Rebirth in America

Before Alex looked for European actors, he still wanted to use the original heroine Julie. He thought for a moment and called Chuck.

"Chuck, help me find Julie Andrews!" Alex told Chuck all the information he knew, and then asked him to find a private detective to investigate where Julie was.

Chuck has been paying attention to this situation since he and Alex went to buy the book. It didn't take long for Alex to repay the $10,000 he lent him, and nothing happened after that. When he learned that Alex asked him to find someone, he became excited again.

"Boss, do you have any other roles for me? I want to be in a movie too!"

Alex felt a headache and touched his forehead. He said in a dumbfounded voice, "There are no black characters in my film."

"You can also play a small role! I will never choose. I will play whatever you want me to do."

"A bit player? Even a bit player doesn't have to run away. Let's wait for a while. I will leave a role for you when I make a movie in the future." Alex had no choice but to write empty promises randomly.

A few days later, the private detective had news.

Julie Andrews is not an American, she is British. This surprised Alex, who had always thought Julie was American. It turned out to be a mistake. No wonder Julie's information could not be found in the Screen Actors Guild.

Julie was born in Surrey, England, on October 1, 1935. Her parents were both actors. As early as the age of 12, Julie was already singing on stage under the guidance of her parents. Julie, now 17, is somewhat famous in the UK, which is why private investigators were able to find her.

A 17-year-old girl! It's a pity that I will only be 19 in two years.

Alex sighed silently. He knew that it would be impossible for 19-year-old Julie to play her more than ten years later. It was too risky, and he didn't dare to do it haphazardly.

"Chuck, you are helping me find an actress. Her name is Audrey Hepburn, and she should be in the UK now." Alex had no choice but to use a backup plan. He thought it would be a good idea to let Hepburn play the role of Julie. choose.

Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels, Belgium, as Audrey Kathryn Hepburn-Ralston. Hepburn's father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ralston, was a British banker, and his mother, Ella van Singstra, was a descendant of a Dutch aristocrat and had the title of Baroness. The family genealogy can even be traced back to King Edward of England. III.

This time the private detective found it with little effort. At this time, Hepburn had just finished playing "Laughter in Heaven" in the UK, which was also her debut, and she had not yet accepted invitations from other companies.

When Alex heard this, he immediately cheered up: "Are there no other companies yet? That means the filming of "Roman Holiday" has not started yet!"

He shouted into the phone: "Chuck, give me her contact information quickly. Quick, quick, quick!"

After getting Hepburn's contact number, he immediately dialed the number. After more than ten minutes, he finally heard Hepburn's voice on the other end of the phone.

"Hello? This is Hepburn talking here. Who are you looking for?" This is a female voice with a slight British accent, which is very nice.

Alex felt that his palms were sweaty, and he was almost speechless. When he came to his senses, he said, "I, I am Alex!"

Hepburn thought to herself, it's strange that it's a child's voice. She then said: "Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for you, I'm looking for Audrey Hepburn!" Alex's excitement gradually calmed down, and he told Hepburn his intention.

Hepburn was even more surprised: "You want to make a movie with me?"

More than a year has passed since the first movie was shot a year ago, and Hepburn has never received an invitation to shoot a second movie. She was about to go to the United States to try her luck, but unexpectedly, someone called her and asked her to make a movie. What she didn't expect was that this person sounded like a child. She was a little angry, thinking that someone was playing a prank on her.

"I don't know who you are, please don't bother me with this phone call again."

Just as Hepburn was about to hang up the phone, Alex quickly said: "I'm Alex Carpenter, I'm not kidding, it's true!"

Alex Carpenter? Such a familiar feeling, ah! It's him?

Hepburn thought to herself, could it be Alex Carpenter, the eldest brother of the famous Carpenter brothers?

Hepburn couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked: "Are you really Alex in the Carpenter brothers?"

Alex then quickly sang a part of his song, which convinced Hepburn of his identity. So, he made his request again.

"I have a good script here, and I want you to be the heroine." Alex said, and he quickly introduced the plot of the movie "The Sound of Music".

After hearing this, Hepburn found it quite interesting. But she still said: "If you really want to invite me to play the leading role, just invite me through your film company."

movie company?

Alex had never thought about this problem, and he had never thought about setting up a film company of his own. The same is true for Morris as an independent producer. They all raise money to make movies. When they have money, they gather people to make movies. When they don't have money, they disband and work on their own projects.

"What? You don't have a film company yet, do you? My little director!" Hepburn said jokingly.

Alex said with determination: "No problem, don't sign a contract with other companies first, I will buy a film company right away. Remember, don't sign so fast! Wait for my news."

After hearing this, Hepburn couldn't help being a little stunned: "Hey, I was joking..."

At this time, Alex had hung up the phone and hurriedly ran to Bart to discuss the acquisition of the film company.

Bart looked at Alex's anxious look and said, "Movie company? Do we need this?"

In his view, they were just making movies on a whim and would not last long, and no one would want to enter the film industry. Even if it is to enter, it is not now. If you rush to buy a movie company, if the movie you make loses money, you will be in a lot of trouble.

"I don't care, I must buy a movie company?" Alex acted like a coquettish and unreasonable person in a rare act. He was risking everything for the goddess.

Bart was amused by Alex's expression, so he said: "Okay, it's up to you. However, this money must be included in the film's budget. If the total budget exceeds 10 million US dollars, then it will be No more money can be invested.”

After receiving Bart's permission, Alex immediately contacted Morris and asked him to inquire about where there were film companies for sale. It is too late to form a new film company now. It is best to acquire a small film company.

"You want to acquire a movie company?" Morris looked at Alex as if he had seen an alien.

Alex nodded and said, "Yes. Do you have any information about this?"

Morris felt a little headache, and he began to wonder if his decision was wrong this time. It seemed that $1 million was not easy to get.

"Yes, yes, but what is the main purpose of buying it? In fact, if you have money, wouldn't it be better to build one yourself?" Morris couldn't understand that children from rich families are weird. Although buying other people's companies is Save time, but cost money.

Alex could only explain: "I acquired the film company just to save time. Now I am anxious to sign an actor to avoid being snatched up by other companies."

Regardless of whether Morris was willing to accept this reason or not, he finally found information from several film companies. This is the information he got from his partners in the industry. In this circle, many film companies open every day, and many close down.

Alex pointed to the information of one of the companies and said, "What do you think of this?"

Morris looked at it and saw that it was a Hollywood film company that had been in business for more than ten years. After the original owner died, his son took over the business for several years, and each year was worse than the previous year. It actually got to the point where it either closed down or was sold.

The company offered $3 million, but it wasn't even worth $1 million. Because of this, it has been unable to sell, and it has been raising a few staff members half-deadly, waiting for a scammer like Alex to take the bait.

"The price of this company is too high, and it has no value. It is useless to buy it." Morris thinks it is best not to buy it, and even if it is bought, it cannot be used at this price.

Alex thought about it and chose another company. This company offered $900,000, which was cheap enough. But this company was even worse. It only existed for a few years and then collapsed, leaving nothing behind.

"You're crazy. If you have this money, you might as well open your own shop. This one is obviously from a leather bag company."

Morris objected again. He couldn't stand it any longer, so he chose a company and said, "Look at this one. Although the price is a bit higher, it's still worth it."

This is a film company with an asking price of US$5 million. It is not big or small in scale, and its operations are relatively normal. It has made some moderately famous movies. It was just because the company's boss continued to spend money and didn't want to be in the movie business anymore that he planned to sell it. Morris was familiar with this company and knew that they had relatively complete equipment and personnel, as well as good channels, but they lacked funds and luck.

Alex immediately shook his head and said: "Five million US dollars is too high. If I buy this company, I won't have money to make movies."

"You can borrow money. Just use your company as a mortgage to the bank and then borrow the money to make a movie."

Morris came up with a way, which is very common in the United States. Many companies use mortgages to obtain loans and then use the money to make money. The money you earn is returned to the bank, and the rest is yours.

"This sounds like a solution, but my parents definitely don't agree." Alex knew what the Carpenters were thinking, and they would definitely not be willing to do this.

Morris didn't understand. He said, "Don't your records make millions of dollars every year? This amount of money should be nothing. You can pay it off soon."

Alex still shook his head and said, "No, I can't touch the money."

The Carpenter brothers' records are still very popular. Excluding the company's part, the money distributed to the two brothers is a full two million US dollars. If patent fees and book publishing money are included, UU Reading www.uukanshu .net Alex will be able to pay off the money within a year or two. It's just that the money was managed by the Carpenters, part of it was deposited into the fund, and part of it was invested with the family's money.

Morris didn't know what to say for a moment, he could only stare at Alex.

Alex sighed and said, "I wish I had more money."

At this time, Alex felt that he was very poor and could not even afford a small film company. I don’t know how much money I have when I don’t use it much, but when I use it, I realize how little it is. Especially when he can't control his own money, everything is inconvenient.

Alex thought to himself that if he didn’t have money to buy a movie company, he wouldn’t be able to sign a contract with Hepburn, and it would be difficult to make movies.

etc! Things shouldn't be like this. He has more than $5 million at his disposal, and the movie won't be shot right away.

Alex suddenly stood up, reached for a piece of paper, and drew a circle on it with a pen. He turned the front of the paper toward Morris and said, "What do you think this is?"

Morris was confused and said, "Is it a circle? Or is it an egg?"

Alex shook his head mysteriously and said, "This is money, the money I used to make movies."

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