Hollywood, CAA office building.

"Edgar, there has been a lot of news about that Chinese genius in the last few days. President Wayne said slowly, the newspaper he had placed in his hand, to Edgar, who was sitting across from him.

In the president's office, Edgar, who had come to discuss other things with Wayne, couldn't help but glance at the newspaper on the table when he heard this.

"The filming of the new film of Chinese genius director Yang Ming crashed the car 400 times!"

Looking at this conspicuous title, Edgar couldn't help but snort lightly, his face was full of disdain, and he looked up and asked, "Don't you believe in Renard's strength, Wayne, or do you think that our CAA superstar actors have no box office appeal?"

This time, it took a lot of effort to support Pan American Entertainment to block Oriental DreamWorks, or to say that it was a naked target of Yang Ming's new personal film.

Not only in terms of actor and director candidates, CAA is all using big-name superstar-level people, even if it is a script, CAA still asked a Hollywood god to write the screenplay.

It can be said that Pan American Entertainment's "Speed Drift", CAA is definitely the movie with the most thought in history, from film shooting to production, the personnel selected by CAA are all elites in the Hollywood industry, and no one questions the impact of the movie "Speed Drift", even if the other party is a Chinese genius!

Since the selection of the talent, Edgar has not worried about whether "Extreme Drift" can overpower the new film of the Chinese people, because for CAA, the victory is undoubted.

At least in the local film market of the United States, the other party's new film will definitely not make any waves.

Wayne heard Edgar's words, nodded indifferently, and didn't say anything, Edgar couldn't see any inner thoughts from the expression on the other party's face, he stared at Wayne quite suspiciously, and asked, "What? Did you find something wrong?"

As if to dispel Wayne's concerns, Edgar knocked on the table and continued: "The movie is being filmed, and we have all arranged the release, and it has always been under our control, could there be other problems?"

On Hollywood's turf, Edgar Root doesn't think about any tricks the other side makes, and this is their home turf.

Even if they don't have to make off-the-shelf moves, they are already worthy of each other.

If it weren't for the East Asian film market, CAA would not have worried so much, and directly shouted hello to the major Hollywood trade unions, or used their strong influence to block their opponents, and the other party's so-called branch in Hollywood would definitely be self-defeating.

But Edgar didn't choose to do it, or he didn't dare.

Unless CAA does not want the East Asian film market, with their understanding of the Chinese government, as long as the CAA violates this red line, all films with CAA background will be completely banned from being released in the East Asian film market in the future.

There is a lesson to be learned.

Therefore, Edgar has enough confidence in CAA's influence in the land of Hollywood, and he doesn't have to worry about the other party's tricks.

"Not really. Wayne shook his head, and at this time, there was a hint of puzzlement in his eyes, and he said: "You know Bobble very well, if you don't have a certain certainty, he won't make such a big noise this time!"

- Bobble!

Edgar slowly muttered the name in his mouth, which was not clear to ordinary people, and he had a deep grudge against it in his heart.

When the influence of the CAA permeated every corner of Hollywood, many studios succumbed to their terms, and even a few giants had to bend down to negotiate cooperation with them, but in the hands of Pan American Entertainment, which was once at the helm of Barber, it never pleased.

For this reason, Edgar once touched his head in front of Bobble.

Now that he suddenly heard Wayne mention the name, he couldn't help but think of the situation that had made him extremely embarrassed and depressed before.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Wayne.

Others don't know, but he knows very well that when Barber left Pan American Entertainment a few years ago, Wayne had the idea of poaching this former rival to CAA.

As a result, Edgar had a lot of arguments with Wayne.

It's just that Bobble never paid attention to Wayne's invitation, and then when the other party agreed to the invitation of a little-known film company, Wayne gradually extinguished the idea of inviting Bobble to join CAA.

"No matter how brilliant and successful the old man was before, in the face of absolute strength, he was powerless to stop it, no matter how much he made the movement now, that's all. Edgar took a deep breath and said slowly in a flat tone.

He didn't understand why Wayne valued Bobble so much.

The promotion before the release of the movie, this is a very common thing, can there be other changes?

His confidence in Renard and that big-name star combination is too strong, not to mention that the opponent is making a Chinese-language movie, even if it is a Hollywood blockbuster, he doesn't pay attention to it.

Hearing Edgar's words, Wayne glanced at the other party, and then sighed faintly in his heart, and did not continue to dwell on the topic.

The other party's resentment against Bobble, he is very clear.

Maybe it was annoyance, a thought flashed in Wayne's mind, Edgar was so active in blocking the new film of that Chinese genius director before, and it is estimated that Barber was also one of the reasons.

After a long time, Edgar's face instantly became extremely gloomy when he walked out of Wayne's office.

When he returned to his office, he turned on his computer and searched for the news.

News reports about Yang Ming's new film "Fast and Furious" have been prominently published on major portals in the United States.

Among them, there is an online video interview news, which has become the focus of several websites, and countless netizens have left comments under this online video interview.

Seeing this, his face was very ugly.

Maybe in his heart, he never took that Chinese genius in his eyes, nor did he regard the other party's so-called new film as an opponent, he had only one purpose, that is, to make Barber fail, a ruthless failure.

He wants to appear in front of the other party's eyes when the other party is most painful, and bring endless ridicule and humiliation to the old guy.

Give back the shame that the other party brought to him before.

Thinking of this, he immediately picked up his phone and started calling!

Publicize?

Hehe, I'm sorry, in this regard, CAA has never lost to anyone, and the media resources at CAA's disposal are not something that any film company can imagine.

Of course, Edgar didn't want to use other means to stop the other party's propaganda, he wanted to give the other party his failure in a dignified and open manner.

After a few phone calls and getting things in order, Edgar felt that he hadn't done enough.

He called Renard again, and after explaining some things, he hung up the phone with peace of mind and muttered, "Old man, I hope you can always be happy!"

The scene of the crew of "Speed Drift".

Renard put his phone on a table and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

It just happened to be a break, otherwise with his character, he would never answer any calls during working hours.

Even if the other party is a vice president of CAA, it can't be.

"Yang Ming?"

Two words came out of his mouth, and then he looked at his watch, it was the midday break, and there were still two hours to go.

So, he asked his assistant to bring a laptop over and searched the Internet.

Reynard knows very well that this "Speed Drift" will have to fight with that Chinese genius's new film, and it is only because of this that he will not hesitate to take over the direction of this racing movie.

Yang Ming's success in the rice film market will naturally affect the inherent interests of many film companies.

Especially after he and Li Xingyi acquired most of the shares of AMC's second largest cinema chain through Redwood Fund, they completely controlled this cinema company, which made many Hollywood film companies realize the threat posed by Oriental DreamWorks and Yang Ming.

But these are not the important reasons that contributed to Renard's decision to direct "Speed Drift" at the risk of reputational damage.

Those things about the interests of the so-called film company have nothing to do with him!

He made this decision entirely because of the Oscar factor!

At last year's Oscars, Renard lost to Yang Ming's "Transformers"!

In fact, this did not attract the attention of the outside media.

Because last year's Oscars posed the biggest threat to Yang Ming's "Transformers" movie, it was not a film directed by Renard, but another movie.

Whether it is Best Picture or Best Director, Renard has not even been nominated for it, so naturally he cannot be said to lose to Yang Ming.

But the film directed by the key Renard won other awards that were not important at the Oscars, and he, as a director, had no dime to do with Best Picture and Best Director, and he was not even nominated, how could this make him feel willing!

In particular, the director who finally came out in the limelight and became the biggest winner turned out to be a young man around 20 years old who didn't even grow hair?

This made Renard even more unwilling in his heart.

There is no love without a reason in this world, and there is no hate without a reason!

Renard naturally doesn't think in his heart that he is inferior to a young director from China, and the gap is so big that he doesn't even have a nomination!

The other party became one of the few 'three awards' in film history last year.

Such a supreme honor was taken by a young man, coupled with the fact that Renard himself had no gains, such a huge gap suddenly stimulated the serious self-esteem and pride in his heart!

He was not reconciled!

He wants to prove that he is definitely better than that Chinese kid, and he lets people know that the Oscars organizing committee guys were blind at the beginning, so they would award the award to a young man in China.

Therefore, after receiving Edgar's invitation this time, he did not hesitate to join the crew of "Speed Drift".

Even if this is not a sci-fi or horror-themed movie that he is good at, even if he has never made a movie with a similar racing theme before, he still accepted Edgar's invitation without hesitation!

Moreover, the so-called Chinese genius on the other side has never made a racing-themed movie before.

The other party can, so why can't he, as the world's top director?

He never loses faith in himself.

Renard watched the news story about "Fast and Furious" on his laptop for a while, and he also watched the video of the online interview.

After watching it, he turned off the video, closed his laptop, sat in a chair, took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and couldn't help but say: "Grandstanding!"

What crashed into 400 cars, what used dozens of police cars, and what blocked the city's main roads were all flashy things in his opinion.

As a director, being able to tell a good story is the key!

Although he is famous for science fiction films and is not exclusive to special effects production, in his heart, he is completely dismissive of the influence of the endless excessive pursuit of pictures in 3D movies!

However, he did not make any comments.

After all, as a successful commercial director, he is still very clear about the elements that can impress and attract the audience.

Picture footage is an essential and important factor!

But maybe in recent years, he has been nominated for an Oscar several times, but he has all returned, so he has gradually focused on the story itself, wanting to get an Oscar statuette to enrich his career!

Renard is now at the most brilliant time of his life and career, known as the world's top commercial director, has made several box office blockbusters, his status in Hollywood, there is no doubt, but he always feels that he is not perfect!

Because, he lacks an Oscar statuette!

Maybe that's how strange the film industry is!

Whether in the past life or in this life, many directors who can make very popular blockbuster movies are difficult to win film awards!

Especially for directors, the Best Director Award, which is regarded as a symbol of the pinnacle of his career, is even more difficult!

There are too many examples like this, whether in previous lives or in this life.

And Renard is one of them.

In the words of one well-known Hollywood figure, that is:

"Renard rarely loses at the box office of films, he seems to know what kind of movies the audience likes to watch, so he makes what kind of movies for the audience, maybe he can win the reputation of the audience's fans, but it is difficult to win the appreciation of the critics, so for so many years, his films have not been favored by the judges, repeatedly nominated, but repeatedly failed, he may be the most successful commercial director, but not the best film director!"

In general, Renard is the kind of director who is a box office hit, but it is difficult to win awards.

In this regard, it is impossible to say that Renard has no resentment in his heart!

It reached its peak last year!

"Transformers" is also a commercial movie! And it is also the kind of pure commercial film that can no longer be pure, such a film was very successful at the Oscars last year, and won several awards, especially the Best Director Award that Renard dreamed of winning.

How can this not make Renard resentful in his heart!

The guys from the organizing committee always criticized him for making commercial films, which had no merit in terms of artistic value.

But now the best director is awarded to a director who also makes commercial films, and the director's age is even more heartbreaking.

Seriously stimulated his proud heart.

Since then, the resentment has been deep.

So much so that when he received a call from Edgar, he didn't hesitate to push a few good scripts and accept this racing movie.

He wants to prove to everyone that he is a hundred times stronger than that so-called genius in Huaxia!