Eric McClad looked left and right at Green Ridge Avenue in front of him, there were several private cars parked on both sides of the street, and they didn't seem to have anything out of the ordinary, but Eric was keenly aware that at least three of them were paparazzi cars. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is actually not unusual, when there is no news tracking, paparazzi often wander around the brokerage company or the artist's mansion, hoping to find clues that others have not discovered, but generally speaking, only large companies or key artists can get such "treatment". Unexpectedly, in just three years, Chaos Pictures has been treated like this. But considering the recent Sin City propaganda campaign, it doesn't seem so surprising.

Not to mention......

Eric remembered the last time he and Lance met, on the crew of "Sin City" in Austin, and Lance described to him the idea of adjusting the structure of the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean", which he almost thought was impossible to achieve. But now, everything has come true, everything has been unbelievably realized. Lance is such a magical character!

"Eric!" There was an impatient call from ahead, and Eric looked up to see Jerry Bruckheimer's impatient figure. Now that Jerry is the top producer in the circle, there are only a handful of people who can let him suppress his temper and treat him politely, so more often than not, he will not deliberately hide his emotions, such as today.

Eric knew that he had better not touch Jerry's moldy head at this time, so he hurriedly trotted after him, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was thinking about whether to smoke a cigarette just now." He made an excuse casually, and he couldn't say that he was marveling at the rapid development of Chaos Pictures.

But Jerry didn't listen at all, and walked straight forward, and Eric could only step forward with a muffled voice.

I took the elevator to the fourth floor, looked left and right, and on the left was New Market Pictures, which is also an independent company with a name in the circle, and on the right was their destination today, Chaos Pictures.

Jerry stepped forward to ask Lance if he was in the company, and Eric took the opportunity to start looking at the surrounding decoration, the simple and elegant design allowed the whole office to gather and work together, a group of young people in the open space on the right hand side were discussing something in high spirits, and from time to time burst into laughter, and the high roof could see the exposed water pipes, the tough industrial style seemed to make the whole office empty, and even the emotions became much lighter.

"Lance." A slender, cold-faced man led them to the office door on the left, knocked on the starry door, and pushed the door in, "Jerry Bruckheimer and Eric McClad are here." ”

There was a cacophony of Soso in the office, and then Lance's voice said, "Let them in." The man standing in the doorway pushed open the office door, got out of the way, and made an inviting gesture.

Eric nodded at the other party, followed Jerry and walked in, and then saw a slightly cluttered office, stacked comic books everywhere, in the corners, sofas, and bookcases, at this time Lance was standing behind the desk, also packing up the comic books, it was really too spectacular, even if you wanted to ignore it.

It seems that the negotiations between Chaos Pictures and Warner Bros. are going well.

"Sorry, apparently this wasn't what I was expecting." Lance half-jokingly teased as he straightened the comic book in his hand, set it aside, and gestured to the couch in the corner, "What are you going to drink?" ”

Jerry originally thought that Lance would change the conference room and receive him with a higher standard, but he didn't expect Lance to apologize and let them sit down. With a dull chest, Jerry strode to the side and sat down, but the action of sitting down was slightly heavy, and the couch let out a dull wail, and he expressed his displeasure to Lance in this suggestive way.

"Coffee, two sugar cubes, thank you." Eric took the initiative to stand up, played a tai chi, replied with a smile, and then looked at Jerry, who did not dismantle the stage, showing a shallow smile, "Coffee, a sugar cube, add milk." ”

Lance looked up at the door, "Percy, I'm sorry for you. Percy then closed the office door and left, and Lance walked over to the couch and sat down across from the two men. So, what is it today that the two of you came to the company in person? ”

Eric turned his head to look at Jerry, although both of them were producers, but the weight was completely different, and today it was clear that Jerry was the one who had the right to speak. Eric wasn't sure if Jerry wanted him to talk to him or himself.

Jerry cocked Erlang's legs and showed a mocking smile, "Today's meeting was booked the day before yesterday, don't you know anything?" Although there was a hint of sarcasm in it, the superiority of the condescending orders could hardly be hidden, and it stabbed Lance sharply and directly.

Eric exhaled lightly, anyway, he was just a companion today, Jerry should be in control.

Lance didn't get angry at all, but chuckled twice, "If the meeting was done by guessing at each other, then things would be much easier. "The subtext is: you're here for a meeting, and if you don't say what you mean, why do you have a meeting?

This sentence made Jerry grind his teeth slightly, but Lance looked calm, as if the words had no deep meaning at all, just a joke, which made Jerry feel in a dilemma, looking at Lance's smile, the urge to roll his eyes was finally suppressed.

"If you're here for the script for the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' sequel, Robert just told me about it last week, and I don't have time to revise it right now." Lance ignored Jerry's gaze and continued to talk to himself.

Jerry only felt as if a ball of cotton was stuffed in his chest, and he couldn't breathe out a breath - Lance knew what they were coming for today, but he still had a pretended face, obviously trying to see his own joke, which made Jerry feel very aggrieved.

For Jerry, Lance is an insignificant minor character, the success of a few movies is nothing at all, in Hollywood, where there are countless heavyweights, Lance is completely unranked, and in order to win the dialogue, Lance needs to accumulate at least two more works. Suppressing Lance is like an adult bullying a baby, and there is no sense of accomplishment if he wins, so he never takes Lance seriously. When he competed with Lance for "King Arthur", it seemed to outsiders that it was a showdown, and there was a contradiction between the two people, but Jerry never had such an idea, because the gap between the two sides was really too big.

But it was precisely this insignificant Lance who went against his ideas again and again, and the warnings were not effective; And with the breakthrough of "killing people with a knife" at the Oscars, Tom Cruise also continued to establish contacts for Lance in the circle, and quietly, the baby has become a sixteen-year-old youth, and the vitality is impossible to ignore.

Originally, he thought that things were under his control, and Lance would definitely retreat, even if Lance wanted to give it a go, after he and Robert joined forces, they would not leave any room for Lance to survive. But in just a few days, things went off track.

Michael suddenly changed his mind, dropped Ted and Terry's script, and nodded in agreement with Lance's script - everyone knew that Lance had been recommended by Robert, and it was strange that Michael was now on the same side as Robert.

Jerry is here to guess the meaning behind Michael's decision; Robert was also speculating, and after careful consideration, he simply pushed the boat and went one step further, proposing that Lance be the director of the two sequels to "Pirates of the Caribbean". Unexpectedly, not only Michael agreed, but even the board of directors agreed, and the development of things suddenly went off the original track.

Naturally, Robert would not object, this was his own proposal, and sacrificing a Gore was not difficult for his scheme; Jerry has no reason to object, Lance is currently in full swing, and although there are differences of opinion within the board, most of them nodded in agreement - no one is irreplaceable in the face of interests; Michael didn't even object, Gore went to Michael, but he was kicked out, his decision has never been questioned, not before, not now.

So, Jerry chose to give up Gore, change his strategy, and protect his best interests as much as possible, so he chose to take over the task of informing Lance, with the intention of telling Lance that he was the one who had the right to speak in the crew, as if it was his decision to choose Lance as the director.

Reason told him that the current Lance was not to be underestimated, and he had to be cautious, otherwise after entering the crew, the authority of the producer would likely be challenged; But the emotional impulse was difficult to accept this fact, and when he saw the stinky creature in front of him, he wanted to squeeze him to death, like crushing an ant.

"The script is one thing, but it's not the whole story." Jerry pressed the irritability in his heart, leaned on the sofa with his back relaxed, a mysterious smile on his face, and the superiority of controlling the life and death of others made him seem free and casual, and said with the high attitude of the elder to the junior, and the boss to the employee, "After we discussed, we made two decisions: the first is that the script adopts your plan, but ......" Jerry has seen the surprise and excitement in Lance's eyes, which makes his mood more and more relaxed, "But adjustments need to be made, We need to discuss more details next. ”

Lance is just a newcomer, he's the one at the top of the industry pyramid, the one who held the top spot in Hollywood's power list in 2003, "The second is that you will also be the director of the two 'Pirates of the Caribbean' sequels, and we are all looking forward to your creation." ”

"Whew, sorry......" Lance's voice hesitated, and Jerry's smile slowly stiffened. (To be continued.) )