"Fast and Furious?" In his latest Malibu waterfront mansion, Georgia. Lansing easily walked to the table with three cocktails in his pocket, and handed them to Cesare and Jeanne, "Your mojito, your chesa, and your special, J.J., celebrity exclusive, sugar-free, alcohol-free, but absolutely delicious - my private secret, you will love it when you taste it." ”

"Thank you, dear."

"Thank you, brother."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Georgia also sat down in the cool corner of the living room - although Cesare and Jennifer were also sitting down in the cool living room corner. Bell, and his wife, had a not-so-pleasant past, but you don't see that on Georgia's face, and after Cesare took a sip of his cocktail and nodded politely in approval, he tapped his fist with Cesare affectionately, and expressed some humorous thanks, before continuing, "Do you think this B-grade series has the potential to be A-grade?" Chesa, J.J? ”

"This should be Universal's more potential series to become a global blockbuster in recent years," Cesare said without waiting for Jenny, who was sitting lazily on the side, to speak, "Just like Paramount's "Transformers" and Marvel's "Iron Man", this kind of mechanical visual spectacle film has a promising future in recent years, so we are really interested in getting involved in the production of the "Fast and Furious" series - of course, provided that Universal is willing to work with us to co-develop." ”

"It's like Warner is doing 'Shero' with you guys, and Paramount is working with you on 'Mission Impossible'?" Georgia scratched her thick black curls and grinned, hiding her intention to inquire under a flattering smile, "Speaking of which, J.J., should I say that women are always fickle, or should I say something else?" I mean, the story between you and Brad of Paramount is even more exciting than your love story - are you really reconciled? Is it really time to redevelop Mission: Impossible? To be honest, it sounded so much like a rumor that I simply refused to believe it when I first heard about it. ”

"The contract is already in the works." Jenny knew that Georgia might still want to hear her explain in person, but she had said too much this week, and there were many occasions when it was inconvenient for Cesare to take the lead, at most let him take care of it, and now it was the turn of her old acquaintances, Mr. and Mrs. Lansing, and she really couldn't think of the endless thoughts, so she simply responded, and motioned for Cesare to take over the topic - whether it was the potential of "Fast and Furious", or the fact that Big Dream and Paramount had released their suspicions and planned to work together, It's all topics that she and Cesare have discussed many times, in fact, there is not much difference between her and Cesare, anyway, the core content is the same, what should be said, what should be said will be said without asking, what should not be said, how Georgia can't talk about it, they can't confide. "But I really don't know that Brad and I had an affair in the first place - let me tell you the real gossip partner, Chesa-"

"Mission: Impossible and Fast and Furious are actually two very similar series," Cesare did not make any affectionate gestures to her as he did at Susan's house, but picked up Jenny's words on a businesslike basis, "They both had a good start, but the development after that was not so strong, and now they are all out of the stranding period, of course, "Fast and Furious 4" will be at this year's meeting, but ......"

Compared to Brad, Georgia. Lansing is indeed much more likable, at least he has always been polite and proportionate in front of Jenny, just like now, although in his smiling eyes, Jenny can feel that Georgia does not fully believe in the scandal and marriage contract between Cesare and her, or it can even be said that he does not believe it at all, but he does not intend to continue to dig deeper on this topic, but chooses to stop there, including the phenomenon of Big Dream now frequently contacting other companies, the same is true, Georgia may have shouldered the task, Be sure to find out what Jenny and Cesare really think at today's party: Are they going to break with Disney and leave a way for themselves? Or is it just normal business activities? - The Globe executives must have wanted to know to death, but when he realized that Jeanne had little interest in the subject, he immediately gave up the idea of inquiring and listened intently to Cesare's explanation. This kind of restraint is quite rare in Hollywood's top management, which is why Jenny chose him to be the world's messenger, at least in these years of socializing, Georgia has left her a good impression of more sufficient, and Jennifer. Bell – Now of course it's not a hindrance or a problem at all.

"It sounds like you're confident about Fast & Furious 4 this year," although a little surprised by the choice of Big Dream, Georgia is now fully engaged in the pace of the discussion, "thinking that it will be Universal's masterpiece in visual spectacle films - but, you see, the problem is that in fact, the FF series cannot be said to be strictly special effects films, on the contrary, we have always been proud of real shooting, and the positioning of this series has nothing to do with action movies and hero films, which is completely a branch of racing movies, At most, add some gangster elements. ――Between us, I can tell the truth, I'm not so optimistic about this film, because the success of "Fast and Furious 1" looks more like an accident, after 2 and 3, we all continued a model to do it, but the box office was not 1 success, we can only barely lose money, in this regard, Universal's thinking has not been opened, this 4 is the same as 1 to do it, we don't know if it can be successful, we added some cool car pictures - of course, This is already 2009, and the 2001 Biao car is outdated, but everything else is very similar, the problem is that Universal has never understood which point of 1 touched the audience and made them like it, we actually don't know what the market capacity of this theme is, will the global 200 million be the highest point? You know, it's really hard to say. ”

Although Georgia has also led street hits like "Van Helsing", but he can mix and rise step by step in the world, there is no need to doubt his professional quality, "Fast and Furious" is not a film he leads, but he can also say a 1234, and analyze the situation clearly, of course, this kind of active and honest approach is even more generous and appealing - I have put the chassis out, you Cesare and Jenny don't get some dry goods, then the person who is not interesting enough is not me Georgia. Lansing.

Of course, if Cesare would have been able to do this, he would still be a junior partner of CAA, and in the face of Georgia's open and honest tone and faint inquiry, his expression was quite calm, and his response was also watertight, "Yes, we also found confusion in Universal's thinking, to be honest, Universal and Paramount are indeed not companies that are good at developing series, and in this regard, Big Dream may be able to explore with you." In fact, we are not very optimistic about the box office of "Fast and Furious 4", but we have great confidence in the capacity of the market, just like "Mission Impossible", if this series is handed over to us to operate, Dameng has the confidence to do a good job - the market must be there, but whether you can make this money or not, that is the unique skill of each family, isn't it? ”

In response to his confession, Georgia could only smile a little embarrassed - of course, such a struggle is also expected, after all, this is not to develop a new series, but to find an old series from the copyright library to develop together, if it is starring Jenny and bringing capital into the game, maybe Paramount and Universal will be more generous to the share, because after all, there is a movie queen privilege, but now on the premise that Jenny herself does not star, it is very aggrieved for the original copyright company - since Big Dream will propose joint development, Then this subject must be valuable, and it originally belonged to itself, just like a piece of land at home, which was originally reduced, so it was temporarily abandoned, and maybe it will be reclaimed again in the future, and now the big dream is over, basically doing nothing but paying money and mouthing, but the grain grown is going to take a large part. Moreover, because the company is no longer short of tens of millions of dollars, in fact, the big dream is equivalent to relying on its own ideas to make money, and it may even be a matter of a few words, and it will take away the vast majority of the profits, which will definitely make the original company feel a loss.

However, if you kick the big dream away, take the confidence they give, and go back and work this series with 120,000 points of attention, will Paramount or Universal have the confidence to do it well? They really don't have this confidence, just like Georgia said, many times the studio is not sure which point of the movie touched the audience - take "Fast and Furious" as an example, the first movie is more hardcore, and the racing plot in it can indeed stand up to scrutiny, although there are some surreal places, but it's like a parkour movie, there are exaggerations, but 99% of them are cool actions that can be manipulated by masters in reality.

This kind of racing style close to reality, the two male protagonists, a handsome and a manly match, black. Gang, the excitement brought by the theme of underground racing, so that this racing movie with a simple plot has achieved an ideal box office at a small cost, although the world is only more than 200 million, but with its budget of 3800000000 and 140 million domestic box office, "Fast and Furious 1" is a very good small production film, and the profit prospects are quite promising, so in the second part, it is still used this kind of black. Help the theme, underground racing, two handsome guys matching, wild beauties dotted with the number of roads, but also add some humor, but the box office is not as expected - at this time, Universal was a little confused, the third part in order to pursue the gimmick, moved the stage to Tokyo, the box office was miserable, the fourth time they returned to the original starring lineup, please back Paul. Walker and Fan. Diesel is still blindly hitting the audience's pain points, trying to come up with a way of thinking - if the response of 4 is still mediocre, then the start of the fifth part may have to wait a long time later. In fact, according to the box office of 2 and 3, Universal is still willing to shoot 4, all of which are completely for the sponsorship and implantation of car companies, otherwise, it will be at least three years and five years old before it starts to restart this series......

In the 4 schedule has been set, the whole film is done, and the internal viewing will be held for several rounds now, it is not so realistic to want to make any changes to 4, if it is really as Jenny said, the box office of 4 will not be too ideal, whether Universal still has the courage to spend a lot of money on 5 to take risks, this is indeed difficult to say, from this point of view, even if Da Meng is willing not to participate in shares, just free guidance, I'm afraid Universal will not dare to trust - if there is really money to be made, why don't you invest money together? So this matter is actually unsolvable, either choose not to trust Big Dream's vision, or have to accept the fact that Big Dream uses his strategic vision to divide the money, so Jenny said that the situation in Universal is very similar to Paramount, because Paramount's "Mission Impossible" is now also in a predicament - after the tragic servant of "Mission Impossible 3", Paramount and Tom. Cruise's breakup is more or less because he feels more confused in this series, can't see the prospect clearly, and the possibility of continuing to hit the street 4 is very great, so he kicked out Tom as much as possible, if "Disc 3" is mediocre at the box office, but let Paramount see a new idea on this theme, then even if a movie doesn't make money, they won't just talk to Tom. Cruise said goodbye.

For Universal and Paramount, if they want to move their master series, such as Paramount's "Transformers" and Universal's "Spy Shadows", it is tantamount to provoking the majesty of these two companies, but these two series, although the □□ is high, but now it is scattered, and it seems that it cannot continue at all, and the development of the other is also very confused, whether it is dead or alive depends on this shop in September this year, but there are not many optimistic voices within Universal, and the film critics do not think "FF4" There is no big breakthrough in quality, it is still a second-line, B-level production, if the addition of Big Dream can bring them back to life and create a rich cake, even if the company is reluctant, it knows how to decide intellectually, after all, the current Big Dream is the guarantee of the box office, cooperate with him, make money, don't cooperate with him, Big Dream goes to find a competitor, you don't make money, the opponent earns, you are thrown away, this is a double loss. ――Especially now that Big Dream and Disney seem to be showing signs of disagreement, turning around and directly reconciling with their original rival Paramount, Universal refuses to cooperate for the possible profit of a second-tier series, or does it make the cake bigger together, share the profits, and by the way, see if there is a chance to pull the core characters of Big Dream over? As long as you have a little bit of heart, you know how to choose. ――If I really dig out my heart, Big Dream has exploded, and the idea is out, whether the sequel should continue to play with them or not, that's all for later......

For the direction of progress of this dialogue, Jenny is actually clear in her heart, Georgia's questions and surprises are basically routine reactions, nothing more than hoping to get closer through dialogue, and by the way, more information, business negotiations are often nonsense to nonsense, both sides are fighting for patience, it depends on who shows the flaws first. However, in this matter, the big dream of having several big projects in hand is not in a hurry at all, but Universal, after the end of "Spy 3", the director, actors and screenwriters have no intention of continuing, they continue to an A-level series to fill the vacancy, the relationship between supply and demand between the two sides is clear at a glance, and there is nothing to do, so Georgia did not pretend for too long, so she showed a strong interest and invited Cesare to discuss the details of the cooperation with Universal another day.

Universal and Big Dream are in love with each other, just like Paramount and Big Dream, Brad, who is anxious to consolidate his position, is touched by Disney's infighting - the CEO of any studio company is a successful producer and manager, at this level, talent is very scarce, maybe the board of directors has not launched an offensive now, let Brad stay, it is just a helpless choice in the absence of a replacement, and if Dick is forced out, the directors who have long been dissatisfied with Brad may set off a chain reaction, Having Dick come to Paramount, which is naturally not something Brad likes, so he needs to unite with Dick to ensure that both positions are secure, but Jenny's phone call gives him a second option: to reconcile with Big Dream, and by the way, to cooperate with a project that is destined to be a box office hit (at this moment, any company that works with Big Dream is willing to believe from the bottom of their hearts that Big Dream's box office myth will last forever), which is much more proactive than desperately preventing the board from thinking differently, and the two sides hit it off, It can even be said that Brad's attitude is completely very surprising and cooperative - and now that he has become a vice president, Georgia wants to accumulate seniority and challenge for the position of CEO in the future, why not yearn for a blockbuster series that has been reborn in his hands?

"Honey, dear," Georgia walked out of the room with two guests after talking in the cool living room, and he walked to the pool and woke up his wife, who was napping, "Come and say goodbye to the guests - they have to go, and there is a meeting in the company in the afternoon." ”

Because the due date is approaching, Jennifer. Bell became a little drowsy, and when they came in, she went to sunbathe, and now she came over to say goodbye with her eyes wiped her eyes, "Hey, you should really come out and talk, the sun and wind are really good today - but if that happens, my snoring might wake you up......"

"What is the due date?" Is your child's stuff ready? "Jenny is very kind to Bell today, in addition to the demeanor that a pregnant woman should have, but also because the Lansing family is now considered an ally of Big Dreams.

"It's next weekend, we're going to have a Babyshower, can you come over......" Although sleepy-eyed, Bell obviously didn't lose her due sharpness, her smile suddenly became sincere, and despite her blonde hair and butterfly spots on her face, she still inquired enthusiastically, "Did you have a good conversation today?" Baby, I heard you've got a crush on a project from Universal. ”

"It's Fast and Furious," Georgia said to his wife, "so I'm afraid there's nothing for you here, dear, but maybe we can get you a role on Sony's collaboration with Big Dream—"

"Oh, Georgia, Sony hasn't called us yet." Jenny quickly clarified, and she couldn't help laughing, "Actually, if you want to know, you can ask directly." ”

"Maybe not now," Georgia winked at Jenny, seemingly unintentionally and seemingly tacitly, "but I think Sony will call when they find out that they are the only company in the Big Six that hasn't worked with Big Dream......

In Bell's still unresponsive questioning, he and Jenny laughed at the same time, but Jenny quickly stiffened her face again, waved her hand, and became stern and humble, "Actually, this has nothing to do with us, you know, Hollywood always likes to catch the trend, and Big Dream is just lucky to be a member of the trend." ”

"Yes, a trend," said Georgia, squeezing her eyes at Jenny again, lowering her voice, and with some misery, "I like it, and I'm sure Brad likes it too—Jim from Fox and Jeff from Warner like it, and I can guess that some people don't like it." ”

Perhaps thinking of Fast and Furious, and his own bright future, Georgia was in a particularly high spirit, and when he said this, he laughed, "Hahaha, I know who wouldn't love this trend!" ”――

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