Back at Purple Star Manor, after having a casual bite to eat in the dining room, John came to the living room, where Devin Morgan was also working on the couch to process documents.

"Auntie. ”

John said hello and sat down on the other couch and made himself a pot of tea.

"Are you back?have you eaten?" Devin Morgan glanced up at John, then lowered his head to handle the papers in his hand.

"I've eaten it. John said as he poured Davin Morgan a cup of tea and brought it over.

Devin Morgan reached out to take the tea, took a sip of it, and asked, "By the way, when are you going to have a showdown with Nancy?"

In the past two weeks, she has been slowly developing Nancy's management skills.

Nancy is smart and her father is the founder of ICM, she has known ICM since she was a child, so she got started very quickly, and it didn't take long for Devin Morgan to let go.

"Well....... John heard Devin Morgan's words and thought for a moment, and said, "I've been busy lately, so let's finish editing!"

John's most important thing during this time was to finish the film editing, and everything else had to be delayed.

"Yes, just before Darren buys the new line. Devin Morgan said and glanced up at John.

After Darren Morgan buys the new line, she will go to the new line to report, and ICM is naturally unable to manage anymore, so John must have a showdown with Nancy before that time to take over ICM.

The next day, John continued to go back to the editing room to edit, and when it was almost noon and lunch, Joanna Phillip suddenly appeared in the editing room.

"Can I talk to you?" she asked, looking at John.

"Absolutely. John nodded, got up and patted Lee Smith on the shoulder. "Lee, let's take a break. After saying that, he took Joanna Philip to the lounge and poured a cup of coffee for Joanna Phillip.

"What's the matter, Joanna?" asked John as he handed the coffee to Joanna Phillip, who could probably guess what Joanna Phillip was here for.

"Thank you!" Joanna Phillip took the coffee and thanked her, then asked bluntly, "I want to ask how long it will take for Forrest Gump to complete post-production." ”

And so it was.

Joanna Philip's intention is really the same as John thought, coming for "Forrest Gump", to see if he can fight.

"It's going to take another five months. John gave a date.

"Can't you speed things up?" Joanna Philip frowned.

"It's delicate work, it's not fast. John shrugged and said he couldn't do anything.

"What if there were more?" continued Joanna Phillip.

"It has nothing to do with the small number of people. John further explained.

But Director Chris Deng ....... Joanna Philip had nothing to do and decided to play the emotional card. "As you know, New Line Films is in trouble right now and is about to go bankrupt, and Warner has opened negotiations with us to acquire us, and if nothing else, New Line may become Warner's production company.

But New Line didn't want to be acquired and didn't want to become a vassal of Warner, so President Shay decided to fight and use the rest of the money to promote "Forrest Gump", hoping that "Forrest Gump" could help New Line tide over the difficulties.

So Director Chris Deng, the new line needs you, and I will help the new line for the sake of helping you release "Stealing Love". Joanna Phillip looked at John expectantly, hoping that John would make a move.

"Joanna, you know, I'm a person of affection, the new line helped me at the beginning, and now I am naturally obligated to have difficulties. ”

Joanna Phillip heard John's words and felt playful.

But before she could be happy for more than three seconds, John suddenly frowned and said in embarrassment: "But the post-production of a film is very delicate work, especially a 135-minute film like Forrest Gump, which takes much longer than those 90-minute films, so I really want to help, but I really can't do anything." ”

"Uh......!"

Joanna Philip was embarrassed when she heard this, and originally thought that John would help, but she didn't expect it to be like this, so she could only say that she was wrong about John.

What 135-minute films, what delicate work, these are all excuses, and as someone in the industry, Joanna Philip knows that if John really wants to help, these are not problems at all.

For example, John and Lee Smith can take turns editing, one day and one night, so that they can save half the time.

As for dubbing, editing as many shots as there are can save some time.

And the beginning and end of the film are arranged to be done in advance, and it is good to add it directly after the film is edited, which can save some time.

So if you follow this method, "Forrest Gump" only needs 2 months to enter the theater, and three weeks later, the first box office can be shared, and the new line will be able to get out of the crisis.

But the point is, John doesn't want to help, so it's all fantasy.

However, Joanna Phillip does not blame John, Warner wants to buy the new line, not everyone dares to interfere, Warner is a Hollywood giant, John is the director and investor, and the overseas distribution of "Forrest Gump" John will also be handed over to Warner, so at this time, he will naturally not offend Warner for the new line and damage his own interests.

Since John was reluctant to help, Joanna Philip did not want to force it, but just as she was about to say goodbye to John, she suddenly heard John's voice again.

"Joanna, I'm really sorry I can't help with the new line, but ......" John suddenly became awe-inspiring. "The new line has helped me, I can't sit idly by, I still have millions of dollars left to shoot "Forrest Gump", this is all my net worth, I hope to help the new line a little bit. ”

"No need, you can keep it!"

Millions of dollars is a drop in the bucket for the current new line, and Joanna Phillip naturally won't owe John a favor for this useless money, which is not worth it.

Eventually, Joanna Philip left, leaving the lounge with regret and disappointment.

After John saw her leave, he returned to his previous calm face, the love just now is not good at all, and he has high requirements for the actor's acting skills, fortunately he has watched "The Self-cultivation of Actors", otherwise it would be really bad.

But it doesn't work if you don't act, Joanna Philip came to him, if he refused, it would definitely not work, it seemed unsatisfactory, he was also a person who wanted fame, but if he agreed, it would be even worse, and he also counted on the acquisition of new lines to solve the distribution and production problems for himself.

So he can only act, play a person who values love and righteousness but is powerless, because such a person is the easiest to understand.

After Joanna Phillip left, John returned to the editing room to continue editing, and editing was his most important thing during this time, as for the new line, Darren Morgan was in charge, and he also sent Blackstone to assist, Blackstone had helped Sony buy Columbia, so he was very experienced in acquiring film and record companies.