At the end of dinner, it was already eleven past fifteen, Percy parked the car in front of the restaurant, watched Lance and Michael say goodbye to each other, took the initiative to get out of the car and open the door, and let Lance sit in the back seat. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Percy greeted Michael politely, then walked back, restarted the car, and drove away.

From the rearview mirror, you can see Michael, who is still standing at the door with his eyes in farewell.

"So, what is he after?" Percy asked curiously.

"At this time, I miss Percy Brandley, who usually cherishes words like gold." Lance's teasing made Percy look up, and then he saw that the eyes reflected in the rearview mirror flashed with a playful light, which made Percy's cheeks burn slightly, and he withdrew his gaze in some panic.

Having said that, Lance still opened his mouth and replied, "James Bond, he wants me to play James Bond." ”

"Actors? Not a director? Percy's first reaction was the same, now Lance has made a name for himself in Hollywood, but almost everyone treats him as a director, not an actor, even if "Killing with a Knife" is a hit, people's impression of Lance is still in the director's position.

Lance shrugged and didn't answer. In fact, Michael's idea is not strange, and it is similar to Brad Gray's insistence when he "borrowed a knife to kill", they don't care about Lance's position, but the topic of the movie and the benefits obtained.

"But, isn't James Bond British?" Percy said suspiciously, this time he didn't wait for Lance to answer, but said to himself, "However, this kind of thing doesn't matter in Hollywood, human beings even play aliens, not to mention just changing nationality, I think it's a good idea to invite a black actor to play James Bond, such as Will Smith or something." ”

Percy's divergent thinking gently outlined the corners of Lance's mouth.

Percy is telling the truth, although James Bond is absolutely British in the original book, but in fact there are actors from all over the world in the cast selection, Hollywood superstar Gary Grant (Cary-Grant) is the first candidate for the first 007, but unfortunately Gary turned down the invitation at that time, after that, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman (Paul Newman), Robert Redford and other superstars have also become the second 007 alternates.

For Hollywood, anything is possible; European cinema has always been very persistent, especially British films, they insisted on using British actors to play real people in history to ensure the authenticity of the work, but this stubbornness was broken in 2011, Meryl Streep starred in the British production "The Iron Lady", playing the only female prime minister in British history, Margaret-Thatcher (Margaret-Thatcher).

So, as Percy said, the birth of a black non-British 007 is not a shocking idea.

"Do you have an idea now? Is it 'Transformers' or 007? Percy said with great interest, but he was more immersed in his own thoughts, gushing, "The investment scale of the two works should be about the same, and they are both willing to give you enough initiative, if you choose 'Transformers', this is equivalent to putting every boy's childhood dream on the big screen, if it is 007, this is every man's yearning for a perfect life...... Wow, I really don't know how you should choose......"

Percy was chattering there, and Lance couldn't help but get lost in thought.

As today, Brad's first reaction when he approached Lance and brought out the "Transformers" proposal was surprise. Later, Lance realized that this was because he was too impressed by the fixation of the four "Transformers" in his previous life, and always thought that this was a work full of countless bombings, and the director's technical content lies in blast control and rhythm control, so he naturally did not think that he would have anything to do with "Transformers". But in fact, in the eyes of Brad and others, Lance is indeed an excellent candidate for the director of "Transformers".

On the one hand, "Transformers" has spawned many anime and comics, so it's a bit similar to a comic book adaptation like "Sin City", and Lance has proven himself in this regard; On the other hand, "Transformers" requires the director to accurately control the big scenes, and at the same time be able to grasp the proportion between humans and Transformers.

What's more, Brad also has his own little abacus. Not long ago, Lance's cooperation plans with Warner Bros. and Disney have failed, and among the six major film companies, Lance has the closest relationship with Paramount; Coupled with the blacklist that came out of nowhere, it is known that after Brad came to power, his favor for independent films has attracted much attention, so if he can cooperate with Chaos Pictures to develop and produce more independent works, this will become the next development focus of Paramount.

Thus, the "Transformers" proposal appeared in front of Lance.

Paramount generously gave Lance a budget of 150 million, and promised that if there was a problem with the budget, they would cooperate as much as possible, in other words, it was not impossible to increase the budget - this was the highest treatment that a film company could give to a director; In addition, the final editing rights, script decision-making rights, actor selection rights, etc. were all handed over to Lance, as for the dividend ratio, Brad did not agree, saying that he would decide after seeing the script, but due to the previous good cooperation, Paramount is very willing to reward Lance according to the highest treatment in the industry.

Not long ago, when Warner Bros. and Disney planned to cooperate with Reims, the conditions offered were also very favorable, but with the re-award of the Oscars and the re-success of "Sin City", the bargaining chips in the negotiation process between Lance and the big film companies are increasing little by little. Of course, even with the highest treatment, Lance is always just a "pawn" - the director or producer, still not a chess player, but this is very rare for Lance, who has only shot four works, and it can be said that the treatment of Lance is not much different even if it is compared to James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and others.

Similarly, the same is true of the 007 project, which Michael didn't say just now, but conservatively estimates that this project is also at the level of 150 million. Compared to Paramount, which has difficulty in liquidity, Sony Pictures is more wealthy, and they do not have a cap for the time being, but $200 million is not a problem.

Sony Pictures intends to adapt 007's first novel, "Casino Royale", and then re-select the actors, which also means that after the acquisition of MGM, 007 will be completely reborn and reborn under Sony Pictures.

In addition, Michael also hinted that the new series of 007 could be made into a trilogy. This also means that if Lance stars in this movie, he will not be entangled for too long, and there will be no further impact on the actor's future plans; Moreover, Michael's words imply that Lance can build the trilogy on his own terms - it seems that the differences between Lance and Warner Bros. are no longer a secret.

This made Lance feel a little powerless, and he originally wanted to use his rebirth advantage to hold the initiative in his hands. But now it seems that the cooperation with Warner Bros. has not been successful, and his idea for the DC Universe is no longer a secret, and perhaps other companies will soon be willing to try it - such as Disney, which means that there will be no Chaos Pictures at that time. This not only strengthened Lance's determination to develop Chaos Pictures, but also strengthened Lance's determination to acquire Marvel.

However, these are all off-topic and return to Project 007. During tonight's conversation, Michael did not talk to Lance in detail about the specific distribution of interests and power, but the sincerity of Sony Pictures can still be felt between the lines - they even opened up multiple positions such as director, screenwriter, and actor for Lance to choose, which is equivalent to handing over the initiative to Lance. As for how much Lance will be able to win, that's another story.

No matter how much moisture Michael's words were tonight, what is certain is that they did show enough sincerity to compete with Paramount and put a choice puzzle in front of Lance, such a scene is familiar.

A month ago, Lance missed out on two projects, "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Superman Returns"; A month later, the two projects of "Transformers" and "007 vs. Casino Royale" were placed in front of Lance, which really presented the madness of the blockbuster era in front of Lance, as if the investment of 100 million or 200 million was all over Hollywood.

One month, which did not change the craze of the blockbuster era, but changed the status of Reims. In the face of the six major film companies, Lance is gradually grasping more and more initiative, Paramount and Sony cooperation attitude is more enthusiastic, cooperation intentions are more sincere, as if directly waving the checkbook, just waiting for Lance to nod, they can complete the signing immediately.

The boldness and domineering of spending money allowed Lance to have a closer experience: no one in Hollywood is irreplaceable, and there is no project that is irreplaceable, and if you miss a project, there will be another project, or even ten other projects to choose from. The real important thing is to make yourself strong, so you don't need to worry about it at all, and every project will be sent to your door.

What's more, the risk of failure in "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Superman Returns" is uncontrollable, but both "Transformers" and "007: Casino Royale" have been great successes, as long as Lance nods, fame, popularity, prestige, money will come in one place, everything is at your fingertips, waiting for Lance's favor. (To be continued.) )