Chapter 469

"This manor is very nice."

In the reception room, a brunette complimented Murphy politely, "very tasteful."

"It's all Gayle's work." Murphy answered, then asked directly, "what can I do for you, Megan?"

It was Megan Ellison, David Ellison's younger sister, who came to visit. He heard David Ellison mention some time ago that Megan Ellison, like him, had dropped out of the film school of USC and was ready to enter Hollywood.

Megan Ellison's purpose, even if she doesn't say, he can guess some.

David Ellison, through cooperation with him, got rid of the dilemma of newcomers and was recognized by Hollywood. Now he is one of the few investors with huge capital in the circle.

It's no exaggeration to say that David Ellison succeeded.

Megan Ellison, of course, knows that. He also knows that Murphy doesn't like to beat around the bush when talking about work. He also says directly, "I hear you're preparing a new film? Or the Autobiography of the financial fraudster, Jordan Belfort? "

Murphy nodded. "The project is now in the hands of 20th century fox."

"How is the project funding going?" Megan Ellison asked tentatively, "can I invest?"

She added, "it's just part of the investment. I won't interfere in any work of the crew or you."

How did David Ellison succeed? Megan Ellison saw very clearly that investing in Murphy's project was simply the best financial plan.

Compared with Hollywood superstars like Leonardo DiCaprio, who will demand the right to invest, Murphy does not exclude investors like David Ellison and Megan Ellison, who have no ability to intervene in the operation of the cast.

But this is not something he can decide unilaterally.

Murphy thought for a moment and said, "do you know Carla Firth?"

"Yes." Megan Ellison met her before, "director of production and distribution at 20th century fox."

After taking the pad from the side, Murphy wrote down Carla Firth's personal phone number, tore it off and gave it to Megan Ellison, "you contact Carla Firth, and you have to talk to her about it."

Megan Ellison instantly understood that Murphy did not exclude her investment. She quickly put away the note paper and said with a warm smile, "thank you, Murphy."

"You're welcome." Murphy shook his head. "You're David's sister. David used to help me."

Hearing this, Megan Ellison's smile froze and then recovered. She knew that she had no friendship with Murphy. If it wasn't for her brother David Ellison, she would not have been introduced to Carla Firth.

She stood up. "I'll leave first."

Murphy nodded, stood up and took her out of the drawing room.

Probably hearing the sound in the corridor, Gail gado on the same floor opened the door of his study, took a look at Murphy's side, and then came over.

"How's the paper going?" Murphy asked with concern.

This year is Gail gado's graduation season. After several years of preparatory and formal study, she will graduate from UCLA law school this year.

"I didn't write..." Gail gado shook his head. "I'm not in good shape today. I've been looking up information on the Internet and watching the news."

As she spoke, she took Murphy into the lounge and talked about the news she had just seen.

"I just saw the news on the Internet." Gail gado took the glass from Murphy, took a sip, and said, "Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise's cruise wagra have reached a new cooperation agreement. This morning, they just issued a joint statement."

Hearing Gail gado's words, Murphy immediately looked thoughtful.

"What are the new conditions for their cooperation?" He asked.

Gail gado recalled, said, "the statement was not published, but the website that released the news said that Paramount Pictures canceled the annual fee of cruise wagra, and Tom Cruise will definitely reduce the film pay and bonus in the next cooperation with Paramount Pictures, and the proportion may not be small."

"I don't think so." Murphy nodded.

Paramount Pictures is very smart in using this method of fighting first and then pulling. Summers leishidong is really an old fox.

There is no doubt that even now that the appeal of superstars is far less than that of the 1990s, superstars like Tom Cruise still have considerable value. It is impossible for summers Redstone and Paramount Pictures to give up Tom Cruise completely. The main way to fight first and then pull is to reduce the remuneration of Tom Cruise.

This is also the real purpose of Hollywood's major production companies to suppress the stars.

Murphy sighed softly in his heart, "summers leishidong is a media giant after all."

Such a person has strength, brain, ability and social experience. Once he stands on the opposite side, it is undoubtedly a headache.According to Murphy's conjecture, summers leishidong hasn't bothered him for so many years. It may be that the big man didn't pay attention to that little thing at all, or the other party has long forgotten it. After all, summers leishidong is absolutely busy with affairs, and it must have consumed a lot of time and energy to fight with his family these years.

But people's heart is the most difficult thing to measure. Who knows when Samuel leishidong will pay attention to himself and remember that little thing?

Even today's Murphy will not underestimate the energy of summerstone. Although the other party was hyped by the media in the last economic crisis, he may no longer be a billionaire, how much credibility can he have?

If you take the media hype seriously, it's really a fool.

However, Murphy is no longer Murphy before. He works closely with 20th century fox, and even if he really wants to do something, he will have some worries.

It's hard to guess how this kind of thing will develop. After all, the initiative is not in Murphy's hands, and Murphy can't go to the east of summerstone and admit his mistake foolishly. At this stage, the best way is to pay more attention.

Gail gado talks with Murphy about Tom Cruise's relationship with Paramount Pictures, and suddenly comes up with another thing.

"Are you going to buy property in New York?" She asked.

"Just the idea." Murphy simply explained, "we'll stay in New York for a long time to work. It's more comfortable to live in our own house than in a hotel, and it's not expensive now."

Gail gado nodded gently. "You just make up your mind about this kind of thing."

Murphy added, "we can't just live in Los Angeles, can we? It's good to experience the flavor of big apple occasionally. "

Gail gado rolled his eyes. "Honey, do you want to experience the traffic jam?"

"New York and Manhattan are not particularly congested." Murphy shrugged.

In the past, he experienced more congestion. At that time, he lived in a city famous for its spring water, whose road congestion could not be described simply by parking lots, and even surpassed the first tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, ranking the first in China in terms of congestion rate for several consecutive months.

Moreover, this kind of congestion is more of a man-made disaster. Every spring, more than a dozen main roads are built together, a north-south main road is built, and other roads used for diversion are built at the same time. As a result, the whole area is a little bit windy, and more than a dozen nearby roads are directly turned into parking lots.

The most exaggerated thing is that a road in the center of the city was repaired and excavated three times in a short period of more than half a year due to the problem of laying pipelines. At that time, Murphy often passed by there. Like people living nearby, he was shocked by the super high communication efficiency in the information age.

Of course, it's nothing. After all, it's just congestion. It can be explained in one sentence - how hard it is to prosper the city!

Congestion is unavoidable in all major cities in the world.

Later, Murphy asked Grace to contact several real estate agents in New York, who provided a lot of homes in Manha section, including several in the famous upper east side, which is also the priority area for Murphy to buy real estate.

Manhattan's Upper East District starts from 59th Street in New York in the south, 96th street in the north, Fifth Avenue in the west, eastriver in the East, and North-South boulevards. Starting from Fifth Avenue adjacent to Central Park in the west, it is Madison Avenue, Park Avenue, Lexington Avenue, Third Avenue, second Avenue, First Avenue, York Avenue and east end Avenue.

East from Fifth Avenue and West from Lexington Avenue are the most expensive and popular residential areas in New York, known as the "Gold Coast" of New York. The richest people in New York live here, which is the real rich area.

Some people say that the upper east rich area of Manhattan not only represents the community of the richest people in New York, but also has the taste of money and conservative values in the air. It has a sophisticated charm tempered by capital and time. Its many famous museums and world-class designer stores show the urban taste of an international metropolis, and the best design Private and public schools subconsciously create the concept of class

Even after the brokerage crisis, the price of the upper east side is still very high, and an ordinary four bedroom apartment costs at least $3 million.

Murphy has set aside a budget of $15 million to $25 million for grace to find a suitable upper east side property for him.

Although Murphy and Gail gado are not the kind of people who like to buy land crazily, at their level, owning a residence in New York and Los Angeles, the two largest cities in the United States, can only be said to be the most basic configuration.

After grace got the relevant information, Murphy made a special trip to Manha to see the house on the one hand and the possibility of field shooting on Wall Street on the other.

When he returned to Los Angeles, good news came from Carla Firth. 20th Century Fox completed the review of Jordan Belford's film project and decided to invest in the film. (to be continued). )