~： Seven hundred and fourteen - Rules can serve you.

"...Yes, Jeff, I don't think there is a place for discussion in the script."

In the restaurant of Greenberg Manor, Wayne was wearing pajamas, holding a mobile phone in one hand, tilted his head and kept talking. The other hand was not idle, and he kept picking up a piece of scrambled egg with a steel fork and sending it to his mouth.

Chewing something in his mouth made his voice sound a little hoarse. "As for the script, I have only one opinion. If any executive or shareholder thinks he understands DC superheroes better than me, and thinks he understands movies better than me, then I respect his revision opinions!"

"Um... dear, is there anything else to eat?"

Just as Wayne was talking to the Warner Bros. CEO with an obvious mocking tone, Naomi Watts covered her mouth with one hand and walked into the restaurant while yawning.

Glancing at the Australian actress fiercely, he pointed to the phone on his neck and to the place on the dining table for breakfast.

"Sorry."

Naomi Watts shrugged and apologized silently, regardless of whether the man saw his apologetic mouth or not, he pulled out his chair and sat down before breakfast, and began to keep stuffing his mouth. food.

"Wayne, get ready, within a week, I will let "Superman" and "Wonder Woman" pass the review of the review committee as soon as possible, and promote these two projects as soon as possible!"

Jeff Robinoff's voice came out on the phone. In fact, the CEO of Warner Bros. had thought of the current result early in the morning. This phone call was more like a routine for other high-level executives. "Hey man, don't tell me you're having breakfast, it's past ten in the morning."

"That's right, I gave myself half a day off." Wayne responded with a smile, but his eyes couldn't help but aim at the Australian actress. "Ok, let's do it first, Jeff, try to move as fast as possible, we don't have much time."

After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone and threw the mobile phone on the dining table. He lowered his head and continued to work hard to deal with the scrambled eggs and bacon on the plate.

Although it was late September, the sunshine in Los Angeles was still warm. Naomi Watts picked up the milk and drank two mouthfuls in a row. Turning his head and looking at the hot sky outside the window, he asked casually, "What happened? Let Jeff call the manor early in the morning to find you."

"Superman and Wonder Woman's script problem." Wayne didn't lift his head, muttered in response: "Warner Bros. review committee has some high-level opinions on the timeline of these two scripts."

"Then how to solve it?" The Australian actress shook her head slightly, and continued to ask in surprise, "Rewrite the script? Or what?"

Without waiting for him to answer, he cleared his throat with a look of watching a good show on his face, and pretended to be serious: "Wayne Greenberg's new project has been blocked, and the Warner Bros. review committee has asked for revisions. Otherwise, the project will not be approved. Hahaha, I really expect this to be the headline tomorrow!”

"Dear Ms. Watts, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you."

Swallowing the last bite, Wayne leaned back on the chair with a contented face, glanced at Naomi Watts proudly, reached for a cigarette, took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a deep breath.

With the smoke from his mouth, he said with a smile: "Jeff will push the project approval within a week at most, Nami, you have to know that if you have money in Hollywood, then the rules can be changed. If you Right, then the rules can serve you.

The rules of the Warner Bros. review committee are tailored for producers and directors who have neither money nor power. And I am not in this category, understand? "

Rolling her eyes fiercely, Naomi Watts didn't continue to say anything. Although she didn't want to admit it, everything the other party said was the fact of Chi Luoluo in this circle.

All major Hollywood film companies have rigorous and complete project review mechanisms. Unlike independent film companies, every project invested by a major film company must go through a nearly rigorous review process.

It is still in the late 1990s, but the investment scale of mainstream Hollywood commercial films has reached tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars. Don’t look at the big Hollywood film companies, all of them seem to have deep pockets, but in fact they don’t have much liquidity. If a large-scale project investment of hundreds of millions of dollars fails, it is entirely possible for a medium-sized film company to go bankrupt and a large-scale film company to suffer. move bones.

Therefore, it is up to the film company to be cautious and cautious, and even so, film investment is like a gamble again and again for the film company. No company can ensure the success of the film before the project is released. This is also a Hollywood film company. I like One of the reasons for making a sequel project.

Since the commercialization of Hollywood for so many years, film companies have long had a set of perfect operating rules, and the project approval before the project officially receives investment, every day I don’t know how many plans there are. It is not uncommon for projects with an internal audit time of several years.

But all of this is for ordinary producers or directors, such as Wayne or Steven Spielberg, who are fully capable of ignoring the almost strictness in the circle to some extent. harsh rules.

Not to mention detailed project plans and scripts, directors or producers of their level, even if they are empty-handed and rely on a sudden idea, there will still be no shortage of investors who take the initiative to send money.

"I'm going to the farm to see Fendi, do you want to come with me?"

For actresses, body management is always the focus of life. Naomi Watts seems to be hungry, but she still controls her desire to eat more, just simply eat some bread and pick up skim milk Looking at Wayne and complaining:

"Damn, I hope little Fendi hasn't forgotten my mother."

"I made an offer to Roland Emmerich in the afternoon to talk to him about the preparations for "King Kong"." Shrugging at the woman, Wayne spread his hands regretfully. "Cherish your vacation, Nami, I suggest you stay on the farm for two days and spend time with our sweet daughter."

"Hmm, I'll consider it."

Naomi Watts drank the milk in one gulp, stood up and walked out of the restaurant. "However, I have to say, Wayne, that I really enjoy working."

Looking at the graceful back of the Australian girl, the madness of last night kept surging in Wayne's mind. Even he himself admitted in his heart that no matter how hot the other women's bodies are and how delicate their faces are, in the end, the woman who fits him best has to be this Australian girl.

When he was alone in the restaurant, he inevitably began to think about the phone call he just answered.

In fact, after the scripts of "Superman" and "Wonder Woman" were submitted to Warner Bros. together with the project proposal, Wayne had already thought that there would be some executives who would object to the timeline of the script.

After all, according to his plan, "Wonder Woman" should be placed before the opening of "Superman" in terms of production and release time. If you change the position of the two films before and after each other, these sounds will never appear.

The first is "Wonder Woman". Wayne didn't make too many changes, and the overall script was still based on the version in his mind. After all, the long legs of the Israeli actress are really impressive.

The success of this version has fully demonstrated the excellence of its script and story. He did not try to be thankful, and made major revisions in his own right. If the current script is different from the picture in my memory, it only adds some lines to the film, suggesting the existence of Green Lantern, either true or false.

And the end-credits egg is what he really intends to arrange, and the other stories as a whole have not changed much. The "Wonder Woman" in my memory is like showing how beautiful Gal Gadot is in 360 degrees, and the version he is about to shoot, except that the heroine has been replaced, still continues like this. way.

The reason why Warner Bros. high-level opinions aroused was actually the script and story arrangement of "Superman". Because Wayne put the story line of Superman in front of "Wonder Woman".

There is nothing surprising about the overall story of "Superman". It can be said that even if it has not been filmed, DC fans can guess that it is inseparable. This film mainly gives the origin of Clark Kent, and the biggest villain will only be General Zod.

Just according to the understanding of normal people, there is no doubt that "Superman", which is more advanced in the timeline, will be produced and released first, and then through some small means, it will lead to Wonder Woman Diana-Prince.

But Wayne didn't do that. His plan was completely reversed.

A single film, or put these two films together, "Superman" before "Wonder Woman" is indeed more conducive to the film's screening performance, and is also conducive to the understanding of fans, as well as the fluency of movie fans to watch the movie.

But Wayne's eyes didn't fixate on these two films at all. Instead, he paid more attention to the foundation laid by "Justice League" after the release of these two films, and provided enough convincing logic.

At least in his opinion, with the popularity that has accumulated in the past few years, coupled with the global popularity of "Superman" and "Wonder Woman", even if the timelines of these two films are reversed, there will still be no shortage of fans. support.

But "Justice League" is completely different. When the fans' expectations are pulled to the highest, the difficulty of making "Justice League" is also pulled to the highest.

No one can deny that it is much more difficult to shoot a movie like a grocery store than a movie with a single protagonist. When all kinds of heroes gather together, the playing time, before and after playing, the display of their respective abilities, etc., etc., will inevitably become the problem of the century.

Now it seems that all the top executives of Warner Bros. have no worries about Wayne being able to make "Justice League" well. But these concerns have been churning in his heart all the time. After all, he is not Joss Whedon. This type of film does not even have the opportunity to practice his skills.

In fact, as long as "Justice League" can be successful, and the first phase of the DC universe has ended perfectly, Wayne really doesn't worry about the development of the second phase.

Whether it is the newly added characters such as Shazam, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Constantine, Suicide Squad, etc. that he gave the plan, or the Batman, Flash, Superman who went on to the sequel, with the success of the first stage, As long as we follow the steps step by step, even if one or two films are not satisfactory, it will hardly affect the progress of the entire universe.

Everything is no different from Wayne's expectations. Before the end of September, Warner Bros. announced the announcement of "Superman" and "Wonder Woman" through its media. Once the news was released, it immediately attracted the attention of the entire North America.

Compared with the slightly dull cinema market in late September, it is obvious that the news of the establishment of "Superman" and "Wonder Woman" can attract more attention from the media and fans.

This year can be called a movie year for Warner Bros. From the beginning of the summer season in May to the end of the summer season war, Warner Bros. can be said to be the biggest winner.

So far, the first place in the North American annual box office chart in 1998 is still firmly occupied by "The Flash" with 293 million US dollars. And in second place is the $214 million of "Saving Private Ryan," which is also distributed by Warner Bros.

There is also $201 million for "The Matrix 3: The Matrix Revolution" in fourth place. The North American box office of this R-rated film finally barely crossed the threshold of $200 million. Then there are "Charlie's Angels" with a North American box office of 145 million US dollars, "Rush Hour" with a North American box office of just over 100 million US dollars, "Bombshell 4" with a North American box office of 130 million US dollars, and 115 million US dollars "Electronic Love Letter" and so on. Wait.

As long as you open this year's North American annual box office rankings and glance at it, basically half of the top ten have the name of Warner Bros.

In the eyes of the media, the brilliance for more than half a year is nothing new, or it has become numb. Don't think that Warner Bros.'s **** of the theater market is over. Now that the popularity of "Spike Hour" is still there, Warner Bros. has already started, and has promoted the "Super Power Pleasure" released in early October.. ....

No one can deny the success of Warner Bros. this year. Although there are still a few months before the end of 1998, the whole of Hollywood has realized that this year's total revenue of Warner Bros. is destined to rank first among the Big Six. bit.

On the morning of October 1, reporters from hundreds of North American mainstream media poured into the Warner Bros. headquarters building in Burbank. Today, the launch conferences of "Superman" and "Wonder Woman" will be held here. Almost attracted the attention of all the media, and there is no such media, willing to miss the new DC work that is destined to be hot, there is not too much news that can be hyped.

"Superman and Wonder Woman, these two projects will be approved together. I didn't expect Warner Bros. to have such a big appetite!"

In a large conference room on the 7th floor of the Warner Bros. Building, Candice Mays, a reporter from The New York Times, looked at her colleagues who were still pouring in, and sighed in a low voice with the photographer beside her.

"It's not just Warner Bros.'s appetite." Photographer Hunter Brent reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead, looked at the empty organizer's long table, and joked: "Candice, I'd rather believe it. It was Wayne Greenberg who had bigger ambitions and a bigger appetite."

"Actually, it's not that Warner Bros. and Wayne Greenberg are so crazy to start two huge projects at the same time." A reporter from The New Yorker, after hearing the chat between the two, lowered his head and said: "Notice this year's annual North American movie box office rankings? About half of the top ten are distributed by Warner Bros.!"

Speaking of this, he deliberately paused, looked left and right at the chaotic crowd, deliberately lowered his voice, and continued: "What is even more shocking is that behind many of these projects, there are Wayne Green hanging The name Berg!"

The two reporters from The New York Times froze for a moment, then nodded silently. "The Flash", "The Matrix", "Charlie's Angels", these three works that broke into the top ten of the annual box office, Wayne is either a director or an investor and producer.

From this aspect alone, the name is still the biggest guarantee of Hollywood's success. Warner Bros. agreed that "Superman" and "Wonder Woman" would be co-founded, and all of them would be handed over to Wayne, which makes perfect sense. .

The reporters were still entering the conference room, and the protagonist they were waiting for, in an office not far from the conference room, was also waiting for the official start of the project launch conference.

"Zach, I heard that you have received a lot of invitations during this time."

Several people were sitting on the sofa, Luke Simmons looked at Zach Snyder in a neat suit, and joked: "If I were you, I would leave the head and go it alone."

After speaking, he deliberately glanced at Wayne and raised his eyebrows at Zach Snyder.

"Huh."

Zach Snyder whistled, crossed his hands on his lap, and watched Luke Simmons shrug his shoulders, sending his blood pressure soaring in one sentence. "Luke, if you didn't have the same idea, the assistant director of "Joker" wouldn't have been acquired by me, the New York commercial director."

His counterattack, neither light nor heavy, immediately made everyone in the office burst into laughter. Everyone smiled and looked at Luke Simmons. Basically, everyone knew what happened back then.

Back then, if it wasn't for Luke Simmons, a senior Wayne, who was fooled away by a small film company with the temptation of a director, there is no doubt that there would be no Zack Snyder today. This incident has basically become the main topic for team members to ridicule him, and it has never been out of date.

Looking at the senior who raised his **** at everyone, Wayne also smiled and shook his head. There are inevitably conflicts among this group of people, but every time they start a new project, they will at least temporarily let go of all prejudices, and at least show their solidarity in front of themselves, which is enough. .

There is another point, Luke Simmons is absolutely right, that is, the invitation to Zach Snyder that flew like snowflakes.

According to the information he has learned, since the North American box office of "The Matrix 3: The Matrix Revolution" broke 200 million US dollars, many companies in the circle have thrown olive branches to Zack Snyder. This has always been the case in this circle. Commercial achievements represent everything. There is no doubt that Zha Dao is now very popular in the circle.

Wayne suspects that if Zach Snyder is willing to let go, there must be some kind of high-paying projects among the film companies that have invited him. Maybe 10+10 companies will be willing to come out. After all, the results of the "Matrix" trilogy are there, and the box office figures are far more convincing than any talent and ability.

The strange circle of Hollywood has always been like this. There are many talented film directors, but 99% of such people are still doing odd jobs in a small production crew. Until they give up, they can't get a chance to direct.

Opportunity is always more important than talent, and none of the film directors who have achieved little success in this circle have become famous.

It's good for someone like Wayne, who has a good father who is willing and able to support his debut novel, and only gets a chance to show himself to the outside world.

Take David Lynch, for example. When this guy was shooting his first feature film "Eraserhead", he not only flicked 10,000 yuan of support funds from the North American Film Association, but also emptied all his savings. Even so, the funding needed to face a debut novel is a drop in the bucket.

In the end, there was really no other way. David Lynch simply made a movie while delivering newspapers and picking up junk to make money. In the end, "Eraser Head" was made into a film, and only then did he have the opportunity to show himself to the outside world. If you like cult films, cult films, and mill films, you should have seen this special "classic".

Robert Rodriguez's first work, "The Elegy of the Killer," was funded by his salary as a "guinea pig" for a pharmaceutical company to test drugs.

There are countless similar things, UU reading www. uukanshu.com can be said to be a famous Hollywood director, and none of them have achieved success easily. Don't look at it after fame, the major movie companies are very generous when they invest in them, but before success, even if the Hollywood giants see the talent that is about to overflow from you, they will never let go of their money bags.

It is because he knows the importance of opportunities that Zach Snyder is reluctant to take risks. He understands his luck better than anyone else. Don't think he was laughing when he teased Luke Simmons. In fact, in the entire behind-the-scenes team, he and Luke Simmons have always had a good relationship, because of that chance.

"Zach, tidy up your beard when you go back, I don't want to be called a black-hearted capitalist who desperately squeezes you." Raising his wrist and looking at the time, Wayne reached out and patted Zach Snyder on the shoulder. "Get ready, in ten minutes we'll face the swarm of media reporters like flies."

Zach Snyder shrugged, ignoring the messy beard on his face, just lowered his head and straightened his suit.

Many people laughed at him behind his back, mocking his withdrawal when facing the "Superman" guide tube, but no one knew how much pressure he was under after picking up the guide tube.

Not to mention the "Superman" project, even during the first two years of filming "The Matrix", the constant pressure made him almost collapse several times. Just as Wayne said, Zach Snyder was lucky to have the opportunity to go smoothly, but he also lost the time to exercise his stress resistance through small-cost projects.

He never told anyone that during the filming of "The Matrix", even if he completed his daily work step by step, the terrifying pressure made him never have a good night's sleep...