Lan Li can understand Arthur and Andre's considerations, Matthew's ability is undoubted, and at the same time, he is also their most trusted partner, if Matthew can come over and be the head of the legal department of Sisyphus Pictures, this is undoubtedly the perfect solution.

But Lan Li still refused.

The reason why Matthew is Matthew is because he can shine when he stands on top of the courtroom to start the trial, just like Lan Li stands in front of the camera and on the stage. They all have their own dreams and support each other in different ways.

Lan Li knew that as soon as he spoke, Matthew would nod his head in agreement, but he couldn't and didn't want to.

"I still like Matthew standing in the courtroom. Faced with Arthur's eyes, which still refused to give up, Lan Li ended with the simplest sentence.

Arthur raised his hands in frustration, then leaned his shoulders against the back of the chair, "I'm your brother, okay? Why don't you support my dream?"

"Aren't you now fulfilling your dreams? Or am I misunderstood? So, I'll tell André and let him set you free. Lan Li said lightly, and then you could see Arthur's expression stiffen little by little, completely without the reserve and restraint of the aristocracy, which made Lan Li shake his head slightly, "Elf and you have been in London for so many years, and she still hasn't collapsed, I think she is very hard." ”

Arthur claims to have received a 100,000 critical hit.

Edith, who was watching the play, had a flash of inspiration in her mind and quickly grabbed it, "Have you all forgotten Charles Dormer? Do you remember which direction Charles is focusing on the law?"

Charles Dormer, the elder brother of Eaton Dormer, the second in the Dormer family, is also a lawyer. When Matthew came to New York, he accepted Charles's invitation to set up a law firm here, and both of them served as partners, gradually carving out their own businesses.

"Charles, are you sure?" Arthur, a jack-of-all-trades, immediately showed a meaningful expression, "If you let Charles go to the party, then he is definitely a good hand, but if you let Charles go to court, then it is better to let him go straight to the guillotine for execution." ”

"We don't need Charles to go to court, we need Charles to sit in his office and handle copywriting — wait, we don't need Charles to handle documents, we need Charles's ability to start a law firm in New York and grow to where he is now, that says a lot about his ability, doesn't it? In the legal community, he should be better known than you or Andre. Lan Li was keenly aware of the key.

Arthur always regarded Charles as his "kind" - a party animal, and Andre was the same, so they never considered Charles's professional ability, but now that I think about it, maybe Charles is a better candidate than Matthew.

"Even if it's not Charles, I know Matthew knows a group of lawyers in London, and he can also give some candidates, you can discuss it with Andre, and you can also ask Charles's opinion, I know, Charles is not very reliable, but you and Charles should have their own language system, you can identify the truth and falsehood. Lan Li then added.

"Ouch!" Arthur expressed his protest with a cry of pain, but he did not continue to talk poorly, nodding his head to show his understanding, "In addition, about the Don Quixote channel, the plan and the platform framework blueprint have come out, but we really don't have much concept at the moment, you better take a look, give some opinions and ideas, we let the engineers see if it can be realized, and then set up a marketing department, carry out preliminary research, and further improve and adjust the design blueprint of the platform." ”

Lan Li nodded in agreement.

"If you want to plan and blueprint, give you the entity directly, or send an email ......" Arthur didn't quite understand these details, and usually handed them over to the secretary to deal with, "By the way, my secretary said that every time I send you an email, you don't reply, which leads to our work here can't be carried out, and I can't find Nathan every time, right? God, I contact you, but I have to go through Nathan, it's too sad." ”

"First of all, that's your secretary contacting Nathan, not you. Lan Li didn't pay attention to Arthur's "grievances" at all, "Secondly, if it's an urgent email or an important email, you can send it directly to Matthew, and my email is all sorted out by Matthew." You send the plan and blueprint, you send it to Matthew, and he will tell me as soon as possible. ”

"Wait, what about Matthew's own job?" Edith couldn't keep up.

Lan Li shrugged his shoulders slightly, "He has a habit of tidying up, I'm just doing him a small favor." What's more, my emails don't have much to do in the first place, and now all the job offers are sent to Andy and Roy, and in the case of personal emails, it's all irrelevant, and it doesn't matter if you don't deal with it, and you all go straight to me for the really important things, don't you? ”

“…… Does Matthew know you're so brazen?" Arthur asked speechlessly.

"Yes. Lan Li replied very calmly.

Arthur surrendered, "Okay, okay, I got it." About the Don Quijote channel, we asked the engineers and the production team, the fastest progress will need to wait until the beginning of next year, it is estimated that there will be no way to complete the first version within this year, after that, there will be several rounds of internal testing modifications, the best situation, in January 2016 officially launched, if there is an unexpected situation, then the time will have to be pushed back. ”

Lan Li nodded, "This is very good, it fully meets our needs, in the next eighteen months, we can start to find more copyright cooperation, at the same time, we can also shoot more of our own original works, when the channel is launched, we only need to make a list of resource libraries, we can attract audience subscriptions, original works, this is the core means of our competition with other online streamers." ”

"So, what about the films that are made? We shoot and make them, but there is no platform to broadcast them, and the protests and dissatisfaction of the production team are not talked about for the time being, but what about ourselves? If there is no way to recoup the funds, there will be no way to continue the subsequent filming and production, and our funds will not be enough to make up for this black hole, isn't this a problem?" Arthur raised another concern.

Obviously, André has not had time to talk to Arthur in detail about this part, after all, the work in the initial stages of Sisyphus Pictures and Don Quixote Channel is really too large and complicated, and everyone is spinning like a spinning top, wishing that they could have a doppelganger, but they are still too busy.

This is always the case at the start-up stage.

"I've discussed this with Andre, you can discuss the specifics with him, in short, we're ready to work more with Sony now, but whether we need to establish our own distribution channel is still being discussed. The whole process was complicated, and Lan Li gave the answer in the most concise way, and then let Arthur and Andre discuss it in detail.

Arthur immediately understood, "You mean, the movie we're working on, will it be released in theaters?"

"Yes. Lan Li nodded in affirmation.

Arthur let out a soft breath, "That couldn't be better. "As long as it is released, then the box office and peripheral income can be used as follow-up start-up funds to ensure that Sisyphus Pictures can continue to operate and generate more profits, otherwise, Hall Ventures will not be profitable for 18 months, and it will be a disaster.

"Also, the two TV series projects ......" Arthur said again, Lan Li immediately remembered the projects he had chosen, "'Stranger Things' and 'Run of the Night'", Arthur nodded in affirmation, "Now that the script of 'Run of the Night' has been written, and the script of 'Stranger Things' is nearing the final stage, but we are now starting to produce two TV episodes at the same time, which may be a bit difficult, which work do you recommend to invest in first?"

In fact, the real question is: which work is more likely to be successful? If Sisyphus Pictures' financial chain is broken and it is unable to produce another work in a short period of time, then the first work to be produced must either sell the rights or be used as a turnaround, either of which must be good enough.

There is no way, now their stalls are some too big, multi-line go hand in hand, full bloom, wind and water, seemingly blooming flowers but in fact full of dangers, a slight negligence may lead to a total collapse, that kind of taste of walking on thin ice, is also a problem that must be faced in the entrepreneurial stage.

Lan Li didn't understand the deep meaning of Arthur's words - for running a company, he really lacked roots, "Whichever work is the first to complete the casting, which one will be filmed first." ”

"I mean, if we need to concentrate on pushing it, which one should we choose?" Arthur had to put it in a more blunt way.

Lan Li didn't fully understand, but it was still a bit vague, "'Sin Night Run'." He gave the answer crisply, "The main cast of 'Stranger Things' are all children, and it is not an easy task to choose a child actor who is spiritual and suitable for the role, in contrast, 'Run for Crime' requires veteran actors with a certain level of skills, Steven Zelian and Richard Pree, they know many familiar faces in the industry, and the casting will go very smoothly." ”

Arthur savored it, then gently bowed his head in understanding, "I know, when we return to Los Angeles, we will have a meeting, if necessary, I will ...... I'll invite Matthew to take a look at the minutes. With a resentful look, he expressed his strong dissatisfaction with Lan Li: they were busy in Los Angeles, and Lan Li didn't even bother to look through the meeting minutes.

"Can you believe it? Matthew might just hang up. Lan Li had no sympathy at all, and laughed gloatingly.

Arthur's head was full of black lines.

Looking at Arthur's melancholy expression, Lan Li chuckled, "I'll tell Matthew." However, I think the premise framework has been formulated, my work has been completed, and the next stage belongs to you, so I don't want to compete with you for attention. What do you say?"