Chapter 412: Procrastination with Life

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Slowing down slightly, Murphy neither agreed nor disagreed, but instead asked Robert Downey Jr. to go through what he knew, and then thought about it for a few minutes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Donnie, we're either going to move." Murphy turned his head to look at Robert Downey Jr. in the co-pilot and said, "If you want to move, you have to grab their vital point directly!" ”

Robert Downey Jr. fully agreed with Murphy's words and nodded without hesitation.

"Where is the point where they can be caught by us now?" Murphy asked directly, "You know what?" ”

Robert Downey Jr. shook his head, compared to the father and son, his so-called Hollywood acting family is really nothing.

"I was to China some time ago, and I heard a phrase there that made perfect sense."

Turning his head to look at Robert Downey Jr. again, Murphy said unhurriedly, "As long as a person has the perseverance and perseverance of revenge, it is not too late to wait and look for opportunities for ten years." ”

"I ...... I understand. Robert Downey Jr. realized, "I'm looking for the right opportunity." ”

"Hmm." Murphy nodded first, then shook his head again, "It's not you, it's us!" ”

Robert Downey Jr. didn't say anything kind about prevarication, he knew Murphy and knew that with the relationship between the two, Murphy couldn't sit idly by.

Dropping off Robert Downey Jr. at Beverly Hills and declining his invitation to dinner, Murphy returned straight to his home in the Santa Monica Valley area, where the lease of the house he had lived in for several years was set to expire at the end of the year, and before he could settle down or he would have to settle down in a hotel for the time being.

After a brief dinner, Murphy called Grace and asked her to gather more information about the "Flower of Leith", the estate was extremely impressed with him, and if there were no other inappropriate places, Murphy wanted to buy it as soon as possible.

Grace gave him not-so-good news.

"There are a lot of people interested in buying this estate," she said by phone, "and the owners and agencies may hold a public auction to maximize their profits." ”

"A public auction?" Murphy couldn't help but frown.

If the Flower of Leith goes to auction, the price may increase by a bit.

Of course, this may also be a gimmick made by the agency sales company, and the purpose is also to make more money.

Murphy thought for a moment and said, "Grace, contact the owner of the 'Flower of Leith' as much as possible, talk to her well, I can give her an ideal bid." ”

"Hmm." Grace agreed.

Now that there is no busy work to distract him, Murphy relaxes, has a good night's rest, and rushes to the warehouse set outside the small city of Venice early the next morning, where Stanton Studios and Twentieth Century Fox have reassembled the crew, led by Paul Wilson, to begin preparations for the third season of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones."

Due to the overwhelming response of the first season, the TV series did not follow the name setting of each book in the series, but kept using Game of Thrones as the title.

"Overall, the preparations went well."

Like Paul Wilson and others are busy with work, Murphy just looked at it and came out, as the general project leader Carla Firth accompanied him around the studio, and said as he walked, "With the preparation, filming and production of the second season, Paul Wilson has accumulated a lot of experience and has made great progress." ”

Murphy deliberately said, "The people I bring out are definitely top talents. ”

Carla Firth rolled her eyes, walked into the actors' rehearsal room, and said, "You were lucky enough to meet someone with good talent and hard work." ”

Having said that, she actually knows very well that those people around Murphy have been greatly influenced by him and have gradually grown into top talents in Hollywood.

For example, Paul Wilson, after the second season of "Game of Thrones" hit the air, many film companies asked him to direct movies, but he politely declined.

In the rehearsal room, the actors were all rehearsing nervously, and Murphy just chatted with the more familiar Margot Robbie and Jessica Alba before pulling Carla Firth out.

The two went to the booth area, bought two cups of coffee from the vending machine, and sat down at a table to continue chatting.

Due to work, Murphy and Carla Firth haven't seen each other for quite some time except for their last dinner.

After chatting about work, the conversation between the two gradually turned to Murphy's preparation for the purchase of the property, and Kara Firth was a little surprised, "Are you going to buy the 'Flower of Leith'?" ”

Murphy nodded, "The house I fancy is the Flower of Leith." ”

Carla Firth knew something about the Flower of Leith, saying, "Do you need my help with $100 million?" ”

"Not yet." Murphy shook his head again.

"yes." Carla Firth suddenly laughed, "Not to mention that part of the box office dividends of "Man of Steel" will be in place soon, the profits you get from the first and second seasons of "Game of Thrones" alone are enough to cover this money." ”

"I want to thank you for that." Murphy picked up his coffee cup and held it up to Carla Firth, "If it weren't for you, Twentieth Century Fox wouldn't have paid off the portion of profits that belonged to Stanton Studios so quickly." ”

Carla Firth took a sip of her coffee and said, "It's none of my business, working with Stanton Studios is a fundamental operational strategy for Twentieth Century Fox right now. ”

After Murphy put down her coffee cup, she asked, "The company's board of directors asked me to ask you, the directing agreement you signed with Warner Bros. and DC Comics has been completed, when will you continue to work with Twentieth Century Fox on new projects?" ”

Murphy didn't refuse Twentieth Century Fox's kindness, saying, "You have to let me rest for a while, right?" ”

Speaking of rest, Carla Firth suddenly remembered another thing, she put down her coffee cup and asked, "After finishing the script for the third season, George Martin said to take a break for a while, now the "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" novel is not finished, his body has not been very good, if he has not finished the novel......"

She didn't say the rest of the words, but Murphy could understand and said, "Don't worry. ”

In the past, the progress of the TV series in the "Game of Thrones" also exceeded the novel itself, George Martin is indeed old, and his health is not very good, and he has to work part-time as a screenwriter for the TV series, which seriously affects the creation of the novel itself.

Now that Game of Thrones is a collaboration between Stanton Studios and Twentieth Century Fox, it started earlier than ever, and it won't be long before the TV series outpaces the novel.

George Martin's age and body are indeed very worrying, in fact, not only Carla Firth, but also a considerable number of people, including Paul Wilson, have expressed their concerns to Murphy in this regard, and fans joked on the Internet that George Martin is dragging his life for the manuscript......

There are so many aspects involved in this TV series that the benefits created alone will make each participant make a lot of money, and it is normal to have such worries.

"It's not just us, George Martin himself is worried that he might die before he finishes the series."

In this regard, Murphy had communicated with George Martin a long time ago, so he was very calm, "Kara, you don't have to worry, George Martin has already written down the direction of the plot and the ending of the whole story......"

"Really?" Carla Fei interrupted Murphy and asked, "Who ended up on the Iron Throne?" ”

Hearing this question, Murphy could only spread his hands helplessly, "I'm very sorry, I don't know who became the master of the Iron Throne in the end, and who won this Game of Thrones." ”

Carla Firth looked at Murphy's side, her eyes full of doubt.

"George Martin's outline and final ending didn't give me." Murphy explained in detail, "He did justice and stored it in a safe in a Swiss bank, and gave me the key to the safe. ”

Murphy took a sip from his coffee cup and continued, "If you want to open the safe, you have to wait until George Martin dies, or you ......"

He shook his head, "The ending is still a secret. ”

Frankly, Murphy would love to see the end as well, but George Martin has his own principles, and there are no secrets to the secrets that the two of them know.

If he knew the ending, wouldn't he have told Kara Firth now? And if Gal Gadot asked, can you pretend not to know? After telling Gal Gadot, her new best friend Margot Robbie asked about the fate and ending of the three fools, Gal Gadot is probably also difficult to refuse, right?

Therefore, George Martin chose to lock in the safe, he can successfully complete the end of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of novels, the contents of the safe will naturally be invalid, if it can't be completed, Murphy and the entire crew will not let the plot out of his ideas.

On the one hand, this can ensure that the main plot of the TV series can follow his ideas no matter what, and on the other hand, it is also the most basic professional ethics.

George Martin has been fulfilling the adaptation contract signed between the two parties, including Stanton Studios getting priority for subsequent adaptation rights, and under normal circumstances, no one will suddenly change partners.

Of course, markups are essential.

The film or TV series adapted from the novel is popular, and the original copyright owner creates a new sequel work, and the price will be increased if you want to buy it, for the production company, it will definitely think of this possibility in advance, and it is agreed in the first copyright purchase contract between the two parties that "if the copyright owner creates a sequel work, it shall notify the production company, and under the same price conditions, the production company has the right to obtain the adaptation right and filming right of the sequel work first." ”

There is such a clause in the contract between Stanton Studios and George Martin.

"Game of Thrones" is completely on the right track, and it will inevitably provide Murphy with a large amount of profit in the future, but at this stage, it is "Man of Steel" that can lead Murphy to a huge income. (To be continued.) )