chapter 071

George Lucas stayed at Spielberg's house for a night.

He left at noon the next day.

On the way, his car passed a video store.

"Pluto, stop."

The car slows down and stops.

"Pluto, you go to this video store and buy a CD by Martin Meyers, the album is called "Martin 1″, etc., or buy one CD and one record, no, two."

George Lucas had just suddenly raised his mind to collect.

Martin Meyers' soundtrack ability is so strong, the quality of his albums will definitely not be bad, buy two CDs and records each, one for listening, the other for collection.

After a while, Pluto, a bodyguard and driver, walked out of the video store, holding two records and two CDs in his hands.

After getting into the car, George Lucas couldn't wait for Pluto to disassemble a CD and put it in the car stereo to play.

A melodious laryngeal sounds.

George Lucas was immersed in the world of music creation almost immediately.

And Pluto, who was driving, was also attracted by the music, and his head kept shaking with the music, but fortunately, his professionalism was good, and he didn't forget that he was still driving.

Wait until the second piece of music comes on.

George Lucas's face changed, and at his age, he suddenly felt that some aspect of his ability suddenly became 800.

"Hiss——!"

Music still has this kind of function?!

George Lucas was shocked, then knocked on the chair and said to Pluto: "Change the itinerary, don't go back to the farm, go to 113 Castelland Street." "

It is a private club known only to people in a small circle, specializing in a variety of paid special services for the rich.

For security and privacy, the clubhouse has no name, only an address.

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Martin has been busy lately.

But he was happy to be.

In order to promote the movie, in order to get more money and more desire, he is willing to eat.

However, in his busy schedule, he still took the time to negotiate with Nicole Kidman about the script purchase and film investment of "Island Horror".

To his surprise, Tom Cruise, who he thought would not appear, also came, and said that his Cruise Pictures would also participate in the investment.

Martin and Jeff discussed it and agreed.

What they fancy is Tom Cruise's connections among publishers.

And Tom Cruise is naturally not stupid, and naturally sees the potential of this movie whose style is in line with "Paranormal Sixth Sense".

"Sixth Sense" is a big seller, there is no reason for "Island Cry (CBFH)" to lose money!

Still, Martin pulled Miramax into the film platter project.

The reason he gave was that Harvey Weinstein had strong connections in Europa, and that the film could try to win awards at the Europa Film Festival.

The final share of investment is this, Tom Cruise invested fifteen million US dollars, accounting for 30%; Miramax Pictures invested 15 million US dollars + pulse relationship, accounting for 40%; Martin personally invested 10 million US dollars + book + soundtrack + members, accounting for 30%.

In fact, Martin did not want to participate in this movie at first, and the new script he created for himself "Hide and Seek" has been written and is preparing to be sent to major film companies.

"Hide and Seek" is his main play, after all, in "Island Horror", Nicole Kidman is the absolute protagonist, and the two children's sense of existence is not strong.

The role of the little girl in this play, he was actually prepared for Lindsay Luohan, after all, he robbed people's "Born a Couple".

But Tom Cruise, Harvey Weinstein both urged him to join, as did Nicole Kidman, who even said she could accept Martin adding to her role.

After thinking about it, Martin still agreed, on the one hand, he could take care of Lindsay Lohan on the set; On the other hand, it is also for the sake of the box office, you know, Nicole Kidman has never been an actor who can resist the box office!

Of course, this "Island Horror" is an exception, but who would dislike more box office!

It is also strange to say that Nicole Kidman's beauty is recognized by Hollywood, but her movies just can't catch fire, and it seems that neither men nor women are willing to pay for her movies.

Except for the special case of "Island Horror", none of the movies starring Nicole Kidman can carry the box office. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）

In the future, this great beauty was even named by Forbes magazine – the least worthy movie star in Hollywood for investment returns.

Even in the upcoming movie "Eye-Opener" next year, Tom Cruise personally came down, and Nicole Kidman did not hesitate to untie her clothes in the movie, but still failed to bring up the box office.

By the way, the film "Eye-Opener" was filmed last year, and director Kubrick died of a sudden heart attack without warning five days after handing the film to Warner.

The death of this director, there are many rumors of conspiracy theories in Hollywood, and the author Jun will not say more here.

Because of the sudden death of the director, the post-production of the film lacked a backbone, resulting in post-production taking almost a year and not releasing until 1999.

Obviously, Tom Cruise, Harvey Weinstein, and Nicole Kidman herself are not confident in Nicole Kidman's single-handed box office ability, and they vigorously invite Martin to participate.

Martin finally agreed, feeling a little strange in his heart.

Nicole is really unlucky, the only time in her life to prove that she can carry the box office alone was lost, or she took the initiative to hand it over to herself.

Martin can imagine that when this movie is a big hit, everyone will put the credit on themselves.

After all, he already has two successful works.

And Nicole Kidman – Zero!

After getting "Island Horror", Martin continued to go on various interviews and shows non-stop to promote "The Sixth Sense".

At the same time, with the popularity of "Paranormal Sixth Sense", Martin's new book, which is also the first in a series of works he attaches the most importance to, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", was grandly introduced to the market by Random House.

Unlike the original timeline, the original author of the series, J.K. Rowling, suffered a cold reception after its publication, Martin's fame and the strong publicity of Random House made this new book soar as soon as it was published.

North American sales in the first month reached 500,000 copies, which is comparable to the data of J.K. Rowling publishing for a full year, or global data.

(PS: "Harry Potter" in the original timeline sold mediocre when it was first published, one because J.K. Rowling was not famous, and the other was because the publishing house did not promote it vigorously.) It wasn't until Warner bought the film rights and intervened in the promotion of this series of novels that "Harry Potter" finally soared. ）

Discerning people can see that this "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is just the beginning of a whole series.

And the little wizard wielding a magic wand also quickly exerted his power under the influence of Martin's fame.

From North America to Europa to Australia and New Zealand, this novel has caused a buying frenzy, and what is even more terrifying is that around the novel, wizarding robes, magic wands, and school emblems of the four branches of Hogwarts are sold crazy.

Because the scene in the novel is in the Kingdom of Great Britain, the book sold in England no less than the United States, which is several times its area and population.