Chapter 36: Tentative Talk

Can't say that Kevin is unhappy, blame Mark for being ambitious, "Batman" is Warner's master series, although it hit the street, but it is still the master series, with enviable popularity and fans, as long as the market is hungry, it will sell well again and heat up again.

In the "Batman" tetralogy, the lowest budget is the first one, 35 million, and the highest is "Batman and Robin" 130 million, but the huge pounce, whether it is Tim Burton or Joe Schumacher, they are all famous directors who have been famous for more than ten years, and have extremely rich work experience.

At the current price, the production of "Batman" will be at least 70 million US dollars (by the standards of the first part), and he has only made a small sci-fi film, unless Warner's senior management has a brain in the water, he will definitely not hand over Gotham Town to Mark, so that Mark can't bring his own funds, they are afraid that he will play bad and mess up the series.

Kevin didn't take the script, saying: "Warner has no plans to reboot 'Batman', this project is in charge of Mr. Meyer, and only he is qualified to decide whether to reboot or not." ”

Mark said: "This is just a script, a work of interest, and even the copyright has not been registered, just to express my love for him, there is no other meaning, and it will not affect the cooperation between us." ”

Kevin took the show and said, "I can only promise that I will watch it, and there are no other guarantees." ”

Mark said, "0k, happy cooperation!" He swapped the champagne for a large glass of whiskey and drank it down.

Kevin was a little satisfied with Mark's attitude, but he only took a sip of wine, he didn't have as much as Mark.

Mark said: "This Man is from Earth is actually more suitable for watching DVDs at home, and it will perform well in the DVD market, so you should invest more in this area." Mark regretted not being able to get a piece of the DVD pie, and he vowed to get a piece of the pie in Saw or he wouldn't let it go.

It is said that he is now a newcomer, and he is not qualified to score CDs at the box office, let alone get involved in DVDs, but as a person with a certain reputation, he invests in the production by himself, and if he fights for it, he can fight for a share of DVDs, and the sales of the "Chainsaw" series of DVDs are not much better than the box office.

Kevin is a human spirit, Mark almost crossed his ass and he knew what he wanted to do, he was a little surprised that this kid was ambitious and bold, and dared to play the idea of DVD, this is really crossing the line, except for the president level, no one has the right to decide the DVD share, he said: "Young man, the road should be walked slowly, first learn to walk, and then learn to run." ”

Mark said: "If you can run, you can participate in the race, I understand correctly, right?"

Kevin said, "That's right!"

Mark said: "I insisted on investing in this film in such a difficult environment, just to qualify for the competition. ”

Kevin said, "Your faith is so great?"

"The only way for a newcomer like me to stand firm is through quality work," Mark said. ”

Kevin shrugged his shoulders and said, "We'll talk about it then." He easily tried out, this kid is ambitious, greedy enough, is a good seedling in this industry, he said: "Our company is going to organize you to participate in some activities and publicity, what do you think?"

Mark said: "Now "Twilight" is very popular, Peter from Random House asked me to attend several book signings, including on the Oprah talk show, but I refused, nothing can be ranked ahead of my production of "Chainsaw", the style of "This Man is from Earth" determines that it is not a family movie, unless the audience comes to the fan, word of mouth, no matter how much money is invested in publicity, the effect will not be great, and there are not many places where he can be used for publicity, it is difficult to attract people's attention, this movie is eaten by beer. ”

Kevin laughed, "0K, whatever you like, you have the Wachowski brothers' style." ”

This is a compliment, with "The Matrix" The Wachowski brothers are hot in Hollywood, but they are quite low-key, signed a deal with Warners, refused to attend any promotional events, and are praised for their low-key personality.

Mark knew that the brothers were too avant-garde, one was a transvestite, and the other was transgender, and as a result, they broke into Hollywood's nickname, from the Wachowski brothers to the Wachowski siblings, and finally became sisters.

"I'm different from the Wachowski brothers, we're different in a lot of ways. ”

Kevin was displeased, could this kid be so crazy that no one could see him after a small movie succeeded? What kind of development prospects does this kind of person have, is it worth cultivating?

Mark knew that the other party had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "I mean the creative concept and the style of the work, we are completely different, and the difference is huge. ”

Kevin said: "Anyway, tonight is your party, take all of this, right?" The Wachowski brothers were discovered by him, and he valued them very much, Mark was not a fart if he didn't have a stepmother's background, and he was so crazy, he excused himself and left.

Even Blake noticed it, and she said, "You seem to be upsetting this vice president?"

Mark said: "It doesn't matter, it's just that there are some issues where there is a disagreement, and it will be corrected soon, such as some issues, we have the same opinion, such as you, who is as beautiful as a fairy!" He half-bent down and stretched out his hand to invite, and said, "Miss Lively, may I ask you to do a dance?"

Tonight's Blake is wearing a fiery red dress, looking as enthusiastic as fire, people are more delicate than flowers, Mark saw that Kevin had just left, and immediately offered her great hospitality, perhaps because of the lover's eyes, the more time spent together, the more I felt that Blake was sunny and sweet, and her personality was so straightforward and cheerful, very infectious, like a shampoo, it would spread fragrance and happiness to everyone around her.

They work together, Mark doesn't feel happy when he doesn't see her smile and laughter for a day, he enjoys Blake's praise and admiration for him very much, and they have a good relationship between them now, at least Mark won't call her a fanged girl, and Blake won't call him a man who only has muscles and no brains.

Blake readily agreed, placing her slender hand in Mark's palm.

Mark held Blake's warm and soft hand and walked to the dance floor, hugged Blake, and danced.

"You look very busy all day long," Blake said. ”

Mark said: "Because I have ideals and pursuits, I have to earn money to buy a car and a house, and then marry a wife, have children, and support a wife for the children to go to school, which requires a lot of money, and I can't relax." ”

Blake couldn't imagine that Mark had such ideals and plans, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Who is your ideal wife?"

Mark said, "I don't know, but I'm sure she'll be the happiest woman." ”

Blake said, "Are you free tomorrow?"

Mark said: "No! I can't wait for two days a day now, and if the shooting schedule is one day behind, I will spend more than 30,000 yuan, and I will never allow anything to slow down the progress, Ruby This guy actually asks for leave with delusion, I spend hundreds of dollars a day to ask him to work, not a vacation, if you don't want to do it, get out, I don't accept anyone to take a vacation for any reason." ”

The more Mark spoke, the more agitated he became, as if he was very upset and angry.

Blake found it very boring, and he couldn't say anything he wanted to say.

Mark said: "You want to take a leave of absence tomorrow? This is no problem, with our relationship, I will definitely let it go." ”

Blake said, "You really don't remember what day tomorrow is?"

Mark said: "Of course I do. Blake's joy just now sank down, and Mark said, "It's the sixth day of the film." ”

Mark said: "The steak and red wine here are good, you must eat and drink enough before you go back, Warner is so stingy, I thought they would send a red envelope or something, but I only got one meal, I knew that I stayed on the set to work overtime, alas!

Blake said: "Do you have nothing else to do but work that deserves your care and attention?"

Mark said: "Of course, I feel very happy to dance with you at this moment, if it weren't for you, tonight would be in vain." ”

This sentence made Blake happy and sweet, this guy can still say a human word or two.

Blake said, "I'll treat you to dinner tomorrow!"

Mark said: "0K! But tomorrow night I have to work overtime until twenty-two o'clock, you can send me a bag, just show your heart, remember to add more meat, I need to supplement a lot of protein and calories now?"

Blake hinted, "Don't you have a birthday in Huaxia?"

Mark said: "Of course, my aunt would boil me an egg and add five cents to buy sugar, which later rose to one dollar, which was a better life." ”

Blake said, "Don't you have a gift for your birthday?"

Mark said: "Five cents and an egg are gifts, of course, in order to show respect and joy, we agreed that there would be no fight that day, and my uncle and aunt would not beat anyone." ”

Blake said, "No cake, no celebration?"

Mark said, "What's there to celebrate? The most fortunate thing on the day I gave birth was my mother, and she died early. ”

"If your favorite person has a birthday, like Kayla, how would you help her celebrate?"

Mark said: "I will buy her a princess dress, the one with angel wings, I will sing and dance to please her, and, most importantly, most importantly, take her to Disneyland for a day and eat a big glass of ice and qiqi." ”

Blake was delighted to hear this, and said, "You're doing a good job, whose birthday do you remember?"

Mark said, "I don't remember any of them because I don't have a good memory, but the good news is that they will remind me so I can prepare a present, oh! What is your birthday? I can do a birthday party for you!"

Just as the music stopped, and the people on the dance floor stopped dancing, Blake shook off Jack's hand and said, "I don't know!"