it?” Wayne chatted casually while picking up the cigar cutter to trim the cigar.

Suddenly, he felt something was wrong, he tilted his head to look at Tom, and asked, “Wait, how do you know that I have received more than 200 million US dollars recently, and Warner Bros. shouldn’t have advertised this?”

“I saw it in a magazine.” The Hollywood superstar lit a cigar, exhaled a large cloud of blue smoke, tapped his head lightly with his fingers between the cigars, frowned, and a look of memory appeared on his face. “Which magazine is it in, wait, it should be down there, I’ll get it.”

After speaking, without waiting for his response, he put the cigar in his mouth and walked to the first floor of the yacht in a murmur.

Even in the endless sea, the weather was still very hot. Wayne raised his head and took a gulp of the beer, shaking his head vigorously.

As soon as he got off the plane, he received a call from Tom Cruise. He was picked up by Malibu, and then directly boarded this big toy. Until now, he still feels a little groggy because of the jet lag.

In fact, he was also curious about a big toy like a luxury yacht, otherwise he wouldn’t come directly to this so-called yacht party. Like the one below him, with a total length of more than 400 feet, it looks like a white hill from a distance.

At this time, on the deck, the bar and the pool, more than thirty bikini girls of different colors were dancing and screaming to the music. Most of them have similar identities, that is, models.

If you put aside the fame halo of Hollywood female stars, whether it is body, temperament or face, these young female models are likely to be better. They are all from Los Angeles-specific PR agencies, and they sign a non-disclosure agreement before participating in every similar event, so there will never be a shortage of these beautiful female models at parties in Hollywood circles.

“Will is crazy.”

Nina, who had been sitting in the corner with a fashion magazine in her hand, suddenly interrupted Wayne’s thoughts, pointed to Will Smith by the pool, and reminded in a low voice, “Boss, he’s smoking with that group of women. Leaf smoke, it may be something else, but it won’t be a good thing.”

The assistant is very clear that what her boss usually hates most is the most common “contraband” in these circles, so she pointed it out immediately.

“Shit!”

Wayne put the cigar in the ashtray and took a careful look at the men and women by the pool. Several Latino female models with a body like a meatball are writhing around Will Smith, a cigarette in hand, passing back and forth between the hands of several women and Hollywood stars, mixed with spirits in their hands , several people burst into laughter from time to time.

“Will’s tastes are very different, right?”

There was a sound of stepping footsteps, Tom Cruise came up with a cigar in his hand, a magazine and a few newspapers in his hand, saw the direction he was looking at, and pouted his lips in a joke. “He and you are like two extremes. Damn, if you like this figure, why do you have to be dark?”

“Is it safe here?”

Looking back, Wayne immediately asked, “I don’t want the news that we were arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department in the entertainment news headlines tomorrow.”

“Don’t worry, smoke some leaf cigarettes, you’ll be fine.”

Tom Cruise threw the newspapers and magazines on the table, smiled and shook his head, his face full of pride. “Trust me, no idiot would come to my yacht for a surprise inspection! My foundation is a big donor to the Los Angeles Police Department, unless they don’t want to buy a new police car in the future…”

Nodding, Wayne smiled wryly himself, thinking that he might be too nervous. Almost all Hollywood parties are inseparable from similar things. Alcohol, contraband, various drugs, and beautiful women of different colors are the main components of a party.

If you want to catch this thing, the Los Angeles Police Department doesn’t need any news. Wherever there is a party, just surround it. It’s definitely a surefire way to catch it.

“When are you going to start joining the group?”

Putting his feet on the table with a comfortable face, Tom Cruise asked casually.

“Tomorrow, or the day after.” Wayne picked up the magazine on the table without raising his head.

“You workaholic…”

To his surprise, this magazine has nothing to do with entertainment at all. Instead, it is a financial magazine, the well-known “Business Weekly”.

On the cover is a photo of Wayne, dressed in a black suit, clasping his hands on his chest and looking at the camera, appearing on the cover of a financial magazine is quite commercial. Wayne didn’t turn a few pages before he found the revelations that Tom had seen about more than 200 million US dollars. What was even more surprising was that he was only one of the protagonists of this article.

“On August 30th, the media “propublice” released a low-key bombshell, the famous Hollywood director Wayne Greenberg, who only relied on the part of “Batman: The Dark Knight”, got it from Warner Bros. took more than $200 million in cash.

According to our survey, since the 1990s, Wayne Greenberg’s net worth has been conservatively estimated to be more than one billion US dollars through the income from filming, as well as the shares of Warner Bros. Note that our calculation is based on the income that he can find on the surface, and does not calculate his personal reinvestment income.

Just like the more than $200 million in cash received from Warner Bros. this time, Wayne Greenberg has been able to receive a large amount of cash income almost every year for the past many years. Similar to him, including Warren Buffett, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates, the head of Carnegie Steel and other rich people in different fields, have received a large amount of income in recent years.

After a large number of investigations, we found that 25 rich North American people in different fields such as Wayne Greenberg did not pay much tax! For example, Warren Buffett, the rich man who always shouted that the rich should pay more taxes, paid only $11.75 million in taxes in the five years from 1992 to 1997.

Perhaps for most ordinary people, this is already an astronomical figure, but for the above 25 rich people in various fields, this money is nothing. Similar to the taxes paid by Warren Buffett, the 25 wealthy individuals we surveyed have paid a strikingly similar proportion of their income over the past five years.

Less than 1%, to be precise, between 7.9 and 9/1000, not even 1% of their total income! That’s just the percentage of income taxed by the 25 millionaires we surveyed. Compared with other fields, depending on the state, they pay taxes as high as 30% to 60% of income, and their tax payment ratio is significantly less than normal.

According to the analysis of the information we have learned, none of these rich people have illegal tax evasion, tax evasion, or tax evasion. If morality and subjective feelings are put aside, let us analyze their professional accountant team only from the perspective of reasonable and legal tax avoidance. How does it work…”

Wayne’s brows were furrowed. In this magazine article of more than ten pages, he basically analyzed in detail the tax avoidance methods of 25 rich people in different fields in North America, including him.

It is not uncommon for these analysis articles to be published in financial magazines, and even the original intention of publishing articles in this magazine is to praise the investment methods of the rich, including him, and the clever tax avoidance methods. Showing wealth is tantamount to showing power in this land, which can be regarded as an old tradition.

“You only took seven years, Wayne.”

Tom Cruise on the side saw him look up, clapped his hands vigorously, and said with a smile: “In seven years, you have made 90% of the people in the circle, a fortune that you can’t make in a lifetime. I have to say , In terms of making money with movies, you are definitely the first in the circle.”

Although the tone of his speech was ridiculed, there was no ridicule in Tom’s eyes, his eyes were full of respect.

He still remembered that when he saw this article yesterday, his first thought was to open a film company in partnership with the other party. Unprecedented business vision, excellent film market sensitivity, and perfect control over film shooting and production, etc., make people feel that Wayne should become the CEO of a film company. Being a director is really a waste of his commercial talents.

“Come on, Tom, nobody succeeds forever.”

Smiling and waving his hand, Wayne threw the magazine back on the table, took a sip of beer. “Don’t be superstitious about the touts of the media. Maybe I will miss the next “The Flash”, and maybe the movie I invested in will miss when.”

“That’s right, no one in this circle can succeed forever.”

Nodding in approval, Tom Cruise of course knows that this is basically the iron law of the film industry. Not to mention a film director and film producer, even if it is the six powerful Hollywood giants, every film made is like a gamble.

“But at least these years, you haven’t made a mistake! By the way, I heard that you invested in the production of that all-female perspective film, and it’s almost finished?”

“It should be soon.” He had nothing to hide about this film, and said happily: “If nothing else happens, you should be able to see the finished film before January.”

Tom’s meaning is very obvious. If Wayne will miss, there is no doubt that this film, which is purely from a female perspective, is the most likely. In the past decades of experience in Hollywood, there have been countless producers and film companies who have fallen on this, but so far, there is still no film with a female perspective that has been a great success.

“You seem very confident.”

Taking a closer look at his face, Tom Cruise shook his head. “I hope this film won’t make you lose too much money.”

Including Tom, many of his friends, and even the executives of Warner Bros., after watching the lineup of “Charlie’s Angels”, the first thought was that Wayne was spending money to play games with women, and also Or spending money to fulfill a promise to a woman.

His credit in this area is well known in the circle. It is hard to make people think otherwise by arranging three women who have no clear relationship with him. As for making money from this movie, even if he is the screenwriter and producer of the movie, no one is willing to believe it. This involves the general industry cognition of most people in Hollywood.

“Come on, Tom.”

The two of them have been chatting casually about all kinds of gossip in the circle during this period of time, but since Wayne stepped on the yacht, he could see that the other party had something to say. In his head, he still chose to ask the question directly.

“I am a director, but you are a good actor. Your eyes tell me that I have something to talk to me about.”

“Ok, ok.”

Shaking his head helplessly, Tom Cruise took a big sip of his cigar, and when he turned his head, he saw Will Smith, who was stumbling toward the yacht guest room with three girls in his arms. Obviously those three girls didn’t fit his aesthetic very much. Tom and Wayne looked at each other, and the corners of their mouths twitched twice.

“I have already explained to Pat that I will terminate the negotiations with Jimmy on “Iron Man” tomorrow…”

Hearing this, Wayne’s eyes narrowed. In his heart, the most suitable person to play Tony Stark in this era is undoubtedly Tom.

Among all the male stars in Hollywood, the box-office appeal, audience popularity, and fans’ reputation are the best in this era. Of course, Big Tom, Uncle Ford and others are equally powerful, but for “Iron Man”, he can’t think of anyone who is more suitable for this coffee position than Tom.

As long as the other party can be persuaded to jointly invest, the issue of remuneration can be discussed appropriately. If nothing else, with the face of Tom, it can increase the box office of the movie by hundreds of millions out of thin air. This is something that little stars can never compare to. .

Wayne tapped on the table with one hand and asked earnestly, “What happened?”

“Some unexpected situations have occurred between me and Paramount.” Tom Cruise didn’t hide it, he chose what he could say and said directly: “Contradiction and cooperation, these two years have almost become me and Paramount. The subject between Mongols, a few days ago, Summer Redstone asked me to talk about it, um, the result was very bad.”

Thinking about it carefully, Wayne probably guessed something. Since Viacom acquired Paramount, Shirley Lansing, the powerful woman, has led the six giants through a turbulent period within a few years. ~www.mtlnovel.com~ Now even the head of Viacom, the legendary media industry tycoon Summer Redstone has spoken, which shows how complicated the dispute between Tom and Paramount is .

Different from other Hollywood superstars, Tom and Paramount signed a close cooperation agreement very early. The specific content is unclear, but some terms have been circulated in the circle. Coupled with the copyright disputes, division disputes and investment disputes of “Mission Impossible”, it can be said that there is no possibility of a happy breakup between the two parties.

And now is the 1990s when superstars have the strongest appeal. Paramount or Summer Redstone are not willing to let go of Tom. Now he is a first-line male star in the coffee position. The most scarce resource in the circle, this face, represents countless potential benefits.

“It’s not convenient for me to say the specifics. There are some confidentiality clauses involved, but I think you should be able to guess some.” Tom Cruise breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head and took a few gulps of beer. When it comes to this, obviously He was not in a good mood. “In the past two years, I don’t think I have time to work on other films, so…”

“I understand that there will always be opportunities for cooperation.” Wayne stretched out a hand to Brother Tom and said seriously, “If you need help, you can call me at any time.”

“Snapped.”

The two men clapped their hands and smiled at the same time. Tom Cruise retracted his hand and nodded gratefully.

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