LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 71
George Lucas stayed at Spielberg's house for a night.
He said goodbye and left at noon the next day.
On the way, his car passed a video store
"Pluto, stop for a moment."
The car slowed down and stopped.
"Pluto, go to this video store and buy a CD by Martin Meyers. The album is called"Martin 1". Wait, you should buy one CD and one record, no, two."
George Lucas just suddenly became interested in collecting.
Martin Meyers's scoring ability is so strong, and the quality of his albums will definitely not be bad. I will buy two CDs and two records each, one for listening, and the other Zhang used it for collection.
After a while, Pluto, the bodyguard and driver, walked out of the video store, holding two records and two CDs in his hands.
After getting in the car, George Lucas couldn't wait to let Pluto open a CD , put it into the car stereo and played it.
The melodious throat sound sounded.
George Lucas was immersed in the world created by the music almost immediately.
And Pluto, who was driving, was also attracted by the music, and his head kept thinking. Swaying with the music, but fortunately, he had good professionalism and did not forget that he was still driving.
When the second music played,
George Lucas's expression changed. At this age, he suddenly felt that something in him The ability suddenly became inspired 800
"hiss——！"
Does music still have this function?!
George Lucas was extremely shocked. Then he knocked on the seat and said to Pluto:"Change the itinerary. Instead of going back to the farm, go to 113 Castellan Street."
There is a family there that only people in a small circle know about. Private clubs specialize in providing various paid special services to the wealthy.
For security and privacy, this club has no name, only an address.
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Martin has been very busy lately.
But he was happy to.
In order to promote the movie, in order to get more money and more desires, he was willing to do it.
However, despite his busy schedule, he still found time to negotiate with Nicole Kidman about the script purchase and film investment for"The Island".
To his surprise, Tom Cruise, who he thought would not show up, also came and said that his Cruise Films would also participate in investment.
After some discussion, Martin and Jeff agreed.
What they were looking for was Tom Cruise's connections with publishers.
And Tom Cruise is naturally not stupid, and he naturally sees the potential of this movie with the same style as"The Sixth Sense"
《"The Sixth Sense" is a hit, so there's no reason for"Cbfh" to lose money!
But Martin still brought Miramax into the movie platter project.
The reason he gave was that Harvey Weinstein had strong connections in Europe, and the film could try to win awards at the Europa Film Festival.
The final investment share is as follows: Tom Cruise invested US$15 million, accounting for 30%; Miramax Pictures invested US$15 million + Pulse, accounting for 10% Forty; Martin personally invested 10 million U.S. dollars + book + soundtrack + members, accounting for 30%.
In fact, Martin did not want to participate in this movie at first. He has written a new script"Hide and Seek" for himself and is preparing to submit it to major film companies.
《"Hide and Seek" is his highlight. After all, in"Island", Nicole Kidman is the absolute protagonist, and the presence of the two children is not strong.
The role of the little girl in this drama was actually prepared for Lindsay Lohan. After all, she stole her film"Made in Heaven".
But Tom Cruise and Harvey Weinstein strongly urged him to join them, as did Nicole Kidman. She even said that she would accept Martin adding more scenes to her role.
After thinking about it, Martin agreed. On the one hand, he could take care of Lindsay Lohan on the set; on the other hand, it was also for the sake of box office. You know, Nicole Kidman has never been an actor who can resist the box office!
Of course, this"Little Island" is an exception, but who would object to having more box office!
It is strange to say that Nicole Kidman's beauty is recognized by Hollywood, but her movies just cannot be popular. It seems that neither men nor women are willing to pay for her movies.
Except for the special case of"Little Island", none of the movies starring Nicole Kidman can carry the box office. (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)
In the future, this great beauty was even named by Forbes magazine as the movie star least worthy of investment in Hollywood.
Even in the movie"Eyes Wide Shut" to be released next year, Tom Cruise personally exited the movie and Nicole Kidman took off her clothes in the movie, but it still failed to bring up the box office.
By the way, the film"Eyes Wide Shut" was completed last year. Director Kubrick died of a sudden heart attack without warning five days after handing the film over to Warner Bros.
There are many conspiracy theories about the director's death in Hollywood, so I won't go into details here.
Due to the sudden death of the director, the film's post-production lacked a backbone, which caused the post-production to take almost a year and was not released until 1999.
Obviously, Tom Cruise, Harvey Weinstein, and Nicole Kidman themselves did not have confidence in Nicole Kidman's ability to carry the box office alone, and tried their best to invite Martin to participate.
Martin finally agreed, feeling a little weird in his heart.
Nicole is really unlucky. The only opportunity in her life to prove that she can single-handedly carry the box office was lost, and she took the initiative to hand it over to her.
Martin can imagine that when the movie becomes a hit, everyone will probably take the credit.
After all, he already has two successful works.
And Nicole Kidman – zero!
After finishing"Little Island", Martin continued to go on various interviews and programs non-stop to promote"The Sixth Sense".
At the same time, riding on the popularity of"The Sixth Sense," Martin's new book is also the first in a series of works that he values most.——《Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is being launched to the market by Random House.
Different from the cold reception received by JK Rowling, the original author of this series, after its publication in the original timeline, Martin's fame and the vigorous promotion of Random House made this new work soar as soon as it was published.
Sales in North America in the first month reached 500,000 copies, which is equivalent to JK Rowling's entire year of publishing, and it's a global figure.
(PS: In the original timeline, the sales of"Harry Potter" were mediocre when it was first published. One reason was that JK Rowling was not famous, and the other reason was that the publisher did not vigorously promote it. It was not until Warner bought the film rights that it intervened. In the promotion of this series of novels,"Harry Potter" finally took off.)
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is just the beginning of an entire series.
And the little wizard waving a magic wand quickly displayed his power under the influence of Martin's fame.
From North America to Europe to Australia and New Zealand, this novel has caused a buying frenzy. What is even more frightening is the surroundings of the novel. The wizard robes, magic wands, and school badges of the four branches of Hogwarts have all sold like crazy.
Because the novel is set in the Kingdom of Great Britain, the sales rate of the book in England is no less than that of the United States, which is several times larger in area and population.
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