America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 409 Annual Income of Million

In the small building where Pacific Pictures is located, Martin asked Jessica to take the financial director and accountant to reconcile the accounts, and went to Louise's office alone.

Louise's assistant Nikki said, "The boss is in the reception room. He said you can go straight over when you arrive."

"Thank you." Martin went to the reception room diagonally opposite, knocked on the door gently, and pushed it open.

Besides Louise, there is also Sophia.

The latter's attire surprised Martin a little.

Sophia was wearing a neat women's business suit, which should be a custom-made handmade one. Her muscles were bulging all over her body, and the clothes seemed to burst into pieces at any time.

Perhaps to match her suit, she also wore a pair of plain glasses.

When Louise wears a business suit and glasses, she looks sexy and intellectual.

Sophia's similar outfit makes her look like King Kong from Skull Island who has sneaked into the human world.

"What? Don't you recognize me?" Sophia imitated Louise and pushed up her glasses: "I'm also a female CEO."

Martin, for the sake of his butt, rarely told a lie: "She has the temperament and demeanor of a female CEO. You can tell at first glance that she is a strong woman in the workplace."

Sophia burst into laughter, and the flesh on her face bounced up and down.

Martin quickly found a chair to sit down, deliberately placing Louise in the middle, and only after he sat down on the thick sofa did he feel at ease.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why Old Bu would lean his butt against the concrete wall every time he saw Sofia.

That solid sense of security is so important.

Louise pushed up her black-rimmed glasses. Compared with Sofia, she looked intellectually elegant yet sexy and charming. "You came at the right time. After the New Year holiday, Warner Bros. settled the profits of Limitless with us. Your share will be transferred to your respective accounts soon after the account is reconciled today."

Sophia laughed so hard that her flesh twitched as if she were electrocuted. "It was really a wise decision to follow you in investing. A guy I know set up a foundation on his own and came to Hollywood to invest in movies. All the mixed projects he invested in in the past few years have suffered losses. He lost all his money. It's so miserable..."

Louise glanced at Martin and said, "You were introduced by Martin, so we can all get rich together."

Sophia smiled at Martin again, and the muscle fibers tense beneath her skin trembled wildly like plucked strings.

Fortunately, Martin had a good mentality and was able to face Sofia's tough smile calmly. He said, "It is your support that has given me my current status and appeal. I think I have some vision in movies. If there is a chance, we can continue to make money together."

He cannot face such a huge circle alone. His success in recent years is closely related to the strong support behind him.

Without Louise, Warner would have already started the pit. Without Warner's tiger skin, Harvey Weinstein and others would not be so cautious.

Maybe they would have done it to him when he was still weak.

Martin needs money, fame, appeal, and powerful support.

Only in this way can he live freely, have fun, and do things boldly.

Louise asked, "Where's that action movie project you're working on?"

Martin said: "We are in the early stages of planning. Once the project is officially launched, we will definitely ask you to invest together. The production cost is expected to be around 4000 million US dollars."

Sophia said without hesitation: "I'll take part in the investment."

Martin would not spend all his money on the film project, saying, "Wait for my project plan and script, which will be delivered to you soon."

Louise didn't say anything. She knew Martin's character. He was indeed a bastard, but he had no complaints about those who helped him.

Sophia was about to say goodbye and asked Martin, "I heard there are a lot of interesting clubs on Sunset Boulevard. Would you like to go there with me?"

Martin shook his head: "I never go to those places."

Sophia adjusted her suit jacket and put on a rare gentlemanly look: "Goodbye, you two. I'm going to the male model club now."

Louise walked her back, closed the door, and tilted her head to look at Martin: "Do you have a psychological fear of her?"

"This is not called fear, but full respect for the sponsor." Martin said clearly: "I treat you, the big sponsor, the same way. I will do my best to satisfy you, right?"

Louise invited, "Kelly, come to Los Angeles at 5pm and come to my place in the evening?"

Martin knew that there would be another fierce battle tonight, so he responded, "I'll go over for dinner and prepare some more meat."

Men, when faced with a challenge, never back down.

But first, fill your stomach.

The two chatted for a while, and then Jessica called and asked Martin to come over to sign.

Martin left Louise's office and went to the financial office of Pacific Pictures.

The financial statements that need to be signed are mainly about Martin's share of the investment in "Limitless" in the name of Davis Studio.

More than two years ago, when the project was launched, Martin didn't have much money. The cost of purchasing the original novel "Dark Realm" plus the initial investment, when he and Louise established the "Never Ending" studio, exaggerated the investment scale to $300 million. Adding the part of his salary that was included in the investment at that time, the total investment amount was $600 million, accounting for one-sixth of the project's production cost of $3600 million.

After more than two years of preparation, shooting, promotion, and online and offline distribution, the harvest season has finally arrived.

"Limitless" ultimately grossed $1.76 million in North America and $3.86 million worldwide.

As of the end of December last year, the film's North American DVD sales amounted to US$12 million. Taking into account other aspects of North American and overseas offline revenues such as television rights, Martin finally received US$5895 million.

Although the investment return process takes a long time, the investment returns are considerable.

At the same time, the studios of several other films starring Martin also settled last year's investment or share of the profits. Thanks to the continued efforts of "Wanted" and "The Departed" in the disc market, the total revenue of this part was also 352 million US dollars.

Martin could easily earn $2000 million a year.

His next goal, of course, is to earn $2000 million for a single film!
It's not easy to join the 20 million club, and there are only a dozen people like that in Hollywood so far.

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"Congratulations, you're a multimillionaire." Louise personally poured wine for Martin and Kelly and raised her glass: "Kelly, let's toast to the multimillionaire together."

Kelly Lang raised her glass with a smile: "I want to try it today to see if the taste of being a multi-millionaire is different from the past."

Martin stood up by the bar and clinked glasses with the two of them one by one: "Cheers to you."

The three of them had a drink.

Kelly helped Martin pour the wine and asked, "Now that you've made so much money, what are your plans?"

Martin expressed his true thoughts: "I want to find 100 beauties from various countries, rent a luxury cruise ship over 100 meters long, and go on a crazy cruise for a month."

Louise snorted coldly: "In three days at most, you will come out covered in blood. In less than a week, you will die at sea and your body will be fed to the fish."

Kelly was a woman with political aspirations. She couldn't help but shake her head: "Martin, you really have no aspirations. You are too vulgar!"

"That's what it means to have a real pursuit. I hone my acting skills and work hard. Why do I make so much money?" Martin didn't need anyone to answer him and said directly, "Of course, it's for fun!"

He took a sip of his wine. "You want me to live a Puritan life while watching the account numbers grow? I won't do that."

Louise has been in the industry for more than a decade and has seen many stars rise and fall. She doesn't want Martin to become Marlon Brando in the future, so she specifically reminded him: "With a life like yours, it will be difficult to live without money in the future."

Martin could hear the good intentions in the words and said roughly: "The money I get is divided into three parts. One third is used for investment, one third is used as a reserve fund, and one third is used for food, drink and entertainment. This is enough to ensure that life is full of fun."

In fact, he couldn't spend so much on his enjoyment.

Kelly raised her eyebrows at Louise: "Did you hear me? I told you that he thinks much more than ordinary people." She leaned on Louise's shoulder: "You, you worry too much about him."

Louise smiled and said, "I'm afraid he'll become a pauper when he gets old and we'll have to support him."

Kelly was surprised: "Have you thought about it that far ahead?"

Martin took the initiative to help Louise change the subject: "Come, let's drink. Whoever drinks more will get a reward."

Kelly asked, "What's the reward?"

Martin smiled and said, "Reward her in the middle."

By the time the three of them had finished a bottle of whiskey, the hall had become as chaotic as a battlefield.

The next morning, Martin went into the kitchen himself and made breakfast for the two of them.

Kelly was still sleeping soundly. Louise came down alone in her nightgown, leaned on the pillar next to the kitchen, and asked, "Was what you said yesterday true?"

"Of course it's true." Martin knew what he was asking and said simply, "Investment and consumption can be tax deductible. If you don't invest or consume, that part of the money will also be paid to the tax bureau, so I will continue to invest most of the money I earn, or buy practical assets."

Louise reminded: "Be careful, the economic situation is not optimistic now, don't lose money."

"I'll pay attention." Martin's clearest memory of this era is Apple, so he naturally buys the stocks he remembers most clearly.

He put the fried eggs, bacon and ham on three plates, poured three glasses of milk, and when he carried one plate to the dining room, he patted Louise's butt and said, "Go and call the lazy guy upstairs to come down for breakfast."

Louise quickly dragged Kelly downstairs.

After the three of them had breakfast together, Martin drove to Burbank and had a brief meeting with Chad Stahelski and Bradt. After finalizing the script and shooting plan, he had the script and project plan delivered to Louise, Kelly and Sofia respectively.

Including Davis Studio, the four companies each invested $1000 million to participate in this project.

Martin personally joined the project simply as a producer and male lead.

The remuneration must be in line with his market value.

Thomas was ready to take action and had drawn up a preliminary contract that included basic salary plus profit sharing and compensation clauses.

(End of this chapter)