hollywood draw

Tomco has few friends in the circle, which is related to his self-centered sensitive personality, his inhumane quirks, and his extreme arrogance. In short, counting the entire circle, there are only a few who can be attracted by him and become friends.

Chachaweil Smith has similar status to him. As a new box office guarantee for the rapid rise in recent years, the two quickly became friends because of their similar status in the circle and some hobbies.

Wayne is a little different. Although Tom Cruise is usually not clear-headed, he has always been awake enough in dealing with his relationships. Just like this time "Iron Man" canceled the cooperation, he invited the other party to tell the reasons in person.

There are countless projects in Hollywood negotiating every day. This is a commercial society with a sound system. Both sides cannot reach an agreement due to differences or accidents. Similar situations can be said to be very common.

The reason why Tom Tom did this is to show enough respect to avoid affecting the relationship between the two parties due to some speculation and misunderstandings.

He knew better than anyone that Wayne was never just a simple director. If you look into it, the other party itself represents one of the biggest capitals in the circle. Although his low-key years have made many people ignore his identity as the major shareholder of Warner Bros., he has not forgotten at all, as long as the other party thinks about how much media power can be burst out.

That's right, even though Wayne holds a large number of Warner Bros. shares, he has never participated in the company's management and operation over the years, and has always given people the image of being obsessed with directorial work. However, as long as the shares in his hands are still there, he may not be sure to need his help in the future.

For example, Wayne’s promise on the yacht today is just a light saying “If you need help, call me anytime.” The light sayings are the biggest gains of Tom Ge’s yacht party today.

At midnight, on the sea near Malibu, the yacht was floating with the undulating waves. In addition to the staff on the yacht being on duty, Tomco also sat on the deck with a glass of whiskey and looked at the night sky.

"Why did they come out? Huh?"

Suddenly, a low laughter from a girl came. Tom Cruise looked serious and turned to look at another girl on the deck. He ordered without hesitation: "Go and ask what happened, I don't want it..."

"Mr. Cruise, I'll go now."

Jennifer Seth, the director of the yacht in the public relations company, also felt a headache after seeing Tomco's serious expression. She was afraid that these girls would offend the big man in the guest room for some reason. You know, no one in the company could afford to offend the three big bosses in the circle on this ship.

Watching the woman walk towards the three models, Tom Cruise picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and shook his head helplessly.

It is best not to carefully selected model girls, who were driven out by Wayne because of willfulness and other reasons. Otherwise, he would definitely let this company that organizes parties in the name of a public relations company know what the Hollywood rules are.

"It seems that you've carefully studied Wayne's taste, ha?"

Will Smith walked over in a pair of big beach pants, sat down beside him, pulling out a bottle of beer from the ice bucket, and shaking his head and teasing. "Wow, look, the amazingly consistent tall man, long legs, delicate face, and model-like figure, as if he was about to shine. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk

“This is Los Angeles, Will.”

As if he hadn't heard his friend's joke, Tom Cruise picked up the wine glass and touched him, shrugged, and whispered: "You just make the request and then pay."

"Well, I love yacht bikini parties, I just love such parties."

Going up his head, Gudong Gudong poured a bottle of beer, Will Smith sighed. Seeing that he was a little confused about Lake Lake, Tom Ge shook his head helplessly. Obviously, this guy might not have completely subsided because of alcohol and leaf cigarettes.

"Mr. Cruise."

Jennifer Seth, the head of the public relations company, ran back quickly, looked carefully at Will Smith, squatted on the deck and whispered: "The three of them said that the female assistant drove them out, and the female assistant said that Mr. Greenberg needed a jet lag and needed a rest."

Speaking of this, she pondered for a moment, and when she saw Tom Gee's eyes, she immediately added: "I asked carefully. Mr. Greenberg was very satisfied with the service of the three of them and did not feel unhappy..."

"War them to control their mouths!"

Nodding with satisfaction, Tom Cruise stretched out a finger, pointed at the void of the woman squatting on the ground, and said in a low tone: "If I heard that gossip media reported these..."

"Of course, I mean this will never happen."

Jennifer Seth nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, with a hint of ferocious expression on his face. "I promise, unless these b***h want to sell themselves to pay off their debts for the rest of their lives!"

At this time, in the spacious and luxurious bedroom of the yacht, Wayne still had a dizzy feeling of sleepiness, although his head was still drowsy. He glanced at the assistant lady helplessly, picked up the water cup beside the bedside, raised his head and took a few sips, moistening his throat because he was a little dry after drinking.

"Nina, I seriously doubt now that you have been squatting at the bedroom door and eavesdropping!" He put down the water cup and joked to the assistant lady: "Dear Ms. Klein, if you are so idle, you should go and chat with the handsome sailors on the boat, and you may get unexpected gains."

"The three women screamed like crazy, as if someone wanted their lives."

The assistant lady curled her lips, raised her head and rolled her eyes without any scruples. "There is no need to squat at the bedroom door to hear it."

Looking at the indifferent assistant lady, Wayne felt a headache. As soon as she finished the battle, she pushed open the door and drove away all the girls in the name of rest. With this operation, Nina could do it beside him.

This woman is smart and capable, but she still trusts her absolutely. When she has a cold expression and says that doing this is for your own good, it is undoubtedly a very headache.

"Do you need me to turn off the lights for you? Boss?"

Lifting the kettle, silently filling Wayne's water cup at the head of the bed, Nina raised her head and asked Nunu.

"Shit, I'm not sleepy at all now!"

Wayne shook his head. The big yacht seemed like a hill on the sea, but in fact it was still shaking with the waves. He did not feel the waves because of his large size. The first time he slept on the boat, the big bed shaking slightly back and forth made it very difficult for him to adapt for a while.

Waving to the assistant lady, he let out a long sigh and reached out to touch Marlboro at the head of the bed. "Talk something casually, it seems that I have a bad rest tonight."

Nina pushed the glasses on her face. Her first thought was to go back to the room to get her briefcase. Since she couldn't sleep for the time being, she would just talk about serious things at work.

The moment she stood up, she hesitated at the fatigue on Wayne's face, sighed in her heart, and gave up the plan. "Even Tom Cruise is not optimistic about the prospects of "Charlie's Angels". Boss, I never believe that you will give out $65 million to please women."

From 1990 to now, Nina has been with him for nearly eight years. She believes that she has a thorough understanding of his character and principles of conduct. After so many years in this circle, the assistant lady also believes that she knows something very well. In her impression, there has never been any popular female perspective movies in Hollywood.

In fact, she was a little confused about this question. With her boss's personality, she would definitely not be able to get up early. If she did not see enough benefits, she would definitely not wave her hand and invest tens of millions of dollars. But she did not believe in the so-called speculations about spending money for women, because the two are contradictory in themselves.

Although no one is so stupid that he speaks out, gender discrimination is full of all sizes in the circle, and his boss is an absolute and macho tyrant.

Nina knew that perhaps except for Naomi Watts' accident, the other women were more like toys in the eyes of her boss. Although it was cruel to say that, the reality was that. It was basically no different from the three who had just been kicked out by her.

"Nina, "Charlie's Angels" will make a big profit for us, and movies similar to perspectives will continue to appear in the future." Wayne shrugged and took a deep breath of the cigarette in his hand. The expression on his face was like a fox who stole a chick. "Compared with normal movie projects, Greenberg Studio can earn more money by investing in movies from the female perspective."

“Because of the pay?!”

This is Nina's idea, and based on her understanding of her boss, it is also the most likely reason.

"That's right." Wayne nodded, not feeling ashamed of taking advantage of women, a vulnerable group. "It's because of the pay, compared to those male stars of the same status, the salary of actresses is too cheap, right?"

Perhaps famous actresses like Naomi Watts, Charlize Theron, and even Nicole Kidman are always the center of media footage in public and always a striking highlight. However, compared with similarly famous male actors, actresses like them are actually constantly being subject to invisible gender discrimination.

For example, if you are both second-tier stars and star in a film together, the treatment between male and female stars can be said to be a little bit worse. Putting aside the usual treatment of the crew, just in terms of salary, female stars are more than half less than male stars. The salary accounts for only one-third or even less, which is the most common scene in the circle.

"I know that female celebrities are cheap, but..." Nina, as a woman who advocates independence and advocates independent women, naturally felt a wave of unfairness. But similar injustice to women, which fills the entire Hollywood industry chain, it is impossible to change because of someone's efforts.

"Just, boss, why is this happening now? I mean, why are women in the circle discriminated against in every aspect? Why do almost everyone in the circle think that projects with women as the perspective cannot be successful?"

The assistant lady was a little confused about these common phenomena that seemed to be recognized by everyone since she entered Hollywood. You should know that discrimination against women has not only appeared in the actor industry, but also in film companies.

"There are probably two reasons."

Wayne leaned against the head of the bed, holding a cigarette in his mouth, thought for a moment, and explained: "First of all, the first aspect is because of traditional concepts. In most Hollywood practitioners, they stubbornly believe that women-led projects cannot succeed.

The reason for this universal concept is that in the past few decades, including the Hollywood golden age mentioned by the media, there have never been a movie that has been successful with women. Of course, many film companies and film investors have tried this path, but the final result is all bloody without exception."

When he heard about the project that was dominated by women and never had a big hit, Nina asked immediately: "That Julia Roberts..."

"Julia Roberts, it can be said that she is very close to taking the lead alone, but a pity." When talking about this woman, Wayne smiled and shook his head, and still gave a negative answer.

"If you think about it carefully, you will find that the successful movies Julia Roberts are the most popular image of a silly sister that male audiences like the most, and the route is to find love. In fact, they are still trying their best to please men."

There is one thing he didn't say, but Nina herself could think of. How many actresses like Julia Roberts who can represent the Hollywood era, are there in the entire circle?

Indeed, it seems that in every era, there are representative actresses in Hollywood, but these actresses who can call for box office alone are still rare. Dazui Zhu has almost reached the top of this path, and her pay can be compared with male stars of the same position for a short time.

This kind of actress who can represent an era can basically not be copied. This is why Wayne suggested to Naomi Watts to start with a commercial vase. In this environment, the best way to improve the status of an actress is to keep starring in big-name commercial films, even if it appears in the image of a vase.

"The second and most important point." Wayne glanced at the assistant lady, shrugged, and continued: "Because from the beginning to now, there are so many fewer female characters in Hollywood movies than men."

It's very simple, as if in people's impression, Hollywood has never lacked female stars, and even the number of female stars is no less than that of male stars. However, on the contrary, female characters with enough roles in the movie are far fewer than normal male characters, and the difference ratio is very different.

For example, in "Batman: The Dark Knight", how many female characters are worthy of weight? Similar situations can be discovered just by thinking about them carefully.

The competition among the 50% of the female practitioners in the circle is more than ten times that of those 50% of male actors. The reason is very simple, because their employment opportunities are even less than one-tenth of those of male actors.

Therefore, there is never a shortage of beautiful girls with a likable appearance in the circle, and there is a lot of room for choice in the film company. This leads to a vase character, dozens or hundreds of beautiful girls of all kinds, and even if the salary is low, there will never be a shortage of beautiful girls nodding.

"Then you invest 65 million US dollars to let Nami and the others..." Nina raised her eyebrows and looked at the man on the bed with her eyes lit up, her tone with incredible expression.

"Note that the social situation is also changing little by little."

Wayne smiled and explained: "In North American society, the concepts of becoming more and more open in the past two years are endless. For example, the racial issues that people pay more and more attention to, such as various calls for vulnerable groups, such as..."

"Female rights!"

Although the calls for women’s rights have not become the mainstream in society, Nina can also feel that the relevant calls are becoming more and more frequent, and there are more and more various women’s rights organizations.

"Capitals are profit-seeking, and so are me."

Wayne nodded and twisted the cigarette butt into the ashtray. "You have read the script of "Charlie's Angels", and you should know that the three "angels" in this movie are not stupid and sweet from the bottom of their hearts. They all have unique skills to form a group. They may not be suitable for fighting alone, but each has their own lives.

This means that a beautiful face and sexy body can attract male audiences while also making women feel comfortable to watch. Overall, the success rate of the film is not low at all, and once the film is initially successful."

"Then, projects like Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, and even our copyrighted Black Widow can be put on the agenda in a short time!"

Nina's eyes narrowed, looking at her boss full of admiration. She continued Wayne's words: "If we follow the usual style of Warner Bros., we can even start to make the sequel to "Charlie's Angels" until the audience is tired of the aesthetics of this type of film!

Moreover, whether it is "Tomb Raider" or "Resident Evil", they are all projects that can be serialized. As long as you make money, you can continue to produce them alternately! Although the production cost of these movies is not low, the starring actors are women, and you can have a lot of production funds left in terms of pay!"

As he said that, the assistant lady relaxed her upper body, stared at Wayne leaning against the sofa in the bedroom, her mouth slowly curled up, and she changed into a very sharp voice, saying, "Boss, you have no doubt about the capitalist bloodline. While satisfying your perverted philatelic habit, letting those women try their best to please you, but while using their relatively cheap labor to keep making money for you..."

“f**k, needless to say so direct!”

Wayne laughed and sweared. If he broke all his plans apart, the fact would be as Nina said. But he was not embarrassed at all. Even from the bottom of his heart, he felt so at ease that he provided opportunities for women.

This is far from being exploited. Even if the plan is successfully implemented in the past two years, it will be a win-win situation. Both parties are completely equivalent transactions.

Some women are completely famous and gain the fame and fortune they have always dreamed of. Isn’t this a win-win situation for Greenberg Studio to make a lot of profits and increase the studio’s own value?

Wayne is not afraid of women other than Naomi Watts having trouble. As he said, this circle has never lacked beautiful and sexy dream-chasing girls. Some are young actors who are always ready to become famous and willing to pay any price for fame and fortune.

"Help me turn off the lights and go back to bed."

He waved to the assistant lady, and with a smile on his lips, he crawled into the quilt that was constantly shaking slightly, and closed his eyes.

As the lights went out, he was actually thinking about the relevant plans for Greenberg Studio in the past two years. With relatively low-paid women, shooting several series of projects is only one aspect. Including the long-term plan "The Lord of the Rings", there are several projects on the studio.

There are also "Shapes' Love History", which only invests and does not participate in the production and distribution, "Iron Man", etc., and all kinds of plans are interspersed in his mind, making him fall asleep unknowingly.

On the third day after the yacht party, all the staff members of the "Flash" crew began to assemble at Warner Studios early in the morning.

From the morning, the studio began to get lively. Gilmore's loud command and coordination kept ringing. The photography team led by Robert was busy debugging all the camera equipment for the last time before shooting. The props, sets, lighting, stunts and other teams were also preparing in an orderly manner.

The joy of the first day of work can be seen on every staff member's face, and the entire crew is full of vitality. However, in the studio's powder room, the atmosphere is particularly depressing.

"James, be prepared." The agent looked at the client who had already put on makeup and took advantage of the fact that they were the only one in the dressing room and deliberately lowered his voice to remind him. "Before the crew officially filmed the first shot, take the initiative to go and talk to Wayne."

"Take an apology with a sincere attitude, I understand." James Frank's face was also quite ugly. None of them knew now. Will Wayne Greenberg, the absolute controller of the crew, have prejudice against him because of the broken things that happened to him a few days ago.

There have been various rumors in the circle, and there are even news that Wayne will find a reason to replace the leading actor of "The Flash" before the filming began. Similar rumors have made James Franko not sleep well these days.

Looking at the client who was lit up cigarettes and was silently stunning, the agent was helpless. He knew better than anyone else about his client's virtue. If he threw away the male lead in "The Flash" because of a broken thing, he would guess the future result.

A young actor who has not yet become famous was swept out before filming by Wayne Greenberg's crew. I'm afraid that more than 90% of the projects in the circle will no longer use this actor.

"Dangdangdangdangdang"

A few knocks sounded, and the agent glanced at the stunned client, sighed and unscrewed the door of the dressing room.

The one who came in was Sofia Coppola, the assistant director of the crew. Of course, the agent knew her, and who didn't know Francis Coppola's daughter. But as soon as the director's assistant spoke, the hearts of the two people in the dressing room were raised. "Mr. Franco, Director Greenberg asked you to go to his office and have something to talk to you!"