"It's normal. What UPN wants is ratings. As long as the ratings go up, the means are not important. As for the future, that is a matter of the future. As for Victoria's Secret, you also know that although this bit of gossip is very interesting, but

For the modeling circle, it is nothing at all, they can even take this opportunity to indirectly promote that their modeling system is good." Vladimir explained to Sean in the new CEO office of Samsara Pictures.

Sean understands these things, but he only understands them, so he needs to answer questions. As a chairman with little talent in operations, he is still very restrained.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, the ratings of this program are very good. It has basically achieved our goal, right?" He spread his hands like this.

"If it could be better..." Vladimir sighed, tapping his fingers on the table unconsciously.

"It doesn't matter. At worst, we can put more effort into finding some excellent TV drama scripts and make up for it with quantity." Sean then laughed.

When he said this, Vladimir came back to his senses and smiled: "Well, I was greedy. It is already very good that the company has developed to this point within two years of its establishment."

"Yeah, there's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" coming out next month. It's also a movie that will make money." Sean became serious when he said this. "Don't worry, Todd, the next round of financing will be there."

It will be fine."

He didn't know the specific operation of these, but it didn't mean that he didn't know Vladimir's thoughts. It was nothing more than making better results and laying a solid foundation for the next round of financing. However, at that time, Sean's shares

It will be greatly diluted. If Sean really obtains 100 million in financing, it is impossible for Sean to spend tens of millions more to ensure his absolute control. Vladimir did not say it clearly because he was worried about making him unhappy.

The CEO from Bowie is very good at observing people. After several contacts with Sean, he knew that he seemed to be very casual, but in fact he was very stubborn and would never change his determination. Although they exchanged opinions at the beginning,

Sean obviously does not want his company to be controlled by others, so it is inevitably inappropriate to say this at this time.

But he still underestimated Sean, who had lived in two lifetimes. He did have a lot of persistence, but he also knew what he could do. Since he had already planned the future development direction and situation, unless there were some major changes, he would not

It would change at will, so he took the initiative to speak out when Vladimir was covering up.

If a company wants to operate efficiently, and the chairman and CEO are two people, they must trust each other.

"Okay," Vladimir laughed and let it go, "but I'm afraid "The Butterfly Effect" will have to wait until the profits from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" come out, or even the next round of financing to start preparations.

.”

"Oh?" Sean raised his eyebrows, "We are running out of money so soon? How much is the investment approximately?"

"It's about the same as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Grudge," both around 10 million." Vladimir recalled, but immediately added, "But you also know that apart from these movies, our

I also invested in other, low-cost movies. I had spent more than 10 million on this before. When you were about to go to Romania, I read another script, so I invested another 4 million in it - completely funded by us.

"

"What is it?" Sean asked with some surprise and curiosity. The previous strategy was that in order to obtain higher profits, he would bet on all the scripts he liked and invest fully in them. Other independent films were just

Invest part of it.

Don't look at what I just said about spending more than 10 million on this, but at least four or five crews were invested. As long as one of them can make a profit, it will be great. And Vladimir said that there is now an independent film fully funded by the company

Even though it was less than the recorded cost of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", Sean was still curious about what kind of movie would allow him to do this.

"How should I put it?" Vladimir scratched his head. "Although the director is a woman, I think the script is indeed interesting. Every line of sentence reveals the lonely feeling of wandering among high-rise buildings. In addition,

She also has a famous director father..."

"Female director? Her father is a famous director?" Sean wanted to know the name of the movie and the director more and more.

"Have you seen "The Godfather"?" Vladimir laughed, seeming to enjoy this feeling, "Francis Coppola directed it, and the movie we are investing in now has a script written by his daughter Sofia Coppola.

Pulling the hand, it’s called Lost in Translation.”

"Lost in Translation?" Sean read it several times, then thought of something and looked at him.

"Yes, the stories that take place in Japan are basically shot in Tokyo. They are probably on their way now. If you stay in Tokyo for a few more days, you might be able to go and see it." Vladimir nodded.

Sean laughed first, then sat on his seat for a few minutes, pinched the bridge of his nose before speaking again: "How did you..."

He made a meaningless gesture, but the other party immediately understood what he meant: "Let's put it this way, Sofia originally wanted to be an actress. She also played the role of the godfather's daughter in the third part of "The Godfather". Unfortunately,

The media basically gave a one-sided negative review, but she really had no acting skills, so in 1998 she turned to directing and directed her first work, "Girl Suicide"."

Vladimir adjusted his sitting posture: "The film participated in the Cannes Film Festival and received a very good response. Although the box office was mediocre, it had a very high reputation among the media and film critics, and it also won several minor awards. Then, four years later,

Years later, she began to prepare for her second film, but as you know, it is difficult to attract investment for independent films, even though she is Coppola's daughter. She was about to reach an agreement with Focus Pictures, a subsidiary of Universal, but no

I knew that Focus wanted more rights or something else, but they never signed a contract, so I took action."

Having said this, he took a deep breath and stretched out his hand to tug on his tie: "We need box office, Sean, but we also need honor. For now, investing in a film with a father who has a well-known director and who has already shown his ability

The director's new work is proven to be worthwhile, even if the director is a woman. As for distribution, based on our current relationship with Miramax, it should be no problem, not to mention that it will definitely participate in film festivals by then, and as long as the box office can be maintained

Just the cost…”

"No problem." Sean replied quickly, so fast that Vladimir couldn't believe it.

"You don't have any other opinions?" he asked after blinking.

"I trust your vision, Todd." Sean said sincerely.

Vladimir looked at him for a long time and suddenly laughed: "Why do I think you are also very optimistic about the prospects of this movie?"

The tone was obviously teasing, and Sean couldn't help but laugh, but he didn't intend to admit it, so he just stood up: "I said, I believe in your eyes - that's it, I'm glad to see your efforts.

"

Well, he is indeed somewhat optimistic about this movie. Because of his intuition and memory, there are not many works by well-known female directors in the past life, so he has some impressions of "Lost in Translation". However, after all, the name of the past life is in Chinese.

Many are still free translations, and it takes time to connect them with English names. After Vladimir said the name, he repeated it in his mind several times before he was sure.

This is because English and Chinese have similar meanings. You can imagine how much of a headache it is to connect them after hearing those extended and translated names.

Okay, let's not talk about this. In short, Sean has an impression of "Lost in Translation" and even remembers that an actor seemed to be famous for it. Plus Vladimir was right, so he didn't mention it again. It's a bit regretful.

What's more, if he had known the news earlier, he would have stayed in Tokyo for a few more days to visit the crew. He is still a little curious about the movie, but now, he can only find time to get a list of the crew.

Having said that, he was not in a hurry to ask for this from the company. After asking about these matters, he immediately went to the Malibu villa and complained to Naomi.

"I really don't understand. She is a big name in Hollywood, even an international superstar, but why would she use this method to vent her anger? It's like... it's like she's still a little girl!" Sean said to Na.

Omi's thigh said so.

He told Nicole's little actions exactly as they were. Of course, he forgot about those actions that were similar to ****** after that, and then he complained loudly, which made Naomi laugh for a while.

"I feel like you are just like a child now, Sean." Naomi put the book in her hand aside, her eyes almost turned into crescent moons.

"Of course I am a child. Since the famous Nicole Kidman can be a child, then why can't I be a child too?" Sean rolled his eyes, then thought of something and sat up, sticking to Naomi:

"Tell me honestly, Nami, what exactly did you say to her, and why did she act...as if I had stolen her lover."

"Don't talk nonsense." Naomi smiled and stretched out her hand to pinch him. "We are talking about topics between women. You don't even want to know this, right?"

Then she sighed softly: "Nicole is also under a lot of pressure. You know, she was finally divorced at the beginning of last year, and was forced by Tom Cruise to file for divorce before the expiration of ten years. This situation gave her a lot of pressure.

The blow was too great, and the lawsuits that followed for nearly half a year made her physically and mentally exhausted. After that, she was finally relieved, so she slowly opened her heart. It is inevitable to be childish at this time, so don't worry about it.

Anyway, it didn’t affect the shooting much, right?”

"She really bribed you, and you actually talked to her." Sean shouted dissatisfied.
Chapter completed!