Chapter 155: The Negative Lesson (Seeking Monthly Ticket)
The Nasdaq can be described as crazy, and even led to the Dow Jones Index soaring. Anyone with a rational mind can see that the situation is abnormal.
Can't you see the problem if you are smart people like Scott who are still investing in the stock market?
I'm afraid many people know that the bubble is getting bigger and bigger, but they all hold the idea that someone must have taken over the market and make a big profit before the bubble bursts.
To be honest, if it weren't for the advantage of foresight, it would be hard for Ronan to make any choice.
Fortunately, he didn't touch stocks in his previous life, so he still had self-control.
Ronan also kept reminding himself that it is okay to play with financial drugs occasionally, but he must not be addicted.
The day after visiting Scott's house, Ronan found Judith and completed the repayment procedures for a $3 million personal loan. After the first Abu Dhabi execution, he borrowed $3 million in his personal name and invested it in the stock market because this was the earliest amount of funds to enter the market. After paying off the loan, nearly $10 million remained in the 3 million profit.
Other investments are investments in the name of the company, and the returns of the stock market have also been transferred to the account of Relativity. Ronan currently completely controls Relativity Entertainment. It only takes Mary to go through a few legal procedures to withdraw funds, which is not a problem.
Ronan is waiting for the stock market to collapse, and when the Nasdaq falls to a certain level, he will buy some stocks of companies that have developed well later, and then he can hold them for a long time.
Even if there are problems with relativity entertainment in the future, he can be invincible personally, at least he will be a rich man.
Wealth is very important to anyone.
Not to mention commercial countries like the United States, the famous 24-word motto on the other side of the Pacific Ocean is ranked first!
Having said that, how can you be strong if you are not rich? If you are not strong, how can you start with subsequent tiring logging?
Think about it, if Leonardo DiCaprio was not rich, could he treat the Victoria's Secret Angel as a harem group? He would change his long-legged female companion at every turn, and the female companion who broke up hardly said bad things about Leonardo. Later, Me.too made such a big fuss, and Leonardo had nothing to do with it, which fully demonstrated the importance of wealth.
The stock market was rising wildly, and Ronan reminded Scott again in a vague way, but Scott didn't take it seriously at all. There was nothing he could do about this. No matter how loud the voice was, he could not wake up the person who pretended to be asleep.
It is even more impossible for Luo Nan to call him every day to remind others to escape from the stock market quickly, and he threw this aside. After all, there is still a lot of work to deal with.
Embassy Pictures has started licensing negotiations with several companies with overseas distribution capabilities, preparing to sell overseas copyrights for "Ace Agents" and "The God of Death is Coming".
Robert Lee and Danny Donald left Los Angeles and began to inspect the establishment of offices in various places from Australia.
Ronan participated in several meetings of the Finance Department, and Mary, who was promoted to chief financial officer of Relativity Entertainment, was also leading people to improve the accounts of the two films.
"Ace Agent" follows the laws and industry rules completely, and tries not to give the Abu Dhabi Investment Bureau the opportunity to challenge.
Another film, "The God of Death", is completely different.
Ronan is not going to go to Abu Dhabi to raise funds anymore. Of course, the biggest profit of this profitable movie will belong to him.
Faced with the benefits of the rich people in Abu Dhabi, not only Ronan and Mary, but the company's financial personnel are very brave.
After two years in Los Angeles, Ronan can be said to have a personal experience. Americans are used to taking themselves seriously, and at the same time, they do not take other countries seriously.
At the same time, Andrew reached an agreement with James Huang's agent, and Ronan signed a director contract with James Huang on behalf of Shahai Entertainment.
There is only one movie director contract, and the sequel director contract for "Death is Coming" can't be negotiated. Edward and James Huang insist on completing "Human Purge 2".
James Huang was successful in directing two consecutive movies, which was naturally much more confident than Paul Greengrass.
Faced with a valuable successful director, Ronan could not force him too much, and he also had to consider the subsequent cooperation. Andrew and Edward had almost the same pay, so he nodded in agreement.
James Huang's new film pay is divided into two parts, with a basic film pay of US$2 million and a later net profit of 5%.
The total budget of "Human Purge 2" is only $6 million, and James Huang's basic salary accounts for one-third of the budget, which also means that actors can only find non-star actors.
With James Huang signing the directorial contract and the project was officially launched, Tom Cruise was very active and immediately asked his agent to discuss a $1.5 million investment with Shahai Entertainment.
Ronan is very trustworthy and cannot regret it.
His trustworthy approach also won the favor of Tom Cruise, who took the initiative to invite him to participate in the internal preview of "Mission Impossible 2".
Each "Mission: Impossible" has its own characteristics, and this one is no exception. John Wu did not imitate the filming style of the first film. Both the gun battle scenes and the racing scenes have a distinct personal style.
But it has to be said that the old trick has been used on Brother Ma, on John Travolta, on Nicholas Cage, and now on Tom Cruise. For Ronan, who has watched countless Wu-style gunfighting movies, there is really no newness.
How can we save the beauty without heroes? How can we not have a hot gun battle? How can we not have slow motion? By the way, there are pigeons...
For a moment, Ronan felt that he was not watching Tom Cruise, but Little Maggie.
There is no way, I have preconceived ideas and I have too deep impressions, and there are pigeons flying.
"Face Change" is really Wu Baige's pinnacle work in Hollywood. This "Mission: Impossible 2" is a bit worse.
Perhaps it is also preconceived. Ronan always feels that Tom Cruise's performance in this film is not as good as Nicholas Cage and John Travolta.
Looking back at the scene of "Face Change", Cage has a very melancholy face. It seems that many people owe him money, and they are the kind that they don't pay back if they owe him. Travolta has a very spring breeze on his face, as if he owes Cage a lot of money but doesn't pay back.
"How do you think?"
At the end of the preview, Tom Cruise asked Ronan: "You have a good vision, please help me see."
Ronan naturally said good things: "It's very exciting, the action design is very distinctive, Ethan Hante's charm is so amazing. Tom, with your appeal, this video will definitely be a big hit."
Tom Cruise smiled and said, "Introduce a few people to know."
He pulled Ronan to a group of executives from Paramount Pictures, the producer and distributor, and introduced Ronan one by one.
"You are Ronan Anderson?" Shirley Lansing looked at Ronan in surprise: "You are younger than I thought. You are the youngest among Hollywood's billion-dollar box office producers."
Ronan recognized this as the CEO of Paramount Pictures and said modestly: "It's much worse than Ms. Lansing."
This is not an exaggeration. Shirley Lansing is one of the most successful women in Hollywood. Later, the annual "Hollywood Women's Rights List" specially set up the "Sherley Lansing Leadership Award" named after her.
Ronan chatted with Shirley Lansing for a while, and it was not difficult to find out in his words that Shirley Lansing admired Tom Cruise very much. After she stepped down, Tom Cruise's relationship with Paramount took a sharp turn and even had a public fall.
Then, Ronan left with Tom Cruise, accepted Tom Cruise's invitation, and got into the same car with him, but he regretted it as soon as the car started, because Tom Cruise answered a phone call and started arguing with others. Judging from the tone, the person on the other side of the phone was obviously Nicole Kidman.
"Sorry." Tom Cruise hung up the phone, and his previous good mood disappeared: "It makes you laugh."
Ronan didn't know what to say, so he could only remain silent.
Tom Cruise suddenly said: "Marriage is terrible."
Ronan looked at him curiously. Tom Cruise seemed to be stuffy for a long time, and said, "When we go to the end, no matter how deep the love was at the beginning, the two of them can only hurt each other."
Ronan thought for a while and continued, "I am a non-marriageist."
Tom Cruise nodded: "The future can save a lot of trouble." He sighed and kept pinching his eyebrows: "Ronan, I would have been as open-minded as you."
When Ronan saw Tom Cruise didn't seem to mind talking to him about these things, he asked tentatively: "Whether you and Nicole?"
Tom Cruise said directly: "It's irreconcilable."
Ronan does not intend to express his opinion on other people's family affairs: "I have never experienced marriage and don't understand these things very well."
Thinking about the divorce case in his previous life, Nicole Kidman burst out with Oscar-level acting skills and created the image of a victim. Later, after becoming an ex-wife, his career was not going well in a few years, and he dragged Tom Cruise out to whip the corpse from time to time. He said something about his favorite life and other words emerged one after another, attracting attention and attention everywhere.
I really don't know what her second husband feels.
Marriage and other things are indeed the most terrifying! It is not difficult for Ronan to summarize this from Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
Especially for the rich, you must be cautious when getting married.
Although property can be notarized before marriage, what about property during marriage? Getting married and divorced, half of the property floats away, and there is also alimony. Later, like Tom Cruise, he was dragged out by his ex-wife to whip the corpse. What is his favorite in his life and what will never be forgotten? It is terrible to think about it.
Also, Hollywood women can change men at a speed that is no slower than men changing women. If you meet a top-notch ex-wife and have all kinds of mischief, it is not something that can be described as terrible.
Think of Nicole Kidman, and then Katie Helms, Ronan is becoming more and more determined and must treat Tom Cruise as the negative lesson.
Chapter completed!