America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 183 Sophia's Shadow
At the Four Seasons Hotel, Martin and Bruce came to the cafe, found a booth, and waited for Vincent and Sophia to come.

Bruce wondered, "Why would a jerk like you be afraid of Sofia? It doesn't make sense."

"What's the shit in your head?" Martin reminded him, "Sophia is my financial sponsor. I can't wait to curry favor with her, so how dare I offend her? Since I can't offend her, how can I not be afraid of her given her behavior?"

Bruce felt personally hurt: "That makes sense."

Martin asked tentatively, "Old Bull, what about you?"

Bruce wanted to lift up his clothes and act civilized again.

Martin quickly said, "I don't mean anything else. I'm just trying to help you find the root cause and get rid of your psychological trauma."

Bruce seemed to be recalling a distant event: "Sophia saved me."

"I understand." Martin began to answer: "You were originally a pair of thieves, Sophia saved you, but chose Vincent's father. In order to protect your beloved, you joined Vincent's family. Sophia couldn't forget the old love, so she got you drunk..."

Bruce glared at Martin: "Shut up! Believe it or not, I will send you to Sofia!"

Martin could see that there must be a complicated and melodramatic story involved, but unfortunately Old Bull refused to tell it.

On the upper floor of the hotel, Sofia walked out of the suite wearing sportswear. Although the clothes were loose enough, they were still tight on her, highlighting her huge body.

The investment was a huge success and she couldn't hide the smile on her face.

Unfortunately, the collagen loss is serious and the smile looks a little scary.

Scott, the bag-carrying boy, followed behind with his legs split and his walking posture a little weird.

After meeting up with Vincent, the three of them entered the elevator.

There were also three people waiting for the elevator to go downstairs, Harvey Weinstein, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.

Sophia saw Harvey at a glance and couldn't help but grin. Because of the excessive fat on her face, her smile looked particularly ferocious: "What a coincidence, Fatty, we meet again."

Harvey remembered this female King Kong and said, "I don't know you."

He looked around and luckily he had two younger brothers with him this time.

After the last time at Warner Studios, Harvey specifically inquired about the other party and found out that he was not in Hollywood and came from Georgia, so he was not within his sphere of influence at all.

Sophia waved to the boy carrying the bag: "Kettle."

Scott immediately took out a pink water bottle and handed it to Sofia. Sofia untied the straw lid, grabbed the crown of the water bottle, and drank the water, her eyes constantly drifting towards Harvey's big fat ass.

Harvey unconsciously took a step back, leaned towards the corner, and hid his butt first.

When Matt Damon and Ben Affleck saw him like this, they thought he had met some female boss and did not interrupt him.

For ordinary actresses, they dare to rush forward and take the initiative to help Harvey solve problems.

This is something that even Harvey is afraid of, let’s wait and see.

Sophia's eyes went back to Harvey's mouth, then she looked down at the kettle and back at Harvey's large mouth, as if she was pondering the size.

Sophia remembered clearly the last time the fat man tried to steal "The Hills Have Eyes".

Vincent tilted his cowboy hat and flexed his wrists slightly.

The atmosphere was stagnant, and Harvey couldn't help but say, "This is Los Angeles, and this is a society ruled by law!"

Sophia sneered: "Why didn't you follow the law when you snatched The Hills Have Eyes? You didn't snatch it from me, so you followed the law?"

Harvey's momentum was a little weak. After all, he couldn't afford to lose. "The Hills Have Eyes won the box office championship. What else do you want?"

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck also knew that the movie that topped the North American box office chart last week must be a low-investment, high-return film. Unexpectedly, Harvey competed for this movie and lost.

Who is this woman?

As if on instinct, without actually thinking, both of them took a step away from Harvey.

It seems to be saying that we are not familiar with this fat guy.

The elevator door opened at this time, and Harvey was the first to enter the elevator. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck hesitated for a moment, but still followed.

Harvey pressed the door closing button repeatedly, and only breathed a sigh of relief when the elevator door closed.

Matt Damon is a man with a lot on his mind. For example, when he was helping Harvey suppress the media and actresses, he spent most of his time encouraging Affleck to make phone calls, and rarely made the calls himself.

He seemed very frank: "Harvey, who is that person? She looks like a female killer. She scared Ben and me."

Harvey said: "The rednecks from the southeast are vulgar, rude, and do not know the rules of the civilized world. Sooner or later, I will deal with them."

Affleck asked, “They took The Hills Have Eyes from you?”

Damon nudged Affleck with his arm, and Affleck quickly shut up.

Harvey didn't seem to care. "In business, it's normal to have wins and losses. This time they robbed me, next time I will naturally find a way to rob them."

Damon followed up his words and asked, "Are they going to continue investing in Hollywood?"

"It's possible." The elevator opened, Harvey came out, took out his cell phone and made a call: "There are a few people, help me keep an eye on them, and by the way, find out what projects they want to invest in in Hollywood."

Entering the hotel lobby, Harvey put away his phone and said to Matt Damon: "You want to get Martin Scorsese's new project, it's hard for me to help you. He is working with Warner Bros., and my relationship with Warner Bros. has deteriorated. Speaking for you will only have a counterproductive effect."

Damon was well aware that auditions were not the key to getting a role, and added: "When you were at Miramax, you worked with director Scorsese twice."

Harvey thought about it and decided to let them owe him a favor first: "I'll call Scorsese. Warner needs you to figure out a solution yourself."

Matt Damon has been working with Warner Bros. on the Ocean's End series, and he thinks there won't be much of a problem with Warner Bros. In the coffee shop on the first floor, Sofia saw Martin and Bruce standing up to greet them, and strode towards the booth.

She opened her arms and took the lead in hugging Martin: "Come on, celebrate your success."

Even though Martin is an excellent actor, his body was stiff and his face looked nervous at this moment.

In this situation, few men would not be terrified.

Bruce, this pervert, was even worse. When he was hugging Sofia to celebrate, his legs were shaking the whole time, just like what happened back then.

Martin shook hands with Vincent again: "Boss, congratulations."

"You're too polite. Call me Vincent!" Vincent also hugged Martin and said, "I made the right choice by making you my friend."

Martin invited them to sit down.

As for Scott, the bag-carrying boy, he stood far away.

Sophia said: "Vincent and I have discussed that in addition to the initial investment of 600 million US dollars, we will invest another 400 million US dollars. In addition, all the investment income generated by "The Hills Have Eyes" will be used for the investment of "Wanted"."

Martin quickly calculated in his mind that Sofia had made an initial investment of $1000 million, and the costs incurred by him, including the adaptation rights, were counted as a $300 million investment by Louise, which came out to be $1300 million.

The other two major investors of The Mountain Has Eyes are Pacific Pictures and Gray Pictures, which also plan to invest all their proceeds into Wanted.

Louise has made an estimate. Based on the North American box office of 8000 million US dollars and the global box office of 1.4 million US dollars, after the distributor Warner Bros. deducts various expenses, the three investors' total copyright income including box office, DVD, TV, etc. will be at least more than 4000 million US dollars.

It's about the same as making a Wanted movie.

Of course, Martin only looks at the account numbers. He doesn't ask, understand or participate in the actual operations.

If something goes wrong, he can find someone to take the blame from several parties, but he doesn't have the ability to do so at the moment.

Vincent then said: "Hopefully we can win a few more box office titles."

Martin said: "It is impossible to find an eye behind the mountain. We can only wait for our next project."

Sofia suddenly said, "I sponsored a bartender competition in Georgia, and Elena was the champion."

Martin glanced at Scott. It was something he often did to make two people remember a favor for one thing, and Sophia did it very easily.

"Thank you," was all he could say.

After the investment in "Wanted" was confirmed, the two sides did not talk for too long.

In the cafe, many people looked over here, as if they recognized Martin.

A cleaner quietly ran to the empty emergency passage, took out his broken cell phone, found a number and made a call.

"I have important information to provide." He said to the paparazzi on the other side: "Martin Davis, the young star who has been very popular recently, is having a tryst with a woman in the Beverly Four Seasons Hotel."

The paparazzi over there immediately became excited: "Keep an eye out, I'll be there soon."

This was not the first time the cleaner had done this kind of work: "Don't forget my news informant fee."

Almost at the same time, an hourly worker in the coffee shop took out his cell phone and sent a text message to a familiar entertainment reporter.

"Martin Davis at the Four Seasons."

"almost there!"

Coming out of the cafe, Martin walked towards the main entrance of the hotel.

Through the glass door, he could vaguely see the paparazzi's activities, and he asked, "Old Bu, you called the paparazzi?"

"No." Bruce immediately understood what was going on: "There are news informants everywhere in Los Angeles. You are very popular now, so you must have been reported."

Martin went straight out the front door; now he needed exposure.

Flashing lights came on one after another at the bottom of the hotel stairs, and seven or eight paparazzi were waiting for him.

Bruce drove over quickly, and as soon as Martin stepped down the stairs, the paparazzi surrounded him.

"We have received information that you were having a tryst with a woman in the hotel. Martin, have you cheated on Anne? Or have you broken up with Anne?"

Martin ignored him and opened the car door and got in.

A paparazzi reached out to open the door, but Martin pointed at his hand and the paparazzi had to retract his hand.

The hotel security came out at this time and the paparazzi dispersed.

Bruce drove away quickly.

The paparazzi were quite disappointed that they didn't get any photos of Martin leaving the hotel with the woman.

Those who retain a little humanity may chase Martin's car by driving or riding a motorcycle.

I had already thrown away the faces of the people, so I simply turned the camera around and took pictures of the young women entering and leaving the hotel, and then went back to write a short essay.

Martin found that the paparazzi were following him.

He had to go to Louise's house at night to pay off his debts. Finally, he had no choice but to let Bruce take the paparazzi for a walk on the street, and he drove Bruce's pickup truck to meet Louise.

It takes a lot of effort to pay off debts of hundreds of millions.

(End of this chapter)