Chapter 502: Director Turmoil
Fai was tempted to ask, "What does that have to do with Layla?", but she's stupid enough to know when to say something. For example, now, she doesn't know what her father means, but she understands that there must be some meaning in it, but she can't see it. It doesn't matter if she can't see it, what does it matter if she knows it or not?
So she didn't dwell on this topic any more, and she didn't ask her father to immediately find someone to dispose of the woman she hated so much: "Even if you can't do anything to her, it's always okay to let her go, right? I really don't want to see her stay here for a moment, I feel that the air is stained with her!"
"Okay, I'll definitely find a way to get her to leave early, don't worry. Daoud lovingly touched his daughter's head and smiled.
The next day, Leila received information that the plane had taken off. This made her, who had been tossing and turning all night, finally let go of the boulder that had been pressing on her heart. She told the captain that if someone got on the plane, she would take off and leave Saudi Arabia the next day, and if not, she would stay where she was and wait for her next order. Now that the plane has flown away, it can be seen that those people have indeed managed to leave the country. finally lived up to Jia Xiaoming's entrustment.
But soon she couldn't laugh anymore because later in the day, she received an urgent phone call.
The call was made by Louise.
"Oh no, Lyra. Something happened to the Harry Potter crew, and the director resigned. ”
"How so?" Leila was surprised, she knew that the director was from AMG, and she signed an agency contract with there, so she agreed to let him shoot at that time. But now she's told her that the guy has resigned?"
They said that he had even terminated the brokerage contract, and would rather pay liquidated damages than leave, and said some unpleasant things. ”
It happened suddenly an hour ago. Originally, Louise knew that she was abroad and didn't want to bother her with such a little thing, but she didn't expect that the matter would get bigger and bigger, and now the media is frantically reprinting it. Rather than let Leila see it in the news, she would have said it herself.
"What's the bad thing? Is he in some trouble? Or is someone on the set challenging his right to direct?" Layla said everything she could think of.
In her opinion, "Harry Potter" is such an excellent book as a movie that can create box office miracles, no matter which director with a little ability shoots it, he will immediately become a hot famous director, how can he suddenly resign, and even the agency contract is terminated?
Louise was melancholy: "I swear there is no such thing as what you said. You should know how our company operates, Immortal Bird has produced many movies, when did you hear that there will be directors who are excluded from below? And I have also investigated, no matter what it is, I have not found anything wrong. ”
"And what did he say that was unpleasant?" said Lylachi.
"Well, that is, he's a director, not a babysitter who coaxes children to play, and it's an insult to him to let him make that kind of movie......" Louise is still angry when she remembers what the guy said in front of reporters. That's a movie of hundreds of millions, and it was ruined by a bastard before it was made!
"You mean he thinks that movie is bad, and he's too condescending to make it?" Leila was furious.
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has a global box office of nearly 1 billion, and it is still a movie talked about by fans many years later, not to mention the value of the entire series.
It can be said that when she gave up her position as a director, she hoped to cultivate a few more influential directors in the newly acquired agency company. Now it's good, I finally picked one carefully, and I chose such a thing for her?
"What's the situation now, tell me everything!" Leila struggled to suppress her anger. She knew that Louise wouldn't have made the call if it hadn't been for the tricky situation.
"I didn't hear any wind before, and the situation on the crew's side was going well. The actors have already entered the crew, just waiting for the start. But at noon today, I suddenly received a resignation letter from the director, and AMG also called, saying that he had terminated his contract with that side. And that's not all, he held a press conference at noon today, accusing you of humiliating him with a shoddy movie, and saying that it was a film that would ruin his film career. ”
Louise's words made Lyra almost want to scold when she heard it, if even a movie like "Harry Potter" could ruin the director's film career, she really didn't know what kind of movie was good!
"What a bastard!" she really exploded, too, and Roy listened as she pushed the door in.
I heard Louise continue: "Now the crew in the UK has completely stopped, fortunately there is no chaos, I have arranged for someone to take over." ”
Leila nodded: "Okay, you send someone over first, let the crew do what to do, and control the situation before the new director arrives, I will rush over as soon as possible." ”
"Good. Louise was relieved at once when she heard her coming. Although the little boss is young, she is very experienced in her steadiness, and as long as she goes out, there is nothing to worry about.
Seeing that Leila had ended the call, Roy leaned over and asked, "What happened?"
"Run out of a clown. Layla told him what had just happened, and turned on her computer to connect to the Internet, wanting to check the situation.
It doesn't matter if you look at it, and sure enough, I saw reports of this incident everywhere. Even many people on her FB came to ask what the situation was, and some people who were obviously troublemakers even scolded her, as if her appearance in the film industry was the biggest shame in film history.
The crew was almost formed, and the director ran away when it was about to start filming. Run, run, and release this kind of "this kind of child-coaxing thing, whoever loves to shoot, who shoots is ashamed", which company will grit his teeth and hate it when he encounters it.
You must know that this is not a small production, and the budget that has been disclosed is more than 100 million, and there may be opportunities for follow-up additions. No matter how you look at it, it is a big production that can impact the summer file, how can it become a bunch of rags in the mouth of this director?
A discerning person can actually see at a glance that someone must be doing something behind it. With that director's qualifications, making a movie of tens of millions is already good, and this time it is obvious that Leila wants to give him a chance to hand over such a big production to him. And the sales of that book are still very good, there are many fans, and you will get some fan-contributed box office if you shoot casually, right?