America's Road to Wealth

September 10th,

A warm breeze blows through the City of Angels.

Since Anne left New York,

Come to Los Angeles to audition and participate in the audition and filming of Disney's new film The Princess Diaries.

Half a month has passed.

On the third day after arriving in Los Angeles, she passed the formal audition.

Won the role of Mia, the heroine of The Princess Diaries.

Everything is going smooth.

The audition was passed, the contract was signed, and relevant training began.

The training period is one month, and then half a month's rest.

The movie will probably start shooting at the end of November this year, and the filming is expected to take four months.

She signed a three-month schedule and was paid $250,000 before tax.

The total investment in The Princess Diaries is US$30 million, including Xuanfa.

The bulk of the investment budget lies mainly with the director, who is Gary Marshall.

This is a well-known master of American family comedy.

He has filmed popular comedy films such as Enemies, Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride.

Gary Marshall received $2 million and a 9% cut.

He is the only big name in the crew and the one who has earned the most.

In comparison, Anne can only get 250,000.

Another leading actor, the actor who plays the male lead, also received $250,000.

This US$250,000 salary will be paid after tax is paid and the brokerage company takes a commission.

Of the $250,000, there is probably about $150,000 left.

Making $150,000 in three months seems like a lot.

But for stars in the entertainment industry, this money may not be enough for three months of equipment expenses.

So before becoming famous, at least become a third-tier star with a salary of more than one million US dollars.

The income of other Hollywood actors is really not that much.

Of course.

There aren't many of them, just to compare with their upper echelons.

Compare with their consumption views and consumption.

Compared with other ordinary professions, this income is still very considerable.

In the past, I could get a salary of US$250,000.

She can also be the heroine of a movie.

Anne Hathaway must be overjoyed and willing to do anything.

But now, four months have passed since she met Abel.

It has been almost two months since she enjoyed a life that many Hollywood A-listers cannot afford.

This income, this treatment.

It’s hard to get Anne Hathaway excited anymore.

If nothing else, the clothes in her suitcase.

There are also jewelry and other things that I brought over.

The combined value is over half a million dollars.

The salary of US$250,000 was really hard to excite her.

Fortunately, she is young after all.

When I was young, I loved being focused by the flashbulb.

So, what could be easier to attract the spotlight than being a star?

Attracted by fame, she is still willing to work hard to star in, film and work well.

After all, this has been her hobby since she was a child, and it is also her mother's dream.

On this day, Annie came to CAA's headquarters in Los Angeles.

She wants to come here and receive training from the acting teacher specially hired by CAA for her.

Besides, this is not a privilege.

This is how most Hollywood crews treat newcomers and young actors.

That is, before the filming of a movie officially starts, acting teachers are often asked to help train the leading actors.

The money was provided by the crew, and the people were found by CAA.

She will stay here for a month and receive one month of relevant training.

Annie has been here many times, so she is already familiar with the place.

The large Mercedes-Benz nanny car she was traveling in stopped in the parking lot outside the CAA headquarters.

After the vehicle stops.

A strong white man jumped out of the passenger compartment.

After the man got out of the car, his sharp eyes scanned the surroundings.

Then he knocked on the car window.

After a while, on the other side of the cab, the female driver Mary also jumped out.

The man moved to the other side and used his body to cover his sight of the rear compartment door of the Mercedes-Benz nanny car from three directions.

The female driver Mary covered the last direction, then reached out to open the car.

In the carriage, a middle-aged white woman in her forties jumped out first.

Immediately afterwards, Anne Hathaway, who was wearing a simple T-shirt but could not hide her good figure at all, got out of the car wearing glasses.

Then, surrounded by three people, she walked towards the CAA headquarters building.

This scene,

It fell in the eyes of Heather Matarazzo, another actress from The Princess Diaries who also came here today for acting training.

With Heather Matarazzo, her assistant.

Heather Matarazzo has been confirmed to play a supporting role next to the heroine in The Princess Diaries.

She couldn't help but look at Anne going away and said, Jane, look over there.

The assistant responded: I saw it.

Why does she have such a big pomp?

I remember she was just a newcomer.

This scene is almost comparable to those A-level coffees! !

The assistant said, Well, to be honest. Heather, I don't know either.

“But I recognize that car. I remember Julia Roberts’s nanny car was the same one.

My uncle sells cars. He said that this kind of car would cost US$100,000 without customization.

If it is customized, it may be 200,000, or it may be more expensive.

Heather Matarazzo was even more surprised when her assistant said this.

So expensive? It looks like an ordinary Mercedes-Benz car.

Yes. It's just that expensive.

This is even weirder. Heather Matarazzo said: How can she afford such an expensive car!

The assistant advised her: This has nothing to do with us, Heather. In this movie, your main opponent is still her.

Okay. Heather Matarazzo resigned.

The role she plays in Princess Diaries this time is basically a supporting role for the heroine.

In the plot, he is mainly responsible for being funny and foiling the heroine.

She is the best friend of the heroine Mia.

Heather Matarazzo's appearance is really average.

She is lucky to be able to star in a movie.

Even if there were actresses in the cast who could compete with Annie, it would not be her, a supporting actress who doesn't look great and has an average figure.

Let's go, Heather Matarazzo said.

The assistant quickly followed.

The two women left the Nissan car they rented and quickly walked into the CAA headquarters building.

They will meet on the third floor of the building, where CAA's acting classroom is.

The training for actors contracted by CAA usually takes place here.

It is different from the male and female protagonists who have a single acting teacher.

The minor supporting character Heather shares a teacher with several other major supporting characters.

But everyone is on the third floor, because all the acting classrooms are here.

When Heather and her assistant arrived on the third floor, they found that it was quite busy today.

When the assistant inquired,

I just realized that there are several actors from the production team coming to receive acting training today.

These are all things stipulated in the contracts of certain actors contracted by CAA.