New York 2006

Chapter 194 Various Women

(4800 word chapter)
June 2008, 6, Luo Ji's luxury villa in Burbank, Los Angeles. Luo Ji held a celebration party for "The Twilight Saga" at his home today.

People come and go here, filled with Hollywood celebrities.Several waiters in tuxedos carried trays of champagne.Weaving back and forth among the crowd.There is a cold buffet not far away, with plates, cutlery and forks lined up beside it.

"She is really lucky. Within a month she became famous all over the country."

Evan Rachel stood next to Luo Ji, looking enviously at Kristen Stewart who was surrounded by several young men and women not far away.

After all, "Twilight" is a movie with a female protagonist, and among the actors, Christine is definitely the one who benefited the most.

At this moment, she was surrounded by so many people. Kristen looked a little embarrassed and uneasy. It seemed that she was not very accustomed to this sudden explosion.

Luo Ji looked at Rachel and asked, "Why didn't you come to audition for Twilight? But Nikki Reed came to audition?"

Nikki Reed was originally recommended to the crew by Director Catherine, and they filmed "Thirteen" together.This is how it is in Hollywood. When you have a project, you will first think of your social circle.

Rachel was also one of the actors in "Thirteen" at the time, so Luo Ji asked this question.

"She is Jewish." Rachel continued with some complaints: "The first thing Catherine thought of must be the Jews themselves."

Jews do have great influence in Hollywood and often monopolize resources.Even A-list actor-directors like Mel Gibson were banned for gossiping.

Not to mention these young actors, many of them dare to be angry but dare not speak out.

Luo Ji didn't answer. The girl didn't look very smart.I wasn't wary of Luo Ji at all, what if he told me to go?The two of them had only been in contact for such a short time, and they were talking about such a sensitive topic.

"Don't you have a good relationship with Catherine? She even said nice things to me and asked me to accept your funds."

"I promised her some conditions. She..."

Rachel was still about to speak when she was suddenly poked in the waist by Luo Ji. She was about to ask what was going on when she realized that the director Catherine was walking over with a smile.

"What are you two talking about here?"

Luo Ji stepped forward and hugged Catherine: "Just talk about some Hollywood scandals."

Catherine greeted Rachel with a smile, then looked at Luo Ji and said, "Would you like to chat alone?"

Luo Ji was about to use Rachel as a shield, but after thinking about it, he decided to let it go. She was just a small Hollywood actor, so it was better not to embarrass her.

"Ok."

Luo Ji then said to Rachel, "You go around and meet more people in Hollywood. I'll talk to Catherine."

Rachel nodded and left with the champagne.There were only two of them left here, and Catherine didn't waste any time and went straight to the topic.

"Logic, I need your support!"

Luo Ji smiled and said, "Of course I support you, but your director's fee is too high and you ask for a share. Thomas Tull and other partners don't agree, so there's nothing I can do about it."

With the success of "Twilight", Catherine Hardwicke has also risen as a director. It is a certainty that she will become the highest-grossing female director in the world.

In the past few days, several producers of Logic Pictures are already preparing for the second film New Moon.The first choice director was definitely Catherine Hardwicke, but after contacting her agent, she directly proposed a salary of 1000 million US dollars, plus 5% of the box office share, and the lion opened her mouth.

"Logic, don't lie to me!"

Catherine said sternly: "I have participated in the filming of the "Twilight" movie from beginning to end. I know your control over the project. As long as you firmly support me, they will definitely not dare to object."

But I don’t want to support you!
"I have to consider the feelings of my partners," Luo Ji said casually.

With the experience of filming this movie, Luo Ji found that Hollywood's industrial chain is very complete, and no one can do without the other.As long as the production team is reliable and continues the style of the first film, just find a mature director.

"Logic, think about us, we have been working together for such a long time. You know my capabilities..."

The two chatted for about ten minutes. Catherine tried her best to persuade Luo Ji, but she refused to budge on the director's fee and share.

Why didn't I realize before that she was such a person? Did she think Luo Ji was easy to fool, or did she think she was very capable?

Luo Ji stared at her. This woman was a little unclear about her own status. It seemed that the project could not survive without her. The biggest credit for the success of this movie must be Stephanie, the author of the novel. Catherine simply regarded herself as Spielberg. .

"Catherine, stop talking. Let your agent negotiate with Zhu Haowei. I really don't want to deal with such a small matter."

After Luo Ji finished speaking, he saw Brand Pitt and his girlfriend Angelina Jolie walking together not far away, holding wine glasses.

Luo Ji said angrily to Catherine next to him: "I'm going to talk to Brand. You can hang around here by yourself. There are many big shots in Hollywood here today. It's good for you to get in touch with them more."

Catherine wanted to say something else, but Luo Ji had already left.

This old woman, the success of "Twilight" had made her swollen, and she was a little disrespectful towards him now. Luo Ji didn't want to spend any more time with her.

Walking ten meters out, he soon arrived in front of the two of them.Luo Ji's expression changed quickly and he greeted the two of them with a smile.

"Hi Brad, hi Angelina."

"Hi Logic, congratulations!"

This pair of handsome men and beautiful women really attract attention, especially Angelina, who has a really good figure.

Although Luo Ji didn't like her sexy thick lips, her sex scene in the movie "Original Sin" was really good and very touching.

Luo Ji secretly wondered if Brad Pitt and Angelina had watched that movie together.

Brand Pitt smiled and said: "I heard that various companies in Hollywood are chasing you during this period?"

"It's true, but I'm still optimistic about you. What have you been doing lately?"

Luo Ji smiled and shook his hand. Brad Pitt was not like Leonardo who was disabled. He was getting more handsome as he got older.When this handsome guy was young, he was also a playboy and would change his girlfriend every time he made a movie.

His girlfriends are all top-notch, the more famous of which include Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Thandie Newton, and boxing champion Tyson’s wife Robin Givens, I heard she was still married.The goddess harvester walking properly.

"Working with Quentin Tarantino on Inglourious Basterds."

"The name sounds like a comedy?"

"A war comedy, about World War II, about fighting Nazis."

The three of them chatted for a while. Luo Ji looked at Angelina Jolie and then at Brad Pitt: "Would you like to chat alone?"

Angelina Jolie immediately smiled and said: "I saw Director Francis, I'm going to talk to him. You two talk first."

Brad Pitt reached out and held Angelina: "It's okay, she is my lover, there is nothing I can't hear."

Although the two are not married yet, they seem to have a pretty good relationship.

Luo Ji said directly: "Let me tell you straight, Brad, didn't my company contact you some time ago? It's about that movie about zombies."

Brad said directly: "I won't sell the copyright. I don't lack the money."

"How about we cooperate?"

"How to say?"

"Of course we will shoot the movie. My company will lead the investment and you will star."

Brand did not answer directly, but asked: "Why did you watch such a zombie-themed movie?"

Luo Ji smiled and said, "I like zombie movies very much, but I have long been disgusted by the slow-walking zombies. How stupid must humans be to be cornered by zombies like that. So. I really like this realistic "World War of the Zombies" novel. Zombies run fast and are infected quickly, so that they can push humans to a desperate situation!" "Hahaha, indeed!"

Angelina smiled and agreed: "I feel that as long as there is sufficient firepower, a division of troops can wipe out all those slow zombies."

Brad Pitt thought for a while and then said: "Subjectively, I am willing to cooperate. But how will it be arranged specifically?"

Even though Brad Pitt has been famous for a long time, his net worth is probably not as high as Luo Ji's.Not to mention cash flow.He acquired the copyright of the novel "World War of the Dead", probably with the attitude of cooperating with other film companies.

"My expectation for this movie is this. I don't plan to make it into a B-level zombie movie at all, but I plan to shoot it directly into a big-budget, disaster movie type. The production cost is more than [-] million US dollars. As for the style , probably the realistic kind.”

When Angelina heard this, she opened her mouth in slight surprise.But she quickly returned to normal and didn't say much.Instead, he looked at Luo Ji.

She thought to herself, this young man is so brave!
If Luo Ji could hear her voice, he would definitely reply, "How can you not be brave if you have Tianqi?"
With the success of "The Twilight Saga", it can be said that Luo Ji has no worries about the apocalypse.The same goes for the apocalypse in movies and music, which must be related to past life experiences.Most of the movies that can be seen by him must be excellent works.

Brad Pitt hesitated: "Can you give me some time to think about it?"

"Is there anything to consider?"

Luo Ji continued: "You are responsible for starring, and I am responsible for raising funds, scripts, and crew. You have also seen my adaptation of The Twilight Saga, which is completely faithful to the original work."

"This……"

Luo Ji said directly: "I am willing to match your salary and share with top Hollywood stars. Once you finish your movie with Quentin, we will start the project directly."

"Let me think about it again!" Brad Pitt still declined.

Luo Ji looked at Brad. As a top star in Hollywood, he could contact other companies to formulate a plan and get the project off the ground.

Luo Ji didn't want to appear too eager and lose the initiative in the negotiation.But he was also afraid that the duck he had got would fly away, and he was extremely confused for a while.

Don't let others see your trump cards during negotiations, Luo Ji thought of this sentence.

"Okay, Brad, I hope you can bring me good news in a while."

Brad smiled and said, "Haha, I hope so."

"Let's go." Luo Ji first patted Brand on the shoulder, and then said to Angelina: "I will take you to meet Director Francis. You should be very interested in him."

"Okay." The two agreed with a smile.

Hollywood stars are like this. In addition to having capital to invest themselves, they usually look for various opportunities to meet people at parties, hoping that someone will think of them when they have a project.

Luo Ji, on the other hand, has become the target of others' pursuit in Hollywood, and he has not been idle today.

Except for Brand Pitt, who Luo Ji took the initiative to find, everyone else came to Luo Ji to try their luck today.I hope the boss will think of them someday when he has a project.

"Logic!"

Luo Ji had just introduced Brand Pitt and Angelina Jolie to Director Francis, and when he had some free time, he heard a girl's voice calling him.

Looking back, I saw it was not some starlet, but Avril Lavigne's sister Michelle, and she was accompanied by Robin's sister Katie.The two of them probably came over from Canada to play together.

Luo Ji immediately went to hug the two little fans. Michelle was very enthusiastic, but Katie didn't look very happy.

"Where is your sister Avril? Why didn't you come here today?" Luo Ji said to Michelle.

Michelle said: "She is quite busy at this time, preparing to launch her own fashion brand "Back to School" series. It seems that she went to meet with the designer today."

"Oh."

Luo Ji also planned to have a chat with Katie. It had been a year since the last time they met.

But Michelle was impatient and took his arm and shook it: "Quick, take me to see Bella."

"Good good."

Luo Ji looked around the party and found that Christine was by the swimming pool, chatting with an old white man.Luo Ji took a look and saw that it was Miramax's Harvey Weinstein.

Luo Ji didn't like this old white man very much. He came to the company for negotiation a few days ago and directly asked to invest in the second part of "The Twilight Saga". After being rejected by Luo Ji, he shamelessly wanted to invest in Luo Ji's next one. movie, and also whimsically planned to release Luo Ji's next movie without looking at the strength of his own company.

"Hi Kristen, hi Harvey."

After Luo Ji said hello to the two of them, he introduced Michelle and Katie to Christine and let the three of them chat.Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Harvey.

"Logic, wait until tomorrow. How many people will I take you to meet?"

Luo Ji asked in confusion: "Who?"

"Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren."

These three beauties really matched Luo Ji's taste, especially Marion Cotillard. Luo Ji liked this French beauty very much.Sophia Loren, an Italian beauty, was also very beautiful when she was young.

Luo Ji immediately complimented: "Do you have any projects to shoot? Are you going to compete for the Oscars again?"

Luo Ji heard someone from the company mention him, and he was very good at winning Oscars.

"Yes."

Harvey smiled with wrinkles on his face: "We are filming a musical film "Nine". You know, the Oscar judges are all old and they like this kind of nostalgic type of movie."

"How about you invite them to the party now?"

Harvey said: "This is a little inconvenient. I will take you to see them tomorrow."

"Ok."

Luo Ji and Harvey, an old white man, chatted all the time. He behaved well today, unlike last time when he pestered Luo Ji about investing in movies.

"Let me tell you, the beauties in Hollywood are the most beautiful. I can't figure out why you didn't pursue little Kristen and instead went to be with Taylor. Is there something wrong with your aesthetics?"

Luo Ji asked doubtfully, "Little Christine? Do you have a good relationship with her?"

"Hahaha, this is our Jewish descendant, of course I have to care about it. I can see that she likes you. Tell me, why don't you like her?"

It always felt weird to discuss young people's relationship topics with an old white man. Luo Ji didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he casually said, "I like Taylor."

"That won't work."

Harvey patted Luo Ji's shoulder with his hand: "Let me tell you something. Men all have the desire to spread their genes widely. Loyalty is a moral restraint on men. It is a restraint by the weak on the strong. Most people with power Every powerful man has more than one woman.”

Harvey pointed at Brand Pitt who was not far away: "Let's just talk about him. He has more than a dozen ex-girlfriends on the surface, and I don't know how many there are secretly. You are so rich, and you are also good-looking. Why don't you imitate him? By the way, do you like those who are a little older? How about Sophia Loren? Those who are older like you especially like young freshmen like you."

"Have you heard from Hong Sofa? Your film company is planning to do something big. Then use your resources. Those female stars can easily compromise. Women like strong men. Let's work together and I will teach you. I guarantee you... …”

Luo Ji listened to Harvey's mumblings and felt that what he said made sense, but that was his purpose.

"Logic."

Luo Ji suddenly heard someone calling him. He turned his head and saw that it was Katie who had just been chatting with Christine. She was walking towards them.

"What's wrong? Katie, did you have a good time?"

Katie looked at Luo Ji confused, but finally made up her mind: "Come here, I'll tell you something."

(End of this chapter)