Although the Berlinale was unable to make any progress in the work exchange, Lan Li still stayed in Berlin and calmed down to devote himself to the festival.

This time, he did not have any works shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival, nor did he become an invited guest, he simply participated in the movie-watching craze of the festival as a spectator. Strictly speaking, this is the first time that Lan Li has devoted himself to the atmosphere of a film festival without a work assignment, at least on the surface, and it is also a unique experience.

For the Berlin Film Festival, Lan Li was once again absent from this year's Grammy Awards.

The "Drunken Folk" movie soundtrack was nominated for Best Adapted Film and Television Music Album, which is also an important highlight before the awards ceremony: can Lan Li continue his strong performance at the major award ceremonies and win the Grammy Gramphone trophy again?

Now that Lan Li is absent from the awards ceremony, the focus of the topic is a little bleak, but Justin Timberlake still appeared at the awards ceremony on behalf of the entire crew.

In the competition for Best Adapted Film and Television Music Album, "Drunken Country Folk" competed with "Django Unchained", "The Great Gatsby", "Les Miserables" and "Sound City: From Truth to Scroll".

In the end, "Drunken Country Folk" defeated the most high-profile documentary "Sound City" before the ceremony and successfully won, following the original "Three Kings of Escape", once again won the second Grammy Trophy for the Coen brothers and T-Benn Bennett, and it is also the fourth Grammy Trophy for Lan Li himself.

This time, Lan Li won the Grammy Trophy as a music producer, which once again proves that the talent of "Don Quixote" is definitely not a flash meteor. At the end of last year, at the concert of "Dream Back to the Gas Lamp Bar", Lan Li personally confirmed that there are plans for a second album, and now a Grammy trophy has once again made the loyal Don Quixote begin to look forward to it.

However, the Grammy Trophy of the movie soundtrack is still limited in influence, and it has not been able to make too many waves in the turbulent tide of the awards season, after all, compared with EGOT, a gramophone trophy that is not a full-time job or a professional is indeed not enough to stimulate the gossip enthusiasm of the majority of melon-eating people.

By the time Lan Li returned to Los Angeles, half of February had passed, and the Oscars craze had already spread through the streets, and even the airport could see Oscar billboards, all signs that this was the time to truly enter the final sprint of the college's public relations.

Leaving the pick-up hall, Lan Li and Matthew saw Nathan who came to pick him up.

After a temporary cameo at Sundance, Nathan returned to Los Angeles, but he took a short break because he left for Berlin, and now that the vacation is over, he is back to work.

After getting into the car, Nathan glanced in the rearview mirror and cleared his throat a little exaggeratedly, "Lan Li, is everything going well in Berlin? I mean, the work situation, is the cooperation negotiation going well? I saw on Twitter that you also watched some of the main competition works, and you had a great time talking to the fans, which is a good thing, right? Does that mean that things are going well?"

Nathan was a little restrained and a little jerky, but the long series of nagging words seemed extremely dry, more like talking to himself, asking and answering himself.

Matthew threw a complaining look at Lan Li Don't talk about Lan Li, even Matthew can feel the embarrassing air that is almost about to freeze, looking at Lan Li who still hasn't fully woken up after a long flight, Matthew shook his head slightly, and then met Nathan's gaze, "Speak to the point." ”

Nathan didn't mind the stiffness in Matthew's words, and nodded honestly, "Oh, oh. Andy said, if you're not very tired right now, give him a call. ”

Lan Li gestured to Matthew, "You ask, what the hell is going on." ”

In fact, Lan Li has no problem now, a long-distance flight is like sleeping groggily for a night, and Lan Li's waking up gas is always very serious, and every time he wakes up, he needs some time to buffer over As for the last time he came back to Los Angeles from Park City, fortunately it was a short-haul flight, otherwise Lan Li might not be able to immediately cheer up and face Bob Iger.

Matthew didn't say anything, took out his phone, and dialed Andy's number.

"Hey, Matthew. Is Lan Li resting?" Andy saw the caller ID and immediately understood.

"He's right next to him. Matthew said succinctly.

Andy didn't ask much, he really didn't know much about Lan Li's state after the long-distance flight, and immediately cut to the chase, "It's not in a hurry, it's just that Universal Pictures has news, you tell Lan Li to see what the decision is, and I will start the operation later." ”

Universal Pictures, this is not only to maintain the "Fast and Thrill" and "Jurassic Park" two projects, but also for Thomas Tours and Vin Diesel comprehensive layout, the past month of planning, now Ron Meyer has finally made a practical move, which also means that the time to witness the results has come, and Andy must also make corresponding follow-up arrangements, things obviously will not end there.

Through the call, Andy relayed the ins and outs of the matter to Matthew in a relatively concise manner.

Andy was about to hang up the phone, but Matthew said, "Wait a minute." Then he turned his head to Lan Li, "Universal Pictures has officially quoted." ”

"'Jurassic Park', $20 million, if the North American box office exceeds $300 million, then add a 10 percent box office dividend;'Fast & Furious 8', $10 million, plus a 10 percent box office dividend, if the North American box office exceeds $300 million, the dividend percentage rises to 12 percent, but the premise is that you need to sign at least one outright movie, and the salary can be slightly increased. ”

went around in a big circle, pulling back and forth for nearly a year, and the "Fast and Exciting/Emotional" series pulled for more than two years, but those entanglements, those pushing, and those arguments finally all came to naught and became useless, and Universal Pictures finally chose to bow its head.

Six months in advance, Universal Pictures would have been able to easily complete the cooperation with Lan Li without paying such a price, and the relationship would not have been so awkward and stiff, but the most difficult thing in the world is to "see the future". So, by mistake, the two sides finally came to the current situation.

The amount of information is a bit large, but to sum it up simply: in October last year, Andy Rogers gave an offer, and Universal Pictures all nodded and agreed to 20 million US dollars plus a 10% box office dividend, which officially exceeded the salary offer of Disney and Lan Li's cooperation "Rogue One", and once again set a new Hollywood salary record.

But there is still a difference between the two works of "Jurassic Park" and "Fast and Exciting/Emotional", because the former is the absolute protagonist, and the latter is a member of the group drama, and the salary naturally cannot be the same.

However, purely judging from the salary figures, in "Speed and Excitement/Emotion", the proportion of Lan Li's role is bound to rise sharply, otherwise it will be a loss-making business. Further, this also proves that Ron Meyer's choice of Vin Diesel's number one producer position has finally been pulled down. For others, it may have been a no-brainer, but for Ron Mayer, it was a painstaking struggle, and it was not so much Ron Mayer's decision as it was Lanli who helped Ron Mayer make it.

Lan Li straightened his waist and leaned on the back of the chair, his eyes were half-closed, even if he was resting, he still maintained a straight posture, but there was a touch of laziness between his eyebrows, and the sun was shining down from the car window, like a snoozing cat, enjoying the afternoon leisure.

Just when Nathan thought Lan Li wouldn't speak, he spoke, "Oh, why?"

"Disney has officially released industry news, and TMZ has reported it, but the official has not officially confirmed it. Matthew summed up what he had just learned from Andy.

If TMZ has sniffed the situation, it means that the industry's top producers have begun to pay attention. Because this is the news released by Disney on its own initiative, the relevant salary ratio is bound to reveal the rumors, and gradually begin to warm up for the official announcement of the news.

Then things will become clear.

The cooperation between Sisyphus Pictures and Sony Classic has become imperative, and now it is only necessary to negotiate the details of the contract, and Andre is still further in contact and negotiation with Sony Columbia Pictures and even Sony Headquarters, looking forward to the cooperation between the two sides can go further.

Warner Bros. plans for DC Comics have also appeared in the name of Lan Li, but these are just chasing the wind, and the real important focus is still on "gravity", and Warner Bros. has already begun to compete with Weinstein Pictures and Thomas Toole during the awards season.

Now it's Disney's turn.

In other words, the situation that Lan Li was expecting has been done, and now that Thomas Tours and Vin Diesel have been roasted on the fire, Ron Mayer cannot remain silent any longer. So, Universal Pictures has a move.

All of the above situations were actually expected by Lan Li, although there were slight deviations in the implementation process, but the overall direction remained unchanged. With Lan Li's current prestige and popularity in the industry, it doesn't take much effort to crush an actor like Vin Diesel, even against Thomas Tole, Lan Li can gain the upper hand.

The only difference between before January and now is: Is Lan Li taking this seriously?

Lan Li still had his eyes half-closed, did not speak, seemed to be thinking, and seemed to have fallen asleep, leaving only a quiet engine sound slowly surging in the carriage.

Matthew was not in a hurry at all, just waited patiently.

"'Jurassic Park' next, 'speed and excitement/emotion' forget it. Lan Li said.

It took Universal Pictures nearly a year of back-and-forth deliberation and deliberation before the decision was long overdue, but it took less than 30 seconds for the decision to come to Lan Li.

If Ron Meyer knew, what would his expression really be?