Chapter 668

Mr. Zhou's restaurant is located in the luxury area of Beverly Hills. It's a Chinese restaurant frequented by Hollywood stars. It's not that the food here is good, but that the restaurant refuses reporters to enter and anyone to take photos. It can create a very private space for those celebrities, so it's very popular with Hollywood stars. Western style food is neither fish nor fowl, but the serving of individual dishes is not the exception. The Chinese food provided by Murphy is a nondescript in the eyes of

. Besides the Westernization of dishes, the typical Western style meal system is also adopted. The difference between Western food and Chinese food is not very special.

Murphy sat around a round table, eating and chatting.

"What happened to the studio's project with Nafi?" Robert Downey, Jr. swallows the beef in his mouth and asks Murphy, "is the shoot finished?"

"I don't know the exact progress."

Since the Oscars, Murphy's focus has been on "dark city." ask Gail about these things

Gail gado, who is also the producer of house of cards, heard Murphy's words and ended his whispering with Margot Robbie, saying, "it's still shooting. Paul Wilson took the whole crew to Washington to shoot location scenes. It's estimated that by the end of this year, all shooting of the first season will be over. Nafi plans to launch the series next autumn."

"On Netflix's website?" James Franco asked curiously, "don't you go to the TV channel?"

These are Gail gado in contact with Nafi, she nodded, "the premiere must be Nafi's website, later to see the situation."

If the series can be popular, it will not be a problem for other TV stations to buy the copyright to broadcast it. If the response is not ideal, even if Stanton studio and Nafi want to push house of cards into the TV station, it will be quite difficult.

"By the way," magot Robbie asked curiously, "who did the cast choose as the heroine in the end?"

"Robin white." Gail gado saw her face puzzled and reminded, "the actor who played the heroine of Forrest Gump."

Margot Robbie remembered who she was and nodded, "it's Forrest Gump's girlfriend."

All the people sitting together were their own. The atmosphere of dinner was quite good. Several people talked about topics of mutual interest, especially some gossip in the circle.

"Have you heard?" Margot Robbie said mysteriously, "Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis broke up because of a third party."

"The third party?" James Franco was also well informed and asked, "you're not talking about amebo Hilde, are you?"

Gail gado asked with a little surprise, "isn't amebo Hilde gay?"

Margot Robbie shrugged. "Maybe it's bisexual."

She took a drink from her glass, and then said, "anyway, Johnny Depp is so crazy about ameb hild that he is said to be ready to propose to her, but ameb hild always keeps a certain distance from Johnny Depp."

Robert Downey, Jr. rubbed his chin and said, "a young lesbian has a crush on a notorious old man..."

"It could be a long line," Murphy speculated, "for Johnny Depp."

"You people." Gail gado shook his head. "Why can't it be because of love?"

That's what she said, but even Gail gado didn't believe what she just said.

"Well, let's not talk about that." James Franco took the initiative to change the subject and asked Murphy, "are you interested in Sony Columbia Pictures?"

"It's true." Murphy doesn't have to deny in front of these people, "it's just a preliminary idea."

Robert Downey Jr. thought for a moment and said, "Sony Columbia Pictures has not been doing well in recent years."

"It's been ranked the last of the six companies for several years in a row." Gail gado said, "but things are getting better this year. Spiderman just came out in July."

Murphy didn't pay any attention to this before and asked, "how's the box office?"

"Not bad." Margot Robbie answered, "there were more than 62 million US dollars in North America in the first weekend. At present, the box office in North America has exceeded 200 million US dollars, and it seems that there are more than 500 million US dollars in the world."

James Franco shook his head. "It's normal. It's Spiderman!"

Obviously, Sony Columbia Pictures has over consumed spider man, which leads to the box office performance of "extraordinary Spider Man" far inferior to the old "Spider Man" trilogy.

"The worse spider man's performance is..." Robert Downey, Jr. is a wise man. "The more likely Sony entertainment is to get rid of Columbia Pictures."

Murphy sighed. "Even if Sony entertainment wants to sell Columbia Pictures, it's going to cost a lot of money."Among other things, the copyright of Spiderman and James Bond series alone needs a lot of money. Although Murphy has a lot of money now, it's not easy for a company of this size like Sony Columbia Pictures to win.

Moreover, whether Sony entertainment will spin off Sony Columbia Pictures is not certain.

Other people also understand this reality and know that they can hardly help in this aspect. Their assets are far worse than Murphy's.

Murphy also knows this. Although Robert Downey Jr. and James Franco are well paid and have hundreds of millions of dollars, most of them are real estate, such as real estate and stocks, rather than cash flow.

And as a Hollywood superstar, the income is very high, and the expenditure is also quite large.

Take Robert Downey Jr. for example, his private life is as extravagant as all Hollywood stars, and his spending, let alone ordinary people, is enough to make many second-line stars dumbfounded.

According to Murphy's understanding, his friend will spend about $20000 a month just to buy wine, not to mention the nine apartments under his name. He once spent $45 million on comprehensive renovation and renovation of these apartments, and his private yacht cost as much as $13 million.

As a superstar, the luxurious life of Robert Downey Jr. is much more than that - he only flies in private airplanes every time, and has his own requirements for model and grade, which adds him $200000 per month for aircraft maintenance; he and his family's bodyguards are 24 hours a year, spending $150000 a month; in addition, Downey is still a fanatic He has a collection of more than 200 works of art including Andy Warhol's works, worth millions of dollars. He is also keen on collecting souvenirs from Hollywood movie stars such as Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando. These souvenirs are extremely expensive and rare, with a total value of more than 100 million dollars It costs millions of dollars. In addition, 12 warehouses are needed for storage. The storage cost alone is as high as millions.

In addition to hard spending, Robert Downey Jr. also spends a lot of money on human relations from time to time. For example, a few years ago, a childhood friend of Robert Downey Jr. passed away. He once spent $2 million on firing his ashes into the air with a gun salute according to the will of the other party

Together, Murphy and Gail gado spend about $200000 to $300000 a month, but Robert Downey Jr. spends about $1 million a month.

Of course, in terms of Robert Downey Jr.'s current income level, these are not particularly many, and they are slightly inferior to those of the same level, such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

Dinner didn't leave until about 9 p.m. when Murphy returned to wave manor, he specially told Gail gado that he should pay close attention to the development of Sony Columbia Pictures. As he remembered correctly, the first movie of "Spider Man" made Sony Columbia's performance slightly better, but the second movie was definitely a disaster. It was a huge loss, leading to a loss To Sony Columbia Pictures, which cut off the series of "spider man.".

Maybe there will be a chance then?

Under the current Hollywood rules and environment, it's unrealistic to create a company to develop into the six largest companies. The best way is to buy one of the six largest companies, just like Sony entertainment and Viacom.

Murphy can see clearly that after a relatively good development in the early 1970s and 1980s, with the transition of consumption of spider man and other films, Sony Columbia Pictures is the only opportunity for him and Stanton studio.

It's up to Gail gado to keep an eye on this aspect. Murphy's energy is still focused on film shooting. In late September, news came from fox in the 20th century that "Diego Ross" was officially released from North America and overseas markets. With the help of the Oscar halo effect, the film finally gained 132 million yuan from North America after nearly ten months of super long screening 780000.

Plus the box office harvest outside Shanghai, the global box office of this film has reached 285.65 million US dollars!

In any way, Diego Roth can be regarded as a very successful film. Although fox hasn't sent the accounts in the 20th century, Stanton studio is bound to make a huge profit.

At the same time, the filming of "dark city" is still going on, and Margaret Robbie has also joined in the filming. Her part is the most mysterious in the crew, but Margaret Robbie's state has been adjusted very well, and several scenes with Henry Carvel are quite brilliant.

Seeing that Margot Robbie's performance is getting better and better, Murphy simply put forward several difficult plays, including the direct opponent of Jay Rachel and the magician.