~： Four hundred and fifty - DC superheroes don't appear on the big screen alone!

"There are still about 20 minutes left, and the media meeting will officially start."

The office on the eighth floor of the Warner Bros. Building, after the door was knocked twice, John Gray walked in and said to the people sitting in the lounge area: "mygod! The large conference room on the seventh floor has been occupied by those media reporters. Now, at the entrance of the building, there are still people rushing over!"

His voice was full of excitement. When every major Warner Bros. production was announced, there would be no lack of media attention, but like today, it is still too rare for various media, large and small, to spontaneously join in the fun.

Just now, John Gray has already understood with the staff. Not only some well-known authoritative media, but even some gossip tabloids, want to infiltrate and get first-hand information about the second Batman.

"Hmmm, Charles, get ready for the spotlight."

After John Gray sat down, Jeff Robinoff put down the big cigar in his hand and looked at the middle-aged white man beside him. "I hope too much attention won't bring too much work pressure to you."

"No, I'll do all the work."

Charles Rowan, a veteran producer at Warner Bros., knows better than anyone what this partnership with Wayne means. There has been a saying in the circle that even if a dog is tied to Wayne's side, it will follow in his footsteps and succeed, which shows that people respect Wayne in film projects.

But for Charles Rowan, choosing to work with Wayne as a producer on a project he leads is equally risky.

Basically, all the work will be observed by the media under a magnifying glass. If the film still achieves great success in the end, then naturally everything can be said. If the final result of the film is not satisfactory, the person responsible for the failure of the project must be the first. , will be the producer of the project.

Even if the producer has little decision-making power on this project, he will definitely be regarded as the culprit by Warner Bros. Otherwise, would anyone dare to condemn the great Wayne Greenberg?

Taking another covert glance at the young man sitting across from him, closing his eyes and savoring the cigar, Charles Rowan still had some concerns. After all, among all the rumors, this young insider is definitely a dark lunatic who is greedy, lecherous, moody, and even likes to abuse female stars!

They had never been in contact with each other before. If he hadn't cooperated with each other, he could speed up his success. He would not be willing to cooperate with a big director who was rumored to be very difficult to get in touch with.

In fact, the reason that will impress him is entirely the persuasion of Bruce Rosenblum: "Charles, according to my decades of experience in this circle, choice is more important than hard work! And who to walk with is more important than what to go. The end point is still important! Trust me, although you will lose control of the project by working with Wayne, you will gain far more than you think you have lost!”

Originally, Charles Rowan was the most talented producer of Warner Bros. He was able to let go of all his arrogance because of what the other party had achieved. To put it bluntly, it is very simple. People with real skills will be more likely to gain blind trust no matter which industry they are in.

"Wayne, this morning..."

Jeff Robinoff raised his wrist, glanced at the time, and said to Wayne, who was leaning on the sofa and enjoying a cigar with his eyes closed: "Early this morning, the company warned cbs TV that they should take care of Roger. -Albert's mouth, you can rest assured that he will definitely not cause any obstacles to The Departed after awards season."

The young man on the opposite side nodded, apparently not wanting to express any opinion on this matter.

From now on, until May or June next year, the most important time for The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. will not allow or want to see anything that might affect Wayne's work happening.

How much revenue this series can bring, Warner Bros. marketing department has already made an estimate, and the total revenue involved is too large. It can be said that who would dare to affect the work of the young man on the opposite side at this point in time. , Warner Bros. and Time Warner will not hesitate to pounce on each other.

"For our cooperation! For success."

Wayne opened his eyes with a smile, picked up the coffee on the coffee table, and gestured to the slightly unfamiliar Charles Rowan, and also gestured to the Warner Bros ceo, as if he had a glass of champagne in his hand, and took the lead. Head up and drank.

The other two old men glanced at each other, smiled at the same time, picked up their respective coffee cups, and drank them in one breath.

Both of them understood that what Wayne seemed to be speaking to Charles Rowan was actually speaking to Jeff Robinoff as well, and whether or not Warner Bros. had spoken to him before warning cbs, he would also Willing to accept this little favor.

Putting down the coffee cup in his hand, Wayne stood up and started tidying up his suit, ready to go downstairs to attend the project launch conference. Although it is impossible to reveal too much of the film to reporters due to the confidentiality of the plot, this is the first of "The Dark Knight" He appeared in the media for the first time, and of course he hoped that the higher the popularity, the better.

As for Jeff Robinoff and others' warnings to the Chicago guy, he certainly took it for granted. Maybe Wayne is not clear about the too advanced business concept, but he still understands one thing very well, that is, everyone who has money makes money, no matter whether he is full-fledged or not, the role of eating alone is unlikely to be popular anywhere.

This is also one of the reasons why he is willing to give up his involvement in dc. He only took a small step back, which seems to be a loss, but it can be exchanged for more needed benefits for him.

"After "Joker" and "Batman: Time for War" to test the market, Warner Bros. can tell you clearly that this "Batman: The Dark Knight" will become a new era of DC superheroes, which has a pivotal and linking significance. "Fifteen minutes later, Wayne, Charles Rowan, and Bruce Rosenblum sat behind the long table in front of the huge conference room. In front of them were reporters from various media huddled together. With the flashing lights off and on, the director of Warner Bros. distribution spoke into the microphone and said:

"I know that movie fans all over North America and even the world are looking forward to Batman to meet them, and Warner Bros. can promise fans here that this movie will never let them down. Due to confidentiality regulations, Now I can't reveal more information about the film, but I can tell you that the investment in this film is no less than 160 million US dollars!"

$160 million in production costs!

This is a superhero movie with a production cost of $160 million!

As soon as Bruce Rosenblum finished speaking, he immediately set off a "buzzing" discussion storm in the temporary press room. The reporters at the scene were very surprised, because the production cost was too terrifying.

"Friends, this is just the beginning of the dc comic series!"

When the discussion on the spot gradually subsided, Bruce Rosenbrunn threw a blockbuster into the microphone again. "Warner Bros. promises that in the next few years, it will shoot and produce more comically modified superhero movies, and the investment in each film will not be lower than this "Batman: The Dark Knight"!"

As he said at the beginning, Warner Bros. has seen too many things from "Joker" and "Batman: The Opening Hours" in the early stage. Which two movies have tested and summarized the market, and in the future DC comics Changing the series will inevitably speed up the shooting speed and investment quota.

Perhaps in the eyes of the media at the scene and other companies in the circle, this is like a big gamble. The production cost of nearly 200 million US dollars will immediately stretch Warner Bros.’s liquidity if something happens to the project.

As long as people in the film industry understand that the speed of recovery of funds invested in films is too slow, it is always calculated in units of years, and even the fastest speed will be at least more than a year later. See the money back.

Slightly larger production companies use the financing method of using chickens to lay eggs very easily, mainly to share risks and avoid financial crises that affect the company's operations.

But this series is different. No matter how stupid Warner Bros., they would not use financing to shoot Wayne's superheroes. In order to avoid this series of too terrifying profits, there will be a lot of wrangling after the film is released It will inevitably use its own company's liquidity.

But even if it is a media group, how much liquidity does it have in billions? In fact, if Wayne really screwed up this time, it would certainly not hurt Warner Bros., but it would definitely affect many other projects within the company.

"Director Greenberg, hello."

After Bruce Rosenblum's brief introduction, without waiting for the on-site staff to host the roll call, a white female reporter squeezed in front immediately turned her attention to Wayne sitting in the middle. "I'm Jessica from the Los Angeles Times.

As I just said, this "Batman: The Dark Knight" is an important work that links the previous and the next, and it is very important to the DC comic book series. Excuse me, does this mean that after the Batman trilogy, other dc superhero movies do not exist alone? "

In the traditional concept of Hollywood, a big-selling movie, of course, must continue to shoot sequels to continue to make money. Because of the huge fans and popularity accumulated by the first successful film, often the second and third films will not lack box office even if the filming is not satisfactory.

In similar sequels, the most used means is the trilogy. Now the situation has changed a bit. From Bruce Rosenblum's explanation just now, all the reporters on the scene smelled an unusual taste.

"Cough, cough."

Wayne coughed twice into the microphone, the scene immediately became silent, and everyone was waiting for his exact answer. "That's right, dc comics change superheroes, if nothing else, they will never appear on the big screen as independent films...!"

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