~： Six hundred and ten - Hollywood's exploitation of women

Tom does not have many friends in the circle, which is related to his self-centered and sensitive personality, his inhumane eccentricities, and his extreme arrogance. There are only a handful of people who have caught his eye and become friends.

It happens that Will-Smith is similar to him. As a new box office guarantee that has risen rapidly in recent years, the two quickly became friends because of their similar status in the circle and certain hobbies.

Wayne is a little different. Although Tom Cruise is usually out of his mind, he has always been sober enough to deal with his relationship. Just like the cancellation of the cooperation in "Iron Man" this time, he invited the other party at the first time and told the reason in person.

Hollywood has countless projects negotiated every day. This is a well-established business society. The two parties cannot reach an agreement due to differences or accidents. Similar situations can be said to be very common.

The reason why Tom did this is to show enough respect and avoid some speculations and misunderstandings that affect the relationship between the two parties.

He knows better than anyone that Wayne is never just a simple director. If he goes deeper, the other party itself represents one of the biggest capitals in the circle. Although his low profile over the years has made many people ignore his identity as a major shareholder of Warner Bros., he has not forgotten it at all, as long as the other party thinks about how much media power can erupt.

That's right, even though Wayne holds a large number of Warner Bros. shares, he has never participated in the management and operation of the company over the years, and has always given the image of being obsessed with the director's work, but as long as the shares in his hands are still there, he will say no in the future. There must be a situation where his help is needed.

Just like a promise made by Wayne on the yacht today, don't look at it as a fluttering "If you need help, you can call me at any time". These two fluttering sentences are the biggest gain of Tom's yacht party today.

At midnight, on the sea near Malibu, the yacht was floating with the undulating waves. Apart from the crew on the yacht, Tom was also holding a glass of whisky, sitting on the deck and looking at the night sky.

"Why did they come out? Hmm?"

Suddenly, there was a low laugh from a girl, Tom Cruise looked serious, turned to look at the other **** the deck, and said unceremoniously: "Go ask what happened, I don't want to ..."

"Mr. Cruise, I'll go now."

Jennifer Seth, the PR company's supervisor who stayed on the yacht, also felt a headache after seeing Tom's serious expression. She is now afraid that these girls will offend the big man in the guest room for some reason. You know, the three big circles on this ship, none of their companies can afford to offend any of them.

Seeing the woman walking towards the three models, Tom Cruise took a sip from the glass and shook his head helplessly.

It's best not to select carefully selected model girls, who were kicked out by Wayne because of willfulness and other reasons. Otherwise, he would definitely let this company that organizes parties in the name of a public relations agency know what Hollywood rules are.

"It seems that you have carefully studied Wayne's taste, huh?"

Wearing a pair of big beach shorts, Will Smith walked over swayingly, sat down beside him, pulled a bottle of beer from the ice bucket, and shook his head jokingly. "Wow, look, amazingly tall, long legs, exquisite face, model-like body, and the white seems to be glowing. Tsk tsk tsk, bro, these three hot girls with almost the same body, what the **** are you doing? Where did you get it from?"

"This is Los Angeles, Will."

As if he hadn't heard his friend's ridicule, Tom Cruise touched him with a glass of wine, shrugged, and said in a low voice, "Just ask and pay."

"Well, I like yacht bikini parties, I'm going to love this kind of party to death."

Lifting his head and gulping down a bottle of beer, Will Smith sighed. Seeing that he was a little confused, Brother Tom shook his head helplessly. Obviously, this guy may have been confused because of alcohol and leaf cigarettes.

"Mr. Cruise."

Jennifer Seth, the director of the public relations company, trotted back quickly, glanced carefully at Will Smith, who was muttering, and crouched on the deck and whispered, "The three of them said that the female assistant was the one who was there. When they came out, the assistant said, Mr. Greenberg needed jet lag and rest."

Speaking of this, she pondered for a while, and when she saw Tom's eyes, she immediately added: "I have asked carefully, and Mr. Greenberg is very satisfied with the services of the three of them, and he is not unhappy at all. Emotions......"

"Warn them to keep your mouth shut!"

Nodding with satisfaction, Tom Cruise stretched out a finger, nodded to the woman squatting on the ground, and said in a low voice: "If I hear that there are gossip media reporting this... "

"Of course, I'm saying this will never happen."

Jennifer Seth nodded frantically like a chicken pecking at rice, with a grim expression on her face. "I promise, unless these b***h want to sell themselves for the rest of their lives to pay off their debts!"

At this time, in the large and luxurious bedroom of the yacht, Wayne did not feel sleepy even though his head was still drowsy. Some helplessly glanced at the assistant, picked up the water glass by the head of the bed, raised his head and took a few sips, moisturizing the throat that was a little dry after drinking.

"Nina, I have serious doubts now, have you been squatting at the door of the bedroom to eavesdrop!" Putting down the water glass, he teased the assistant: "Dear Ms. Klein, if you are so busy, maybe you should go and talk to the assistant. Talk to the handsome sailors on the boat, and maybe you will have a windfall."

"The three women screamed wildly, as if someone wanted their lives."

Miss Assistant pouted, raised her head to face her boss, rolled her eyes without any scruples. "You don't have to crouch at the bedroom door to hear it."

Looking at the assistant who didn't care, Wayne felt a headache. As soon as the battle was over on his side, she pushed open the door and chased away all the girls in the name of needing a rest. Nina was the only one by his side. out.

This woman has brains and abilities, but she still has absolute trust in her. When she expresses that she is doing this for your own good with a frigid expression, it is undoubtedly a very troublesome thing.

"Do you need me to turn off the lights for you? Boss?"

He picked up the kettle and silently filled the water glass by Wayne's bed. Nina raised her head and asked Nunu.

"Shit, I'm not sleepy at all right now!"

Wayne shook his head. The big yacht looked like a hill on the sea, but in fact it was still swaying with the waves. It wasn't because of its size that it couldn't feel the waves. The first time he slept on a boat, the big bed that swayed back and forth slightly made it very difficult for him to adapt for a while.

He waved at the assistant miss, he let out a long breath, and reached out to touch the Marlboro by the bed. "Let's talk about anything, it seems that I won't have a good rest tonight."

Nina pushed the glasses on her face. The first thought was to go back to the room to get her briefcase. Since she couldn't sleep for the time being, she would simply talk about the serious business at work.

The moment she got up, she looked at the tiredness on Wayne's face, hesitated for a while, sighed in her heart, and gave up her plan. "Even Tom Cruise is not optimistic about the prospect of "Charlie's Angels", boss, I never believed that you would spend $65 million to please a woman."

From the 1990s to the present, Nina has been with him for nearly eight years, and she believes that she has a fairly thorough understanding of his conduct and behavior. After entering this circle for so many years, the assistant lady also believes that she knows some things very well. In her impression, Hollywood has really not seen any popular movies from a female perspective.

In fact, she is also a little confused about this question. With her boss's character, it is absolutely useless. If you don't see enough benefits, you will definitely not wave your hand and invest tens of millions of dollars. But she doesn't believe the so-called speculation of spending money for women, because the two are contradictory in themselves.

Although no one is stupid enough to say it out loud, sexism is everywhere in the entire circle, and his boss is an out-and-out tyrant full of machismo.

Nina knows that, perhaps except for Naomi Watts, the other women are more like toys in the eyes of her boss. Although it is cruel to say this, the reality is that it is basically the same as the three who had just been kicked out by herself. , there won't be much difference.

"Nina, "Charlie's Angels" will make a lot of money for us, and movies with similar perspectives will continue to appear in the future." Wayne shrugged, took a deep breath of the cigarette in his hand, and the expression on his face was like a The fox who stole the chick. "Compared to normal film projects, Greenberg Studios can make more money by investing in films with a female perspective."

"Because of the salary?!"

This is Nina's thought, and based on her knowledge of her own boss, it is also the most likely reason.

"That's right." Wayne nodded, not feeling ashamed at all for taking advantage of the disadvantaged group of women. "It's just because of the salary. Compared with the male stars of the same rank, the salary of female stars is too cheap, isn't it?"

Maybe already famous actresses like Naomi Watts, Charlize Theron, and even Nicole Kidman will always be the center of the media lens in public, always the highlight, but compared to For almost famous actors, actresses like them are actually subject to invisible sexism all the time.

For example, if they are both second-tier stars and star in a movie together, the treatment between male and female stars is not a little bit worse. Apart from the usual treatment of the crew, in terms of salary alone, female stars are more than half less than male stars. The salary is only one-third or even less of that of male stars, which is the most common scene in the circle.

"I know that female stars are cheap, but..." As a woman who advertises independence and advocates independent women, Nina naturally feels a burst of unfairness. But similar injustice to women is flooding the entire Hollywood industry chain, and it is impossible to change because of someone's efforts.

"It's just, boss, why is it like this? I mean, why are women in the circle discriminated against in every way? Why do almost everyone in the circle think that projects with women's perspectives cannot be successful? "

For these common phenomena that everyone seems to recognize, Miss Assistant has been a little puzzled since she entered Hollywood. You must know that discrimination against women has not only appeared in the industry of actors, but also in behind-the-scenes workers and even in film companies.

"There are probably two reasons."

Wayne leaned on the head of the bed with a cigarette in his mouth, thought for a moment, and explained: "First of all, the first aspect is because of traditional concepts. In the hearts of most practitioners in Hollywood, they stubbornly believe that women are the dominant players. The project cannot be successful.

The reason for this universal concept is that in the past few decades, including the golden age of Hollywood in the media's mouth, there has never been a movie with women taking the lead and thus achieving great success. Of course, many film companies and film investors have tried this road, but the final result, without exception, is bloody. "

When she heard that a project with women taking the lead and never had a big hit, Nina immediately asked, "Then Julia Roberts..."

"Julia Roberts, it can be said that she is very close to being a leader, but unfortunately." Mentioning this woman, Wayne smiled and shook his head, but still gave a negative answer.

"If you think about it carefully, you can find that the successful films of Julia Roberts are all the silly big sister images that male audiences like the most, and their routes are also looking for love, but in fact they are still trying their best to please men. Happy."

There was one thing he didn't say, but Nina could think of it herself. Like Julia Roberts, who can represent an era in Hollywood, how many are there in the entire circle?

Indeed, it seems that in every era, there are representative actresses in Hollywood, but these actresses who can individually appeal to the box office are still very few. Dazui Zhu has almost reached the top of this road, and the salary is only short-term comparable to that of the same male star.

This kind of actress who can represent an era basically cannot be replicated, which is why Wayne suggested to Naomi Watts to start with a commercial vase. In the current environment, the best way to raise the status of actresses is to keep appearing in big-selling commercial films, even in the form of a vase.

"The second and most important point." Wayne glanced at the assistant lady, shrugged, and continued, "Because from the beginning to the present, there have been far fewer female characters in Hollywood movies than men. too much."

Very simple, as if in people's impression, Hollywood has never lacked female stars, and even the number of female stars is no less than that of male stars. However, the fact is just the opposite. There are far fewer female characters in the movie with enough roles than normal male characters, and the difference is very different.

For example, in "Batman: The Dark Knight", how many female characters are there? Similar situations can be found just by thinking carefully.

The 50% female practitioners in the circle have fierce competition among them, which is more than ten times that of the half and 50% male actors. The reason is very simple, because their employment opportunities are not even men’s. One-tenth of an actor.

Therefore, there is never a shortage of beautiful girls in the circle who are pleasing to the eye, and the film company has a lot of room to make choices. This has resulted in the competition of dozens or hundreds of all kinds of beautiful girls for a vase role, and no matter how low the salary is, there will never be a shortage of beautiful girls nodding.

"Then you also invest 65 million US dollars to let Nami and the others..." Nina raised her eyebrows and looked at the man on the bed with her eyes shining, her tone incredulous.

"Note that the social situation is also changing little by little."

Wayne smiled and explained: "In North American society, there are many ideas that have gradually become more and more open in the past two years. For example, people are paying more and more attention to racial issues, such as various voices for disadvantaged groups, such as . …”

"Feminism!"

Although in today's society, the voice for women's rights has not become the mainstream voice, but Nina also feels that the related voices appear more and more frequently, and there are more and more women's rights organizations.

"Capital is profit-seeking, including me."

Wayne nodded and put out the cigarette **** into the ashtray. "You've seen the script of "Charlie's Angels" and you should know that the three "angels" in this film are not silly and sweet in their bones. Each has unique skills to form a team. They may not be suitable for fighting alone, but each Individuals have their own lives.

This means that a beautiful face and a **** and hot body can attract male audiences and at the same time make women comfortable to some extent. On the whole, the success rate of the film is not low at all, and once the film is initially successful. "

"Then, "Tomb Raider", "Resident Evil", and even "Black Widow" for which we own the copyright can all be put on the agenda in a short time!"

Nina's eyes narrowed, and she looked at her boss full of admiration, and she continued with Wayne's words: "If we follow the usual style of Warner Bros., we can even go directly to the sequel of "Charlie's Angels", until the audience is very interested in the genre. Until the movie gets tired of aesthetics!

And whether it is "Tomb Raider" or "Resident Evil", they are all projects that can be serialized. As long as you make money, you can continue to make them alternately! Although the production cost of these films is not low, but the starring is female, there will be a lot of production funds left from the remuneration! "

Speaking, the assistant lady relaxed her upper body, stared at Wayne leaning on the sofa in the bedroom, the corners of her mouth slowly turned up, put on a very shrill voice, and said, "Boss, you are worthy of your capitalist blood, and you are satisfied Your perverted philatelic addiction makes those women try their best to please you, while using their relatively cheap labor to keep making money for you..."

"f**k, needless to say so directly!"

Wayne laughed and exclaimed. If he broke all his plans and smashed them into pieces, the truth would be exactly as Nina said. But he was not at all embarrassed, and even from the bottom of his heart, he felt at ease that he had provided opportunities for women.

This is far from being exploitative. Even if the two-year plan is successfully implemented, it will be a complete win-win situation. The two parties are completely equivalent transactions.

Some women use this to become completely famous and gain the coveted fame and fortune. Isn't it a win-win for Greenberg Studio to make a lot of profits and at the same time increase the value of the studio itself?

Wayne is really not afraid of women other than Naomi Watts. As he said, this circle has never been short of beautiful and **** dream girls. Some are young actors who are always ready to become famous, willing to Fame pays any price.

"Turn off the light for me and go back to sleep."

He waved to Miss Assistant. With a smile on his lips, he got into the bed that kept shaking slightly and closed his eyes.

As the lights went out, he was actually thinking about the plans for Greenberg's studio in the past two years. For women with relatively low salaries, shooting several serialized projects is only one aspect. Including the long-term plan "The Lord of the Rings", the studio has several projects on the table.

There are also "Shakespeare in Love" that only invests and does not participate in the production and distribution, "Iron Man" to be determined, etc. All kinds of plans are interspersed back and forth in his mind, making him fall asleep unknowingly.

On the third day after the yacht party, all the crew related to "The Flash" began to gather at Warner Studios early in the morning.

Since the morning, the studio has been lively. Gilmour's voice of commanding and coordinating has continued to sound. The photography team led by Robert is immersed in the final adjustment of all the camera equipment before shooting, props, set, lighting , stunt and other groups are also preparing for the work in an orderly manner.

The joy of the first day of construction can be seen on the faces of every staff member, and the entire crew is full of energy. But in the studio dressing room, the atmosphere was extraordinarily depressing.

"James, get ready." The agent looked at the client who had already put on makeup, and when there were only the two of them in the dressing room, he deliberately lowered his voice to remind. "Before the crew officially filmed the first scene I took the initiative to talk to Wayne."

"I take the initiative to apologize, my attitude is sincere, I understand." James Frank's face is also quite ugly. Now they don't know whether Wayne Greenberg, the absolute master of the crew, will be because of his broken body a few days ago. things, thereby creating a prejudice against him.

There have been all kinds of gossip in the circle, and there is even news that Wayne will find a reason to replace the hero of "The Flash" before filming begins. Similar rumors have made James Franco have not slept well these days.

Looking at the client who lit a cigarette and was silently fascinated, the agent felt helpless for a while. He knows better than anyone what kind of virtue his client is. If he loses the hero of "The Flash" because of the bad things that happened to him, he can guess the result in the future.

A young actor who has not yet become famous was kicked out by Wayne Greenberg's crew before filming began. I am afraid that more than 90% of the projects in the circle will not use this actor again.

"clang clang clang"

A few knocks sounded on the door, and the agent glanced at the stunned client, sighed and opened the door of the dressing room.

Entering was Sofia Coppola, the assistant director of the crew. Of course the agent knew her, but who didn't know Francis Coppola's daughter. But as soon as the assistant director spoke, the hearts of the two people in the dressing room were lifted. "Mr. Franco, Director Greenberg asked you to come to his office and have something to talk to you about!"

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