Chapter four hundred and sixty-ninth, how difficult it is to prosper the city
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“This manor is very good. % Chinese % novel”
In the reception room, a brown-haired girl politely complimented Murphy, "It's very tasteful."
"It's all arranged by Gale," Murphy responded, and then asked directly, "Is there anything to do with me, Megan?"
The one who came to the door was David Ellison's sister Megan Ellison. He heard David Ellison mention some time ago that Megan Ellison dropped out of the University of Southern California Film Academy and was preparing to enter Hollywood.
Megan Ellison's purpose of coming here, even if she doesn't say it, he can guess some.
Through his cooperation with him, David Ellison got rid of the dilemma of a newcomer and was recognized by Hollywood. He is now one of the few investors in the circle with huge capital.
It is no exaggeration to say that David Ellison succeeded.
Of course, Megan Ellison also knows this, and also knows that Murphy doesn't like to go around in circles when talking about work, and said directly, "I heard you are preparing for a new film? Or is it the autobiography of the financial fraudster Jordan Belford?"
Murphy nodded slightly, "The project is now in the hands of Twentieth Century Fox."
"How are the project funds prepared?" Megan Ellison asked tentatively, "Can I participate in the investment?"
She added, "It's just a partial investment, I won't interfere with the crew and any of your work."
Megan Ellison saw clearly how David Ellison succeeded. Investing in Murphy’s project is simply the best financial plan.
Compared to Hollywood superstars like Leonardo DiCaprio who demand corresponding power to invest, Murphy does not reject investors like David Ellison and Megan Ellison, who have no ability to interfere with the crew's operation at all.
But this matter was not something he could do unilaterally.
Murphy thought for a moment and said, "Do you know Kara Fis?"
"Meet." Megan Ellison has met her before, "the director of the production and distribution department of Twentieth Century Fox."
After picking up the note book from the side, Murphy wrote down Carla Fies's private phone number, tear it off and handed it to Megan Ellison, "You go and contact Carla Fies, and you have to talk to her about this."
Megan Ellison instantly understood that Murphy was not rejecting her investment. She quickly put away the sticky notes and said with a warm smile, "Thank you, Murphy."
"You're welcome." Murphy shook his head, "You are David's sister, David once helped me."
Hearing this, Megan Ellison's smile froze and then he recovered. She knew that she had no friendship with Murphy. If it weren't for his brother David Ellison, he would never have been introduced to Carla Fies.
She stood up and said, "Then I'll say goodbye first."
Murphy nodded, stood up and sent her out of the reception room.
Perhaps he heard the sound in the corridor. Gale Gadot, who was on this floor, opened the door of the study, glanced at Murphy, and then walked over.
"How is the paper written?" Murphy asked with concern.
This year is Gal Gadot's graduation season, after preparatory studies and years of formal study, she will graduate from the UCLA School of Law this year.
"Not written..." Gal Gadot shook his head, "I'm not in good condition today. I've been searching for information online and watching news."
While talking, she pulled Murphy into the lounge and talked about the news she had just seen.
"I just saw the news online." Gal Gadot took the cup of water handed over by Murphy, took a sip, and said, "Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise's Cruz Wagra have re-established a cooperation agreement, and just issued a joint statement this morning."
Hearing Gal Gadot's words, Murphy immediately showed a thoughtful look.
"What about their new conditions for cooperation?" he asked.
Gal Gadot recalled and said, "The statement was not released, but the website that released the news said that Paramount Pictures canceled the annual fee for Cruz Wagra. Tom Cruise will definitely reduce the pay and dividends in the next cooperation with Paramount Pictures, and the proportion may be quite large."
"I guess it's not fake." Murphy nodded.
Paramount Pictures uses this method of fighting first and then pulling very smartly, and Summer Redstone is indeed an old fox.
There is no doubt that even when superstars are far less appealing than those in the 1990s, superstars like Tom Cruise still have considerable value. Summer Redstone and Paramount Pictures cannot completely give up Tom Cruise. The main method of fighting first and then pulling is to reduce Tom Cruise's rewards.
This is also the real purpose of major Hollywood production companies suppressing celebrities.
Murphy sighed softly in his heart, "Sumer Redstone is a media giant after all."
Such a person has strength, mind, ability, and no lack of social experience. Once he stands in the opposite direction, it is undoubtedly a very troublesome thing.
According to Murphy's guess, Summer Redstone hadn't caused trouble for him in so many years. It may be that the big man didn't take the little things seriously at all, or it may be that the other party had forgotten them a long time. After all, Summer Redstone was definitely busy with things, and just starting a war with his family over the years must have consumed a lot of time and energy.
But human hearts are the most difficult to predict. Who knows when Summer Redstone will pay attention to himself and remember those little things back then?
Even Murphy now will not underestimate Summer Redstone's energy. Although the other party may no longer be a billionaire in the last economic crisis, how credible can such words be?
If you take the media hype seriously, you're really a fool.
However, Murphy is no longer the same as before. He works closely with 20th Century Fox. Even if Summer Redstone really wants to do something, he will have some concerns.
It is difficult to guess how this kind of thing will develop. After all, the initiative is not in Murphy's hands, so Murphy is even less likely to run to Summer Redstone to admit his mistake. The best way at this stage is to pay more attention.
Gal Gadot and Murphy chatted about the grudges between Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures, and suddenly remembered another thing.
"Are you going to buy property in New York?" she asked.
"It's just that." Murphy explained simply, "We will stay in New York for a long time to work. It's always more comfortable to live in a hotel than to stay in a hotel, and the house is not expensive now."
Gal Gadot nodded slightly, "Just make an idea for this kind of thing."
Murphy said again, "We can't just live in Los Angeles, right? It's good to experience the Big Apple occasionally."
Gal Gadot rolled his eyes, "Dear, go and experience the traffic jam?"
"New York and Manhattan are not particularly congested." Murphy shrugged.
He had experienced even more congestion. At that time, the city he lived in was famous for its spring water. The road congestion was simply indescribable by parking lots, and even surpassed first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The congestion rate ranked first in the country for several consecutive months.
Moreover, this kind of congestion is more than 2000 roads. Every spring, more than a dozen main roads start to be built together. A main road facing north and south is built, and other roads used to diversion are also started at the same time. The consequence is that a whole area is a little turbulent, and more than ten nearby roads become parking lots.
The most exaggerated thing is that in just over half a year, a road in the city center was repaired and dug three times in a row due to the problem of burying the pipeline. At that time, Murphy often passed by there. Like those living nearby, he was speechless by the super high communication efficiency in the information age.
Of course, this is nothing, after all, it’s just congestion, and it can be explained in one sentence how difficult it is to make a fortune!
Congestion is inevitable in major cities around the world.
Subsequently, Murphy asked Grace to contact several New York real estate agents, who provided many residences in the Manhattan section, including several of which were located in the famous Upper East Side, which was also a priority location for Murphy to purchase property.
Manhattan's Upper East Side starts from 59th Street in New York to 96th Street in the north, Fifth Avenue in the west, and Ister River in the east. The north-south Avenue starts from Fifth Avenue adjacent to Central Park on the west side, which is Madison Avenue, Park Avenue, Lexington Avenue, Third Avenue, Second Avenue, First Avenue, York Avenue and East End Avenue.
From Fifth Avenue to the east and Lexington Avenue to the west is New York's most expensive and popular residential area, known as New York's "Gold Coast", which is home to New York's richest people and is a truly wealthy area.
Some people say that Manhattan's Upper East Rich District not only represents the richest living area in New York, but also has the smell of money and conservative values in its air. Its worldly charm is tempered by capital and time. Its many famous museums and world-class designer stores reveal the urban taste of an international metropolis. The best private and public schools subconsciously create the concept of class...
Even though I have just experienced the brokerage crisis, housing prices in the Upper East Side are still very high, and an ordinary four-bedroom apartment costs at least $3 million.
Murphy set aside a $15 million to $25 million budget, allowing Grace to find a suitable Upper East Side property for himself.
Although Murphy and Gal Gadot are not the kind of people who like to buy land in a crazy way, at their level, having residences in two largest cities in the United States, New York and Los Angeles, can only be said to be the most basic configuration.
After Grace had relevant information, Murphy made a special trip to Manhattan to look at it. On the one hand, he looked at the house, and on the other hand, he went to Wall Street to inspect the possibility of on-site shooting.
Chapter completed!