novelraw Chapter 242
Chapter 242
Inexplicably, there is an extra job on her body, but Eve doesn't feel too much pressure. She thinks it's good to see some radio programs.
Before, she made an appointment with the interviewer to meet at ten o'clock, but now she still has half an hour to go after driving all the way there.
So I simply came to the newsstand and prepared to buy some newspapers and magazines.
You can find the specific location and contact information of almost all newsstands by opening any Los Angeles telephone yellow pages.
Especially in the bustling area of the city center, even if the sidewalks are very narrow, you can still see these buildings.
Next to the coffee shop are all kinds of tall office buildings. The office workers in a hurry pay for newspapers or magazines and then rush to the elevators of the office buildings.
Eve walked a hundred meters in the direction of the parking lot, and saw a newsstand.
The owner of the newsstand looks like a Mexican. Her skin is a little dark yellow, but she keeps smiling, constantly looking for newspapers and magazines that customers need.
Many newsstands are now a way for new immigrants to make money and earn a living, and many times they are even open until late at night.
This kind of newspaper kiosk has a special business certificate. It doesn't mean that if you want to open it, you can just build a small house on the street.
From morning papers to evening papers, they still stick to their original positions in the middle of the night or when it is covered by heavy rain and fog, and the faint orange light will bring safety and warmth to passers-by.
After reading various gossip reports for a long time, the Mexican boss of the newsstand saw Eve approaching, and said in surprise, "Miss Campbell, what can I do for you?"
Eve scanned the magazines and newspapers. On the front pages of some entertainment newspapers, there was even a photo of her signing with Keanu and leaving the bar yesterday.She didn't understand, why go to a bar to be on the front page?Is there really nothing else in Hollywood to report?
Facing the female boss's question, she replied, "What kind of power ranking has been published recently. Is this magazine still there?"
"Yes, it's on the list of Forbes magazine." The boss found out the magazine and handed it over, "You also appeared on the list, congratulations."
"Thank you, I don't need to look for change."
Eve handed over a ten-dollar bill, then smiled at the boss, picked up the magazine and walked towards the cafe.
Yesterday's paparazzi and today's agent were all talking about the power rankings, but she didn't have time to read the details until now.
Almost every magazine likes to have various rankings, but there are not many rankings with high authority. Forbes magazine is more famous because it started from various rankings. Every magazine Published only once every two weeks, it is a semi-monthly magazine.
The most famous one should be the Forbes Rich List, such as Billionaires List, Luxury Brands List, Royal Rich List, Head of State Rich List, City List, Enterprise List, School Gang, Celebrity List and so on.
Almost every time a leaderboard is released, it will cause extensive discussions in the society.
Now Eve saw that the cover character of the magazine in her hand was Tom Cruise, with the words Hollywood Power Celebrity List next to it, and it was obvious that Cruise was number one on the Celebrity List.
When she came to the coffee shop, Eve found a seat by the window and sat down. The big tree next to it blocked most of the sunlight, so that she could get the sun without worrying about getting tanned.
After ordering a cup of latte, she quietly opened the magazine, wanting to see what was going on with the ranking.
Originally, Eve thought that she could be on the list because the selection objects of this list were for actors or stars, but unexpectedly it included singers, athletes, writers, hosts and some media tycoons.
The most difficult thing in making this kind of ranking list is how to ensure fairness and how to turn the illusory fame into concrete numbers for quantification.
Forbes deserves to be a long-term leader in rankings. They listed all kinds of data. Although they don't know whether the data is true or not, it looks like that.
The first place is Tom Cruise, an actor who has been popular since the 80s and now firmly occupies the top spot.
As Tianqiao Fengyun said, there is no such thing as a hundred-day red flower in the fashion industry.
It's the same in Hollywood, and the fame of the actors is the same.It was so popular last year, but this year it suddenly fell to the bottom.
Every time the list is very different from last year and the coming year, it is what has changed in this year.
For Hollywood, fame is the most important and most valuable thing!
While the audience supported these stars, the stars also supported brokerage companies, film companies, TV stations, movie theaters, newspapers and magazines, and so on.
Eve took a look, and Forbes mainly made a comprehensive measurement based on the money earned last year, the number of clicks on related web pages, the number of times it was published in newspapers, the number of times it appeared on the cover of magazines, and the number of times it was interviewed by TV stations and radio stations.
Since Google is still in its infancy and has not fully grown up, the most intuitive data of search times has disappeared.
Nobody knows how much he earns except for the IRS and his own accounting firm.
At the same time, the number of times reported by newspapers is also a statistical difference. Some newspapers may not be counted at all, or they will be counted incorrectly after being counted.
TV and radio programs are the easiest to count. After all, it is impossible for celebrities of this level to go to such small programs.
Tom Cruise, who is ranked first, got the biggest part of the dividend from "Mission: Impossible 2". There is not much salary in the art film "Magnolia", and Forbes estimates that the income is 4200 million US dollars.
In terms of income alone, Tom Cruise is only ranked 13th, but he has about 390 million hits on Yahoo and other related webpages, 1.17 times in newspapers, and a full number of magazine covers. There were 11 interviews and a total of 136 TV and radio interviews.
This is a selection based on comprehensive influence. Many predators with higher income and more power than him can only be placed behind because the amount of exposure is far less than Cruise's fraction.
At the end of the day, it's Hollywood's celebrity list.
The behind-the-scenes bosses are at a disadvantage in the selection.
In fact, if you just look at the number of webpage hits, you will think that this is too little?
This is Brother Tom, the world's top superstar, with only 1000 million hits in the past year?
In future generations, an ordinary star can get so much in a day, let alone the top group of people.
2000 has just begun, and the web is not well developed.
What really shocked Eve was the more than 1 newspaper reports and more than 100 TV interviews. On average, 32 newspapers reported Cruise's news every day.
Male stars have always been in a disadvantaged position on the cover of magazines, but he can still win 11 times.
So many TV and radio interviews, more than half of them were contributed during last year's awards season, for the public relations of "Magnolia".This year, his own "Mission: Impossible 2" does not have so many promotional plans.
"It seems that they really want to appear on more shows. An actor who is more famous than you turns out to work harder than you. Who has the right to complain!"
Eve was talking to herself, she was completely shocked by Cruise's hard work.
I always feel that I am working hard, but in the end it is just that I shoot more scenes in a year, and the rest of the work is far inferior to others.
George Lucas, the number one earner in the year, has almost made a fortune. "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" not only hit the box office, but also the tapes and VCDs of the film sold well. It was the most popular VCD last year and this year. He made a combined $2.5 million last year as director and producer.
Also on this list are Bruce Willis, Robin Williams, Mel Gibson and more.
Eve found out that Keanu was ranked sixth!
This position is very remarkable, Nicolas - Cage, Spielberg are all under him.
Forbes' statistics are from July last year to July this year, and the box office dividends of "The Matrix 1" were divided into last year, so in this statistical cycle, only the remuneration of the second and third parts of "The Matrix" and "Almost Famous "The remuneration, as well as the cost of endorsement for Samsung mobile phones and Armani.
None of the three films have been released yet, without any dividends, and the combined total revenue is 4100 million U.S. dollars, ranking 15th.
However, he has 90 million hits on the Internet, 74 newspapers, no magazine covers, but [-] TV and radio interviews.
Eve was surprised when she saw this number, is Keanu so hardworking?
How come there are so many interviews?
And there are too many newspapers. Although they can't break through [-], they are definitely the top ones.
Male actors, male directors, and male producers almost occupy the forefront of this list.
Eve turned all the way down and saw the first female voice when she ranked 16th. Julia Roberts was the champion last year!
She is the only actress in the top 20, and the only actress who can get a salary of 2000 million US dollars.
In this list, the three actresses of "Friends" all entered the list, especially Rachel's actor Jennifer-Aniston ranked 25th, much higher than the other two, because she has A superstar-level fiancé.
Although Sandra Bullock did not have any outstanding performances at the box office, but because she became a producer early, her salary plus dividends are very considerable, ranking 71st.
Well-known model Tyra Banks ranks 85th. Although her income is only 550 million US dollars, she is both a supermodel and a series of movies.Don't worry about the cover, the dispute with Naomi Campbell is the favorite of the tabloids.
Eve looked all the way down, and finally saw her name in the 97th place!
"It seems a bit low. Is it because I'm too low-key? This income is also quite a lot."
The statistics started in July last year, which happened to include all her income and grades.
Over the past twelve months, Forbes reckons she earned $450 million.
This was directly scoffed at by Eve. Although the salary and income in the early stage were quite low, the Armani endorsement in the later period was worth 300 million US dollars, and the copyright dividend of the producer of "Mulholland Drive" also earned more than 200 million. first installment.
Both Bourne Shadow and the Shrek crew have already paid one-third of the salary, the former received a little over 100 million, and the latter directly received a little over 200 million.
The income is directly reduced by more than half. Her total income exceeds 1000 million U.S. dollars, and she also has some income from stock trading.
"Forget it, don't expose your wealth, just make a fortune in silence."
Eve didn't intend to correct Forbes' thinking. She was undercounted for some income, but didn't others?
This ranking is only used by the media to attract attention and sell magazines, there is no need to be too serious.
With such a mentality, Eve saw that her online hits were as high as 820 million, more than her boyfriend!
At the same time, there were more than 9000 reports, and the number of covers was pitifully only 2 times, and 3 TV and radio interviews. The latter two seriously lowered her ranking.
It is understandable that there are relatively few covers, but this TV and radio interview is only 3 times, which is pitifully small. Even Keanu has more than 70 people who have no movies in this cycle!
No wonder Robert wanted to pull himself into the show. The amount of active exposure was so small that it was exciting, and the popularity was maintained entirely by passive exposure.
More than 9000 times in newspapers and 800 million Internet hits prove that her reputation is actually very high, of which there may be seven or eight thousand times in newspapers because of her relationship with Keanu.
From being photographed by the paparazzi to the generous confession of the two, and then being exposed to the incident of flash marriage and divorce, these are enough for the media to report.
The extra ones may be due to matters related to the Cannes Film Festival, as well as related reports on "Death Comes", "The Girl Who Moved Soul", and "Mulholland Drive".
It can be seen that the media actually prefer to report on gossip disputes, as she has so many more films, in fact, it is just a thousand more newspapers.
Eve didn't know how the weight of these data was calculated. These two data were so high that they were not enough to push herself to the front.
She seriously suspected that she had been lowered!
"Forget it, don't be angry, it's not worth it for this ranking."
She picked up the coffee cup and took a sip, and the whole person began to guess next year's ranking.
If everything goes well, there should be quite a lot of progress next year. At least several heavyweight films will be released, and at the same time, they will actively participate in the public relations of the awards season.
There are so many people in Hollywood, there must be a lot of omissions, and many people even have incomplete data.
Eve is not complacent. Next year, the number of newspapers she publishes should decrease. Unless she breaks up with Keanu or gets married and has children, the attention will gradually decrease.
In the first year, the whole of Hollywood didn't know who she was, and they were all reporting on her, a Cinderella who suddenly broke into Hollywood, with the feeling of an NBA rookie.
The second year is the key. Whether it can gain a foothold in Hollywood and whether it can still attract the attention of the media after the novelty wears off is very important.
Tom Cruise has been famous for nearly 20 years and still has so many newspaper reports. The charm of a superstar is very important.
Fortunately, Eve has a bunch of trump cards to throw out, so many popular movies can't bring up the heat, so it can basically be called a fool who can't afford it.
She has always had a sense of crisis, which is why she works hard and comes to the coffee shop during the break.
While she was thinking, a man and a woman appeared beside the table, and they asked politely, "I'm sorry to bother you."
Eve looked up and immediately recognized the two people. They were no different from the photos on the resume, and they could be recognized at a glance.
"Nice to meet you, you are Liz and Carl, would you like a drink?"
"No, thank you."
After shaking hands with the two of them, Eve hurriedly said, "Please sit down, let's sit down and talk."
Liz looks very young, a sunny and cheerful beach girl with a very good figure, which is in line with American aesthetics.And Karl next to him is not bad. Although his face is a little fatter, he looks very strong overall.
From the outside, they didn't seem like the kind of people who would make trouble, so the first level was passed.
"Maybe you don't know the purpose of my recruitment. Let me tell you briefly that the film company has not yet registered, that is to say, you will start looking for an office after you get hired, then register the production company, and then start from various The field obtains some scripts that have been written, not yet adapted into movies, fairy tales or comics, and after finding them, they are responsible for contacting the other party for copyright transactions.”
"In other words, you are the backbone of the film company. When the project is found, I will take the script to cooperate with other film companies to shoot. We will not make films alone, but will cooperate."
"Do you have any questions?"
Small-budget independent production is very difficult, whether it is finding actors, choosing shooting locations or distribution.
Most of the production companies run by celebrities are Eve's choice. They take the project to cooperate with the six major Hollywood film companies, and the two parties jointly produce the film.
Carl nodded. He obviously knew Eve's identity and thoughts before coming here, "I want to know what type of script we want? You know, there are so many types."
"It's mainly based on the kind of small and medium cost investment." Eve joked: "Of course, if we can find a cheap IP with box office potential, it's also very good, and we can resell it to other companies at that time."
"I also have a question." Liz hesitated, "I just moved to Los Angeles. If your production company goes bankrupt after a short period of time, it should be very troublesome, right?"
This is really straightforward, and it is also the one that everyone cares about the most.
Many people don't want to work in small companies because they are afraid of low wages and job security.
It was fine the day before, but the company was declared bankrupt the day after, the stability is too poor!
What's more, the film company has not yet been established. This kind of company looks shaky and may collapse at any time.
Eve said frankly: "First of all, I am very confident personally, because we are not taking the route of independent production, and may only make one or two films a year. The main purpose of our company is to find suitable projects, and only need to undertake a small part Investment. The most important point is that my income is actually not as small as Forbes wrote, it is written in half."
"The company will not expand blindly, and will maintain a small and streamlined structure. Your salary and treatment will be paid according to the normal weekly salary system, 1500 US dollars a week, no overtime on weekends and holidays, and the company will pay for medical insurance, pension insurance, etc. .If you successfully purchase a film adaptation right, there will be a bonus. If the script is successful and the project becomes a project, there will be another bonus.”
Eve added: "You guys collect the information and give it to me. I will choose some more valuable items from them, and then we will discuss the most suitable and cost-effective one together."
This weekly salary is actually not low in Los Angeles, because the work content of Carl and Liz is actually not complicated, and they don't need to travel outside, just need to be the same as normal office workers.
She can afford more, but there's no need to break the wage structure.
It is only 2000, and the purchasing power of the US dollar is astonishing. Many Americans earn less than US$1000 a week, and this is only the first year, and it will gradually rise later.
It is impossible for Eve to buy all suitable projects and hoard them. Any kind of copyright has a time limit.
Her funds and energy are relatively limited, of course she can only choose the best.
Carl was very straightforward, "If this is the case, then I will join. I hope to see the projects I have worked on appear in the cinema one day, it will be a great honor!"
"Me too. I'll join!" Liz nodded and agreed. In her opinion, even if Eve has no money, there will be Keanu behind him, so she won't be in arrears of wages.
"By the way, don't you know what our company's name is?"
Eve said solemnly, "Eternal Pictures, remember this name."