Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Every year, Disney will promote a large number of sweet and pleasant American actresses, and every year they will also eliminate a large number of American sweet girls who have come off the assembly line.In Hollywood, the most indispensable thing is beauty.Although Disney provides a shortcut to the big stars for the beauties, it may not be difficult to go up, but how to stand still and not fall is the headache for the actresses.

Unlike the long artistic life of male actors, many actresses are on the verge of being eliminated after the age of 4.Either take the initiative to cut salary and become a normal supporting role in the second and third tiers, or simply switch to a daytime soap opera as the queen of ratings.Therefore, how to make enough money before their salary has to be reduced has become a problem for many actresses, and it is the same for Anne Hathaway.

With Disney's "Princess Diaries" two-part series, she has become the spokesperson of the new generation of American sweet girls, but actually Hathaway knows that this name will not last long.Although she starred in "Brokeback Mountain" under the arrangement of the brokerage company, it is a pity that this movie became popular with Heath Ledger and Jack Greenhall, and even Michelle Williams, who is also a supporting actress, is much more dazzling than herself.

Because after the failure of the transformation of "Brokeback Mountain", Hathaway became an actor with no films to shoot for a while.Because the brokerage company didn't dare to let Hathaway take the role casually, and finally became the number one idol actress in the United States under the praise of Disney. If she took the wrong film, it would ruin Hathaway's future.Hollywood has always been a very realistic place, they don't look at how many honors and reputation you have in the past, they only look at your movie box office in the last three years.If the box office of the movies you have starred in in the past three years has increased and the year-on-year is good, then your salary can be raised; but if it has decreased, the year-on-year is poor, even if you are Nicolas Cage, Hollywood can Send your salary to fourth-rate movie actors.

"Annie, I have good news for you." Annie heard her manager Susan's signature excited voice in her rented apartment, "You must not have imagined that Jed from Sherman Entertainment Group Mr. Sherman wants to invite you to participate in his movie, and you are the heroine. Remember, it is the real heroine, not the name of "Brokeback Mountain". The writer, director and producer of this play are all Mr. Jed Sherman, I read the script and it was tailor-made for you."

"Okay, Susan, don't make me happy on purpose. Who am I? How can Mr. Sherman order a script for me?" Anne Hathaway still has wisdom. With her current reputation and worth, Hollywood None of the third-tier directors can order scripts for themselves, let alone the top directors in Hollywood?She opened the door and let Susan, who was dancing with excitement, enter the house, and then served Susan a cup of coffee. "Tell me, what kind of subject matter? Love? School comedy? Or what?"

"A light comedy in the workplace." Susan handed the script to Anne Hathaway, "This is based on the New York Times best-selling novel "The Devil Wears Prada". The movie is called "The Devil Wears Prada". You will The heroine in this movie, Andrea. I got a message from my friend that Meryl Streep will play Miranda, who is also the heroine of yours!"

"God! Doesn't this make me an invisible person?" Annie suddenly had a headache.Who is Meryl?One of Hollywood's recognized female drama stars is simply whoever she plays.To be the heroine alongside her, isn't that courting death?Anne believes that even an actress of Juliette Binoche's level is not like a co-starred heroine with Meryl. "Susan, I don't think I can act! First of all, it's too stressful for Ms. Streep and I to be the heroines. Besides, if I play the role, I will offend Disney."

"So what if you offend Disney?" Susan suddenly became angry, "How many years have passed? What about "Princess Diaries 3"? Oh, yes, I can't shoot it! After talking about "Princess Diaries 2" There will definitely be a third part, what about now? 'Oh, there is no theme for the third part? You can't make "The Princess Diary: The Queen Youxi", right? That would be a loss to Annie's image!' Now they have Mai Lieselus, the old generation of Disney princesses should step down! Annie, don't be stupid! Do you think Disney cares about you? Now all they care about is Miley! You know what? They made it for Miley Her TV series "Hannah Montana" will be broadcast on Disney's global channels next year, and her first album will also be released in conjunction with it. Even Disney plans to make a movie for her, Anne, how long have you enjoyed such a movie? Treatment? After filming "Princess Diaries", you don't owe them anything! If they are still willing to cooperate with us in "Princess Diaries 3", yes, we will give priority to cooperation with them. But now, Anne, you have to think about your own future .You're not going to be a sweet Disney princess all your life, are you? Go and audition for this movie, and if you succeed, your acting career will be completely opened."

"Okay, okay, I get it." Annie showed her avatar, "Give me the script, and you can arrange an audition time."

Susan happily handed the outline of the script to Annie, and Annie stroked her forehead and returned to her small room to start reading the script.Seeing Anne working so hard to study the script, Susan also breathed a sigh of relief.Susan is not only Anne's agent, but also a partner of the brokerage company. From this, it can be seen that the scale of the brokerage company is not large, and Anne Hathaway can be said to be the only star they can sell.

That being the case, Susan naturally hopes that Anne can become the number one actress in Hollywood, so that the company's income will increase, and more importantly, there will be more stars and entertainers who are willing to join the company.When the Screen Actors Union sent the script to herself and said that it was Jed Sherman who named Anne Hathaway to play, Susan felt that her chance had come.After learning through her connections that Meryl Streep would be in the film, she became increasingly eager to stuff Anne Hathaway into the cast.For some reason, she was sure that this would be a turning point in Anne Hathaway's film career.

After getting acquainted with the script, Anne Hathaway and her agent Susan rushed to Vitagraph Film City.This is the office location of Galaxy Film, Summit Film and Lionsgate Films under Sherman Entertainment, and the main studios of these three companies are also located here.

Vitagraph Film City is to commemorate the film pioneer in American film history - Vitagraph Film Company.And this film city was actually established at the studio of Vitagraph. At that time, Vitagraph was once the largest film company in the United States. Even MGM and Paramount could only bow their heads at his feet.Just because of investment failure and unfavorable management, the earliest and largest film company in the United States declared bankruptcy. Its film library and brand were acquired by Warner Bros., but their studios were abandoned.Because the transportation here is not very convenient, the land has not been sold at a high price, but Jed took advantage of it when he bought it later.Because Jed also built a Vitagraf Memorial Plaza near the studio, and applied to become a historical monument of Hollywood, so the Los Angeles government was forced to promise to repair the road here within the next year and arrange two to three buses to arrive here .Because of Jed's management, the dilapidated Vitagraph Film City gradually prospered.

Because the land is very large, Jed perfectly combined his industrial land and landscape land with the same attitude of mountain scenery.When Annie saw this place for the first time, she immediately felt much better.After all, people are at a high place, their horizons are far away, and their hearts are much wider.Especially the lush greenery built here makes people feel that the companies here are full of vigor and vitality.And Jed also received Anne and Susan here.

There are three buildings as soon as you enter the Vitagraph Films. There are countless glass, and the color is transparent crystal blue is the Galaxy Building; the black and white is the main color is the Lions Gate Building; building.In addition to the office use of the three film companies in the three buildings, some rooms are also rented by single employees.Behind the three buildings are two large studios and seven or eight medium-sized studios.Between these buildings are all kinds of plants that are suitable for growing in Los Angeles. The entire movie city feels like a large park.

Under the guidance of the front desk, Anne and Susan rushed to the conference room where Jed was.Because according to the composition of the new company, Jed is only the director and screenwriter hired by Summit Films to shoot "The Devil's Fashion", and the producer is Charlie Swedeger, the vice president in charge of Summit of Sherman Entertainment, and the producer is naturally Summit. The film's general manager, Rob Freddie Man.Of course, these two are basically nominal because of their busy schedules. In fact, three executive producers are in charge of the production of "The Devil's Fashion", respectively in charge of finance, personnel and celebrities.However, because it was the lead actress auditioning, in addition to the three executive producers present, the producer Freddie Mann was also present on purpose.Anne Hathaway's acting skills are basically passable, coupled with her sweet appearance, she is naturally determined to be the heroine.All that is left is for Summit Entertainment and Annie's agency to sign under the supervision of the Producers Guild and Screen Actors Union, and then they can star.

When Annie left the summit building, she suddenly sighed: "I didn't expect this movie to be so big!"

In Hollywood, less than 3 million is considered a small-cost production; less than 1 million is considered a medium-cost production; the rest of the tens of millions are naturally considered large-scale productions, and the production cost of hundreds of millions is naturally an epic-level production. "Fashion" cost a whopping $35 million to make, and several of the main characters' costumes were sponsored.For example, the Milan Stone played by Meryl was sponsored by Prada and Valentino for regular clothes and dresses respectively; while Andrea played by Anne Hathaway was even sponsored by Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi and Givenchy; Millie was sponsored by Calvin Kleven; Nigel, of course, was sponsored by Versace.Other first-line brands such as Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Dior and Gucci have also offered their new autumn and winter products, hoping to appear in the movie.

In particular, the movie is also bundled with an endorsement contract. For example, Meryl won the endorsement of Prada's autumn and winter models this year, while Annie won the endorsement contracts of Dolce & Gabbana and Fendi in one go.Let the heroine get an extra lucrative and famous endorsement contract in addition to the movie, not only marrying the two protagonists, Meryl and Annie, but also making other actresses envious.What envied other crew costumers and stylists the most was that in addition to these sponsored brands, "The Devil's Fashion" also had an additional 2 to 3 US dollars in clothing costs.