American Peanuts

Chapter 63 Why Is Always Me

"Welcome back."

On the top floor of the office building, in front of the glass door, a group of senior executives lined up and applauded in unison to welcome him.

Charlie, with his arms around Stephanie's shoulders, took off his sunglasses and scanned the crowd.

"Whose idea was this?"

All the executives looked embarrassed, and some of them secretly glanced at Saul, who was standing in the third position.

"I think... we should celebrate." Sol's expression was a little stiff.

"Stop engaging in this kind of flattering formalism in the future. It's all gone." Charlie waved his hand impatiently.

After that, he hugged Stephanie and strutted towards his office, followed by Artis.

Although Charlie will not interfere too much in the company's daily operations, he can't help but come to him for problems. After all, he is the actual owner of the company, and there are many things that need to be reported to him.

Saul was the first to enter, rubbing his hands with excitement on his face.

"What am I saying? I will definitely see you again. This time we have a great victory! The handover process has begun and will be completed smoothly in a few days."

This time, Charlie took control of Wistan Films by way of capital increase, and then changed the name.The US$[-] million was not given to the Cox family, but was injected into the company's account. It was regarded as the capital for Charlie's participation in the partnership, and could be used to produce movies in the future.

If the gambling agreement cannot be completed, the money will naturally not be recovered, and it will also lose the control of the company and the right to benefit from the movie.

In short, the Cox family will not suffer any loss, and Charlie does not want to be busy making wedding dresses for others, so the subsequent series of actions must be carried out intensively.

In addition, he also assigned Sol a new task.

"You go and draft a contract, the artist signs the contract, and the contract will be signed in this format from now on."

"Free agency contract, OK, it's not difficult." Sol nodded and agreed immediately.

"No, it's not a free agency contract, it's the kind of long-term artist development contract that Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth signed in the middle of the last century, at least ten years."

"Are you sure? That thing has been eliminated, and it is unfair to artists...I mean, no one will sign such a contract now." Sol pondered.

"Just do it, and leave the rest to me."

"Okay." Saul did not refuse.

Charlie will always find a way, won't he?

This type of contract was very popular before the Paramount Act. At that time, the studio controlled the entire film production process and the actors were just one part of it, so it was called the "Big Studio Era."

The reason Charlie chose this signing was simple: to make more money.

The company gets a higher share and more rights in the contract, and will also have more obligations. Artist training and promotion, many of which need to be started from scratch.

But this is not difficult for Charlie, who has magazines and film companies, including later TV program production, not to mention that he also has a memory about the future, which is a wealth code.

The second person to come in was Atis.

On the plane back to Chicago, she seemed distracted.

Charlie also understands the reason. With Weinstein disappearing from the world, the lawsuit against him has come to an end. In other words, Artis will not get a penny.

"Now you have two options. Before you completely pay off the debt, you can either become a contracted artist or keep your original position." Charlie let her choose.

Capitalists are like this. They hold the means of production and will not lose money no matter what the other party chooses.

That's true for the Cox family, and it's true for Charlie as well.

"Then I'd better keep my position. I'm doing quite well, right." Atis tried to say.

Who wouldn’t want a high-paying job playing Spider Solitaire?
Charlie thought for a while and said: "No problem, but you have to reschedule the interview. You can contact the artist manager and Stephanie. There should be many girls applying for the job on the Internet. It doesn't take that long this time, 5 minutes at a time is enough. "

Artis nodded: "I think so too. Stephanie just told me that there are a group of female college students who want to come over for interviews."

Is it the budding kind?
"Good, you make arrangements."

Mr. Rosenzweig came in third.

The last time he reported to Charlie alone was in the seaside villa. Compared with the last time, his steps were more steady and he was full of confidence.

How should I put it, the company's operating conditions are actually reflected on this old man's face.

"The first batch of sales results of the commemorative album have come down, and the total sales have exceeded 100 million sets." The old man said with a pleased smile on his face.

so high?

Even Charlie was a little surprised by this result.

You must know that it has only been half a month. At this rate, there will be 400 million units in two months. Even if there is a slight decline, the final profit will still be [-] million US dollars.Not only did it cover the expenses of increasing Westan Pictures’ capital, it also made a huge extra fortune.

“Among them, Marta Jetta in New York has the highest sales performance,” Rosenzweig continued.

Jetta returned to Chicago first. After a short break, she returned to New York and continued to be a "memorable beauty".

"Okay, pass on the message. After it's over, I will ask the relevant people to go abroad as a group to let everyone work harder."

"Also, one more thing. Preparations for next month's magazine theme, including cover candidates, are about to begin. Do you have any advance arrangements?" Rosenzweig asked.

Charlie had forgotten about this. It was not so much a theme as the "title of the month", which was accompanied by interviews and promotional articles. This was the core of the monthly magazine. Last month was "Challenge to Traditional Country Music" .

"Do you have any good ideas?" Charlie tried to ask.

The Transformers live-action movie is scheduled to be released in the summer. Even if it starts to warm up in advance, it will start in May, and there is still a month in between.

"I have prepared three themes, corresponding to three different businesses, one is a brokerage company, one is a film company, and the other is to warm up the upcoming derivatives."

At first glance, Rosenzweig showed that he was sincerely working for the society. It seems that these three choices were good. No matter which one he chose, it would be helpful to the business.

Charlie suddenly laughed.

"You don't have three themes, but one."

"What do you mean?" Rosenzweig was confused.

"Have you forgotten Hugh Hefner? It's not the thing that counts, it's the person."

"You mean... I see, this idea is very good." Rosenzweig's eyes lit up.

After a little prodding from Charlie, he understood that these three things were all related to Charlie. Naturally, the theme of this month should be the new boss.

"How about the title... just call it 'New Ambition'?"

"Too cheesy." Charlie shook his head.

"It has to attract people's attention as soon as they see it. Even if it's a bit controversial, it doesn't matter." Charlie calculated and began to search in his brain.

A familiar dark-skinned figure emerged in my mind, that was a football player.

"What do you think about 'Why always me'?" Charlie tried.

This sentence is ironic, but it is really impressive, and it was considered out of the circle during the World Cup that year.

"I think...it's pretty good, no, it's very good." Rosenzweig clapped his hands excitedly.

"How should the cover be photographed? Do you have any ideas?"

"Of course..." Charlie was mid-sentence when he suddenly heard a commotion coming from outside the door.

Atis opened the door directly and stuck her head in.

"The Oscar winner is here!"

(End of this chapter)