Back in Los Angeles, Martin was not idle, and immediately joined up with Nolan to build momentum for the DVD promotion of "Inception".

Warner Bros. held a grand launch ceremony at the Macy's Center.

When it comes to live marketing for DVDs, almost all of the activities end up in one thing – signings!

In Macy's DVD sales area, two autograph tables are set up on either side, and before Martin and Nolan have even sat down, there are hundreds of people lined up on each side.

Most people finish this line and go to the other side, and many of them buy two DVDs.

The crew specially prepared a gift for today's event, the same version of the spinning top by Daum Cobb.

For every DVD Martin signs, he gives away a spinning top himself.

All morning, the line in front of Martin and Nolan did not shorten in the slightest, and the signing had to be extended by half an hour.

The signing was over, and the group went to lunch.

Martin sat down at a table with Nolan and asked, "Is the Dark Knight Rising complete?" “

"Post-production is underway." Nolan took the initiative to invite: "I'll call you when the test screening is completed." ”

Martin smiled and said, "Warner Bros. may not agree to my participation. ”

Nolan understood what Martin meant, and the new management sometimes made him unable to understand it.

Martin didn't want to embarrass Nolan, and said: "I'm afraid that Bell will see me and have a problem, and if he does it with me, everyone will not look good." ”

"I don't think he'll have time, he's filming that epic in Morocco with Ridley Scott's crew," Nolan said. ”

Martin nodded: "Pharaohs and the gods." ”

"I'm also going to make an epic film." Nolan's two collaborations with Martin have been very enjoyable, he is a director who likes to use a fixed team, and he wants to continue to work with Martin, to put it bluntly: "It's just a space epic." ”

Martin had seen all of Nolan's works in his previous life, and the time should be "Interstellar", and asked, "Is there a script?" ”

Nolan shook his head: "Not yet, I'll let you know when Jonathan finishes the script." ”

Martin responded, "Chris, I'm really looking forward to your space epic. ”

Nolan looked left and right and said in a low voice: "I don't understand the current Warner Bros., I don't understand whether the new project should cooperate with Warner Bros., I have doubts." ”

Martin is very good at being a person, and said directly: "I am not having a good time with Warner Bros. right now, and I must be biased, so I won't express my opinion." ”

"Emma and I will be thinking carefully about working with Warner," Nolan said. ”

He thinks so, naturally because Warner touches his interests: "Warner extends the payment period and increases the distribution share, and it is all the collaborators who suffer." ”

Martin sighed: "The most clever thing is that they are doing things according to the contract, and there is nothing we can do." ”

Nolan said: "Cooperation is not just a contract. ”

He has been cooperating with Warner all these years, not only because he was not confident enough before and needed to borrow Warner's resources, but also because he was very comfortable working with Warner Bros.

With the improvement of status, people will change to some extent, and a series of measures by Warner's new management make Nolan feel that Warner does not respect him enough.

After lunch, Martin left the crew, and after getting in the car, asked Bruce to drive to the Angels Club.

On the way, he looked at the relevant data of "Inception" again.

The film has been completely removed from North American theaters, and the North American box office eventually accumulated $335 million.

Overseas, it has been released in more than 80 countries and regions, except for Japan, other box office markets are basically over, and the global box office is currently as high as 922 million US dollars.

"The Dark Knight" made Nolan a god, and "Inception" made him go one step further.

Martin also benefited a lot, with a new film salary of $20 million, and the subsequent share can be discussed.

Coming to the Angel Club, as soon as Martin entered the door, the owner Kane greeted him.

He explained the situation as quickly as possible: "Director David Fincher and Netflix's Greg Peters have just arrived and Thomas is receiving them. ”

Martin nodded slightly, and advised, "Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Siebel will come over later, and ask someone to wait at the door for a while, and their car will come and notify me immediately." ”

Kane replied, "I'll be waiting at the door myself." ”

His club, Martin's group alone, has a considerable amount of annual dues.

Martin came to the screening room in the club's entertainment area.

Greg Peters greeted him and shook his hand: "Martin, we're meeting again. ”

Martin said with a smile: "Netflix's development is amazingly fast. ”

Greg also smiled: "The market has always been optimistic about Netflix, Netflix's stock price is rising, and your investment in Netflix as a shareholder is definitely worth it." ”

"I also hope that Netflix will have a better future," Martin said. ”

He turned to David Fincher again.

The latter said directly: ""Gone Girl" has been completed, when will it be tested?" ”

Martin said: "The studio is in communication with Warner Bros., and it is estimated that it will be soon. ”

Warner Pictures bought the film and television adaptation rights of Gillian Flynn's other work "Dark Place", the success or failure of "Gone Girl" is directly related to the popularity of this new work, and Warner Bros. did not discount the promotion of "Gone Girl".

The three chatted on the phone for a while, Kane's call was on Bruce, and Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Siebel's car was driving by.

Martin and Greg went to the door of the club to greet them.

Seeing the two get out of the car, Martin greeted him and shook hands with Siebel before saying to Gavin Newsom: "Congratulations on your big win, I'll be calling you governor soon, right?" ”

Gavin Newsom was complacent and deliberately corrected: "Lieutenant Governor." ”

In the just-concluded California election, Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom won by a wide margin, and the former will succeed Schwarzenegger as the new governor of California after the New Year.

Gavin Newsom was the natural fit for lieutenant governor.

Martin introduced the Newsoms: "This is Greg Pieters, Netflix's director of product content. ”

As a former mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom is no stranger to Netflix.

After a few pleasantries, Martin invited them into the club's screening room and introduced David Fincher, who was waiting here.

For a director of David Fincher's level to come and see his new work, Siebel was very happy and specially pulled David Fincher to chat a few words, testing whether there would be a chance to appear in David Fincher's new work in the future.

Five minutes later, the lights went out in the screening room and Jennifer Siebel's new film, Romantic Troubles, began to be screened.

Including Martin, there were fewer than ten spectators in the audience.

The film takes the route of a romantic comedy, which includes four large-scale shots of Jennifer Seabel, the former first lady of San Francisco, who sacrificed a lot for the art of cinema.

But everyone thinks and sees things differently.

Gavin Newsom didn't care about this at all, and occasionally had a few words with Jennifer Siebel and praised his wife's awesome performance.

Siebel laughed happily, and the film allowed her to fulfill her dream of being a movie heroine, and by the way, she also passed the addiction of being a producer.

The film is not very long, only more than 80 minutes, and according to the MPAA's classification rules, it is stuck on the edge of the R-rated film and NC-17, mainly because the scale of several scenes of Siebel is a bit large.

However, Davis Studios will not send it to the MPAA classification, and the film will not go through the channel of public screening in theaters.

Martin also looked at it very seriously, this film is not bad, according to his estimates, thrown on IMDB, it is estimated that there will be a score above the passing line.

Of course, apart from Sibel's large-scale scenes, there is nothing else in the film that can be called a surprise.

At the end of the screening, Greg also had his own judgment, the quality of the film was okay, better than he imagined, especially the heroine's scenes, which were quite selling points.

On the on-demand website, as long as it works a little, it will definitely be subscribed by a large number of users.

Greg looked over to Sibel, and the key was her.

The wife of the former mayor of San Francisco, the wife of the future lieutenant governor of California, will arouse the interest of many people.

It's even more appealing than the art dramas of Hollywood's A-list stars.

Greg also learned that the Harvey Weinstein affair, which is the focus of national attention, is about to go to public trial, and it can be confirmed that Jennifer Siebel will appear in court as one of the main witnesses, which will be a big wave of heat.

Netflix is playing with heat and traffic.

What's more, it's not just a film rights deal.

The end credits appeared, the lights in the screening room were turned on, and Martin was the first to get up and walk up to Sibel and say, "You've brought a masterpiece, a great show." ”

Sibel was thrilled and said, "You gave me this opportunity, Martin, and you helped me achieve a dream that I had dreamed of many years. ”

Gavin Newsom came over, bumped his fist with Martin like a young man with energy, and said, "I, as a husband, must say thank you to you." ”

Martin smiled and said, "You don't have to be so polite between friends. ”

Gavin Newsom laughed heartily.

Greg also came over at this time to congratulate Sibel.

"In recent years, masterpieces of romantic comedies have become increasingly rare, and 'Romantic Troubles' fills that gap and is sure to attract the attention of lovers of such films." Greg said very happily: "Netflix is desperate for this film to appear on the online on-demand platform. ”

Siebel was too addicted to the heroine, and he didn't care so much about which platform and channel the film was broadcast on, and said with a smile: "You should talk to Martin about this matter." ”

"I'm going to negotiate with Davis Studios today about the rights to the film," Greg said seriously. ”

Sibel said politely: "Thank you for your support." ”

This was the end of the preview session, and Gavin Newsom and the Sibels said goodbye and left.

David Fincher and Kane went to the shooting range to play with guns.

Greg and Martin began negotiations over the rights to the film.

This kind of film is pushed into the theater channel, and it may take several years to generate profitability including the cost of publicity and distribution.

Martin didn't refuse to sell to Netflix.

The two sides eventually agreed on a figure of $8 million.

(End of chapter)