Godly Fisherman

What surprised Xiao Peng the most was that Nicholas Cage actually spoke Chinese! Although the accent is unique and the pronunciation is very non-standard, it is indeed Chinese!

Looking at Xiao Peng's surprised expression, Nicholas Cage smiled and said, "Yes, I learned Chinese. It's not surprising. After all, when the whole world didn't love me, it was Huaxia people who extended a helping hand."

Xiao Peng suddenly realized that he patted his forehead: "By the way, you are endorsing a domestic car for China!"

Nicholas Cage smiled bitterly: "Yes, they gave me a good price that I couldn't refuse. No one in the world can give me such a good price like them. Well, in fact, even if it is less, I cannot refuse. Isn’t it? But that car doesn’t seem to sell very well."

Xiao Peng's eyes widened: "Who did you listen to? Well, the car brand you endorsed does not have a very good reputation in the market. Serious quality problems make its sales less than every day, but you don’t have to worry. There are car companies with a background, so they have other ways."

The competition in the China Automotive market is extremely fierce, and the brand endorsed by Nicolas Cage has indeed fallen behind in the competition. There are often serious quality problems, and this CVT gearbox can be frustrated. This is really not what ordinary people can do! But they have a deep background, which car has quality problems? Change the name and continue selling! And the boss behind them gave them a "car to the countryside", which can be seen as the boss helping those car companies with a low reputation to clear their inventory. Similar to the routine of "Home Appliances Going to the Countryside" back then.

The benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees the wisdom. You can say that this is ‘dumping of backward products to the countryside’, or it can be said that it is a ‘key strategy for the transformation of the country’s economy’. It depends on who is speaking.

Xiao Peng was a little curious: "Can I call you Nicholas? This is Emilia, my fiancee."

Nicholas shook hands with Emilia and smiled: "Of course I know Miss Emilia. You can call me Nico or Jin."

Nicholas' full name is: Nicholas-King-Coppola, and you know that this is a family of pears.

His family is really well-known in Hollywood and is hailed as "immortal": the earliest grandfather, Carmine Coppola, was a composer, and the music of the "Godfather" trilogy and "Apocalypse Now" It was created by him, and he also won the Oscar for Best Original Music Award; not to mention his son Francis Ford Coppola, the top Hollywood director, "The Godfather" and "The Vampire" "Nian", "Apocalypse Now", "General Patton" and other business cards are all his works and the winner of the Oscar statuette; his daughter Sophia Coppola is the director of "Lost in Tokyo" and other films, the family Many of the rest are also engaged in the film industry. The whole family has three generations and four people who have won nine Oscars.

Nicholas Cage, the nephew of the great director Francis Coppola, was born in such a family, so he was born as a child star. But he was very spine and didn't want to make people think that he was relying on his family to achieve success, so he changed his name to Nicholas Cage.

Of course, there is a sense of stealing the bell. Who in the whole circle doesn't know that he is from the famous Coppola family?

But in any case, this is the once top-paid actor after all, and now it's incredible to be mixed up to this point.

Xiao Peng asked puzzledly: "Jin, based on your former reputation, now you can make a lot of money by making a few more films? Why do you want to sell the property?"

He still chooses to call him Jin. Calling Mr. Nigu makes him feel like he is in the nunnery: ‘Niko’, ‘Nun’?

Nicholas Cage showed a wry smile when he heard Xiao Peng's words: "But the problem is that nowadays few people come to me for filming. Even if they do, they are low-cost literary films, and the pay is not too high. Just like "Mandy" ."

"Why is this?" Xiao Peng was puzzled by Nicolas Cage's statement. After all, Nicolas Cage is an Oscar actor. If such a person wants to make a movie, isn't many people rushing to find him?

Nicholas Cage explained: "Hollywood is a very mature business. They don't determine who you choose to perform based on your previous glory. Instead, they have a set of precise formulas. Calculate what an actor gets in a recent movie. Box office, and then to determine whether this actor is suitable for this movie, how much money should I get, and so on. You know, I recently became a box office poison, so generally no one will look for me to star in a movie. Recently, The movies I starred in in the past five years can't even be shown on the big screen, almost all of them are sold directly in the form of discs. And the most expensive movie I have received in the last ten years turned out to be in China-but it is also a movie bad movie."

Xiao Peng laughed after hearing this. He knew that the film made with Sister Shenxian invested more than 200 million yuan in a luxury giant production, and the final global box office was 24 million yuan! Just imagine how bad this movie is!

Nicholas Cage shrugged: "I'm not afraid of your jokes. The 2008 financial crisis made me very indebted. In order to repay my debts and maintain family expenses, I can only recklessly film and make money to earn money. The end result is that my reputation accumulated over the years is consumed Exhausted. But I have no other choice, am I?"

Xiao Peng shrugged and said: "I don't understand the entertainment industry at all, but after listening to you, I really recommend that you go to China for development. Our China is not as realistic as yours. In our China, no matter what kind of box office it is. Poison, whether you have acting skills or not, as long as you have a reputation, you can get a sky-high salary. In the end, those investments become the actors' salary, which can only reduce the cost of shooting. In the end, how good the script is because there is no money to make it. Look at our China’s good box office movies in recent years, such as "Wolf Warriors 2", "Wandering Earth", "I'm Not the God of Medicine", "Predecessor 3", "Operation Red Sea", etc.

, Are all films without those high-paid actors. But this still can't prevent those who have no acting skills from getting hundreds of millions of dollars in box office poison. "

Nicholas Cage's eyes widened after hearing this: "So some people look for those actors to film?"

Xiao Peng smiled and said: "Investors don't understand movies. They just listen to the desperate blows of the producers and then pay. They pay attention to who is famous. They think that being famous can bring the box office. Believe me, you Oscar. When the actor arrives in China, he will definitely get a much higher salary than you are here. Maybe you don’t have to sell your collections."

Nicholas Cage shrugged: "I have already sold a lot of collections. Almost all my real estate, yachts, airplanes, etc. are sold out. Now there are only these cars and helicopters, this house and my own house, and Some of the collections in this house. Let’s sell it. You don’t know the property tax of this house and how much money these cars cost me every year. It’s better to sell it and leave the house you live in. Some cars will be sold if they are sold."

Xiao Peng nodded: "It's the best if you can think of it this way, but I can say that I am really a fan of you, but I mean those films from ten years ago, your "Mandy" last year. It’s great, your acting skills inside are superb!"

Nicholas Cage smiled bitterly: "It's a pity that it's an R-rated film. There is no good box office and no high pay."

Xiao Peng smiled and said, "But he still proved that you still have unparalleled acting skills. As a fan of yours, I am really pleased with this."

Nicholas Cage smiled bitterly after hearing this: "You said you are my fan, which makes me feel very ashamed. I'm really sorry. I haven't had any work that satisfies you for more than ten years."

Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "What is there to apologize for? You are doing this for your life. Of course, you are paying for your own behavior. What I can do now is to try my best to take pictures of your collection and help you relieve it. The immediate economic pressure is now."

"Wow, that's the best thing. In fact, you can come here to help me the most. After all, I am a downcast actor now, and you are the focus of the media. Just as we chat now, it is possible to go tomorrow. For an actor, exposure is always the biggest help." Nicholas Cage laughed.

"Hey, Jin, it's not necessary to say that I am so pitiful, the good days are behind!" Xiao Peng smiled: "Besides, I really like your collection. To be precise, I will be from Huaxia came to Los Angeles and came here to participate in the auction."

Nicholas Cage smiled: "If this is the case, it would be really my honor, but your participation in this auction is already the greatest help to me. How can I still let you spend money? I don't know. What's on? I'll just send you to you."

Xiao Peng laughed: "I really know how you lost your fortune. You still have to give me free when you are here?"

Nicholas Cage said: "I have been in China, and I understand the thinking of Chinese people. Didn't you say, "You respect me a foot and I respect you a foot"? From this perspective, I can treat this as me Of course, my investment level is really bad, otherwise I won’t become what I am today, but I firmly believe that this will definitely be my best investment.”

Xiao Peng laughed loudly after hearing this: "I think I can accept you saying that, but you can give me something."

Nicholas Cage was a little anxious after hearing this: "Mr. Samuel, you don’t have to worry about my finances. Although I’m in a very bad situation, it’s relative, at least much better than ordinary people. As long as I take these useless things away. I don’t have much financial pressure."

Emilia can't stand it anymore: "Mr. Cage, we are here this time to take these cars home!"

"Huh? You mean everything?"