Birth of an actor

Founded in 1917, "Forbes" and "Fortune" are called the world's two largest financial magazines. The difference is that "Fortune" magazine focuses on companies, while "Forbes" pays more attention to entrepreneurs. As a business magazine, "Forbes" is in All walks of life and even ordinary people all over the world have a great reputation, but what makes it famous internationally is the various lists compiled by the magazine every year.

For example, the list of global celebrities, the list of the most powerful people in the world, the list of powerful women in the world, the list of heads of state, the list of royal rich people, the list of rich people in various countries and regions, etc. Of course, the most famous one is the "Global Rich List" first launched in 1982. leaderboard".

The "World's [-] Largest Companies" selected by "Fortune" every year are the same as the "Global Rich List" selected by "Forbes". Both are lists with a long history, relatively authoritative data, and unprecedented influence in the world.

Or it is more appropriate to call it the "Global Billionaires List", because every rich man on the list has a net worth starting at one billion US dollars. Every time "Forbes" releases a list of rich people, there are about 500 people on the list. In a good year, the wealth of the last rich man on the list is more than one billion.

Every time "Forbes" releases a list, it will receive high attention from the global media and the public, and briefly "occupy" the news headlines of various countries for a few days, and this year is of course no exception.

When the latest issue of Forbes goes on sale, the first thing people notice is the magazine's cover.

The handsome profile of the man in the dark gray suit is like a famous painting. The wool tie with black and white interlaced checkered pattern is full of texture. With a pure white shirt, it exudes a restrained and dazzling atmosphere. It is formal without looking old-fashioned. It is young, Clean and elegant perfect shape.

Whenever a successful business person takes a photo for the cover of a magazine, there are always some actions, such as crossing his arms in front of his body, or looking at the camera with his hands in his pockets, or clasping his hands on his chin, or holding something, sitting On the sofa and so on, a type of magazine photo template for successful entrepreneurs has been formed, but the cover photo of this issue of "Forbes" is very different.

Against a pure black background, in a dark gray suit, the man is slightly sideways, with his chin raised slightly, with well-defined, white and delicate slender fingers resting on the neckline, and he is adjusting the size of the bow tie. It was the sudden call of the photographer's name while he was grooming, and he glanced over casually, with a certain calmness...or it is the "clothed beast" temperament of a big capitalist in the media, and it is completely without the rigidity of other successful people when they take pictures.

No matter how handsome the cover of the magazine is, it is impossible for everyone to be dumbfounded. However, everyone who reads this issue of "Forbes", whether it is the media or ordinary people, is indeed extremely surprised.

Not only because the man on the cover is William Bradley, but the Hollywood superstar whose job is actually an actor.

It is also because of the line printed on the side: "William Bradley - a new member of the global billionaire club in 2000!" "

The magic of this sentence is so great that many people who clearly recognize the character on the cover of the magazine cannot help but doubt themselves: William Bradley?That Hollywood movie star?Billionaire?

Really?

Although it has been known for a long time that William Bradley is rich, last year's "Blood Together" alone brought him a share of up to [-] million U.S. dollars, and he may have already squeezed into the ranks of billionaires, but people still I don't think this day will come so early...

The impatient person has already opened the inside page of the magazine first.

"Forbes" ranks the richest people in the world, not only by giving a name and assets, but in fact the information recorded by the magazine is very detailed. Every billionaire on the list, in addition to name, nationality, country and region In addition to basic information such as age, age, and net worth (US$[-] million), there will also be specific types of business, whether the source of wealth is self-made, inheritance, or inheritance and development.

All the basic information about William Bradley is clearly published on the inside page in white typeface, and the "diversified business" in the source of wealth also includes him as an actor and the CEO of Willot Films in one breath. A variety of identities within are summarized.

it is true!

What is even more shocking is that William Bradley is not only on the list, but also not at the bottom of the list.

A series of shocks and questions continued to emerge: William Bradley is so rich, more than double the boldest prediction of the media before!What investment did he make to snowball his assets?And, about 90.00% of the billionaires in the world have a common problem, that is, they don't like to show off their wealth and cause trouble. So, how did "Forbes" get so much secret data?

"Forbes" can answer this question, but for some reason, the official has never given a response, but several tabloids have released news that is not true or false.

Regarding how "Forbes" learned about the asset movements of many billionaires, although citizens' personal income and tax returns are kept confidential, there is nothing impenetrable under the sun, and the remuneration of Hollywood stars is false and real. Doesn't the Reporter also accurately list the income rankings of the stars every year?

As early as a few years after the launch of the list of the world's richest people, some people speculated that one of the most important sources of information for "Forbes" is those top accounting firms, or the US Internal Revenue Service with more reliable data. No one from the two organizations can obtain complete and specific information. The second reason is that Forbes always has a clearer understanding of the net worth of American entrepreneurs, but it generally knows the net worth of rich people in the Middle East, South America, and Africa. Estimated approximate number.

The reason why "Forbes" found out William Bradley's family background was because the latter submitted several large tax bills from stock transactions to the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) when he filed his taxes at the beginning of the year, all of which were in the 3000 More than 5000 US dollars, and two even reached [-] million US dollars.

The United States implements a personal tax filing system. From the beginning of the year to April every year, it is the deadline for federal and state taxes in the United States. Before that, all citizens who have reached a certain age and have a source of income must report to the IRS for personal income tax according to law. Stock trading It is a kind of personal income tax reporting, and although the US personal income tax adopts a six-tier tax rate system, the highest tax rate is 39.8%, but there are policies and countermeasures, through a series of charitable acts, and specialized private accounting experts and The reasonable use of various tax exemptions and tax avoidance ridicules by tax experts will greatly reduce the tax payable by the rich. Warren Buffett, the "stock god", once said that the personal income tax rate he pays is only about 17%.

However, William knew that Buffett actually talked too much, probably because he was worried that the public would rebel. The actual federal tax rate paid by billionaires is actually lower than 17%, but even if it is only 10%, the annual tax rate paid by a billionaire The taxes are also more than ten middle-class families will pay in a lifetime.

For example, William, his several tax bills from stock transactions add up to more than [-] million U.S. dollars. From this, it can be inferred how much his income has increased through stock transactions in the past year.

The "New York Post" even used anonymous channels—other media speculated that it was Wall Street—directly pointed out the specifics of William Bradley's stock transactions. The stocks of many Internet companies, including Amazon and Oracle, are now sold out except for Apple's stock.

The current technology stock market is so hot, William Bradley actually sold the stock?

Does he think the dollar is too hot?

However, some people on Wall Street have praised the brilliance of this move in private, because they have already seen from the stock market movements in the past two months that something is wrong. You're not the first to sell a lot of your tech holdings, and you won't be the last.

Although it was not shortlisted for Oscars this year, even if the Oscars ceremony is held immediately, it is impossible to steal the limelight of the name William Bradley.

Because William recently scanned the global finance and economics, ah no, there are also the headlines of the entertainment news.

People are always full of goodwill towards successful people who start from scratch and work hard for a career. Like Daniel Ziv who became a billionaire through inheritance, at most people feel jealous of his background, but for those who have achieved something by themselves If you have a career, it is easier to have a celebrity aura, admirers and talkativeness.

William is indeed self-made. Through "Oprah's Talk Show", movie fans all over the world know that he used to be poor and rely on working to survive.

Not to mention the halo effect of Hollywood stars.

It is precisely because William is still an actor and a movie star in Hollywood that he is more topical and legendary.

Even Tom Cruise, Hollywood's most lucrative actor, because of the recent divorce rumors with Nicole Kidman, the property under his name has been picked up by the media - the money earned in the past ten years plus The five mansions total about [-] million U.S. dollars.

This is already the highest-paid actor in Hollywood, and the most property he can own while still possessing investment acumen.

And now William Bradley has not even celebrated his 23rd birthday, and he is already richer than several cruises combined...

A movie actor, but he has read enough global financial news in the past few days, not to mention how Hollywood, which is the base camp, reacted.

In fact, now Hollywood has regarded this as the first-class hot topic, and a lot of famous magazines including "Variety Show", "People", "Vanity Fair" are scrambling to use this as the front page headlines, and Oscar-related news has been put on the back burner for the time being, not to mention what other tabloids have done.

To put it bluntly, if William died young for some reason now, within five years, at most within ten years, several books about him will be published, and a movie based on him will be published. A biopic is likely to be in the works as well.

Originally, William would not be affected by too many outside influences if he was filming in a closed-off environment, but "Meet Your Father-in-Law" was filmed in New York, the farthest from the suburbs, so he is basically at the center of the whirlpool.

The location of the filming crew can't be hidden from the powerful media. Soon, the area around the set was surrounded by reporters.

However, these professionals are obviously different from ordinary movie fans. They not only know how to hide, but also know the essence of sneak shots.

Sometimes the crew looked through the newspaper the next day and found out: Hey, we were filmed again?

Of course, William is the main character that the reporters can’t do their part to take pictures, but as “America’s Sweetheart”, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, who joined the group in the later period, are also often in the camera. Many things are no longer secrets under the media’s attention. At least their wedding plans have been exposed early.

In fact, various media are still very sorry for Brad Pitt's entry into the group, making this movie a warm collaboration of friends, otherwise, they would definitely have to speculate about William Bradley and Jennifer Aniston Is there any spark between!

All factors combined, "Meet Your Father-in-Law" has not yet finished, and it has become so popular that everyone knows that there is such a film.

For the crew, this is a good thing, but it is also pressure. Pressure breeds motivation. Director Jay Roach thinks about how to make the movie more perfect every day. Even if it is a comedy, it must be a classic comedy.

The pressure brought by the attention also forced William to hire two bodyguards from Deyang International.

It was said that they were hired, but it was actually sent by Lance. If William hadn't resolutely refused, he might have to take over at least four.

After all, his identity is different now. He is not only a star, but also a billionaire. 30 years ago, the Manson family dared to break into Beverly Hills and brutally killed the wife of the famous director Roman Polanski. Sharon, who was pregnant at the time Tate, 30 years later, the social security in the United States has not changed much. In fact, the crime rate in many big cities is still among the best in the world. For example, in Chicago, it is still normal for citizens not to go out casually at night.

Both bodyguards are over six feet five inches (1.95cm) tall, muscular and ruthless, both are, and both have served as Navy SEALs.When William learned about the general resumes of the two bodyguards during the chat, what he thought was that if he wanted to play a soldier or an agent in the future, he would have two ready-made templates by his side.

……

"Kim Cosey!"

"Kim Cosey, come here."

A Himalayan cat with fluffy long hair is jumping lightly in the corridor.

Behind it, a man with disheveled hair and who was described as somewhat embarrassed just opened the door, saw the cat, and immediately chased after it while shouting the name of the Himalayan cat.

The Himalayan cat quickly took advantage of the unique advantages of felines and jumped onto a climbing ladder decorated with green vines leading to the roof.

Waving its furry paws, it climbed sensitively on the ladder, and soon climbed to the height of the middle of the house.

"Meow meow meow—" the man just ran to the bottom of the ladder, and called out helplessly: "Hey, Jin Kexi——"

The Himalayan cat stood in the middle of the ladder and turned back, and then without hesitation...

Jumped into the arms of the man.

"NG! Start again!" Director Jay Roach shouted helplessly, and everyone around him who saw this scene couldn't help laughing.

Because this is not at all the same as the script requires, the cat should ignore William's call and jump directly on the roof, but now it has fully demonstrated its nature as a cute pet cat, which makes people love and hate.

William also looked helpless. He raised the Himalayan cat with both hands, ignored the other party's "meow meow" protest, and said to those big, round blue eyes: "Hey, little guy, your name is not Kim Cosey. , why do you react when I call out?"

"Meow." The Himalayan cat's response was just a soft cry, and it didn't even struggle. It obediently hung its limbs in William's hands, and looked like a plush toy from a distance.

Kim Kexi, the Himalayan cat, is a very important pet actor in the movie. It can be said that most of the key plots are driven by him.

From the title "Meet the Father-in-Law", it can be inferred that the main plot of this movie must be the story between the son-in-law and the father-in-law. In fact, it is indeed:

Greg Farke is a humorous and gentle male nurse. One day after he and his girlfriend Pamela Burns fell in love for ten months, Greg was going to propose to his girlfriend, but before he took out the ring , I learned an important piece of information from my girlfriend, that is, my future father-in-law, Jack Burns, is very arbitrary. If he wants to marry a girl from the Burns family, he must get Jack's approval, otherwise it will be absolutely useless.

Greg, who has yet to meet Pamela's parents, immediately decides to go home with his girlfriend on the weekend to attend her sister Debbie's wedding, take the opportunity to please his future father-in-law, and then propose to Pamela at the wedding.

But what Greg didn't expect was that his journey to please his future father-in-law was not smooth from the very beginning, not only because his name, Gaylord Focker, was pronounced exactly the same as that of a gay man, which made the Burns couple feel embarrassed And disgusted, but also because the future father-in-law Jack raised a clever Himalayan cat, Kim Kexi, and Greg hated cats and liked dogs.

To put it simply, in this movie, Greg is a dog-like character, while his father-in-law Jack is picky, suspicious, and arrogant like a cat.

Kim Cosey is Jack's darling and favorite pet, so even though Greg hates cats, he has to pretend to like cats, but probably he really has nothing to do with cats, Kim Cosey not only got into trouble several times Greg was blamed for everything, and he sneaked out of the house, and Greg chased him all over the yard, climbing the roof and the chimney.

What is being filmed now is the scene where Kim Cosey slipped out of the house, causing Greg to jump up and down after him, climbing up to the roof without catching the cat, and almost setting the house on fire.

In all fairness, the difficulty of this scene is quite high, not to say that the performance is difficult. Comedy movies generally do not have high requirements for actors, especially this movie, William's acting skills are more than enough. Most of the scenes he only took one shot and passed up.It’s not that it’s dangerous to shoot on the roof. When the film crew chose the house, they were very careful. They chose a house with a platform about one meter wide under the eaves, so that even if someone accidentally falls on the roof Also, it will only fall on the platform and not directly fall to the ground. Instead, it is too difficult for animal actors to perform according to the requirements of the script.

The cat playing Kim Kexi is actually not Jin Kexi, but Holly. It is a pet cat carefully raised in a pet shop, because the Persian cat has obvious pedigree, thick hair, a round face, round eyes and With a small nose and ears, and the intelligence and gentleness of Siamese cat blood, the key color is also rendered beautifully, so he was bought by the crew at a glance and became Kim Kexi in the film.

Since Elizabeth Taylor participated in 1943, Hollywood's first film starring animals "Lacy the Dog", more and more animal actors have appeared on Hollywood screens. Dogs are the majority, because dogs are indeed better than other animals in terms of obeying orders.

The crew hired an animal trainer and changed the name of the Himalayan cat. Every time a cat appeared on the stage, it had to be rehearsed several times before the official shooting started. In this way, there were still frequent situations, such as everyone called Jin Kexi twice. For months, it was still more responsive to the name Holly.

Another example is now, when others call it Kim Kexi, it doesn't respond, but William calls it Jin Kexi, and immediately jumps over to show its cuteness.

But what this scene requires is that Jin Kexi ignored Gregor's call and climbed directly to the roof...

This is a bit of a headache, even the director can't figure it out, there are so many people teasing and hugging it every day, why does this cat love to cling to William?

This is not at all the same as the script requires, and the scenes related to William and cats are almost out of production.

"Will, don't let Kim Kexi fall asleep!" Seeing the Himalayan cat scratching its chin in William's arms, squinting its eyes comfortably and almost falling asleep, Jay Roach hurriedly urged.

The main location of the film’s story is in Burns’ house. The layout is small and there are few scenes. With the strong actors, the filming is also very fast. There are only a few more scenes that can be completed, but because the remaining few scenes are related to Kim It is related to Cauchy, because Mr. Cat is not easy to serve, the shooting efficiency is very slow compared with before.

William stopped scratching his chin and stroked the tip of his tail instead. The Himalayan cat immediately frowned, its round eyes wide open and its back arched, trying to stand up from William's arms.

William used to think that he liked dogs better, but during the past two months, he often teased Kim Kexie, and he found that he actually had no resistance to all cute little animals.

A year suddenly popped up in his mind, and William asked the director while holding Kim Cosey to prevent it from falling, "Can I buy it after the film is finished?"

Hollywood has always had a tradition of selling unused costumes and props after filming, just like the "Heart of the Ocean" in "Titanic", and Peter Jackson is also preparing to wait for "Lord of the Rings" to finish filming Finally, sell all those horses and less important props. Generally speaking, commemorative props are very popular, and you can't buy them without saying hello in advance.

"If you can let it finish filming the next few scenes honestly, it's okay to give it to you!" Jay Roach shouted.

Many people at the scene heard this sentence and were very jealous. There were not a few people in the crew who took aim at this Himalayan cat, even including Robert De Niro and Bryce Danner, excluding Jennifer Aniston And Brad Pitt, those two are dogs, and they have a very ugly pit bull.

Although there are many people who want Kim Kexi, but since William and the director have spoken, everyone else has died down—if the crew decides who belongs to him through auction in the end, they will not be able to grab a billionaire, right?

William finally threw a few high-end cat food biscuits on the roof, and successfully made the Himalayan cat run towards the roof.

——It’s just that as an actor who often flies around the world, he hasn’t thought about how to raise a cat yet.

……

"William Bradley, he will come, right?" the young man in a tuxedo asked, his eyes filled with expectation and uncertainty: "President?"

The man he called the president was brown-haired and brown-eyed, and he was also wearing a custom-made tuxedo, and the cut looked better. The two were standing on the spiral staircase, and there was a crowd of fun-seekers underneath, all of them 20. Young people around age.

But if you look carefully, you will know that under the spiral staircase, there are many young people in the large old-style room. They don't pay attention to the blond girl with hot body beside them. Many people look at the entrance from time to time. place.

In fact, the group of beautiful and intelligent girls around them-all students from other prestigious schools in the Boston area-are also looking forward to it.

They were waiting for William Bradley, now a gold medalist at Harvard's ultimate club, Porsleyan.

"It should be." The president said.He called the other party, but he was not sure whether the other party wanted to come, but there was no need to tell others about this kind of thing, otherwise where would his authority as the president be put?

The current president of the Bosleyan Club is not Harold Vaughn, who has already graduated. The current president has been in office for more than a year, but he has only met William Bradley two or three times. All the members add up to dozens of people, and not every party can be attended. Although the new members in the past two years are very curious about William Brandley, their eyes are always on the top of their heads, and they only want to meet if they have a chance No, there is no need to deliberately create opportunities.

However, when a series of news such as "Forbes" came out recently, this curiosity suddenly turned over N squares, and I wanted to meet real people even more-many family trees of members of the Persian Club can be traced back to the Civil War. , but with their prominent family backgrounds, the real family circumstances of many of them have already fallen to the same level as ordinary rich people.

This is also an inevitable law of the development of the world. The Rockefeller family was very prominent half a century ago, but now it is about to disappear. President Roosevelt, the most famous member in the history of the Persian Club, does anyone remember where his descendants are?

What's more, most of those who can join Persian while in school are from political families, but what is the most lacking in politics?U.S. dollars, a lot of dollars, as the saying goes, behind every presidential candidate, there is one or even several billionaires.

William Bradley was not very popular when he first joined the Porcellian Club. Now, he has already become one of the sky and the other of the world. These rising stars in the American political circle can compete with a Hollywood superstar Lukewarm, but definitely not trying to please a billionaire with a high reputation and a wide network.

This was one of the reasons the current president had called to invite William to the last Pangee party for the school year in Persleng.

Another reason is to suppress the recent arrogance of Phoenix and other ultimate clubs.

Last year, because Persilian's standards for recruiting new members were as strict as ever, the Phoenix Club distributed invitations on campus. Persilian was picky about family background and status, while Phoenix favored ability and wealth. In order to save the face lost in the previous two years, Phoenix organized a variety of social parties last year, and it overwhelmed Persleng and other ultimate clubs in the limelight of the school.

An important reason why fraternity organizations like the Ultimate Club can attract almost all school students is that they basically control the most beautiful resources of college girls in the entire Boston area.

Two clubs held parties at the same time today, and this club invited the smartest and most beautiful girls, while the other club had to find other beautiful girls.

In order to win the Phoenix Club, the people of Persleng pulled William Bradley out as a signboard. It is not an exaggeration to say that the eyes of all the female representatives at that time were lit up, and they quickly abandoned Phoenix and invested in Persleng's team. embrace.

It even included a lot of babes from liberal arts colleges, the haughty babes who went to the same school as First Lady Hillary Clinton, and were the hardest to get.

But the current president is not sure whether the other party will come. After all, since the former president Harold Vaughan graduated, many new members have no friendship with William Bradley.

However, it was the thought of Harold Vaughan that made the current chairman feel hot. It was because of William Bradley that the other party got acquainted with Lance Roderick, and now he is in Queens and Manhattan. A small piece of cake was shared in the renovation project, and it has become an upstart in the Upper East Side of New York.

"It's him!"

"My God, he really came!"

The sound of startled breathing from below shocked the current president, and he looked towards the entrance.

The man who was surrounded by everyone and worshiped like a fan chasing an idol was William Bradley. He didn't even need to see his face clearly, but only by his general appearance and temperament, he could tell the difference.

The current chairman straightened his collar, with a bright and friendly smile on his face, and walked downstairs.

'William Bradley is graduating this summer, try to be friends until he graduates! The current president is planning: "Ten years later, if I have the ability to run for governor, maybe this alumni relationship will play an unexpected role?" '