"It's a pity that the distribution rights have been preceded by others early, otherwise this year's Park City is bound to be buzzing again. ”

Bob Iger's first appearance brought a lot of surprises to Lan Li, even if it was a question discussed from the perspective of a businessman, it still showed his old way: he didn't mention Sony classics, just lightly carried by the sentence "others", and the whole topic focused more on the second half of the sentence.

Everyone can see Bob's boldness and decisiveness, from Pixar to Marvel, from Lucasfilm to Twentieth Century Fox, a series of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, allowing Disney to take the lead everywhere on the road to copyright, firmly controlling the absolute dominance of the era of "copyright is king", riding the dust, so that opponents are beyond the dust.

But few people can see the delicacy and wisdom behind these decisions: why acquire these companies, and how to grasp the initiative in the acquisition process? After the completion of the acquisition, how to complete the structure integration, and finally how to solve the problem of personnel scheduling and get on the track of fighting side by side?

It's all Bob's wisdom.

It is true that after Pixar and Lucasfilm were acquired, their works gradually lost their edges and corners, and gradually became Disney-style assembly line works, following Marvel to become another money-making commodity series, Pixar's humanity/warmth, and the space epic of the Star Wars series are all disappearing, and all Disney's works are slowly becoming more and more similar, without edges and corners.

However, leaving aside the edges and characteristics of these artistic creations, Bob can smoothly integrate Pixar and Lucasfilm into the Disney system, which is something that his predecessor, Michael Eisner, was not able to do -

Despite leading Disney's comeback to become one of Hollywood's six major studios, Michael Eisner is known in the industry as a "tyrant", and he has always been dictatorial and wants to keep everything under his nose, which has also made his relationship with a range of top management talents strained.

Including Michael-Ovitz, the original founder of an innovative artist agency who later moved to the position of president of Disney, and the Weinstein brothers, the CEO of Miramax Films, those irreconcilable contradictions seriously affected Disney's subsequent development.

This shows Bob's ability.

Later, rumors spread that Bob would run for the presidency after he retired from the CEO. It may seem like a joke, but when you study it closely, it has powerful possibilities. What's more, Ronald Reagan once did, so why can't Bob Iger?

Bob's calm and introverted style can be regarded as a different style in Hollywood, and many people should be quite uncomfortable when they confront it, but for Lan Li, he knows the roots.

The smile on the corner of Lan Li's mouth rose slightly, "Why didn't I know, Disney was actually interested?"

Disney will never be interested in a work with such a theme as "Burst Drummer", and even in order to impact the Oscars, they will not produce and distribute it.

In the face of Lan Li's silent ridicule, Bob did not panic, and said frankly, "The polite words have been debunked. Such a blunt response only enlivened the atmosphere, "but I have to admit that everyone should be eager to work with you now, and even if it's not a work like 'Burst Drummer', we have countless potential possibilities." ”

"It's like 'Super Marines'? Animation dubbing was my first attempt. Lan Li said.

Bob bowed his head in agreement, "It's like a 'Super Marine.'" The smooth and sincere answer was still the same, and then as soon as the conversation changed, he cut to the real topic, "I wonder if you are interested in working with Disney? We can sign a five-part production cooperation agreement, with you as the producer and starring in the production." I think it's going to be a lot of something to look forward to. ”

It seems to be abrupt and seems to have no warning, but when you think about it, Bob has been laying the groundwork since the meeting, and he is creating an atmosphere inside and outside the words. With this ability to control, you can clearly see Bob's strength.

"Five works?" Lan Li raised his eyebrows slightly, did not hide his surprise, and looked at Bob in slight surprise, "You mean, my five works, or Disney's five works?"

To put it simply, it is the difference between creative initiative, and further, it is the difference between an individual and a company - Lan Li is now also a person with a production company, Sisyphus Pictures.

In Park City, the future direction of development has been preliminarily determined, and aside from the major events of the development channel for the time being, it is at least certain that the future of Lanli will be tied to Sisyphus Pictures, which also makes all relevant negotiations have to be adjusted.

Bob let out a low chuckle and didn't answer directly, "I've heard that you're working with Paul Walker, Jessica Chastain and others to start a brand new project?

In fact, this is the answer, not with Sisyphus Films, but with Lan Li's personal cooperation, which can refer to Christopher Nolan's previous cooperation agreement with Warner Bros.

So, did Bob know that Sisyphus Pictures and Sony Classics have reached a partnership agreement?

But what is certain is that Bob must have been ignorant of Sisyphus Pictures' ambitions, otherwise he would have known that Lan Li's works were now tied to Sisyphus Pictures, and the form of cooperation would have to change.

Of course, even if the news comes out, Bob can still choose to cooperate with Lan Li, just like commercial films such as "Jurassic Park" and "Interstellar", the cooperation between Lan Li and the six major Hollywood studios can still continue. It's just that the mode of cooperation and the content are different.

For example, Tom Cruise's "Mission Impossible" series, he cooperated with Paramount in his personal capacity, and at the same time had cooperation agreements with two production companies, Sky Dance and Bad Robots - similar to the production company of Legendary Pictures, in the negotiation process, Tom's producer rights are different and can be called the top in the industry.

"Aha, we're deliberating. Actually, this time in Park City, I discussed the idea with Joel and Ethan, and they thought it was very interesting, and they thought it could provide some inspiration or creativity, but it wasn't easy to go from a script to a project. When this time is over, we're ready to sit down and talk. Lan Li said with a smile, but did not answer Bob's question directly.

If Lan Li is willing to cooperate, or if the project urgently needs a production company, then this is the best time, and he must follow Bob's topic and then seek Disney's cooperation.

But Lan Li didn't. This also means that the emergence of Sisyphus Pictures has provided more possibilities for Lan Li, and his position and position have changed. Now, even if Bob doesn't know about their plans, he can see Lan Li's attitude.

Bob immediately understood that the point was not whether the cooperation could be achieved, but that the cooperation object was no longer an independent individual of Lan Li, but the whole of Sisyphus Pictures.

Thinking further, this time Lan Li should have gained a lot in Sundance, and people in the industry can see that Lan Li, like the Weinstein brothers, has frequent actions, and there should be news coming out one after another. Although it is not yet possible to know the details of Sundance, it is enough for Bob.

Bob wasn't frustrated or disappointed, and there was still no change on the surface, as if the conversation was just a joke in a casual conversation - and it was, it was all just a temptation, and the real drama came next, "Wow, we'll see." However, we have a project on hand that has already been confirmed, I wonder if you have a schedule for the next step?"

Here it comes.

Lan Li didn't speak, just stared at Bob quietly.

Strictly speaking, the best partner for the ideas conceived by Lan Li and his friends is never Disney, on the contrary, Disney's family carnival attribute may become a stumbling block to the project, so that Lan Li and his friends' creative ideas are constrained. Lan Li and Bob both knew this clearly, so Lan Li didn't take Bob's temptation seriously just now, and Bob didn't dig into it. Now we are back to the point.

"We've talked about it a few times before, but because the framework of the script is not very mature, and the setting of all the characters is not very mature, and it has been overturned and rebuilt several times, so there is no way to determine it. Until now. Bob continued, but instead of cutting straight to the real topic, he said unhurriedly, "We all know that you have your own insistence on the script and the characters. ”

"I used to think that after this fame spread, I would probably start to lose my job. Lan Li interjected and quipped.

Bob chuckled, "I must admit, I was scared off at one point, too. God, the last thing Disney princesses need is personality. ”

Pretty self-blackening!

Lan Li couldn't help but smile in his eyes, "And the prince doesn't need it anymore." ”

Bob laughed straight away, "But now, I think, we need to make a little change." We wanted to be able to create a truly flesh-and-blood story and then build the whole world together. You know, the world of Star Wars is fascinating because it comes to life, so we wanted to be able to fill it with more stories. ”

"Of course, there are still many changes and additions to the story and characters in the script, and we also look forward to the fact that after the corresponding actors are determined, their personal temperament can collide with the characters to help the screenwriters complete a huge story. The downside is that it might be difficult to start filming this year, but the advantage is that we still have plenty of time to polish it slowly. ”

Smooth flow, all in one go.

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