In the Lionsgate conference room, Alex sat on the right hand side of the general manager, his face was not very good-looking, because when he bought Huo Que's movie, he saw a copy, he knew that today's meeting should be aimed at him, but as a veteran of Lionsgate, and with such good performance in front of him, he thought that no one would deliberately make it difficult for him, at most he would criticize two sentences at the meeting.

That article is very weird, it should be someone who has done a detailed investigation of Huo Que, including Huo Que's education history and current life, of course, the most important thing is the sentence at the back, never hire this person or buy his works, he knows that Huo Que has offended some people, but he is very talented, if it is just an article to turn away a genius like Huo Que, it is not only a loss for him and Liongate, but also a loss for the entire film industry, so he thought that he did not see Huo Que's works and directly acquired them.

Sitting at the head of the conference table was Lionsgate General Manager Bill Brown. Walton, he first glanced at Alex with his peripheral eyes, and then said seriously: "The main content of this meeting is two points, the first is that our company's largest investment film in history, "Agent One", is about to be released at the beginning of the year, so I want to know how the whole movie is running now.

The second point is that Mr. Alex, the director of the film review, has just acquired a work, and according to the company's practice, the company's senior management should review it. ”

Alex frowned slightly, and was already a little uncomfortable in his heart, this rule does exist in the company, but he has outstanding ability, in the past few years, as long as the company he acquired the work is 100% trusted, and now he suddenly turned this rule out, it seems that it is really the problem of the text.

"Agent One" is the story of Bill. Walton advocated the shooting of a spy action movie, which cost $100 million in pre-shooting alone. In fact, many people in Lionsgate were opposed when the project was established, after all, the company's development direction is mainly based on some creative and novel films with small investment, and suddenly there is such a big move, which obviously makes many people unable to adapt, including Alex.

"The post-editing has been completed, and the post-production is almost complete, and I can definitely prepare everything for the film on the release date set by the company." The people from the production team said first.

"All kinds of advertisements for this film have been invested, and the response is good." Said someone from the advertising department.

Next, all departments related to this film made a report on their work, Bill listened to it, just nodded slightly, as his biggest investment since taking office, of course he had to control the whole process, he knew that the reason why they made a report was just to throw bricks and lead the way.

"Mr. Alex, can you tell us about what kind of work you acquired?" Bill pretended to be indifferent and asked, "But it's just that your side has passed the review, and our side hasn't made up our minds yet, so it's not considered a tongguò." ”

After so many years in the workplace, how could Alex not see Bill's intentions. He stood up, took out a document in his hand and said, "Yes, this film is a science fiction film, it was made by a new Chinese director, and I think it is very suitable for our Lionsgate, so I bought it." ”

"His name is Huo Que?" Bill said. For Alex's talent, everyone here admires it more. But people with a little talent seem to have a weird temper, and Alex has it too, he's the kind of unqualified subordinate who only knows how to work wholeheartedly, and doesn't know what it means to be a sloppy horse, and even sometimes, in order to stick to his own ideas, he contradicts his superiors, so he doesn't like Bill very much.

"That's right." Alex replied.

"When you bought the film, I had someone bring you a copy of it." Bill looked at him squarely and said word by word, "Didn't you read it?" ”

"I didn't have time to look at it, it is my duty to discover potential newcomers and works for the company, and I can't delay the discovery of a genius because of an article." Knowing that this was a prelude to a storm, Alex replied without a leak.

"I'm not going to sign that contract." Bill knew that Alex must have a copy of his excuse, and he directly said what he thought.

"None of you have seen that movie, and if you do, I think everyone here should support me." Alex stubbornly insisted.

"But once we accept his movie, Lionsgate, which we have just improved, will offend a big force, do you think it is necessary to offend the forces in the industry for the sake of a newcomer?" Bill's tone grew displeased, and Alex had confronted him at meetings more than once, the last time because of the company's investment in Agent One. This time it was even more bizarre, it turned out to be for a fledgling newcomer.

"We are a film company, are we just giving away such a good work for the sake of the so-called power? And this Chinese director is a genius, if we keep him, it will definitely be in great interest with our Lionsgate in the future, I think we have to take a long-term view. Alex's anger also came up, and there was no respect that his subordinates should have for his superiors in his words.

"You're teaching me a lesson?" Bill raised his voice.

"I'm just stating the facts." Alex said, "To take it or not to take it, we should first look at his work. ”

"Don't look at it." Bill waved his hand and said arbitrarily: "No one in Hollywood is going to buy his work." ”

"I don't believe it." Alex sneered, "I don't believe that a genius will be buried under a threat. ”

"The people of the Valentine family have sent a message to all the film companies, do you believe it now?" Bill scoffed.

Hearing these words of the Valentine family, Alex was indeed a little stunned, and even a little desperate.

The family also has some film business, but the real business is media. The media Valentines as a whole of the United States account for at least more than fifty percent of the share.

It's no wonder that Bill is so arbitrary, anyone in the film company can be offended, and he really doesn't dare to offend the media, because before a movie is screened, the media needs to do some publicity, and the media or film critics will be invited to try it out when it is screened, no matter how good a movie is, as long as you have a good relationship with the critics and the media, it must be the most important, because their words are likely to affect the box office of the entire movie.

In China, where film companies invite the media to watch a new movie when it is released, they have to give out red envelopes, so you can imagine the impact of the media on the movie.

"We are Lionsgate." Alex persevered: "Which of our works is not controversial, but we are not still successful?" ”

"That's the former Lionsgate." Bill packed up his things and stood up: "We now have Agent One, which has invested more than 100 million. ”

After Bill finished speaking, he left first.

Seeing Bill leave, the others also got up, some of them usually had a good relationship with Alex, and they would walk up to him and pat him on the shoulder, while some people left the conference room directly, without even looking at Alex.

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Huo Que, who came home, stood by the windowsill, looking at the people coming and going in the bleak cold wind outside the window, he couldn't help but be in a trance, he really wanted to fly back to the Huaxia of this world immediately, and then find a place called Guhua Village, go to see the sea of tea, and see if there was a person named Huo Que.

"Hey!"

Sighing, Huo Que shook his head, since he can't go back, then don't think about it anymore, the only use of doing so is to increase sadness.

He sat down, closed his eyes, and began to plan his life.

Today he has successfully embarked on the road to success, and he believes that he will go a long way in the future, but this road will definitely be paved. "This Man is from Earth" is just for him to prove himself, and his next work will face making money and increasing fame, so he is thinking about what his next work should be filmed.

While searching his mind for the classic movies, the phone rang, and he opened his eyes and picked it up, showing that it was Alex calling.

"Hello." Huo Que's tone became brisk, and he greeted politely.

"I have bad news for you." Alex's tone sounded dull.

Huo Que seemed to have guessed something, and said calmly: "Please speak, I think I should be able to withstand no matter how bad things are." ”

"The acquisition of your film was rejected by the company." Alex had a hint of apology in his tone.

Huo Que's heart tightened, and then he thought of the young man who suddenly came in the living room, and then gave Alex the text jiàn, is it because of this? Otherwise, with Alex's position at Lionsgate, his decision would not have been overthrown.

"May I ask why, Mr. Alex." Although Huo Que felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, his tone was still calm.

"It's complicated." Alex was indeed a little curious about why Huo Que could be so calm, and in his expectation, he told Huo Que the news, and he should be furious.

Alexton paused and said, "Are you free tomorrow, let's talk in person." ”