~： Four hundred and twelve - kill Peter Parker.

"Who came early?"

Hearing the report from the assistant, Wayne did not go up to greet him immediately, but stopped with Naomi Watts and stood in the theater door to ask.

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of screams at the entrance of the Grand Theater, and the fans on the scene cheered and shouted.

The three looked out at the same time, and it was Steven Spielberg and George Lucas who walked the red carpet together.

Nina looked outside curiously and said, "It's Todd McCarthy, David Denby and Kenneth Turan."

"Forget it." Wayne shook his head and looked at the two bosses who walked across the red carpet for an interview. "Steven and George will come in right away, we have to say hi right here."

After a short time, the two who finished the interview with the media reporters walked into the Grand Theater together. Steven Spielberg hugged Wayne, then smiled and said:

"The film's test screening reputation is very good, and it should not be a problem to sell it. The attendance rate of "Tornado" has been slowly declining this week, and "The Departed" just took over the box office champion."

The ambition of Warner Bros., it can be said that no one in the circle knows about it. Hearing the words of the good old Jewish man, Wayne first shook hands with George Lucas, then raised his chest, and said with an unceremonious smile:

"Of course, I have confidence in my film."

There is a strong confidence in his words, as if another big production, which is premiering tonight, doesn't exist.

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas looked at each other and both laughed.

"Okay, don't entertain the two of us, you are busy with you, let's go to rest first." George Lucas patted him on the shoulder and waved a staff member over.

"Ok, we'll talk later."

The two Hollywood directors nodded to Naomi Watts and followed the Warner Bros. staff to the lounge area on the second floor.

"Pity."

After the staff left and the two sat down, Steven Spielberg whispered to the old man: "Wayne is the most suitable director for "Saving Private Ryan", for this kind of **** large scale R-rated, no one can do it better than him."

George Lucas took a sip of coffee and said unceremoniously: "Don't think about it, he can promote the cooperation between DreamWorks and Warner Bros. is the greatest help to you now, Wayne can't take over Warner Bros. other films."

The good Jewish man nodded involuntarily. In fact, as a major shareholder of Warner Bros., Wayne did not stand on the position of the Sixth Congress to suppress DreamWorks, which was already a good thing.

Now he has taken the lead in promoting the cooperation between DreamWorks and Warner Bros., so that DreamWorks can breathe a sigh of relief and concentrate on building its own distribution channels. For DreamWorks, such help is indeed more meaningful than shooting a film for them. .

"Everyone called him a dark lunatic!" Steven Spielberg sneered, looking in the direction of a theater entrance. "But those people don't know, Wayne is full of humanity to everyone around him!"

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"Jealousy is the greatest original sin, Steven." George Lucas agreed: "Sometimes he does seem like a lunatic, it depends on who. However, Wayne's character is really complicated..."

The two of them were talking about Wayne upstairs. At this time, an unexpected figure appeared in front of the Hollywood Chinese Theater.

"Strange, how could he come to the premiere of the Warner Bros. movie..." Nina slightly pushed her glasses and muttered as she looked at the middle-aged white man walking towards them.

Then he moved forward two books, approached Wayne and whispered: "This is Paul Knight, the executive of Sony Columbia, it seems that he is coming for us."

Hearing Sony Columbia, Wayne froze for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully. This giant acquired by Benzi Capital may be the only member of the six major members of this summer's file that did not participate in the war, so there should be no hostility to himself.

He didn't allow him to think any more, and the person who came smiled and stretched out his hand. "Hello, Wayne."

"Welcome to the movie premiere, hello, Paul." Seeing that the other party took the initiative to extend his hand, he also took two steps forward, and politely shook the other party's hand.

The comer once also had fierce competition with his films, but according to Hollywood's rules of conduct, they would choose to die after the competition, and no one can guarantee whether there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future.

"The Departed has a very good reputation." Paul Knight suddenly appeared this time, obviously not for a simple greeting. "Warner Bros. is destined to be the big winner this summer, Wayne, I heard you like superheroes very much, are you interested in working together once?"

The other party didn't mention how they wanted to cooperate, but when Wayne heard him mention superheroes, he immediately thought of the little spider, the most famous copyright in Sony Columbia's hands, which can only be Peter Parker.

He vaguely remembered that Jimmy had mentioned to him that Sony Columbia had sent Jimmy an invitation to cooperate more than once. Facing the temptation raised by the other party as soon as they met, Wayne smiled and said nothing.

"Your Batman: Hour of War and Joker inspired all the studios in Hollywood, and it's unbelievable what they've achieved."

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Paul Knight didn't care, and continued: "Columbia also wanted to make its own superhero, but the failure of "Hulk" was so tragic, it dispelled the confidence of many senior executives in the company, Wayne, I have to admit that in the genre of comic superheroes, only you can make the film mainstream."

"Thank you, I'm just lucky." Unable to understand the specific meaning of the other party, Wayne nodded humbly and kept thinking about what the other party wanted to do.

As the main manager of Sony Columbia, it is impossible for the other party to know that he will not make films for other companies. Since such information is well known in the circle, why do you want to try to cooperate?

"No, no, Wayne." Paul Knight suddenly shook his head seriously and said solemnly: "One success can be said to be good luck, and consecutive successes must not be the cause of luck. Sony Columbia and I both believe that, A superhero can only be successful if you have it in your hands."

"what!"

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him who was complimenting him, Wayne was simply too lazy to go around in circles. "Paul, let's be honest, how do you want to cooperate? I can tell you clearly that Warner Bros. and I have a series of plans. In the next ten years, I don't think I have time to shoot other companies' projects."

The atmosphere between the two suddenly froze for a while, and when the two women beside them thought that this short conversation would end in an unhappy end, Paul Knight suddenly laughed.

"Wayne, of course I know what you said. I have a proposal here, you can consider it."

Halfway through, he observed Wayne's face and found that he was not impatient, so he continued: "Sony Columbia invested in the "Spider-Man" project, how about you being the project producer?

The recruitment of the main creative team of the crew, the adaptation of the film script, the film shooting style, etc., Sony Columbia will mainly rely on your opinions, you only need to control the direction of the film, just like the work of "The Matrix" similar.

I can assure you that the investment in this project will never be less than 150 million US dollars. If you feel that the budget is not enough, you can always increase it! "

It turned out to be this plan, and as he finished speaking, the three people present suddenly realized. Wayne did not participate in the shooting and post-production work of "The Matrix", but only pointed out a general direction and gave the main creative team a framework.

Moreover, the other party said all the general plans, but did not mention the issue of remuneration. This is obviously not a stingy performance, but a preparation for hemorrhaging.

Wayne smiled and shrugged, Spider-Man is completely different from The Matrix, it's not a conceptual work at all, he can't agree.

However, seeing that the other party is so sincere, there is a high probability that they will linger for a while. The traditional Hollywood methods will take turns, and if you guess correctly, you will spend money.

"That's it, Paul." He leaned forward slightly, his face flashing with interest. "I'm very interested in Peter Parker Darkening Spider-Man should and indeed be very exciting. I'll make the script, right? That's good.

You see, what if we blackened Peter Parker's experience and put him in a state of good and evil? I have filmed superheroes who hide and hide without blood. This time I am going to kill Spider-Man at the end. Will it be very interesting? Then we'll..."

Looking at Wayne who is getting more and more excited, Paul Knight's face is getting darker and darker, Peter Parker is blackened and twisted? Spider-Man was killed? This is just bullshit!

They want to invite each other at any cost, with the aim of ensuring success even if the first part gives up most of the profits. Until there is a foundation for the success of the first film, starting from the second, it is the time for Sony Columbia to make a lot of money.

I wanted to have a successful beginning, but it looks like this, if Peter Parker is blackened and then killed, what if the beginning is successful, this is not in Sony Columbia's interests at all.

"Wayne, you're thinking about it, let's talk about it sometime later." Seeing that he still wanted to continue, Paul Knight reluctantly left a sentence, turned and walked to the second floor of the theater.

"Hey Paul, don't you think my plan is very interesting? Paul..."

When the back of the Sony Columbia executive disappeared completely, Naomi Watts and Nina looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.

"Wayne, you are so bad. Haha, when I heard you say that you want to kill Spider-Man, the guy's face changed from cyan to black, hahaha." The Australian actress hugged his arm and laughed Almost bent over.

Wayne put away all his bad taste, spread his hands, and looked innocently at the two women. "I think Sony Columbia should give up completely now."