"So, aren't you going to talk to me about funding? You know, I'm not going to accept 'no' as an answer. Lance's playful teasing made Ian flutter and laugh, Ian raised his head, looked at the warm and happy smile on the corner of Lance's mouth, quickly wiped the moisture from the corner of his eyes, and regained his usual ease and calmness, "Forty million? You know, even if Gawain is sold, it's not necessarily worth that much. ”

Indeed, Gawain is a close end, and in the world of football, the most valuable quarterback is always the highest. In the long history of the NFL, no close end has crossed the $10 million threshold in terms of annual salary, but the quarterback's annual salary is easily approaching $20 million. A year ago, Gawain and the Green Bay Packers completed a contract extension, and after eleven years of service with his old club, he renewed his contract for another two years, basically preparing to play in the Packers until he retired, when Gawain got a two-year, sixteen-million contract, becoming one of the league's highest-paid close ends.

So, as Ian said, even if he sells Gawain, he won't be able to take out 40 million.

Lance spread his hands with an innocent and ignorant expression, "I've heard that on the Wall Street stock exchange, tens of millions of transactions are made every second." ”

Although Ian knew that Lance was joking on purpose, he couldn't help but shake his head and said helplessly, "I work for someone else, not my own company." "Maybe Ian has completed transactions in the tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, but these are not his money." I just speculate on the future based on the information at hand and give appropriate opinions, not really able to predict the future. ”

Ian's joke made Lance stunned, "What if I could really predict the future?" ”

In fact, in the previous life, Lance once considered using his understanding of the future to win the first pot of gold, and then realize the ideal of life. But then he found out. It's not that simple, firstly, he does not have enough first capital, and secondly, he does not know anything about the economy and stocks, so in the end, he also achieved nothing. But now, things are very different.

Ian, of course, didn't take it seriously, and he smiled and said, "Then I can conjure you up to 40 million in just a few days." For example, which stocks will fluctuate sharply in the near future, and which stocks will be stronger in the long run......"

Lance waved his hand repeatedly. "I don't understand anymore." The only thing he knows about stocks is that Apple's stock will be worth a lot in 10 years...... But he didn't have a clear idea of how much it was worth. But apparently, what happened "ten years later" does not help in any way for now.

Ian didn't continue, he knew that Lance didn't know anything about this, "So, why don't you tell me first, what is going on with the project you plan to invest in this time, and where are we now?" ”

After listening to Lance tell the ins and outs of Sin City, Ian fell into deep thought. Slightly constricting his jaw, "So, you're saying that this project hasn't been taken down yet." We're fighting for it, right? ”

Lance didn't expect Ian's first question to be this, "Isn't it funding that we're discussing?" ”

Ian chuckled as Lance looked at Lance's stunned look. "I mean, if we can hold back the competition, it might buy me more time to raise money." Ian clearly thinks differently than Lance.

"Hindering competitors?" Lance certainly wants to snipe Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. But it's not an easy task, at least not as easy as sniping Roland Emmerich.

Ian's expression became more relaxed, obviously this was the area he was familiar with, "I think your competitors, like you, must have a headache with money. On the one hand, they need a lot of money to complete the filming of this work, and on the other hand, they don't want to affect the style of the work because the production company is too much finger-pointing, and you are both at the same fork in the road. Ian's explanation was very clear and clear, and Lance immediately understood, "You want to be able to shoot independently by our company, so the problem of funding becomes the top priority; But if the company can't solve the financial problem, we can only choose to cooperate with other companies like 'the day after tomorrow' or 'borrowing a knife to kill people'. ”

Lance nodded in the affirmative, and Ian continued, "So do your competitors have their own production companies?" Or, to be more precise, does their production company have what it takes to sustain the entire film? ”

Robert Rodriguez, who has his own production company, Troublemaker-Studio, has launched the "Very Little Agent" series and "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", and the overall level of strength is slightly better than that of Chaos Pictures, but the gap is not huge.

In the last "Sin City", Lance clearly remembers that the final investor was Timon Pictures, a subsidiary of the Weinstein brothers, and like Chaos Pictures, it was a purely private company. Founded for many years, but the development has been tepid, their fist work is the "Scream" series, which mainly publishes and produces horror thriller works.

The Weinstein brothers had a close personal relationship with Quentin and had a good relationship with Robert, so Timon Pictures decided to invest although they didn't have much interest in Sin City. However, although the Weinstein brothers were independent filmmakers, their control over the film was outrageous – especially during the editing phase, when Harvey Weinstein was even called "scissorhands", and many independent directors were reluctant to work with them.

"I can't." Lance gave his answer, "Quentin and the Weinstein brothers have an unusual relationship, so if nothing else, they should seek the cooperation of Timon Pictures or Miramax - Timon Pictures has a better chance." Lance gave his own reasonable speculation as best he could.

Ian nodded, after making up for his knowledge of Hollywood recently, he also knew that Miramax was a subsidiary of Disney, so naturally it was not dominated by the Weinstein brothers. "So, I thought, any company is hesitant to invest in a project like this, and if I make them have doubts, they need to have more discussion and deliberation before they can decide whether to invest or not, and that will make the competitors exhausted, and it will buy us some time to convince the cartoonist on the one hand, and the investment company on the other."

Langston understood Ian's strategy, which was simply to surround Wei and save Zhao.

Ian's ultimate goal is not to get the Weinstein brothers to give up funding Sin City, but only to delay this collaboration and put Robert and Quentin in even more trouble. This is not a difficult thing to do, and with the character of the Weinstein brothers, Robert's bold and arrogant shooting plan is indeed easy to cause controversy - Robert is not Quentin after all.

"I have a grudge against Harvey Weinstein." Ian's eyes lit up with Lance's words, and then Lance briefly explained what had happened at Sundance, "You say, he will hold a grudge and reject me outright?" Or will you be ambitious and want to keep my arrogance down? ”

Ian chuckled, "Judging by your description, he'll first fish for your appetite and make you think you have hope, and then reject you so hard that you can embarrass you." Ian thought for a moment, "However, he is a smart businessman, and the core idea is the supremacy of profit, as long as there are enough interests, he will abandon his previous suspicions, but he will definitely not let you have a good time." ”

The corners of Lance's mouth lifted slightly, "But, if Quentin knew that Harvey had been courting Uma - she was Quentin's muse, and even the two of them were secretly in the dark, do you think things would change?" Since Robert and Quentin want to rely on Harvey, and Harvey won't give up on the partnership, let's see how they deal with the so-called "woman problem".

Ian's mind was racing fast, he originally just wanted to disrupt the plans of his rivals, but now, if he planned it properly, he could even make the other party directly infighting, which is naturally better. "In this case, you concentrate on filming 'Murder with a Knife', I'll go meet Harvey and leave this matter to me. Let me talk to him. "On the one hand, it's for Lance to avoid Xavi, so he can take more initiative; On the one hand, it also allows Lance to concentrate on the shooting of his works.

"It couldn't be better." Lance pursed his lips and nodded in agreement.

Quentin's words...... How did you deliver the message? Ian's knowledge of Hollywood is only superficial, and he hasn't had time to go any further.

Lance immediately had several options in mind, he could use Javier Ulliel's blog to spread the rumors; He can use paparazzi like Dylan Wilde to create rumors in the circle; He can also use Cole Greid to spread rumors within his agent's circle, which can make Quentin aware of it without knowing where the source is.

This is Hollywood, Vanity Fair, where you live under the spotlight, and rumors are almost everywhere. It doesn't matter if it's true or not, what matters is whether people believe it or not - that's the weight of rumors, even if it's a lie, a look, an expression and a word are enough to oppress people to the point of breathlessness, like a "scarlet letter". What's more, the triangular relationship between Harvey, Uma, and Quentin is not pure.

"Leave this to me, I'll let Quentin know." Lance thought of a better way, Dorothy Wright.

Ian nodded, and didn't bother anymore, "If it goes smoothly here, it can at least buy us a few weeks." However, encircling Wei to save Zhao, "Wei" was not the goal, "Zhao" was, so in the final analysis, convincing Frank Miller, winning the adaptation rights, and putting into filming is the most important thing. (To be continued.) )

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