"Two gentlemen, we can't give up the right to adapt the script." Laurien said it firmly, this represents the bottom line and dignity of a major film company, let alone a Hollywood overlord like MGM.

Jester with Mark. Saini also felt the determination of the other party, and they had no way to do it, at least by persuasion, it was impossible for them to give up. In charge of this is Mark. Senny, he glanced at Jester and gave him a look if he could compromise a little.

In fact, Jester said before that you can make the other party responsible, but when you really face a decision, Mark. Seni still took the initiative to seek Jester's opinion and saw that Mark. Saini's soliciting look, Jester frowned, he didn't want to agree, because the story of "The Avengers", he wanted to tell it in the way of Mars Entertainment, he didn't care about the others, but at least to satisfy the players who liked their game.

He didn't want the final film to come out, and after watching it, the audience said, "Oh, this is not the Avengers they thought it was!" ”

In Jester's eyes, this is crucial.

So, in the face of Mark. Seni looked at him for advice, and Jester shook his head firmly.

This made Laurien very dissatisfied, he was very sincere to negotiate with the other party, and even in terms of box office sharing, they could also make great concessions, and they MGM got the right to adapt the script, also to make the film better, the box office was higher, and the audience liked it more, but why do many people like these two people in front of him always think that the film company got the adaptation right in order to make the film worse?

How can any film company want to make a bad movie?

A little dissatisfied, Laurien just wanted to say something to argue, trying to persuade the other party to change his mind, but before he could speak, he had been talking about it before. Jester, who was quietly watching him negotiate with the other side, suddenly spoke, his voice was not loud, but it was certain, and to Laurien's ears, it sounded like a sign of a position.

You agree with my suggestion, let's continue to talk, if you don't agree, then good, shoot it off.

Jester looked into Laurien's eyes and said word by word: "We understand your difficulties, but "Avengers" is a very important game for our company, and it is also a very influential game in the hearts of players, this game has many fans, so many that even you can't believe it, and this game has given a score of 39 out of 40 in the most authoritative game magazine "GAME", so we don't want anyone to destroy this game, or this brand, The status in the minds of the players. ”

Laurien's previous investigation was very detailed, and he also knew what Jester said, and this was the reason why he was willing to come to the other party in person, if it weren't for the game's influence in North America, he would not have come to talk about such a film in person as a senior executive director of MGM.

Although MGM is not what it used to be, it is also one of the eight major Hollywood studios.

"So......" Jester didn't even breathe after saying that for a long time, and didn't give Laurien a chance to speak, just a little pause, and then continued, "We will not give up the right to adapt the script, you have your bottom line, we also have our bottom line, you ask us to respect you and I ask you to respect us, in line with the idea that we both respect each other, I can make a step back, first of all, the adaptation right of the script must be ours, this is not negotiable, because of our own story." Only we ourselves are qualified to determine how to make it up. ”

Seeing Laurien, he wanted to speak, but Jester still wouldn't give him the chance.

He continued: "Mr. Laurien, please don't be in a hurry to speak, listen to me first, I also know that you want to make sure that the movie can be a hit, so you must start monitoring from the most important place, maybe you professional film companies are a little dismissive of us who don't know anything about movies, but I still have to explain to you, although you will still be disdainful, in our company's concept of making games, we have always adhered to the concept of making games like movies, I understand your difficulties, so the step I made was that we will adapt the script, but I can give you the power to adapt the adaptation. ”

Hearing Jester's surprise was surprising to Laurien, because in his opinion, if the right to adapt the script is separated, the right to decide the script is the most effective, just like the right to shoot belongs to the director, but if the director does not have the final editing right, then what kind of effect the film will present after editing has nothing to do with the director.

If you know a little about filmmaking, you will know that the same shot and editing are different, then the content presented will be completely different, if you use a not very accurate metaphor to describe it, the shot is like one text after another, and the editing is a sentence.

Words can only express meaning when they become sentences, and a single lens is just words, and simple words cannot express specific meanings.

So, in order to confirm whether Jester really wants to leave the decision of the script to his side, Laurien asked out loud and confirmed: "Do you really confirm that we will decide whether the script will be adopted or not?" Although it was said to be confirmed, and this was also what the other party said before, Laurien's tone was still a little incredulous.

Jester didn't hesitate and said directly: "Yes, but this power cannot be abused, because the distribution of this power is not equal to both of us, so I want to make a limit on your power, that is, you only have three chances to reject our script, every time you refuse, you must give a reasonable reason, and then we will rectify it according to your reasons, of course, deliberately make things difficult, follow our impression of this game, And if there is a contradiction in the player's mind that this game should be a game, we will not change the original intention. ”

When Laurien heard Jester's additional opinion on the decision of this script, he breathed a sigh of relief, he felt that this was normal, he could come to his point, and his career was successful, and he climbed up by stepping on the corpses of his peers and the sea of blood, and never believed that there was a pie in the sky happening, if such conditions were mentioned by them, it was almost the same, but the other party mentioned it, and did not add these additional restrictions, then he had to worry about what conspiracy the other party would have in the future.

In this regard, Laurien nodded, indicating that he agreed with the other party's statement, which would not only save their face in the industry, but also not be threatened by a company that had never been in contact with the film industry in the company's difficult situation, and also ensure the quality of the film, which is why he said from the beginning that the adaptation rights of the script must be in hand, since there is a different method, both parties can feel that it is appropriate, and they can achieve their original intention, so it is pointless to stick to it.

After talking about the script, then it is more important to cast the right, at this point, specific to the selection of roles, after the script is written, the director needs to read it, put forward opinions, and then consider it comprehensively, but in terms of the director's choice, this time Mars Entertainment made concessions, Mark. Both Saini and Jester thought that MGM, who had been immersed in film for decades, would be more suitable for choosing a director who would fit their script, so they handed over that power to MGM.

In this regard, Laurien also expressed satisfaction, he also felt that this was a knowing choice, and the two people in front of him, the owner of this game company that has become a household name in the United States in a short period of time, are not the kind of people who get carried away after success, get carried away, and vainly try to interfere in professional things in areas that they are not good at.

Then, there's the power of editing.

This movie is not a reason to find any big-name directors in terms of Jester's Mars Entertainment or MGM, because there is no need, this is not a connotative movie that requires a high level of directing means and lens levels to present different feelings on the surface, this is just a pure popcorn, a movie that makes people look good, making money is the most important thing, there are countless such directors in Hollywood, and the price is not high.

Of course, there are also famous directors who make this kind of movie, but the two sides make this film, MGM wants to make money, and Mars Entertainment wants to make money while enhancing the influence of the game "Avengers".

Since he is not a famous director, the editing rights of the film will naturally remain in his own hands, because whether it is modern or in the future, there is no unrecognizable director who is qualified to talk to investors about the issue of editing rights.

The power of editing was too heavy, and the two sides were in dispute, and in the end they had to decide to edit according to the storyboard script.

As for the issue of sharing, MGM originally meant that if Mars Entertainment could give them full responsibility for the adaptation and filming of "The Avengers" at the beginning, they would have made concessions for reasons, but since Mars Entertainment did not compromise in this regard, but bargained with them in different categories, then naturally there would be no such concessions.

The amount of the share is based on the size of the total investment. R1152