Hollywood Road

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Some people say that women compare their face at 20, their figure at 30, their charm at 40, their health at 50, and their wealth at 60. Thinking about it, this seems to be the case, but no matter what age they are, a woman with temperament is always better than her. Other women are more attractive, although each woman may not be particularly beautiful and has an average figure, so she must have a temperament set off by fashion.

Of course, such words would not be seen in the eyes of men like Murphy, but most women regarded them as golden rules.

Therefore, Kara Firth said proudly, "It is a test of keen sense to pick out popular things from a lot of clothes and accessories. It is not only good-looking things that will be popular, but popular things are fresh. Unique things; but not all fresh and unique things will be popular, it must be able to attract the greatest attention in the world."

"I think..." Murphy said intentionally, "You are already the focus of the entire 20th Century Fox."

Gal Gadot laughed, "Carla's fashion sense is top-notch."

"Karla..." Murphy changed the subject in a timely manner, "You just said that there is something wrong with 20th Century Fox's financing channels?"

Kara Firth shook her head lightly, "It's not 20th Century Fox, but almost all producers in Hollywood will face financing difficulties."

"A new economic crisis has formed." Gal Gadot seems to have studied it. "The consequences of the US government's over-reliance on the real estate industry have emerged. The collapse of the real estate industry will affect the financial industry, and then..."

She didn't say that Murphy and the two of them understood that it would inevitably be a crisis for the entire industry.

But along with crisis comes opportunity.

Murphy directly asked Kara Firth, "I want to invest in the project "The Devil Wears Prada" you just mentioned. Twentieth Century Fox should accept my investment?"

"I promise..." Kara Firth said with a smile, "Fox's financing department will welcome your investment with hands raised."

Murphy nodded, "If the project is successful, remember to send me a copy of the specific plan."

"no problem."

Now that 20th Century Fox is soliciting investment everywhere, Kara Firth knows that Murphy will be popular.

Of course, investing in a film is not that simple. This is just a preliminary intention. The follow-up plan of 20th Century Fox and the director chosen will affect whether this investment can be made.

This is indeed a good project to risk success, but Murphy is well aware of the risks involved in such a project.

"The Devil Wears Prada" wowed everyone, including the people who made it, a movie that was originally aimed at a female audience and went from release to box office smash so unexpectedly, it's hard to categorize It is difficult for future generations to imitate any type of film work.

This is not a conventional genre movie, not a romantic comedy about young women's choices, nor a biography movie, nor a revenge movie, but more like an inspirational fairy tale set in the adult workplace. The process of people just taking office and the story of constantly looking for self-positioning.

There are few blockbuster films in Hollywood that feature women as the protagonists and describe the workplace rather than love. It is like a "Wall Street" for women.

Therefore, before seeing the exact plan, Murphy only had the intention of investing, and the specific investment had to be discussed slowly.

With the passage of time, the influence of the economic crisis has become more and more obvious. Today's Hollywood has long been tied to Wall Street, and it is impossible to be independent.

There is a myth in Hollywood that in every economic crisis, Hollywood is a place where the storm cannot spread.

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, when a quarter of Americans were unemployed, people were still counting pennies to see the latest movie, and people were hiding in movie theaters because of escapism. The movie industry was thriving, and Hollywood was not Being hit but thriving.

The financial crisis that began in August this year is the worst since 1930. The economic downturn has lasted for several months and there is still no sign of ending. The houses of the poor were repossessed by the banks, and the rich began to auction theirs. Luxury goods, from his wife's $4,000 handbag, to a private jet reduced to $500,000.

Can Hollywood really be a safe haven when the property market avalanches, the stock market plummets, and 64,000 companies declare bankruptcy?

Hollywood is no longer the Hollywood of the last century. Major production and distribution companies have become part of the media group, and the media group with a complex industry revenue structure will certainly not be able to escape this financial storm.

When Wall Street plummeted, the entertainment industry stocks were not spared. The overall decline of the entertainment industry stocks in the United States was as high as 40%, and the stocks of the media groups to which each major film studio belongs were hit hard.

Time Warner-AOL, to which Warner Bros. belongs, is the largest media group in the world, and the market value of the entire group has evaporated by 25 billion US dollars.

Paramount's owner, Viacom Group, was the biggest loser among the five major media groups in the United States. Its stock fell from the highest point of $45 a share to $12 a share. Some financial magazines speculated that Viacom's Summer Ray Shi Dong "may be so embarrassed that he is no longer a billionaire."

As far as DreamWorks is concerned, Spielberg has been reduced to waiting for Indian funds...

Like a cash-strapped 20th Century Fox, Hollywood isn't having an easier time than any of the major studios.

Murphy put the new projects aside for the time being, and asked people to search around for projects that various production companies were short of money, choose the right genre from them, and prepare to participate in it and get a share of the action.

Although a huge sum of 100 million U.S. dollars was spent on the "Flower of Lys" transaction, the revenue brought in by the two seasons of "Game of Thrones" one after another is enough to pay for this money. To distribute large dividends, one must undoubtedly find a suitable investment channel.

Murphy is most familiar with the film industry, and of course his investment focus is on films first.

By December of 2007, Murphy had contacted many film companies. The large amount of capital in his hands was undoubtedly the biggest capital for negotiations, and Murphy's conditions were not harsh. Any investment except box office revenue In addition, as long as the corresponding share of other income from the film in the next three to five years will not involve the copyright that major Hollywood companies regard as the lifeblood.

Since they have not been able to wait for the funds from the Indians, DreamWorks Film Studios first reached a formal agreement with Murphy. DreamWorks has a huge funding gap for this project.

At the same time, DreamWorks Animation Studio, which lacks more liquidity, also signed a contract with Stanton Studios. Jeff Katzenberg agreed to Murphy's investment of 40 million US dollars to participate in the newly established "How to Tame Your Dragon" this project.

The relaunched "Fast and Furious" series of Universal Pictures is also facing a shutdown due to lack of funds. After signing a formal contract with Stanton Studios, a huge sum of up to 35 million US dollars will be transferred to It's on the crew's completion guarantee account.

With Wall Street funds and film private equity funds withdrawing from Hollywood one after another, Universal Pictures also agreed that if the "Fast and Furious" series is followed by external financing, it will give priority to accepting investment from Stanton Studios.

Another most important investment is that Murphy got a dream opportunity.

Twentieth Century Fox's capital chain is tight, and there are problems with the private equity funds and Wall Street that raised funds, especially the latter. Long was in and out of the Fox Building almost every day, chasing after Kara Firth and several other high-level asses to ask for funds.

As the person in charge of the production department, Kara Feige was very annoying. In her words, she was almost forced by James Cameron to jump into the sea in Malibu...

Then, under the recommendation of Kara Firth, 20th Century Fox and James Cameron approached Murphy's Stanton studio. An investment contract, the contract also does not include the issue of copyright ownership of the project.

It is enough to give up the copyright, make an investment, and get a possible return.

If these projects invested by Stanton Studios can be successfully produced and released, Murphy believes that he can get considerable returns in the future.

There are a large number of super rich in this industry, not to mention those investors or media group owners who come from across industries, but in the director industry alone, there are Steven Spielberg and George Lucas It can also be said that it is a top rich director in North America.

According to Murphy's knowledge, Steven Spielberg also has a net worth of at least US$1.5 billion to US$2 billion, and the cost of his latest yacht is as high as nearly US$200 million!

And George Lucas has amassed a fortune of more than three billion U.S. dollars for himself by virtue of the "Star Wars" series.

In this commercial country, wealth is undoubtedly a symbol of identity and status. Murphy doesn't know much about other aspects, and the one he is most confident about is the film industry.

After finishing these investment matters, Murphy gradually turned his energy back to the new project, and just like the title of the previous film, before officially writing the script, he officially named this project "Inglourious Basterds"!

He also determined the overall idea of ​​the film, a group of small hooligans tried their best to overthrow a big hooligan!

Afterwards, Murphy temporarily put aside other things and began to concentrate on writing scripts and formulating project proposals, but unexpectedly, Nicolas Cage came here specifically.