"Knock knock", Ian knocked on the office door, waited for a while, heard the sound of "come in" from inside, then pushed open the office door, and then heard a "bang" sound, which made Ian's movements pause, and looked cautiously, only to see that the entire office floor was piled up with all kinds of comic books, dazzling and green.

Lance was sitting cross-legged on the floor, flipping through comic books, and on the sofa was Gawain, with several comic books stacked on his chest, "Be careful, don't step on it." Several copies are limited editions and first editions, and I heard that the online auction has now reached 500,000 US dollars. ”

Ian raised an eyebrow, and finally all the doubts turned into helplessness. Recently, in order to prepare for the DC Universe project, Lance is constantly flipping through all the comics under DC, and even many staff members of Chaos Pictures have been pulled in to read together, and the art style of the entire office is not right.

"So, how about today's talks?" Lance put the comic on his lap for the time being, and looked up in question.

Ian tiptoed, walked to the corner, sat down in the boss's chair, and tried to ignore the chaos in front of him, "The process of reporting is nothing special, everything is going well. "Ian went to Warner Bros. for a meeting today, and at the meeting he presented the plan to build the DC Universe and the cooperation plan between Chaos Pictures and Warner Bros., unlike the previous oral announcement by Lance, this time he made a complete project plan and presented it in front of the board of directors of Warner Bros.

Lance nodded as a matter of course, Ian is an expert in this area, so naturally there is no problem.

"But," Ian said, "they probably don't want to release Sin City." "There's no need for him to go around in circles, he's straight and crisp.

"Are they blind?" Before Lance could speak, Gawain sat up directly, with a speechless expression on his face, and activated the taunt skill.

The originally serious atmosphere was interrupted by Gao Wen, and he suddenly became happy. With a hint of a smile on his lips, Lance ignored Gawain and looked at Ian instead, "You talked about this?" "Ian's main task today is the cooperation between the two companies, and the meeting on the release of "Sin City" is scheduled for the day after tomorrow, although they are both Warner Bros., but the departments of negotiation are completely different, so naturally they cannot be confused.

Ian nodded, and just as he was about to speak, the office door was suddenly slammed open, and the muffled sound made all three people in the room look towards the door at the same time, Lance's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, many comic books in the room are rare books, and the value is secondary, and the focus is on the importance of the owner.

Lance was hooked up through Frank Miller, and found eight loyal fans of DC Comics before and after, which was borrowed, and if the comics were damaged, it would have an impact on Frank's reputation and Lance's follow-up plans - Lance originally planned to invite these eight fans to participate in the construction of the DC Universe if he successfully won the Warner Bros. cooperation, and they must be much more professional as professionals than Lance, a layman with half a bucket of water.

Raising his head, Lance saw Amanda-Seyfried (Amanda-Seyfried) in a royal blue bandaged skirt standing in the doorway, her brilliant blonde hair looked lazy and casual, chewing gum in her mouth, making the soft lip flaps change different shapes, like a flame-like red outlining a hint of wild and uninhibited, and the proud body curves have a natural fatal attraction. Looking back, there was an illusion of Marilyn Monroe, which amazed the lazy sunlight around her.

"How long the are you going to keep me waiting? I'm sitting in the car and I'm getting moldy, and those paparazzi downstairs are always wandering around, and I'm really bored! Amanda bit the gum with her front teeth and gently blew a pink bubble.

Percy appeared immediately after, he raised his hands to grab Amanda, but he was afraid that such an action would be too rude, and he didn't know where to put it, so he could only take a deep breath, "Miss Seyfried, please wait outside!" Amanda appeared out of nowhere just now, and because it was a well-known face, everyone was a little surprised, but they didn't stop - who knows if Amanda came for work, or if she had a personal relationship with Lance.

Percy's movements were also a little slower, he stepped forward to ask Amanda about the origin, I didn't want Amanda to just ask about the location of Lance's office, and he broke in directly regardless of the ground, and he was caught off guard, but Percy didn't stop him. Such an accident made Percy a little embarrassed.

Lance's gaze circled over Amanda's face and said in a cold voice, "Get out!" "There was no room for manoeuvre, and the eviction order was directly issued.

Amanda obviously didn't expect to be treated like this, which made her temper burst out, "What the are you talking about!" Tell me again......"

Now Amanda is only nineteen years old, young and vigorous, completely without amorous temperament, still unable to get rid of the shackles of child stars, full of youthful and invincible publicity, especially this year's huge success of "Mean Girl" has won her a lot of popularity, and the "Nine Lives" that is being put into production has attracted the attention of the independent community.

"Get out!" Without waiting for Amanda to continue, Lance stopped and cut off his waist and spoke again. Although Lance still had that shallow smile on his face, his cold voice had a majesty that could not be refused, and the kind of coldness that seeped into his bones made people shudder.

Amanda couldn't believe her ears and looked at Lance in amazement, and then she saw Lance's glass-like eyes flicker slightly, and the terrifying momentum made her heart shrink suddenly. But even so, Amanda still didn't want to show weakness, glared back at Lance fiercely, and then immediately looked away, still looking a little weak, turned her head to look at Ian, who was sitting next to her, and said in a vicious voice, "Didn't you hear? Sitting there and not responding at all, is this the so-called gentlemanly demeanor? ”

Ian crossed Erlang's legs, sat elegantly in the chair, and smiled at Amanda, which made Amanda feel a little more at ease, raised her chin and glanced at Lance condescendingly, and then Ian's voice came, "You heard Lance's words." ”

"That's what I'm talking about...... Amanda said, but she was stuck in the middle of her words, and looked at Ian incredulously, "You're kidding me!" Ian's expression didn't change at all, but the calm smile made Amanda's words stuck in his throat, and finally muttered and cursed twice, and then raised his middle finger directly in the direction where Lance was, and without waiting for Lance or Ian to respond, he turned around and strode away.

Percy stood in the doorway, hesitating, unsure whether he should chase after him, but Lance ignored it, and just raised his voice, "Close the door." Percy looked at Ian, who was sitting next to him, and closed the door again. Looking back, Amanda was gone.

Gawain whistled, "Good eyes." Ian rolled his eyes speechlessly, "So, what about Kate Beckinsale?" I thought you were serious about her. "After all, they all attended the premiere together, and the media officially recorded it; It's only been more than two months since the premiere of "Killing with a Knife", and things have changed again.

Ian directly ignored Gawain's teasing, "The comics are all right, right?" Although Lance didn't say it, Ian could see that these cartoons were important.

Lance waved his hand, "So, you talked about the release?" Gawain took the initiative to walk over, put away all the comic books scattered at the door, and after confirming that they were okay one by one, they all threw their brains on the sofa, and the crackling sound made Lance and Ian both speechless for a while, but Gawain didn't hear it, and sat directly on the sofa again, and began to flip through the comics again.

"I didn't talk about it directly, but during the conversation, I could hear that they felt that the risk was too great." Ian retracted his attention, not being disrupted by the accident, and continued, "I later probed the production department, and they felt that the filming method of 'Sin City' was too novel and too advanced, and the current market would be unacceptable, and the box office performance would definitely not be too good. If they're in charge of the distribution, the interest is certainly not the primary factor, you are. So, if the DC project is still interested in continuing to work together, it would be fine to release Sin City as an add-on, but they are not willing to start further negotiations with us specifically for the release of Sin City. ”

Profit comes first, and this rule can be felt in all aspects of Hollywood. It's not just Warner Bros., it's Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox as well.

For the release of "Sin City", after the Oscar nomination luncheon, Lance did not sit down to rest, but contacted Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox respectively, hoping to reach a distribution cooperation. But none of the conversations went well, even Paramount.

In terms of friendship, Brad Gray's trust in Lance is undoubted, and the success of the original "City of God" is still vivid, even if it is just for the potential stock of Lance, in exchange for the issuance of "Sin City" with minimal effort, it is also a good deal. But Brad was hesitant and didn't show enough determination.

Thinking about it, Brad has already begun to work on taking over Paramount, and while the official transition has not yet taken effect, it is not surprising that Brad is set to replace Shirley Lansing as Paramount's CEO. This also means that Brad not only thinks from Paramount's point of view, but also from his own point of view, and more importantly, he has just taken over the company, and how to burn the three fires of the new official is the first question he needs to consider - the release of "Sin City" is not a wise choice.

At the end of the day, the problem lies with Sin City. (To be continued.) )