~： One hundred and twenty-five - fortunate in misfortune

The next day at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, in the small conference room on the seventeenth floor, no matter how lively the media hyped outside, Zach Snyder bravely invited two people from the city government.

Now that this kind of thing happened, Wayne didn't expect the film to be filmed quietly. All he could do was to quickly find a way to get these two people and quickly finish filming the scenes in New York.

The two people from the city government didn't say a word after they sat down. The leader was a middle-aged Jewish thief with a particularly conspicuous hooked nose, but these two obviously didn't want to talk about it, as if they were going through the motions.

Wayne looked at the middle-aged man and determined that he was able to make a decision, and then asked, "Mr. Feinstein, according to the contract we reached before, the city government has absolutely no reason to overturn everything."

This is New York, and even the city government can't even count how many Hollywood crews are filming every week. Their plan is generally, as long as they do not intentionally disturb the social order, they will actively cooperate with the crew to shoot.

"We won't overturn the previous contract." Saul Feinstein did not expose Wayne's foolishness. "Of course you can continue filming, but those plans for large-scale road closures in the city center need to be reworked."

After he finished speaking, he shook his head and looked at the big director across from him. If he wasn't Jewish, he wouldn't bother to mention it.

"Keep shooting..."

The other party is also clearly shirking their responsibilities. Of course they can continue to shoot, but without the cooperation of the New York City government, those big scenes that need to be closed to shoot will all be lost!

"Joker" is said to be a comic book movie rather than a crime drama, and the final shots needed are all large-scale scenes in the city center!

Zach Snyder saw Wayne frown, turned his head and said, "Mr. Feinstein, according to the agreement I negotiated with you last month, the contract clearly states the obligations of both parties, and the city government must... …”

"Zach!"

Looking at the other person's face while thinking, Wayne interrupted his assistant director immediately when he heard this.

Hearing these words as well, Saul Feinstein obviously didn't take it to heart, and his tone was as flat as ever. "Mr. Schneider, the contract you signed has never changed. You can continue to shoot in New York, but because of security issues, the New York Police Department's tasks are very busy, so there is no way to help you close the road."

Although Zach Snyder's name was on his lips, the middle-aged Jewish politician never took his eyes off Wayne for a second.

Frowning and thinking for a second, Wayne decided to cut to the chase. This is a threshold that cannot be directly crossed. "Mr. Feinstein, let's just say it directly, what constituted the decision of the city government, I hope to know the main reasons."

It was only then that the middle-aged man showed a smile. Saul Feinstein also said happily: "Let me tell you, if you are a small crew and a small director, we won't care what the media reports on this matter. But you and your crew have suffered The attention is too high, understand?"

"Huh?" Even though he had already guessed something, he still pointed to himself. "So it has a lot to do with me?"

"Child, it has a lot to do!" Saul Feinstein stopped playing stupid and looked at the young director. "Don't underestimate your influence. Both of your films have aroused a movie-watching boom among young people in New York. When "Get Out" was released, even some young people queuing up at the theaters were lined up. Traffic jams outside the theater, and your influence is really big..."

This made him nodded speechlessly, and Wayne knew that what he said was the truth. When "Get Out" was released, it really caused a trend among young people.

Not to mention young people in the city of New York, even those African-American young people in the community of color, started partying and went to the theater to watch movies.

"Just because of your influence in a certain way." Saul Feinstein also put on a helpless smile on his face. "The city government is reluctant to get involved in certain scandals. Many people are dissatisfied with government departments. Coupled with the bottomless hype of the media, a large number of them will think that the government is helping a "problem". …”

Don't need him to finish. Wayne has already understood what he meant. Politicians are like this. Whenever there is a slight risk, they will immediately withdraw their hands, and they will never give themselves a reason to be attacked.

Hearing what the other party said, Wayne shrugged, indicating that it had nothing to do with him.

"I know that even the arrested assistant director has nothing to do with the crew, and he can't stop the media from hyping it up, but I still have to say one thing here, Mr. Feinstein, Karen Voss What he did was his personal behavior."

Seeing that Wayne has said everything here, Saul Feinstein is not going around. "According to the section of the road you are going to shoot, it is only two blocks away from the most prosperous Fifth Avenue in New York. This location is simply too sensitive to not attract the attention of the public and reporters."

He shook his head and continued: "Director Greenberg, for government departments, stability is the overriding factor!"

His subtext is very clear, politicians do things with stability, and you Wayne Greenberg is too famous to be ignored by journalists and the public.

This is the consequence of Karen, the assistant director. Wayne didn't even need to read the newspapers this morning to think that because the police wanted to investigate the problem of contraband on the crew, he would be named a drug den.

Those politicians, including Saul Feinstein, are not willing to let the media say that they are related to the drug nest crew. These are not a problem for Hollywood star directors, but a big deal for politicians.

"That's the way it is, Director Greenberg." Saul Feinstein didn't hide it at all. They weren't afraid of Wayne's contract talk, unless Warner Bros. wasn't filming in New York in the future.

"So we hope you will think carefully about your plans to shoot on location in New York. Because this time it may cause you losses, I can personally make a personal promise to you that you will definitely come back to New York to shoot a movie in the future, and there will definitely be many conveniences! "

The words have come to this point, which is almost equivalent to driving Wayne into a dead end, leaving him with nothing to do for a while. At this time, Wayne's mind is spinning rapidly, thinking if there is any alternative plan.

However, it is almost impossible. If you give up the location that has already been inspected, you can only go back to Los Angeles to set the scene, but it is too late to set the scene. This should have been done in the early preparations!

At this time, Wayne even thought of the possibility of ignoring the city government and forcibly going to the location to shoot according to the contract.

With the terms indicated in the contract, the city government has absolutely no right to prevent the crew from filming normally, but no one will know if there will be any problems. Without the coordination of the city government, there is no support from the police department.

Especially for scenes that require road closures, no matter how fast the shooting progress is, it cannot be completed in a day and a half. The crew, which is subject to various restrictions, will obviously become unable to move an inch.

After rejecting the idea in his heart, Wayne shook his head in frustration and said tentatively: "If I agree with the advice of the New York City government, don't go to that **** sensitive street to shoot and go back to the slum where I went first. Arrange the shooting yourself, can you help the crew?"

"Hmm Interesting suggestion..." Saul Feinstein raised his hand and scratched his chin lightly.

This was Wayne's last resort, otherwise he was going to rush back to Los Angeles immediately to shoot with a more crazy green cloth, and all the backgrounds in the later stage were synthesized through CG.

The cost of doing this now is very high. Although computers have already been used in film production by Industrial Light and Magic, before 2000, as long as they were related to special effects, they were very expensive.

"You can't shoot right away, you have to wait for the media to calm down a little in the past two days." Saul Feinstein unexpectedly agreed, which gave Wayne a sense of unreality, and he had already started in his heart. Choose another plan!

Now there are two options, or immediately return to Los Angeles, while filming interior scenes, while making the crew work overtime to set the scene, but will definitely miss the Super Bowl.

The second is to stay in New York, spend a lot of money on that Brooklyn street, and leave as soon as the exterior shots are finished, possibly before Christmas, but at a cost.