"Did the diorama hear this news and there was no movement?" Theo, who had not spoken, suddenly had a question.

"That time we came straight to the door, they were probably scared." Gao Wen's eyebrows fluttered and he said, thinking of that incident and feeling happy. "How do you know, Lance, that they're definitely not going to alarm anyone?" Not only did no police report be called, but nothing came out of the news media.

Lance shrugged, noncommittal.

If it was George, he would inevitably spread the news, even if there was no way to really make Lance and Gawain suffer, he would do his best to make Lance block, this is George's cleverness; But if it's Ryan, he always thinks very highly of himself, and he firmly believes that the situation will be under his control; And he has a cautious personality, and he will not act rashly without absolute certainty.

On top of that, Ryan always has an inexplicable sense of rivalry towards Lance, just like the competition between "Harry Potter" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", Ryan also hopes to defeat Lance through the head-to-head duel of Guò's works - and he even impulsively wants to take "Lost in Tokyo", which has not completed the post-production of Zuò, to Sundance out of the plan.

"I let out the rumors that the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow' is likely to be Waterloo, because the crew does not plan to invite any big-name actors, and the director is also an inexperienced rookie director, replacing Roland with me, this move is really too risky." Lance said lightly.

Lance just wants to convince Ryan that he has been cornered and that "the day after tomorrow" is a desperate choice.

In fact, although it is not an all-or-nothing gamble, it is almost the same, and the success or failure of "the day after tomorrow" is also crucial for Chaos Pictures, which is a big gamble, a gamble that will rise to the sky if you win, and a gamble that will lose if you lose. Diorama Pictures stands at a crossroads, and Chaos Pictures is not moving forward on the edge of the cliff step by step.

Theo remained silent, Ian nodded his chin slightly, only Gawain stared at him in surprise, and then nodded vigorously, "I know you have the most ideas!" ”

Ian said leisurely beside him, "Be careful that Lance is calculating against you again." This made Gawain grin and look at Lance flatteringly, "It's not a ghost idea, it's a good plan!" Definitely a good strategy! ”

Lance directly ignored Gawain and turned his head to look at Ian, "Are you free for the next period of time?" I need to make a detailed budget for the crew, and most importantly the cast budget, and a whole bunch of other chores. Percy and I don't think we're going to be able to do it. ”

The expenses of the crew members of "The Day After Tomorrow" will be borne by Chaos Pictures. The behind-the-scenes staff is good to say, Lance had asked Percy and Albert to prepare and build the entire crew as cheaply as possible, and the memory of the previous life played an important role, but it was still not an easy task, and Lance almost racked his brains; But the actor part is not so simple.

It is too risky to choose new actors, the cost of choosing big-name actors is too high, and the selection of backbone actors must be accurate.

Lance considered building the crew according to the specifications of the previous "day after tomorrow", with the actor Jack using Dennis-Quaid (Dennis-Quaid), Jack's son Sam using Jake-Gyllenhaal (Jake-Gyllenhaal), plus Emmy-Rossum (Emmy-Rossum), Shela-Ward (Sela-Ward), Ian Holm (Ian-Holm) and others, the entire lineup adopts the mean route.

Dennis has been in Hollywood for more than 20 years, and has not become popular, but he can always hover between the first and second lines and occupy a place; Jack is a new generation of rising actors, and the "Death Hallucination" in 2001 made him stand out. The same is true for the rest of the cast, either a familiar mid-core actor or a rookie with a good reputation, but even then, the lineup costs at least $20 million — at least $500 to $6 million for Dennis alone.

Although Hollywood's salary has completely entered the era of the "20 million club", this budget is only the salary of a top big-name actor, but for Chaos Pictures, this is an unbearable burden. Moreover, this is only the salary of actors, photographers, lighting engineers, makeup artists, sound engineers, props crews, sound engineers, editors...... The remuneration of these behind-the-scenes workers has not yet been counted. is different from the crew of "City of God", which is only eight people, and in terms of the scale of "The Day After Tomorrow", it is at least a crew of two hundred people, and this cost is difficult to handle without a budget of five million.

What's more, this doesn't even take extras into account.

What is clear is that Chaos Pictures does not have such a large sum of money. "City of God" made Chaos Pictures a profit of 15 million dollars, but this was a dividend before paying taxes, and even if it didn't pay taxes, it would not be enough at all. This is also the reason why Ryan has always been reluctant to take risks, in Hollywood, a random investment is a big gamble, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, a failure can ruin the entire company.

What Lance can do now is to use the memories of his previous life to create a crew lineup according to his own ideas, from behind the scenes to in front of the scenes, in the most affordable way to create the best team, and then devote himself to the "acquired" production zuò, looking forward to the miracle of this film to create a box office of 300 million.

But cost budgeting and overall planning are really not what Reims is good at. That's why Lance asked Ian for help.

"I've always been available for your business." Ian didn't hesitate at all, and said lightly, "However, I still know too little about movies, do you have anything worth referring to?" ”

Recently, in order to prepare for the contract negotiation "the day after tomorrow", Ian has looked up a lot of information, but it is still far from enough. In the field of film, he is a complete beginner.

"I remember having plans for 'Ocean's Eleven' and 'Love is a Son of a Girl' at home." Lance recalled that after leaving Diora Pictures, most of the information was left in the company, and he didn't have much information left now. "But I'm not sure if it's useful, the scale of investment in these two works is not at the same level as 'the day after tomorrow'."

"I remember that 'Ocean's Eleven' had a whole bunch of so-called stars." Theo interjected at the right time, and the disdainful tone made Lance laugh, the "so-called" star, if the eleven Arhats heard it, they would probably cry. Lance smiled and explained, "Those people are for George Clooney's sake, the pay is very low, and I don't have that appeal at the moment. ”

The cost of "Ocean's Eleven" is 85 million, but the cost of the cast is only 25 million dollars, which is a fantasy when you think back to the huge cast of the movie.

"It's okay, we're not going to shoot 'Ocean's Twelve.'" Ian's unintentional words made Lance smile, Ian looked at Lance for some reason, Lance waved his hand, motioning for Ian to continue-Obviously, Ian didn't know that "Ocean's Twelve" was indeed in the pipeline, "I just wanted to know the composition of the entire crew, the structure of the expenditure, and the details of the division of labor between us and Twentieth Century Fox." ”

The subtext is that maybe there is some expense that Twentieth Century Fox can pay for.

"Are you sure you're okay at work lately? Need my help? Theo turned his head and asked with concern. Ian's work is mainly in Silicon Valley, and he usually needs to travel to various places, and his working hours are casual, but the work content is very busy; Compared to Ian, Theo is in Los Angeles, which is naturally much more convenient.

"Don't you have a merger and acquisition case in hand right now?" Ian still had a relaxed smile on his face, "Don't worry, I know in my own heart, I can tell the priority of things." ”

"Ian, why didn't you just quit? Instead of continuing to work for others, you can go to Reims' company and start your own business. Gawain sat next to him and said with a serious face. In his opinion, nothing is more important than his brother, not even his career.

Lance couldn't help but be stunned, "Gawain! "The four brothers have relied on each other since childhood, supporting each other to grow up, even if they are not related by blood, but they are each other's real family, they will never be polite when they need help, so he will never be soft when he asks his brothers for help, because he knows that this is his relatives, this is his most trustworthy reliance.

But, it's one thing to help, and it's not fair to make Ian give up his career for his own sake. Each of the four brothers has carved out their own piece of the world, and Lance knows very well that Ian, who was born in poverty, has spent ten years in Silicon Valley, which belongs to Ian's world and Ian's achievements. Theo, Gawain, and himself were all the same. He has no right to ask Ian to do so, and Ian is not obligated to do so.

Gawain could hear a hint of fierceness from Lance's words, and the momentum that burst out at that moment made him stunned, if someone else yelled at him like this, he would have thrown a punch a long time ago, but in the face of Lance, he had no choice, and his tone couldn't help but soften, "I'm just building a bit." Gawain squinted at Ian, "What's more, Ian has such an idea, and it's not like what I say." ”

"Ian, you know......" The usual tongue of the lotus flower looked extremely clumsy at this time, and Lance's words seemed a little flustered.

"I know." Ian took Lance's words, showed a smile, and then stretched out his right hand and pinched Lance's left cheek, seeing Lance's embarrassed and depressed expression, which made Ian smile even more happily, "I know what you mean, I don't have to do this, helping and quitting are two different things, I know it." The expression on Ian's face was still relaxed, "But, even if Gawain didn't say it, I was going to do it." If you work for others, you will always be a subordinate; Working for yourself, you may fail, but you can also succeed, such a choice is not difficult. ”

Ian's words silenced the four brothers for a moment.