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Chapter 489: The funds are ready

Please give me a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket!

"Why should we choose Matthew as the chief spokesperson for Mercedes-Benz?"

In the press room of the Mercedes-Benz Center in Stuttgart, the president of Mercedes-Benz faced the reporter's questions and said in English with a German accent, "It's very simple, because Matthew has the ability to trust like Mercedes-Benz. Matthew has outstanding appearance, generous personality, and wise inner self."

After hearing these irrelevant praises, Matthew remained calm. Who said that the Germans were rigid? After he blew the Mercedes-Benz cars to media reporters, the president from Mercedes-Benz boasted for him without hesitation.

Of course, he is now the chief spokesperson for the full range of passenger models of Mercedes-Benz. To a certain extent, the president of Mercedes-Benz boasts about him, that is, he is praising his own products.

Hundreds of journalists from all over the world applauded at the same time.

Then, a reporter from The Bird turned the question back to Matthew and asked: "Mr. Horner, we all pay attention. You have been using a Mercedes-Benz G-Class off-road vehicle for the past two years. Can you tell me about your ride and driving experience?"

This is obviously a reporter who has been in Mercedes-Benz's public relations. Matthew has a friend from the media circle, Ilena Boyal, who knows this very well.

“The Mercedes-Benz G-Class Off-Road Vehicle is a very reliable and excellent model.”

By the time he said the first sentence, Matthew searched out almost all the words in his head and pieced together an answer, "It exudes a strong and strong atmosphere like the sun, has a unique temperament that is externalized from inner strength to a strong and powerful temperament, a natural expression of a positive and self-improvement precious character, a manifestation of justice, courage, strong and decisive personality, a manifestation of courage to be the first and never give up, a sense of safety that can give people a great charm unique to Mercedes-Benz."

The president of Mercedes-Benz turned his head slightly and glanced at Matthew. He knew that Matthew must say good things, but he didn't expect that he would say so profoundly and well.

It is enough to use it as an advertising slogan for the new Mercedes-Benz G-Class off-road vehicle.

In fact, this is also the limit of praise that Matthew can give. When he was studying, he paid special attention to the descriptions related to his appearance and temperament. He still remembered some of the descriptions. Fortunately, he matched the temperament of the Mercedes-Benz Big G. After being pieced together, it not only did not appear abrupt, but was just right.

Another reporter stood up and asked, "Mr. President, can you disclose the amount of this endorsement?"

The president of Mercedes-Benz said without considering it, "We renewed our three-year contract with Mr. Matthew Horner again, with a statement fee of $12 million per year."

This is definitely a top commercial endorsement contract.

There was a burst of exclamation in the press room, obviously a little surprised by the amount.

The president of Mercedes-Benz smiled and revealed that the amount of the endorsement contract was originally for advertising and marketing considerations.

The press conference and signing meeting ended successfully. Back at the back of the news hall, Matthew shook hands with the president of Mercedes-Benz.

"Mercedes-Benz has another outstanding global spokesperson." The president of Mercedes-Benz was quite polite.

Matthew responded with a smile, "I believe this will be a win-win."

Someone gave champagne and Matthew had a drink with the president of Mercedes-Benz.

The president suddenly said, "What you said just now is the most suitable description of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class off-road vehicle. If you modify it appropriately, it can be used as the advertising slogan for the latest TV commercials. I wonder if it can be borrowed?"

"Of course." Matthew was a little surprised and said with a smile, "This is my honor."

However, I always feel a little weird. If a person who is ignorant and ignorant, he can also be used as an advertising slogan?

Then he remembered that the president had just said he wanted to make some changes.

The new contract renewed with Mercedes-Benz has squeezed Matthew into the ranks of Hollywood commercial revenue. From the beginning of next month, his image can be used as promotion, including Mercedes-Benz sedans, sports cars, SUVs, off-road vehicles and commercial cars.

However, TV and video advertising can only shoot three models: SUV, G-class off-road and flagship business sedans, while the rest are only print ads.

In other words, the endorsement fee of $12 million is corresponding to his efforts.

Matthew was in a very good mood after receiving this contract. Helen Hermann had reached an agreement with Mercedes-Benz. The endorsement fee of $12 million in the first year after the contract was changed will be paid in the next five days after Ma Xiu finished shooting advertisements for Mercedes-Benz.

In other words, his gap of 20 million US dollars was successfully solved by more than half.

Also, in the next few years, you won’t have to pay for your own money. Mercedes-Benz will cover everything. In the agreement between the two parties, Mercedes-Benz will provide flagship business sedans, G-class off-road vehicles and commercial nanny cars that can be used for outdoor filming for Matthew, and will deliver sports cars and SUVs to him according to the needs of the season’s advertising to increase exposure.

Of course, he only has the right to use these cars.

After signing the contract, Matthew stayed in Stuttgart for another five days. He waited until all the advertisements needed for Mercedes-Benz were filmed before he was about to set off to return to Los Angeles. Unexpectedly, the advertisement filmed the next day had some problems and the advertising director needed to reshoot it. After Helen Hermann notified Matthew, Matthew didn't say much and directly changed the air ticket. He stayed in Stuttgart for two more days.

Although he was suffocated by his boss' uncontracted wage arrears when he was moving bricks on the other side of Taiping, and even went to protest for this, Matthew knew the principle of using money to do things. In the years he spent in Hollywood, he also knew the importance of using money to do things.

Hollywood has developed to the present, with fierce internal competition, and various bad things hidden under the glamorous appearance have emerged one after another. However, the spirit of contract is deeply rooted in people's hearts, and it is very troublesome to deliberately breach the contract by signing a contract.

When a celebrity with enough capital signs a film contract, the agent often strives for an exit mechanism for them. The film company sometimes adds an exit mechanism so that when an actor has problems, he can spend a small price to achieve his goal without breach of the contract.

For example, Rachel McAdams and the crew of "Iron Man".

Without the exit clause in the contract, it would be quite troublesome for the Iron Man crew to replace Rachel McAdams with Gwyneth Paltrow.

The spirit of contract in the Hollywood circle can be almost equal to the copyright.

As we all know, the importance of copyright to Hollywood, and it can even be said that Hollywood has its current situation, which is based on copyright.

Hollywood celebrities taking drugs, taking drugs, drinking, promiscuity and other things are all trivial, but they violate the spirit of the contract and are like raping a minor girl, and they will be despised by many people.

Take the agreement between the actor and the production company as an example. During the filming period, all kinds of work links of the actors are mandatory in the contract. If they fail to perform, they may lose their jobs or even lose their reputation. Therefore, they must perform in a "serious and artistic way" according to the producer's guidance.

In addition, actors are required to reserve a certain amount of "free time" to cooperate with the dubbing work of the film; when the producer decides to take some shots for the film, the actors must report on one or several dates specified; the actors must participate in the post-promotion of the film according to the arrangement...

Of course, these are ineffective against superstars, which are the very few existences that are absolutely special in the Hollywood ecosystem.

After shooting the Mercedes-Benz commercial, Matthew returned to Los Angeles and took the initiative to contact David Ellison to meet the real rich second generation.

"Why do you suddenly have to borrow money?" David Ellison asked curiously, "You make a lot of money, but you don't spend too much."

Matthew vaguely said, "Prepare to invest, but the funds cannot be turned on for the time being."

In fact, his daily life is definitely not a savings, and his food and drink cost is high. It’s just that he doesn’t spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy famous paintings like Leonardo DiCaprio and others.

And he did not buy any other properties except Horner Manor and the small houses in the northern suburbs of Burbank.

He didn't understand those works of art, and he had heard of them and saw them, and told them that the arts inside were very deep, so he didn't touch them at all.

As for real estate, Los Angeles is better. If you buy a luxury house in New York, property tax is really a headache.

Moreover, except for the purchase of Horner Manor and the $20 million emergency funds left by his hand, his other income is basically used to buy Apple stocks.

David Ellison heard Matthew's vagueness and did not ask carefully, and instead said, "You said about ten million dollars on the phone?"

Matthew thought about it, "Eight million dollars are enough."

"Yes." David Ellison responded without considering it much, "calculated interest based on bank interest rates."

"No problem." Matthew nodded.

If it is a mortgage loan, the procedures are relatively complicated. He is urgently needed this money. The negotiations between Helen Hermann's team and Marvel Entertainment have reached the end.

Marvel also worried that Matthew's funds would not be in place in time, so she made a special request that the investment of 40 million US dollars would be transferred to the account of a third-party guarantee company within 24 hours after the two parties signed the agreement.

David Ellison was also happy to lend Matthew the money. Now the post-production of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" has reached its end. It won a lot of applause at the internal preview of Sky Dance. In Sky Dance, two senior film viewing experts who have worked for Paramount Pictures for many years also believe that this film has the potential to become a hit.

Compared to his sister Megan Ellison, David Ellison has always believed that the value Matthew can bring to him is far more than this ten million dollars.
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