After chatting for a while about the popular "Scream", Jenny Reisenberg walked away first, and the little maid flirted with Robert Shea a few more times, turned around and was about to socialize on her own, always helping her to pay attention Mona Elmery, who was active at the party, pointed in one direction.
Looking over, the little maid narrowed her eyes slightly.
Unexpectedly, the other two members of the Huanzhu trio also appeared at the party.
Think about it, this party that heralds the expansion of new lines actually means countless new opportunities, and it is the kind of opportunity that is relatively friendly to newcomers. After all, it focuses on non-theatrical films that go directly to TV and video channels, and the budget It can't be too high, and it will definitely be more inclined to cheap newcomers.
In addition, Jeremy Zhao is not a nobody in WMA. It is not difficult to get tickets for tonight for the two clients he just signed.
The little maid looked over, and the other two women who had just entered the scene also happened to look over.
She didn't openly show off her face. Since she met them, she certainly couldn't turn a blind eye. The little maid took the initiative to walk over and greeted the two of them gracefully: "Are you here too?"
Even if Big Eyes and Ziwei Hua wanted to scratch the little maid's face, they couldn't have the emotional intelligence to confront each other on such an occasion. They also responded with a smile, but there was some spark in Big Eyes' tone: "Yes, we I didn’t expect that I would be able to attend such an occasion, it’s really surprising.”
The little maid said calmly: "Then you should cheer up, there are many Hollywood celebrities here, maybe you can get some opportunities."
The three girls were talking sparklingly. Not far away, two young men who noticed this came over with wine glasses. One of them showed a smile that he thought was handsome: "Hey, girls, good evening, I'm James. Franco, can I meet you?"
Seeing the young man reaching out, the little maid did not take it. She confirmed that the young man was not a big shot she knew. Mona behind her did not remind him, so she playfully gestured to the other side: "He wants to get to know you."
The young man also happened to hit the door panel.
If it were another time, at such a party, even if they knew that the other party had ulterior motives, the three women, who were all pretty people, would skillfully communicate with each other.
Now, no one wants to be outdone.
Seeing what the little maid said, her big eyes turned directly to the waitress behind her who was also serving as their translator: "Ellie, please help us get to know this gentleman."
The waitress who was called Ellie had no choice but to take a step forward. She did not meet the young man's hand that was still stretched forward, but made an obvious shielding gesture with her body: "I'm sorry, you two, the three ladies don't want to Being disturbed.”
Seeing Ellie standing in front of him, the young man suddenly thought of something and subconsciously retracted his hand. He decisively stopped his companion who wanted to take a step forward. He bowed slightly and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, oh, we were presumptuous."
As he spoke, he took his companion's arm and turned around to leave.
Because I suddenly thought of what the agent told them more than once: In this circle, don’t mess with the woman who is followed by the attendant, because that is probably Simon Westeros’ girl.
The young man sighed while walking.
God, I really met him.
However, the three Asians, um... shouldn't be fakes. Otherwise, even though Asian stars have appeared frequently in Hollywood in recent years, their status is not high after all. The three women just now are not familiar to me, so they can Entering this party, what else can it be other than having someone behind you
He casually dismissed the passerby who bumped into him, his big eyes were inevitably proud. Just as he was about to say something, the little maid had already said: "It's very majestic, but don't forget, he definitely doesn't want you to use his name outside." Showing off one’s dignity.”
The big eyes suddenly felt guilty and counterattacked: "What's my name? Did you see it?"
The little maid saw that the big eyes were a little confused, so she sneered, turned around and left without quarreling with him. I'm still thinking about finding an opportunity to casually mention Big Eyes' episode tonight as an 'interesting fact' to someone the next time we meet.
Hum.
Ziweihua watched the little maid leave and was a little worried: "Will she..."
Big Eyes calmed down at this time, shook his head and said: "She takes Mona outside to show off her power all day long, what qualifications does she have to criticize us?"
Ziweihua thought about it, and she felt relieved a little and looked around. Because Jeremy Zhao was on the west coast, there was no one to guide them to socialize tonight, so they had to socialize by themselves. However, Ziweihua quickly found a target and pulled the big eyes next to her: "That's Li An over there. Let's go over and say hello. He and I are fellow villagers."
Big eyes nodded and walked over together. After Li An finished socializing with a guest, the two women stepped forward at the right time and took the initiative to say hello.
Because "Huan Zhuge Ge" is very popular throughout Greater China, Ang Lee also knows the two girls, and since he and Ziwei Hua are from the same province, they are even more enthusiastic. The three of them chatted for a while. Ang Lee not only introduced his favorite producer James Shamus to them, but also took the initiative to take the two women to greet some acquaintances in the New York film circle, and did not forget to exchange business cards in the end.
Regrettably, during the conversation, I learned that the new film Ang Lee is preparing is a story about the American Civil War, which means there is no room for Asians to play.
In any case, the two of them were quite satisfied with the outcome of tonight's entertainment. Without Li An's help, they would inevitably have to run around like headless flies.
However, after parting ways with Ang Lee, I still have to rely on myself for the rest of the time.
Fortunately, neither of them are thin-skinned people. Moreover, even if they don't talk nonsense, their identities will inevitably spread gradually. , were quite polite to them, and even discussed some cooperation intentions on the spot.
This is also thanks to the sudden increase in Asian faces in Hollywood in recent years.
It is said that Americans only like to see black and white on the big screen. In fact, it is not true. At first, Americans only like to see white on the big screen. Later, black was added. Now, there is one more yellow, and we see too much. It's only natural. Just like later, there were Mexicans and Indians, and even further, if there was no LGBTQ protagonist in your film, you would be embarrassed to say hello to people when you go out.
Therefore, there are never any static habits, only constant change.
Time passed quickly between social events. I chatted with Qiong Chen, who became famous with "The Last Emperor". When the other party walked away, Big Eyes and Ziwei Hua couldn't help but tease a few words about the person who is well-known in China. The Chinese actress was wary of their vagueness. She looked at her watch and saw that it was already past 11 o'clock in the night.
When it was time to leave, I subconsciously walked around the hall and found that the little maid had not left, so I continued to persist.
The little maid also noticed the two people staring at her not far away again, but she ignored them and concentrated on chatting with the two girls she had just met in front of her, Lena Kane and Annika Settle.
When she was about to star in the movie "Fringe", director Joseph Nitcher helped introduce her and she learned that the two of them were the leading actors behind two of Hollywood's most popular pseudo-documentary films in the past two years. Annika Settle also established a film company this year. His own production company will also collaborate with New Line on a horror-thriller project this time.
But it's not a pseudo-documentary movie, it's a regular movie.
Speaking of which, pseudo-documentary movies are a genre that is easier to break into Hollywood. The little maid felt that if she hadn't been unable to make it next year, maybe it would be good to participate in a similar project. Because the cost was very low, she could even invest in it herself and try to lead it.
Unfortunately, I can only think about it for now.
On the other side, Lena Kane and Annika Settle chatted with the little maid for a while, left each other's contact information, then stopped continuing tonight's entertainment and walked out of the banquet hall together.
After leaving the hall, turning around and taking another look, Annika joked: "That Chinese girl just now is just like you."
Lina rolled her eyes: "Obviously," she said and counterattacked: "He has too many women, so many times that I even tried to push you through without a chance."
Annika just smiled and hugged her affectionately: "It's enough for me to have you, honey."
To make a joke, Lina added: "Do you still have the business card of the Farrelly brothers who were promoting their idea of "I'm Mad About Mary" at the party?"
"Of course," Annika nodded and said, "The problem is, Lina, are we not good at comedy?"
"How will you know if you don't try?" Lina said: "We always want to break through genres, starting with this one. Tsk, frankly speaking, the box office of "Scream" this time is really surprising. "
Lina didn't want to give up her career as an agent yet, and wanted to get involved in production as much as possible. Due to the restrictions of industry regulations, she asked Annika to set up a production company as a shell, and the name was casually called Settle Entertainment Company.
Then, Lina, an agent who could not get involved in production in name, participated through the packaging agreement mechanism created by CAA back then. In this way, although she did not hold shares, she could legitimately interfere in the production company's projects and share the profits, and at the same time, she could continue to promote herself. The artist under his name has accomplished many things with one stone.
In fact, in any country or industry in this world, there are policies and countermeasures.
For example, the upper limit for Hollywood agents' commissions is 10%, so managers have emerged who can break through the limit and take 20% or even 30% or more. For example, agents cannot get involved in film production to avoid conflicts of interest, so CAA's packaging agreement mechanism emerged. It still promotes its own artists, but it can extract a share from the entire project. This is different from how Qualcomm later only authorized some communication patents but had to extract from them. Mobile phone manufacturers directly take a commission from the sales of complete machines, which is the same approach.
Of course, the premise is that you must have core competitiveness.
CAA's core competitiveness at that time was its many big names, while Qualcomm's later core competitiveness was its monopoly of 3G and even 4G patents.
As for Lena, their core competitiveness is their personal strength proven by the popularity of two consecutive pseudo-documentary movies, "The Ghost Story" and "Blair Witch", as well as Lena's close relationship with a certain man.
Now that Lena had made up her mind, Annika turned directly to practical issues and said, "I think the idea they are selling is more like the Thanksgiving Day Tea Boy than the recent Scream."
"That's not bad. You can contact them tomorrow and read the script first. I think it can be made into an adult version of "American Pie."
Annika thought for a moment, nodded, and added: "You can also refer to the summer's "The Hangover". It is the real dark horse of comedy this year. It only received 182 million U.S. dollars at the domestic box office, and it is completely original. It is not like "The Hangover". The popularity base of "Screaming Laughter" is really amazing."
"If you want to make both "The Hangover" and "American Pie", you're too greedy," Lena smiled and shook Annika, and said: "We only need to make one of them, of course. We’ll discuss it in detail once we see the script.”
As the two women talked, they came downstairs of the hotel, and Lina's attendant had already parked the car on the side of the road.
Got in the car and returned to the temporary villa in the Upper East Side where Lina took advantage of her privilege as Simon's woman. The two girls took a shower together and went to the master bedroom on the fourth floor of a single-family house in the Upper East Side. They lay on the big bed and continued the discussion. This time we were working on a project with New Line, so we didn’t go to bed together until after twelve o’clock.
Get up early the next day.
With Christmas approaching, Lena flew to New York from the West Coast not only to negotiate projects with New Line, but also to go to Marvel in the morning to discuss the film with Frank Miller, who is responsible for writing "300" Details of the creation of the comic.
Simon originally gave this creative plan to Zack Snyder as the next project after "Resident Evil". At that time, he told Lina to find a ghostwriter at Marvel to create the comic version first. After some contact, it was a coincidence. Somewhat naturally, Frank Miller, the original author of "300" who has worked at Marvel for many years, expressed interest. After some contact, the two parties quickly finalized the deal.
Lena went to Marvel in the morning, while Annika rushed to New Line separately to further discuss the youth horror film project that the two parties were about to collaborate on.
This time it’s not a pseudo-documentary movie, because Lina remembers someone’s teachings. After all, mock-documentary movies are just non-mainstream. If you want to make a difference in Hollywood, you still have to focus on mainstream films.
At the same time, this project did not ask anyone for help, but Lina found the script herself.
The story tells about a serial murder case in a small town high school, which happens to be a bit like the "Scream" of the year, but this time it is not a perverted murderer, but a murder case of evil spirits possessing people. Several male and female protagonists involved work hard to find the truth in order to avoid being killed by evil spirits one by one.
Generally speaking, it focuses on horror and blood, which can stimulate adrenaline.
To put it bluntly, Hollywood's teen horror films basically follow the same routines. As long as they are not too bad, they can sell well. They can be said to be everlasting because this genre has a fairly stable audience, which is the vast number of energetic and exciting people. North American adolescent population.
As for whether these films will lead to copycat crimes, that is not a matter of concern to everyone.
It is not that there are no similar lawsuits in Hollywood, but I have never heard of a movie company being in bad luck due to lawsuits caused by audience imitation.