America's Road to Fame

Chapter 216 Black Widow Reverse

After the Gulfstream G550 landed in Los Angeles, Chen William and Jessica first went to his villa on Marbury Beach.

Jessica came here with him this time, because MGM Pictures is about to start shooting the 23rd "007" movie. Through Chen William, Jessica got the chance to audition, so she came here specially to participate in the audition.

The most important movie of MGM this year is this "007", and the rest, "The Hangover" and the second part of "Magic Mike" are being filmed. In addition, the latest "RoboCop" is also It is ready to start shooting, and there is a movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Hobbit" in cooperation with Warner Corporation. This movie is expected to start shooting from the end of this year to next year.

The purpose of Chen William's visit to Los Angeles this time is to meet his cousin Roger and Rick Walton, and by the way, talk to Warner about taking back the distribution rights of the Hulk movie.

Go straight to Rick Walton's villa in Beverly Hills and meet them here.William Chen also came to this villa before, and that was the first time he met Rick Walton here. Later, at a party in Hollywood, he talked about the movie "The Hangover".

It's just that after seeing Roger and Rick Walton, Chen William also met another person here, who can be regarded as an old acquaintance, and that is Delphine Arnault, the eldest lady of the LVMH Group.

"What's the situation with these two people?"

William Chen pulled Roger aside, gestured to Rick Walton and Delphine who were chatting together, and asked him.

"Can't you tell? They're hooking up."

Roger said carelessly: "By the way, my dear cousin, you are a rich man now, can you give me some extra budget?"

"No."

Chen William said cleanly, and then looked at the two people who were flirting over there. Unexpectedly, Rick, there is something, I really talked to him casually last time, but I did not expect that Delphine really This man's mother-in-law has been dealt with. If he can't handle his previous joke about the marriage between the first American family and the richest man in Europe, the chances of it coming true are quite high.

This Rick's taste is also quite... that special, although Delphine is considered a beauty in terms of appearance, especially because she is from the Arnaud family, her temperament is really good, but her temper is really a bit masculine.

Forget it, since it was blessed by my own prophecy, then respect it and bless it.

Thinking of this, William Chen talked to Roger about his "Sneak Tracking" variety show. Speaking of this, Roger immediately talked to him with joy.

At present, this program has completed the pre-drill test. During this process, it is mainly to determine the detailed process and rules.

For example, as the judge of the arresting party, Roger will judge what information the hunter who executes the arrest can obtain under various circumstances based on the clues he has. The information of the fugitive party obtained outside the rules must not be provided to the hunter. of.

In addition, producers and photographers who have filmed wild survival programs are specially hired to train the follow-up photographers of the fugitives during the program to ensure that they will not reveal the whereabouts of the fugitives due to their own reasons under certain circumstances.

After these procedures have been determined, public recruitment of fugitives has begun, and professional lawyers have drawn up authorization documents for the privacy of fugitive-related personnel.

It is estimated that in mid-April, this variety show will be able to officially start, and then the filming will be completed within a month, and post-editing will begin.As the major shareholder of Netflix, Chen William will also submit "Sneak Tracking" to Netflix for evaluation after the production is completed, and try to play it on their website.

After they finished chatting, William Chen chatted with Rick about the Zoom company.

It can be said that after Zoom has covered California, its model has matured day by day, especially after Zoom’s product director, Jess Ramos, made a special trip to Yiwu, China, and through William Chen’s contact, with the help of Ali Company, in After finding some good manufacturers there, Zoom's self-operated business also started.

After the first batch of small home appliances were put on the shelves, they were sold out quickly with low prices and good quality.From now on, Huaguo's manufacturing capacity is indeed far superior to that of other countries. In terms of labor costs, you can say that Southeast Asia has an advantage, but manufacturing is not just labor costs. The education level of workers is very important. In those countries in Southeast Asia, it is difficult to find a country with such comprehensive coverage of secondary and higher education in Huaguo.

It is no wonder that Huaguo beats other countries in the manufacturing industry.

Therefore, after Zoom’s first batch of customized products from China became very popular, they found that even after shipping and taxes were added, the price-performance ratio of these products far exceeded other products, so they were greatly encouraged, and the second batch has already been shipped by sea. Lah, the third batch will increase the variety and quantity.

Because of the Zoom model, it is difficult to explore in the early stage. Once the entire construction process is specified, it only needs to develop to other regions step by step.

But now under the situation of the subprime mortgage crisis, the unemployment rate is so high, it is relatively easy to recruit people.

In Rick Walton's plan, the next step is to expand Zoom to Oregon and Washington, and first complete the layout on the west coast of the United States.Next, skip the complex terrain and relatively sparsely populated states such as Nevada, Idaho, and Arizona, and directly start to deploy on the east coast, stationed in New York, first deploy in the most densely populated states on the east coast, and then move inward land expansion.

It's just that Chen William found that Delfina's attitude towards him is a little cold now. I don't know if it's because he failed to buy Hermes here, or because he ranks higher than Delfina's in the newly announced Forbes rich list. Her father wants to be tall, so her rush to buy Hermès was a bit... wishful thinking?
Although the plan to expand Zoom to the whole of the United States is very exciting, in reality, Zoom has just spread throughout California, and the other two states are only in the process of building warehousing and logistics systems. Therefore, for William Chen, now Zoom does not need to involve too much energy. At most, it is to inject funds with Rick Walton when the company is short of money.

With Warner Bros., William Chen didn't need to come forward in person. He just came to coordinate the profit distribution between Twentieth Century Pictures and MGM Pictures.

The original plan was that in the filming of "The Lord of the Rings: The Hobbit", MGM and Warner Company will each be responsible for half of the funds. Department to shoot.

Therefore, the final result is that for the first of these three films, [-]th Century Pictures helped Warner Company to pay half of the filming funds, and then Warner Company released the film "Invincible Hulk" that was about to be completed. In addition, the distribution rights for the remaining Hulk independent films were returned to Twentieth Century Pictures.

After solving this matter, William Chen also met an acquaintance, er, it should be said that he was an acquaintance from his predecessor.

"You've changed a lot, William."

"You still haven't changed, you are still so beautiful."

Hearing William Chen's words, Scarlett Johansson said with a smile: "It seems that you haven't changed, you still like sweet talk so much."

Looking at the woman in front of him, the "Black Widow" in a tight leather jacket subconsciously appeared in Chen William's mind, and it was also because this character was so impressive.And the entanglements between his predecessor and her were not experienced by William Chen himself, so the feelings were not too deep.

"After all, some things are hard to forget, aren't they?"

For this sentence, Scarlett's understanding is in another direction. There is a bit of reminiscence in her eyes, but she quickly recovered, and she said with a bit of self-deprecation:
"But it will always be different. Now that I'm married, and you are one of the world's richest people, surrounded by countless women, Ivanta, Paris, Jessica... This is exactly what you liked before Life."

"You're powerful now, women fall for you and get what they want, like Jessica, she's the new Bond girl, that's the reality..."

Uh, how to say about this matter, seeing Scarlett, who was slightly drunk after drinking two glasses of wine, William Chen just found out that she also participated in the audition for "007" today, but the result is obvious, Jessica finally got the took that role.

William Chen really wanted to tell her, don't be envious of Jessica, you will soon have your own impressive representative role, that is the Black Widow in "Iron Man" 2.

It's just that the first part of "Iron Man" hasn't been released yet, so it's too early to say. In the end, he can only say:
"From the beginning, you knew, Scarlett, that's how Hollywood is, and now you don't have to care about that at all. Your fame, there will always be a role that suits you and will come to you."

Uh, this kind of words are a little pale, but what can I say?

Sure enough, Scarlett drank the wine in the glass, looked straight at William Chen, and said:

"Your tone of voice is already a pity from the superior, William."

She got up, walked to Chen William's side, leaned over to his ear, with some hoarse temptation, said softly:
"I can't wait, William, maybe I should give myself to you in exchange for some opportunities?"

William Chen felt her hand on his shoulder, across his chest, and then down...

"Scarlett, we shouldn't be like this, you're already married..."

"Is it? But it seems to tell me you're lying, William, and there are places where you don't lie."

Scarlett put her lips against Chen William's ear and said:
"William, take me back..."

(End of this chapter)