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"No, no, no, Mr. Adrian, we think the conditions are just right," said Bertrand, obviously prepared. He looked at Adrian very seriously and sincerely. "You are very talented, Mr. Adrian. No one can deny that. But it is equally undeniable that you are still a newcomer in the business, and we must act according to the rules. "

"Oh?" Adrian picked his eyebrows and crossed his hands.

"Even if the film has a good box office, we can't give you a higher price on the script," said Bertrand, still serious and sincere. "Because the price of these two scripts is very good for a new screenwriter. As for the deadline, I don't think there is anything to discuss, right? "

"I want to remind you, Mr. Brandt, that I didn't set the price for the script." Adrian smiles and spreads his hand.

After he put out the two scripts, the four companies immediately launched a fierce competition, because the previous four valuable scripts, they had no idea of price reduction and sharing, and the prices they offered were naturally rising.

Warner was the first to give up because the script in their hands was the bodyguard. According to their professional judgment, although scream and American Pie have a lot of good points, the benefits they bring are not necessarily much higher than the bodyguard. Then fox gave up. They thought Adrian's script was good, but universal and Disney set the price Disney held on to the end of the day. Although they made films of family fun, they also had touchstone studios that specialized in making films above grade g, but they still didn't compete with universal.

"With all due respect, Mr. Brandt, you obviously haven't seen my potential yet," continued Adrian. "I don't think that when you think about how to get these two scripts, you didn't expect that I would buy a small film company and become a director."

"It's different, Mr. Adrian." Said Bertrand, noncommittal.

"No, no, no, I mean," Adrian Schiller shook his head. "I still have a choice. I believe that Disney, Fox and Warner will be willing to make concessions in this regard. If they want, they can only invest and make it by me. After all, no one knows his script better than me. "

"It doesn't seem appropriate, Mr. Cowell." Although there was no change in Bertrand's expression, his dissatisfaction and disapproval could be seen from his change of address.

"It's true." To his surprise, Adrian did not deny it.

"Not so," Adrian continued after a sip of coffee. "Universal can have the sole ownership of the sequel, but the price should be negotiated after the first release. If they don't, universal can find someone else to write a sequel script - of course, the definition of disagreement must be discussed in detail. What do you think, Mr. Brandt? "

Bertrand was in a daze. He never thought Adrian would put forward such a condition, even if the sole ownership was ignored. He even handed over the compilation right of the sequel to himself! Although the specific definition needs to be discussed, it is very simple for globegroup to go back and find another screenwriter to write a script.

"I think - that's an acceptable condition." No matter what, first promise to come down again, I did not suffer a loss here. Anyway, I still need to discuss specifically. Don't worry about any problems. That's what Bertrand thought.

"You can take a few days off in London, and lawyer Wilson will come and talk to you about the details soon." Adrian did not talk nonsense, agreed to send Bertrand away.

It seems that globegroup has taken a big advantage, but Adrian himself doesn't think so. He knows that although he is a film company acquisition and director, he is still a talented rich kid who wants to play in the film industry in the eyes of universal. They must know what they have done before. Besides, Adrian is still a newcomer, so they want to buy the sequel script with the same price first, and maximize the benefits, which is human nature.

In this case, Adrian simply gave them a bigger cake. Anyway, in his plan, the money made by the script was only a small profit. The main function was to establish good relations with several major film companies. Moreover, he was not interested in the compilation of sequels. In Hollywood, the most difficult script to write is not original or adapted, and the hardest to write is a sequel to a hot movie.

The script of the sequel should not only take into account the selling points of the film, but also the connection with the previous episode. Once there is a big flaw in logic, even if the audience is attracted by the visual effect, it will still be criticized. What's more, sequels are prone to aesthetic fatigue, which leads to diminishing selling points. For example, the third film of "scream" still has a medium to high level in terms of script. As we all know, it's just that different mask killers come out to find Cindy's trouble. In addition, the screenwriter can't completely jump out of the original frame, so it's not as good as the first one.

The same is true of American school. Although there are six or seven copies, it has been reduced to various kinds of * * and the discussion of official positions as selling points. Therefore, it is very important to maintain a brilliant image in Adrian's plan."What's the problem?" After seeing off Bertrand and returning, Adrian saw Catherine standing at the small table where he had just negotiated, gazing at herself curiously.

"Nothing, just It's a bit of an accident. " Katherine made an ambiguous gesture. "I didn't expect you were a writer besides a director."

"There's a lot more you don't know, miss bechenza," Adrian chuckled. "I don't think you've noticed the writer's name when you read the script - so sometimes don't jump to conclusions."

"I'm sorry that the script you gave me didn't indicate who the writer was." Catherine snorted and turned away.

Looking at her back, Adrian shrugged his shoulders in silence. I remember that Joseph said she was only 17 years old, and the girl with a little shrewd personality was really attractive. I don't know why, he always thinks she looks familiar, which is one of the reasons why he is so interested in her. But Adrian didn't recall it carefully. It took too much time and energy.

Don't think so much about it. Let's get it. Adrian pinched his finger gently.

There was a knock on the door. Adrian, who was busy in front of the typewriter, said "wait a moment" without lifting his head. Then he knocked a paragraph and then stood up and walked quickly to the door.

"What can I do for you, miss bechenza?" Adrian installed an unexpected look.

"Your assistant, Mr. haggis, because there is something wrong, please let me bring you the arrangements for tomorrow and some other things. I hope you can take them after you have read them and put forward your opinions." Katherine raised the document in her hand. She was wearing a big T-shirt and tight jeans. Even in the dim light, she couldn't resist the breath of youth..

"Yes, come in." Adrian made a gesture of invitation. "Would you like something to drink?"

"No, thank you." Katherine's smile was a little reluctant, and her eyes were obviously saying: help me. If there is no need to modify, let me take it. I have something else to do.

"Take a seat, please." Adrian didn't say much, so he picked up the document by the lamp and looked at it.

Katherine, who was sitting opposite, looked around in a bored way. Adrian was thrown into the document without any special expression. Her attention was turned to the manuscript on the typewriter.

After looking at a few lines carefully, her expression became surprised and naturally picked up the manuscript on the table. The content of the manuscript is the fragment of the novel, or two different novels, but still attracted Catherine.

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"what is maternal? Control! The matrix is a computer-controlled dream world, which was established to control human beings. In order to turn a man into such a thing Murphys said, holding up a battery with a metallic chill in his voice that easily pierced Andrew's heart.

"No, I don't believe it. It's impossible!" Andrew cried with his head in his arms.

"Yes, it's not easy to understand, Neo, but that's what it is." Murphys said mercilessly.

"Stop talking. Let me out. Let me out!" Neo screamed wildly.

In a flash, all the surrounding scenery disappeared, and Andrew appeared in the small cabin again. He dashed up from the chair and stumbled into the corner shouting "don't come here". Then he knelt on the ground and tried to vomit.

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"how do you feel?" Adrian's voice rang, and Catherine jumped down and quickly put the manuscript on the table.

"Don't be nervous," Adrian said, laughing at her childish gesture. "I just want to know what you think."

Katherine watched him carefully for a few seconds, and then she coughed, "well Is this your novel? "

"Yes, these are two science fiction novels." Adrian nodded. Seeing that she was still a little puzzled, Adrian simply took the manuscript and explained: "this is a novel about zombies. The main content of this novel is that a biological company has carried out a virus test in a town in the west of the United States. After the virus leakage, the normal people were infected with zombies. The municipal government sent a special tactical team to investigate, and then caused a series of accidents …… It's a popular novel that pursues excitement and pleasure in reading. Although this one is the same, it's still a little more serious. It tells us that in the future, people become the batteries of AI designed by themselves and immerse themselves in the virtual world all day long. However, some people will doubt all this, and then struggle out of the virtual world and uncover the truth of the world step by step! "

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