Chapter 191： what is this called

Things went back to the day before the banquet.

The weather is still fine today.

In the morning, in a large mansion in Beverly Hills.

The courtyard is very large, and the marble columns are carved with exquisite patterns to create a shaded boundary.

There are flowers and plants next to it, and they are all well taken care of. It can be seen that the owner of this house is very rich.

Nonsense, can I live in such a good house, can I have no money?

A few stones of different shapes build a rockery, with a fountain on top and a variety of swimming ornamental fish underneath.

Several clusters of bamboo surround it. Not to mention, the mood is good.

In the pavilion, there was a conference table in the center, which took up more than half of the space. Five or six chairs were leaning against each other in a circle. It was already full of people. Only the first place was empty.

These people are wearing formal clothes.

Sven, with a steady look. Or look at the report in hand, or chat with each other.

It looked like he was waiting for someone.

Seconds continued to walk without error, at about nine o'clock in the morning.

The shade pavilion moved again.

There was a sound of footsteps from far and near, and the soles of the leather shoes rubbed against the cobblestone pavement, making a unique "dada" sound.

A few seconds later, a man in a white shirt and black trousers came over.

"President."

"President."

The people who were still sitting before stood up and said hello.

"Sit down." The man waved his hand and sat in the first place.

"How is it? Are there any plans for the company's recent projects?"

The speaker, known as the "president," was Warner Bros. CEO Barry Mayer.

Others are the backbone of the company's production department.

"The Harry Potter series is being promoted, but a good director has not yet been found. As for the Batman project." The person in charge of the preliminary planning hesitated for a while, but still said: "There are still many doubts within the company, and the project was rejected."

"Hmph, a group of short-sighted people." Barry Mayer was a little unhappy.

He looked at the direct descendants under his hands, but no one dared to take up this topic, and they all lowered their heads.

No one spoke, so he had no choice but to put it aside. "As for the director, isn't that recent achievement called Lehman very popular? Is it possible to invite him?"

As soon as this topic came out, the atmosphere finally became active again.

Just as the summer heat wave has attracted the attention of countless industry insiders, the entire Hollywood has invested in the box office market.

With the outstanding performance of Bad Guys and Finding Nemo, and after the Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, the name "Lyman Rattles" really left a mark on the hearts of the top executives of those big movie makers.

Unlike the artistic achievements of the three idiots who made a riot in Bollywood, the rage and the continued success of the bad guys this time are the reasons for people's attention.

After all, compared to an excellent art director, whether the business ability is excellent or not is what the real Hollywood executives are more concerned about.

Because here has always been the principle of the industry as the supremacy of interests.

Just like the witch Blair Daniel Merrick, at that time, he also became the darling of the circle.

But it is a pity that this person seems to have consumed all his talents in the first movie. After that, he has failed miserably in one film, and even the sequel film of Blair Witch has lost in a mess.

However, there are still film companies who continue to give their trust in unbelief, in exchange for the lack of market response. He finally retired.

From this, it can be seen how much Hollywood values ​​those who can "get the benefits", even Wu Baige, didn't he lose two or three films in a row, so he couldn't stay in Hollywood.

And Lehmann is another emerging director.

Before he failed, naturally some people believed in him.

"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? We've been in contact with the British director right now, and it doesn't seem right," said one of them. The project of this series has always been the top priority of the company, and the selection of the director is also deliberate. Now this candidate is still at the board meeting. You personally agreed, why did you change your mind?

"Can't you." Barry Meyer touched his lower lip and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "What do you think if you hand Batman to him to direct?" //

The scene became awkward again.

Since Spider-Man's invincible box office hit, it's not that Warner Bros. hasn't thought about restarting their superhero project.

But the problem is that there are still many people in the company who feel that it is inappropriate. After all, Superman and Batman are closed because of serious losses. What if they start rashly and still lose money?

Losing a little money is a small matter. In case, these two golden signboards are stinky, who will take responsibility for this?

Of course, Barry Mayer has always been the active restart faction, and he doesn't care about that anymore.

"Then... that new project that was shelved, he should be very suitable." Barry Mayer suggested again.

"A script adapted from the novel ropebuens? Will he agree?"

That said, the project was ill-fated.

The original novel was published in 2000, but the author, Jerry Boyd, is 70 years old, so the work has been rejected by the publishing company as it has no value to promote.

He didn't give up, and went to major film companies to deliver it, and was finally picked up by director Anjelica Huston. Qiqi's novels are first published on the whole network

But later, the female director lost the mind to shoot again, and the project producer Albert Rudy approached Warner again and recommended it to them.

No, Barry Mayer also remembered.

"We've delivered invitations beforeLyman never agreed once," said one of them.

Barry Mayer leaned back in his chair, thought for a moment, and shook his head again, "He's always hot right now, and he should have no shortage of movie projects. And his success in succession must have merits, such a simple invitation, Does it seem like we are not sincere?"

But we are Warner Bros. When did we not invite directors like this?

However, no one said this, but everyone here is obviously holding this kind of thought.

But Barry Mayer is different. He is a rare film company executive who likes to personally win over the director. It is also his credit for working closely with Christopher Nolan in the future.

"Well, won't Paramount have a reception tomorrow, find someone to express our willingness to cooperate with him at Warner Bros."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." A person agreed.

"Okay, everyone, is there anything else?" Barry Mayer also said, seeing that it was late.

"Uh, one more thing." One of them picked up the document in his hand and handed it over, "David Bird wants to meet you."

David Bird is the executive director of Warner Bros. DC comics department, responsible for the film and television adaptation business of DC comics, and has always supported Barry Mayer's ally to restart Batman. However, his will is not as strong as Barry Mayer's.

He took it, glanced at it, and rubbed his eyebrows again, "It's really worrying. What do those people think? They don't want to watch Sony Colombia eat meat and soup, and they don't want to take risks. Is it a very simple thing? I'm afraid of this, what else are you doing, occupying a seat and doing nothing, a group of garbage. Recently, you are more and more like to make noise, what, express your dissatisfaction? "

After a few words of swearing, the meeting finally broke up.

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