Chapter 243： 1st item

November 1st is another new week.

After Wen Ziren's studio was officially attached to Firefly Films, Lehmann also held the first management meeting of the new company.

All department heads were not absent--it sounds scary, but in fact there are only 4, the publicity department, the production department, the marketing department, the distribution department, and then, gone. The finance department is basically useless now, and the personnel department does not have a suitable person for the time being.

Since it is a management meeting, Lehman will naturally attend, along with Wen Ziren and his agent Johnson.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the meeting officially began.

Lyman sat at the top of the conference table, wearing a black suit. His right hand is Johnson, who is also dressed in formal clothes, and the whole person looks in good spirits-he is still temporarily acting as an administrative manager and enjoys another salary.

Do not doubt, this is very common in Hollywood, Brad Pitt's pnB film company, one of its partners is his agent in caa.

For someone with qualifications like Johnson, he can mobilize a lot of resources behind him, and his status is not bad.

Then there is Wen Ziren, sitting on Lehman's left hand. After all, the main topic of discussion at today's meeting is the development of "Chainsaw".

"Hello everyone, I'm Lehmann-Last. Now I'm the new owner of this company. Next, the company will shoot a movie right away, with an investment of 15 million, which is the popular movie" The sequel to Chainsaw."

In the conference room, when they heard these words, the employees who were a little scared because of the layoffs breathed a sigh of relief.

What the production company is most afraid of is that there is no production plan, and there is nothing to do.

Then there is the movie project. They have also heard about the box office results of "Chainsaw". They know that this film is very popular. If a sequel is made, it will at least be more stable and less risky than the original project.

Next, Johnson announced the focus of the project's development, and everything was paving the way around Saw 2 anyway.

Kevin Gasco, the head of the manufacturing department, listened carefully. Writing a project plan and setting up a shooting team would all be things he would do in the future—and it would be a test.

"I understand." After listening to Johnson's words, Kevin Gasco, a middle-aged white man, nodded and said, "Wait, I'll make a plan."

"Ok, waiting for your news."

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After the meeting, Lehman took Johnson and Wen Ziren to the office again.

Johnson asked first: "If you're making a sequel, what are you going to do with the casting aside from the role of Jigsaw?"

Lyman looked at Wen Ziren.

Wen Ziren said immediately: "I have been writing the script with Ray Naval for the past two days. The main line is still the punishment test, and the scene is not too big, but there will be more scenes to choose from. This time I want to add a little more. Open outdoor space, if the actor is suitable, you can try to choose those who are not very famous and reduce the salary expenditure."

After becoming an investor, the perspective of looking at problems is different, and I also know how to take the initiative to save money.

"Well, it's feasible. There are many such actors in caa, and I will make a list for you when I go back, so the cost of the whole play can be roughly controlled at around 12 million, leaving a budget space of 3 million, which is also very reasonable. ."

Johnson has good experience with cost, including casting.

After all, that's what he does. After two years with Lehman, he has participated in more projects, and his sense of smell has become more and more sensitive.

"Then let's sign a contract with J-K-Simmons first, and then let's talk about the subsequent actors. Oh, by the way, I'll tell Luc Besson first, they still depend on them for overseas distribution channels."

Lehman said, and immediately took out his mobile phone.

"Hello, Mr. Luc Besson..."

"Yes, for the sequel, I hope that the overseas distribution will be handed over to your company."

"Well, I started a film company myself, and this was our first project."

"Yes, no problem, I will send someone to hand over the detailed project planning to you."

"That's it, bye."

After hanging up the phone, Lehman was still a little surprised.

Originally, he thought about independent production, maybe Europa Pictures would be very opinionated.

After all, is this also considered a "self-supporting portal"? After all, it is still different from before.

Unexpectedly, Luc Besson was not surprised by this at all. He seemed to have a hunch that it would happen - we can only say that this step will happen sooner or later. From the moment Lehmann refused to join Europa Films, Luc Besson was aware.

Lehman is like a sharp blade that is unsheathed, and at the same time he is very measured.

After working together so many times, Luc Besson can see it.

This man would never settle for subservience - much like him.

Well, if Luc Besson gives himself gold, it is still very powerful.

Johnson on the side also sighed in his heart.

As a broker, he was actually quite afraid that his clients would be too assertive. In that case, wouldn't he appear useless?

Moreover, if the goal is too strong, there is another point that is very annoying. Many times, he has no room to intervene.

However, it's okay, at least I'm in the middle of it. Now that Lehman has set up a film company, he actually has his own abacus. Who would want to be an agent for the rest of his life? If, like Kevin Howian, he is a partner of caa and owns shares, that's about the same. Just, think about it. The company's high-level game is really terrible...

......

For Johnson, Lehman is very satisfied, and even plans to pull him into his own camp-temporary administration is his first temptation.

With the two years of contact, Lehman found that this guy is definitely a person with strong communication skills, who can speak well and handle things carefully.

Usually negotiating, planning for his itinerary, and even driving to pick up and drop off, it is also extremely responsible.

Never said late or that the negotiations were not going well or anything like that.

Moreover, his crew is very experienced. In many cases, except for Ryan, he is the one who has the most trouble with the third-party guarantee agency.

Can those picky guarantor representatives be persuaded that their eloquence and communication skills will be poor?

Besides, he has caa backed, and he has been in the circle for so many years. No matter what, he has some internal connections.

And caa has the most practitioners in the film and television industry in Hollywood, and sometimes has to deal with these people.

According to this logic, perhaps his relationship with some directors or even excellent producers will not be too bad.

In this way, with Johnson as an internal response, many caa resources can also be partially used by Firefly Films.

It may not even be possible to dig out a good project.

Moreover, with the identity of caa, some things will be much simpler, such as setting up a crew.