Chapter 151

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In the morning, Harvey Weinstein just went to work. He opened the door and walked into the office. He came to the big desk, opened the boss's chair and sat down. He took a sip of the coffee prepared by the assistant, nodded with satisfaction, and put his eyes on the neat documents to be processed on the desk, ready to start the day's work. (please refer to the literature building for the latest chapters)

the documents are divided into two piles, with only a few thin ones on the left and a thick one on the right.

This is sorted out by the assistant according to his habits. Urgent or important affairs will be put on the left, and vice versa.

At the top of the left is a plan. At the bottom of the plan is a copy of the script. Harvey Weinstein takes a look at the cover of the plan. It turns out that CAA sent it to Miramax!

Although I don't like that group of vampires, Harvey Weinstein knows the ability of CAA. At least the projects they sent to us will not be rubbish.

There are not many things on the cover of the plan. Besides CAA, there is also the code of the project.

This is the practice in the industry. Many films are just a code before they are officially approved or before they enter the publicity period.

Code "after, there is a familiar name, project planner - Murphy Stanton!

Seeing this name, Harvey Weinstein immediately thought of the movie "the shock of the chainsaw", which has been released from North America. What huge profits has this movie brought? But Miramax passed it by.

Just like Murphy's attitude after the party, he can't say how to be angry.

He turned his head slightly. Under the glass of his desk, Murphy Stanton's note was still there!

Harvey Weinstein is at least a qualified business operator who can drive Miramax to its present position.

A new work by a director who can win high returns at a low cost twice in a row is also worth seeing.

First, Harvey Weinstein took out the script from the bottom of the plan. When he saw the absurd setting of beauty fighting zombies, he could not help shaking his head and laughing. When he saw more than half of the script, he was sure that the content of the script was very ridiculous, and some places simply did not conform to the logic of normal people's thinking.

But this is obviously a cut project with black humor. If this book is not absurd, it will lose its attraction.

Beauty, zombie, plasma, nudity As long as these things are handled properly, they are absolutely attractive to a considerable part of the audience.

But to control the scale of investment! Harvey Weinstein immediately came up with this idea. After all, the audience range of cut films is here, and niche films are niche films, which can not become the real mainstream of the market.

Harvey Weinstein unconsciously pats the table when he sees that the leading role of the beautiful woman in the script finally kills all sides. He smiles on his fat face and obviously feels that the play here is very interesting.

If it's a new director, it's absolutely doubtful whether he can produce the effect of the script. However, Harvey Weinstein has some confidence in the author of the script. Hard candy and electric saw have proved that this is Murphy Stanton's best style.

With the script closed, Harvey Weinstein opened the plan of the project and read it more carefully than before.

Obviously, this is a packaging project of CAA. The main staff behind the scenes, including Murphy Stanton, are all from CAA customers, and the project clearly indicates this.

Harvey Weinstein can recognize that most of these people have participated in the movie, and their basic abilities are guaranteed.

He is very slow to read the plan, and often stops to think about the feasibility of the terms written above, sometimes nods and sometimes frowns.

For example, the heroine even plans to invite Jenna Jameson. Harvey Weinstein thinks it's not right. There is a natural gap between San Fernando Valley and Hollywood. It's better not to cross this gap.

It took him nearly two hours to finish reading the plan. After closing it, instead of looking at other documents, he went to the French window to look at the distant scenery and think carefully.

There is no doubt that this is a well planned, well thought out and highly feasible commercial film scheme, with a script of medium to upper level, which is quite operable.

And it's stated in the planning book that it's not CAA's plan, but from the project's sponsor, Murphy Stanton.

Harvey Weinstein knows that CAA does not need to play tricks in this respect, otherwise, with the fluency of information in the industry, any inquiry will be able to pierce.

He attaches great importance to this. The project plan written by a director is more important than that made by a brokerage company.

The director is the one who directs the project.He is a veteran of independent films. Compared with the producer centered system of mainstream commercial films, these low-cost independent films should be operated around the director. This is milamax's experience in making and investing in independent films for many years. As long as the supervision is in place within the budget, the director has the right to control everything in the film, and in order to control the budget, the director has the right to control the film, All the staff around the director will play everyone's initiative and wisdom, to ensure that every penny is spent on the blade.

Therefore, the most important point is whether the director is worth the investment.

Harvey Weinstein has enough determination, just as he spared no effort to support Quentin Tarantino.

Walking back to his desk, he picked up the phone and dialed the assistant's number. "Make an appointment for me with Bill rosis and Murphy Stanton of CAA. The sooner the time, the better! Also, transfer the project to the market research department and let them start analyzing it now. "

Harvey Weinstein is not easy to make a blind decision, which may involve nearly ten million dollars of investment, even for Miramax level companies, it is also a huge number.

He'll get in touch with CAA and Murphy Stanton first.

CAA has a huge network in Hollywood. The codenamed project and project plan were sent to a number of suitable companies, and Fox Searchlight also received one.

On the same morning, Godin Clyde, Fox Searchlight's marketing and distribution business, saw the script and plan in his office.

"Isn't it a sequel to the chainsaw?" He turned and frowned. "What's Murphy = Stanton thinking?"

The huge profits brought by the movie are just around the corner. How could Godin Clyde give up this series, and the other side has not finished telling the story. There is a sequel to follow. Now, instead of doing the sequel, he is going to do other projects

New projects often mean new risks.

Godin Clyde is more interested in the sequel to the power saw than in the beautiful new project that this proposal does.

He thought about it, found a number and dialed it.

"Hi, Murphy." When he got through, he said with a smile, "it's me, Godin."

On the other side, Murphy is looking at the house, letting Kerry Mulligan go on, and walking through the big living room of the house into the grassy vestibule.

"Hello, Godin." He came under a palm tree and stood in the shadow. "What's up?"

"Well, I saw the plan for your new project from CAA." The opposite voice seemed to be discontented, "how can it not be the sequel of" the shock of the chainsaw "

"I've only finished the script outline for the sequel so far." Murphy simply said, "it takes time to write the script..."

Godin Clyde over there interrupted. "Are you still the director?"

"No, No." Murphy shook his head. "I don't have time right now. If the new project is set up, it may be delayed until next summer."

What else does Golding Clyde want to say, Murphy said preemptively, "Golding, don't you think it's better to delay for a while?"

The silence on the other end of the phone, Golding Clyde must also be able to see that the sequel is not suitable for release in the short term.

A director also needs to have a good network. Murphy thought about it and said, "after the script is finished, I'll pass it to you as soon as possible. If the investment is made, we can reach an agreement again. I believe it's not hard to find a director of a horror film."

There was silence for a while, and there was a voice, "for the time being, let's keep in touch. If there are changes, we can communicate again."

It's only just the beginning of the release of the movie in the overseas markets of Britain, Germany, New Zealand and Australia. There's really no need to worry about the sequel.

Hang up, Murphy goes into the house, finds Kerry Mulligan, and continues to listen to the real estate agent.

This is a four bedroom house, which is composed of two connected two-story buildings. In front of the house is a courtyard surrounded by green trees, surrounded by high white walls, blocking the rendering and peeping of the outside world. Behind the house is a small green space, surrounded by typical California vegetation such as palm trees, and there is a not too big swimming pool.

"How's it going?" Murphy asked Kerry Mulligan.

It's not the first time for them to come here. After seeing several houses, they are most satisfied with it.

"Not bad." Kerry Mulligan is still looking with his hands behind his back. It seems that he hasn't thought about it yet.

Murphy is relatively satisfied.

This house is not far from Stanton studio. It is located in the quiet valley edge of Santa Monica. It was built in the 1920s with typical Spanish romantic style.

On the first floor, there are arched doors, arched ceiling, hand polished beams, stone fireplace, spacious entertainment room, hardwood floor and Saltillo floor tiles on the ground. Along the circular staircase on the left side of the living room, you can walk up to the spacious master bedroom and three secondary bedrooms.

From the stairs on the side of the second bedroom, you can enter the auxiliary building. On the first floor of the auxiliary building, there is a gourmet kitchen. The kitchen is mainly made of granite and leads to the restaurant. From the restaurant, you can overlook the beautiful scenery of the swimming pool and garden in the backyard, as well as the built-in barbecue facilities and warm courtyard beside the garden. It is very suitable for relaxing here after a busy day. (to be continued). )