The top of fame and fortune [Comprehensive British and American]

At the end of the three-hour audition, director Coppola and producer Paramount, who had been conflicting in recent days, finally found their favorite 'Mary Corleone'.

"After signing the performance contract, you may not be able to get a vacation back to the United States before the filming of the crew in Italy ends." The audition just ended, and Jane Jenkins, the casting director of the "Godfather 3" crew, soon handed over the contract to Erica signed.

Then he explained to her, "Due to the absence of the actor who played Mary, the filming has fallen behind the original plan. And tomorrow morning, you will go to Sicily with the crew to start filming."

Erica, as an 'emergency replacement' actor, naturally could not enjoy weeks or even months of free time to wait for the shooting plan to start.In fact, at present, the entire crew of "The Godfather 3" has spent as long as a month waiting for Mary to join the crew.

During this period, the crew of "The Godfather 3" has completed the related filming in Rome. Thankfully, the scene of 'Mary Corleone' is not involved.

At present, the role of Mary has finally been settled, and the crew decided to transfer to Sicily as soon as possible to catch up with the shooting plan.

Erica showed a determined smile to Jane Jenkins, looking very professional and credible, "I can participate at any time."

"I'm glad you showed up," Jenkins said in a more friendly tone, with Hollywood-style hyperbolic praise. "You're definitely going to be famous in one fell swoop, and your audition performance is amazing."

This casting director, who has been in the industry for many years, is obviously expressing friendship with Erica.As for the reason, apart from her excellent audition performance, I am afraid it is even more difficult to rule out that she has a powerful manager.

For example, Erica got the performance contract. It was because of Michael Ovitz's strong control that she was able to get a salary of 50 yuan.

Moreover, Ovitz requested that the payment of this remuneration should not be delayed, and the star salary model should be adopted and allocated to Erica as an advance payment.

In other words, when she signed the contract, Paramount had to pay her bill and write a check.

So when Erica walked into the restaurant of the resort hotel where the crew of "The Godfather 3" lived temporarily during lunch time, there was already an extra 50 yuan check in her leather bag.

And Michael Ovitz, who offered to have lunch with her, continued, "In a year, I'm going to make it tenfold."

This statement sounds almost too arrogant to believe.

In Hollywood, a salary of 500 million yuan has become the salary ceiling for an actress, and now only the highest-paid female star, Barbra Streisand, can enjoy this price alone.

And it's just a one-year period to raise Erica's salary to the highest level in the industry, which is undoubtedly a fantasy.

But when this sentence came from Michael Ovitz, it seemed a little convincing.

In recent years, Ovitz has frequently put pressure on the producers, requiring directors and actors to earn more pay, and get dividends from the box office, which is gradually triggering a rise in Hollywood pay.

The industry predicts that in just three years, the remuneration quotations of Hollywood stars may increase by two to three times as a whole.

Erica, on the other hand, didn't seem excited about Ovitz's remarks. She poked the pine nut basil salad in front of her with a silver fork, and exclaimed, "This sounds really crazy, and it doesn't seem to conform to financial laws at all."

"Hollywood has never had any rational rules at all." Ovitz drank the wine from the top winery in Piedmont. He spoke with the arrogance that he has been in the top position for many years and has never been defeated. He raised his glass and signaled, "As long as If you keep winning the roles and making great strides, I will be able to grab you a high salary that has never been done before.”

Erika lifted the tulip-shaped wine glass and touched his, with a lazy and magnetic voice, "I like to challenge the rules and let them act according to my will."

"It's wonderful, ma'am, your appearance has revived my interest in the brokerage business." Ovitz praised, this strong and ambitious young man really has the same temperament as him.

But after the lunch between the two, Ovitz did not continue to stay on the "Godfather 3" crew. He quickly left and returned to New York to continue his busy M&A challenges.

You see, although this big shot thinks highly of Erica at the moment, as a newcomer to the film, of course she cannot be cared for by her agent or film crew like the most valuable first-line star.

At least for now, it will take two to three days for the assistant appointed by CAA to come to Italy to take up her post. During this period, Erica has to rely on herself to handle everything.

For example, find the assistant director Gianni Alduni who is in charge of related affairs, and go to get the key to her hotel room tonight.

When Erica and Arduni met, the other party was booking the ferry ticket to Sicily tomorrow morning on the phone. He quickly settled everything and handed over the room key to Erica, "I'm so sorry, I should send it in advance Send it for you."

This gentleman with obvious Italian appearance features can also be called friendly towards Erica.

But this time it wasn't because she was good looking or had a big name manager.It's because of the personal information Erica provided before the audition, which has been circulated among the crew.

Therefore, in the crew, almost everyone knows that the final chosen 'Mary Corleone' is also a descendant of Italian immigrants——

Italian-Americans have some very interesting characteristics, and they have always been known to get along with any race.And they don't take the 'color boundary' of racial discriminators seriously, and have even been attacked by white people in the southern United States because of this, thinking that they have destroyed the concept of "white supremacy".

But while they live in harmony with other ethnic groups, they also have a very clear and close sense of identity with the descendants of Italian immigrants who also live in the United States.

The reason for this habit may be that the Italians who immigrated to the United States in the early days were mostly displaced people at the bottom. They gathered in the "Italian City" in the east coast cities for many years. It took a century of perseverance and hard work to finally break free from poverty and low social status.

Therefore, even though Erica has Jewish ancestry and is not a typical Italian Latin ethnicity, this did not affect the descendants of Italian immigrants who accounted for more than half of the crew of "The Godfather 3", from the main creator to the actors, and formed some natural closeness to her.

And Erika will naturally not let this kind of goodwill disappear, getting along with the crew in harmony will undoubtedly make her months-long filming work smoother.

She accepted the key politely, and did not show arrogance because she was about to play an important role, "I should thank you for solving the housing problem for me so quickly."

After all, it has only been two hours since she officially signed the contract to get this role.And the assistant director has always had a lot of affairs, even if she postponed renting a place for her until evening, it was not considered a work mistake.

Erica's decent and polite response made Alduni's recognition of her even more, and he offered to suggest, "I will transfer to Sicily early tomorrow morning, and you can arrange the remaining half day at your own discretion, such as choosing It’s also good to go out and visit the city of Rome.”

"This proposal is very good. I really need to go out temporarily." The reason Erica found the assistant director was not only to collect the keys, but also to explain her travel itinerary.

When she came to Italy, she only packed very simple luggage, so she naturally needed to buy some clothes and daily necessities.But in order to prevent the crew from losing contact with her, Erika believes that she should inform the relevant staff in advance.

After all, in the 90s now, mobile phones are not only a luxury, but most of them are too big to carry. Even in Hollywood crews, the usage rate is quite limited.

Assistant director Alduni asked her thoughtfully, "Do you want the crew to arrange a car for you?"

After all, the other party is just a young girl under the age of 20, and she is in a foreign country, so the crew should make some proper arrangements.

However, Erica has always been independent to the point of arbitrariness. She is not used to being a caretaker, so she refused with a smile, "I saw a lot of taxis parked outside the hotel, and I can take them."

Alduni didn't insist, he was really busy with his work affairs, and it's certainly not a bad thing to be able to lose one unplanned job.

At the same time, he found that the young girl in front of him was very good at handling things.

For example, not only did she not ask him to do one more job, she also quickly ended the conversation politely and left his studio.Instead of letting the two waste time in ineffective communication, causing his already busy affairs to continue to pile up.

"Smart girl." Gianni Arduni praised himself.

As for Erica, who had already left the assistant director's office, after putting her light luggage into the hotel room, she planned to go out by car.

Leaving the hotel lobby with a long and beautiful building, Erica needs to go through a garden-style passage before approaching the white taxi parked beside the street in the block.

But almost as soon as she stepped onto the side of the road, there was a passionate engine sound, and the next moment, a top-notch Italian sports car with a dark color stopped in front of her.

And when the window came down, Erica saw what might be the sexiest male face in the world.

The slender light in the afternoon spilled into the car, making him appear in the spotlight, but even so, on him, the black suit was still crisp without any trace of wrinkles, and the velvet tie and French shirt were very elegant.

So flashy and eye-catching, but full of aristocratic style.

Then, the sharp face turned to her, the blue eyes met her gaze, the corners of the lips were slightly drawn, and the voice was deep and seductive, "My lady, can I have the honor to enjoy a Roman holiday with you?"