If you want to dig a pit, you must have the right tools.

Daniel called suddenly, Martin had an improvised idea, and there was not much time, so he could only think of a more reliable way.

As Bruce said, it doesn't matter if the other party doesn't step on it.

Martin carefully recalls that all he can think of in a short period of time is a movie.

Last time, the so-called remake of the old film library Daniel took advantage of him.

Of course, Martin wasn't a good thing, and he casually gave Daniel three projects that could be particularly rewarding.

This time, Daniel came again, and brought the new president of Warner Pictures with him, indicating that they were destined.

Martin asked, "Lao Bu, which Hollywood films do you think are so expensive to produce that they make people's scalps tingle?" ”

"Soft sci-fi that requires visual effects, superhero movies, and popular action blockbusters." Bruce thought of the new trilogy that Warner Bros. wanted to plan some time ago, and said, "There are also epic blockbusters, especially magical epics. ”

The last sentence reminded Martin that among the three old films he gave Daniel, there was a magical epic, and Warner Pictures had already set up a project.

The production budget is $150 million, starring Christian Bale and directed by Ridley Scott.

The other two are also fairy tale adaptations that can be related to magic.

Unfortunately, the latter two did not receive the green light from the Warner Review Committee for the time being.

Martin searched for his memory, and when he swiped his mobile phone in his previous life, he seemed to have seen news such as Hollywood blockbusters in the UC Shock Department.

For example, "Green Lantern" and Lao Lei's epic films left a deep impression on him.

and "Martian Princess", which Disney has already started.

Martin remembered a fairy tale that was still a classic, and continued to add fuel to the fire in the fairy tale.

"Lao Bu, you go find a bookstore as soon as possible." Martin searched Google, found the relevant title, and said, "Go buy two fairy tale books, "Jack and the Beanman" and "Jack the Giant Killer." ”

Bruce said, "I'll go." ”

Martin advised: "The book should not be too new, not too worn, and it is better to have traces of reading it." ”

Bruce understood: "Leave it to me." ”

He came out of the studio, deliberately stayed away from the neighborhood, found five bookstores, and bought two suitable books.

Back in Martin's office, Bruce placed two books on the table.

Martin took it, and the two books were very new, but at a glance you could see the traces of flipping through them.

Jessica came in from outside, handed Martin a plan, and said, "It's too late, it's all blank inside." ”

"Just have a cover," Martin said. ”

He handed the plan to Bruce: "Read it carefully and go through it a few times." ”

Bruce took it, flipped through the cover and made it all blank, pulled over a chair and sat down, flipping through it over and over again.

Martin also looked at the two fairy tale books and familiarized himself with the specific contents that he had long forgotten.

After lunch, resting for a while, and when it was almost time to make an appointment with Daniel, the two briefly discussed and set up the desk.

Martin had just returned from Missouri and had a lot of work to do in the studio, so he was very busy and his desk would be a little messier.

A few documents waiting to be signed are placed in front of the left, and there are pen holders and other things, which are casually standing aside.

Other books and documents are also slightly scattered.

Among them are two books, "Jack and Beanman" and "Giant Killer Jack".

Underneath the book, a small part of the crooked proposal is revealed, allowing people to see the words "project" and "Jack".

On the fly, Martin could only dig a random pit and wait for Daniel and Jon Berg to come to the door.

Shortly past two in the afternoon, Daniel and Jon arrived at the door of Davis's studio.

"I'm going to talk about distribution, what do you have to do with it?" The former is slightly dissatisfied.

Jon smiled and said: "Let you introduce me to Martin, I want to dig out more interesting film projects from Martin in the future, how can I not know each other?" ”

Daniel reminded, "You'd better be careful, Martin is not easy to mess with." ”

Jon retracted his smile and said, "I know he's not easy to mess with, but you also have to understand that we are executives of Warner Bros., the investor and the distributor, and the people who reward them with food." ”

Daniel didn't say much and went straight to the door of the studio, and Jon hurried to follow.

The receptionist came to greet them, led them up to the third floor, knocked on an office door, and Martin immediately greeted them from inside.

"Quick, inside, please." Martin shook hands with Daniel and Jon and said, "I just came back to Los Angeles from Missouri last night, and it's a lot of trouble today, don't mind." ”

Jon noticed that the office wasn't too big, Martin's desk was messy, and maybe he was working on work when they came.

He quickly swept his gaze over Martin's desk and was stunned when he saw the two fairy tale books.

Jon thinks he's been very careful, as evidenced by the fact that the two books have recently flipped through them, the slightly rolled up corners, and the creased covers.

People of Martin's age are generally not interested in such fairy tales.

It was not difficult for Jon to make this judgment, and then there was a feeling that it was not enough, because the printed manuscript bound under the book was placed casually, revealing a small half-cut cover, and the words Jack and the project could be seen.

Is this a new project?

Jon remained silent, his gaze swept away, as if he hadn't seen anything.

Daniel focused on introducing Martin to Jon Berg.

Martin said a few kind words to Jon and invited the two to the reception area to talk.

Daniel went straight to the point and said, "Martin, I heard a piece of news, you are talking to Disney Pictures about distribution?" ”

Martin said: "Alan Horn is an old friend of ours, and he approached me a while ago to talk about cooperation, and I can't say no. ”

His words are equally direct: "Disney Studios' conditions, only the North American distribution commission, is three points lower than Warner Bros., counting the overseas commission and offline commission, according to the first part of "Fast Pursuit", the producer's income will be tens of millions of dollars more." ”

Daniel reminded: "You overlook that "Fast Pursuit" can have such a high income, thanks to Warner Bros. operating in a wide range of channels around the world, without Warner Bros. global channels, the total revenue of the film would be discounted." ”

Martin added: ""Fast and Furious 2 is a sequel to a blockbuster movie, is it inappropriate to simply and crudely apply a rigid distribution strategy? ”

"It's involving multiple films from multiple companies, and it's very complicated." Daniel knows very well that Kevin Tsujihara's side can't change, only the following partners can change: "Warner Bros.'s distribution channel can effectively increase the total revenue of a film, and the higher the total income, you can get more shares." ”

The disagreement between the two sides is a dead knot, but it is the current captain of Warner Bros. who played this section, and Martin sighed lightly: "Disney's distribution channels may not be inferior to Warner Bros." ”

"But over the years, Hollywood has done the best in all its online and offline channels, and it's Warner Bros. ”

"I have worked with Warner Bros. for many years, and I am an old friend with you, if the conditions of Warner and Disney are not too different, I will definitely give priority to working with Warner." At least half of what Martin said was true.

He looked at Daniel: "You know, although the film producer is my studio, it involves a number of investors, and their interests and opinions, I have to take into account. ”

At this point, there's actually nothing more to say.

The two sides simply can't get along.

Jon had prepared a lot to say, but after reading those two books, except for the occasional interjection, everything else was held in his stomach.

Daniel didn't end up talking to Martin and left Davis Studios with Jon.

Seeing the two away, Martin asked, "How's it going?" ”

Bruce stayed in the corner of the office and observed: "The guy from Warner Pictures has seen the desk. ”

After seeing it, he may not step on it, Martin didn't ask any more questions, and went to Pacific Pictures to find Louise.

On the other side, after Jon and Daniel separated, he immediately returned to his office and asked someone to find the two books "Jack and the Beanman" and "Jack the Giant Slayer", and quickly flipped through them.

The book, he had read it a long time ago, and he roughly remembered the main content.

These classic fairy tales have been adapted many times by film and television companies around the world through animation or film and television.

Jon suddenly remembered that two of the three projects Daniel had offered before were also related to fairy tales, namely "Peter Pan" and "The Wizard of Oz".

This was originally a project that Martin Davis was optimistic about, but Daniel calculated Martin's hand, resulting in Martin not getting the copyright.

Martin turned his head and was ready to make other fairy tale movies?

Could it be that a new era of fairy tale movies is coming?

Jon didn't jump to conclusions, pressed the intercom, called his assistant McDonald, and instructed: "You go and collect information, do other Hollywood companies have plans or projects to adapt classic fairy tales, mainly medium and large investments." ”

"Yes." MacDonald immediately did so.

Jon hadn't finished reading a copy of Jack and the Beanman, and McDonald returned.

He took the printed detailed materials and handed them to his immediate boss, while saying: "At present, a number of companies have launched remake plans for classic fairy tale films, and Relativity Media has invested heavily in Julia Roberts to run a project called Snow White: The Magic Mirror. ”

Jon was also looking at the profile.

McDonald continued: "Universal Pictures plans to invest around $150 million to produce Snow White and the Huntsman, and Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron have already confirmed their joining. Disney plans to integrate Grimm's fairy tales such as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rapunzel to make a live-action fairy tale revue......"

Jon nodded slightly, and immediately understood why Martin was interested in fairy tales, and many Hollywood companies had plans for this.

Other companies have it, and of course Warner has it.

Jon's eyes fell on the two fairy tale books, and it was definitely not possible to simply adapt and shoot according to the fairy tale plot as in the past, maybe it would be a good idea to combine them?

The work of many large companies in the industry made Jon feel more and more feasible.

Even more ideas he had for Warner's most popular fairy tale Harry Potter series to come to an end if the new fairy tale film project worked successfully......

(End of chapter)