Hollywood starts with a broker

The next day at noon, Aaron woke up in the hotel bed with Jennifer Connelly in his arms.

"Have I really fallen this far?"

Afterward, Aaron ran into the bathroom and took a shower!

After Jennifer Connelly woke up, they ate something, and then he sent her home, reminding her to call him directly if anything came up.

"Got it. I'll come and keep you company again in a few days!"

Jennifer Connelly hugged Aaron, gave him a kiss, and then got out of the car.

When Aaron returned to the hotel, he received a call from Disney's production department. The caller was Jeffrey Katzenberg's assistant.

"Mr. Katzenberg believes that the 'Stanno Tutti Bene' project has no commercial value and hopes that Aaron can come up with a script with commercial elements to recommend!"

"Commercial elements? I understand. There will be opportunities. Please thank Mr. Katzenberg for me."

"That won't be necessary, Aaron. Mr. Katzenberg is still very optimistic about you!"

After hanging up the phone, Aaron wanted to slap himself. How could he have expected a Jew to support this artistic work?

Afterward, Aaron Anderson headed to the Legacy Entertainment's New York headquarters, located in an old landmark theater near Times Square!

Landmark Theatres is a famous American art-house cinema chain that often shows independent and foreign films.

Legacy Entertainment also often distributes foreign art films because it owns Landmark Theatres, and it also participates in investing in some works.

During the Reagan era, the Paramount Decree in Hollywood began to become a dead letter. To ensure their distribution advantages, Hollywood studios began to invest in cinema chains again.

However, the cinemas now are not the large multiplexes of the future. Most are still operating in the theater model, and there are as many cinema chain companies in the United States as there are hairs on a cow!

The third-floor office of the Landmark Theatre in Times Square.

Guy Martin, the head of Legacy Entertainment, was looking through the script of "Stanno Tutti Bene" in his hand.

Aaron was sitting on the sofa, observing the Times Square environment of this period. It was indeed a mess.

Adult stores, strip clubs, sex comedy bars, a dirty environment, and terrible public security. The world-famous Crossroads of the future probably still had a few years to go!

"Well, the script is very heartwarming, focusing on family and kinship," Guy Martin said with a smile. No wonder director Francis Coppola had a good opinion of this script.

Aaron also nodded. "Mr. Martin, the budget for this 'Stanno Tutti Bene' is about $7 million."

"Director Giuseppe Tornatore has returned to Europe. We hope to obtain $2 million in funding in the United States!"

"$2 million?" Guy Martin shook his head. Although Giuseppe Tornatore had won the Jury Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, it was still expensive for such an art film.

"Legacy Entertainment can invest $1.2 million in exchange for the North American distribution rights of 'Stanno Tutti Bene,' which can be considered our support for art."

Aaron thought for a moment and explained, "Jennifer Connelly will also join 'Stanno Tutti Bene' to play the youngest daughter."

"In any case, she was also a teenage idol in the United States in the 1980s and has a certain amount of popularity, which can always attract some audiences to the cinema."

"A $2 million investment is not much!"

Guy Martin smiled. "Aaron, $1.5 million, the final price."

"Okay, then," Aaron stood up and shook hands with him. "Happy cooperation. I believe we will definitely have other collaborations."

"Landmark Theatres screens art films, but it never rejects commercial works!"

Aaron nodded. "Understood."

After leaving the theater, Aaron came to Broadway when suddenly a shout came.

"Robbery, someone's robbing!"

Across the road, an old woman was shouting loudly that she had been robbed, pointing to a young black man running away quickly.

The young black man was holding a lady's bag in his hand, which was obviously what he had just snatched.

Afterward, passersby went into a nearby phone booth to report the crime for her!

Aaron shook his head. This area of Times Square was definitely a paradise for criminals. "Luckily, no guns were involved!"

"Gun!" Aaron suddenly thought of something and turned his head to look at the phone booth.

Gun, phone booth, police!

The classic low-budget thriller crime film 'Phone Booth' from the future: A man receives a threatening call in a phone booth, warning him not to leave the phone booth or he will be shot.

A hidden sniper, a threatened man in a phone booth, police who dare to come to the scene, and the protagonist's wife in the phone booth!

Few characters, simple scenes, easy to shoot, relying entirely on the uniqueness and novelty of the story.

Aaron had always wanted to develop the script 'Ghost' in his hands, but unfortunately, the cost of this movie would not be low enough for Aaron to accept.

There is nothing wrong with one shot, one head, one content, one inside, one capacity, one is watching!

The production budget for 'Pretty Woman' reached $15 million. Moreover, 'Ghost' has some ghost effects to do, which is definitely more expensive than 'Pretty Woman'!

"This idea must be implemented as soon as possible," Aaron thought as he quickened his pace to leave.

This idea needs to find a screenwriter to adapt it into a script as soon as possible…

However, after returning to the St. Regis Hotel on Fifth Avenue, Aaron first called director Giuseppe Tornatore, who was far away in Italy, to explain the situation of 'Stanno Tutti Bene.'

The east coast of the United States and Italy are now 5 hours apart. New York is 5 hours behind, and it is already evening in Italy.

"Thank you, Aaron. I will start filming 'Stanno Tutti Bene' in Sicily next month, and then I will go to Rome, Milan, Turin, Florence, and other cities for location shooting."

"Jennifer Connelly's role you mentioned is mainly in Milan, and it is estimated that it can be completed in two weeks!"

Giuseppe Tornatore's tone on the phone was somewhat cheerful, probably because the financing process of 'Stanno Tutti Bene' was progressing smoothly.

"Okay, I will take Jennifer to Italy then!"

Since Jennifer Connelly also wants to play some roles, 'Stanno Tutti Bene' will definitely participate in the Cannes or Venice Film Festival, and it would be nice to let her experience it.

After resolving 'Stanno Tutti Bene,' Aaron took out a pen and paper and began to conceive his idea for 'Phone Booth.'

Aaron only needs to set the outline of the script, and the rest can be done by finding a screenwriter to polish it!

After all, even Quentin Tarantino, who can't even figure out grammar and vocabulary, can write scripts. If Aaron spends time, it won't be a big problem, but the details will definitely be worse.

However, it's completely unnecessary, because the most valuable thing is this idea!

If Aaron remembers correctly, 'Phone Booth' grossed nearly $100 million worldwide, but that was after the millennium. The film market has almost doubled compared to now.

Now the total North American box office for the whole year is only 4 billion US dollars, which is definitely not as good, but during this period, the global box office of 40 to 50 million US dollars should be possible, right?