It's not a lack of guts, that's why I'm afraid; It's because you understand, so you will scruples.

Diorama Pictures was created and developed by Ryan, Lance, Tucker and Jason, each of whom has its own role and a role, and everyone is irreplaceable. Among them, Lance has always been in charge of the selection of works.

Of course, it can't be said that Lance is sharp-eyed and hit, behind the success, Lance, like countless top producers, has experienced many failures. For example, in 1999's "Call of the Dead", although the investment was only 13 million, the poor box office performance Xiàn caused the company to lose more than 8 million dollars; Another example is the "Players Club" in 1998, which not only failed to win prizes, but also incurred losses of up to $6 million.

However, it is undeniable that his keen observation of scripts is indeed admirable, and the number of successful works is even more impressive than that of failed works, which also makes Diorama Pictures rely on word-of-mouth in the past six years, and has won a good reputation in the field of art films and independent films. Even commercial films like "Ocean's Eleven" still won a full house. It can be said that Lance's torch-like vision has contributed a lot.

No one knows this better than Ryan, Tucker, and Jason.

In fact, this is also an important reason why Ryan expelled Lance from the company - Lance will not care about the box office, public relations, or Oscars, and will only think about the work as a starting point. For example, for works like "Elephant", even the release of art theaters is a problem, and even if it wins an award, it is difficult to bring more benefits to the company; Another example is "Pirates of the Caribbean", which ignores the ability of Diorama Pictures itself and gambles heavily. This has led to increasingly internal divisions among the management.

But the problem is that the success rate of Reims is very good, which makes the company's internal control force derailed. Not only threatens Ryan's management authority in the company, but also threatens the commercial interests of Diorama Pictures. Therefore, in the end, the rebellion was triggered, and Lance was put to an end by being purified out of the house.

Now, when Jason once again mentions Lance's "ability to pick films", no one can ignore it, not even a sane Ryan. If, as Jason says, "∞ ∞▼, Roy" is a trap, and Lance has anticipated the disastrous end of this work, then this chilling sense of fear will be like a bone appendage. Deeply rooted in the marrow of every human being.

Jason only felt that his brain was a mess, and the fear of falling from a high altitude was far less than the emptiness of not being able to land, and he was overwhelmed by the fact that after Lance left, the burden of film selection fell on his shoulders, and his pressure was greater and more direct than anyone else.

"You say, 'Saharan cavalry,' are we going to count it?" That was Jason's first reaction.

"You're crazy!" Tucker shouted directly. How much effort he put into making a friendship for the sake of working on this project, Howard Baldwin is not a fool. Tucker stared at Jason with round eyes, but didn't know how to refute. "You...... You ......" hesitated for a long time, and finally said in a hurry, "Lance is not a prophet, how can he know everything." You listen to your own words, even if Lance is playing a machievous trick - it sounds ridiculous, hehe. Tucker chuckled dryly. If Lance had been good at scheming, he wouldn't have been driven away so easily.

"Even if he did become clever and cunning, how could he be sure that 'Troy' would fail? If he hadn't been so sure that this work would have been a success, then Ryan and I didn't see any further reaction from him after we sold the adaptation rights to Warner Bros., and he didn't compromise yet! What does this mean? This shows that he does have vision, but no matter how smart and powerful he is, no one can guarantee that a work will be 100% successful, or a work will be 100% a failure! ”

Tucker's words, no one can refute, not even Lance himself here. Every movie has risks, the difference is only in the size of the risk. The reason why Hollywood is more willing to make sequels is because sequels are less risky, but no one who dares to pack a ticket for a sequel will be a success - there are countless sequels that have failed.

In the end, Tucker was even a little hoarse, his excited emotions couldn't be controlled at all, his brain was blank, and he just relied on his instinct to survive, and babbled a lot. But after saying that, Tucker found that his casual nonsense was actually very reasonable, which made him more and more confident, not only him, but even Jason was dumbfounded - compared to Jason's conspiracy theory, Tucker's statement is obviously more reasonable, and it is also more realistic and more acceptable.

Jason wanted to refute, but when he opened his mouth, he found that the strangeness in his heart could not be described in the right words, and in the end he could only freeze in place.

Ryan still felt overwhelmed—in his head, not in his stomach, but at least the vomiting was contained. Raised his head and wiped the stain from the corner of his mouth," Tucker was right. He is not a prophet, and we should not scare ourselves. Ryan put the coffin on the matter, Jason looked up, looked at Ryan, then at Tucker, and finally swallowed the words, "If you think about it, in fact, he just chose two works, 'City of God' and 'The Day After Tomorrow', we've experienced this kind of thing before, haven't we?" But there's absolutely no need to panic, no one can succeed all the time, and no one will fail all the time – at least not we. So, let's not take these two failures too seriously. ”

The rise of Chaos Pictures is really too fast, and Lance and them are incompatible, so this leads them to chaos.

In fact, even with the successive successes of "City of God" and "The Day After Tomorrow", Chaos Pictures is still only a small third-tier production company in the industry, with five or six such studios appearing every two years - one or two excellent productions that attract the attention of the industry, but the follow-up is weak, and then slowly disappears, or the quality of the work is uneven and always tepid.

Over the past three decades, only three independent film companies have actually been able to get into the public eye: DreamWorks, New Line Pictures, and Miramax. It can be seen that the difficulty is great.

Now, Diorama Pictures is undoubtedly one of the closest companies to this goal, and there is no need for them to panic too much at all. Imagine each of their panicked frays, and the more Ryan felt the shame so deep in his bones that it was impossible to ignore. The only solution is to regain the initiative, just as if Lance had been expelled from the company in the first place!

"The 'Saharan Cavalry' is a project that we unanimously understand, and we should not give up lightly because of the slightest disturbance." Ryan's confidence finally firmed up, although his face was still pale, but his eyes no longer wavered, the "Sahara Cavalry" project was not only seen by Ryan, Tucker and Jason, George also gave advice, and finally made a decision, "This is Hollywood, a place with a big palm, almost every work will involve countless people, and many of them are rumors." We grabbed every project that Lance touched, which was impossible; Every project that Lance knew about was rejected by us, and it was impossible. ”

"Jason, you said it yourself, we should focus on ourselves, always stick to ourselves, choose works that meet our expectations and requirements, and don't be swayed by others, isn't it?" Ryan finally brought the words back to Jason, and if they really gave up the idea of "Saharan Cavalry" because of Lance, it would be a real joke.

Jason knew that Ryan was self-hypnosis, but he had no way to refute it, because what Ryan said was also the truth. But the inner uneasiness made him unable to settle down lightly, think about it carefully, the "Sahara Cavalry" is recognized by both Ryan and George, both of whom are very cautious guys, and George also has his own opinions on the script and the director.

Thinking of this, Jason lowered his head and avoided his gaze, acquiescing to Ryan's statement.

Ryan nodded vigorously, and the situation gradually returned to control, this feeling of being in control of the overall situation made him full of confidence, "Judging from the current situation, the decline of 'Troy' next week will not be too good." The impact of "Monster Shrek 2" is not only aimed at "the day after tomorrow", but also against "Troy", which is an indiscriminate attack, "We will relax our minds at the box office in the United States, and if we can cross 150 million, we should snicker." Now all attention has to be on overseas markets, especially in Europe and Asia, where Brad's appeal in Japan and South Korea is so strong, and Orlando, we must not afford to waste it. ”

Ryan straightened his spine, and in the recent pattern of being forced by Lance to hug his head, Ryan regained his confidence, and his eyes fell on Tucker and Jason, "Overseas market, this is our next battlefield!" In these territories, the 'day after tomorrow' garbage cast lineup can't play any role at all, it's up to us to take back the advantage little by little! ”

This is not Ryan's self-confidence, but Hollywood's self-confidence: thanks to the maturity of the Hollywood film industry, many bad movies have been exceptionally good in overseas markets, especially "strong casts and wonderful special effects plus smart publicity", success is often easy to catch, and it is tried and tested. The battlefield of "Troy" is indeed overseas.

However, the outcome of the overseas market has not yet been revealed, but it is certain that in North America, the nightmare of "Troy" is still not over. (To be continued.) )

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