Chapter 69: The Hypocritical Business War (Seeking Follow-up)
At the party, Sif and her boyfriend Nat kept a close eye on the direction of the reception room.
During this time, Sif also went to make a few phone calls and confirmed some information.
The only superhero movie project currently in the pipeline on Warner's side is a rebooted Superman, which is of course not news.
The latest news is that the originally confirmed director of "Breaking Bad" and Warner have broken down again.
So now the situation of this project is back to the state where the director is undecided, the script is not available, and the actor doesn't know where he is.
In this case, it's no surprise that Warner chose Jamie to write a new script for Superman.
Strictly speaking, there is also a credit to Westar Pictures.
Warner also wanted to buy the film and television rights of "Percy Jackson", but Weistar Pictures took the lead.
Subsequently, the transaction between Weststar Pictures and Jamie was soon exposed.
Jamie was willing to exchange the copyright of his novel for the copyright of Iron Man, a second-tier superhero under Marvel, which really surprised many people.
Coupled with the recent news of Jamie's Papa John's acquisition of the Bulls, we have at least two things certain.
One is that Jamie really isn't short of money.
The second is that Jamie is an out-and-out fan of superhero comics.
As soon as the news of the imminent publication of "Weakness" broke, Warner worked out a precise plan to convince Jamie.
It is certainly impossible to sell DC superhero rights to Jamie, but Jamie can be invited to participate in the production of superhero movies.
As Warners has always done, if this collaboration can be successful, it will definitely continue to invite Jamie to participate in the production of more DC superhero movies.
The strength of the cooperation between the two parties depends on the market performance of these works.
The better the grades, the more power Jamie can get from Warner.
On the contrary, if the grades are not good, Warner will not hesitate to "break up" with Jamie.
After learning this news, Nat was not stupid enough to ask Sif how much of a win Deadpool would have against Superman.
Unless Jamie only likes Marvel's superheroes and is completely indifferent to DC Comics.
In fact, this kind of comic book fans who only like one and exclude the other are only a very small minority, and the proportion of this very small number of fans who only like DC and reject Marvel is higher.
From every point of view, Weststar Pictures has no chance of winning this time.
Sif left Nat to keep an eye on the other side of the room, while she went to call her father, Logan, to report to her.
After listening, the elder Logan directly asked her daughter if she was still at the party.
After receiving an affirmative answer, Logan Sr. told Sif to stay at the party and try to get as many details as possible from Jamie Dutton about working with Warner.
Sif was very resistant to this.
Jamie had been sneered at during the previous negotiations, and at this time, he went back to the other party with a shy face, and he didn't know what he would be despised.
Old Logan on the other end of the line was angry after hearing his daughter's thoughts.
Previously, Sif did not leave the party directly because the negotiations were fruitless, but decided to stay and inquire about the news, and Logan was still a little relieved.
Sif is at least a lot better than Kendall and Roman.
If it is replaced by those two uncompetitive sons, it is estimated that they will choose to leave immediately if the negotiations break down.
This seemed to old Logan to be the behavior of fools and cowards.
"If Warner really asked Jamie Dutton to write the script for Superman, then we invited Jamie Dutton to write the script for Deadpool on the same terms, do you know why I'm doing that?"
Realizing that this was another test for her father, Sif immediately picked up her spirits.
At this time, she regretted a little that she didn't call her boyfriend Nat too, otherwise the other party could still help her come up with ideas.
"Warner's invitation to Jamie Dutton to write the script for Superman is on the one hand to see Jamie Dutton's current popularity, and on the other hand, it should also be to retaliate for us stealing the copyright of "Percy Jackson" before, and we are doing this now to fight back."
Unfortunately, this answer did not satisfy old Logan.
He told Sif to do what he said he would do first, and then figure out why he wanted her to do it.
Upon returning to the party, Sif tells Nat about it.
As a qualified kobold military advisor, Nat took the initiative to help his girlfriend analyze a wave.
The meaning of Logan's move to fight back against Warner is obvious, but its real purpose is probably to disrupt the cooperation between Warner and Jamie.
Warner itself is known for its love of intervening creations.
When Jamie takes over writing the script for Superman and Deadpool at the same time, Warner executives will surely mumble in their hearts.
Jamie, who has two boats on his feet, will he do his best to help his family.
The ideal outcome is that the two sides will fall out directly during the creative process.
It doesn't matter if that doesn't happen, after Jamie finishes writing the script, Westar can publicize that the script he wrote for Deadpool is awesome.
In this way, any dissatisfaction with Superman's script on Warner's side will be infinitely magnified by the suspicion in his heart.
Even if it has not succeeded in stirring up the relationship between the two parties at this point, then wait for the film to finish filming and see the result directly.
If both films achieve good results, Westar will at least get a blockbuster, and it won't be a loss anyway.
The ideal outcome is, of course, that Warner's side loses and Westar's side earns.
In this way, Warner has every reason to suspect that Jamie did not bother to help them write the script, and the cooperation between the two parties will definitely fall through.
On the other hand, if Warner earns it, Weisda loses.
Warner executives will still wonder if Jamie's ability will sustain the next success, and the foundation of trust between the two sides will be shaken.
Sif listened, her eyes lit up, and she was about to call Logan Sr. to give her the correct answer, when Nat suddenly reminded her.
The door to the reception room opened.
Sif looked back and saw Jamie coming out of the reception room.
But Jamie was the only one who didn't see Rob Reiner.
Sif looked at Nat suspiciously, and her boyfriend immediately swore that he had been staring at that side just now, and Rob Reiner was definitely still in the room.
At this time, Sif didn't care about this, and after changing his smiling expression, he immediately walked towards Jamie.
When they met, Sif asked straight to the point:
"You've already negotiated with Rob Reiner?"
Jamie asks rhetorically:
"You know what we're talking about?"
Sif nodded.
"I can probably guess."
Jamie didn't shy away from asking:
"So what? Are Westars ready to step up? ”
Sif shook his head and said:
"No, whatever Warner gives you, Westar can give you the same conditions."
"Don't be too busy refusing it, I know an invitation from Warner would be more attractive under the same conditions, but you can work with both of us at the same time, right?"