Chatty Hollywood

In fact, it is very normal in Hollywood to auction props used in filming movies.

——Just like the famous "Heart of the Ocean" in Charlotte's original world.

——Of course, in the current world, the Heart of the Ocean is a magical existence cast by Charlotte, and it belongs to him, so naturally it will not be sold.

In general, it is not strange to sell props used in filming movies.

However, although this method can also recover part of the shooting cost, more often than not, it can only be the icing on the cake, rather than providing timely help.

After all, people only want to collect famous movie and auction props.

However, generally speaking, for such movies, normal means can often be enough to recover the shooting costs.

Props do not need to be auctioned at all. Some of the more commemorative ones will be left to the creative members as souvenirs. The rest will be put directly into the warehouse for use in future films.

Or simply hold a so-called charity sale.

For unknown movies that need to sell props to recover the cost, collectors often have no interest in collecting the props in their movies.

This creates a paradox.

However, Charlotte doesn't have this problem because the movies she shoots are always successful.

The props he used when filming the movie can indeed be sold for a lot of money——

For example, one of the biggest props he sold was the "Hogwarts" castle used in the filming of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."

——While filming the movie, it really cost Charlotte a lot of money to buy an old castle and transform it into a set.

But when a cooperation agreement was reached with Warner Pictures, the castle immediately became a good asset.

——During the joint asset valuation before cooperating with Warner, the value of this castle increased by more than four times...

In addition to "super large props" like the castle, there are also many small props sold in Charlotte's other movies.

Not to mention anything else, after the release of "Sleepy Hollow", several strange forensic props that Depp once used were bought by a rich female star who likes to chase stars...

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Of course, Charlotte also knew that his situation could not be replicated by ordinary film crews.

Therefore, he told Charlize this method not so much to teach her how to recover the cost of a movie, but to tell her one thing——

"I have bought this house, which is decorated as "221B Baker Street"!"

"What!?"

——The "221B Baker Street" arranged by the crew of "Sherlock Holmes" is of course not in the real Baker Street.

However, due to Charlotte's request, the crew did not directly build a simple set house for filming.

They rented an old townhouse apartment in a relatively cheap suburb of London to serve as "221B Baker Street".

——This old-fashioned townhouse is structurally very similar to the apartment Mrs. Hudson rented to Holmes and Watson in Conan Doyle's book.

Charlize knew about this, but she didn't expect that Charlotte had already bought the apartment.

"What are you doing buying an old apartment like this?"

Charlize asked curiously,

"Don't tell me that you are such a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes that you even want to cosplay him in the room!?"

"of course not!"

Charlotte shook her head;

"The main reason I bought this room is to arrange the magic circle."

"Magic circle!?"

Charlize was stunned for a moment, then reacted,

"Are you planning to set up a magic circle to deal with Jack the Ripper? I remember that you said that one of the purposes of filming "Sherlock Holmes" was to deal with the elusive Ripper! But that shouldn't be waiting until the movie premieres Do it again?”

"At this premiere, the other party may not be fooled!"

Charlotte smiled bitterly and said,

"Unlike other ghost opponents, Jack the Ripper is very good at evading. He fell into the trap I set during the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". This time even at the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" I laid a trap during the ceremony, and I’m afraid he won’t fall for it a second time.”

"You're right!"

Charlize nodded.

Only then did she realize the difference between Jack the Ripper and the ghosts Charlotte had dealt with in the past——

This guy may not be that powerful in terms of strength, but he is very cunning.

Especially since he had escaped from the traps prepared by Charlotte twice before.

Now, it's hard for Charlotte to set a trap at the movie premiere and wait for it to take the bait like she used to deal with the ghosts in the past.

——Then what are you going to do?

That was what Charlize wanted to ask.

But then, she thought that this was probably the reason why Charlotte was setting up a magic circle in this "221B Baker Street" and also wanted to buy the house——

"You are setting up a magic circle here now. Does that mean you have thought of a new way to deal with Jack?"

"Yes."

Charlotte nodded,

"This is a quite complicated plan, but if it succeeds, not only will Jack the Ripper be successfully killed, but my abilities will also be greatly improved."

"so smart!?"

Charlotte said with a smile,

"Actually, the real 221B Baker Street is more suitable for setting up magic circles than here - but it is the Sherlock Holmes Museum after all, and I can't just buy it and arrange it freely. Besides, when the movie is released, I only need to let Francis Farmer used ley lines to connect this place to the real 221B Baker Street, and it was still able to achieve the effect I wanted.”

"Connected to the real 221B Baker Street via ley lines during the movie's premiere!?"

Thinking of Charlotte's magic theory, Charlize couldn't help but doubt,

"You're not going to directly summon or create a Sherlock Holmes ghost, are you?"

"Well..."

Charlotte winked at Charlize;

"Please forgive me for being pretentious - after all, some tricks may not work if they are revealed!"

"You have such a bad character!"

As he said this, Charlize felt a chill in his heart.

"Yeah! There are some things you can't just say!"

I remembered that Charlotte once said that some ghosts or gods can see through people's memories.

Charlize realized that once Charlotte's plan was revealed in advance, there was a real possibility that it would be leaked.

— even though Charlize told no one else at all.

So, to really keep it a secret, Charlotte probably really couldn't tell her the whole plan.

However--

"Although I understand the truth, I still feel a little uncomfortable in my heart."

Charlize thought depressedly, and his mouth pouted involuntarily.

This made Charlotte feel a little funny. He comforted the girl and said,

"Don't worry, I will let you join me when the time comes. Now, why don't you think about what it would be like if we lived in this 19th-century Victorian-style apartment in the winter and sat in front of the fireplace to warm up and read together. …”

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