Hollywood has never lacked thorns, nor geniuses, nor self-righteous heroes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Mel Gibson became famous at a young age, relying on the "Mad Max" series to become an instant hit, and then became a top superstar with the "Lethal Weapon" series, and the second work "Braveheart" directed after becoming a director successfully won the Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture.

After the filming of "Braveheart", Mel began to prepare for the filming of "The Passion of the Christ", but this project was rejected by the whole Hollywood, and the executives of major film companies have discouraged Mel from abandoning the project, and even small and medium-sized film companies dare not invest, because everyone knows that the film will cause a strong backlash from Jews, and even trigger unimaginable chain negative effects, which is not good news for Hollywood.

But Mel still insisted on going his own way, and Icon Productions, an independent film company founded less than a year ago, invested 30 million to complete the shooting. After the movie was released, it exploded, with a North American box office result of 370 million, creating an unattainable film history record for R-rated movies, which has not been broken until ten years later; But at the same time, the work became a big problem that everyone avoided, and Newmarket Pictures became the only distribution company willing to release the work - although Newmarket made a lot of money from the work, it only released one work after that, and then ...... It was then acquired by Chaos Pictures, which had gone bankrupt in 2008.

It is not an exaggeration to say that more than two-thirds of Hollywood's top brass are Jewish, half of Wall Street's top crowd are Jewish, and even half of the mouthpiece of public opinion in the United States is in Jewish hands.

When "The Passion of the Christ" accused the Jews of being the real murderers of Jesus, it sparked an outcry from Jews around the world, pushing the 2,000-year-old estrangement and controversy between Judaism and Christianity to the peak of public opinion. Later, when Mel was drunk, he yelled at the Jews, and the incident broke down completely.

After "The Passion of the Christ", except for "Apocalypse", which was already in production before the film was released, Mel did not receive even a single work in the next ten years, and even if he had a good project, he could not find any investment partners; Even if he left the director's position and returned to the battlefield of actors, no one cared about it, and he could only play some painless small roles in independent films.

This is Hollywood, this is reality, and no one is irreplaceable. Even if you stand at the pinnacle and the scenery is infinite, as long as you miss a step, you must repay it with your remaining life. Until Lance's rebirth, Mel's career as an artist was still stagnant, as if he had almost completely disappeared from people's sight, and even though he starred in "The Expendables 3", no one mentioned him.

So, Warner Bros. is now hoping to make Lance "humble".

Lance once cooperated with Twentieth Century Fox in "The Day After Tomorrow", and also cooperated with Paramount in "Killing with a Knife", not to mention "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Superman Returns", who did not reach a cooperation. Lance clearly knows how long a film needs to go through from preparation to release, and in these processes, the strength of large companies can be said to be everywhere, and even the smooth cooperation of "borrowing a knife to kill" is a headache for Lance because of the selection of actors, let alone "the day after tomorrow". If the big studios continue to be strong, Reims' job will be extremely difficult.

The interview time, this is simply a trivial detail, maybe Barry has no intention of playing tricks at all, he just refuses to compromise. It is conceivable that the "I Am Legend" project will encounter more problems in the future, especially considering the potential of the DC Universe, Warner Bros. needs to take more initiative, and they even let out the rumor that "Hard Candy" may land at the New York Film Festival, which shows that they are well prepared. So, does this mean that the more difficult "I am a legend" has, the more likely it is that the DC Universe will cooperate, and as long as Lance overcomes these difficulties, then Chaos Pictures will cooperate with Warner Bros.?

This equation is a bit far-fetched, but it is not impossible.

Lance can continue to be strong, and he can even reject the "I Am Legend" project and concentrate on the battle of the Marvel Universe, but Lance knows that this is Hollywood, and things are never as simple and straightforward as one plus one equals two. Even Michael Eisner, who has been at the helm of Disney for two decades, must follow the rules of the industry and not do what he wants.

So, he has to compromise and make trade-offs in order to maintain balance. How to correctly grasp the exchange of interests, how to correctly grasp the strength and compromise, this is a very advanced knowledge.

"You mean, there's no way I can change the appointment time." The smile on the corner of Lance's mouth was a little helpless, and a little playful. He knew Barry was a tough opponent to play against, but he didn't expect the two sides to come so soon. However, if you think about the premiere of "Sin City", he rejected Barry without hesitation in just one confrontation and killed Barry by surprise, so it is not surprising that Barry's decision is now.

Dorothy pondered for a moment, "It's not that you can't, but it's up to you to see if you want to." "If Lance does have a conflict in the schedule, he must change the interview time, which is naturally fine, after all, this is not the core focus of the competing interests, but this also means that the negotiations may face more obstacles in the future.

Lance rubbed his temples, sure enough, dealing with big companies is trouble, calculating, constantly calculating, which is why he doesn't like managing companies, leaving these intrigues to Ian and Theo to deal with, things will be much simpler. "Okay, I see."

After hanging up the phone, Lance's mood was a little mixed, he knew that with the success of his career, life became more and more complicated, and many times he couldn't help himself. On the surface, those at the top seem to have more freedom, but the consequences of being freed from the shackles are also more severe. It's unavoidable. Even so, the mood is indescribable.

Then, Lance redialed a number, and after a while, the familiar voice came, "I bet, I can get at least three touchdowns this weekend and beat your wide receiver group in seconds!" Gawain's hearty voice buzzed like thunder, and then he heard the laughter of a group of people around him, "Hey, Lance, Ian said you were on tomorrow morning's plane, shouldn't you be here tonight to surprise me?" ”

"Knock knock." Lance imitated the sound of a knock on the door, which caused Gawain to laugh, "Gawain, I called because there was an impromptu meeting this weekend, and due to my mistake, the schedule conflicted. So, I can't get to New York. The words were so difficult, but Lance didn't want to deceive Gawain, there shouldn't be such a gap between them, to tell the truth, this is the best respect.

"Hell God, you shameless liar!" Gawain didn't hide his emotions either, and said scoldingly, "I just made a bet with my teammates, because you guys are here, I will definitely be very powerful." Now it seems that it will not work...... Hey guys, I apologize, I take back the bet I just made! Gawain shouted at his teammates, which caused a scolding, which made Gawain laugh out loud before he said to his phone again, "Tell you, you won't just forget it, right?" ”

Listening to Gawain's hearty voice, a helpless smile appeared on the corner of Lance's mouth, "Say, I have no problem with any requests." ”

"Including twelve midnight at the Hollywood Boulevard?" Gawain said loudly.

Lance rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "Yes, including twelve midnight at Fruit Run on Hollywood Boulevard." ”

"Haha, you're in big trouble now." Gawain looked triumphant, "However, I'm not as unscrupulous as you. How about throwing me a birthday party for my birthday this year? You celebrate your birthday with me, not me with you. Gawain's voice was full of seriousness, "I mean, a real party, a lot of beautiful women, a five-tiered cake, an all-night party, and preferably a private jet to Las Vegas at midnight!" ”

Stunned, Lance couldn't help but laugh, "No problem." Absolutely. ”

"Haha, that's it!" Gawain's voice was full of excitement.

But Lance felt a slight pantothenic acid on the tip of his nose, they always tolerated themselves like this, since they were children, as long as he asked, they would accept it unconditionally, but he never really listened to their requests, "I'm sorry, Gawain." I know, I promised you to come and watch you play this year, but ......"

Gawain could hear the mood swings in Lance's words, and his excitement slowly settled, "I'm really disappointed that you can't be there, I won't deny it." But, I know that's not what you're willing to do, is it? Things always come out of the blue. Remember? When I started playing rugby in high school, Theo and Ian promised me to come to the final, but they were both absent and you were the only one sitting in the stands. That time, I was really angry, and I wanted to give them a punch and teach them a lesson. But ......"

But when they return home, they find that Frank has stolen all the money that Theo had saved for three months - it was their savings for the winter, and all the living expenses have become a heap of /sea/lo/in, and Frank and Fiona are lying on the living room floor in a mess, naked and drowsy, as if they have just experienced a tumbling/cloud/over/rain.

Theo and Ian had to take the pile of remnants of Hai/Lo/Yin back to find drugs/dealers in order to regain their living expenses, so they missed Gawain's game.

Lance chuckled, a little hoarse in his voice, and said half-jokingly, "The person I need to meet at this impromptu meeting is also a ruthless character, no different from a drug/dealer." ”

"Well, you need to be careful." Gawain laughed too, "Also, remember my party. (To be continued.) )