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Hanging up the phone, Murphy first sent Carey Mulligan back to Stanton Studios, and then returned to Century City to find Bill Rothes, who was waiting in the rest area on the first floor of the CAA office building, the CAA agent had been waiting here since the call, and when he saw Murphy coming in, he quickly beckoned him to Щщщшlā

"Over here, Murphy." He was sitting at a small oak round table by the glass curtain wall, and when Murphy saw it, he walked over, pulled out his chair and asked, "Reliable news?" ”

Bill Rothes nodded extremely seriously, "Robert Rodriguez's PR manager has a bit of a friendship with me, and I talked to her about Saw two days ago. ”

Murphy understands that Bill Rothes has unleashed quite a few relationships for the sake of this project.

"She just called me." Bill Rothes gets straight to the point, "Robert Rodriguez gave an interview this afternoon claiming that he would put aside the last installment of the Mexican trilogy for the time being and instead collaborate on a horror film with Miramax......"

The thick eyebrows gradually furrowed, and Murphy's expression began to become solemn.

Bill Rothes wasn't much better than him, continuing, "Robert Rodriguez also revealed a little bit of the horror genre, the plasma plus suspense genre! ”

"What?" Murphy was almost on his feet, and he stopped himself in time, "What is Miramax going to do?" ”

"I asked her to inquire about ......," Bill Rothes added, "and at the moment it is only Miramax's intentions, and there are no substantive negotiations between the two sides." ”

Although he wanted to go over now, smash Harvey Weinstein's fat head and see how many shady things were hidden inside, Murphy still forced himself to calm down, after all, any film project takes a certain amount of time from intention to preparation.

What does Miramax want to do? He never believes that this so-called plasma plus suspense genre has nothing to do with "Chainsaw".

Murphy looked at Bill Rothes, and in his eyes, he could almost see a question similar to his own.

Bill Rothes was a little more angry than Murphy, "They seem to be using me as an agent for air!" ”

"Something like this before?" Murphy asked with a frown.

"A movie is brilliant, and there are a lot of follow-up films behind it, and there are a lot of such things in Hollywood." Bill Rothes shook his head and thought as some thoughts gradually emerged, "Miramax doesn't need to imitate at all, just learn from the brilliance of "Saw" and ...... with their strength"

Miramax can even be said to be the leader of Hollywood's second-tier companies, whether it is distribution or production, with their ability, if they really want to skillfully imitate a film, it is not difficult to think of it......

With such an uncertain future, will they really make a big move? Murphy knew that even if the other party did this, and pushed his film into theaters before it found a suitable distributor, he didn't have much to deal with on the surface, even if there was a union, when the two sides were too different in strength, there was no need to have too many illusions.

And, as Bill Rothes said, Miramax doesn't imitate it until he's stupid from top to bottom, and they borrow from the film's ideas and themes enough to make a lot of changes.

The kind of movies that look very similar, but don't seem to be exactly alike, are really too many in Hollywood.

Whether it's worth doing or not depends on the gains and losses.

Murphy speculated from himself that if he had switched places with Harvey Weinstein and saw that the film delivered to his door was "Saw Horror", he would have been tempted to do something.

Thinking of this, he immediately realized that something was wrong, he knew what "Saw" meant, but Harvey Weinstein didn't know, he was optimistic about the film, undoubtedly from the perspective of the market, not cheating.

What should I do? Murphy didn't notice it, and when he thought of this, his eyes gradually revealed a fierce light, because the fierceness hidden by changing careers as a director also unconsciously exuded.

Bill Rothes suddenly felt that Murphy had changed a little, just like Arnold Schwarzenegger suddenly entered the role of T800 outside the play......

As an agent, he knew his clients, and he also knew about Murphy's imprisonment, so he quickly bent his finger and tapped on the table, reminding, "Murphy! Murphy! What do you want to do? Don't mess around! ”

He was really worried that this guy would impulsively run to Harvey Weinstein's house and punch him out of the head, even though the British director had a problem with his head long after he was imprisoned, and no one could prove that it had anything to do with Murphy, Bill Rothes was still worried.

Murphy came back to his senses and said to himself, am I that stupid? He admits that he had a little similar thought, but knows that this is the worst option.

"You're a director now!" Bill Rothes admonished, "Not a freelancer! ”

"Hey, Bill, am I the kind of person who doesn't care about the impulse?" Murphy spread his hands.

Bill Rothes thought about it and shook his head, Murphy's initial funds were not very open, although he didn't know what specific means were used, but he had learned a little, and now it is normal to think about it, a person who even has a problem with basic life is often more courageous than normal people, and the bottom line is lower.

This kind of person is often divided into two kinds, one goes farther and farther, goes to the point of no return, and finally can't extricate himself; The other is to make a U-turn in time and then move on with reasonable and reasonable means.

The Murphy Stanton he knew was undoubtedly the latter kind of person.

"I'm thinking of something else." Murphy crossed his hands on the table, "Why did Harvey Weinstein do this?" ”

Bill Rothes looked at Murphy with doubts in his eyes, in Hollywood, some imitation of changing shells is simply not a thing, especially large corporations and insignificant little directors.

"I think it's possible to save zài,"

Chasing women, he is a fledgling, and sometimes he is more thorough in reading people's hearts, "Bill, Harvey Weinstein may have deliberately released these messages to the public. ”

He laughed self-deprecatingly, "Studio Stanton and I are not worth mentioning in front of Miramax, hearing such news, under normal circumstances, we will definitely panic, people are prone to make wrong judgments and decisions when they are flustered, if Miramax negotiates with us again, under such pressure, they will appropriately raise the price or other conditions......"

Bill Rothes had figured it out and said, "We're probably going to sign their contract." ”

Murphy nodded slightly.

Hearing these words, Bill Rothes thought about it, this possibility is not only there, but it is also very big, if it weren't for Murphy's calm enough to think about this aspect, maybe ......

From Murphy's watch, he thought of himself, and when he heard about it, he called Murphy as soon as he heard about it, and when he sat here and waited, his facial expression was very calm, but the anxiety in his heart was only clear to him.

The index finger of his right hand lightly tapped the knuckle of his left hand, Murphy was thinking about how to deal with it, and he also guessed wrong, but it always takes time for such a film to be produced, even Miramax can't have the intention of today, and the movie can be completed in a week, so there will be enough buffer time.

If you guess correctly, then continue the talks with Miramax to see how sincere they are.

The safest way is to try to find a suitable distributor for the film, he is too weak to really do Harvey Weinstein and sign a good distributor in order to fight against Miramax's negotiation methods that I don't know if it's true or not.

As for how to tell if it's true or false......

Once he figured it out, Bill Rothes's thinking was still very quick, "As long as Miramax contacts us to continue negotiations and raise the terms offered." Murphy, your conjecture is correct. ”

"You keep an eye on Miramax." Murphy advised, "Don't break your negotiating ties with Fox Searchlight and other companies." ”

With conjecture, it's much easier to look for evidence.

The next day, Robert Rodriguez's interview appeared in the newspaper, and the content was roughly the same as what Bill Rothes said, and then Quentin Tarantino also said at a media event that if Miramax and his friend Robert Rodriguez could work together, he would also be involved in the project, whether it was a writer, actor or producer.

At the behest of Murphy, Bill Rossis called Miramax in the name of CAA and protested vaguely, and just two days later, Miramax's Jones Butler sent him and Murphy an invitation.

In order to show his anger and upset, Murphy refused, leaving Bill Rothes to represent himself with full authority, just as he expected, and after applying pressure, Miramax threw out another carrot and raised the buyout price of Saw to $7 million.

Frankly speaking, this is a pretty good price, Murphy has been negotiating with other companies in the past few days, and in negotiations with Fox Searchlight, the other party made a market estimate that the North American box office is optimistic that it is in the tens of millions of dollars.

According to their estimates, Murphy may not end up with $7 million, and there is also a contract for Miramax to direct.

A full week after the initial preview session, Saw still hasn't found a suitable publisher, and Murphy has barely heard a few good news, but bad news keeps coming.

Bill Rothes, a well-informed guy, didn't know where to find out that Lionsgate was also interested in making a new horror film, wanting to incorporate suspense in it, which was said to have been discussed by several high-level executives at the meeting.

These complications also reached the ears of James Franco, Jonah Hill and Seth Rogan, who had been close to Murphy since the "gang up" party, and came to Stanton Studios to discuss countermeasures with Murphy and fight side by side. (To be continued.) )