hollywood draw

In the entire Greater Los Angeles area, thousands of film and television production companies are filled with large and small, and basically no accurate figures are counted. New film companies are established every day, and film companies are closed down due to poor management.

Similar to film and television production companies, every day there are film dreamers from all over the world who keep stepping into the stage of fame and fortune in Los Angeles. People come here with beautiful dreams. All they see is the group of successful people, and most of them eventually become unknown members.

As an executive of Twentieth Century Fox, Terry has seen too many similar situations over the years. From the time he climbed the elevator, he always couldn't help but look at the man beside him. He could always recall the illusion that a few years ago, the graduate of the University of Southern California who came here with his works.

From 1990s to now, the other party has soared like a Rocket in terms of status and wealth in the circle. The name Wayne Greenberg has now become a successful name. The other party's directorial career has also grown from his immatureness in "Happy Death Day" to a master in the black field today.

The other party was cautious when they came to Fox Building. Now, the young man around him has been able to look at the six Hollywood giants again. I am afraid that only by being in this circle can he experience the great improvement in power of the other party.

After all, there are very few practitioners with the same status in Hollywood several times. It is the young man around him who succeeds with alternative success and has achieved achievements similar to those achieved in decades in just a few years by George Lucas.

"Well, let's see who this is?"

No one expected that Townsend Rossman, the newly promoted CEO of 20th Century Fox, would wait at the door of the office. The moment he saw Wayne, he immediately opened his hands and gave him a hug. "Wayne, welcome to Fox again."

"You're so kind, Townsend."

Wayne opened his hands, patted the other person's back gently, let go, shrugged, and looked at the head of Fox in front of him seriously, and greeted politely. "You know, in my heart, I always remember Fox's help to me."

Townsend Rossman patted his shoulder, smiled and shook his head, but did not answer his words. Everyone would say good things, but the other party's agent, who was like a vampire, would not say a few good things for the other party at all, so he took a step back in the negotiations, so just listen to this kind of greeting in person.

"Okay, let's go in and talk."

The two of them walked into the office chatting and laughing like an old friend who had not seen each other for a long time, but the moment they entered the door, Wayne saw someone who surprised him.

On the sofa in the lounge area near the window, several middle-aged men in suits were waiting. Before he came, he had already thought about this in advance that the preparations he had made were probably for these Fox executives to show.

After they came in, several people stood up together, shook hands with Wayne one by one with Townsend Rossman's introduction. The gap was not big with the imagination, most of them were executives of Twentieth Century Fox and a shareholder representative.

"This is Avi Adra, Wayne, do you know him?"

Just when he was introducing a white-haired middle-aged man, Townsend Rossman noticed that Wayne's mouth twitched suddenly. This unexpected discovery aroused his considerable interest.

"It can be considered acquaintance."

Taking the initiative to stretch out his right hand, Wayne nodded and turned to look at the filmmaker who impressed him. "Hello, Avi, I'm glad to know you."

Despite his confusion in his eyes, Avi Adra responded: "Hello, Director Greenberg."

After the few people sat down, Wayne's eyes still glanced at Avi Adra intentionally or unintentionally. I'm afraid that only he knows how great this person is. Masterpieces such as "Wolverine", "Iron Man", "X-Men", "Venom", etc. are almost all from this producer and screenwriter.

The most important thing is that the other party had become the president of Marvel Comics as early as 1993, and later became the president of Marvel Studios. For superhero movies, it can be said that they are experts among experts.

"Let's go straight to the point." Townsend Rossman glanced over several Fox executives, coughed gently, and said to Wayne, who was sitting opposite him: "I believe your agent has told you everything about the negotiations. Fortunately, we both reached an agreement after all. Wayne, as long as the producer's contract has your signature, the conditions agreed to by Fox can be implemented immediately..."

Speaking of this, he paused deliberately, looked at Wayne, who was always expressionless, and then continued: "You understand, Wayne, Twentieth Century Fox is not my company alone, so we need to talk to you before signing the contract and talk about what you think about the "X-Men" series."

After pondering for a while, Wayne waved to Nina behind him, took the cigarette handed over by the assistant lady, lit one with a "click" and said, "Townsen, can you talk about your original thoughts?"

Speaking of specific matters, Townsend Rossman shrugged, raised his finger and pointed at Avi Adra, explaining: "Originally, the company wanted Avi to be the producer of "X-Men". By the way, he is also working on the screenwriter. You can understand everything related to it."

Sure enough, Wayne nodded silently and looked at Avi Adra. Since the first glance of the famous producer, he knew that the relevant work was inseparable from the other party.

"Well, Director Greenberg."

Avi Adra looked serious and picked up an obviously prepared file bag from the table. After opening it, she started the introduction directly. "We have been preparing for the trilogy in the planning of the "X-Men". The "Batman" series of movies you filmed gave us a lot of inspiration and tips..."

As the other party's narration was made, Wayne kept smoking silently without any interruption in the middle. This also confirmed some of his guesses.

With DC superhero success, Twentieth Century Fox was obviously influenced by his own works in the planning of "X-Men". The general route has not changed. The planning of "X-Men" is still a trilogy structure. In the current Hollywood environment, this is indeed a mainstream approach.

But in Wayne's eyes, doing this would be a bit short-sighted. It is not difficult to find from Avi Adra's narrative that everyone thinks that the trilogy has been considered long-term. This is the most flexible plan in the short term. After the first film is released, it can be adjusted according to the achievements achieved.

This is also a common practice for large Hollywood companies. If the results of the first plot are not ideal, the two plans behind them will naturally end without success. Stop losses in time is the representative of the conservative ideas of executives of large companies.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if the film is successful, as long as it continues to be filmed, it’s fine. According to the shameless Hollywood company’s big company, this series will definitely be photographed until it’s not profitable.

"...This is just our temporary plan. What shareholders and executives mean is to shoot the first "X-Men" to test the market, and then adjust the subsequent plans based on the market performance."

As Avi Adella's brief introduction ended, everyone turned their eyes to the silent young man.

"In this way, if I want to join this series, there are two prerequisites to clarify."

Wayne leaned against the sofa and leaned forward suddenly, raised his hand to twist the cigarette into the ashtray on the table. Through the smoke from his mouth, he glanced at the executives around him again, and finally turned his eyes to Townsend Rossman, stretched out a finger and said:

"First, I will overturn all the preliminary plans you have made, including this so-called trilogy. The readjusted plan will be considered from the overall perspective, which is the premise."

As he said that, he stretched out his second finger. "Second, I can tell you now that "X-Men" does not need to deliberately learn DC movies, and play the overall rhythm of dark and depressing. This is not the main factor in the success of DC movies."

With the success of "Batman" and "Joker", even if Universal Pictures' dark wind "Hulk" has been repeatedly slapping this year, Twentieth Century Fox is still affected by the relevant influence. It is obviously not possible to turn the overall tone of "X-Men" into dark wind.

To be honest, some characters do suit this style, but it does not mean that they are all suitable. Blindly making movies will only become a reason to drive away the audience. The dark and depressing superhero movies are refuted by the purpose of mainstream audiences. Most ordinary people who enter the theater actually want to see a movie that makes them feel relaxed or refreshed.

"Well, that's what Fox invites you."

Townsend Rossman nodded. "We hope you can make a big plan for "X-Men" just like planning DC. Of course, the importance of the first song is self-evident. With you, the "Mr. Success", you will be able to launch such a plan."

His meaning is obvious. Wayne can overturn and modify everything about "X-Men". What Twentieth Century Fox wants is a success that can be continued, otherwise they would rather choose to make a trilogy to gradually test the market.

Wayne smiled with satisfaction. His task was to put it bluntly, which was to design a continuous film plan and then ensure that the first movie of the series was successful. As for whether the 20th Century Fox will be implemented according to the plan he designed, or even whether the subsequent movie was successful, who can still pursue him at that time?

"Okay, let's talk about my thoughts..."

489-Two Prerequisites