Chapter 1507

The black limousine is moving along the spacious streets of Manhattan. The traffic outside the window is still so familiar and friendly, but the atmosphere inside the car is slightly dignified and silent. It seems that everyone is in the middle of thinking and has no heart to talk.

Lanli's eyes fell on Andy and Roy one after another. The smile on the corner of his mouth rose. He didn't interrupt their meditation. Instead, he turned his head and looked out of the window, humming unknown tunes, and each melody was hovering in his mind for a long time.

Andy and Roy both looked up at each other with a relaxed look. They exchanged a look, and then they both looked at lenley. Although lenley has always been like this, today's cheerfulness is still unusual - at least, on the way to the film premiere, lenley would not hum happily.

It seems that in the two months since the shooting of "pop drummer" ended, the shackles on lanli's body are gradually decreasing. Is that a good thing?

"What tune is this? Haven't you heard of a new piece of music before? " Andy is still relatively calm. He hides his mind and breaks the silence.

"Oh, no, it's not." Lan Li said with a smile, "it's just an eight beat chorus chord. When shooting "pop drummer" before, my mind kept circling that beat rhythm, unconsciously hummed a chord for that eight beat, and then kept circling in my mind, again and again, just like a magic spell. "

"Then why don't you just finish the whole score?" Nathan asked with some urgency.

"No inspiration." Lan Li's answer was crisp but unexpected.

Nathan was stunned, and Roy could not help joking, "I know for the first time that you don't have inspiration when it comes to music creation. Don't all the melodies come at hand? "

Roy was obviously joking, but Langley didn't mind. He nodded and said, "yes, I know, but even Mozart and Beethoven have their own problems, and I need to adjust." Roy shook his head helplessly with his self-confident and arrogant manner to show his surrender.

Sitting on one side of Andy, his face also appeared a shallow smile again, and his tense mood was slightly relieved.

For the official release of "gravity", Andy is also very nervous.

In the past month, there has been another bloody storm in Hollywood. The change of senior management is very frequent, not only in Warner Bros. and universal pictures, but also in the power control of other large film companies, which is not as exaggerated as shuffling, but the power distribution and interest alliance are no longer the same.

The most direct impact is that the cooperation and planning of many film projects may start again.

Lanli's project has finally made an important breakthrough, "speed and passion" is still not moving, "Jurassic Park" and "interstellar crossing" both entered the next stage.

Thomas Toure's attitude is finally relaxed because Warner Bros. is aggressive. They want to buy out the investment and production rights of Star Trek and refuse to continue to cooperate with legend pictures; But legendary pictures and Warner Bros. still have two works of cooperation agreement, Thomas is not willing to let go easily.

In the game of power and momentum, Kevin Fuyuan, a new official, has won the support from Time Warner's parent group. In the face of the joint efforts of Universal Pictures and legend pictures, he still maintains absolute strength and does not give up.

After all, Thomas made a choice. He gave up the production right of "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of justice" and chose Christopher Nolan's "Star Trek", which is his bottom line; And Kevin after careful consideration, nodded to Thomas's terms.

In the end, Warner Brothers and legend pictures each invested half of the money to share production rights and distribution rights.

At the same time, Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas succeeded in persuading their old friend Thomas Toure, perhaps for the sake of running on Kevin towon, perhaps for the sake of long-term interest confrontation, and perhaps for other reasons, Thomas finally nodded his head and agreed to lenley's proposal to play the leading actor, and agreed to lenley's request for film remuneration——

20 million plus six percent at the box office. It's not five percent, it's six percent, but only if the box office in North America exceeds 250 million.

The details have been adjusted, but the overall direction is still in compliance with Andy's wishes. This also means that Langley will officially enter the 20 million club and become the top member of Hollywood; At the same time, lanli went a step further than the other 20 million club members, winning the right to pay dividends on the basis of film remuneration.

This is a breakthrough!

Thomas nodded in agreement, and now it was Kevin's opinion.

Kevin Fuyuan is not Barry Meyer after all. They have different policies and management ideas. Kevin is really dissatisfied with lanli's big mouth. He doesn't want to be the pioneer who opens the Hollywood actor's pay gate soon after he takes office, but... He also knows that lanli's pay requirements are not too much to tear his face, So he was stuck in a dilemma.

According to the internal rumors of Warner Brothers, Kevin has actually been soft hearted. No accident, he should nod his head and agree to cooperate this time.

However, Kevin has just been on the stage in the first half of this year, and he has shown his iron hand and determination by burning up the three new office bearers. Now, he is a bit difficult to ride a tiger. He needs to give up his promise and maintain his authority and face as the new CEO.

In this context, "gravity" will be officially released soon.

A close official familiar with Kevin said that Kevin still does not have a comprehensive understanding of the current film market pattern, but he also clearly understands the current position of lanli in the industry.

If the box office of "gravity" is booming, then lanli's film payment will not only be the existing level line, but also be bound to rise. Lanli can refuse "Star Trek" at any time, and the whole Hollywood will launch a scramble; But "interstellar crossing" rejected blue Li. Does this mean that blue Li and Warner Brothers are drifting away?

Therefore, Kevin is not aggressive. He just needs a step. If gravity can make a good performance at the box office on Friday, he will immediately nod his head.

But actually everyone knows that as long as gravity doesn't collapse like Lone Ranger and shadow, even if the box office performance is not as good as expected, Kevin will nod his head and agree. No accident, the cooperation project of "Star Trek" can be officially confirmed. But gravity's box office numbers have other implications.

It's back to Thomas tour.

In order to run Kevin tohara, Thomas agreed to the price of "Star Trek" after weighing and thinking, which also means that the negotiation of the restart project of "Jurassic Park" has made an important breakthrough. Now Thomas has approved the way of 20 million base salary plus box office bonus - after a long-term tug of war, it is not easy to let go.

However, for the proportion of box office dividends, there are still differences between Thomas and Andy.

Andy's hope is 6%, he is not greedy, not too demanding, but refer to the "star crossing" level; But Thomas is only willing to give 2%, because "I will not set too high the bottom line of North American box office, 100 million US dollars is OK", so the dividend ratio must also drop.

Andy went on to say that he does not mind copying the requirements of "Star Trek". Only when the North American box office exceeds 250 million can he get a dividend, but the proportion must be 6%; Thomas still didn't nod, agree, refuse or compromise. Instead, he was silent.

In other words, Thomas is waiting for gravity's premiere box office.

At present, there is only one commercial film "tomorrow's edge" in which lanli is the only one. For Thomas, who is in charge of investment banks and funds, chips are not enough. He needs more risk assessment; But the problem is that if gravity box office is successful, Andy's pay figures won't be at the current level——

This also means that the game between Andy and Thomas is bound to continue for some time.

Now, all eyes are focused on "gravity". Andy is also looking forward to the box office success of this film, which will become his bargaining chip and win him more advantages; But recently there have been so many praises that Andy is beginning to feel uneasy.

The higher the expectation, the higher the risk. Because the film standards are bound to rise, once the actual film viewing effect can not meet the audience's psychological expectations, the greater the disappointment, the more serious the cliff diving curve.

The so-called praise and praise, the so-called propaganda and preheating, is a double-edged sword. Only when the film market really gives box office feedback, can we determine whether the impact of those positive comments is positive or negative; However, it is certain that "gravity" has occupied the commanding height in terms of topic and focus.

Today, the premiere of "gravity" is about to open in Lincoln Center, New York. With the trend of worrying about gain and loss, Andy will inevitably feel uneasy. The more you care, the more nervous you are. That's the same thing.

But now looking at the relaxed Langley in front of him, Andy also relaxed a little. "Are you worried about the box office of the movie's premiere?"

"Of course." Lanli nodded without any hesitation, "in order to shoot this work, we all experienced too many frustrations and hardships. Naturally, we still hope to be recognized by the audience. Only when the film makes money, Alfonso and I can get more creative opportunities. The reason is so simple. But... It's beyond our control now, isn't it? So, why don't you just relax and enjoy yourself? "