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If Warner Bros. does not interfere with the creation of its films, the film will definitely have a good box office and reputation. Once executives and producers start playing tricks, they are destined to play the sequels of the big-selling series until they are sealed and hidden indefinitely.

After entering Hollywood for so many years, Wayne has been avoiding similar things as much as possible, which happens to himself and to his project crew.

Even for projects co-produced with Warner Bros., such as "The Matrix" and "The Walker of the Insular", he only allows Warner Bros. to send a producer to the crew, and never allows too many voices that can make decisions in the crew.

That's right, Jeff Robinoff took the lead and controlled the opening of "Superman" with himself as the production center. No one can tell too many problems, but once Bruce Rosenblum was added, the matter immediately changed.

We cannot blame Wayne for thinking too much. Over the years, he has tried his best to increase the influence of his Warner Brothers in order to never have a second voice in his project.

As a late practitioner in the film industry in his previous life, he may not know anything else, but he knew very well what happened to the traditional nature of Warner Bros. executives. These self-righteous "professionals" interfered with Zach Schneider's "Justice League" and could be said that everyone had their own ideas.

Although Director Zha's status in the circle was not low at that time, he still couldn't get the treatment of Christopher Nolan, so he always worked in shackles.

The failure of "Justice League" was not unexpected at all. In the eyes of many movie fans, it is much more difficult to make a superhero movie with Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Diana Prisse, Barry Allen and other famous superhero movies that are resounding throughout the world.

I can only sigh at the ability of Warner Bros. executives to make sure they can clearly choose the wrong one from countless correct choices.

Because even movie fans who don’t understand the film industry know very well that with these superheroes who are famous throughout the world, as long as the movies are filmed, even if there is no novelty, they will most likely not be able to accompany money. You know, sometimes movie fans don’t want much.

As of now, Wayne is seriously doubting whether he has intervened in the DC series too early. But nothing is wrong. Compared to a mess that is so bad that it cannot be cleaned up, the current result is obviously more acceptable.

It was obvious that if he hadn't laid the foundation for DC too early, overturned everything, and led DC movies on the right path, the executives of Warner Bros. might have made some weird decisions.

Just like in the late 1980s, Warner Bros.'s senior executives decided not to fight the dead Superman idea after several meetings, and focused on another popular hero, well, Batman Bruce Wayne.

So they kindly invited the genius director Tim Burton, giving this director with a strong personal style full of power.

Chachatim Burton did not disappoint them, and used his unique dark Gothic style to produce the first part of "Batman", which was a double-winning box office after it was released.

The following "Batman Return" was still very popular, and the box office was still worth less than 80 million US dollars in production costs, which brought back a box office of 270 million US dollars, but the audience's reputation declined.

At this point, the ancestral "passive skills" of Warner Bros.'s senior executives opened again. Most executives and shareholders believed that the audience was tired of Tim Burton's personal style. After all, both the box office and the audience's reputation were lower than the first one, right?

Then there was an interesting thing, and decided to kick Tim Burton's Warner Bros. The initial idea was to take advantage of the good situation created by the first two "Batman" to replace all the core creators and find a director who can make "Batman" into a family-friendly style.

The turning point of things is here. Wayne successfully convinced the previous CEO Kevin Tesuhara with a complete, logical and highly feasible DC Universe Plan outline.

If he hadn't appeared, Warner Brothers would have invited Joe Schumacher to produce the joyful "Batman Forever". Although he received $336 million in the box office, the reputation of the movie fans quickly declined.

However, Warner Bros. does not think of the word-of-mouth effect. They do not doubt the good box office at all. It is because the foundation laid by Tim Burton in the first two movies. They are paranoid and think that their decision is right. Fans should like this joyful Batman "drag show".

Then he continued to tinker with the story of "Batman and Robin" that completely killed "Batman". After "Batman and Robin" was released, the reputation and box office collapsed again, just like the story of the previous reenactment in the "Superman" series.

Warner Bros. can only seal the series "Batman" again, just like the previous series "Superman", waiting for the time to pass long enough that fans will find an opportunity to restart after forgetting their bad movie memories.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for Zach Schneider to suffer in the DC series. Even if the senior executives of Warner Bros. have changed many batches of executives, their style of making mistakes in their large-scale productions has always been preserved intact.

More importantly, it is not an executive who likes to do this, but n. This causes too many people to give orders, and all kinds of voices affect the ending of the direction of the film.

Through the various situations, a director wants to start a long-term cooperation with Warner Bros., the only feasible solution is that he is already the top in the circle, has a huge status and reputation, and can fully control the crew.

Otherwise, even if the conditions are signed into the contract, Warner Bros. executives still have ways to interfere with the crew's creation. They can simply send a few more producers to the crew, so that the director can be "nonsense".

“Boss.”

Seeing that Wayne closed his eyes and was gradually falling into deep thoughts and memories, Nina hesitated for a while, but still called in a low voice.

"What's wrong?"

When he opened his eyes, he realized that the sun had already set in the west, and the clouds in the sky seemed to have been scorched by fire, and blood-red colors filled his eyes.

He raised his hand and rubbed his eyes hard, moved his body and rubbed his head above the recliner. Wayne turned to look at the assistant lady and muttered, "What's the matter?"

Nina shook the mobile phone in her hand back and forth at her boss, shrugging her shoulders and reporting: "The Reed Hastings called again."

Wayne definitely doesn't want to miss Netflix's cake, and now it's just a matter of delaying investment for some reasons.

Since he talked with the founder of Netflix at the party, he has never seen each other again. He is basically contacted by Nina. In fact, to put it bluntly, he just drags it perfunctorily. He can neither make the founder feel like he has lost hope nor can he really give sweetness.

"Reed Hastings is having a hard time now. The Internet is developing at an amazing speed, and the number of private computers is growing rapidly. However, the growth rate of registered members of his website has always been neither too fast nor too slow.

There is a reason for lack of capital development, but the bigger reason is that its Internet DVD rental company has too little content..."

Nodding secretly, Wayne certainly knew what was going on. In his memory, even Netflix, which later became the world's number one streaming media group, its biggest flaw is still content output.

Don’t look at Netflix dramas, movies appearing in endless streams, "House of Cards", "Dark", "Super Hunting", "Love, Death, Robot", etc., and it will hardly disappoint users.

But it is because of the lack of content output that they are willing to shoot self-produced dramas at all costs. These self-produced dramas have greatly increased Netflix's profit costs. After all, people have seen successful dramas, and more unwilling dramas have been ignored by everyone.

The cost of self-producing dramas is too high, so high that even if the world's No. 1 streaming media group spends money, the content output is still not enough.

"His ambition is really great..."

Halfway through the Assistant Miss, Wayne already understood what Reed Hastings wanted. It can be said that the founder of Netflix was not just about the money he had, but also the lifeblood of Warner Bros. and dozens of small and medium-sized film companies under it: film library resources.

"Continue to drag him and tell him that Warner Bros. can certainly authorize Netflix, and I have the ability to get the authorization of Warner Bros.'s huge film library."

With a chuckle, Wayne reached out and kept scratching his chin stubble, and ordered in a weird tone:

"But if he wants to get my investment and get the authorization of Warner Bros.'s huge film library, his results are not enough now. I want to see more results, whether it is the number of Internet members or the growth of company revenue. You can tell him clearly that just because of his current workshop-style small company, it is not enough."

Nina nodded. "Plan to continue?"

"Continue, just stare at him to death."

The reason is actually very simple. In the plan to invest in Netflix, Wayne completely adopted the Assistant Miss plan, a low-risk plan most commonly used by capitalists.

Just like when Reed Hastings first found him, he explained his ideas about Netflix to him completely, and the answer he got was also a genius creativity, even if he let it go.

A few months have passed, and Reed Hastings has invested tens of millions of dollars himself. It can be said that the company started with a prosperous start, but it must be much further away from profit and listing.

At this time, when he turned around and contacted Nina, the assistant lady immediately told him, "You have done this future website very well. My boss plans to invest in you 50 million US dollars, but you have to meet some necessary conditions. What are the conditions? You probably want to increase the website membership to the level of one million, and the membership scope spreads to the entire North America."

Hearing the conditions offered by Nina, Reed Hastings turned around and devoted himself to the promotion of the website again. What should I do if I don’t have money to expand? Whether you mortgage the property or borrow it, it has nothing to do with potential big investors, right?

Because in the current Internet environment, it is extremely normal for large-scale users to grow, and there is no interference from competitors. With the rapid expansion and expansion of users, some difficulties will inevitably surface on their own, such as shortage of content that has to be ranked first in funds!

At this time, Wayne's side not only became the potential target of Netflix's development funding, but also became a life-saving straw to solve the company's biggest difficulties "insufficient content".

When Reed Hastings turned around and contacted Nina again, the call came this time. The reply from the assistant lady was quite simple. "You are still too small now, and the results you have achieved are not enough. Mr. Greenberg wants to see more, otherwise, there will be no way to convince Warner Bros. senior executives to authorize Netflix film and television content.

All you have to do is continue to promote the website, increase the number of users, and attract more users who are willing to spend on the Internet. When Netflix can generate the first profit, Mr. Greenberg will not only invest you 100 million US dollars, but will also bring you the Warner Bros. Film Library authorization you have always dreamed of."

As a normal person, of course he would doubt the effectiveness of these promises, but now, Reed Hastings has no choice because he can't find a better potential investor than Wayne. There are many people who have money to invest in him, but only Wayne can provide Netflix development platform.

So, in desperation, he had no choice but to carry the company and continue to move forward to strive for the indicators given by Nina.

You should know that in this process, Nina's plan greatly reduced Wayne's investment risks. In this process, it greatly increased Reed Hastings' personal risks.

The other party is mortgaged to raise funds, carrying unhealthy capital flows to expand the market, etc. If there is any mistake in any attempt to expand the company, Wayne will not lose a penny.

More importantly, every time Nina talks with Reed Hastings, the conditions and suggestions given by her are in line with the development of the market, without any mistakes. I support your entrepreneurship and help you point out the subsequent path. Not only can you not complain, but you also secretly thank me...

Now Nina's plan is actually just going to the second part. Once Reed Hastings really meets those conditions, whether it is the number of user groups or profit indicators, Wayne is definitely the first to invest in him.

Because among all potential investors, Wayne knows him best. Not to mention the possibility of finding others, even if there are other potential investors, they must understand Netflix from scratch. The twists and wastes of time are not allowed to omit this process. You can't both want to invest and not give others time to analyze your company, right?

In the end, you will only find that you can't wait for that time, and building trust with other investors will cost more time. However, Nina is involved in every process of starting a business and follows all your entrepreneurial time.

That means that Nina is the one who knows the most about all your situation, and Wayne behind it is definitely the first to invest in you and will also give you everything you want.

What are the benefits? The advantage is that even if Wayne eventually invests in him, the valuation given by Netflix will not be too high. You know, Wayne is not afraid of someone intercepting others. The assistant lady participated in the entire development process, and every promise she gave was what Netflix urgently needed.

And this is the most basic capitalist investment behavior, not only in North America, but also in the world. Countless entrepreneurs and startups are all rubbed by capitalists on the ground like this.

Don’t think that “angel investors” are really angel nature. The social system in North America determines that power is infinitely subdivided, and after a few years, a group of people will be replaced, and then there will be time-consuming. Billions like Wayne and others who hold large sums of funds are the vested interests who are truly behind the scenes and those who have power for a long time.

From a global perspective, politics is undoubtedly the bloody knife that ranks first, but when it comes to capitalist lands like North America, it is completely reversed. Money, or financial means, is the more dirty sword of Damolix that is stepping on politics.

Having said that, is Reed Hastings stupid? After all, he is also a millionaire who has successfully started a business in Silicon Valley. In fact, he is not stupid because this is the most common method used by big capitalists, big investors, and investment institutions, and cannot escape it.

And during the past few months of starting a business, he must have thought of giving up countless times, but on the one hand, he invested his own money in real money, and on the other hand, Nina kept encouraging him.

"You did a great job." "Mr. Greenberg is always paying attention to you." "Do it, it's just a little bit. As long as you are a little better, you can get everything you want and realize your dreams in life!"

Since childhood, Wayne's father taught him, "Business is business, business, and it's just business." Don't underestimate this sentence, which contains the principle of Jews' continuous success. Therefore, once business is involved, there will naturally be a set of business rules, and all bullshit ideals and emotions will be thrown aside.

In fact, this is true in both East and West, both in business. Don’t expect someone to provide timely assistance to entrepreneurs. You must be clear-headed that if others don’t add to you, you will be a great charity.

Since you want to succeed, you must endure things that ordinary people cannot tolerate. In life, no one will avoid eating shit. The key is, don’t chew it carefully.

For Sony Columbia's new CEO at this time, he can now deeply feel this feeling. On August 11, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Paul took the invitation letter he found through his relationship and entered the premiere of "X-Men" through the VIP channel.

As the new CEO of the six major Hollywood players, he is definitely one of the top big bosses in the entire circle. However, after being rejected by Wayne, he still tried his best to get it up just to achieve his goals.

"e on, let me see how superheroes outside DC should be made to succeed..."

There were crowds of people in front of the Hollywood Grand Theater, hundreds of movie fans cheered, and hundreds of media reporters pressed their camera equipment as hard as they were, and cheers burst out from time to time in the crowd.

Paul didn't even watch it, and he didn't even walk into the VIP lounge where the guests were generally socializing, and went straight to the screening room, quietly waiting for the premiere of "X-Men".

He only wants to confirm one thing now, that is, whether the path taken by Fox Townsend Rossman in 20th Century will work, and want to see what the difference between "X-Men" and DC superheroes are different, and whether it can achieve terrifying offline revenue like Warner Bros.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, it is basically unlikely to meet the conditions offered by Wayne. Copyright monsters like the six major companies in Hollywood will never easily sip the copyright that has been eaten. Even if there are dust in the script library, it has been difficult to find six major cases of selling their copyrights for nearly twenty years.

Paul has made plans. As long as this path works, he will start all relationships within the company and promote cooperation with Wayne.

He is now the CEO of Sony Colombia. To put it bluntly, he is just a senior worker. As long as he can lead Sony Colombia to have his own successful superhero series, he will not care about the company's gains and losses in a few years or even more than ten years later.

But all the premises must be based on whether "X-Men" can be successful. It doesn't take long to finish, and the results of the premiere, the first day, and the first weekend can be clearly seen.

At this time, in the media interview area in front of the theater, dozens of reporters were surrounding Wayne. Although he was not the director of "X-Men", compared to the director Bourne Singer who walked past, it was obvious that he had gained more media attention.

Since he took Harry Berry into the media interview area, issues related to "X-Men" and superheroes have been constantly thrown out by reporters.

"Mr. Greenberg."

As the interview time was about to end, a New York Times continued to ask loudly: "According to the news we learned, you are just playing a role similar to the producer in the X-Men crew. So, how do you ensure that the direction of this film is what you designed? How do you ensure that the main creators of the crew who are doing specific work are working exactly according to your planned plan?"

"First of all, I need to correct it. The contract I signed with 20th Century Fox clearly states that I am the number one producer of "X-Men."

In response to the reporter's question, Wayne shrugged with a smile. After thinking for a while, he replied to the countless microphones and recorders in front of him: "As early as the preparations of the project "X-Men", the directors, actors and other experts in the circle were carefully selected by me, which can ensure their ability to work on "X-Men" to a certain extent.

As for how to ensure that the work direction is carried out according to the plan, there is no need to worry too much, because these main creative personnel are all the top industry geniuses in the circle."

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at everyone and spread his hands, and continued, "Excellent talents are self-management, they do not need to be managed. Just like Bourne Singer and a group of excellent actors, they know what they want to do and will try their best to do their jobs, without having to manage them deliberately.

My job is to let them have a common vision, which is the secret to ensuring the direction of X-Men. Propose a common vision for everyone and clearly convey it to every member, so that they can understand that everyone is working hard for the same vision, and what I have to do is to make this vision recognized by everyone..."