Chapter 1011： bad years

"Goodbye Director."

"See you in Los Angeles, Mr. Rust."

After a meal, Lyman woke up the next day watching the farewells of the actors on the phone, and also washed slowly. At noon, after the equipment was arranged properly, he followed Ryan to the airport.

"came back."

In the evening, it was these words and a tender hug that greeted Ryman home.

"Are you done over there?"

"I just need to keep an eye on the schedule now."

Eva sat with him on the sofa, "In the later stage, with Director Weiz there, the process has been smooth."

"Then I can rest."

"Yeah, you are working too hard. But," Eva suddenly remembered something and said seriously: "I went back to Paris last week, and for some reason, the film market over there is not very good, and several studios have Choose to reduce production and reduce investment in production costs.”

"What about Europa Pictures?"

"Even Gao Meng Pictures, which has the largest market share, is not doing well. How can Europa Pictures be any better? I heard that they cast a total of two projects in the first half of this year, and they lost one. Obviously, the performance is not good. "

"Yes."

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After sleeping until noon, Lyman lay on the bed, looking at the scenery outside through the floor-to-ceiling windows in a trance.

If Europa's performance is not good, is it possible to cooperate with them?

Yes, after the "Super Body" project came out, Lyman's first choice for the director was not Luc Besson, but now that I think about it, if Europa Pictures took the initiative to reduce production due to bad years, then cooperate with them. Whether it is schedule, energy or resources, it is not a problem.

Of course, this matter still needs to inquire about the other party's own meaning, and he alone can't decide anything.

But only from a director's point of view, Lehmann still appreciates Luc Besson. Whether it's "The Killer Is Not Too Cold", "Very Human Trafficker" series or this "Super Body", it is the business direction of his directing career. The representative works of , can cooperate with the original owner, of course, the possibility of deviating from the direction is minimal.

Anyway, he doesn't have time to shoot "Super Body" himself. The directors under his command may only be Nolan and Wen Ziren, but Nolan has just released "Inception". According to his temperament, he will not accept it. Yes, and this person doesn't like to shoot other people's scripts, especially after he has become famous, he doesn't look down on the four disliked commercial scripts in sci-fi skin;

As for Wen Ziren, he has been honing his own soul-conscious universe. Since Lehman pointed out this direction, except for the "Chainsaw" series, which sometimes requires him to check the production, the rest of the time is preparing for the series "Dead Silence" and "The Death Penalty". The third "Hidden", which officially set the stage for the exorcism system, I heard that the script has already been drafted. It is estimated that it will be able to start at the end of the year at the latest.

Come to think of it, Europa Pictures still has to get in touch.

Thinking of this, Lyman called Johnson to help him find out the news, and he washed downstairs and prepared to go out.

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When he went to the company, Lehmann first backed up the shooting materials, and found a professional editor to first understand the pre-marked paragraphs to reduce his workload.

After completing this small matter, at about 3 pm, Johnson used CAA's channels to understand the situation of Europa Films from last year to the first half of this year.

in the office.

The two sat face to face, Johnson took out the printed materials, "Europa's life is really difficult, or the entire French film market's local studio production business is retreating. Please see."

Johnson spread out a list of the French annual box office list in 2009 and the list of works that temporarily ranked in the top 20 in the first half of this year, and said rigorously: "Last year, in France, there were only "Welcome to the North", "Arthur's Mini Kingdom", "The Terminator" box office is good, ranking first, seventh, ninth, and there are two outside the top ten, but this year is miserable. For the time being, only "Little White Lies" starring Marion Cotillard ranks At No. 1 and Camping 2 at No. 12, there are no other French films on the list.”

"What's worse is that their film market this year is the same as ours. They are slightly lower than the baseline of the same period last year, and the overall situation is declining. This has led to French studios becoming more and more cautious about investing in works, and the output of works is natural. In addition, Europa’s financial report for the first half of the year showed that they lost a total of 37 million US dollars in the second quarter and 3 months. The explanation given in the annual report is that the main reason for their loss is the poor box office performance of “Final Kill” and copyright. Reduced revenue from the business, depletion of overseas sites, and layoffs.”

When Lehman revealed to Johnson that Mann Media had prepared a new work, he negotiated roughly some business with CAA, and he was also very motivated to promote the implementation of the project.

Forgot to mention, Johnson is now a second-tier partner of CAA, responsible for communicating the business between CAA and Mann Media. Like Spielberg's agent, he has a relatively detached status, and he no longer relies on the bulk of his income. Its customers are divided into.

Of course, Johnson will not forget how all this came about. He is very attentive to the Mann Media project or Lehman's personal affairs. UU reading

"You have to be mentally prepared, to hire someone like Luc Besson as the director of a new project, it is bound to be more than a matter of personal compensation, he is likely to ask for some regional distribution rights to ease the pressure on Europa Pictures. Their executives are now There is an urgent need for good projects, because the operating resources are idle, neither the distribution department nor the production department are working, but the wages have to be paid.”

Such difficulties are easy to understand for those who have done business.

Sometimes, the worse the year is, the more we have to start construction as much as possible, otherwise the loss will be even greater, like a bottomless pit.

Johnson proposed from Lehman's point of view: "We also have a lot of contracted directors under CAA. If needed, I can help connect."

"Let me think about it." There is a lot of information, and Lyman needs time to digest and sort out.

"Uh, Lehmann, are you trying to help Luc Besson?" Johnson tried to persuade: "It's good that you released the movie with Europa's support, but you don't owe them at all. Europa Pictures again It's not a company owned by Luc Besson alone. When he started, he worked with him for a long time. Producer Pierre Angie hired a few investment banks, and then pulled him to go it alone. To put it in a bad way, the reason why Europa Pictures To give him those shares and board seats, it all depends on his production ability and the network of people who are familiar with the circle. With this kind of ownership structure, I wouldn’t be surprised if they broke up in one shot.”

"I know this too, and I have seen those shareholders, right at the 10 million-thousand-thousand-dollar celebration banquet of "Buried Alive", but you know, I came out of France, where is my basic plan, working with Europa , and they will also help me run my studio projects.”

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