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"How much did that Zach Schneider get paid for directing The Matrix?"

The two in the office were silent for a while, Townsend Rossman suddenly spoke, looking sharply at Terry opposite the desk. He believed that since he could say those few words to remind himself, the other party had at least a simple investigation.

"I can be sure, it's definitely less than 2 million US dollars." Terry raised his eyebrows and continued with malicious tone: "The Matrix" producer is Wayne Greenberg. After he put down the camera, he was a complete Jewish capitalist. How could he offer a high salary?

As far as I know, no one in the entire creative team paid more than $2 million in the film, including Lee, who is already famous on "The Joker's Return", the hot South African model Charlize Theron, will not pay more than $300,000, but these two actors will definitely gain a lot of value after this film."

"Continue to investigate Zach Schneider." Townsend Rossman nodded and gently knocked his fingers on the desk. "Don't rush to contact him first, investigate it clearly before talking about it."

Perhaps this is a perfect substitute, it is not necessarily the same as the two of them at this time. Wayne's value cannot be reduced too much, and he will not be responsible for the specific work as the director of the film.

If someone's shooting style is similar to his, it is indeed the most cost-effective choice at this stage. They cannot wait for Zach Schneider to succeed once, and they must make a decision before the other party is completely in high demand.

"Townsen." Terry gritted his teeth, thought about the work he had done in the past few days, and directly expressed his thoughts. "Warner Brothers has Wayne Greenberg, and the copyright of all characters in DC Comics can also guarantee that he can play the greatest space for his performance. As long as movie fans are willing to buy it, the chance of the DC Comics modification series will be very small.

After all, he wouldn't always make movies like "The Walker of the Spot", and he would eventually return to the commercial commercial production. Think about it carefully, DC's comic-adapted superhero series is completely equivalent to a combination of animated feature films and science fiction productions, and the profitability is amazing."

Watch Townsend Rossman listen carefully, the more he speaks, the more confident he is. "Even if we invite Wayne Greenberg to help us plan our superhero comic series, and he acts as the producer of the first song, what will be the result?

The film is likely to be successful, no one can deny this. Even movie fans may make the box office numbers of the film very amazing because of the title produced by Greenberg. However, what cannot be changed is that most of the profits of the film will be sucked away under the negotiations of the greedy agent Jimmy!

And even if we follow the route designed by Wayne and shoot the film one by one, who can guarantee that we will succeed? I'm afraid that after we leave Wayne Greenberg, the probability of failure will definitely be greater than the probability of success. Therefore, 20th Century Fox also needs our own "Wayne Greenberg"!"

After saying that, the office returned to a long silence. Terry stared at his old boss and could clearly see that the other party was weighing and thinking.

"How long have you been eyeing Zach Schneider?" Townsend Rossman breathed a sigh of relief, and had already made a decision in his heart. He was ready to contact him first. The negotiations with Jimmy could not be carried out for a few more months.

"When the Matrix was preparing, I began to understand this former advertising director because of curiosity." Terry smiled at the corner of his mouth, knowing that the other party had been moved by himself. This was his chance. "According to what I learned, Zach Schneider is very talented, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a genius. He has personally taken many shots of Wayne Greenberg's previous films."

Terry promoted this because he carefully studied the history of Jeff Robinoff's presidency. The former head of the film and television production department of Warner Bros. was most of the reason why he successfully took over the CEO was because he was unswervingly supporting Wayne Greenberg's project.

With Wayne Greenberg's success again and again, as the initiator, promoter and main person in charge, Jeff Robinoff's voice has become increasingly strong among Warner Bros.

He didn't know if Zach Schneider could be as successful as Wayne Greenberg, but judging from what he has learned, the possibility is very high, and no one can deny that this former advertising director has indeed learned a lot of successful experiences from Wayne Greenberg.

The current 20th Century Fox is quite similar to the Warner Bros. A few years ago, Townsend Rossman will take over the position of CEO soon, and his own opportunity will come.

As a hardcore supporter of Townsend Rossman, he will at least become an executive in the film and television production department. The rest of his work is much simpler. Just learn from Jeff Robinoff and unwaveringly support Zach Schneider.

"I will attend the premiere of Warner Bros. "In a few days, I will find a way to understand Zach Schneider." Townsend Rossman thought for a while and said to Terry: "As long as Wayne Greenberg is involved, we must be cautious, and no one can be sure whether he will go crazy again!"

Going crazy! Terry nodded helplessly. No one in the circle now knows. Try not to mess with that young director if you have nothing to do, otherwise he may really go crazy without hesitation.

Townsend Rossman was really moved and kept thinking in his mind. He was not worried that Zach Schneider would not come. Talented people needed a big platform to show off. Twentieth Century Fox is an absolute big platform.

When staying next to Wayne Greenberg, most of his eyes would inadvertently ignore him. The first thing people see is always the light emitted by Wayne Greenberg.

Twentieth Century Fox can give him plenty of creative freedom, more than his worth, and even if he can prove himself, Townsend Rossman will not hesitate to give Wayne's status and treatment at Warner Bros.

The premise of all this is to find a way to prove that Zach Schneider can really become a small Wayne Greenberg.

That's right, he never expects another "King of Darkness" to appear. There is basically no possibility of copying the road Wayne has taken. As long as Zach Schneider has a success rate of 60% to 70%, he can fully meet Townsend Rossman's expectations.

Time is slowly advancing. The next weekend when the Matrix was released in North America, and under the arrangement of Warner Bros., it successfully landed in the overseas theater market. The first regions to be released were five English friends, and Europe, which criticized Wayne.

The development situation of the theater market this weekend is basically no different from the past last week. "The Matrix" continues to maintain a dominant scene, while "The Hulk" has been squeezed more and more and no one cares about it because of its reduction in publicity investment.

In the eyes of the media and people in the circle, there is no surprise in all this. Whether it is the screening rate, attendance rate or the number of viewers, "The Matrix" is far away from "The Hulk".

Not only the North American theater market, but the same is true overseas. "The Hulk" also entered the overseas theater market the next weekend after the paintings started in North America. However, the treatment received by the two films is completely different.

The main creative team of "The Matrix" flew to London on Saturday. As soon as they got off the plane, they received cheers from countless movie fans and started their overseas publicity journey in screams.

Especially Charlize Theron and Lee, their popularity has become so popular that they are so popular that they are like Christian Bale last year. In a short period of time, their names and photos have been spread to every corner of the world.

Looking back at "Hulk" is quite miserable, because the subsequent publicity investment was cancelled, and the main creative team had no publicity plan at all. Anyone with discerning eyes could see that Universal Pictures was trying hard to stop losses.

This was also proved in subsequent media reports. Universal Pictures' distribution director said without hesitation that he would not work with director Bill Bakerby, producer Brian Glazer and male lead Lu in the future.

The blood-like failure of "Hulk" can no longer be reversed. In the face of huge losses, someone must be responsible. The creative team composed of actors, directors and producers is the best candidate for the blame, right?

Senior executives of Universal Pictures, such as Justin and Ron Mayer, have never considered the failure of this film, which is related to their random intervention before and after filming. Even movie fans know that the failure of the film is of course the responsibility of the main creative team.

The joint influence is that Hollywood's medium-sized and above production companies seem to have a tacit understanding, and at the same time, they have brought the director and producer of "Hulk" into the company's blacklist and will never cooperate with them in the short term.

"This is Hollywood, this is reality."

When the second weekend of "The Matrix" was released, and another Monday arrived, Wayne held the little princess Fendi Greenberg in his arms early in the morning and leaned against the sofa in the living room and looked at the newspaper. "A project with an investment of over 100 million yuan was screwed up. Regardless of the reason, the director, starring and producer were all unlucky. No matter how big a celebrity was, it would be difficult for him to bear such a responsibility."

"However, Universal Studios has to bear most of the responsibility for the failure of "The Hulk" this time?" Naomi Watts flipped the newspaper on the coffee table, looking for reports about "The Matrix".

"No, capital will not admit that it is wrong." Wayne's smile was ridiculed, even though he had long become one of the capitalists. "The only thing that is wrong is the creative team, which has always been like this in Hollywood."

The current management of Universal Pictures is like the Warner Bros., from "Catwoman" and "Batman" who randomly reached out to the DC comic series, no executives came out to take the blame. The executives who were thrown out were also the product of office political failure, otherwise the one who took the blame would be the main creative team.