Chapter 580： Alfonso joins

"Hello, Mr. Cuaron."

"Caron Productions..."

Alfonso Cuaron walked out of the set rented by the crew, greeted respectfully along the way.

When I came to the parking lot, I drove towards the Firefly Pictures Building.

Top told him that after Lyman offered him to meet, Alfonso naturally went to the meeting.

Cars drive past the bustling area, and from time to time, you can see the movie posters of "Monster in the Lake" hanging on the billboards on both sides.

There are always enthusiastic audiences discussing or queuing for tickets near the theater.

In the past two days, "Monster in the Lake" was really popular, and what the media saw was the news of the film's popularity.

After Alfonso drove to the Firefly Studios building, the front desk was instructed to report his name and lead him upstairs.

In the office, Ryman was the only one who sat behind the boss chair and flipped through the documents.

When Alfonso came in, he greeted with a smile: "Director Cuaron, please take a seat." When Lehman's assistant brought a cup of coffee, Lehman added: "These are coffee beans shipped from South Africa, ground and ground. After that, it tasted really good.”

"Thank you." Alfonso was a little terrified and didn't understand why he was so polite to him.

In terms of qualifications and achievements, he was just like that, and it was far from Laiman's status. The more polite Laiman was, the more restrained Alfonso felt.

Unexpectedly, Laiman had the attitude of a polite corporal, so that he could win this man on board.

Others don't know, Lehmann doesn't know that Alfonso's directorial career has not yet reached its peak.

After a little chat, Lehman led the topic to cooperation matters.

He said, "I heard from Director Gyro, do you want to cooperate with Firefly Pictures in the form of a director's studio?"

Alfonso didn't understand the reason for Lehmann's politeness for a while, but he was really moved by this matter, and he really wanted to change the environment, so he nodded.

Lehman smiled and said: "In this case, as long as the conditions are met, fireflies will be treated without distinction, so just follow the rules. If you have a good idea to make a movie, the project funding is not a problem, but the risks need to be shared, and the usual studio operations. On the one hand, Firefly does not intervene in management. In terms of manpower, it recruits itself or has behind-the-scenes employees in the production department. For specific project profit sharing negotiations, you can ask a brokerage company to intervene. There are rules anyway. If the project fails, there may be a certain review when the filming plan is submitted next time, or it may not be re-invested, but generally, the company is willing to invest. I am a filmmaker, and I can understand filmmakers.”

What Lehmann said was very sincere, and Alfonso could hear it, and indeed, as the top said, this company does not have so many rules and regulations, and will limit the subject matter of shooting in various ways.

However, there is one thing, you have to recognize the loss, and it will not necessarily continue to support.

But no one's money comes from strong winds. In terms of auditing projects, Firefly has been regarded as loose and generous.

This point, Alfonso can understand very well after comparison.

And any director with a little bit of ability is more willing to be more free, what to shoot continuously, how to shoot, and the editing of the film are always intervened, or the management, the producer, or the board of directors.

In short, Lehman’s proposal hits the heart of a director like Alfonso. He doesn’t like all kinds of calculations, all kinds of market analysis, all kinds of forward-looking, and if the film is made, it will make money. Whether it’s cool or not, you must know.

Almost instantly, he made up his mind.

What's more, Lehman also started as a director, which is a sense of identity.

Moreover, when the film is made, there is no need to worry about it being released in theaters, and there are even distribution companies.

So, is there anything else to worry about? Maybe not.

Anyway, if things go wrong, you can leave at any time.

Hollywood directors, especially those who have made achievements, have no restrictions at all.

There's no way you don't invest money in his projects, he can't help but find other studios.

The copyright ownership of the project is the point, but the project is proposed by people.

Alfonso isn't a very ambitious person, but as a director, who doesn't want more autonomy.

Therefore, this temptation is really irresistible.

When Alfonso verbally agreed, he was ready to cooperate with Firefly, and he returned to the set of "Pan's Labyrinth" in a happy mood.

And Lehmann is also very satisfied with the addition of Alfonso.

Studios need talents, and they need a lot of film talents, and among them, the most important is the director who is capable.

When DreamWorks was at its best, Spielberg was not propped up by himself.

In fact, Ridley Scott was also the most successful in the peak DreamWorks years. A "Gladiator" not only won various Oscar awards, but also helped DreamWorks win the global box office of more than 400 million. .

Of course, DreamWorks is in decline now. The fiasco of "Escape from the Clone Island" in July this year has further accelerated Paramount's acquisitions. By November, Paramount will begin to reorganize all aspects of DreamWorks' business. Maybe next year, Nothing is left except this label and some high-quality copyrights.

The only thing that makes Paramount a pity is that DreamWorks Animation has long been separated out independently, and this part of the very delicious food has not been included in the bag.

Now, it is also the period of rapid development of Firefly Pictures.

Take this year as an example, the annual output of Firefly is less than 7 movies, which is far worse than the figure of at least 12 movies per year in the Big Six.

But even though Blue Butterfly Pictures is struggling to catch up, it is still struggling to maintain a profit due to its lack of innate background. The most important thing is that it is vassalized under Firefly Pictures. In a short period of time, oh no, it may not be possible to become a group for several years. The business of profit-making entities is carried out, even if there is an opportunity to participate in the Cannes Film Festival.

After all, UU reading www. Most of the films shown at the uukanshu.com Film Festival already have their backing sponsors, and independent production also needs competition, basically to ensure the market opened up by the film source, not to say that there is much profit.

If it is very profitable, will the French local film industry and the powerful Sixth Congress let go of this piece of fat?

Obviously, everyone is taking some film sources to maintain the distribution business, so as not to spend the wages of employees in vain. If you really want to make money, you have to do other things.

And for a studio, of course it's production.

Can be produced, need good projects, where do good projects come from?

One is to hoard scripts and buy the copyright of popular adaptations, and the other is to create your own.

And the latter is more friendly to Firefly Films, because the general hits are taken into the pockets of the Big Six early, and some veteran authors prefer to cooperate with the Big Six, so it is difficult for Firefly to pick up leaks.

Therefore, a filmmaker like Alfonso who can write, direct, and have his own ideas is undoubtedly the type of talent Firefly needs most, and it is definitely worth coming forward to win over.