After hanging up, Lance continued to plunge into the world of comics, but apparently this afternoon was not a good time to rest, and after only a short while, the phone on the desktop began to vibrate again, and it was actually Robert Iger's phone, and he personally met Lance. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hasn't Disney already rejected his proposal? Why did Robert make an appointment? Or was the previous phone call conveying the wrong meaning?

Lance's fingers tapped slightly, and the thoughts in his head turned back and forth, and finally he returned to his composure, and began to flip through the comic books as if nothing had happened before.

The next day, Lance and Robert met in person. Robert apologized as soon as he came up, saying that it was the assistant who conveyed the wrong meaning. After internal discussions, they unanimously agreed with Lance's idea, but they also thought that Lance's change was too bold, so they hoped that Lance could readjust the script and discuss the possibility of cooperation at that time.

Lance didn't refute, he listened carefully most of the time, and at the end of the conversation, he didn't take the initiative to express his opinion, but showed a humble smile, "I have almost no experience in making a sequel, and many ideas are taken for granted. It seems that I still have a lot to learn, and I'll call Ted and Terry when I get back. ”

Ted-Elliott and Terry-Rossio are the writers of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." This time, they'll be working with Stuart Beatty, the writer of the first draft of the "Murder by the Knife" screenplay, to complete the script for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel, with Stuart in charge of character development and Ted and Terry in treading the plot and framework.

Now, of course, add a Reims. Robert just wanted Lance to work with the three screenwriters.

Robert was clearly pleased with Lance's attitude, with a warm smile on his face, "Everyone knows that you have your own ideas for writing scripts. I'm a layman, but I just know some general things, and the specific content still needs to be communicated by you professionals well. ”

The whole meeting seemed to be harmonious, and finally the interview ended in a friendly voice.

On the surface, it seemed that there was nothing special about everything, but Lance sniffed out something unusual. After going back, Lance did not follow Robert's instructions and began to revise the script, because there had been a lot of things that had happened in recent times, and there seemed to be too many coincidences and accidents, and he had to carefully sort out the script from the beginning.

Originally, it was Robert who approached Lance and hoped that Lance would accept the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel. The incident itself is quite normal - Robert Iger wants to steal power from Michael Eisner, take a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and control the "Pirates of the Caribbean" crew; With the great success of three consecutive works, Lance naturally entered the public eye, and became the best candidate for Robert in terms of prestige and ability, including the easy-to-manipulate newcomer status.

This naturally got Michael's strong resistance, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, not to mention that he has not completely lost power in Disney now, even to this day, Michael has been operating at Disney for twenty years, and the tree has deep roots, and it is not difficult to deal with Robert.

However, Michael is now entangled in lawsuits and has no energy to take care of these small things, and his refusal to delegate power and do everything personally has been resisted by Dinis's internal resistance, and Disney is no longer his word, so he can no longer be as simple and rude as before.

As a result, there was the aggressiveness of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" crew - Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Wibinski and others were Michael's cronies.

Things have developed to this point, and everything seems to be taken for granted. In the face of Jerry and others' repeated warnings, Lance wanted to go the opposite, win the "Pirates of the Caribbean" project, and even replace Jerry's position as producer, and truly control the sequel project in his own hands, so that even if the actors and crew want to resist, Lance can completely carry out the deterrence of the Great Purge and firmly hold the initiative in the palm of his hand.

However, it is precisely the fact that things are taken for granted, and some of the coincidences are really too strange.

If you think about it deeply, from Kayla to Johnny to Jerry, their step-by-step pressing is getting more and more urgent, and it seems that all signs are indicating: the crew is united to support Gore to continue as director and exclude outsiders from intervening, but their efforts cannot shake the will of the management - everyone clearly knows that if Disney wants to change the director, then it is a sure thing, even Jerry, there is not much can be done to change this outcome, so they bypass the company management and hope that Lance will retreat, take the initiative to withdraw, coercion and temptation take turns.

But Disney's response was quite the opposite: they rejected Lance's script proposal.

Immediately afterwards, Robert denied Disney's intention and expressed his support for Lance, but hoped that Lance would further revise the script.

During today's meeting, although Robert did not say it explicitly, the meaning revealed in his words was that the current control of Disney is still in the hands of Michael, after all, the nominal CEO has not been replaced, and he has no way to act directly past Michael, so he needs Lance to stand up, try to get along with the crew, rely on Lance's current prestige to achieve his goals, and continue to insist on his own ideas to create the script, persuade the crew to support him with absolute strength, and then promote the recognition of the management.

Robert put his posture very low in front of Lance, and during the conversation, he was almost exhaustive, without any fancies, but he unswervingly expressed his support for Lance. At the same time, Robert has repeatedly said that this is a two-part project with an investment of 500 million, and it is not easy to make huge adjustments to the script.

Rough as it sounds, all of this makes sense, especially when it comes to the power struggle between Michael and Robert, with the old-school forces with deep roots on the one hand, and the emerging forces rising strongly, and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" itself is a super project, and the intricate relationships are difficult for even insiders to sort out, let alone Lance, an outsider?

But after Lance jumped out of the whole situation, he seriously thought about a possibility: did he really have so much energy? Can you stand up to Jerry Bruckheimer, Johnny Depp, and Michael Eisner on your own, and take on a hugely successful "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"? Or, to be more precise, can Robert really change the situation by pushing him out?

Lance is not a blindly confident person.

Lance smelled the cat: is it possible, Robert didn't want to cooperate with Lance, and he didn't want to use Lance's script concept, but just wanted to borrow Lance's east wind to force Jerry, Gore and others to change the front - although Jerry and Michael have a close relationship, objectively speaking, they are not a community of interests, and their relationship with each other is not indestructible; Is it possible that Jerry and others have changed their position today, which is the reason why Disney rejected Lance's proposal, but Robert thinks that it is still not very safe at present, so he needs Lance to further discuss the script with the screenwriter, like a sharp knife hanging around the neck, pushing Jerry and others to really stand in Robert's camp.

In other words, he's just a whetstone.

It's a bold guess, but it's not impossible. Lance immediately told Ian and Theo about his conjectures, and he still lacked some keen sense and overall perspective on the power struggle within a large company. After careful consideration, the two of them decided that Lance was not cranky.

As Lance said, Jerry's actions and Robert's caution actually contradict each other, which doesn't make sense.

Jerry and others warned one after another, hoping that Lance would take the initiative to quit, which also means that Michael has begun to lose control within Dinis, otherwise with Michael's personality, he will not know that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is one of his most powerful chips at present, and he is bound to put pressure on the sequel project with an absolutely strong posture to make the sequel project work. But Michael can't do it now.

Robert, on the other hand, stressed the huge resistance within the company, and he even hoped that Lance could make compromises and changes. On the surface, Robert had to take into account the board's concerns - no one was willing to take such a big risk with the involvement of a $500 million project, and Lance's proposal was the biggest risk; But the question is, if Robert doesn't want to take that risk, and he wants to accommodate the board, then why did he turn to Lance? Was it external pressure, or was it Robert's own calculations?

Obviously, one of these two situations is true, or both are false.

Of course, there is also the possibility that Robert is telling the truth, and Lance misunderstood Robert during the conversation with Robert. Robert does have the upper hand, but he still wants the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean" to be grander and more spectacular, and Lance clearly contradicts his opinion.

However, judging from the current situation, the biggest possibility is that Robert and Michael are comparable, so Robert is ready for two things: on the one hand, he plots against Jerry and others, and really controls the "Pirates of the Caribbean" crew, after all, compared to outsiders, Jerry and Disney have been cooperating for a long time, and their reputation is outside, just the name of "Jerry Bruckheimer" alone is far from being comparable to Lance now, which plays a vital role in Robert's future work at Disney; On the one hand, he is ready to fail, if Jerry and the others plan to go all the way with Michael, then he will push Lance forward, and use the east wind of Lance's strong rise to pave the way for his next plan.

If this is really the case, it also means that Robert played Lance around, and quietly used Lance as a gunman, and it was a spare tire plan; Even, from the very beginning, Lance was treated as an outcast by Robert, and after squeezing out the surplus value, he was abandoned, just as cannon fodder against Michael, who could be sacrificed at any time.

So, Lance's excitement and apprehension, Lance's efforts and busyness in the past few months, and Lance's conception and innovation of "Pirates of the Caribbean...... It's all a joke. (To be continued.) )