~： Four hundred and eighty-nine - 2 point premise

In the entire Greater Los Angeles area, thousands of film and television production companies, large and small, are flooded. Basically, there are no accurate figures. Every day, new film companies are established, and some film companies fail due to poor management.

Similar to film and television production companies, every day there are film dreamers from all over the world, constantly stepping into the stage of fame and fortune in Los Angeles. People come here with beautiful dreams, and only a handful of successful people can be seen in their eyes. In the end, most of them also become One of the unknown.

As an executive of 20th Century Fox, Terry has seen similar situations a lot over the years. Since boarding the elevator, he can't help but turn his head to look at the man beside him. Every time it reminded him of a few years ago, the young-faced USC graduate who came here with his work in his hands, always had the illusion that it was like a lifetime.

From the 1990s to the present, the other party has been soaring like a rocket in terms of status and wealth, and the name Wayne Greenberg has now become a successful name, the director of the other party. The career has also grown from the immature at the time to the master of the black field today.

The cautiousness of the other party when he came to the Fox Tower is still in front of his eyes, but now the young man beside him, once again facing the six Hollywood giants, has been able to look directly at him as an equal. I am afraid that only when he is in this circle can he realize that the other party is in this circle. A huge increase in power.

After all, several times in today's Hollywood, there are very few practitioners with the same coffee position. It was the young man beside him, who succeeded with alternative successes, and in just a few years, achieved something similar to what George Lucas achieved in decades.

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

No one expected that the new CEO of Twentieth Century Fox, Townsend Rothman was waiting at the door of the office. The moment he saw Wayne, he immediately opened his hands and gave him a hug. "Wayne, welcome back to Fox again."

"You're too kind, Townsend."

Wayne opened his hands, patted the other person's back lightly, released and shrugged, looking at the head of Fox seriously, with the same polite greeting on his lips. "You know, in my heart, I always remember how Fox helped me in the first place."

Townsend-Rothman patted his shoulder, shook his head with a smile, and didn't answer him. Anyone can say good things, but the vampire-like agent of the other party will not say a few good words for the other party at all, so he takes a step back in the negotiation, so this kind of face-to-face greetings is good.

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

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

On the sofa in the lounge area near the window, there were already several middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes waiting. He had already thought of this in advance before he came, and the preparations he had done were probably for these Fox executives to see. .

After they came in, a few people stood up together, followed by Townsend-Rothman's introduction, shook hands with Wayne one by one and said hello. There is not much difference from the imagination, most of them are executives of Twentieth Century Fox, and a shareholder representative.

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

Just as he was introducing a middle-aged white man with white hair, Townsend-Rothman noticed that the corner of Wayne's mouth twitched violently. This unexpected discovery aroused his considerable interest.

"It can be regarded as acquaintance."

Taking the initiative to stretch out his right hand, Wayne nodded and turned to look at the filmmaker who impressed him. "Hello, Avi, nice to meet you."

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

After a few people were seated, Wayne's eyes still glanced at Avi Adela intentionally or unintentionally. I'm afraid now only he knows how capable this person is. Like,,,, etc. masterpieces, almost all from the producer and screenwriter.

The most important thing is that the other party had already become the president of Marvel Comics as early as 1993, and later he was the president of Marvel Studios. When it comes to superhero movies, it's a connoisseur of connoisseurs.

"Let's go straight to the topic." Townsend-Rothman glanced at several Fox executives, coughed lightly, and said to Wayne who was sitting opposite: "Trust your agent, he has already told you After everything about the negotiation, we are fortunate that we have reached an agreement after all, Wayne, as long as you sign the producer contract, the conditions promised by Fox can be implemented immediately..."

Speaking of this, he deliberately paused, then glanced at Wayne, who was always expressionless, before continuing: "You understand, Wayne, Twentieth Century Fox is not my company alone, so we need to work with You talk about it before you sign, talk about what you really think about the series."

After pondering for a while, Wayne beckoned to Nina behind him, took the cigarette handed over by the assistant lady, lit one with a "pat", and said at the same time, "Townsend, can you talk about your original idea."

When it comes to specific matters, Townsend Rothman shrugged, raised his finger and pointed at Avi Adela, explaining: "Originally, the company originally wanted Avi to be the producer, yes, the screenwriting work is also He is going on, and you can get to know him about everything related to it.”

Sure enough, Wayne nodded silently and looked at Avi Adela. From the first moment he saw this well-known producer, he knew that related work could not be separated from each other.

"Okay, Director Greenberg."

With a serious face, Avi-Adela picked up a document bag that was obviously ready from the table, opened it and started to introduce it directly. "In planning, we have been preparing around the trilogy, and the series of films you shot has given us a lot of inspiration and hints..."

Following the other party's narration, Wayne has been smoking a cigarette in silence, without any thoughts of interruption. At the same time, this confirmed some of his speculations.

With the success of DC superheroes ahead, 20th Century Fox's planning was obviously influenced by its own work. The general route has actually not changed, and the planning is still a trilogy structure. In the current Hollywood environment, this is indeed the mainstream practice.

But in Wayne's eyes, doing so is a bit short-sighted. From Avi Adela's narrative, it is not difficult to find that in everyone's thinking, it is obvious that the trilogy has been considered long enough. It is the most flexible big plan in the short term. After the first film is released, it can be adjusted according to the results achieved.

This is also a common practice in big Hollywood companies. If the first film does not achieve satisfactory results, the next two plans will naturally come to an end. Stopping losses in time is the representative of the conservative thinking of big company executives.

Of course, it goes without saying that the film is successful, as long as the filming continues, and according to the shameless eating of big Hollywood companies, they will definitely keep filming this series until they die, until they can no longer make money.

"...This is only our temporary plan. What the shareholders and executives mean is to shoot the first film to test the market, and then adjust the subsequent plans according to the market performance."

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

"In this way, if I want to join this series, I have to clarify two preconditions."

Wayne leaned forward violently with his upper body leaning on the sofa, raised his hand and put out the cigarette in the ashtray on the table. Through the smoke from his mouth, he glanced at the surrounding executives again, and finally turned his attention to Townsend-Rothman, holding out a finger, said:

"First, I will overturn all the preliminary plans you made, including this so-called trilogy. The readjusted plan will consider the overall situation, which is the premise."

Speaking of which, he stretched out his second finger Second, I can tell you right now that there is no need to study DC movies deliberately, and play the dark and depressing overall rhythm, this is not the main reason for the success of DC movies factor. "

Youhe's success is ahead. Even if the dark winds of Universal Pictures this year are blowing again and again, 20th Century Fox is still affected by it. It is obviously impossible to make the overall tone into a dark wind.

To be honest, some characters are indeed suitable for this style, but it does not mean that all of them are suitable. Blindly film noir will only be a reason to drive away the audience. Dark and depressing superhero movies, after all, contradict the mainstream audience's viewing purpose. Most ordinary people who walk into the theater actually want to see a movie that makes them feel relaxed or refreshed.

"Well, that's what Fox invited you for."

Townsend-Rothman nodded. "We hope that you can make a big plan for the same as you did with DC. Of course, the importance of the first movie is self-evident, and 20th Century Fox will launch such a plan with your "Mr. Success" escort. "

His meaning is obvious, Wayne can overturn everything about the revision, 20th Century Fox wants to continue the success, 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, to design a continuous film plan, and then ensure the success of the first film in the series. As for the future 20th Century Fox, whether to follow his own The implementation of the designed plan, and even the success of the follow-up movie, who will be able to hold him accountable at that time?

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