Hollywood Road

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In Fox Searchlight Company, watching Tony Guzman send Murphy and Bill Rossis out of the reception room, Godin Clyde asked Riley Fields next to him, "What do you think?"

Riley Fields seemed quite cautious, "Although I can't find out the real price offered by several other companies, as far as I know, their internal trials will have a very high evaluation of "Chain Saw."

The company's performance was not good, and he, the director of the market research department, was also under tremendous pressure. "I think this film has a clear target audience and accurate market positioning. At least it is a very smart work with operational value."

Godin Clyde stood up and walked around, "The marketing department is making a forecast report."

"I'll finish it as soon as possible." Riley Fields also stood up.

It was sunny outside, looking at the golden light reflected on the glass of the Fox Building diagonally opposite, Murphy stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, followed behind Bill Rosses, and walked in front of the Ford car.

As soon as he got in the car, Bill Rossis answered the phone, hung up after a few words, and then turned to Murphy and said, "There is information feedback from the company's channels. Fox Searchlight's performance in the first quarter was poor. 20th Century Fox was pretty disgruntled and put pressure on them two weeks ago."

After Murphy learned the relevant information through Kara Firth, he also notified Bill Rossis. Although he is an ordinary manager of CAA, he can also make proper use of the company's resources and channels. Now he has confirmed that Fox Searchlight is indeed facing Some situations that are more favorable to them.

"Continue to keep in touch with Fox Searchlight." Murphy started the car. The current situation requires not only his hard work, but also a suitable opportunity. "Besides Lionsgate, don't break the connection with other companies."

Even in the face of Harvey Weinstein, he still has a little room for bargaining. Milton Johnson's tough style is beyond his expectations. No matter, when it comes to business, you really don't talk about human feelings at all.

Regardless of the sincerity of the negotiation or the price offered, Lionsgate can only be the last choice.

Sending Bill Rossis near the office building where CAA is located, Murphy checked the time, first sent a text message, and then drove to the valley area of ​​Santa Monica, in a three-story building surrounded by green trees He stopped in front of the door, lowered the car window and looked at the open iron door, and there were already people coming out in twos and threes.

This is a very common acting school in the Los Angeles area,

However, the school that Bill Rossis contacted had a very good reputation, and of course the price was not cheap. The less than five-month course almost cost Carey Mulligan the pay for the two films.

"Aren't you coming together, Carrie?"

Two girls came out of a house, one with long blond hair asked Carey Mulligan, who was arranging her short hair, "Everyone is here at the party tonight, and you are the only one missing. Are you going to let us go?" Pigeon."

"I said I don't have time." Carey Mulligan looked at the iron gate ahead frequently, and subconsciously accelerated the frequency under his feet, "My boyfriend is coming to pick me up."

"Could it be that director boyfriend of yours?" A few girls behind were faster, and when they passed by, they heard Carey Mulligan's words, much like a brown-haired girl in the center turned to look at her, " The one you blow into the sky?"

There was obvious sarcasm in her words.

Carey Mulligan turned his head, and his eyes became sharp instantly. If it was a knife, the girl must have a few more transparent holes.

"What do you mean?" Her tone was rather bad.

Not long after they came to the acting class, the two had a conflict. They were about the same age, and no one knew what caused the dislike to each other.

As soon as Carey Mullig's words came out, the atmosphere on both sides changed instantly. Except for the brown-haired girl who spoke first, several other people also stared at this side.

The brown-haired girl lifted a strand of curly hair that fell down, and the irony on her tough face became stronger, "What a big director, the production cost of the film he directed is as high as..."

Her voice was high-pitched, as if she was afraid that others would not hear her, "Three hundred thousand dollars!"

The other girls covered their mouths and laughed, as if such a thing was embarrassing.

Although they are also from the UK, the other party doesn't like her, and Carey Mulligan doesn't like the other party either.

Otherwise, the other party would not taunt after hearing it.

Carey Mulligan kept walking, turned his head and said, "300,000 dollars is not much, but in exchange for a North American box office of 1.48 million dollars, the return on investment ratio is as high as five to one."

A group of people walked out of the gate at this time, and Murphy, who was waiting in the car, immediately saw them and got out of the car to meet them.

"A film that doesn't show more than 200 theaters," the girl was still saying, "how dare you say it's an official feature film?"

Carey Mulligan wanted to say something again, but the blond woman came out to smooth things over, "Kayla, please stop talking, don't always target Carey."

She turned her head to look at Carey Mulligan again, "Kayla is such a character who says what she says, so don't worry too much about it."

"Liz," Carey Mulligan seemed to have a good relationship with her, "don't you think she's too much?"

Murphy happened to be walking with them in front of the gate. Hearing Carey Mulligan's words, he took two steps and came to her side. Looking at the obviously angry face with concern, he asked, " What's the matter, dear."

Carey Mulligan gave Kayla a vicious look, obviously unhappy, but knowing that Murphy has been very busy recently, he didn't want such trivial matters to disturb him, so he squeezed out a smile, "It's okay, everything is fine. "

Following Carey Mulligan's gaze, four girls stood together a few feet away, as if muttering, and the one standing in the center had a tough facial outline that was quite familiar.

"Hello." The blond woman looked at Murphy with interest, "Are you Kerry's boyfriend?"

Carey Mulligan hugged Murphy's arm and answered first, "Liz, that's Murphy."

"Hello." Murphy looked at her, smiled politely, and introduced himself, "I'm Murphy Stanton."

The blonde woman nodded, "Elizabeth Banks, Kerry's classmate in the acting class, please call me Liz."

Carey Mulligan shook Murphy's arm, "Liz took good care of me."

"It's nothing..." Elizabeth Banks didn't finish her sentence, but was interrupted by a girl's voice from the other side, "Kerry, is this your boyfriend?"

She walked up to Elizabeth Banks and kept looking at Murphy. Her narrowed eyes and the slight sarcasm in them made people feel quite uncomfortable.

Murphy tilted his head and glanced at this familiar face to confirm that he did not misunderstand the person. Although it was only the first time they met and he didn't say a word, it could be seen that this person's personality was really not very good.

The other party's mouth curled incomparably quickly, "Except for being taller and stronger, there is nothing special about it."

Carey Mulligan was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. He almost jumped up and wanted to say something, but he glanced at Murphy and swallowed those ugly words again.

The girl named Kayla did not intend to give up. This is not the first time the two have confronted each other. "You two are a perfect match, a young actor and a young director."

"You..." Carey Mulligan's cheeks were puffed up.

"Kayla..."

Elizabeth Banks wanted to smooth things over, but Kayla spoke urgently and quickly, "I am proud to think that I am a princess, but I am actually just a sparrow."

She is about the same age as Carey Mulligan, and she is also at the stage of arrogance. Carey Mulligan stole a lot of the limelight that belonged to her, and these will always come back, "Put away your poor little pair Wings, stop showing off here in the future."

This is not over yet, she raised her head and raised her pointed chin, "What do you compare me to? I have acted in a film with a box office of 900 million dollars, what about you?"

Murphy turned to look at Carey Mulligan and asked what the two had compared. Carey Mulligan scratched his blond hair and shook his head slightly, eyes full of doubts.

What's the matter with this girl? Murphy had already frowned. Even if Carrie had conflicts with her, there was no need to be so recalcitrant, right?

He knew that many conflicts between women were often unreasonable, but targeting Carrie like this was indeed too much.

There were a lot of onlookers around, except for the original few girls, someone came over again, and Murphy could vaguely hear "Kerry and Kaila again", and he probably understood that this Kyra aimed at Kaila. Ray didn't just start now.

Elizabeth Banks pulled Keira's arm and was about to say a few smooth words when she suddenly saw Murphy whispering something in Carey Mulligan's ear, and Carey's eyebrows were raised.

"What's wrong with me as a young actor?" Carey Mulligan held Murphy's arm tightly with one hand, "I played my own role, not like some people, in a big production with a box office of 900 million US dollars. As a stand-in for someone, you don't really think of yourself as Queen Amidala, do you? You're just a stand-in for Natalie Portman, and we..."

She pointed at the people around her with the other finger, "Everyone will remember, you..."

The voice rose slowly, "You are just a stand-in for Natalie Portman! Twenty years from now, this will not change at all!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Murphy pulled Carey Mulligan, "Let's go."

This kind of thing can let Carey Mulligan vent his anger, there is no need to let others continue to watch the excitement.

Neither of them looked at the girl named Kayla, and walked directly towards the Ford sedan.

Keira's face turned pale, her teeth were clenched tightly together, but she couldn't say anything, as if she was directly hit by Carey Mulligan's words.

She took two big gulps and looked at the backs of Murphy and Carey Mulligan viciously.

It wasn't until the Ford started to leave that she let out the suffocated breath, "Damn little director!"

Obviously, Carey Mulligan, who was always against her, couldn't think of such a thing, otherwise he would have said it the first time he had a conflict, and he wouldn't have waited until today. The result of muttering.

On the moving car, Carey Mulligan leaned over and kissed Murphy hard, "This is a reward!"

Murphy smiled. Just as he was about to say something, the phone rang, and when he picked it up, his expression changed instantly, "What? Bill, is this true?" (To be continued.)