Chapter 234 The Support Group
Leaving the city center, Murphy asked a taxi to Century City, went directly to the Death Star Building, and found Bill Roses and Grace who were already waiting for him in a reception room.
"Is the news reliable?" Bill Roses asked first.
"Very reliable, provided by my friend in the city center." Murphy sat on the sofa, frowning, "Who would hire a private detective to investigate me?"
"The newspapers and the media have paparazzi providing information," Grace was also considering, "there is no need to find a private detective. Murphy has no relatives in North America, and it is impossible for him to be a relative who wants to share his assets."
Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered someone. While Murphy was not paying attention, she made several mouth shapes about Bill Roses. After seeing this, Bill Roses shook his head directly. Carrey Mulligan was very rebellious, but his mind was simple and he didn't have such complicated thoughts.
The three of them couldn't think of the answer for a while.
"Leave this matter to me and the company." Bill Rosess finally told Murphy, "You just need to be yourself and never do anything randomly."
The friend who provided the news was Murphy, who could guess who it was. Now Murphy is a very well-known director and cannot be involved with such people too much.
"Don't worry," Murphy stood up, "I know what to do and what not to do."
He was about to say goodbye and leave, but Grace called him.
"Murphy, Miss Universe tickets are here," she opened her handbag and handed over a small paper bag. "If you are serious and want to date that Israeli girl for a long time, let her stay in Los Angeles as much as possible."
Murphy took the paper bag and stuffed it into her pocket, "I know what to do."
He really wanted Gal Gadot to stay in Los Angeles.
"Oh, and there," Grace said again, "The mailroom has received a large number of letters from your fans, and has been transferred to me. You have never replied to them personally. If you have time, you'd better go and have a look."
Bill Rossis also said, "Although you are a director, you can't ignore the support of your fans."
"Okay," Murphy simply sat down again and said to Grace, "Rey, can you pick some now?"
Grace immediately stood up and “Wait.”
Although Murphy said to take some, Grace directly brought back a big bag, which was full of letters from movie fans to Murphy that were received by AA's public mailbox.
"So much?" Murphy opened the bag and saw piles of letters inside, "You won't let me reply next to me, do you?"
He never expected that a director could receive so many letters from movie fans.
Grace had already found a pen and a letter paper, "Pick some back."
Murphy took out a few letters from the bag, opened them one by one and looked at them. The contents in the letters were varied and all kinds of messy things were available.
Some fans thanked him for making such a wonderful ult film and encouraged him to continue in the future; some fans asked him what type of next work was and whether he could reveal it in advance; some female fans thought he was very handsome and asked if he could consider looking for her as a girlfriend. There were photos in the letter that he had not known how many times he had pried; some fans also called him the past videos were garbage, which only attracted people with blood...
The most outrageous thing is a female movie fan named Daisy who wants to discuss some perverted ways of killing with him.
The letter was first thrown aside by Murphy, not intending to reply to such inexplicable letters.
After a quick look at more than thirty letters randomly selected, Murphy selected ten more reliable ones and wrote short replies one by one. Although the contents of the replies are different, the core meaning is nothing more than thanking you for your letters and support. In the future, we will shoot and produce more excellent and satisfactory videos.
Without much time, Murphy got ten reply letters and handed them to Grace, and said, "You can do the rest of the work."
He didn't take this kind of thing seriously at first. For example, big-name stars in Hollywood often have dedicated people to be responsible for this matter.
Leaving the Death Star Building and getting into the taxi waiting outside, Murphy took out the small paper bag, opened it and looked at it. There were more than a dozen tickets for the Miss Universe competition inside, and Grace obviously took some effort.
With so many tickets, Murphy didn't know who to give. The other four guys who were hailed as Stanton's party members by the media went to overseas markets to promote. The other members of the crew were on vacation, and few people were in Los Angeles, so these tickets could not be given out at all.
Grace got the first-class ticket, and it would be a pity to waste it.
After thinking for a while, Murphy dialed Carla Fies' number, "Where is it? Century City?"
"It's in the company." The crisp voice of Cara Fais sounded from the receiver, "Are you in Century City?"
Murphy signaled the driver to wait, "I just came out of the Death Star Building and I have something for you."
The phone was silent for a while, and another voice rang out, "This is the case, if you are convenient, come to Fox Building. We will see you in the second-floor cafe in fifteen minutes."
"Okay, see you later." Murphy said to the driver, "Go to Fox Building."
Nowadays, there are no large film companies in the Hollywood area except Paramount Pictures. The large and medium-sized Hollywood production companies are basically concentrated in Burbank. However, Twentieth Century Fox did not move there, but moved its headquarters to Century City on the west side of Beverly Hills, occupying an entire building.
When he arrived at the cafe on the second floor, Murphy waited for a few minutes. Cara Fais, wearing a professional suit, walked over quickly, pulled open the chair and sat opposite Murphy.
"What good stuff are you bringing here?" Kara Fis asked.
Murphy pulled out a ticket and pushed the paper bag to Cara Fais, "The Miss Universe competition will begin in a few days, this is the ticket."
Kara Fis was not polite either, so he picked it up and took it out and looked at it, "It just so happened that I can give it to others and win people's hearts. By the way, I will cheer for your girlfriend."
"The work is not going well?" Murphy immediately realized this, "I encountered a lot of difficulties?"
"A woman, who has arrived in a new position, is still facing some old qualifications," Carla Fisch obviously encountered many difficulties, and her brows frowned slightly. "The director is also eyeing her, and she can't do anything to do if she wants to be successful."
"Will you be afraid of them?" Murphy was just laughing, "I believe in your abilities and means."
Carla Fis shook his head, "This position is different from before. If you want to establish authority, you must have real results. The film production results are not evaluated from multiple aspects like news. It is very intuitive. Without successful projects and box office in hand, newcomers like me will naturally be rejected."
Compared with the journalism industry I have worked in before, the standards for measuring film production are simpler and more direct.
Murphy knew this and asked, "How is the project you operated? The one that Alien and the Predator got together."
"The progress was not very smooth, and I encountered some obstacles in the department." Cara Fais never let go of his brow. "I just found the director and directed "Resident Evil". Someone recommended him to me. What do you think?"
"I don't know him very well, I just watched "Resident Evil" directed by him." After recalling it carefully, Murphy said, "As long as the future films can have the rhythm of "Resident Evil", and with the appeal of aliens and iron-off warriors, it is very likely to achieve good results."
"Actually, the director I like most is you," Kara Fis sighed, "It's a pity that you are not interested."
But Murphy laughed, "If I have a suitable project, how about investing in you?"
"Don't you cooperate with Miramax?" Carafes asked in surprise.
Murphy shook his head and said, "Have you heard that the conflict between the Weinstein brothers and Disney Chairman Michael Eisner is no longer reconciled? At this time, working with Miramax will only fall into the vortex of internal disputes in Disney."
"Have you found a suitable project?" Kara Fis asked again.
"I'm interested in Marvel Comics and the superheroes under DC Comics." Murphy said helplessly, "But Marvel Comics looks down on me. I haven't gotten into DC Comics yet, so I guess it's not much better there."
"Don't you think about the X-Men?" Carla Fis immediately remembered the power he was fighting for. "Didn't you tell me that you can split the Men and shoot some independent movies with some characters?"
Murphy raised his eyebrows, "You have such power now?"
"There is always a way to fight for it," Kara Fis said deliberately, "Do you need me to make a list of the roles of the warrior?"
"I'd better find time to read it myself." Murphy thought for a while, and then said, "Can I talk about it when I've been in contact with D Comics?"
Although "Sin City" has slowed its box office growth in North America and has been cut below 1,500 theaters, the box office in North America has successfully exceeded the 80 million US dollars mark and gradually moved towards the 85 million US dollars. After the overseas box office continued to expand regional screenings, it also exceeded 25 million US dollars, thus pushing the global box office through the 100 million US dollars mark.
Two of the three movies directed recently have a global box office of more than $100 million. These can become the capital for Murphy to negotiate with D Comics, and can also make his words more convincing.
It is too difficult to impress Hollywood studios that are profitable and unable to get up early by just being verbally fooled.
Of course, Murphy knew very well that in addition to capital, he also needed a plan and a project book so that he could be convincing enough.
And he didn't buy the copyright, just getting the project dominance is enough.
If it goes well, Kara Fesla can also be put into the project. Cooperation between major Hollywood companies is also the norm. As long as it is successful, she can accumulate capital.
After hearing Murphy briefly talk about his plan, Carla Fis said with a smile, "Then I'll wait for your good news."
Chapter completed!