Chapter 116 Hollywood Vanity Fair
$119, Hollywood's Vanity Fair
Since Tang Wen came to Los Angeles, people in Hollywood have always wanted to contact this big shot. But they have never had the opportunity.
This day, Tang Wen received an invitation to a banquet from Disney. Disney will hold a ball in Beverly Hills tonight, and they hope Tang Wen can show up.
"It's a bit interesting. It's not bad to go and see the world." Tang Wen said with a smile while holding the invitation.
Hollywood is a vanity fair. The so-called vanity fair must have many banquets. No one knows how many banquets Hollywood holds in a year. It may be a film company or a tycoon.
As the most effective way to contact the upper class, Hollywood's star directors or producers will show up on time whenever there is a banquet, and some supermodels or singers will also find ways to participate.
Banquets are also divided into three, six, and nine levels. The lowest level is the invitation of celebrities, followed by banquets of some producers or film companies.
The top banquets are invitations from business tycoons, and there are also evening parties of top families.
However, these two places are not accessible to ordinary stars, because the world is not short of beautiful people. There are millions of registered actors in Hollywood, and the number is increasing by 100,000 every year.
You know, every boy and girl wants to be famous, but very few people can get the olive branch.
For example, there are hundreds of people attending the Disney banquet tonight. Not counting those who sneaked in, the banquet was held in Beverly Hills, the largest in Hollywood.
At 6 o'clock in the evening, Tang Wen drove slowly towards the banquet under the escort of 6 bodyguard cars.
Tonight's dinner can be said to be full of stars. Not only have all the members of the most famous 10 million clubs expired, but many producers also brought their own "stars" to meet.
You know, the box office of Avengers made Disney and Walt laugh, and today is more like a celebration banquet. Tang Wen came to see it today as the owner of Paramount.
During this period, Tang Wen asked Jesse and others to continuously acquire Paramount's shares. Although Tang Wen only has 60% of the shares on the surface, in fact, Tang Wen's shares have exceeded 70%. It is not surprising that they have full control.
After learning about Tang Wen's "identity", Lei Shi was forced to "help" Tang Wen buy stocks at a low price. Because if he did not cooperate, the consequences would be unbearable for him.
"Who is that?"
"Oh my God, what is that?"
"Which big shot is coming?"
At the gate of Beverly Hills, a group of paparazzi looked at the mighty motorcade and began to ask each other. When they saw a Chinese man coming down from the main car surrounded by a group of bodyguards, everyone was dumbfounded.
Because the bodyguards were blocking them, they could not take pictures of Tang Wen.
"I remember, didn't a Chinese tycoon buy the Mediterranean Manor a few days ago?"
"Shit, he is not the boss of the WF Group? The Chinese who bought Paramount?"
Hearing this, a group of paparazzi wanted to take pictures, but unfortunately Tang Wen had already entered the manor under the escort of the bodyguards.
After learning that the new owner of Paramount, the boss of the WF Group, was coming, the boss of Disney, who was the initiator of this banquet, rushed over.
"Welcome, Mr. Tang." Walter, the boss of Disney, said with a smile.
Why does the boss of Disney care so much about Tang Wen? Because he also knows that the heir of the Morgan family invited Tang Wen. Walter will be more concerned about this kind of capital crocodile.
Although Disney claims to have a market value of 100 billion, remember that it is only a market value. When you have value in front of capital, they will follow you, but once you have no value, it is shit.
Even if you have a market value of 200 billion, you have to kneel down and call daddy under the impact of 30 billion cash. Cash is king in this era. This is not a casual talk.
This is also the reason why Morgan and Rockefeller can stand in America for so long, because the foundation of their family is really a bit terrible, far from being comparable to companies like Disney.
So when he heard that Tang Wen was coming, Walter immediately found his subordinates and asked him to take him to greet Tang Wen.
"You are polite, Mr. Walter, I am very happy to receive your invitation." Tang Wen replied with a smile.
Walter led Tang Wen to the podium, and then solemnly announced to the guests: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am very happy to invite Mr. Tang Wen, the boss of WF Group and the new owner of Paramount, today."
Hearing Tang Wen's identity, the stars in the audience were very excited. They may not know what WF Group is, but they know what Paramount is very well.
"Thank you for coming. Please let me introduce you." Walter picked up a glass of champagne and the two sides clinked it politely.
"Communication tycoon, Qatar."
"Lionsgate Film Company, Kent."
"California Senator, White."
"This is..."
After Walter's introduction, Tang Wen also got to know a lot of local snakes.
After a while, after the two sides exchanged a few words, Walter apologized slightly and said: "Excuse me."
"It's okay." Tang Wen nodded.
After Walter left, Tang Wen found that the eyes of the people around him were full of "admiration" when looking at him.
"Who will be the first?" Tang Wen found a corner and sat down with a glass of wine, waiting for the fish to take the bait, while JA stood motionless behind him.
Elizabeth Olsen felt that today was really terrible. She first sneaked into the Disney party with her agent, thinking that she could try her luck to see if a director would like her.
Unexpectedly, she ran into a waiter as soon as she entered the door, and the rented skirt was full of stains.
For her who had just made her first movie, this $3,000 skirt was really a bit too much for her to afford. Just when she was upset, a teasing voice came to her ears.
Tang Wen looked at the innocent "Scarlet Witch" Elizabeth walking towards him absent-mindedly, and just wanted to flirt with her, but Olsen didn't expect that she didn't see him, and stepped on Tang Wen's feet without hesitation.
"Sorry girl, if you can, please move your legs away from my feet, after all, these shoes are innocent." Tang Wen joked.
Elizabeth came to her senses and saw that she accidentally stepped on someone, and apologized quickly.
"Sorry, I'm very sorry. I'm sorry, I will compensate you." Olsen said apologetically.
"Oh? Are you sure you want to compensate me? This is custom-made in Italy, but it's not expensive, only 200,000 US dollars." Tang Wen laughed.
"Shit, are you kidding me?" Elizabeth was about to curse, but she was stunned when she saw Tang Wen's Chinese face.
When she sneaked in just now, she saw Walter introducing Tang Wen to everyone. For someone who can drink with a big shot like Walter, it is normal for a pair of shoes to cost 200,000 US dollars.
"It's terrible. I can't hang around in Hollywood anymore after offending him this time." Elizabeth said in a panic. Besides, she just said she wanted compensation, so how could she have the nerve to ask now.
"I'm lying to you, come and have a drink with me." Looking at Elizabeth's pale face, Tang Wen invited her with a smile.
"Oh, oh, okay, thank you." Elizabeth, who was still in shock, sat down in a daze.
Other stars who were waiting for an opportunity on the side cursed secretly: "Stinky bitch." They were very dissatisfied with Elizabeth's interception.
"What's your name?" Tang Wen pretended to ask.
"Elizabeth Olsen, you can just call me Elizabeth."
From the chat with Elizabeth, I learned that she had just filmed her first movie in October last year, and today she just "came in" with her agent to see the world.
"Oh, I thought you were a big star?" Tang Wen snickered.
"I'm just a newcomer." Elizabeth replied sadly.
"NO, what you need is an opportunity." Tang Wen said, touching his chin.
"Opportunity?" Elizabeth whispered softly with confused eyes.
"Boss, Mr. Zhou called." When the atmosphere was a little subtle, JA handed the phone to Tang Wen.
"What's the matter?" Tang Wen asked. Logically speaking, Zhou Xu usually wouldn't disturb him at night.
"Boss, Rockefeller and Morgan have taken action. Morgan called and asked us to start shorting tomorrow." Zhou Xu replied.
"Oh? How is Jesse doing?" Tang Wen picked up the champagne and smiled at Elizabeth. The two clinked glasses tacitly.
"They are ready. They will start bloodbathing the unreliable and the Jared family as soon as the stock market opens tomorrow morning." Zhou Xu said firmly.
"Tell them, I have prepared 200 million bonuses for them." Tang Wen said proudly.
"Okay, boss,"
After hanging up the phone, Tang Wen found that Elizabeth's eyes had changed. Not only did some female stars around her change their faces when they heard Tang Wen's vague words.
"200 million bonuses."
Almost all the female stars who heard it were brainwashed by these words. What kind of people would take out 200 million bonuses for employees?
This is the look that the female stars looked at Tang Wen with, and they wanted to swallow Tang Wen into their stomachs.
"Sorry, I'm going to the bathroom." Tang Wen stood up and said goodbye.
The moment Tang Wen left, Margot Robbie, who played Harley Quinn, and Amber Heard, who played Melania, quietly followed him.
Watching Tang Wen leave, supermodels Lindsay Ellingson and Gisele Bundchen followed him, and on the other side, Leo's rumored girlfriend Erin Heatherton took a shortcut to Tang Wen's side.
For the actions of these women, everyone present was tacitly aware of it.
Compared with celebrities, supermodels are more eager for fame and fortune. The income of several million a year for top supermodels sounds like a lot. But their consumption is definitely not low.
Take dresses and jewelry for example. Generally, there are brand sponsorships for occasions, but who is willing to lend them to you if you are not famous? As for buying? Haha, you think too highly of them.
They can only look at luxury goods worth hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars from a distance.
Tang Wen just entered the bathroom when a sneaky figure followed him in. JA at the door pretended that nothing had happened.
"Excuse me, the zipper of my dress is open. Can you help me?" Tang Wen just walked to the sink and heard the voice of a woman coming out from the side.
"Can this reason be more fake? Who the hell comes to the men's bathroom to find someone to zip up for no reason?" But Tang Wen still agreed enthusiastically, because the person standing in front of him was Leo's rumored girlfriend Erin Heatherton.
"It's fun to help others." Tang Wen muttered in his heart.
In order to prevent her from exposing herself, Tang Wen very "enthusiastically" closed the door.
When Lindsay Ellingson and Gisele Bundchen arrived, the door was closed and JA stood there without saying a word. The two of them gritted their teeth, took a deep breath, then opened the door and walked in together.
Maybe they were also in a hurry to go to the bathroom.