hollywood draw

"Who has come early?"

After hearing the assistant lady's report, Wayne did not go up to greet him immediately. Instead, he stopped with Naomi Watts and stood in the theater door to ask.

At this moment, a scream suddenly broke out at the entrance of the Grand Theater, and the movie fans on the scene were cheering and shouting.

The three of them looked outside at the same time. It was Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, who walked on the red carpet together.

Nina looked outside curiously and said, "There are Todd McCarthy, David Denby and Kenneth Tulane above."

"Forget it." Wayne shook his head and looked at the two big guys who walked across the red carpet for interview. "Steven and George come in immediately, we have to say hello here."

Not long after, the two people who had finished interviews with media reporters walked into the Grand Theater together. Steven Spielberg hugged Wayne, and then said with a smile:

"The film's preview reputation is very good, and it should be no problem to sell well. The attendance rate of "Tornado" has been slowly declining this week, and "The Walker" just happened to take over the box office champion."

Warner Brothers' ambitions can now be said to be known to everyone in the circle. When hearing the words of the Jewish good man, Wayne shook hands with George Lucas first, then raised his chest and said with a blunt smile:

"Of course, I have confidence in my film."

His words revealed a strong sense of confidence, as if another big production that was premiering tonight did not exist.

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas looked at each other, and they laughed at the same time.

"Okay, don't entertain us both. You're busy with yours, let's go in and rest first." George Lucas patted his shoulder and waved to a staff member.

"Okay, let's talk later."

The two Hollywood directors nodded to Naomi Watts and followed the staff of Warner Bros. to the second floor lounge area.

"What a pity."

After the staff left and the two sat down, Steven Spielberg whispered to the old guy: "Wayne is the most suitable director for "Save Private Ryan". No one can do better than him for such a large-scale R-level film that is full of flesh and blood."

George Lucas picked up the coffee and took a sip, and said bluntly: "Don't think about it. The ability to promote the cooperation between DreamWorks and Warner Bros. is the greatest help to you now. Wayne cannot take on films other than Warner Bros.."

The Jewish old man nodded involuntarily. In fact, as the major shareholder of Warner Bros., Wayne did not suppress DreamWorks from the position of the Six Major Leagues.

Now it has taken the lead in promoting the cooperation between DreamWorks and Warner Bros., so that DreamWorks can breathe a little more relief and focus on building its own distribution channels. Such help is indeed more meaningful for DreamWorks than shooting a film for them.

"Everyone calls him a dark madman!" Steven Spielberg sneered and looked in the direction of the entrance of the theater. "But those people don't know that Wayne is full of humanity to everyone around him!"

"Jealousy is the greatest original sin, Steven." George Lucas agreed: "Sometimes he is really like a lunatic, it depends on who he is. However, Wayne's personality is indeed very complicated..."

The two of them were talking about Wayne upstairs, but an unexpected character came to the door of the Hollywood Chinese Theater.

"Strange, how could he come to the Warner Bros. premiere..." Nina gently pushed her glasses and muttered to the middle-aged white man walking towards them.

Then he moved forward two parts and approached Wayne and whispered: "This is Paul Knight, the executive of Sony Columbia. It seems that he was coming to us."

When Wayne heard Sony Columbia, he was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully. This giant acquired by Benzi Capital may be the only six members who did not participate in the war this summer, so he should not be hostile to himself.

Without allowing him to continue thinking too much, the person who came smiled and stretched out his hand. "Hello, Wayne."

"Welcome to the premiere of the movie, hello, Paul." Seeing that the other party stretched out his hand, he also took two steps forward and politely held the other party's hand.

The visitor once had fierce competition with his films, but according to Hollywood's rules of conduct, they would choose to stop after the competition, and no one could guarantee whether there would be a chance to cooperate in the future.

"The reputation of "The Walker" is very good." Paul Knight suddenly appeared this time, obviously not to say hello. "Warner Brothers is destined to be the big winner of this summer. Wayne, I heard that you like superheroes very much. Are you interested in working together once?"

The other party did not mention how to cooperate, but when Wayne heard him mention the superhero, he immediately thought of the little spider. The most famous copyright in Sony Columbia was only Peter Parker.

He vaguely remembered that Jimmy had mentioned to him that Sony Columbia had sent Jimmy invitations to cooperate more than once. Facing the temptation proposed by the other party as soon as they met, Wayne smiled and said nothing.

"Your Batman: The Moment of War" and "The Joker" inspired all Hollywood production companies, and the achievements of these two films are simply unbelievable."

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Paul Knight didn't care and continued: "Originally, Columbia wanted to make its own superhero, but "The Hulk" failed too tragically, which dispelled the confidence of many senior executives of the company. Wayne, I have to admit that in the comic-adapted superhero genre, you can only make the film mainstream."

"Thank you, I'm just lucky." If you don't understand the other party's specific meaning, Wayne nodded humbly, thinking constantly in his mind about what the other party wanted to do.

As the main manager of Sony Colombia, the other party cannot be unaware that he will not make movies for other companies. Since such information circles are well known, why should we test cooperation?

"No, no, Wayne." Paul Knight suddenly shook his head seriously and said seriously: "One success can be said to be good luck, and continuous success must not be the reason for luck. Sony Columbia and I believe that superheroes can only succeed in your hands."

"ha!"

Looking at the middle-aged man who was trying hard to compliment him in front of him, Wayne was too lazy to go around the circle. "Paul, just say it, how do you want to cooperate? I can tell you clearly that Warner Brothers and I have already had a series of plans. In the next ten years, I don't think I have time to shoot projects from other companies."

The atmosphere between the two suddenly stagnated. When the two women beside each other thought that this brief conversation would end in an unhappy manner, Paul Knight suddenly laughed.

"Wayne, of course I know what you said. I have an offer here, you can consider it."

Halfway through, he observed Wayne's face and found that he had no impatient intentions, so he continued: "Sony Columbia invested in launching the "Spider-Man" project. How about you be the producer of the project?

Sony Colombia will focus on your opinions on the recruitment of the main creative team of the crew, adaptation of the film script, film shooting style, etc. You just need to control the direction of the film, just like the work of "The Matrix".

I can guarantee that the investment in this project will never be less than 150 million US dollars. If you feel that your budget is not enough, you can increase it at any time!"

It turned out that he was holding on to this plan. As he finished speaking, the three people present suddenly realized. Wayne did not participate in the specific work of the filming and post-production of "The Matrix", but only pointed out a general direction and gave the main creative team a framework.

Moreover, the other party told all the general plans, but did not mention the issue of compensation. This was obviously not a sign of stinginess, but was prepared to bleed heavily.

Wayne smiled and shrugged. Spider-Man is completely different from the Matrix and is not a conceptual job at all, and he cannot agree.

However, seeing that the other party is so sincere, it is likely that he will be entangled for a while. Hollywood's traditional methods take turns to take turns. If you guessed correctly, you would spend money.

"So, Paul." His upper body leaned forward slightly, and his face flashed with an interest. "I am very interested in Peter Parker, and it should be really heart-warming to darken Spider-Man. Is the script the decision by me? Well.

You see, if we blackmail Peter Parker’s experience and put him in a state of both good and evil? I have photographed the superhero who hides and does not shed blood. This time I am going to let Spider-Man be killed, will it be very interesting? Then we…”

Looking at Wayne who was getting more and more excited, Paul Knight's face became darker and darker. Peter Parker, who turned into distorted blackness? Spider-Man was killed? This is simply nonsense!

They want to invite each other at any cost, even if they give up most of the profits in the first part, they must ensure success. When there is a foundation for the success of the first part, starting from the second part, it will be the time for Sony Colombia to make a lot of money.

I wanted a successful beginning, but it looked like this. If Peter Parker turned black and was killed again, what would it be if the beginning was successful? This was not in the interests of Sony Colombia at all.

"Wayne, you're thinking about it. Let's talk about it later." Seeing that he had the intention to continue speaking, Paul Knight left a helpless sentence and turned to the second floor of the theater.

"Hey, Paul, don't you think my plan is very interesting? Paul..."

When the backs of Sony Columbia executives completely disappeared, Naomi Watts and Nina looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.

"Wayne, you're so bad. Haha, when I heard you just say you wanted to kill Spider-Man, that guy's face changed from cyan to black, hahaha." The Australian actress hugged his arm and almost bent down with a smile.

Wayne put away all the bad tastes, spread his hands, and looked at the two women innocently. "I think Sony Columbia should give up completely now."