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Today's show made Oprah very happy, there are too many topics, Oprah believes that after the launch of this show, the ratings will definitely increase.

After the show, William took Ambrosio back to the hotel, changed his clothes, took a bottle of Latour, sat on the Bentley provided by the hotel, and headed for Ridley's home in New York.

Sitting in the car, Ambrosio hugged William's arm excitedly, with an excited expression on his face, chatting with William about Ridley's past, saying how great he is and how famous he is.

But William knew that Ridley could only be regarded as a front-line at best before making Gladiator, and he was not considered a great director, because none of his previous films had any box office.

In the mid-90s, he even stopped filming for several years. This old guy is good at controlling the big scenes, but no matter how good the director is, he is only a director. Deli was forced to be silent for almost ten years, and it was not until The Martian was sought after again.

But at that time he was almost 80 years old, and his energy was not as good as before. Gladiator was definitely Ridley's most glorious time.

William took Ambrosio's hand and came to Ridley's home in New York. This is a middle-class community. The house and yard are quite large, but it is only worth a few million dollars. Although Ridley is a A great director, but he is not a big box office director, he has no money, and his life is not as rich as he imagined.

After William and Ridley Russell embraced, they walked into Ridley's house. Today's gathering was private, and only Russell and Ridley's agent were present.

As soon as they entered the door, the two agents paid attention to William, but William ignored the agents of elite culture.Also want to pack the pirate project.

William will only pay attention to their words when he sees the hell. Who doesn't know that the packaging project of elite culture is a big pit. Few of them succeed, and it will be no good to hand them over.

This project needs to cost at least hundreds of millions of dollars to be successful. If he doesn’t get half of the copyright when he cooperates with a big Hollywood company, William doesn’t plan to invest by himself. It’s not good to do something with that money. He just wants to follow Russell and Ray. The two of Deli are arguing about this project,

I didn't see how badly Hollywood has pitted foreign investors. Many investors from Germany and oil-producing countries have been fooled by Hollywood. He is not so stupid to jump into this big pit.

After everyone had a pleasant dinner, William chatted for a long time with Russell and Ridley, smoking cigars and drinking the Latour brought by William before getting into the topic.

Finally, Russell said anxiously: "William, do you have any ideas on this project that you can tell us?"

After thinking for a while, William said: "If I want to invest, unless I can get half of the copyright, the screenwriting fee and the cost of "He Is a Pirate" will be included in the investment, but even if you think about it, you know it's impossible."

Russell and Ridley nodded in agreement after hearing William's words: "It's really unlikely. The film company will definitely not give up the copyright. I think you should take the screenwriter's share, which is easier."

William said helplessly: "I understand this. Just look at DreamWorks. Forget about it. Ridley can be a director, but"

William said to Russell with some apologies: "Sorry, Russell, the protagonist Captain Jack in the role I imagined is Depp, and the blacksmith needs to find a very handsome young actor with acting skills.

I haven't decided on the heroine yet. Captain Barbossa is Jeffrey Sh. The leading role in this movie is not suitable for you. I'm sorry Russell. Of course, if you can make a cameo, I definitely welcome it."

Russell nodded after listening, "The main role is really not suitable for me, guest roles are fine, but I hope to be the assistant director and assistant producer of the film, I am already 40, if there is no suitable role, try to become a director Not bad."

William looked at Ridley, he was not sure about Russell's transformation into a director, it was up to Ridley, he thought that would work.

Seeing that both of them were looking at him, Ridley said it’s not a big deal to be an assistant director. There are many kinds of assistant directors, and said with a smile, “It’s okay, William, Russell gave me a lot of opinions when I was filming the gladiator.” Give it to me, besides, Russell doesn’t have to be an executive assistant director, just an assistant director who studies and runs errands.”

"Haha, I don't dare to think that Russell is running errands, so I'm fine with that," William said with a smile.

Russell was very happy when he heard that. There are many male actors who act as assistant directors. After becoming famous, every actor wants to try whether he can also be a director. This kind of big investment and opportunities brought by big directors are rare. .

Russell thanked: "Thank you, I will join with zero pay. Don't worry, I know that I am just learning, and I won't point fingers."

William and Ridley both laughed when they heard it, "If you don't need zero remuneration, let's count it as the normal assistant director's remuneration. After all, you have to pay for what you pay. It's just a matter of more and less. You are the best as an actor." For those few, as a director, you can only count as a rookie director.”

"That's right," Ridley agreed.

"Well, let's count according to normal standards."

After the three of them agreed on some details, Ridley promised that after William handed over the script to him tomorrow, he would try to push the script to the person in charge of the Hollywood Bada. chat.

After the matter was almost discussed, the three returned to the living room and everyone laughed and chatted. Everyone saw that William was interested in Hollywood secrets, and Ridley was flattered by his agent. The two exclaimed again and again, but they didn't expect that there were really many things that people couldn't understand.

Chatting until almost 11 o'clock, William and Ambrosio got up to say goodbye. He had to write the script overnight and submit the script to the Screenwriters Guild early tomorrow morning.

Chapter 152 .150 Chapter [-] Viewings in New York

Back at the hotel, William and the very happy Ambrosio worked out for more than an hour. After the exercise, William started to catch up with the script and worked hard for more than 3 hours before finishing the script.

Saved the script into a USB flash drive, stretched and went to bed with Ambrosio in his arms and fell asleep.

The next day, William didn't get up until 9 o'clock. After freshening up and having a good breakfast, Bentley sat in the hotel. With the help of professionals hired by the hotel service, it took more than an hour to complete the script submission process. After finishing the script, William Get someone to send the script to Ridley, and now I'm waiting for news from Ridley.

Having nothing to do, William went back to the hotel for a catch-up sleep at noon and took Ambrosio for a stroll all over New York. Although William was annoyed by the paparazzi following them, he couldn't drive them away.

The paparazzi also knew that William was a rich man, so these guys never came within 10 meters of William when they followed him, which made William helpless.

Forget it, just follow, as long as you don't disturb the two-person world between him and Ambrosio, William doesn't care. Ambrosio is very happy to be followed by the paparazzi. From time to time, he hugs William's arm and faces the paparazzi's. The camera showed a sweet smile.

The two walked hand in hand and bought more than a dozen bags of luxury goods all afternoon. At 6 o'clock in the evening, William took Ambrosio to a beautiful Italian meal at a Michelin three-star restaurant. During the meal, he received a message from Brian Meet SMS.

After eating for more than an hour, the two of them talked and laughed and went back to the hotel to exercise happily. After Ambrosio fell asleep, William got dressed and drove an ordinary SUV provided by the hotel to avoid the paparazzi and sneak to Hebu Ryan agreed to meet at the place.

When I came to an ordinary community more than ten blocks away from the hotel, I found a dilapidated house according to the door number. When I got out of the car, I saw Brian sitting in front of the barbecue grill in the yard and holding a tong to barbecue.

Seeing William coming in, Brian said happily, "Come and try my Brazilian barbecue first." Brian took a plate, knife and fork for William, and took a large piece of roasted beef for William.

The two ate and drank and chatted for more than an hour. After eating and drinking, Brian wiped his mouth and said seriously: "It's time to talk about business. How can I help you? As long as I can do it, I will definitely not postpone it."

William looked at the serious Brian, shook his head with a smile and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you do illegal things. You have a lot of connections in the United States. Have you thought about running in New York?"

Brian froze for a moment, "You want me to go into politics? How can this help you, and the election is not something that can be elected in a short while."

"Hehe, what I really need is your relationship in the United States. I don't care how you run for office or what you do after you win the election. I just need you to have an official official status and help me lobby for relevant issues when I need it. I don’t care how you lobby, whoever you lobby, I’m only responsible for providing you with funds.”

Brian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what William said. William's request was much simpler than he imagined, "That's it? There are so many people like this in the United States, as long as you have money, you can find dozens of them." There are hundreds of such groups, and they don’t even need to spend money to run for me.”

William shook his head and said, "I don't want to participate in political governance. I need a trustworthy person to cooperate, provide you with funds when I need it, and you help me settle the relationship on the surface. I don't care what I do and I won't participate."

Brian thought for almost half an hour before nodding and agreeing: "No problem." He took a sip of beer and said, "I'm over 50. I didn't expect that I could have a second career at this age." , then a pleasure to work with, William."

For some reason, William could only do this. He wiped his hands with a towel and happily shook hands with Brian, which is good for both of them, "When you are ready, remember to register several funds related to the people's livelihood in New York. Donate to these funds reasonably and legally, and then you can start to build momentum, and maybe you will be Mr. Congressman next time we meet."