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"George, how about let me talk to this kid alone?"

Not only Wayne and the others were staring at the visitors, but many gazes came from the banquet hall at the same time. Just from the posture and tone of his speech when he walked over, Wayne could tell that he was a domineering middle-aged man with a domineering president type.

George Lucas looked at him deeply, nodded and prepared to get up and leave. When he walked to the other party, he couldn't help but remind him in a low voice.

"Bob." As he spoke, he glanced at Wayne behind him and sighed in his heart. "If I were you, I wouldn't have treated him as a child."

After saying that, he didn't care what would happen here, he shook his head and left with champagne.

Since Bob Shay sat down, Wayne and he had been observing each other, and the corner of the rest area was extremely dull, as if it had been separated from the atmosphere in the banquet hall.

Five minutes passed, and the visitor suddenly picked up the wine glass, touched him gently, then raised his neck and drank the champagne in the glass.

"Wayne, Wayne Greenberg, right? I'm Bob Shay, and few people call me Bob, they're used to calling me Shay."

Looking at the young man in front of you, Bob Shay always felt a familiar strangeness. "You are very similar to Ruben when she was young. I meant to look like you. When your father was young, he was not as calm as you."

"Mr. Shay."

Wayne's expression was indifferent, waved to the assistant lady, took the cigarette, and waved his hand to signal the two women to leave.

"Crack." "Crack." After two slight lights, he tilted his head, lit the cigarette in his mouth, took a deep breath, and spit out a large blue mist. "If you have anything to say directly, I don't think you are idle, just want to talk to someone, right?"

Wayne still has a lot of curiosity about this person. From a normal perspective, Xinyi Film has never been a top producer in Hollywood, but since the production of "The Seven Deadly Sins", "Lord of the Rings" series and "Rush Hour" series, the company has quietly become Hollywood's most influential independent production and distribution company with DreamWorks.

Because of his early interception, Xinyi Film will definitely deviate from its original route, but no one knows how powerful Bob Shay is.

"Relax, kid, just chatting casually." Bob Shay picked it up from time to time and took a sip. "Seeing you reminds me of when Ruben and I were young."

At this moment, Wayne saw the two people from Marvel Comics and found the assistant lady, who should be communicating with something.

"Sorry, Mr. Shay." Wayne shook his head, raised his glass and signaled, and killed the remaining champagne in one sip, pointing to Nina's direction. "I have other things to do, so I'll talk about it if I have time."

Bob Shay saw him get up and leave, and his surprised expression flashed. "Don't you want to hear about your father when he was young?"

"That has nothing to do with me."

Wayne waved his hand and turned around and left. Since the other party just saw him wanting to chat for a few words, he had no intention of continuing to listen.

As he said, he is not curious about his father and the other party when he was young. He retells it from Xie Yi, which is nothing more than a competition with different ideas, which means nothing to him.

The company Xinyi Film Company will be swallowed by Warner Bros. sooner or later, and no one can change this.

Seeing Wayne ending his communication with the other party, Naomi Watts walked over immediately, reached out and pointed behind him, and whispered: "Those two people seem to want to have a chat with you."

"Go and have a look first."

At most, this occasion is just about getting in touch. If you want to talk about things in depth, it is obviously not suitable here. He is going to make an appointment with the other party to have a good chat and see what they think.

"Boss." Nina saw the two of them coming over and took the initiative to introduce them. "This is Mr. Kevin Feige of Marvel, and this is Stan Lee."

"Hello, Director Greenberg." Kevin Feige was the first to extend his hand. "We sent you an invitation through your agent Jimmy before, hoping that you can visit Amazing if you have time."

"Hello, I'm glad to know you." Wayne shook hands with the other person with a formulaic reserved smile. "Sorry, I've been very busy at work and I can't take time."

His attention was not focused on the future Marvel CEO, but he had been curiously observing the silent Stan Lee, the father of the superhero.

This old man who loves to show off and fans who like Marvel movies will definitely look very familiar. Many of the films have guest appearances.

And the father of DC's superhero, Joe Kubert, is obviously much more low-key than the other party.

Kevin Feige noticed his gaze and smiled and sent an invitation again. "Mr. Greenberg, I don't know what you think of our superheroes? I hope I can find some time to sit down and talk."

"No problem." Wayne nodded. "I am also a fan of Marvel Comics."

Seeing that he agreed, Kevin Feige stopped when he saw it, politely shook his hands with him, and said, "Okay, let's contact Ms. Nina, and I won't bother you."

After saying that, he took Stan-Lee and turned to the rest area.

The reason why they came to this premiere today was to meet each other. This kind of thing could not be accomplished overnight. Being able to meet each other is a good start.

Since Kevin Feige exchanged greetings with the other party, Stan Lee has been observing silently. Until now, he is still wondering whether this is useful.

"Are you sure this young man can change the current situation of the company?" Stan Lee asked, looking at the young director behind him. "We are reluctant to continue to operate now. Even if we can ask him, we may not have the money to shoot a movie, and we don't know what the price will be paid for when we ask him."

"No matter what you need to pay," Kevin Feige frowned and sighed softly. "Is there anything else we can lose? Maybe this is the greatest hope for surprise now."

It is unknown how long it will take for the comics industry to be, but at least, the company has to find new revenue points to survive this endless winter.

The superhero movie produced by Wayne Greenberg opened another window for them. If Marvel's superheroes can also be brought to the big screen and succeed, just selling peripherals and authorizations can help the company get out of the state of immortality.

Let’s take a look at the current DC Comics. Through the greater influence of images, this way of imagery has driven greater sales of Batman Comics, as well as authorizations for characters. Just think about it, Kevin Feige is jealous.

The two men just left, and George Lucas came over with Brad Pitt.

Before they could say hello to each other, Wayne vaguely heard the assistant lady, whispering to the Australian girl behind him. "He is so sexy, much more handsome than in the video..."

"yes..."

I have to say that Brad Pitt at this time had both tough guy temperament and handsome attributes. Even when he saw this actor, he felt that he was so handsome.

"Good evening, Director Greenberg, Ms. Watts, thank you for attending the premiere of the film." Without waiting for the father of Star Wars to introduce, Brad Pitt took the initiative to kill him. Big stars who can live a successful life in this circle know how important it is to make friends with a big director.

"I'm your hardcore movie fan. I've watched it more than once from the earliest "Happy Death Day" to the current "Batman: The Moment of War".

"Good evening." Wayne didn't care whether the other party was a real movie fan. Such a smart person would probably say these things whenever he saw a director.

He looked at the big star from top to bottom, and looked carefully at it both in terms of figure and face. The most important thing was whether the other person's temperament was incompatible with the role he wanted him to play.

"I don't know if you have a schedule for next year, so that, around December, there will be an audition for my new project. If you are willing to try it, remember to have your agent sign up for you."

I was always observed like a cargo, and it felt very uncomfortable, but Brad Pitt knew that this was a good thing and tried to keep his smile as much as possible.

"Of course." When I heard this news suddenly, the surprise flashed on his face. "Director Greenberg, I mean of course there is a schedule. I will remind my agent to sign up for me, thank you for giving me this opportunity."

"Okay, in a while, I'll ask Warner Brothers to send you an invitation." Wayne nodded with satisfaction and smiled at George Lucas. "That's it, George, I'll go back first."

Brad Pitt is indeed a good candidate in his eyes now.

But the two sides have not cooperated. He still has doubts about the other party's performance ability, and everything depends on the audition performance.

There is still some time before the film is prepared, and he is not sure if there are more suitable candidates to appear by then.

But in terms of image temperament, Brad Pitt has a great advantage. Although this big star has always been a literary celebrity, that face can guarantee that when shooting commercial films, it will have some female appeal.

The premiere of "The Seven Deadly Sins" here is extremely lively and has received a lot of media attention. Another film that also started painting on Friday has been quiet and has not held such a huge investment in painting party.

The second part of "Blair the Witch" is like copying the first part. Although Universal Pictures received poor feedback before the film was released, it still did not change its plan.

After three days of the first weekend, the results achieved were not as expected by Universal Pictures. Early Monday morning, CEO Ron Mayer tore up the statistics.

The second part of "Blair the Witch" is like the first part. It has received a lot of criticism when it was released, but this is also the only place to be the same.

When the first movie was released, amid the overwhelming scolding, the fans were constantly angry while walking into the theater in groups, wondering what the film was like.

When this movie was released, Universal Pictures and the theater alliance talked about the screening scale of more than 2,000 theaters, and it was extremely deserted on Friday.

After three days of the first weekend, I only earned a poor box office of less than $4 million.

As soon as he started work early in the morning, Ron Mayer received a call from three major theater companies, led by Imperial Cinema. The screening scale of this film will be reduced to the lowest level in the contract starting Monday.

Needless to say, the curtain that was vacant must have been given to "Seven Deadly Sins".

In comparison, "The Seven Deadly Sins" has received great praise as soon as it was released. Whether it is the professional reputation of the film or the reputation of the popular movie fans, it has shown an explosive trend.

It was particularly obvious at the box office. In the first three days of the first weekend, "The Seven Deadly Sins" collected $55.08 million, suppressing Tom Hanks' "Apollo 13" and becoming the box office champion this weekend.

The popularity of this film also made David Finch famous. The starring actor Brad Pitt in the film became the ideal lover of North American women.

However, there is a film that has been released for more than ten weeks, but has been the focus of media attention.

The screening scale of "Batman: The Moment of War" has been shrinking repeatedly, and now there are less than 700 theaters left to schedule films every day. The film has already locked in the annual box office champion ahead of schedule, and the box office in North America is still growing slowly, reaching US$307 million.

The film has gradually been removed from the screening in many overseas areas, and only a few remote areas are still being screened.

"Batman: The Moment of War" has been screened in more than 70 countries and regions. Not counting the areas that are still being released, the overseas box office has achieved a total of US$380 million, and there is basically no hope for a US$400 million.

Warner Bros. also knew that although the box office of this film was surprising, its peripheral sales were amazing during its release, the most important role was to lay a solid foundation for the subsequent films to be serialized.

Time slowly moved forward to October. Wayne submitted his new project "The Walker of the Stop" to the Warner Bros. Film and Television Production Department through Jimmy. His mind began to slowly change from his vacation state and began to consider work more.

After the new project was submitted, it quickly passed the review of Warner Bros. and immediately notified the agent Jimmy that he could start negotiations on the investment, production, and personal treatment of the director of the film.

Wayne is not in a hurry to get the result of the negotiations. Both sides have the most basic tacit understanding. Normally, there will be no state of breaking down the negotiations, but it is just a matter of how long it takes to reach an agreement.

The reason why so much time is submitted for project review is to leave enough time for Jimmy's negotiations.

"Warner Bros. has no objection to us as a 50% investment. There is an example of "****" in this relatively low-cost project, and there is no problem with investment. There will be no problems with investment. This has been confirmed after the first contact."

During the first negotiation, after a simple test of each other, Jimmy immediately ran to the manor and reported his work to Wayne.

Jimmy looked at Wayne's face and found that he had nothing to say. He continued: "The first time I just tried to lower the bottom line, but I found that whenever you mentioned your personal treatment, Bruce Rosenblum, who was in charge of the negotiation, would immediately change the topic.

This shows that Warner Brothers has some concerns about your personal treatment and wants to leave this problem to the end. Some special situation should have occurred, otherwise your pay will be very easy to determine, and this part will be nearly transparent."

In fact, Jimmy and Wayne have long had a tacit understanding of the issue of pay. As long as Warner Brothers gives Batman the same treatment, they will not ask for more.

This treatment is basically the highest salary in Hollywood, and it is not realistic to share more.

This is how basic salary and sharing are at the top. It is very difficult to simply be a director or producer to involve the income of the film's peripherals and channels.

"I get it." Nina suddenly said, pushing the glasses on her face, with a shrewd gaze behind the lenses. "Is it time for the first box office division of Batman: The Moment of War?"

Wayne nodded slightly. There should be some reasons for this. I am afraid that the number of shares in the later period will surprise the company's senior management and many shareholders.

From the current box office numbers alone, he can roughly calculate that his entire post-production share will definitely exceed 100 million US dollars.

I believe that Warner Bros. will not be liable for this, but this terrifying number has also shocked many shareholders and senior executives, making these people worry about the salary of his new project.

"Bang." Jimmy slapped himself in the thigh with a look of sudden realization. "Damn it, this is a huge sum of money. I'll go to Warner Brothers tomorrow to urge me."

"They won't owe it to this part of the money, and it doesn't matter whether it's urged or not." Wayne waved his hand and said there's no need to worry. "Keep the pace of negotiations, I'll be able to start preparations for a new project around mid-November."

Given his current importance to Warner Bros., the other party will only transfer the share to the studio account in advance, and other situations will definitely not happen.

Even if it was the treatment of this new project, he believed that in the end, Warner Brothers would pinch his nose and agree.

Just looking at Wayne's box office share is indeed very high, but compared with the profits he created for the company, this aspect will not be a problem.

"I understand, don't worry, the negotiations will end before mid-November." Jimmy nodded, suddenly remembering something, looking like she was reluctant to speak.

Wayne asked curiously: "What's wrong? What else is there?"

"It's that Peter Jackson."

When Jimmy mentioned the big beard in New Zealand, he looked worried. "That man was crazy! In addition to the necessary food and going to the bathroom, he lived directly in the office. The intern at the front desk told me that he was already rotten..."

It doesn't matter what else. Although this kind of workaholic is not popular, it won't make people hate it. But Peter Jackson's condition scares Jimmy, afraid that he will die suddenly in his new company.

"You usually tell him to go back to rest after get off work." Wayne was a little amused and crying. He knew why the other party had such a good job, and it was all for his own big cakes. "If he didn't want to, tell him that I would change people in this project!"

"no problem."

The adaptation of "Lord of the Rings" cannot be completed in a short time, but is a production cycle based on years.

After Jimmy returned, he ran to Warner Bros. The next day, and this time his purpose was not to negotiate, but to simply urge his clients to share their funds in the later stage.

He left satisfied until he received the guarantee that he would pay on time.

The whole month of October was spent in negotiations between Jimmy and Warner Bros. At the same time, "The Seven Deadly Sins" achieved a huge success in the theater market with more than $130 million in the box office.

In early November, when the popularity of "The Seven Deadly Sins" had just passed, another box office bomb in Warner Bros. "Detective's Aircraft Head" took over the dominance of the theater market.

With the appeal of Jin Carrey and others and the good reputation of the previous work, he won 62 million US dollars in three days of the first weekend.

Seeing that a year is about to pass, the media reported extensively when reviewing. This year can be said to be the year of Warner Bros. The big productions released have all achieved great success.

At the same time, Jimmy and Warner Bros. ended the negotiations on the new project, and the two sides finally reached an agreement. Warner Bros. immediately announced the news of Wayne's new project through the media.

As usual, a media meeting will be held, and more inside information about "The Walker of the Stop" will be revealed at that time.