Chapter 116: Twist
The project "Batman" has been full of twists and turns since the restart, Warner finally put together the safest double king group but died due to Mark's withdrawal, Kevin was very angry at the time: "Do you think Warner can't play without you? Hollywood is not lacking in directors." ”
There is also Leonardo's willingness to act, he is also a guarantee of the box office, and his appeal is super strong, but with Leonardo's strong position, this makes Kevin unprecedentedly passive, Leonardo is more fucked than Mark, he is a person who doesn't do what he says, and he doesn't bother to explain if he wants to, and his agent Simon has limited influence on Leonardo, and he can't influence Leonardo's decision.
Mark used a way acceptable to Warner to push back the matter, such as what creative differences, while Leonardo did not do it directly, and first announced to reporters that there was no room for maneuver, which made Warner even more embarrassed, and Barry found it difficult to accept, large companies could not accept this threat, if everyone was like this, Warner would not be able to continue, Hollywood has no shortage of directors and superstars.
So Warner began to look for other candidates, but in their questionnaire survey of fans, fans expressed extreme disappointment and disbelief about the change of the double king to other ways, and even some fans went online to form a website, calling on fans to boycott the movie, which can be said to be the first to shoot the beer, which made Warner's preparation slower, even though the legendary side has written a good drama and prepared the candidates for the producer and director, but Warner has been slow to authorize the legendary action.
"The Hangover" was released on February 12 and went offline on July 12, which lasted 25 months, and finally the box office of North America reported 355 million US dollars, 100 million more than the original version, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated film in history, ranking sixth in film history, second only to "Titanic", "Star Wars Prequel Clone Invasion", "Spider-Man", "The Lord of the Rings Returns", "Alien ET", Mark became the famous king of North Mi's R-rated films.
And "The Passion of the Christ" was also offline, Beimi reported 314 million, ranking thirteenth in film history, and always let "The Hangover" be suppressed in Beimi, but "The Hangover" is a character in the nest, Beimi has achieved brilliant results, Hai Zaicai reported 210 million, 560 million worldwide, and "The Passion of the Christ" won 390 million overseas, breaking 700 million worldwide, and in turn suppressing "The Hangover", in Europe, where Catholicism is prevalent, broke the box office records of many countries and became a phenomenal blockbuster.
The two strong films in the spring, after a dragon and tiger fight, divided the winners and losers, one won Beimi, and the other won overseas, both of which became momentary figures.
Warner's new film replaces the king of R-rated films with super popularity, and still wants fans and fans to give them a good face? The double king match was proposed by Warner, and now it is backtracking, and it is really easy for fans to be fooled, and there are calls for a resolute boycott of this movie on the Internet, and many people have expressed support.
With the advent of the summer, Warner's three blockbusters "Catwoman" and "Troy" competing for the summer file are huge, and the box office and beer are both on the street, and it is determined that they are unable to return to the sky, and they will lose money, if Warner is not the big hit of "The Hangover" before and "Harry Potter 3 The Fugitive from Akazban", Warner is afraid that he will vomit blood at a loss.
This year is a good year, two blockbusters were released at the beginning of the year, bringing prosperity to the market, to May and June super blockbusters "Spider-Man 2" and "Shrek 2" were released, the first week exceeded 100 million US dollars, breaking 300 million is not a problem, only in the middle of the year there are four box office nuclear bombs detonated, many people speculate that this year will be a big year at the box office, it is possible to refresh the previous record of 9.4 billion in North Rice, but "Catwoman", "Troy", "King Arthur", "Happiness Terminal" and other huge films with an investment of more than 100 million yuan, pouring cold water on this kind of music concept, in Hollywood, although good people make a lot of money and unlimited scenery, but there are more people who vomit blood at a loss.
For Warner, a bigger blow is coming, they spent a lot of money to create the other two movies "Polar Express" and "Alexander the Emperor" did not work well in auditions, this is an investment of more than 150 million, a super production of a superstar and a superstar, Barry's heart is cold, and the new beautiful female star can't make him ** by all means.
The board of directors demanded that the management immediately make a counterattack and use a victory to save the company's sluggish morale and stock price, whether Barry and Kevin are happy or not. Batman is back on the agenda, this is indeed the safest approach, Warner's several blockbuster series "The Matrix" and "The Lord of the Rings" have been filmed, "Harry Potter" is one a year, the urgency is to kill yourself, it's time to develop new sources of money.
Leonardo is quite good at saying, "As long as Mark directs, he acts." "It's all so good to talk to, what else can Warner do? So Tom came to test Mark.
Mark said: "Tom, I know Warner's situation is difficult right now, but it's none of my business, but I have to give you face, 20 million salary, 15% of North Mi's share, 100 million box office to share, and the final editing right! If Warner agrees, I will take over as soon as I finish filming "The Wedding Guest." ”
Tom was stunned, Mark actually agreed so easily, he prepared a lot of words in order to impress Mark, and now he didn't use a word, Mark's sentence I have to give you face made him very happy, Mark didn't even give Kevin and Barry face, he said: "The salary and share can be discussed, but this is the final editing right?
As soon as "The Hangover" came out, Mark was very popular, the king of R-rated films is not called in vain, it is really not too much to shout the salary of 2015, even if it is not a big problem to shout 2020, but as soon as the final editing rights are handed over, Warner will have no way to balance Mark.
Mark said: "You can call Barry, if he thinks it's inappropriate, then forget it, I can't make a work that they are satisfied with, but I can make a work that I am satisfied with, I am a person who respects the market, and between the critic and the audience, I am more inclined to the audience's favor." ”
"There seems to be no precedent for this," Tom said. ”
Mark said: "Believe me, they will be willing to make an exception for a 300 million director." ”
Tom was still hesitating.
Mark said: "I have at least ten or more invitations in my hand, half of which are big productions with hundreds of millions of investments, Paramount, Disney, and Twentieth Century Fox, they didn't negotiate any conditions with me, as long as I am willing to join, everything is negotiable, and I emphasize again, I only agreed to give you face, if there is no relationship, I really don't shoot without filming." ”
Mark was a little impatient, the beautiful and gentle Blake was in his room, what mood was he in there, if it was the second one, he opened his mouth directly, if he didn't want to do it, he just got out, but the person opposite was Tom, he didn't want anything to make Blake unhappy, he was also sure that Blake was in his room, if Assistant Billy arranged another room for her, it would only prove that he didn't have room worth cultivating.
Tom gritted his teeth and said, "0k!" I'll go talk to Kevin." ”
Mark finally persuaded Tom to let him go, sent him out of the office with a smile, and immediately ran to the room, opened the door of the room, there was a sound of rushing water in the bathroom, Mark was excited, and immediately began to undress, but when he was just halfway off, the sound of water stopped, Blake pushed the door out, she was only wearing Mark's wide T-shirt as pajamas, the beauty of the water after the bath, Mark couldn't take his eyes off it.
Bligh's snow-white face was covered with a flush, and when he saw Mark about to pounce, he immediately shouted, "Take a shower first." ”
Mark knew that if Mark hadn't washed after Blake took a shower, she wouldn't let Mark touch it, Mark didn't want to waste time, so he immediately ran to the bathroom, took a shower in three minutes, and then pounced on Blake, who was lying on Simmons.
After some passion, they lay down on the bed to rest, Mark hugged her into his arms, caressed his soft blonde hair lovingly, and sighed: "I am happiest to have a girlfriend by my side." ”
Blake lay comfortably in his arms and said, "With a boyfriend like you, I'm under a lot of pressure. ”
Mark said, "Did I crush you? I can promise to keep you on it the whole time tonight." ”
Blake gave him a strange look and said, "There are a lot of reporters who come to the school to interview me, and they are guarding the school gate and the door, which is very distressing. ”
Mark said: "There is a price to be paid for becoming famous, when a person becomes famous, he will annoy reporters, but if reporters don't bother you at all, new troubles will come." ”
Blake said: "You are already a world-famous guide, and I am just an ordinary female student. ”
Mark said: "When we met in poverty, status was not an obstacle between us, I worked hard just to make the life of the people I love better, not to make us more distant, President Bush's wife is a librarian, the gap is even bigger, if the president wants to marry the president, he is destined to be lonely for the rest of his life." ”
Blake said: "People don't see it that way, they just think I'm greedy for your money and power." ”
Mark said: "We only live for ourselves, we don't care about other people's opinions, we love each other is the most important thing, this society is a pyramid structure society, the distinction of hierarchies is inevitable, or that sentence, we love each other is the most important thing." Mark touched her hair and said softly, "There is no need for these worries of yours, we will get married, have children, and live happily together." ”
Blake listened sweetly, and when she looked at the clock on the wall, she exclaimed, "Eighteen o'clock!"
Mark said: "What's so strange about this, you come here at sixteen thirty, chat a few words, do it for at least half an hour, and the time passes like this, and the happy time is always very fast." ”
Blake said, "For dinner, you said you were going to invite me and Tom to dinner." She hurriedly got up to look for clothes, and they were so greedy for the joy of fish and water that they forgot Tom, and now they were so embarrassed.
Mark said: "Tom will understand, you can rest assured, someone will greet him, Nick will not snub Tom." ”