The glass walls are completely open, and the warm and soft golden sunlight of California slowly spills down, and the whole room is filled with bright/sunny and brilliant smells.

Nestled in the northern suburbs of Los Angeles, Burbank offers a wide view of the horizon from a bungalow or a two-story villa, and if you're willing to climb to the top, you can even see the coastline of Santa Monica, showing the blue of the edge of the city.

Steven Spielberg sat on a spacious boss's chair, like an old urchin, propped up the ground on his toes, and then kept turning left and right, as if he was riding a merry-go-round in an amusement park, and his big smile revealed a childish spirit, playing around as if no one else was around, enjoying himself.

The sound of squeaky chairs echoed through the conference room, and Ron Mayer only felt the magic sound in his head, and endured and endured, but finally could not hold back, turned his head and cast his gaze, tried to say something, but could not say it, and then glanced at the other corner with the rest of his eyes, and then leaned back in the chair again.

Thomas Toole didn't seem to notice the noise in the room—or the silence that contrasted with the sound—but was so absorbed in his own thoughts, his eyes slightly distracted, a thoughtful expression, and all the movement and chaos around him could not interfere with his own world.

When Frank Marshall walked into the conference room, this was what he saw in front of him-

Steven was swaying in circles, moving in and out between sunlight and shadow, looking brisk and easy;

Lang An sat at the other end of the round table of the conference, his whole person hidden in the shadows, imperceptible to the look of his eyes and expressions;

Thomas's whole person is exposed to the sun, but he wanders away from the world as if he is not here at all, looking like a dummy.

There was always a noise in the room, but that's all there was to it, no one spoke or talked, it was as quiet as a tomb. It wasn't a good description, but the first thought that popped into Frank's mind was this, and he couldn't help but laugh.

"Knock, is anyone there?" Frank curled up his knuckles and tapped on the table, breaking the silence before feeling the stares cast by everyone, and said with a smile, "Hey, what's going on? Why isn't anyone talking?

Frank took the initiative to walk in Steven's direction and patted his old friend on the shoulder, "Why aren't you late today?" I thought you were the last, and you were just chatting with Catherine outside for a while, don't you have a job lately?"

"I decided to take a break and relax for a while. Steven shrugged his shoulders and then jokingly joked, "Actually, it's just an excuse to cover up that I'm about to lose my job, it's all an excuse." Whew, there's still no way to compare with you, recently open all the news newspapers, you can see your news everywhere. ”

Steven is talking about the "spy movie" series, Frank served as the producer of the series, and the fourth installment released last year gave up Matt Damon as the main character, and instead chose Jeremy Renner to provoke the beam, and rearranged the story branch, only to be scolded by fans to the blood, box office and word of mouth both failed, and the undefeated myth of the series was shattered.

Not long ago, Matt Damon met fans on the street while on vacation, and someone just asked Matt if he would like to return to the "Spy" series, to which Matt said that he doesn't mind being labeled "Jason Bourne", but only if Paul Greengrass is willing to return to the series, he is willing to return.

Just in time, "Captain Phillips" directed by Paul Greengrass is being released and has been well received. In the short term, Paul has no job for the time being, and the next schedule is also in an open posture, and the social networking platform suddenly began to be lively, and everyone is asking: Is Matt likely to return to the series, and if so, what should Jeremy do?

In the spotlight, Frank naturally appeared in the discussion of many industry insiders.

In fact, Frank is indeed meeting with Paul and Matt separately to explore the possibility of the original team reuniting, and every once in a while, Frank's name is bound to become the focus of discussion, and what others don't know is that Frank is also thinking about how feasible the plan of Lan Lili to play the villain is.

In the face of Steven's ridicule, Frank deliberately made a different interpretation, "I thought everyone was paying attention to the news in the autumn file, and all the other industry news was no longer important." ”

Frank winked at Steven, but the two old guys, who were more than one hundred and twenty years old together, showed a touch of smugness and schadenfreude - in fact, they were crowding the other two people in the conference room, just taking care of each other's face and not speaking out, such a childish behavior really made people cry and laugh.

Then Frank pulled up a chair and sat down next to Steven, "Hey, Thomas, Lang." After nodding to the two of them, he didn't continue to greet each other, "So, what is our main task today?" Steven has just said, I've been very, very busy lately, I don't have much time, I think, we can get to the point quickly. ”

It's a joke. Actually, Frank, like Steven, has been on vacation lately.

As soon as the words fell, Frank and Steven both cast their eyes at Ron Meyer.

Unexpectedly, Ron Meyer just shrugged his shoulders and didn't speak.

All the eyes in the entire conference room fell on Thomas Toole, Thomas seemed to have finally come to his senses, his eyes showed a touch of impatient anger, after a long time of contemplation and consideration, his emotions had calmed down, but he still couldn't help but start to surge, "Lan Li put forward the latest offer, 20 million salary plus 10% box office dividends. ”

After saying that, Thomas's gaze slowly swept over like this, and fell on the other three people one by one.

No words were needed, just a glance was a clear expression of his anger. Out of the wrath. Lan Li's salary requirements are challenging Thomas's bottom line step by step, and in the end, his gaze falls on Steven and Frank firmly and heavily, "Does it have to be Lan Li?"

The actors of the whole Hollywood are placed in front of them, does it have to be a blue ceremony?

In fact, the current situation is obvious, you don't need to be a genius or an expert, you can also predict the trajectory of things - the box office failure of the "gravity" premiere, then Lan Li's salary will be slightly pressed, 20 million base salary plus 5% box office dividends, and even the dividend ratio can be lowered; otherwise, Lan Li's salary will rise.

Every industry insider knows this.

So when the box office of the premiere of "Gravity" came out, Andy Rogers directly raised the salary offer to a higher level, and also put on a posture of sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, the longer the time drags on, the heavier Andy's chips will be, and at the same time, Thomas's room for maneuver will be further compressed.

It is precisely because of this clear understanding that Thomas's mood becomes more and more impetuous: shouldn't it be the producers who have the upper hand?

Frank and Steven exchanged glances, and in a moment, Frank raised his chin slightly, and then Steven turned to look at Ron Meyer, "The problem is not with us, but with R. Long, are you sure what you think?"

Ron Meyer didn't speak.

"To be honest, there are more than 400,000 actors registered in Hollywood, not to mention a Lan Li-Hall, even if the male lead is replaced by the female lead, it's like 'gravity', I don't see any problems. Steven's tone always maintained a relaxed and freehand style, and even smiled, "But if you ask me, I think Lan Li is the best choice." ”

Frank raised his right hand and did not speak, but only gestured to show his support for Steven.

So all eyes came to Ron Meyer again.

For Universal Pictures, the two series "Fast & Thrill" and "Jurassic Park" are in full swing, which will undoubtedly be an important means for them to win the box office in the future.

The question now is whether Ron Meyer is ready to compromise.

After the violent upheaval at Warner Bros. leadership, Ron Meyer's mentality must have changed, and it was his decision on how to respond to Vin Diesel and Lanley Hall.

Never before had anyone slammed such a head-on punch at Ron Meyer, and everyone was speculating about his views and attitudes, but there was never a clear signal, and now Steven, as an old friend of Ron Meyer, has been blunt: if they refuse, then there is no need for them to continue to dwell on it, and if the discussion continues, then Long Meyer must take a positive position.

Suddenly forced into a corner, in fact, Ron Meyer was mentally prepared, because he also knew that he had to make a decision, but deep down he was still inevitably irritable, he had never dealt with Lan Li head-on, but he had never had a good impression of the actor.

After a pause, Ron Meyer turned to look at Thomas, "What's your mental bottom line?"

This also means that the "personal grudge" that has lasted for more than two years has finally come to an end temporarily, and Ron Mayer has relented, and the door to cooperation between Universal Pictures and Lan Li has reopened, but it is just ...... I wonder what Vin Diesel's reaction will be when he learns the news?

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