London, England, on the north bank of the River Thames.

Close to the British Museum, next to Coventry Gardens and Charing Cross Station, stands one of the most famous hotels in the region and the first luxury hotel in British history, the Savoy Hotel.

Built in 1889, the hotel has 250 luxurious guest rooms, with stunning views of the River Thames, modern installations and Edwardian design, and hand-polished antique furnishings that create a sense of history that has travelled back in time.

Its main entrance is open in the interior of the London cinema area, and customers who want to stay need to pass through a private path to enter.

At any given time, a senior concierge in a tuxedo and top hat will greet guests at the door, and you will feel pampered with the traditional British professional butler service.

Of course, even if the decoration is luxurious, even if the utensils are worth thousands of dollars, they can't attract the attention of some people.

For the five people sitting in the Thames hall of the hotel at the moment, the garden-like interior layout does not catch their eyes at all, and the handmade carpet of nearly 5,000 pounds a square meter is just like that, and the open-air ceiling with a glass ceiling is a vulgar beep, because the light that shines down will make someone's head look like a light bulb.

Of course, this inevitable accident could not extinguish their enthusiasm, and after shaking hands and hugging each other, a middle-aged black-haired woman wearing a red knitted jacket immediately thanked the bald head -

"Steven, it's really amazing to see you in the UK! With a movie coming out in March and a project starting in April, it's a great thank you to find the time to visit London in person! ”

The words of gratitude made the bald head wave his hand again and again, and shook his head with a smile, "Emma, everyone is a friend, so you don't need to be so polite." ”

As he spoke, he also greeted the middle-aged man next to the woman while wearing black glasses.

"Christopher's story is similar to mine, and we met because of the same circumstances, so when good fortune comes, don't you have to be a witness? I want to have some good luck, too! ”

The humble words caused the other four to laugh and nod, and before the words fell, the blonde woman in a blue shirt next to the bald head also said: "Yes, Emma, Steven, like your husband, also started from independent films, and the first work was also started through financing, compared with the four and a half million you get now, he got less back then, only 1.2 million, but it doesn't matter if the funds are less, as long as you shoot hard, you will succeed after all!" ”

"Don't you see that he is now in charge of more than 50 million projects?"

"You'll make it too!"

The general words of relief won the approval of the other four.

According to the general situation, friends have cheered themselves up, and as a party, of course they have to respond.

But the problem is that the middle-aged man sitting next to the black-haired lady has no superfluous expression except for a shy smile in the face of this encouraging situation, and not only that, but the appearance of wanting to speak and stopping gives people the illusion of constipation.

This situation made the smiles of everyone at the scene gradually stiffen, and just when a few of them expressed regret for the man's reaction, next to the middle-aged man, the only guy in a formal suit and tie suddenly grabbed his shoulder, and his palm kept slapping on the other party's arm, "Okay, okay, okay...... You don't need to stress yourself......"

"Just get up and shake each other's hands later, and we'll take care of the rest, okay?"

Such words made the middle-aged man sigh and nodded.

After seeing his affirmative answer, several people at the scene no longer dwelled on his social issues, and directly changed the topic.

"We came half an hour early, so we can talk about the problems we may face later."

The woman in the blue shirt cleared her throat, "First of all, the first question is that Roland Allen is interested in our investment in "Fragments of Memory", but did not express his attitude, so we have to make a unanimous decision on buying out the rights to the entire film and selling the North American distribution rights first; But because the rights to the adaptation of that movie are in Jonathan's hands, if Jonathan doesn't agree, we can't discuss with him about buying out the rights to the entire film. ”

"I'm fine." As soon as he heard this, Xiao Xiao, who was still there to comfort the middle-aged man, immediately said: "If the transfer of the adaptation copyright can make my brother's film meet the audience smoothly, how much money he wants to buy out, I agree!" ”

Whenever people think of DC movies, Christopher Nolan is the pit that can never be bypassed.

Because of his "Batman" trilogy, superhero movies have left a strong mark in film history.

The high box office excites the capital, the explosive word-of-mouth amazes fans, and when the two are combined, Nolan also ascends to the altar.

Of course, Nolan is not a deputy who can't be fouled after all, he has neither Jamaican African ancestry, nor Indian Tamil ancestry, let alone a woman, and he doesn't have a Jewish husband, so some people like it and some people hate it.

Those who like it think that Nolan is the only director who can shoot the essence of the old man since the birth of Batman, and the annoying guy thinks that Nolan's version of Batman is not a superhero movie at all, but an ordinary police movie, and Bruce Wayne, who has no money ability and fighting skills, is not a master at all, but a vigilante who is tired of defending justice.

Of course, the question of personal preference, which is full of a lot of subjectivity, cannot argue for a correct result, let alone for Roland, as long as the movie is a big hit, it is enough.

So after deciding to enjoy Warner's ass, the only thing Roland could find was him.

So, according to the map, this helpless way was used by Roland again, but compared with looking for a needle in a haystack when looking for Anne Hathaway, this time the information is sufficiently tight, because Nolan is no longer a newcomer in this era, although the total investment of the first feature "Following" is less than 10,000 dollars, but it has been released and released, so when Roland assigns the task, the corresponding feedback is like flowing water, constantly converging.

And when I learned that this guy's famous work "Memory Fragments" had already been filmed and was looking for a distributor-

Huh!

Isn't the opportunity coming!

Although Warcraft Film and Television is not a serious film company, it is more than enough to release a movie!

As long as he undertakes the distribution business of the film, won't this kind of charcoal in the snow directly fill the favorability of the other party?

Once Nolan's favor is filled by himself, then everyone can sit down and talk about cooperation!

But after he handed over the work to his subordinates, he realized that he was simply wrong!

Because of the movie "Fragments of Memory", there are really a lot of people involved!

In addition to Nolan himself, his brother who wrote the original book, and his wife, the producer of the film, the investor of the whole movie is not a serious company, but a private film investment fund, not only that, but George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon......

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That's right! In this industry where the upward channel has been completely blocked, where is there any self-made business!

Christopher Nolan is talented! But no one, and don't think about it!

Many media wrote about his life experience as very inspirational, saying that his father was an advertiser in the United Kingdom, his career was in the United Kingdom, his mother was a flight attendant for American Airlines, and his work place was in China, so in order to meet his parents, he lived in the United Kingdom and the United States since he was a child, and this migratory bird-like life made him extremely aware of the cultures of the two countries, and also laid a solid foundation for his future success in Hollywood, so that the first surreal short film "Tarantella" made when he was in college was selected by the American Public Broadcasting Company. Broadcast to a national audience in prime time......

At first glance, there is really nothing wrong with this kind of resume.

But the question is, why did the short film made by a British advertiser's son go to college in his home country instead of being broadcast on British radio and television, but went to the American Public Broadcasting Company?

Could it be that you want to be proud of your mother who is a flight attendant?

But if that's the case, wouldn't it break your father's heart?

So......

The hell knows that the media has concealed it!

And the guy who can be concealed is Nolan's uncle, a NASA engineer who was responsible for the development of the Apollo rocket guidance system!

When Nolan was young, his mother was very busy as a flight attendant, so whenever Nolan went to the United States to find his mother, he was fostered by his mother at his uncle's house, and when they lived in the same house, the relationship between the uncle and nephew was very good.

How good is it?

When others were ten years old and couldn't count, Nolan was already taken by his uncle to see NASA's space footage; While countless film and television practitioners practice editing based on the footage they shoot, Nolan cuts NASA's satellite footage.

So, when he learned that his nephew really had a work, the uncle who doted on his nephew sent his nephew's short film to the American public broadcaster, which has a partnership with NASA, and the next thing was ......

A remake of "My District Mayor's Father"!

Of course, Nolan's uncle was able to get PBS to show his nephew's short film, but he couldn't connect him with Hollywood resources, so Nolan returned to China to continue his studies.

Just because he can't get a project doesn't mean he can't get investment, so when his nephew wanted to make a film, he helped him find a new market and Team Todd, which in turn happened to be working with Steven Soderbergh.

That's why, when you ask me, and I ask you, the network will come out.

And after the film was cut, as Steven Soderbergh suggested, they would go to the Venice Film Festival, then to the Deauville Film Festival, then to the Toronto Film Festival, and finally to the Sundance Film Festival.

They want to go through round after round of screenings to find distributors who think the film is good, but when Roland Allen's Warcraft Film and Television threw an olive branch to them, all film festivals became bullshit!

Companies with global distribution capabilities, other independent film manufacturers, it's a fart!

So, after listening carefully to the woman in blue, Susan Todd, the chairman of Team Todd, told the Nolans and his brother about the rights deal, Steven Soderbergh, who thought it was a crooked idea, spoke.

"Actually, I don't think it's going to be that much trouble."

“What？” The other four looked puzzled.

"Susan, you're friends with Bruce (Willis) and Demi (Moore), and you should know Roland's habits."

Steven Soderbergh shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's impossible for you not to know Roland's preferences, Ang Lee's "The Wedding Banquet", "Eating Men and Women", David Fincher's "The Seven Deadly Sins", Frank Darabont's "The Shawshank Redemption", these are all films that he has released, and these films all have one thing in common, which is full copyright. ”

"Although they are all buyouts, investors and creators can't get a penny of profits from the subsequent income, but in the same way, omni-channel distribution has also brought a lot of fame to these creators."

"Ang Lee took on 'Sense and Sensibility,' and David Fincher followed up with 'Mind Games.'"

"For directors who have not yet become famous, fame is the most important thing, so the profit at this time is actually something that your investors have to consider, and it has nothing to do with them, because I suggest they hand over the copyright."

Such words made Nolan's family nod cautiously, while Susan Todd was embarrassed.

As an investor, it is impossible for her not to think about the company's profits, but it is precisely because she sees the profits that she wants to tie the Nolan family to the chariot even more, because full copyright transactions and single copyright transactions are two concepts.

For a movie with an investment of 4.5 million yuan produced by a private equity fund, the price of the buyout transaction must be at least 11% to avoid a loss, that is, 4.95 million, because 10% of it is the return to the fund investors, and if it is speculated upward, it is the company's net profit, and how much you can take depends on your mouth.

In this case, if the Nolan family is willing to put the filming rights, remake copyrights of movies, and production copyrights of derivative episodes into it, then there is a lot of room for investors to stretch.

But if they're not willing to put the copyright in it, or they're willing to give it away to the buyer individually, then ......

The room for negotiation between private equity investors is quite limited.

Not to mention, this is still talking to Roland!

What kind of urine does Roland have, can insiders not know?

"The Wedding Banquet" and "Eating Men and Women" are okay, "The Shawshank Redemption", that is the castle stone of the pit wants to cry!

In this case, Steven Soderbergh suddenly pulled the Nolan family out, and that really ......

"Steven, I don't understand what you mean." Susan Todd said with a smile.

But the doubts that flickered in his eyes were known to the world.

"I mean be honest." Steven Soderbergh shook his head slightly, indicating that he was not hostile, "You can sell whatever copyright you have, and there is no need to include the rights and interests related to independent filmmakers." ”

"Of course, I'm not trying to stop you from making money, but I don't want this kind of packaging to cause Roland Allen to be disgusted."

"Since he knows that "Memory Fragments" is a private equity type of movie, he must know that the copyright is not complete, and if you suddenly take out the packaging copyright, then ...... He may think that you are raising the price temporarily. ”

"It may not matter to you, but to Christopher, it's deadly."

"After all......"

"When we independent filmmakers make films, we first go to fame, and the opportunity to become famous is in front of us, and no one wants to miss it."

The open and honest words made the faces of the four people present clear, and the people-oriented starting point made Susan Todd smile and nod wryly.

After Steven Soderbergh explained the key, she didn't continue to discuss the issue, but sighed and said to the Nolan family with a long sigh and a smile: "Well, it seems that your work has an unparalleled place in Steven's heart. ”

Although she did not give a positive response, this kind of words has already reflected her indisputability.

At the same time as she showed her attitude, Mr. and Mrs. Nolan also cast a grateful look at the bald head, and for the bald head, well-

Laughing and nodding is just a normal response, and the joy in my heart is the real thought!

Because—

If it's just for the sale of "Memory Fragments", he doesn't have to accompany a guy he just met to sell goods when "Never Compromise" is about to be released and "Network" is about to start filming!

Especially when Roland arrived, this guy was the first to get up and showed unparalleled enthusiasm.

"Hi Roland, I'm Steven Soderbergh, it's a pleasure to meet you!"