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Chapter 119 Tao Xi's wishful thinking

Although the air conditioner can be turned on in the caravan, after seven men are seated in the slightly crowded caravan, the air conditioner in the caravan obviously cannot satisfy Harvey who is the fattest: "Peter, are you sure Taoxi is not lost here? "

Although Peter Lamont was sweating profusely and was a little anxious, he still sat there with strength. As for Don Simpson, he was already sleeping soundly in the position where Tao Xi was sitting just now!
Jerry Bruckheimer has remained silent.

Jerry Bruckheimer and Paramount signed a six-year long-term cooperation contract. If there is no Paramount, there will be no room for him, and there is no room for him to be picky, but the appearance of [Neil United Cinemas] gave him Another possibility!
He wants to gain the friendship of [Neil United Cinemas] through the politically charged movie [Top Gun].

He doesn't like to force his film distribution rights into other people's hands. He needs a theater chain that does not have Paramount attributes to support him. 60% of the investors in the films he made come from the Jewish consortium behind him. of!

He needs patience, he needs time, he needs friends, he needs a lot of things!

Finally, Tao Xi came in panting with a thick stack of papers, and he kept shaking his sore arm from recording for a long time.

"Oh! God! I can understand that young people are full of firepower." Harvey said this to Tao Xi with a bewildered expression.

But Peter Lamont patted Tao Xi's ass with a strange expression: "If you have an upset stomach, I can introduce you to a wizard in Chinatown. His skills are great, and my stomach was cured there." of."

"Wow, no no no no!"

"I just had a small incident just now, come on! Let's continue, Top Gun, shall we? This movie is good, but I don't think Sophie will be interested in this script."

After Jerry Bruckheimer saw Tao Xi came back from a trip, Jerry suddenly felt that Tao Xi saw him as if he had stripped naked in front of him without any protection.

"really?"

When Harvey heard Tao Xi's words, he shook his head helplessly: "It seems that old guy Tony Scott has once again retained his right to choose the roles of the crew!"

"Hahaha, don't say that, we are all here to make money, aren't we?" Tao Xi waved his hand nonchalantly to everyone present, picked out a few pieces of paper from his papers, and handed them to Jerry Bruckheimer: "You can look at this idea! This is an idea that came to me by accident. I know your production capabilities at Paramount. I can give you a budget of $30 and distribute it myself. "

Jerry Bruckheimer looked at the scribbled script of "Ghost Story" and looked up at Tao Xi and asked seriously: "Is this a deal?"

"Of course! You need me, I need you, if one day you don't need me, I think you must have a better choice."

Jerry Bruckheimer took the script that Tausi gave him and went under the car to read it. Tausy was not in a hurry when he saw it, but pushed the high-drug buddy to the ground and faced Harvey Said: "I have a very good relationship with Peter. I value his advice very much. Let me tell you what you think."

Harvey Weinstein has some sensitivity to Tausi's overly explicit language.

"The days of independent films are not easy. I have a few scripts here. In fact, you can take a look. I just know that you have an investment of 1000 million US dollars. In fact, I can give you some more choices."

Tao Xi waved his hands and rejected Harvey's words: "I don't lack scripts."

In order to prove this matter, Tao Xi pointed to several producers and screenwriters in suits and leather shoes who were stopped at the gate of the [Neill Fast Food Chain] compound: "Hollywood can write at least nearly ten thousand scripts a day, but they can be picked by others. There are less than a hundred scripts in the film, and the chances of those scripts being filmed are less than 1 percent."

"Are you rejecting me?"

Tausi smiled when he heard Harvey's words: "Why don't you take a look at my script! I think it has great potential."

Harvey frowned when he saw the name [Shakespeare in Love], and Peter Lamont next to him also took a look with interest: "Wow, Shakespeare's love story, if you are interested in this, I think you may have to pay a handsome fee to the descendants of Shakespeare living in England!"

"Is that so? Shakespeare has descendants?"

Peter Lamont pouted in disdain and complained: "It's just a group of bastards who live on their ancestors and suck blood. If you want, I can help you recommend it to MGM. I think MGM will give you face. of."

When Harvey heard this sentence, he didn't read the script and said aloud: "I think Disney and Universal are both good choices, and I can just get in touch with them to get involved, and Carrie Fisher, Bo Ji Xiaosi fits perfectly with your character portraits."

"I'm an investor, aren't I? If you want, I hope you'd better take my advice,"

Harvey seemed to be deflated when he heard Tao Xi's words, but Peter Lamont laughed and didn't care about Harvey's feelings at all.

"Six million dollars to shoot him, I want the heroine, you arrange the male lead, I will be in charge of the North American distribution channels, and the rest of the distribution channels will be handed over to you! OK?"

Tausi stared at Harvey Weinstein, a controversial figure on the radio, with an unquestionable attitude.

Harvey in this period was far less expansive than in the mid-to-late 90s. He could still listen to what investors had to say, and Tao Xi also spoke very hard and didn’t give him too many choices.

"I don't have much choice, do I?"

Tausi snapped his fingers when he heard Harvey Weinstein's words: "I'm very happy that you can agree to my request, you go get ready, Sophie will be back in less than 2 months , I hope you can get the preparations ready as soon as possible, you know? I will pay you in cash, and you will return me the box office, OK?"

"OK!"

Harvey Weinstein left. He left in a hurry without looking back, but Tausi knew that as long as there was the first time, there would be a second, third, and fourth time. Harvey, the old Sooner or later, You Tiao will sit on his thief boat.

As for Jerry Bruckheimer who is still dangling under the RV, Hollywood’s future golden producer, it doesn’t matter whether he is Paramount or Universal Pictures, as long as the [Neil United Cinemas] in his hand is getting bigger and bigger, Then Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer, cannot live without him!
(End of this chapter)