hollywood draw

As the car drove towards Beverly, Nina looked down at the information in her hand, and raised her head from time to time, looking at her boss with surprise. Since the information was divided into several pages of printing paper, even if the car had turned into Greenberg Manor, the process continued.

"The Tom Cruise couple is here."

The car had just stopped by the fountain in the small square, and the housekeeper immediately came up and whispered to report, and pointed to the red Ferrari sports car next to it.

“When did it come?”

While tidying up the buttons of the suit top, Wayne asked curiously: "Where are people?"

"No more than ten minutes, I was about to call Nina when you were back." The housekeeper took a briefcase from the assistant lady's hand and walked towards the living room together. "They were in the living room, and Ms. Watts was accompanying her."

Nodding, Wayne and Nina looked at each other and speeded up their pace. Jimmy and Pat Kingsley have been in contact with each other in the project "Iron Man" that the two discussed before. Judging from the recent news from Jimmy, although it is unlikely to reach an agreement in a short period of time, both sides are obviously intending to work towards a common goal.

There is no way, no matter how you say it, the other party is a superstar in the circle. You can get to this position. Even if you want to star in a project, the existence of the behind-the-scenes team behind you will inevitably be extremely cautious when talking about the distribution of money and interests. In addition, issues such as schedules are not something that can be solved with just a slap in the table.

When Nina heard the visit of Tom Cruise and his wife, she frowned slightly. Before entering the living room of the main building, she reached out and pulled the sleeve of her boss's coat and whispered: "The executives of Marvel Comics have been quarreling with Universal Pictures for this period of time, entangling in the issue of "Hulk" copyright repurchase. If the executives of Marvel really did it, then we have to consider the project "Iron Man" as soon as possible."

"It's very difficult. It's basically impossible to spit out the copyrights in the six major swallows." Shaking his head, Wayne responded in a low voice and walked into the living room. Obviously, he didn't care about the promise he made in the first joke.

"Look, our Mr. 1.1 billion is back!"

Tom Cruise's handsome and sunny face, with a passionate smile, he teased the moment he entered the living room, then stood up from the sofa, opened his hands, and gave him a hug. "Congratulations, Wayne, you are now the number one in the box office in film history."

"Thanks."

He gently patted the other person's back with both hands. Wayne also had a passionate smile on his face, and nodded to Nicole Kidman who stood up behind him. "How come you have time to come today?"

While taking off his blazer and handing it to Naomi Watts, he asked the couple again while he asked with confusion in his voice. "I heard that Paramount was talking to you about the second part of Mission: Impossible a few days ago?"

"Copyright issue, you know." Tom Cruise curled his lips, obviously not wanting to continue the topic, with obvious indignation on his face.

The reasons behind this matter have almost spread throughout the circle. Due to the popularity of the first part of "Mission: Impossible", this series can obviously continue to be filmed, and Paramount will definitely want to make a sequel as soon as possible.

However, the copyright of this series is not as usual as the Hollywood distribution company, and belongs to Paramount. This film and television copyright, adapted from a TV series, actually belongs to Tom Cruise's film studio and is shared with Paramount.

The benefits generated by the first part are visible to the naked eye. Tom Cruise not only took away the high global box office share and early basic remuneration, but also got a large part of all the remaining full rights reserved. To some extent, Paramount took a long time to bear a lot of financial risks, but gave up most of the benefits, which was like working for Tom Tom.

Faced with such a situation, after the sequel movie is destined to be popular and the financial risks are reduced to a minimum, no film company can bear it, let alone Paramount, one of the top six, the strong female leader Shirley Lansing, is definitely unwilling to happen again in the first movie.

This is where both sides have been entangled. To put it bluntly, it means standing on their own standpoints and facing the struggle for potential interests. This is not right or wrong, but only related to the position of labor-management opposition between the two sides.

There is basically no good solution to this, and we can only continue to compromise through time. Similar competition for interests, even if "Mission: Impossible" is filmed in the seventh part, it still exists. Before almost every "Mission: Impossible" sequel is filmed, both sides have to play a long game.

"What's this?"

Just as Wayne and Tom Cruise were chatting about some interesting things in the circle, Naomi Watts's doubts attracted everyone's attention.

What she was looking through at this time was the information Nina placed on the table. Not only was she watching it, but Nicole Kidman beside her also cast an interesting look.

"Some information collected by Warner Bros.'s branch across the Pacific," Wayne shrugged and replied casually: "About September or October, I'm going there to participate in some activities."

Everyone is a relatively clear-minded elite class. Of course, they will not be influenced by some demonized remarks from some media in North America. No one is stupid. It is okay to play the ordinary people in the East and West Lakes, but for these senior film workers in the circle, that is two different things, because only they can truly understand what the media is.

"Hey, do you mind seeing it together?"

Tom Cruise grabbed the cigarette on the coffee table without hesitation, lit one, and leaned on the sofa relaxedly, looked at Naomi Watts and his wife, and asked curiously: "Is Wayne's popularity over there, more than me?"

"Tom, it's a pity." Naomi Watts shrugged and said playfully: "Some of the surveys in this information show that he might be more famous than you there, at least in a specific group of people."

Her answer caused laughter from several people in the living room. Wayne waved his hand indifferently, indicating that there was no secret of those things and could be watched at will. In fact, he was also very curious about where he was in the hearts of the movie fans in that land.

“Ok.”

Naomi Watts cleared his throat and began to read the content above under Nina's strange eyes. "According to the investigation by Warner Bros., Wayne's popularity there is actually not low, and these are not low in the movie fans. The source is pirated videotape..."

"Ahh?"

“Piracy…video??”

The assistant lady looked like I knew she would be like this, and there was a hint of joke in her eyes when she looked at her boss.

"Yes, pirated videotapes." Naomi Watts nodded, although his voice was incredible. "Although due to the particularity of Wayne's films, he has never been released on that land, his early works were filled with pirated videotape booths on the streets.

According to a survey by Warner Bros., including "Happy Death Day", "The Joker", "The Joker Returns", "Escape from the Deadly Town", etc., and even closer "Batman: The Moment of War", they are the best-selling videotapes in the pirated videotape market there. It can be said that except for "The Walker of the Stop", other videos are the main products in the pirated videotapes!"

This result was completely beyond everyone's expectations. Only Wayne shook his head with a bitter smile. In fact, he should have thought of such a result. With the fandom over there, let alone pirated video tapes, I'm afraid those video tapes will still be uncut versions.

At least he has done these things a lot in his previous life. What should I do if I can’t see some director edited original films? Not only those videotape vendors will give you choices and answers, use snacks, and the sharing of pioneers on film forums is also a big way.

"These pirated videotapes are not just bad. The Warner Bros. employee survey found that this brought Wayne a very high reputation, especially among certain movie fans. But this popularity is very low for ordinary people who don't care about the movie, and such a contradiction has always existed..."

In this survey data, the staff of Warner Bros. branch used various examples to prove Wayne's influence. For example, he can be regarded as one of the most well-known directors on that land. The only one who can compare with him is Steven Spielberg in Hollywood, because the works of this old Jewish man are also the fist products in the pirated video tape market...

This has accumulated a surprising group of fans for him there, especially after the Oscars held at the beginning of this year, even some mainstream media there have been reported, and the credibility of the media there among ordinary people is far higher than that of the West.

Among the movie fans, there is also a serious polarization in the evaluation of Wayne. Countless female fans who have watched his works said that they do not like the films produced by this director, but among the male group, many movie fans call him the king of darkness in Hollywood movies!

While listening to Naomi Watts, the couple read the investigation materials in a teasing tone, they burst out with kind laughter from time to time.

"You are too busy during this period, otherwise we can go out to sea together." Tom Cruise looked up at the quaint living room, shook his head, and sighed: "You are not like a billionaire, who wants to enjoy the wealth brought by struggle, Wayne. Without big yachts and huge private jets, you are almost a workaholic, you must learn to enjoy it."

"My work plan has been scheduled for five years." Wayne shook his head, and ignored the laughter between Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman at the information. He breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "But give yourself a vacation and spend a lot of time going out to sea to play. I'm still free here. Find a time, call Will, and let's go back together."

"No problem, the sea party is definitely much more interesting than you think." He blinked at him in a hidden way, and Tom Cruise made an expression that even a man knew.

Wayne shrugged. "Well, I'm looking forward to it..."