novelraw Chapter 217
Chapter 217
"A confidante?" Keanu moved one corner of his mouth slightly, pursed his lips and smiled, "No, no, Sandra is just my friend, and I don't think she will hate you for it. To me, she is just Like friends regardless of gender."
Josie raised her beautiful eyebrows, propped her chin with one hand, gave Keanu a half-smile look, and said, "Emmm, I don't think you don't know that she likes you, of course, I agree with this." Our problem in the first place was irrelevant."
But this is one of the reasons why Qiao Qian is not prepared to take over Village Village's investment share in the "Secret Agent Belle" project, because the ownership of the roles is a normal industry competition, and the resale of the project is a favor.
Money is no longer very important to the two people present.
Keanu just smiled but didn't answer, there was a sly look in his eyes, which made people wonder what he meant.
"So, the answer is correct?" Josie blinked her big eyes.
"Why don't we continue to talk about work." Keanu made a gesture of surrender and sighed: "Let me go, I just want to be a gentleman in the usual sense, we shouldn't discuss any woman in this way, it will appear Not respectful enough."
"Okay, you're right, San Keanu." Josie immediately changed to a topic that made Keanu unable to lie down and talk, "Tell me about your new movie, I heard you're going to play a serial killer? "
"Well, ungodly believer, I'm sure you're embarrassing me." He could only sit upright and spread his hands, "If I tell you, it's just a coincidence..."
"Then I don't believe it either." Josie said firmly and not at all in a low voice.
Keanu laughed.
The movie in which he will play the villain role is called "Keeper of Justice", produced by Universal Pictures, and there are no highlights from the outline of the story to the cast.
The only thing worth noting is that the perverted serial killer's name is "David Griffin". In a kindergarten-level expression, the villain "David Griffin" in the movie and the villain "David Griffin" in reality Geffen", differing only by a limited three letters in the spelling of the surname.
Griffineffen?
This movie looks very strange, why is Universal the producer of this movie... Is this the collective backstab of the villain's former subordinates and former masters?
At least once the script for this project was finalized, some clubs in the city immediately circulated gossip that David Geffen was kicked out by Edgar Bronfman Jr., largely losing their influence on Universal.
The most terrible thing is that the overseas distribution of many DreamWorks projects is currently done by Universal.
Thinking aimlessly like this, Josie couldn't help reaching out and touching Keanu's tender face in front of her, shaking her head with pity, and sighing.
"It wasn't my idea." After laughing enough, Keanu adjusted his expression, and explained with some helplessness: "It's little Edgar, or maybe someone else. In short, this kind of internal fighting in big companies always emerges endlessly. Although Ron Meyer is in charge of the film and television department, there are other factions in Universal Pictures, and they cooperate in managing different projects."
The rich third generation is not terrible, but the rich third generation with brain problems is terrible.
At least no matter what Edgar Bronfman Jr. did, most people in the circle would not be surprised by it.
And infighting is the norm.
From Paramount to Sony Columbia to Disney, no film company can be united as one. The larger the scale, the more factions and fierce internal fighting.
Josie nodded, indicating that she had heard the news, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she asked, "You called him by his name—do you know each other?"
"It's a nodding acquaintance." Keanu replied, "But Bronfman and we are not in the same circle. To be precise, their family is a wealthy family in the usual sense, and they don't have much achievements in the cultural field. "
Josie retorted casually: "Oh, that's probably because they're busy conquering Hollywood and obsessing over the sex organization. So, even if it's not Shakespeare in Love, someone else will beat Saving Private Ryan this year?"
"Maybe, I don't pay attention to Oscar." Keanu gave an ambiguous explanation, "Do you have time the day after tomorrow? Jin said you haven't gone for a long time to go horse racing."
Kim is his younger sister and an avid equestrian.
By the way, it is rumored that "poor Keanu" does have a sister suffering from leukemia, as evidence of his miserable life, but in fact Keanu spent millions of dollars in the medical research center in Switzerland, conquered This malignant disease is sufficient to be solved by modern medicine.
So, money may not be able to solve all the problems in the world, but it can definitely solve most of them.
There is nothing difficult in the world, I'm afraid of the poor.
Josie thought about it for a while, and then replied, "Okay, I will bring a few friends over then."
Josie was talking, when she heard Old John's voice from inside the room, shouting: "Boss, someone sent you flowers, where do you want to put them?"
"The restaurant is ready." Josie replied casually.
Old John, however, laughed loudly, and said, "That won't go away. I think you'd better come and see for yourself."
So Josie put on a bathrobe and entered the house through the back door with Keanu.
As soon as they passed through the kitchen, they saw all the staff members in the house gathered in the living room, because there were almost a whole room full of flowers, from delicate red roses to pure white roses, the whole living room seemed to be about rose varieties The venue of the exhibition was filled with rich fragrance.
Keanu couldn't help but sneezed, and then teased: "The suitor?"
"Who knows." Josie walked over and drew a card from it. It was written in a beautiful cursive script: 'In my barren land, you are the last rose.' '
Neruda's love poem is beautifully written, but the signature on the back of the card, 'FromAxe', makes Josie feel no romance.
Ax, or Bobby Axelrod, Josie doesn't think that this hedge fund expert will fall in love. I'm afraid he only sees the numbers that represent money.
And at this moment, Josie's cell phone rang.
"Received the flowers?" Ax's voice on the other end of the phone was full of magnetism, with a pleasant smile, "Congratulations, ma'am."
Josie gestured to Dorota to put the flowers in the living room, and said to Ax, "Thank you. But I hope this is more than just celebrating my Oscar."
"Oh, of course." Ax let out a series of low laughs. "Our crude oil has been rising from $9.25 a barrel. Isn't that another thing to celebrate?"
"What's the price now?" Josie asked.
"Brent oil is about to break through $14/barrel, and WTI (West Texas Intermediate) is a bit higher, and it will reach 16.4 soon." Aix said calmly, "I have to say, we should be grateful to those who happened refinery."
Affected by the OPEC agreement, the fourth oil crisis that began in 1997 finally came to an end, and international oil prices continued to rise. In the middle and late March, some refineries on the west coast of the United States shut down due to failures, which promoted a strong rebound in oil prices.
And Josie knew it was just the beginning of something crazy.
"Okay, let me know when the price rises to 20 yuan." She was not surprised, her voice was slow.
"Are you considering selling?" Ax asked.
"It depends on my financial situation." Josie didn't tell the truth. "You know, my team is dealing with the problem of bond season. This is bound to be a long and difficult project."
"Then I think we should meet after next month's deadline," Akers said.
The first box office share of "The Perfect Victim" has already been transferred to the company account of Tianji Films, and this movie officially entered the home entertainment market three months after its release, marking the beginning of back-end revenue.
"Secret Agent Belle", which was quietly approved, will also remit the film remuneration in advance, and the sky-high price of 20M+5% has not been disclosed.
——You must know that Julia Roberts only got 15M and 17M in "Notting Hill" and "Runaway Bride" released this year, and the price of the next movie may reach 2000 million US dollars.
Therefore, Qiao Qian's current cash flow is in good condition, and she is not going to move crude oil in the futures market if she is not very short of money. She only thinks that she has a time deposit that is quite profitable.
By the way, compared to Cameron II David Fincher, Peter Jackson, the director of "The Lord of the Rings", is really a more lovable film worker.
In contrast to the hard-earned money of other investors, he took the initiative to obtain various preferential policies from the New Zealand government. He is well versed in the virtue of spending every penny wisely. He is as noble as an angel.
But at least so far, almost no one in Hollywood thinks that this rookie can make a majestic epic special effects blockbuster with that little money.
Aix chuckled again, as if he said casually: "You should at least give me the face to treat you to a light meal, because this order has made me a lot of money."
"Meals can be scheduled, but there is no need to send flowers." Josie couldn't help laughing when she heard Keanu sneezed again when he lowered his head to distinguish a flower, "Because you may not know that there are people here who are allergic to hay fever, but they are full of it." curious."
Dorota thoughtfully gave Keanu a handkerchief and a smelling bottle, but compared to this, Josie suggested that Keanu leave the living room covered with flowers immediately.
While wiping his physical tears with a handkerchief, Keanu motioned Josie to look at another half-person-high mystery gift covered in silk cloth in the corner, and said, "Wait a minute. This was a nice surprise, But what I didn't expect was someone sending a room full of flowers. That's so foul - achoo!"
Josie smiled and said, "That's different. If one didn't spend time on a rose, it wouldn't be anything special."
She went over and took off the cloth cover, only to see an unremarkable upright piano sitting there quietly. It has ancient square tapered legs, straight casters and matching piano stool. The manufacturer cannot be determined. , a fresh white rose lay on the open keyboard.
Stretching out her hand to take down the rose, Josie took it around in her hand, her thin white fingers resting on the green branches of the rose, which was a bit touching.
"Who did it belong to?" she asked Keanu over her shoulder.
"The Casablanca." Keanu gave the name of the famous movie "Casablanca" starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, "but its value has nothing to do with the piano itself, so it is more suitable for collection. .”
"To be honest, I haven't watched an old movie for a long time." Josie said so, but suddenly changed her expression, and asked in a strange tone: "Where did you go last night?"
Keanu was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly realized that she was reading lines from "Casablanca", and then smiled and cooperated: "I can't remember what happened so long ago."
Josie continued, "Can I see you tonight?"
Her extremely beautiful brows were also stained with a smile, and her cornflower-colored eyes were soft and bright, refracting the golden crumbs from the California sunlight, like a lingering gentle wind, with a slightly drunken ocean atmosphere .
This scene has the magic of captivating people's hearts.
I believe that many years later, he will still remember a girl standing in the background of blooming flowers, smiling so beautifully at himself.
But now, with a silent sigh in his heart, Keanu said, "I never planned for something that far away."