Chapter 1537

Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall have made a formal statement on the issue of pay negotiation for Lanley's joining the "Jurassic Park" to restart the project. Lang Meyer has officially nodded his head. However, Thomas tour is still playing tricks and tricks, and has a close battle with Andy Rogers. It seems that he still refuses to compromise until the last moment.

As the CEO of legendary film, Thomas is able to deal with many elites on Wall Street. Is he really mindless?

Obviously not.

Now let's review the reasons why legendary pictures and Warner Bros. parted ways. It's not because of the uneven distribution of interests between the two sides, nor because of Kevin yuan's exclusion of dissidents, but because Thomas's ambition blueprint failed to convince Kevin, and the two sides broke up. Finally, Thomas tore up the contract and turned away.

Thomas wants more real power.

It's not just sitting behind the screen calculating and judging which works to invest in and which to reject; But can appear in front of the camera, really become the producer of the crew, control the life and death power of those Hollywood top actors, go to the top of the vanity fair pyramid.

It's like Frank Marshall.

In short, Thomas is no longer satisfied with dealing with numbers. He needs to deal with characters and win more attention and sense of existence with more exposure. He needs to become a real powerful person, just like the director in Truman's world, and master the life of those actors.

Kevin tohara, the new official, refuses to dilute his rights because he knows that Thomas is an ambitious hero and will only interfere in more and more things in the future. What Kevin needs most now is another spearhead to challenge his authority, even if he loses the support of legendary film.

Thomas also refused to compromise again, tit for tat, never give in, Warner Bros. high-level turmoil is the best opportunity for him, after missing it, there will be no more, either smoothly on the top, or take the opportunity to offend Kevin and terminate the contract, no matter what the answer is in line with his expectations.

In the end, the "breakup" between legend pictures and Warner Bros. can be said to be a complete face tearing, rather than a peaceful release reached by both sides. The scene is very ugly, and the friendly forces directly become the enemy forces.

When he chose Universal Pictures, Thomas had already stressed his position and requirements to Lang Meyer. Therefore, in the negotiation process of restarting the project of "Jurassic Park", Thomas was always tough, while Lang Meyer always compromised, because this is the first project that the two sides decided to cooperate with. Peace is the most important thing.

Objectively speaking, Thomas has no intention of targeting Langley, but the time is just right and he has met an important turning point.

On the one hand, Thomas refused to be the one who opened the gate of film payment, which is definitely not a good start for his career as a "producer"; On the other hand, Thomas needs to master more discourse power and initiative, formally establish his image as a powerful producer, be tough and ruthless, and never compromise or refuse to compromise easily.

Although it's not appropriate to describe it like this, Thomas didn't mean to "set an example to others". Even in the face of Warner Brothers, Thomas has the courage to confront head-on, let alone a blue ceremony?

Or from the perspective of Thomas, it's just that Langley was unlucky and ran into his gun.

Therefore, even though the internal meeting of Universal Pictures has confirmed the result, Thomas still did not let go easily. In the conversation with Andy, he clearly stated his position, further exerted pressure, and showed his strong hand. But the problem is that Thomas uses Wall Street to determine his prestige, which may not be popular in Hollywood.

At least Steven and frank won't buy it.

As early as after the internal meeting of Universal Pictures, Steven sent an e-mail to lanli, informing him of the whole story and taking the initiative to advise:

"If you finally refuse to take part in this work, I won't blame you for your decision. In fact, I think Thomas lacks respect for you. You should raise your price further. If there are negative rumors in the industry, I will clarify them for you personally. God, I'm really fed up with these Wall Street elites, always so smug. Art is not numbers. They should learn that. "

At the beginning, Steven joined hands with two good friends to create DreamWorks. At its peak, it was the seventh largest film company in Hollywood. Unfortunately, it ended up being split and sold. A large part of the reason is that they refused to inject capital and control from the Wall Street giants.

Although DreamWorks has produced numerous popular and box office works; However, there were not a few works that failed at the box office. There were problems in the capital chain, and the follow-up investment and operation gradually began to fall behind. As a result, the film department and the animation department split up in 2004. Later, paramount and Universal Pictures launched a snap up of the film department in 2006, and paramount succeeded.

Around the corner, Steven and Thomas, acting according to Wall Street, once again face-to-face confrontation. Naturally, he is also full of complaints and dissatisfaction.

As a matter of fact, Langley didn't see the mail at the first time - his habit still hasn't changed. The mail is just a dustbin. If Matthew didn't get the news when he helped to organize the mail regularly, I'm afraid Langley is still in the dark; However, even if Langley could know the situation immediately, he would not care too much.

For the film payment and "Jurassic Park", lanli always maintains a relaxed and open mind: I am lucky to get it; Lose it, my life. In terms of the mentality of commercial films and art films, Langley made corresponding adjustments——

He is now open to all possibilities, accepting different roles and scripts; At the same time, the sense of urgency and tension is relatively relaxed. If you miss a role or a movie, there is always another time. There is no need to be too eager. Slowly, he is beginning to enjoy his career as an actor? It's a good challenge.

At this time, in the face of Andy's consternation, lanli shrugged, "don't worry, I know it won't be long. Moreover, my news update is not as timely as you

Andy just felt a dull pain in his forehead.

"Well, what's Thomas' condition now? You just said that he has agreed to your request, haven't you? " Lan Li changed the topic with a smile and went back to business.

Andy took a long breath, calmed down and regained his composure. "Yes, he has nodded now, but I need to see more sincerity, otherwise I don't recommend you to play in this work. In the future, there will be more problems after we really put into shooting. We must draw the bottom line now. "

"What's more, the main character of Jurassic Park is a dinosaur. If it wasn't for Steven, I don't think you need to take part in it. It's just a supporting role in the movie. It's like Megan Fox and Shia Labov running and running in transformers. There's nothing special about it. I think you deserve a better choice. "

"Who remembers the actors who played in Jurassic Park? All the images in my mind are Tyrannosaurus Rex. I don't remember anything else. Oh, yes, Julian Moore has played in the third film, but even such a good actress as her has been drowned, hasn't she? "

"As Steven said before, this time we still need to focus on the characters, but until now, the script has not come to our hands. How can we make a judgment? If they go back to the old way and focus all their attention on dinosaurs, then you don't have to take part

"Wait a minute, do you think that's why Thomas always thinks it's not cost-effective? The narrative focus of the film must be on the dinosaurs. They don't need to use big name actors at all, just a second-line or third line handsome guy, which is enough. Are there few actors like Hollywood? You can easily find a lot of them. That's why Thomas was so discontented and then acted so tough? "

"No. I need to find out again. If that's the case, then we can reject Thomas immediately. I mean a formal refusal! "

Insatiable, Andy could not help but start to make complaints about it. He could feel it real and accurately. He had deep love for Thomas's behavior. Thomas had been making progress in spite of his repeated concessions. What's more, lanli is no longer the same. He needs to be more tough.

But then Andy found that he was only speaking himself, and there was no response at all, so he raised his head and cast his eyes, "what's your opinion?"

Blue Li made a serious thinking appearance, and then nodded, "OK."

"... you weren't thinking at all, were you?" Not to say yes or no, Andy has been unable to make complaints about it.

Andy shook his head helplessly, and then said, "I see. It's all up to me. Anyway, this is my job. Now your attention should have shifted to interstellar crossing. The Jurassic Park project has to stand back, right? You're ready for your next role now, aren't you? Even the work has no mind

"No, the most important thing now is publicity." Lan Li said solemnly.

Andy gives a white eye as a response. The topic comes to a paragraph for the time being. Andy looks up, looks left and right, and mutters in a low voice, "Why are the pick-up workers so slow? That's not right. We've been here for nearly an hour. How long will we stay here? This kind of work arrangement is really amateur. "

Before the voice fell, Nathan came face to face with two strange faces. It seemed that he was the local staff.