In short, the matter of the role of Miss Tianxian and Qiu Zhang was easily handled in this way.

After attending the premiere of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Charlotte was about to leave, but was stopped by David Heyman again.

But this time, it has nothing to do with the "Harry Potter" series-

"Charlotte, after "Pirates of the Caribbean", are you preparing a new movie again, Warner's cooperation with Ghost Party Studios has been very pleasant, you see ......"

The latter words are not said, but everyone is in the industry, and the meaning is already obvious.

"Well...... this"

Charlotte groaned for a while—

For a long time, Charlotte's films have been shot using a co-investment model.

Among them, there is not only the money of the Ghost Party Studios or his own, but also the money of some companies in the circle - the most common of which is the investment of Jodie Foster's "egg" company.

In addition, there is not a small amount of money from outside the circle.

After all, filmmakers use all kinds of means, and the means of cheating outsiders for money are almost the same, and many of them really can't be said to be illegal, and Charlotte, as a master of deception, naturally won't use it.

However, unlike the greed of many Hollywood companies who are eager to make movies with all the money of outsiders, and then get all the proceeds themselves, Charlotte understands that moderation is enough-

Although he can also do accounts, he will still leave a part of the profits for investors outside the circle, and will not do things too much.

This is for the sake of investment in the future.

After all, although the investors outside the circle are Kaizi, they are not stupid, and if they go too far, their reputation will be ruined, and it will be troublesome to find investment in the future.

At this point, the new line company that has cheated the old guns and their film revenue sharing before can be said to be a complete negative example.

Especially in this plane, because Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings came to the Ghost Party Studio under the matchmaking of Mr. Westwood, the operation of the new line is even more difficult.

In addition to the money of outsiders and small companies in the circle, Hollywood's seven major production companies are also Charlotte's partners.

In particular, Charlotte's films in recent years are all big-budget productions, and it is still not safe without the support of big distributors.

In this regard, Charlotte does not have the ability to eat alone for the time being, and has no plans to do so.

Therefore, in his films, he usually introduces one of the seven Hollywood majors - in fact, Paramount, Universal, Warner, and Disney, have all worked with him.

For example, the partner of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series is Disney, and the previous partner of "Sherlock Holmes" is Warner.

The promoters of both companies have made great contributions to these two films, which have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.

And Charlotte's "Inception", which she has just started to prepare, has not yet determined the distributor and collaborator.

Therefore, Charlotte listened to David's words, but her heart moved......

David, by contrast, was in a somewhat apprehensive mood.

This time he invited Charlotte to attend the premiere, and the questions mentioned earlier were all his own business, and the last one was what Warner's senior management asked him to bring-

Although Charlotte has cooperated with several of the six Hollywood companies before, it is Warner who cooperates the most.

Whether it's "The Sixth Sense", "Detective Hell" or "Sherlock Holmes", they all brought a lot of profits to Warner.

Not to mention enough for them to eat the Harry Potter series for twenty years......

In short, Warner wanted to reach a deeper cooperation with Charlotte before, and it would be better if she could become Warner's queen director.

However, Disney used a "Pirates of the Caribbean" series to bring Charlotte directly to the past.

- You must know that a film trilogy is enough to make a director unable to move for four or five years.

Fortunately, Charlotte's filming was fast, and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy was produced intensively, which saved time - so, after learning that Charlotte was preparing a new film through various connections, Warner's people immediately ran away......

After all, Hollywood has good capabilities, and there are not many great directors who have been proven by many movies, let alone make money in all of them, and they have never failed.

This requires not only strong ability and perverted market sense, but also sufficient strong luck.

- Take Ridley Scott!

This is also a well-known director, and most of the movies he makes take leave are good, but he always makes one and loses two at the box office, so he can't cross that hurdle.

No, the recent "Black Hawk Down" is about to lose again......

In particular, the quality of this movie is actually good, but the influence of 911 is not so easy to get rid of.

In contrast, Charlotte, who has never failed at the box office, reassures the bosses of Hollywood studios.

In fact, many producers have privately called him the "God of the Box Office", which is a title that Spielberg only obtained when he was at his peak!

Of course, the "box office god" himself did not know this nickname of his.

After coping with the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", he returned to his daily life -

During the day, he supervised the post-production of the second and third installments of Pirates of the Caribbean, slowly prepared Inception, and handled various affairs of the Ghost Party Studios;

In the evening, he went home to accompany his wife and daughter, practiced spells by the way, and studied some materials to prepare for the future.

It can be said that this period can be said to be the most comfortable days he has lived after crossing.

It's just that he doesn't look for trouble himself, but trouble will come to him-

"A director named James Wong wants to meet you!"

Miss Valkyrie was still very competent as a secretary, and she reported to Charlotte,

"He's got a script over to him—Mr. Westwood has already read it and finds it interesting, so he recommends James Wong to you and let you make the final judgment. ”

"Then let him in!"

Charlotte nodded.

Although the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy can only be regarded as a special case, it has been discovered that until now, the Ghost Party Studios is actually investing in films directed outside the studio.

However, because the projects in the studio already account for the majority of the working capital, they have always been very cautious about investing in external projects, and they will not invest easily if they are not sure to be very promising and suitable for the studio.

And Charlotte is the final stage of the judging.

So Charlotte wasn't surprised that Mr. Westwood had recommended the projects he had his eye on.

It's just—

"James Wong's name, I always feel like I've heard it somewhere......

Charlotte muttered to herself.