Chapter 345： Queensland Farm

Some people, such as Paris Hilton, can easily become Hollywood's darlings without too much effort or even having their own works.

When Flower Pictures announced that the little princess of the Hilton family would be one of the three leading actors to participate in the filming of the film "Angels of Thunder" adapted from "Charlie's Angels", the film that had just been established, and her, immediately Become the focus of the entire entertainment circle.

And some people, as long as they have the right works and roles, will soar into the sky and enter the ranks of Hollywood's first-line superstars. Leonardo DiCaprio is just such a person.

Because of the loss of "Titanic", Xiao Li in this world is at best a second-tier star. Strictly speaking, he can be classified into the category of literary youth. However, after "Mission Impossible" was released a week before Thanksgiving, No one can stop him anymore.

Although Ryan did not participate in the premiere because of coming to Australia, he still heard a lot of relevant information on the phone, and Xiao Li's entry into the ranks of superstars through this movie can also prove a universal law in Hollywood—— It is always the role that makes the actor, not the actor who makes the role.

A small motorcade left Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, and drove southward along the spacious and plain Airport Boulevard. Their goal was a farm estate more than forty miles away.

In one of the Chevrolet SUVs, Ryan is looking at the newly faxed documents from Los Angeles to the plane, including the latest North American weekly box office rankings and some professional media reviews.

Nicole's eyes next to him, from time to time, fall on the not-so-thick documents, muttering dissatisfiedly, "My dear, we are here for vacation. Not for work."

"It's over soon." Ryan leaned over, kissed her forehead lightly, and said with a smile, "Good news. Nicole. "Mission Impossible" had a box office of over 45 million dollars in the first week. We will make a fortune again."

"Your new friend's movie?" Nicole grabbed the file unceremoniously. Looking through it, "It seems that Mr. DiCaprio should thank you very much. Let me think about how he would thank you? A rave party? Or invite you to enjoy the performance of the underwear model?"

"Come on. Nicole." Ryan shook his head. "I'm not Leon. I'm not interested in models with long blond legs."

"The script is too complicated and the actors' acting skills are mediocre. The focus of the film on Leonardo alone is the biggest failure." Nicole looked at the faxed film review and shrugged playfully, "Your friend. It doesn't seem to be very popular with film critics."

In fact, just as Nicole said, Leonardo's performance in the film, although recognized by a large number of fans, has been criticized by film critics. However, Xiao Li now enjoys the taste of becoming a big hit, and I hope that in the future, he will not turn himself into a blessed uncle again to win prizes.

The manor that Ryan bought for Nicole is located not far from the Gold Coast. Although it was a little barren when it was transferred to him, it has a long history.

This 6200-acre manor consists of two parts, an English-style building complex and a farm, including a super river channel for water transportation, a double river bank about ten miles long, and a small natural lake.

Stables and racecourses that can be seen everywhere in Australia are standard equipment. A large vineyard and wine cellar are indispensable. Because of the relationship that Nicole doesn’t like very much, the cattle and sheep have been moved away by the original owner long ago. After six months of meticulous care by the professional organization, the farm has become mainly for lavender planting and grass fodder for horse racing.

According to estimates by the management staff of that professional organization stationed here, if properly managed, the farm can generate an annual income of 2 million Australian dollars or more.

Whether it is Ryan or Nicole, they don't care about this income. As long as the farm can maintain their own expenses, it is just a place for them to enjoy their vacation.

"Wow, it really is a good place to relax."

Nicole also invited her friend. The person who just jumped out of the car to talk was Judy Foster.

"Annie, Judy, Kate, here."

Nicole came here once with Taylor and others, calling her sister and girlfriend to walk towards the main building made of granite. Halfway through, she didn't forget to turn around and say, "Ryan, the luggage will be handed over to you."

With a reassuring gesture to Nicole, Ryan greeted the bodyguards and the staff of the farm, and carried huge suitcases into the main building, almost all of which were the luggage of a few ladies.

Women travel, it's like moving, especially wealthy women.

Ryan sighed with emotion and entered the large living room of the main building. It happened that Nicole took the other three people to choose the room and walked down from the upper floor.

"My dear, your room is on the third floor."

"Ryan, don't run to the second floor at night."

Antonia Kidman blinked at him, then closed her mouth obediently under Nicole’s eyes. Fortunately, Judy Foster and Cate Blanchett were looking at the ancient decoration of the dome of the living room. Did not notice here.

"Ryan, you are such a big deal." Judy Foster stood in front of the large window in the living room, looking into the distance, only to see a purple ocean of lavender. "How much did this manor cost? Tens of millions of dollars. ?"

"It's not much money." Ryan smiled casually. As long as Nicole is happy, what the money does, he finds out his luggage and walks upstairs, "Sit down, I'll go back to my room and change clothes."

The main building complex here adopts the typical British palace architectural style. All rooms are paved with granite and sandstone floors. Walking on the spacious stone staircase, through the windows between the columns, you can see an area of ​​50,000 square meters. Feet, grand garden with giant fountain.

The houses on the second floor have both the British traditional style and the indelible Australian style. That is spaciousness. In this sparsely populated country, the per capita housing area is definitely not comparable to that of crowded Los Angeles. .

Entering his room, although this is not the owner’s master suite, it has a larger area than his exclusive room in Jenkins Manor. A little bit of emotion is the difference between Australia and the United States. Ryan simply took a shower and changed home clothes. Later, he returned to the lobby on the first floor.

"This is the new movie you are going to pick up, Judy?"

Several women were drinking coffee and sitting around the sofa, discussing a script.

"This was given to me by my agent before I came to Australia. I haven't decided whether to pick it up yet." It seems that the script belongs to Judy Foster. "A story between a tutor and a king, Oriental version. Jane Eyre."

""Anna and the King of Siam"?" Cate Blanchett asked.

"That's right." Judy Foster nodded. "It's based on the film in 46 years."

"This kind of subject far away from the Western background..." Nicole Kidman smiled embarrassedly, and continued after Judy Foster made a nonchalant gesture, "Such a subject fails. The risk is extremely high."

"My dear sister, do you think about it from the perspective of a producer?" Antonia Kidman was obviously joking about her sister.

"Okay, how about this script? Just ask Ryan, don't you know." Cate Blanchett raised his head and looked at the stairs, Ryan was standing here listening to their discussion.

"Ryan, can you?" Judy Foster raised the script in his hand to him.

"It's my pleasure." Ryan joked and walked over, "As long as you don't mind."

"There are no outsiders here." Judy Foster handed over the script casually.

After taking over the script, Ryan sat on the solo sofa, quickly flipped through it, compared with the picture in his memory, and quickly determined that this was the one that made Judy Foster completely turned into a box office poison. Movies.

Even if it fails at the box office, the word of mouth is still terrible.

"Judy, what do you mean?" Slowly closing the script, Ryan asked Judy Foster.

"I haven't figured it out yet, the characters in it are very good, but the plot and themes..." She shook her head slowly.

In fact, she didn't mention the other aspect, the remuneration offered by Fox in the 20th century is very tempting.

"Let's put the logic of the plot aside and just talk about the subject matter."

After all, the other party is one of Nicole’s best friends, and Ryan doesn’t want to watch her walk the same way in her previous life Actually, Nicole’s view is very correct. This kind of subject comes from the East, unless the perspective and perspective are very different. It is in line with our mainstream, otherwise it will definitely not be welcomed in the West, and I don’t see these in this script. "

Shaking the script, Ryan returned to Judy Foster, and continued, "Speaking of the East, everyone must know that Siam is now Thailand, and Thai cultural and political figures have almost no influence in the Far East. In this case, it is difficult to attract the media and audiences in the Far East. In Thailand, Chulalongkorn is considered a great king. These are obviously fictitious plots in the movie. Thai people will definitely not accept it. I Dare to say, this movie will definitely be boycotted by Thailand."

Unless the script of this movie is overhauled and turned into a "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" style Western film in the East, there is only one way to go. In the previous life, besides leaving the still classic soundtrack and interludes, Both the East and the West were violently attacked at the same time.

"So, Judy, my suggestion is to abandon it." The two sides have had friendship for many years, otherwise Ryan would not have said such direct words.

"It seems that there is such a point." Antonia Kidman stared at Ryan and joked, "I should really record what you just said. After this movie fails, I will show it on my show, for sure. Can increase a lot of viewership." ()