Chapter 410

"Hello, director Stanton."

As soon as Murphy got out of the car, a middle-aged man in a suit came up to him and offered him his right hand. "Nice to see you again."

"Well..." Murphy nodded to him, then shook his hand. "Hello, belby."

This middle-aged man named belby is a real estate agent introduced by grace, who specializes in providing services for the rich and celebrities in Los Angeles. In the hands of the real estate sales company behind him, he also holds the right to sell a considerable number of luxury houses, which can be said to be the spokesman of luxury houses in the whole Southern California region.

"Shall we begin?" Murphy pointed to a huge manor behind belby.

"Oh..." Belby made a please sign, "this way."

He took Murphy along the flat sidewalk of Mount Hobel to the gate of the manor.

Murphy stood at the gate of the manor and looked inside through the open iron gate. Facing the gate was a straight driveway, which was at least 200 yards long by visual inspection. On both sides of the driveway were the vestibule gardens, probably to maintain a certain degree of secrecy. There were no flowers in the garden, on the contrary, tall trees were planted in the garden, which blocked the view of the outside world.

From this side, the only thing you can see is the small square at the end of the driveway and a huge two-story villa building with white as the main color.

Compared with the photos he and Gail gado had seen before, the real object looked more delicate and elegant.

"This is the most luxurious house on sale at Beverly Hills," belby said in a timely manner

Real estate agents like them, who are dedicated to serving the rich, will certainly know enough about their clients so that they can know their needs and purchasing power.

So, belby is very clear that this manor is expensive, but the young Hollywood director in front of him has the strength to win.

Murphy nodded gently. He had seen a lot of real estate information before, and chose this manor called "flower of LISS" as his primary target from a number of luxury houses in Santa Monica, West Hollywood and Malibu.

Beverly Hills, where the manor is located, is a famous high-grade residential area in Los Angeles and even in the world. Beverly Hills is not just located on Beverly Hills, but a platinum triangle composed of three small hills: Beverly Hills, bellelle hills and holbe hills.

Then, led by belby, Murphy walked into the huge luxury manor, and the real estate agent gave him a detailed introduction.

Located on more than 5 hectares of land, the former owner of the "LISS flower" is Susan Saperstein. She and her then husband David Saperstein, a super rich man from Texas, commissioned a special person to customize the manor in 2002.

The residential area of the manor is composed of several connected small buildings. The two-story villa building facing the driveway is used for the owner's residence. It has 12 bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, a dance hall, two kitchens and an indoor swimming pool.

The auxiliary building on the right has an indoor tennis court, a large banquet hall that can accommodate 200 people to eat at the same time, and a semi underground garage with 9 parking spaces.

In the rear of the auxiliary building, there is a very special large theater decorated with silk, which can hold 50 seats.

After a long drive in a battery car, Murphy and the real estate agent walk into the two-story villa building. The magnificent living room inside is decorated with arches decorated with mirrors. The design inspiration comes from the mirror Hall of Versailles Palace. The ceiling is decorated with luxurious chandeliers and ceiling paintings.

The design of this manor is inspired by the Versailles Palace of Louis XVI. Of course, it also includes all the modern equipment, including Italian marble wall, French limestone floor, gold leather wallpaper, outdoor spa swimming pool, huge back garden, helicopter apron and 1200 meter long fitness track, all of which are top-level equipment.

According to belby, a real estate agent, "the flower of LISS" was a gift given by David Saperstein to his wife Susan in 1996. It was completed in 2002. However, within two years, the Saperstein couple ended their marriage. After divorce, Mrs. Saperstein obtained the estate and began to sell it at the beginning of this year.

Murphy also knows a little about Susan Saperstein. In the words of vanity fair, Mrs. Saperstein "may be the largest customer of high order fashion and 18th century antique furniture in the world.".

After reading it, though satisfied, Murphy's face didn't show that "body of steel" is going to bring him huge dividends. It's not a problem to win the manor's capital, but it's going to face competition from some people.

Like this kind of super housing, when it is unsalable, it is often ignored, and when it is hot, it can attract countless rich people.

According to Murphy's knowledge, many Hollywood stars were thinking of "flower of LISS" after the divorce of the sapersteins, including the top three money makers on the Forbes celebrity income list.

Leaving Beverly Hills, Murphy drove West to UCLA, where she was very close, and found Gail gado for lunch."Is the area too large?"

In a Chinese restaurant, Gail gado was eating all vegetarian western Chinese food and asked Murphy, "and the price is a bit high."

"Honey," Murphy said, putting down her chopsticks, "this is where we'll always live. It's our future home. How can we be careless?"

When Murphy talks about home, Gail gado feels sweet.

Some time ago, he had gone to the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Murphy knew that it was impossible for him to go back to the past. Now, both his career and life are completely fixed in Los Angeles. More importantly, Gail gado was influenced by him and joined Stanton studio. His career was also set here, and he did it with relish. He never mentioned going back to Israel again The settlement of Tel Aviv.

The relationship between the two is stable and growing. He never thought that it would be necessary to set up a home in Los Angeles.

Indeed, the purchase of such a luxury manor as "Lisi flower" is not only a large amount of money, but also the daily maintenance cost, which is also an expensive expense.

There's also the property tax in the United States that people hate. There's no such thing as the age of land here, but the expensive property tax is also a headache. Once you can't pay the property tax and owe the tax bureau a debt, it's not a big trouble

However, Murphy thinks that these are small problems for himself. Today, he doesn't have to consider the maintenance cost and property tax at all.

"What's next?" Gail gado picked up his napkin and wiped his mouth. "What's your plan?"

She knew that Murphy would not let herself be idle.

"Last year's holiday was occupied by Warner Brothers and DC Comics. I want to take a two month break." Murphy also finished, "I saw a novel recommendation from the New York Times, and asked Bill to contact the adaptation right."

The reading supplement of the New York Times is now Murphy's must read newspaper. It recommends many novels and has produced a large number of popular movies.

For example, in the Twilight series, Murphy has contacted Stephanie Mayer for a long time, but Hollywood is interested in more than one company. Facing the competition from Pinnacle entertainment, Paramount Pictures and Lion Gate pictures, leather bag companies like Stanton studio have no competitive power.

Stephanie Meyer is not stupid either. It's too simple to choose a bag company or a powerful film company.

Hollywood has never been good at originality. Except for well-known directors, producers and a few projects, originality is rarely favored by Hollywood production companies, while adaptation is different, which can be said to be the mainstream of Hollywood movies.

In fact, how many original films can be found in the top ten box office charts of North America every year?

An original script or a project of unknown directors and producers. If you want to attract a large amount of investment, the big Hollywood companies will tell you: forget it.

in the past two years, the film strategies of major companies in Hollywood have become more conservative. Their efforts are absolutely not to open up a new world with new ideas, but to minimize the risk of mistakes and minimize the consequences of errors.

Just like in the past, Walt Disney couldn't stop on the road of live action classic animation, and forced Pixar studio, its most innovative studio, to continuously launch sequels to the general mobilization series. The same is true of other series. Before the existing resources are proved ineffective, Hollywood will drain it first!

Let alone originality. With the shortage of adaptation resources, Hollywood will soon throw away its so-called creativity and innovation and focus on the successful projects more than a decade or even decades ago.

As a result, sequels such as Jurassic world, independence day 2: a comeback, Nemo 2 and so on appeared, as well as the remakes of classic movies such as Prometheus, Ben Hur, brave seven dragons, super dare to die, snow white and the hunter, Cinderella, and so on《 The magic spell of deep sleep and other familiar calls are reinterpreted

Everyone knows the risks of remaking classic movies, but Hollywood would rather spend a lot of money on remaking these movies than look at the original projects of non famous directors.

Similarly, Stanton studio has also received some scripts from new writers. After Murphy's simple reading, people will receive the ashes from the storeroom. His money is also not from the strong wind. Why do not invest in projects with relatively small risks and take these big risks?

"It's time for me to go back to school." Gail gado looked at his watch and stood up. "Where are you going this afternoon?"

"The iron man crew is shooting in the studio at Hughes Aircraft Factory. I'm going to see Downey." (to be continued). )