You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 207 Buy a manor villa and open a special effects company (2, both order 5600)

There is an independent international film festival in the UK called "Scream Film Festival", which is a film festival specially set up for horror films.

In mid-October, Dorothy came to London with the fragments of "Insidious 2", the entire film of "The Purge", and the re-edited and renamed "Spirit: Ghost Story" which was re-edited by King Quan.

In the end, she was pleasantly surprised. The one that received the biggest response was a [-]-cost DV work like "Smart: Ghost Records". Many filmmakers wanted to buy the rights!
Previously, Dorothy's idea for this movie was to release it directly on DVD just like "The Man From Earth", but now, she is going to give it a go, maybe she can win a little dark horse like "The Blair Witch" back then like that.

So she called Wang Quan to discuss the matter, and Wang Quan said, "If you want to go to theaters, don't worry. The promotion of this kind of movie will take a lot of effort. Why don't you find an unpopular schedule next year to test the waters."

"I think so too. We don't have a movie in April next year, so it's better to be in April."

After confirming the announcement plan, Dorothy asked, "What are you up to, it took me several times to get through."

Wang Quan, "Make a short film, you know."

"Ah, this has already been filmed?"

At this time, Wang Quan was shooting an experimental short film called "Gravity 3D", which was only about three or four minutes long, and there were only two or three actors.

This filming was not for prizes or anything, it was purely for experimenting with 3D shooting methods and effects, as well as special effects such as simulating weightlessness, and it was an important attempt for the later "Inception". .

Although the short film is very short, the actors are almost free, but the production cost is at least a few million dollars. Several professionals are directly hired from the "Avatar" crew. They will stay directly in the "Inception" crew inside.

Dreamland and space are special scenes that can take advantage of 3D, so King Quan chose this theme. Of course, color and horror are also very suitable.

Wang Quan rented a studio for a month, and built a space station. He planned to use a month to study 3D in depth and make himself an expert in this field.

King Quan has even made an appointment with James Cameron to visit his studio and the post-production of "Avatar" in a while. Cameron is very happy to hear that someone wants to shoot a 3D-IMAX movie. It is a kindred spirit.

During the filming break, Wang Quan called Feng Tianming from Industrial Light & Magic in San Francisco and said two things.

The first one is to make an opening title for "Wang Dao Films". Wang Dao's first movie will be released at the end of the year.

Then he was rejected by Feng Tianming, "I don't want to take it, let me introduce you to someone else."

"What's wrong, the price is not right?"

"No, I, I'm broken in love!" At this moment Feng Tianming no longer suppressed his emotions, and lamented again and again.

Wang Quan met his girlfriend once, so he wasn't surprised, "Is it lovelorn or was he cheated on?"

Feng Tianming's already broken heart at this moment seemed to have been trampled on again, and it was turned into scum, "I was, I was green!"

Wang Quan, "Don't blame me for being an afterthought. In fact, I thought from the very beginning that your girlfriend is not a person who can get married and live in peace."

"It's not like that, you don't know her, actually, actually..." Feng Tianming hesitated, and finally told Wang Quan the truth after hesitating for a long time, "Actually, I was cheated on by a woman, and Yanzi suddenly told me that she treats women More interested, then I'm out."

Kingship: ...

Feng Tianming was very sad, "That woman is quite rich, she is an Italian woman, I, Feng Tianming, was pried into a corner by an Italian woman!"

Wang Quan didn't know how to comfort him anymore, he was also a fallen man in Tianya, and at least Feng Tianming got it. As for himself, when he was chasing Dorothy back then, he watched her kiss a woman without getting anything.

"Old Feng, I understand you, but you have to cheer up."

"Cheer up, I've already written my resignation report, I'm going back to China, I can't stay in this shitty America for a day!"

"Don't rush away, I have one more thing to tell you," Wang Quan said, "I'm going to visit Director Cameron, mainly to learn the special effects production of "Avatar". I don't understand, do you want to come with me?"

Industrial Light & Magic also contracted some of the special effects for "Avatar", but only for planetary special effects. He has never seen the effect after the synthesis, so he is a little curious.

Feng Tianming put away his sadness, "Why do you suddenly want to learn "Avatar"?"

Wang Quan, "Because I also want to make a blockbuster movie with super special effects, the kind with a big production."

Wang Quan simply made it clear, "I will not stop you from returning to China, but will support you vigorously. However, you must be in the special effects industry after you return. Instead of working for others, why not be your own boss and bring what you have learned back to China? So, are you interested in collaborating?"

Now that Wang Quan has sufficient funds, he can completely build a leading special effects company in China, and Feng Tianming also has the technology and ability. Otherwise, he would not have achieved triple jumps in three years and served as a middle-level leader in Industrial Light and Magic.

Finally, Wang Quan persuaded Feng Tianming, feeling frustrated, he hoped to find compensation in the workplace, and he was willing to start a business with Wang Quan.

With Feng Tianming settled, Wang Quan will continue filming, and tomorrow he will come to Los Angeles to have an interview with him.

The heroine of the short film "Gravity 3D" is Gadot. Anyway, she is still on leave of school, and she can accompany Wang Quan to experiment as much as she wants. The other two actors are just cheap ones, and they don't have many roles, so I say actors Little to no money was spent, but affection was required.

In addition to physical affection, King Quan also spares no expense in money.

After finishing today's work, Wang Quan drove her to Beverly Hills.

Gadot asked, "Are you going to visit Little K's house again?"

Wang Quan shook his head, "It's back to our home."

Gadot: "?"

Beverly Hills is divided into three areas, the central area between Sunset Boulevard and Santa Monica Road, where the price of homes is also in the middle.

The flat area south of Santa Monica Road, where most of the average Beverly Hills population lives.

There is also the area north of Sunset Boulevard, which is the real rich area of ​​Beverly Hills, where many celebrities have bought real estate.

And in this area, there are even mansions within mansions in the hilly area. King Quan brought Gadot here and entered a manor villa.

The location here is very golden. You can overlook the downtown of Los Angeles at the bottom of the mountain at home. There are many shady trees in the courtyard, and the scenery is excellent.

After entering, there are lawns and green plants on both sides of the road, as well as fountains and sculptures. There is a U-shaped outdoor swimming pool in the courtyard, and there is a smaller indoor heated swimming pool in the villa.

There are three floors above the ground and two floors underground. There are two sets of elevators, and there is a second-floor villa with a similar style next to it, which is for the staff to live in.

Gadot's little heart was beating wildly, and she followed Wang Quan into the entertainment industry. She has also been to some big star houses, but this one is so beautiful that it looks like a work of art. The overall building is very artistic, and it is not cheap at first glance.

Even with the financial resources of the royal power, it should be very difficult, right?

At this time, there was already a pretty Filipino woman in her 30s waiting for them in the living room. She used to be a Filipino maid, but she worked hard and got a housekeeper certificate. West".

From now on, she will be the housekeeper of the family, and all the staff in the family will be under her control, and Wang Quan told her that Miss Gadot will be the hostess of the family in the future.

Lucy was left by the original owner, and the original owner was a real estate businessman in New York. He bought this house to enjoy his old age. It was well done and a lot of effort was put into it. A French designer was invited to design it. It is romantic and fashionable. , just haven't lived much.

The subprime mortgage crisis made this real estate developer almost bankrupt, and he could only sell his properties all over the world at a low price like most of the businessmen affected this time.

The original price of the manor was more than 8000 million knives, and the royal power was 5000 million.

Then Lucy showed them around the house, which she was more familiar with than King Quan.

The first floor has no bedrooms and is primarily living room, kitchen, play area, pet room, nanny lounge and exercise room.

There are a lot of equipment in the fitness room, which can basically meet all the needs of Gadot.

There are bedrooms from the second floor, Lucy said, "This villa has a total of seven bedrooms, each of which is a suite."

The bedroom can be said to be a set, almost every set has a bedroom, a living room, a cloakroom, a toilet, a bathtub, etc.

"Four rooms on the second floor, two rooms on the third floor, and one room on the second floor." There are not enough rooms because it is unnecessary and we don't plan to open a B&B.

Gadot was surprised, "Why is there still negative two?"

Wang Quan replied, "The doomsday shelter, there is a sense of security there. If the whole house is razed to the ground, the room will still be intact."

Gadot: ...

Lucy highlights the master bedroom on the third floor.

The two rooms on the third floor can be regarded as master bedrooms, Wang Quan and Gadot chose one, and the other room was temporarily vacant.

This master bedroom is more than 200 square meters, including King Quan's No. [-] study room, and the larger No. [-] study room is on the quieter negative floor.

The bed was just replaced by Wang Quan, and it was so big that four or five people could roll around on it without any problem. The mattress was also custom-made by Hästens, probably several million.

Then they took the elevator to Minus [-] and Minus [-], and visited various functional areas. Construction still needs to start here, and Wang Quan was particularly dissatisfied with the screen, projection equipment and sound in the audio-visual room.

The original owner doesn’t have high requirements for this aspect, but Wang Quan is a professional. Although he prefers to watch movies in the video library and use his time effectively, it’s not bad to watch a movie together when killing time with his girlfriend, so it needs to be reworked and reinstalled. .

Push open the heavy steel door and enter the bedroom on the bottom floor.

Here, Wang Quan asked Gadot to wait a while, and there was something for her. She thought she would receive flowers and an engagement ring, but instead received a contract.

A rental contract.

The manor villa was bought by Wang Quan through a real estate management company specially established by February [-] Investment Company. It was cheaper than buying it personally. Of course, it would be considered the property of the company.

Next, he will rent the villa to Gadot for 1 yuan per year, and all expenses incurred will be borne by the landlord for 50 years. (Note 1)

With Gadot's family background and knowledge, she naturally understands that this is a more extravagant move than giving her the house directly.

Because if the house is given to her, at the price of the house, the property tax and property she has to pay every year is an astronomical figure. The property tax in the United States is 1% to 3% of the house value every year, and the more expensive the house, the higher the tax rate .

And now, this part of the expenditure is borne by Wang Quan's company, unless his company goes bankrupt.

Of course, if the contract is to remain valid, their relationship must also be stable.

Wang Quan put the contract and a key symbolizing the sovereignty of the villa in front of Gadot, "Sign it, this will be your home in Los Angeles from now on, and I will live in your house."

Gadot didn't sign it immediately, she was a little panicked, "Where did you get so much money, I mean, wouldn't it be good if you spent so much money on the house."

She was worried that King Quan would spend the money used to develop her career for her enjoyment, and she would feel uneasy.

Wang Quan smiled and didn't hide it anymore. If Wendy didn't stop her, Dorothy wouldn't want to hide it either.

"Actually the money is not earned from the movie, it is earned from the financial market."

"finance?"

Wang Quan opened the contract and asked her to take a closer look at who Party A was.

Gadot saw the words on February [-], "This, isn't this Aunt Wendy's financial company?"

Even she knows that Aunt Wendy is now a financial devil, a person who scares Wall Street, even her parents who are far away in their hometown have heard of her name.

King Quan, "This company is actually mine."

Gadot: "..."

To explain this, King Power has to start with YouTube.

In fact, this is not all. In addition to YouTube, he has also participated in sports betting activities such as football, basketball, and rugby, but he stopped playing after earning enough money, mainly because he encountered the butterfly effect there. .

After finishing speaking, Wang Quan said, "Now you can sign with confidence. This house is not expensive to me. It will be yours in the future. If you think your name is not on the real estate certificate, we can go to Buy another house in New York, and it will be in your name."

Gadot shook her head, then she kissed Wang Quan with moist eyes, signed the signature later, and now she just wants to do it.

This house is not liveable yet. After all, it was designed according to other people’s wishes. Next, Wang Quan will hand over the right to redesign it to Gadot. She only spends half a day filming every day, and she can start making the house into their ideal in the remaining half day. look like.

They still have to live in 1025 tonight. After staying in the villa for half a day, Gadot will feel cramped when he returns there, unable to use all his martial arts.

When the two drove away from here, a tall and beautiful woman passed by the side of the road pushing a baby carriage, and happened to see Wang Quanjiaduo in the car.

The baby was about a year old, a beautiful mixed race baby girl.

Charlize Theron took off her sunglasses and said strangely, "Why did they come here, are they here to find me?"

So she hurried back home, but there were no visitors.

She also made a special call to Wang Quan to inquire.

Wang Quan smiled and said, "Theron, we will be neighbors from now on, welcome to visit us often~"

(Note 1: The rental contract in China is up to 20 years, and the excess part is invalid. The United States has not found it. Please forgive me for any mistakes.)
(End of this chapter)