After the meeting, John returned to his office to attend to his business.

The World Cup had already begun, and after giving the script and storyboard to Larry Addis and Barry Wilkinson, he closed the door and called Cora.

This year's World Cup is very exciting, the king of the ball is back in the rivers and lakes, and the melancholy back of Baggio is the highlight, but the biggest attraction is the big dark horse Bulgaria from Eastern Europe, which went all the way to the semifinals.

"Kora! Argenyan vs. Bulgaria, all of them gave me Bulgaria 2:0 Argenyan. ”

There are many ways to bet on football, the easiest is to buy a team to win or lose, but the odds are low.

If you want the odds to be high, buy the score, but this way the odds of winning are low and the risk is high.

There are also bets on the number of corners, yellow cards, red cards...... The odds for these are also very high.

But for John, it's good to remember the score, who can remember how many corners, how many yellow cards, how many red cards were won in a World Cup game twenty or thirty years ago?

If he has such a good memory, he can buy low and sell high every day in the stock market, and what kind of World Cup is he playing!

After arranging the World Cup, John drove back to Purple Star Manor, Hollywood, like other cities, was congested during rush hour, and he could only patiently follow the traffic slowly, otherwise what else could he do? The problem of traffic congestion could not be solved even in 20 years, or even worse.

Back at Purple Star Manor, John parked his car in the parking space and led Dani down the hall to the living room.

There was already someone in the living room, and Devin Morgan, who was sitting on the sofa, heard footsteps and looked up to say hello: "It's back." ”

"It's back. John handed the coat to the servant and sat down.

"Boss, would you like tea or coffee?" asked the maid, taking his coat.

"Bring my tea set, I'll make it myself. John unbuttoned the cuffs of his shirt, pulled it on, and prepared to make his own tea.

"Looks like you're in a good mood today!" said Devon Morgan, glancing up at John, who would make his own tea when he was in a good mood.

"It's okay!" John smiled, "Forrest Gump" broke the record at midnight and really made him happy.

After the servant brought the tea set, John began to make the tea.

"After the rain, the sky is clear and the clouds **", "the blue waves of thousands of peaks are coming".

Oolong tea made with Ru porcelain, a perfect match.

John has a set of azure cicada wing pattern Ru porcelain, and he has raised it for more than three years with a big red robe and a water golden turtle and finally raised a golden thread, which he usually takes out to make tea when he is in a good mood.

After boiling water, warming utensils, setting tea, brewing, and some skillful steps, a pot of Da Hong Pao was quickly brewed, and John poured a cup for Devon Morgan, Dani, and himself.

"Auntie, don't be busy after work, the work can't be done, come and drink tea and take a break. John brought the tea to Devin Morgan.

Devin Morgan put down the document in his hand, took the tea and blew it gently, took a small sip, and a faint fragrance of orchid grass suddenly spread in his mouth.

"It's not okay if you're not busy, film and television companies don't manage stars like brokerage companies, film and television companies have to produce films and distribute them at the same time, and the work is much more complicated.

And I haven't made a single film since I took over the new line, and I've only released one, it's all yours.

If we don't choose a few projects now, we won't have a single movie next year, and such a big company, not to mention that more than a dozen movies will be produced and released next year, at least two or three will have to be available! Otherwise, how will the company make a profit and pay salaries?"

Devon Morgan put down his teacup and crackled and said a bunch of words, and after speaking, he handed the stack of documents beside him to John: "By the way, these are all scripts, you can help me see them, those can be invested in filming, and those can't." You're a director, so you know better than I know whether a script is valuable or not. ”

"Okay! John put down his teacup and pulled out a random copy of the script and opened it.

"The Seven Deadly Sins" ......!

John didn't expect to pull out a random script, but it turned out to be David Fincher's famous work.

He was afraid of encountering the same name, so he hurriedly watched the content, and after seeing that Mills could not control himself and shot John, he finally confirmed that the script in his hand was David Fincher's famous "Seven Deadly Sins".

"This script is good, and you can invest in filming. John finished reading the script and handed it to Devon Morgan.

"This!" Devon Morgan took the script and frowned slightly when he saw the name of "The Seven Deadly Sins": "This is a high-IQ crime film, such a movie is too dark and violent, and a movie with this theme may not have much advantage at the box office." ”

"No, even in niche themes, there are fixed fans, as long as the story is good and filmed well, even horror films can make money. "The moment John saw the name of "The Seven Deadly Sins", he had already decided to make it, with an investment of more than $30 million, a global box office of more than $300 million, and a return of 10 times.

"Okay! Devon Morgan picked up a pen and signed his name on the last page of the script until it was handed over to the producer tomorrow to get to work.

After seeing Devon Morgan agree, John happily picked up the second script, expecting to meet a good movie again, but when he opened the script and saw the name "Natural Lovers", his face suddenly flooded with disappointment.

The movie of "The Captain" can only invest in his smoky makeup, if he doesn't paint smoky makeup, and walks without twisting his orchid fingers, then it's better not to invest.

"Born to Love Maniac" is a movie where the "captain" doesn't paint smoky makeup, walks without curling orchid fingers, and doesn't twist around, so there is nothing to earn.

The production cost of 30 million US dollars, the distribution cost of 20 million US dollars, but in the end, it only got 90 million US dollars at the global box office, if it were not for the videotape, it would definitely be vomiting blood.

"This "Natural Love Maniac" is not good, and the audience will definitely not buy such a story. "John will definitely not touch this movie, although he has no loss, but not making money is also a kind of street fighting, money investment is investment, time investment is also an investment, taking 50 million dollars to work hard for a year, and in the end nothing but frightened, isn't this a kind of street fighting?

"I'll see. Dani curiously took the script from John's hand and looked at it, and after reading it, she returned the script to John and said, "Boss, don't you like love stories?"

"I love love stories, but not every love story I like. John returned the script to Devon Morgan and continued, "It's not a likable story, it's too risky to shoot, and if it doesn't work well, you're going to lose money." ”

"Okay! Devin Morgan very simply threw the script aside, preparing to take it back to the company tomorrow and throw it directly into the library to accumulate dust.

Hollywood has never lacked scripts, so it's a pity to say that movies are a high-risk industry, if you have doubts, it's best not to touch them, in Hollywood, film and television companies that go bankrupt because of a movie abound, so when you encounter an inaccurate script, you are willing not to touch it, throw it into the film library and accumulate dust, and don't invest in shooting.

Moreover, this situation will become more and more common with the increasing investment in films in the future, and in order to avoid risks, everyone will try not to touch the original script, and develop towards sequel movies in one go.

There is no way to do this, in the future, a film will invest hundreds of millions of dollars at every turn, so it is natural to be cautious and avoid risks.