Water City Venice, a world-famous city with a long history, in addition to the rivers and landscapes all over the city, the city is world-renowned, as well as the famous Venice Film Festival.

Sitting in the lobby of a hotel full of medieval architecture, Matthew looked at the waterway outside. He was a little curious when he first came to Venice.

"I was so busy yesterday that I didn't have time to chat with you."

On the opposite side, Sofia Coppola said with a faint nasal voice, "When are you going back."

Matthew looked away from the window and said, "I have a friend to meet today, and I will leave tomorrow morning."

Yesterday afternoon he attended the premiere of Sofia Coppola's new film "Somewhere", and if not for today's appointment with Rachel Weisz, he would have been on the flight back to Los Angeles.

"The film..." Sofia Coppola asked. "What do you think?"

Matthew smiled, "I don't know much about this, you're asking the wrong person."

This kind of literary and artistic film, he really can't judge whether it is good or bad.

Sofia Coppola did not hide her ambitions, "I wanted to rush to the Golden Lion Award, but after the premiere yesterday, the response of the film was not very good."

"I don't know much about the three major European film festivals." Matthew said while thinking, "But there is no necessary connection between word of mouth and awards, right?"

He paused and asked, "I remember Quentin Tarantino as the president of the jury this year?"

"Yes." Sofia Coppola nodded.

Matthew thought about it for a while, and then said, "The same is from Hollywood, there is always a way to influence Quentin Tarantino, right?"

The three major European film festivals are essentially no different from the Oscars. They all share the cake, and compared to the Oscars, the three major film festivals sometimes have more incomprehensible awards choices.

If a jury chairman wants to force a film to win, it's not a particularly difficult task.

Sofia Coppola nodded slowly, "I'll think of a way."

Everyone is in the entertainment industry, and no one is stupid enough to win awards based on the so-called fair and just selection.

This kind of thing, Matthew said, whether it's the Oscars in North America or the three major film festivals in Europe, he doesn't have much influence at all.

"By the way, Matthew," Sofia Coppola said suddenly, "Can I do you a favor?"

Matthew didn't respond directly, "Please speak."

If he is within his ability, he will definitely help, but if the Coppola family can't solve something, he probably can't do anything either.

Sofia Coppola pinched her nose lightly and said slowly, "My cousin, Nicolas Cage, have you heard of his situation?"

Matthew nodded, "I heard a lot."

The story of Nicolas Cage has long been spread all over Hollywood. The former 20 million member of the club, because of tax and debt, can only keep making movies, one after another bad movie.

If you don't accept the film appointment, you have no money to pay off your debts, especially if you owe money to the IRS, it is not an ordinary trouble to be targeted by the IRS.

But good projects are not so easy to come across. Even Matthew and Leonardo DiCaprio and others are very cautious in taking films, adhering to the principle of rather lack rather than waste.

If you want to make money quickly, you have to accept a large number of film contracts. There are too many projects in a short period of time, and bad movies cannot be avoided. Moreover, in the situation of Nicolas Cage, those famous directors and producers will not ask for it at all. Please cooperate with him.

As a result, Nicolas Cage is in a very embarrassing position. He can't make money without taking a lot of films. If he takes more films, it is almost a bad film. Once a bad film comes out, it will only reduce the salary he can get. If it's too low, you can only pick up more films, and the more bad films, the lower the pay...

It's just a vicious cycle.

"You have invested and operated so many films." Sofia Coppola asked for help for her cousin, "Can you find a suitable role for Nicholas?"

Matthew didn't answer, but thought about it, even if Nicholas Cage becomes the king of bad movies, it is undoubtedly valuable, otherwise even those bad movie crews would not look for him.

Those so-called bad movies have low investment in millions of dollars.

It's a pity that those films are just rotten in theaters, and there is not much pursuit of the box office. It is as much as the box office can get, and then it flows into the disc and rental market to make money.

But Hollywood's biggest criterion for measuring star value is not acting, nor peripheral sales, but the box office!

When I met James Wen some time ago, James Wen once talked about a new horror film plan, which is still a small investment and a small production, with family horror as the main plot.

As long as "Latent" is successful, this series will naturally be put on the agenda...

"I probably have a horror movie series here." Matthew organized the language and said, "The project has not been determined yet, and I can't give you a guarantee."

Sofia Coppola heard Matthew Ken help, and quickly said with a smile, "These are not problems."

Nowadays, who doesn't know that the movies starring Matthew are synonymous with success, and the movies invested and produced are also synonymous with success!

It's not that she doesn't know where the biggest trouble that plagues Nicolas Cage is. As long as Nicolas Cage can have a movie with a big box office hit, with the appeal of the past and the support of the Coppola family, it will not be difficult to turn over. ,

But where can you find a movie suitable for Nicolas Cage and a hit at the box office?

The reason why I asked Matthew was because of the idea of ​​treating a dead horse as a living horse.

Matthew still said some things up front, "I have a few points to talk about first."

Sofia Coppola nodded slightly, "You said."

"First of all, I can't guarantee whether the project will actually be implemented." Matthew said succinctly, "Secondly, the film is a small production, and the star's salary is very low."

"Well." Sofia Coppola wrote down, "I'll pass it on to Nicholas and let him talk to you then."

Of course, Matthew is not a bad guy, although James Wen has not yet determined, he has already made preparations for the series, "If it can be negotiated, I need Nicholas to sign a trilogy actor contract, the highest salary for a single film will not be Over $10 million."

This is for future consideration. If the first film is a big hit at the box office, it will be too troublesome for Nicolas Cage to ask for a super high salary in the sequel.

In the face of huge amounts of money, there are too many people who are as unscrupulous as him.

For example, in the "Iron Man" series, if it wasn't for Robert Downey Jr. signing a long-term contract, the salary for the second film would have been in the tens of millions of dollars, not even less than ten million.

Sofia Coppola frowned, and then said, "I will reflect what you said to Nicholas."

Matthew suddenly smiled, "Sophia, I have an idea." His finger pointed east, "I have been to the other side of the Pacific Ocean a few times and found a very interesting thing, Nicholas is very popular there."

He half-jokingly said, half-seriously, "Nicholas continues to pick up films in Hollywood, it's not good for him."

Sofia Coppola was very smart and immediately understood the meaning of the words, "You mean to let Nicholas go to the other side of the Pacific for a film appointment?"

Matthew smiled, but said nothing.

Sofia Coppola looked at the time and said, "Thank you, Matthew." She stood up to say goodbye. "I'll be visiting when I get back to Los Angeles."

After seeing Sofia Coppola off, Matthew didn't stay much longer and went out by boat to another hotel.

On the second floor of the cafe opposite the hotel, Rachel Weisz was waiting for him to come over. When he was on the boat, he had made two consecutive calls to urge him to hurry over.

"This way, Matthew."

As soon as Matthew went up to the second floor, he saw Rachel Weisz beckoning at him by the window, and quickly walked over, pulled out the chair and sat opposite her.

"What's going on?" Matthew asked.

"The show will start soon." Rachel Weisz pointed to a hotel across the river, "The Black Swan crew lives here."

Matthew turned his head and looked over there. The hotel has the characteristics of Venice very much. It is built on the edge of a relatively spacious river. There is a small pier at the entrance, which can dock speedboats and other boats. It seems that the traffic is very convenient.

"What can I see sitting here?" Matthew spread his hands.

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Rachel Weisz raised her lips, "Something happened to the "Black Swan" crew, and they were having internal conflicts. Natalie Portman and Darren Aronofsky didn't live in this hotel, and It was a separate stay in another hotel three blocks away.”

Matthew came interested, "What contradiction?"

"Dog blood love triangle." Rachel Weisz snorted and said, "I should have guessed that Darren Aronofsky is a bastard!"

She said coldly, "Mira Kunis lives in this hotel."

Matthew nodded lightly, roughly guessing what Rachel Weisz meant by the **** love triangle.

"I have definite news." Rachel Weisz looked around and saw that there was no one else on the second floor except them, and then said, "Natalie Portman is pregnant."

"Oh? Whose is the child?" Matthew was not surprised.

I vaguely remember that Natalie Portman was the golden statuette for the Oscar for best actress with a big belly.

Rachel Weisz gritted her teeth and said, "If the few people in the crew who passed the message to me are not mistaken, it should be Darren Aronofsky."

Matthew turned to look at the hotel again, will this turn into a bad debt in the future!

"Come on!" Rachel Weisz raised her finger and pointed to the river outside the window, "That Venice speedboat!"

Just as she was talking, a speedboat came from far to near, quickly came to this side, and docked on the pier in front of the hotel. Matthew could see clearly that it was Darren Aronoff who got off the speedboat. Ski.

"He came to see Mila Kunis!" Rachel Weisz said coldly.

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