The Wolf of Los Angeles

The next morning, the black bulletproof Mercedes-Benz drove to West Hollywood.

Edward drove the car and asked Hawke: "Boss, BlackRock's **** will be our long-term enemies in the future. We will destroy any plan they promote."

Hawke fully agrees: "Everything that the enemy wants to do is what we oppose."

At this point, Edward remembered the plan Hawke mentioned more than once: "BlackRock's marginal crowd plan starts in Hollywood."

"Let's think of some solutions in Hollywood first." Hawke said simply: "Tom Cruise's production company signed a contract with Eric's studio today, so let's go and join in the fun."

As soon as the car bomb in front of Citrus Square fired, BlackRock was already Hawke's endless enemy.

Of course, the more chaotic the American society, the better, and the more fragmented the better.

Although with the power of Hawke and Twitter, we can only start from the individual for the time being, and far from defeating BlackRock, it does not hinder BlackRock's strategic planning in various ways.

There is no doubt that the marginal crowd plan is BlackRock's most important strategy in the future.

Hawke doesn't remember how the company grew into a behemoth of the 2020s, but this strategic planning is certainly one of the driving factors.

No matter from any aspect, he cannot let the other party implement it smoothly.

Hollywood is the pioneer of this plan, and the changes in the entertainment and media industries have led the trend of social change.

BlackRock Film Fund invested in Focus Pictures' Brokeback Mountain, with the goal of being an Oscar, and only by winning the Oscar heavyweight award can such niche movies become popular.

Hawke is also considering this Oscar game.

In addition, he also sent someone to Haval to find a student named Zuckerberg.

It's only 2003 now, don't you know that Zuckerberg has established a Facebook website?

This time period is either not available or it is still Haval's campus network.

Mercedes-Benz came to West Hollywood and drove directly into the yard of Ethan's movie studio.

Hawke got out of the car, and Eric was standing on the steps in front of the door, waving to this side.

Next to it is Tom Cruise in a casual suit.

Seeing Hawk coming, Tom Cruise came up and gave a hug.

Eric called to go to the reception room to talk.

Hawke sat on the sofa and asked, "Are you officially signed?"

"Just signed the contract." Tom Cruise decided to work with Eric after the box office of "The Journey to the Dark Night".

The two sides have been talking about this for nearly two months, and now it has officially fallen on paper.

Tom Cruise's words continue: "Cruise and Wagner Films will raise $20 million to make Eric's new film, and I will play the leading role in it, and Eric said, "Male The protagonist's prototype comes from you?”

"When I was a freelance journalist, Eric helped me for a while, and then based on his experience during that time, he wrote the scripts you worked with."

Eric responded, "Tomy discussed it with me, and this project is called "Night Walker."

"This name is very appropriate," Edward interrupted, "At that time, most of our news was taken at night."

He asked Eric: "Where is my role? Who plays a role based on me? I am the most important supporting role."

Tom Cruise said: "When the crew is established, we will recruit actors from the outside world."

Hawke also read Eric's script and said, "I don't know how to make movies, but Eric's script is very exciting and more interesting than what I have experienced in reality."

"This is also what I like about the script. Eric has a master level in character creation and plot design." Tom Cruise praised the director and asked Hawk again: "I heard that when you were working, you were , and have special skills and nicknames? ”

Edward took the initiative to say, "My boss is known as the God of War of the Light Pole!"

Tom Cruise turned his eyes to the window and could see the street lamp pole that was ten meters high on the road outside: "Is it what I understand?"

Edward said seriously: "The God of War in various senses of the lamp pole."

Hawke, the bastard, deliberately asked Edward to say the boastful words first before explaining: "The street lamp poles in many places in Los Angeles are relatively high, and it is easier to capture the situation in the courtyard when climbing on top."

Tom Cruise suddenly realized: "Looking back, I want to remove the street lamp pole at the doorstep!"

“When shooting, I’ll show it in the scene design,” Eric said.

Tom Cruise looked at Hawke: "You're going to teach me how to climb street lamp poles."

"No problem." Hawke gestured a few times: "It won't be harder than running in the movie."

Because the film is based on several real cases from West Coast Studios, the four people discussed many issues in scene design.

Tom Cruise also specifically asked Hawke for some of the key points of shooting for free reporters.

The topic started with the movie, and under Hawke's intentional guidance, it gradually turned to the Oscars and awards seasons. Hawke specifically asked Cruise: "Do you have a new Oscar plan?"

"No, the last failure made me a laughing stock in the United States." Tom Cruise remembered the big challenge of the Ice Bucket: "If you hadn't helped me turn the public opinion around, I would be full of infamy now."

Hawke said directly: "Is there any possibility of this project going to the Olympics?"

Tom Cruise thought seriously for a while and said, "It doesn't fit the Oscars' aesthetics. Then again, the so-called standards and aesthetics of those **** have been changed over and over again in every session, and God can't figure out what they think. of."

He complained: "When you are chasing for the award, you cannot be too active, if you are too active, they will criticize you for chasing for the award; you must be chasing for the award, and they think you lack enterprising spirit and do not respect the judges and the college; You finally got stuck in the right position. They thought you were too handsome and the character was too cool…”

These words reminded Hawke of football teams across the Pacific.

Tom Cruise complained a few times, returned to the point and asked Hawk: "Have you helped Sarah Parker compete for the Golden Globes?"

Hawke nodded slightly: "Last year's awards season, I served as Sarah Parker's awards consultant. I was lucky, and Sarah Parker won the award he wanted."

Whether it was heard before or the actual benefits of the Ice Bucket Challenge, Tom Cruise has personally experienced Hawke's ability in business strategic planning.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is manipulating public opinion.

Originally, Tom Cruise became much colder to the Oscar after losing to the Olympics this year.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

But when talking to Hawk, my mind began to liven up again.

Looking at Hollywood, how many people can ignore the existence of the Oscars.

Tom Cruise has money and resources, and the Oscar is missing. He directly sent an invitation to Hawke: "You know enough about the project "Night Walker". The film is probably released in the second half of next year. You are The project will develop an Oscar strategy, and then we will join forces again to win an Oscar."

Eric was a little excited, after all, he was the screenwriter and director of the film: "The project was adapted from some of Hawke's personal experiences. Looking at the whole of Los Angeles, no! Looking at the whole of the United States, no one is more suitable for the project than Hawke. Develop an Oscar strategy! ”

Tom Cruise has always been very happy in terms of money: "When the crew is established, the crew will officially sign a contract with your studio, and the fees will be based on the highest standards in the circle."

"No problem." Hawke also wanted to borrow the resources from Tom Cruise's hands this time.

Even though Oscar doesn't like Tom Cruise, as one of the top three or four people, the resources he can mobilize in Hollywood are far from comparable to newcomers like Eric.

Hawke's real purpose is to borrow Tom Cruise to snipe Brokeback Mountain.

Demons like LGBTQ are indeed the general trend of development in Hollywood and the entire entertainment industry. This has triggered a social trend and it is difficult for individuals to resist.

But Hawke still wants to give it a try, at least to make BlackRock's strategic plan not so smooth at the beginning.

The progress of "Brokeback Mountain" is also the project has just been established, similar to Eric Ethan's.

Hawke thought it was very difficult to make a movie win at the Oscar, but there were many ways to make a movie fail to win.

He is best at dragging his back and messing up things.

After finalizing a collaboration at the Oscar, Tom Cruise turned the topic to the Ice Bucket Challenge, which is still on Twitter.

"There is currently raising $38.57 million." He has never made the idea of ​​this money: "Next week I will let the charity foundation make another relationship with two medical institutions."

"The White House should give you the Presidential Medal of Freedom," Hawke said.

Tom Cruise stressed: "It should be us."

He changed his voice: "Do you remember what you mentioned to me last time?"

Hawke has encountered a lot of things recently and has long forgotten it.

Tom Cruise reminded: "Someone has an accident in the ice bucket challenge, which also involves campus bullying. At the beginning, I thought it was an accident and didn't care much. Later, on Twitter and other online media, it appeared one after another. After similar news, some media even attacked the ice bucket challenge…”

Eric also paid attention: "It seems like a group of firefighters were electrocuted because of the ice bucket challenge, delaying the firefighting operation. Some people criticized the ice bucket challenge for wasting water resources, which attracted a lot of environmentalists to protest."

Hawke has been busy dealing with the BlackRock incident recently and has really not paid attention to these things.

But he was experienced and noticed something strange as soon as he heard it: "Is there someone pushing it behind the scenes?"

Tom Cruise responded: "I have someone checked it out specifically, and there is indeed someone pushing it behind the scenes."

Speaking of this, he also kept it a secret: "Do you know who it is?"

Hawke's first reaction: "Pate Kingsley?"

"Not her." Tom Cruise said a name that was not surprising: "Nicole Kidman."

Edward suddenly sighed: "The creature like an ex-wife is indeed very terrible."

Eric glanced at the Savior and thought of his own situation.

If you want to get married, wait.

Hawke said to Tom Cruise, "Your ex-wife, really doesn't want you to live a comfortable life." (End of this chapter)