Chapter 559 Engagement Ceremony

Bergman Films is a family business. The young Bergman who came to Chicago is Jewish. In recent years, he has gradually taken over the business of his father Martin Bergman. The old Bergman has a good relationship with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. He was the producer of Scarface, but later fell out with the Italian gang in Hollywood, and gradually cut off cooperation since the 1980s.

The Phantom is the copyright bought by the old Bergman in 1982. In 1990, someone was found to complete the script. Last year, the project was launched after attracting investment from Bell Pictures in Germany. The production cost was 40 million dollars, and most of the funds came from Germany.

As early as the 1970s, in order to compete with East Germany for cultural influence, the West German government gave the film industry a lot of preferential tax policies, so some wealthy West Germans would transfer their money to film projects to avoid taxation reasonably. . With the reunification of Germany and Germany, more and more funds have flowed into the United States in recent years, and they have been frantically murdered by vampires in Hollywood. The word "stupid German money" that has been quietly spread is to describe this phenomenon.

With the support of the Germans, Bergman Pictures would not be able to lose much. Otherwise, with the shrewdness of their family who have been in Hollywood for many years, how could they rashly pour 40 million huge sums of money into such a big project.

However, little Bergman was still in a low mood. On the 4th, the first weekend of the summer vacation ended, and Phantom ranked third at the box office with a score of 11.7 million dollars. However, professionals and audiences received rave reviews. Entertainment Weekly It was even called one of the worst movies ever, and only Roger Ebert, the most influential film critic who spent a lot of money on public relations, gritted his teeth and gave it a three-star rating. Other film critics were wildly sarcastic.

The box office has no stamina, and the peripheral products are naturally yellow, "Stop ordering, and the video game project is also cancelled, yes, it is what my father meant." The car drove to the gate of APLUS's mansion in Highland Park and stopped slowly, and he rolled down the window , shaking the invitation in his hand at the doorman.

"Welcome! Let me introduce..."

The inside and outside of the mansion have been decorated like a fairy tale world. Song Ya and Mariah Carey in costumes stood at the door to welcome the new guests. Their cheeks were slightly flushed with excitement, "This is Mr. Bergman , the investor of The Phantom, this is my fiancee..."

"You are beautiful today, Miss Kelly." Young Bergman leaned over and kissed the back of Mariah Carey's hand gracefully, "She doesn't need you to introduce her, APLUS haha, congratulations."

"Thank you."

Mariah Carey, who wore a white wedding dress, thanked happily, "Please feel free."

"Okay, I'm going to talk to my friends."

He had long seen Universal President Simberg chatting with David Geffen in front of the buffet table, took a glass of champagne from the waiter, and greeted other familiar or unfamiliar celebrities while approaching.

"How's your interview with the vampire project going?"

Simberg is feigning concern and flirting with David Geffen, "Six months of filming? I heard Tom Cruise was quietly complaining..."

He knew that David Geffen had handed over the release of Interview with the Vampire to Warner, and Simberg would be happy to see the hell. The movie seems to be scheduled for Halloween in November.

"It will be a work of art. When Liang Tang wins the Oscar, he will shut up obediently." David Geffen replied tit for tat.

"Hehe, I'll wait and see."

Seeing that Simberg wanted to end the conversation, he stepped forward, "Mr. Simberg, Mr. Geffen." Smiling, he extended his hand to the two big men.

"Little Bergman..." Simberg shook hands casually, his attitude was very cold, and his heart felt cold.

"Catherine! I'm sorry, excuse me." David Geffen took the opportunity to leave gracefully and went to find the president of Amblin Films.

"How is your father?" Simberg asked.

"He asked me to thank you on his behalf." He first complimented the other party a few words, and then asked about the filming and announcement of the second week of Phantom.

"Guess what they're talking about?"

This scene was observed by Yeremov. He leaned behind Song Ya, who was hugging NAS and the New York hip-hop singer,

He poked his waist eye.

"It's nothing more than arranging the film. Will Simberg help him?" Song Ya replied in a low voice without looking over there.

"I don't know. Anyway, if there are more of them, we will have less." Yeremov said.

"It's better not to have a war..."

Song Ya said: "But their movies are really bad, those film critics shouldn't mind losing a few words, right?"

"I understand." Yeremov smiled and blinked, and left the boss.

"I saw the yacht at the pier. It's very beautiful. It costs millions, right? You bought it new?"

After NAS asked this question, Mariah Carey rolled her eyes, and Song Ya replied with an upset face, "Ask her."

"You can't let the pier be empty, it's embarrassing for the guests to see." Mariah Carey didn't answer either, but turned her head and complained to Song Ya.

"It's enough to rent one, and we don't have time to drive it. Here is Lake Michigan, not the sea..."

"The scenery of the Great Lakes is worth going out on a yacht once in a while. Well, I don't want to quarrel with you. I'll buy the boat."

"It's not about the money, Mimi!"

The young couple who were about to hold an engagement ceremony quarreled, NAS and he exchanged glances, "Uh, let's talk to a friend first."

"Okay, please go ahead, I remember Derry and the others just went in." Song Ya pointed to the inside of the villa, "If I guessed correctly, it should be in the small recording studio in the attic."

"Did you see those big blinding diamonds on Mariah Carey? These two are really M-Fxxk can make money, I debuted in 1984..."

The two went to find Derry, and Fang Zheng, Snoop Dogg and other West Coast guests were spitting, "Yo, brother in New York."

The two sides bumped fists, "You and 2PAC started Beef, right?" Snoop Dogg asked with a smile.

"That kid doesn't respect me." NAS replied angrily.

"Hehe, take it easy..." Derry smiled and did not discuss further.

"WTF? NAS, is the new president of Warner Records with your boss?" Looking down from the small attic window, "The one with Rick Rubin behind."

"Don't worry about those big shots." Dre blew a smoke ring.

"Hey, Daniel, Rick, hello Mr. Morris, welcome..." Song Ya smiled and shook hands with Daniel, Doug Morris, and Rick Rubin, "Miss Cole."

Daniel also brought Samantha Cole, who was not selected to dance the heroine of my life, "The premiere on the 15th, right? I'm going to see that movie, Amy must be great. Is she here?" ?” Samantha Cole is very well-behaved in front of adults.

"There will be some screenings in the previous week..." Song Ya looked up, "But that's not important, you can go see it on the 15th. Amy is here, here... I don't know, you can look for it. "

"Okay. Uncle, I'm going to find my friends first." Samantha Cole said goodbye to Daniel.

"Miss Kelly, have you considered coming to Warner?" Doug Morris asked with a smile: "And APLUS, I just listened to the soundtrack you made for the movie, a very good album."

"Hey, I'm right here." Daniel immediately protested.

Of course they wouldn't take it seriously, the two top six presidents are very attractive, and some singers and guests greeted one after another, "Hoo!" When they left to socialize, the bearded Rubin loosened his tie, "I don't often Wear formal clothes."

"Thank you for doing this for us, Rick."

Mariah Carey had a very good attitude towards him who was responsible for singing during the proposal, "But you are not really tone deaf, are you?"

"Ha! Of course not. Some singers even scolded me for not reading music. It's all rumors." Rick Rubin laughed, and he bumped Song Ya with his elbow: "Hey, boy, what's wrong with your American music website Say, is there a lack of investment?"

"Uh, I haven't paid attention to that business for a long time, you ask Dilai? Hey, Dilai!" Song Ya called Dilai from the best man group, "How is our website?"

"Uh..." Di Lai faced embarrassment, "Can you tell me?"

"Say it."

"The traffic is not high, and it's mostly focused on the extra gossip section."

"We should build a database like that of the whole music website." Rick Rubin gave an idea out of nowhere, "Can't we just pick up his stuff and use it?"

"Will be accused..."

"Can't we talk about business today?" Mariah Carey protested, and Rick Rubin and DeLay walked away chatting.

"I'm tired of it." She complained to Song Ya while she was not socializing.

"Okay then, let's go for a break..."

After standing for a long time, the muscles on her face became stiff from laughing. Song Ya asked Donovan and Hayden to take over temporarily, and went back to the small lounge not far from the door with her.

‘Escobar, the Colombian player who scored an own goal against the US team, was shot dead in front of a local bar after returning home…’

The TV was on, and football news was playing. The World Cup held by the United States was in full swing, but the locals hardly paid attention to it. Chicago didn't even take over a game.

"Wow, Colombians are so strict."

The two collapsed on the sofa, and Song Ya complained.

"Knead." She kicked off her high heels and put her long legs up.

Song Ya rubbed her for her, her gaze stayed on the game screen of the TV show for a while, and then a picture of the apocalypse movie got into her head, like a football game in a middle school in the United States? Why did the hero from the original movie of My Life appear again, and he seems to have gotten into a golden hook...

"Brother, I'm sorry, I caught you..." Song Ya silently apologized to the other party.

"Linda and the others are outside the door, right?" Mariah Carey hugged her.

"Hmm..." Song Ya knew what she was implying, and the two became more and more lingering on the sofa.

Um? At this time, there was a sound from behind the sofa, which startled the two of them, "Go ahead." It turned out to be Shakira, and the girl stood up expressionlessly, and strode away.

"Hey... that girl is so rude..." Mariah Carey protested against the closed door, "She's been eavesdropping just now!"

"I mean, who here watches football news... she's Colombian."