novelraw Chapter 268
Chapter 268
Leonardo caught the pillow and laughed out loud.
Keanu also laughed and fell on the sofa, not forgetting to add: "Oh, it's still a romantic movie!"
Why is this guy being naughty with Leo?
Oh, I almost forgot, Keanu is essentially the big boy who will never grow up in "Abby's Big Adventure".
"Oh my god, are the two of them three years old together?" Winona shook her head.
"Definitely not." Josie smirked at Keanu coolly: "It's great, Kiki, I don't have anything to say, just wish your new movie hits the street in advance."
"Oh, come on, my screenwriter said that the character was well written." Keanu laughed and burst into tears, but for the sake of the friendship between them, he cleared his throat and tried to hold back his laughter, and asked: "Let's get down to business. Do you know that there are rumors in the city recently that Riedel Business Consulting Company intends to sell its "Variety Show" magazine?"
"I've heard it once." But Josie wasn't very interested.
Although "Variety Show" is known as Hollywood's industry bible, with the rapid development of the Internet, if these old paper media do not transform smoothly, they will eventually be eliminated by the market.
And she already has "NOW" in her hand, so there is absolutely no need to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy this tasteless. After many years, the actual listing price of "Variety Show" seems to be only tens of millions.
Hey, why did she use "only"?
"I've also heard that they are actively looking for buyers in the city." Leonardo took a sip of the diet soda on the table, and couldn't help frowning at Josie's weird taste here.
—God, what kind of weird taste is this?
Josie glared angrily at Leonardo, who was grinning mischievously, and then said, "But I don't have any money now, so I can't afford it."
Leonardo asked casually, "Where's your money?"
"Of course it's an investment." Qiao Qian said confidently, "I started a game company, which has been burning through a lot of money recently. Is there anyone interested in joining? If you miss this opportunity, if you want to buy my company's stock, you have to wait for the IPO Already!"
"It's not a small tone, Miss President." Leonardo curled his lips, "Then give me a copy of your plan, and I will consider having my agent evaluate it."
"Is it the game industry? Do you mind giving me a copy too? Recently, I'm worried that I don't have any good investment projects." Winona is a little interested. Her financial situation is not very good, but she heard about Josie's investment. They are very profitable.
Josie ignored Leonardo directly, looked at Winona and replied with a smile: "Of course, Winona, I'll have someone give it to you later."
Beauty is always privileged.
Moreover, Qiao Qian is not sure that this game company will be a money-making machine like Tianyan Network, and it would be good to recruit a few more people.
Speaking of SkyEye Network, TT, which completely dominates the market, made some colleagues very uncomfortable. When CEO Michael Shute reported to Josie last time, everything seemed to be normal.
But according to El Keizer, Michael Schutte recently met with America Online CEO Steve Case, and the most sensational internal headline in Hollywood right now is the merger plan between Time Warner and America Online.
This is mainly because since the rise of the Internet wave in the 90s, this strong emerging force has launched an impact on every traditional industry, especially the traditional media industry.
The failure of the pioneer website that Time Warner spent a lot of money in the past few years prompted it to accept the digital marriage of AOL, optimize resource allocation, expand market coverage, and gain an overall competitive advantage.
But this seemingly grandiose plan has fatal flaws.
On the one hand, America Online, which started with dial-up Internet access, will eventually be slapped on the beach by the popularization of broadband in the Internet wave;
On the other hand, we are now facing the worst period of the Internet bubble burst, and the performance of America Online, a leading Internet company, is also unsatisfactory, and cannot win the recognition of the stock market and investors.
Obviously, the Internet economy has not really taken off in the past few years, so Tianyan Network has been following the route of low-key development and comprehensive development, and has not yet included the listing plan in the agenda.
Still have to be a little bit more cautious...
So if someone wants to engage in the Sky Eye network, where will they start?
Josie thought about it for a while, and decided to drop by their old friend Ms. Feinstein when she went to San Francisco for filming. After all, she was the local leader in San Francisco.
After a few days of rest at home, Josie went to PPTH for a full-body check-up, and was busy with a new job.
It starts with the main cast getting together for a script reading.
Actress Josie herself, actor Jim Rose Stewart, and Lauren Bacall who plays the heroine's mother - originally they planned to hire Glenn Close, but the schedule conflict didn't work out - as the actor's partner And good friend Jon Favreau... as well as the film's director and screenwriter Nora Ephron, and co-screenwriter Mark Levy.
The production team of "Like Paradise" looks very luxurious, and it is conceivable that the producer Fox has high hopes for this film.
During this period, Josie received a call from Dr. Keith, who "just happened" to be on leave the last time she went for a checkup.
"I'm sorry, Sissy."
"for what?"
"For all the trouble I've caused you."
"and then?"
"But I still want to tell you, no cheating, no resurgence. I drank too much that night, and I called you, but... anyway, it's all my fault."
Josie did not argue with the doctor about right or wrong, but told him that she would still go to the hospital to see those children, and that she also planned to run a charitable foundation that provided legal aid, medical assistance, and bursaries for underage girls.
In the world of adults, there is no right or wrong, only right or wrong.
Obviously, they are the wrong ones.
Keith felt melancholy.
But he also knew that this sweet dream he had finally woke up.
But in the end, the doctor still maintained his demeanor and told Josie in a gentle tone: "Don't worry about it, get it all out of your mind—we're still friends, aren't we?"
"Yes." Josie breathed a sigh of relief.
After this incident, Josie also discovered that the simpler the better for a man, the long-term relationship with a Hollywood star requires high EQ, self-control and a strong heart.
She began to understand why those chiefs chose concubines...
In early October, "Fight Club" held a special screening for film critics in Los Angeles.
According to industry practice, the film company provided a short-term public trip to a five-star hotel near Los Angeles for most of the mainstream film critics in North America.
Let these film critics have a good time in the first two days. On the third day, they will take turns interviewing the leading actors in the hotel room, and then the film screening will be held. After the end, some small gifts within the rules will be given to prevent these film critics from going back. Bashing the movie.
However, there are also some people who do not participate in these activities, and do not accept such small and medium gifts, that is, film critics from serious paper media or well-known film critics.
Because the format of this special screening has been criticized, they think it violates professional ethics, and they would rather pay for the movie and interview by themselves.
And if you come here to accept the gift, it means that the participating film critics accept the request of the film company by default, and will not write something about the film without understanding.
Unspoken rules exist everywhere.
"This time it's too much fun, and those prostitutes who travel at public expense can't say anything good about our movie." In TT's group chat, David Fincher has not been offline at two o'clock in the morning, "Italians say this is Fascists, Americans say it's A Clockwork Orange... what a pity, I thought it was going to be Blade Runner."
Josie saw this passage at 05:30 in the morning.
It seems that David Fincher and Edward Norton have been chatting until now. Apart from discussing the spiritual core of "Fight Club", the publicity team who angered Fox, and film critics who don't understand, they are mainly worried about Fox, the publisher. Will there be another request for re-editing.
What, why isn't Gerard Butler in this group chat?
Because Gerard Butler was kicked out of the group chat by the group owner before he came back from Italy.
"Don't worry, I will go to see Arnon Milkan this morning." Josie replied.
The group leader suddenly cheated on the body, and surprised David Fincher, who sent the last message 10 minutes ago.
He rubbed his eyes, thinking he had misread, "Should I say, good morning, boss?"
"Good morning, David." Josie said briefly, "Goodbye, I'm getting up to exercise."
David Fincher reacted slowly and issued a series of ellipses, deciding not to delve into the horrible routine of a certain Hollywood actress, and went to sleep after drinking another glass of wine.
It has become Josie's daily routine to swim or exercise for an hour before starting a new day.
The breakfast provided by the hotel is very rich, but she still doesn't like Western food too much. The hot Chinese porridge, noodles and refreshments in the morning are more satisfying than anything else, but her nutritionist thinks that the intake of carbohydrates is easy to exceed the standard.
So, that nutritionist was fired.
In view of the star's request, the Marmont Manor Hotel began to provide a pure Chinese breakfast on the third day of Josie's stay. Even the more troublesome dishes only need to be ordered one night in advance.
It is said that the new chef was poached from a well-known restaurant with a high salary, which made Keanu appear in the morning restaurant every day recently, just for the bowl of beef brisket noodles that just came out of the pan.
Closer to home.
Josie invited Arnon Milkan to drink tea in the morning, and met Fox's Tom Rothman at noon. It was basically confirmed that the box office revenue of "Fight Club" in theaters would not be too impressive, and the main profit point would come later. terminal income.
Because the theater chains that hold the power of life and death are unwilling to give "Fight Club" a super-large number of openings, less than 2100 screens in the United States are already the limit that Fox can strive for.
You should know that "Double Conspiracy" produced at the same level, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd, got 2547 screens at the premiere.
Clearly, Fox picked a not-so-great movie schedule for Fight Club.
In addition to "Double Conspiracy", the action movie "The Three Kings" starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg is in full swing, and Bruce Willis' turnaround "The Sixth Sense" is also Breaking out of the siege, and "American Beauty" produced by DreamWorks is aiming for the Oscars, and the current box office has a good reputation.
As a result of all the best films, the idiosyncratic "Fight Club" looks like it's trying to survive.
Just as those data companies predicted, on the opening day, the movie theaters were packed with people attracted by the trailer, the star lineup and the director, but the box office only took in more than 500 million US dollars in the first week.
At first glance, this data seems to be passable, but it only barely reached the bottom line of media predictions.
Comparing Josie's other previous films vertically, and comparing "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" with more than 2100 screens horizontally, "Fight Club" showed a decline as soon as it was released.
And once the ban on film reviews is lifted, the voices of criticism from major mainstream film critics will almost drown it——