Chapter 33: The Producer

On April 2, when "Stuttering" was completed, Lester rushed into the "post-production room" with the finished film and Robert Jr.

There are a lot of inner words in the whole film that need the "dubbing" of the actors to be complete, so let Robert Jr. come is to let him read out his inner lines in the studio, and after post-editing, his words are integrated with the film, and then start editing into a complete film.

Outside the recording room, the staff adjusted the size of the recording, and Lester was on the couch and watched Robert Jr. record the dubbing through the glass.

Hey, Lester, I found them. ”

Emmanuel shook his chubby body and walked in, sat down on the sofa, and the chubby weight made the sofa sink in half, and exclaimed with a radiant expression;

Fields, who hadn't been seen for several days, walked over with a black leather bag in his hand.

Lester was slightly stunned, and then reacted that Emmanuel was talking about "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", and hurriedly asked, "How are you talking?" ”

"After a few days of contact with Pete Ralder and Kevin Eastman, they have agreed to our request, and I have bought the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles adaptation. ”

Emmanuel said the very good news that Lester thought was so quick to win Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Lester was a little stunned for a while.

"What conditions did you come up with to get them to say yes? ”

Lester raised his eyebrows slightly, and was a little "surprised" at Emmanuel's methods, but curious about what Emmanuel used to take them;

"Of course, %5 of the work is divided and joined our family, but the premise is that their work must be sold well in order to get the share. ”

Emmanuel took out the contracts he had signed with Pete Rald and Kevin Eastman from Fields, and put them in front of Lester and said;

Not bad... Lester's face was a little pleased, and he took the contract and looked at it, the conditions inside were very reasonable, mainly because if the two violated the copyright contract, the sky-high price of 500 million would make Lester slightly shocked, I didn't expect this Emmanuel to also write in, it was a long-term development of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", and the signature below had the signatures of Lold and Eastman.

With the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gone, only the comic book studio was left, and Lester turned to Fields and asked, "How's the talk with Phantom Studios?" ”

Fields thought of the negotiation plot in the past few days, and said helplessly: "The acquisition of Phantom Studios is progressing relatively slowly, according to the conditions you asked me to tell them, our team has been talking to them for a few days, and there are already signs of agreement." ”

And...

Fields changed his words, and said confidently in a confident tone: "Give me a few days, and the acquisition will be successful." ”

"Then Emmanuel will come with you!

Lester groaned, thinking that it would be better for Emmanuel and Fields to speak together, and said decisively;

Kindness!

Emmanuel nodded in agreement, thinking of something, his face showed a look of distress, looking at Lester, in his doubts, he was about to say something, Dimes walked in, choked on the words that were about to be spoken, Leicester turned to Dimes and asked: Is there something wrong?

"Boss, everything in the company has been done and is running normally... Dimes reported, then frowned, and looked at Lester without saying a word.

Tell me, or people will think I'm holding you back. ”

Lester said amusedly when he saw Dimes like this;

Seeing this, Dimes proposed: "Our company is now running normally, you have made an award-winning short film "Stuttering", I think you should be making a profitable movie, and the script of "Wall Street" you wrote is good. ”

"You think it's good, too. ”

Lester's eyes lit up and he said happily;

He was still thinking about when the filming of the "Wall Street" script would start, and there were two places in the original drama where the financial crimes involved occurred in 1985 and 1986, and the advance filming was a bit too late, but I thought that the background of the original movie was 1985, and there was one place that only happened in 1986. It is also known as being ahead of the times, and for the sake of these two places, Leicester has been hesitant to revise and change.

Right!

Dimes nodded and said excitedly, "I like the "Wall Street" script story you wrote very much. ”

The script of "Wall Street" was designated by Lesce as the company's "movie IP", and he naturally watched it and was immediately attracted by the story inside.

After Dimes said this, Lester felt that a little change in these two places would not affect the whole script, and after a while, he decided: "In this way, I will get the editing of "Stuttering" and devote myself to the filming of "Wall Street". ”

"That's great. “

Dimes said happily, the boss filmed the movie, he learned from the crew of "Stuttering", very professional, got a response, turned around and was about to prepare for the crew's questions, Emmanuel interrupted Dimes's footsteps, in the confusion between him and Lester, looked at Lester, and said with a bitter face: "I'm afraid you don't have time to shoot that "Wall Street". ”

"Why!

Lester was slightly stunned, and he didn't know why;

Several people looked at Emmanuel to see what he could say.

Under the gaze of several people, Emmanuel crossed his shoulders, his face showed a bitter color, his heart was horizontal, and his eyes showed a state that early death was better than late death, and said: "In addition to the need to follow the crew of "Raiders of the Lost Ark 2" at the end of April, I helped you promise Penguin Press to hold a fan book signing when "Agan True" is published in May. ”

For a moment, except for the sound of the sound engineer pushing the equipment, it became quiet.

"Emmanuel. ”

A roar rang out in the studio.

In the recording studio, Emmanuel pulled his head, his eyes rolled, but his tone became more and more excited: "You are going to be famous because of the movie, and getting a signing will increase your popularity." ”

Lester, who came back to his senses, could only say helplessly after listening to Emmanuel's words: "Then spend the price and hand it over to other directors, I will be the producer and personally supervise." ”

"Okay, then who will direct it. ”

Dimes understood what Lester meant. Thinking of the question of the director's choice, I don't know if I can direct this film well when I hand it over to the newcomer, so I think it is better to ask Lester as a screenwriter to see if he has any opinions, and said suspiciously;

Lester thought about it and felt that the original film was directed quite classic, and said directly: "You go and see if the rookie director Oliver Stone has time, if so, please ask him to direct, as for the protagonist, go directly to Michael Douglas to see if he is interested in playing the leading role, and other roles will be cast." ”

"Why bring in a new director who has just directed a movie. ”

Demes asked with some puzzlement, the protagonist went to invite the famous Michael Douglas, he felt reasonable, but asked a rookie director Oliver, he was a little incomprehensible.

"I watched his first movie and thought it was very good, just him!

Leicester, of course, couldn't tell Dimes why, and said directly;

"I'm going to prepare. Lester has already made a decision, and Dimes is not good at asking anything, but Lester thinks Oliver is good, then there must be something special, into Lester's eyes, Dimes immediately went down to prepare.

After the affair was discussed, Fields and Emmanuel went out to do their thing, and Robert Jr. in the studio also dubbed "Stuttering".