~： Six hundred and fourteen - the normal state is 1 super god, 1 super ghost

The small accident at the media conference did not affect the smooth operation of the crew. To this day, regardless of Wayne's net worth, his status in the industry, or his status as a major shareholder of Warner Bros. , did not appear in the media at all.

Including the gossip entertainment tabloids, there is no relevant news. The reporters on the scene that day are very clear that Wayne Greenberg's threat is definitely not as simple as talking about it, because he is really rich, has people, and has the ability to toss. You are five fans and three ways.

Although everything that happened at the press conference was not reported by the outside world, but the crew of more than 300 people in Warner Studios was widely spread in a short period of time.

The consequences were unexpected for Wayne and Charles Rowan. Neither of them expected, just because he strongly supported James Franco's behavior in front of the media, the crew started filming on the first day and entered the A very good state of personnel cooperation.

No one dislikes the leader who protects the shortcoming. This at least proves that no matter what happens in this crew, the leader is not to distance himself from the relationship and maintain his good media image, but is willing to stand up for the staff.

Especially James Franco, who never thought that after he heard about this, he was stunned for a long time in front of a slightly burned cigar, and then he showed a surprising state of performance in the subsequent filming work. , The director's performance requirements are completely beyond the scope of a rookie actor.

So it created a scene that made Wayne, Charles Rowan, and even Warner Bros. happy. The crew was three days ahead of the shooting plan in the first few days of filming, and some core The main creator thinks that the scenes that are difficult are often played once or twice, which really makes everyone feel happy.

In fact, the filming progress of the crew went smoothly and abnormally, and the reason was very clear to Wayne. The core creative team that has been cooperating for several years basically does not have a running-in period, and everyone has a very tacit understanding of their work habits, which is a guarantee that the good performance of the actors will not be wasted.

You know, a normal Hollywood production crew has a lot of personnel turnover. After the filming of the film, they would swarm away, then rest for a period of time, and immediately enter other production crews to continue working, and keep repeating this process. This is the most normal thing in Hollywood. composition of the crew.

And a large number of mobile personnel also caused the producer to form a backstage team, the director's first few weeks, and even the first one or two months, were used to stumbling and running-in staff to work tacitly.

It was precisely the long-term stability of Wayne's backstage core team that allowed them to skip the break-in period. Coupled with the actor's sudden burst of good performance and sufficient funds, the crew directly entered a high-speed operation at the beginning.

"cut, this one is over."

Under the gazes of countless people in the crew, Wayne's call to stop came from the loudspeaker. "James, you're doing great, keep up the good work, I don't want to come back from a two-day break and you've lost it."

"I promise, boss."

The male protagonist, standing in the middle of several cameras, responded loudly: "I promise not to go anywhere on the weekend, I will only stay at my home to practice."

Everyone in the crew understood the meaning of what he said. As long as it was combined with the bad things that the male protagonist made before filming started, everyone knew that this person was expressing his determination to the director.

He waved to everyone without raising his head. Wayne's eyes were fixed on the shooting plan, and he made a tick with a pencil on the opened page.

It is now around 4:30 in the afternoon. The crew in the crew saw his waving gesture and immediately started to clean up the shooting scene in an orderly manner. From time to time on the set, Gilmour's shouts and organizations rang out to assist various departments in packing up and storing the shooting equipment.

James Franco was filmed for a week, and many people in the crew were impressed by him. His good performance status is visible to the naked eye. It can be said that basically the work preparations of the behind-the-scenes staff were not wasted much, which also made many people admire him. perception, gradually began to change.

"This kid is very talented."

While packing up on the huge set, Charles Rowan leaned on Wayne's side, leaned on a prop box, and said casually, "At least it's better than I thought."

Wayne shrugged and glanced at the producer. Although the actor's performance was really good, he didn't take it too seriously. "His current state has appeared in many actors, such as Nicolas Cage during the filming of "Joker" and Christian Bale during the filming of "Batman: War Hour"."

The unpredictable state of an actor's performance has never been a factor in a director's pre-set shooting plan, especially for some actors, one good or one bad is the norm.

For example, Nicolas Cage, he can be regarded as a representative of this aspect. Sometimes when he is in good condition, his performance in the whole movie is amazing. When he is in a bad state, he is simply the representative of bad Hollywood movies, and such an actor, who can question his acting skills?

There are many similar actors in every entertainment industry. For example, Huang Jiao, who makes the audience on the other side of the Pacific love and hate, is similar. After an excellent play with superb acting skills that the audience likes to see, he will immediately reward himself with a domineering president. The acting skills and the embarrassing plot make people tremble.

"I hope this kid can keep it up." Charles Rowan has been in the circle for so many years, and of course he knows this very well. He shrugged and muttered in a low voice.

"You might as well pray now that he won't cause any more trouble."

Sofia Coppola teased unceremoniously while helping organize Wayne's belongings. She can be considered to have seen many actors since she was a child, and she even got golden sour plums herself. She knows that these actors with quirks in the circle are like an untimely bomb. No one knows when they will suddenly Make a jaw-dropping mess.

Hearing her teasing, Charles Rowan shook his head and smiled. He didn't say anything, and looked at everyone on the busy studio in a trance.

A tense week of filming work, and the smooth filming progress means a lot of work and frequent workload. Now everyone in the crew has lost the vitality of the first day of shooting, and they all want to finish the work at hand as soon as possible and return as soon as possible. Get a good night's sleep at home.

"Boss, we will fly to Canada at 7:00 tomorrow morning. We have already communicated with the airport."

Nina glanced at Sofia Coppola, who was packing her things, took a few steps closer to Wayne, and reported in a low voice.

"I see."

Leaning on the director's chair, Wayne raised his hands and rubbed the sides of his forehead vigorously. Hundreds of people on the "Flash" crew can take weekends off, whether it's staying at home for a good night's sleep, or going to the beach to enjoy a beach holiday, it has nothing to do with him.

In addition to "The Flash" that has already started filming, he also has "X-Men" filmed in Canada, so on normal weekends, he has to run over to check the filming progress and the progress of some work in the crew.

In fact, what reassured him the most was the "Charlie's Angels" crew that had wrapped up in Miami, where Luke Simmons was in control, and Naomi Watts from time to time, calling to chat about the shooting progress and The problems faced by the crew, so far, at least the three women have not had a major conflict, which is also a big miracle in the circle.

"What's the matter, what else?"

While Nina stood there with a hesitant look on her face, Wayne raised his head and asked, "Just say it, listen while I'm still in the mood."

The assistant lady glanced at Sofia Coppola, nodded slightly, and whispered, "Boss, remember the Hasbro toy you mentioned, it's Transformers, Special Forces, and Little Treasure Mary. "..."

These kinds of toys are Hasbro's top brand, and they are also the most famous in North America and even in the world. Wayne mentioned it before and asked Jimmy to ask about the copyright ownership.

"what's the situation?"

Hearing the mention of the copyright of the toy film and television adaptation, Wayne's eyes lit up instantly, especially the "Transformers" in it. This toy-adapted movie has a fatal emotional appeal to the younger generation in most countries in the world. .

Especially in North America and the other side of the Pacific Ocean, many children grew up watching cartoons related to toys. Which boy did not have the dream of Transformers when he was a child?

If the other two are to be made into film and television, they may also need sophisticated production and perfect and rigorous market research before they can start production. But "Transformers" is completely different. As long as this thing is done with special effects, countless people in the world will empty their wallets for their childhood dreams.

Because for Transformers, the protagonist is never a real person, and what the audience wants to see has always been those Autobots from Cybertron.

"Although Hasbro is a toy manufacturer, it is also a member of the circle."

Shaking his head, Nina directly poured him a basin of cold water. "For so many years, their toy film and television copyrights have been tightly held in their hands. Jimmy has obtained a result after simple contact with them and related investigations. The film and television authorization is OK, but Copyright, do not sell!"

This is a normal situation. As long as it is a big company in the circle, no one will be willing to sell the copyright in their hands, especially the film-related companies, all of which are copyright monsters. As long as the copyrights in the copyright library are entered, it does not cost several times. More than ten times the market price, there is basically no possibility for them to sit down and talk.

The situation of Hasbro is similar. Even if they authorize the film and television copyright, they will also ask for a profit share of the film. What is even more troublesome is that the copyright is still tightly held in the hands of Hasbro for similar temporary authorization of film and television. , the film fire wants to continue shooting the sequel? No problem, let's keep talking.

This is also the reason why Hasbro has only cooperated with animation companies to produce animated series for so many years, only to sell toys, and it is also the reason why countless Hollywood film companies are discouraged, because Hasbro has always been Hollywood's offline derivative channel. The important part is that he understands the routines in the circle very well. If you want to pit them, there is basically no possibility.

"Then let's do it for now."

Shaking his head, Wayne's tone contained a hint of disappointment.

In fact, he knows better than anyone else that if it wasn't for the fact that he started faster in the first few years, the copyrights in his hands are still in the pockets of big companies. The world does not revolve around him, and some things are not as good as him. Human will is the most normal situation.

And with the development of Hollywood in the past two years, especially Warner Bros. based on serialized films, ranking first in the revenue of the six major Hollywood companies every year, more and more people have seen the importance of copyright, As a result, whether it is the copyright of the best-selling book or the copyright of the comics published before, the price has become higher and higher over time.

"However, there is good news about copyright, uh..."

Nina glanced at her boss's face, pondered for a while, and then continued: "Maybe it can be regarded as good news."

Wayne raised his head in surprise, looked at her and asked, "What?"

"Jimmy said, there is news from Marvel Comics." When you mention this, the assistant will feel a little weird. The most important thing is that the cooperation that was about to reach an agreement was temporarily shelved because of a problem with Tom. .

"According to Jimmy's account, the CEO of Marvel Comics and Stan Lee, known as the father of Marvel, made a lot of noise in Universal Pictures for many times, demanding a profit share from the "Hulk" movie. After Universal Pictures shied away for various reasons, In the latest issue of the Hulk comic, Marvel turned the fat green man into a perverted silver devil, a typical lose-lose approach.

But obviously, even if it has torn its face, Universal Pictures will not be so easy to make Marvel Comics achieve its desire to repurchase the copyright. Speaking of this, Nina paused and swallowed before continuing; "However, the surprised group of people achieved very good results on the other side.

"Black Panther", the superhero, has never been taken seriously by film companies due to well-known reasons such as skin color. Artyson Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Columbia, has let go, agreeing to Marvel's repurchase rights demand, but the asking price is not low. "

Both of them knew why Marvel was so proactive. The company is now struggling to make money, and it relies entirely on loans to make ends meet. It's not that manga fans have disappeared, but a new generation of manga fans has begun to emerge, and the entertainment industry has entered the computer age.

As far as Wayne learned, Marvel Comics already has a plan to file for bankruptcy protection. If no new revenue source can be found, Marvel Comics will usher in bankruptcy and reorganization within a year or two at most.

In fact, bankruptcy and reorganization is a good thing for this comics giant, and it is not a bad thing. At that time, the company will be divided into several branches, such as copyright licensing, toys, comic book publishing, and even Internet entertainment development and film and television departments, and more. It is possible to give this already deformed giant a new lease of life.

"Give them money!"

Without any hesitation, Wayne waved his hand, and boldly instructed the assistant.

Taking the briefcase that Sofia Coppola handed over, he lit a cigarette. Seeing that there were not many staff left on the set, he was ready to say hello to Charles Rowan before leaving get off work.

"$22 million!"

When the number was blurted out by the assistant lady, it first caught Sofia Coppola's attention, her eyes widened, obviously startled by the huge number.

Although the price of copyright in the circle is now rising, it is not so high. The situation of hundreds of thousands of dollars in the early 1990s is indeed rare, but there is only one film and television copyright with uncertain market prospects, and the price of tens of millions of dollars is still too amazing in this era.

"You contact Jimmy and Colin and give them money to operate."

Even when he heard this obviously premium figure, Wayne didn't hesitate at all, nodded and agreed, and in the end he didn't forget to exhort him. "Move fast, you must not let Sony Columbia react!"

"I understand."

It is obvious that Artyson Entertainment is a subsidiary of Sony Columbia, but it is not a holding subsidiary. The two have always been operating independently, managed separately, and each has its own operating system, just like Walt Disney and Rice. Lamax, similar situations abound in the circle.

But once this matter is dragged on, and Sony Columbia reacts to it, the final result is not necessarily what it will be. These giant companies are completely hooligans when it comes to copyright, and they come into their sight. Basically, Means there is no chance of getting it.

Wayne and Charles Rowan, after confirming and admonishing the film problems after shooting, walked out of the studio, got on the tram, and left Warner Studios.

Along the way, Sofia Coppola has been looking at him with hidden eyes. This woman is a little confused now, why he spends a lot of money to collect copyright.

According to the rules in the general circle, as a director, you should never use your own money to make movies. This is the iron rule of great directors in the business field. Because no one can guarantee the success of a movie, not Steven Spielberg, not George Lucas, nor her father, Francis Ford Coppola.

Instead of using their own money to make movies, it has become an unspoken rule that major directors are abiding by. Let the production company pay, they will be responsible for filming and production, and then take their own top compensation, which is the normal director of commercial films. practice.

Obviously, Wayne's action to collect movie copyrights is very unusual, especially at a premium price. Yes, Greenberg Studios and Warner Bros., co-invested and produced "The Matrix" was a great success, but again, who can guarantee that the next film will continue to be popular?

However, this question is destined to be answered by no one. After the two sides broke up at the entrance of the studio, Sofia Coppola drove home with deep doubts.

"Boss, there is one more thing, maybe you will be interested."

The Rolls-Royce Phantom drove smoothly, and Nina, who was sitting in the back row, pushed the glasses on her face when only the two of them were left, and said, "It's also because you made Jimmy stare at the copyright of Marvel. , he found."

"What's the matter?" Wayne withdrew his attention on the director's notebook, turned to look at the assistant and asked.

"New Line Cinema." Nina's mouth slowly turned up, revealing a rare smile. "New Line Pictures has long been unable to hold on, but this medium-sized top film company in the circle has its own advantages. Their rich film library is still generating revenue for the company and has a good distribution in North America. Channels can also become the revenue point for the company to maintain.

It's a pity that New Line Cinema is best at making small and big B-grade films, but it seems to have been abandoned by the market in recent years, so now the company can only survive. Just a few days ago, Robert Shea, the chairman of New Line Pictures and the shareholder with the largest holding, has officially submitted a merger application to Time Warner, and it seems that he does not intend to continue. "

"Aha?"

Hearing this news, Wayne was not surprised at all. He knew that this day would come sooner or later. But in fact, as long as Xie Yi persists for two more years, he may not be able to continue to rely on low-cost horror movies to come back to life.

In fact, after taking away "The Lord of the Rings", and then because of the secret spoiler, the copyright and income of the rare successful works such as "Seven Deadly Sins" were also taken away by Warner Bros., he knew that there is a high probability that this The company can't hold on, and the Chinese horror master who can save them has arrived.

"Go on."

Nina nodded, thought for a moment, and continued: "Time Warner should have agreed to let Shay sell his shares to cash out, then divest New Line Pictures' film library and copyright library and merge them into Warner Bros. In the system, as for other businesses of New Line Pictures, such as television, film and television production, distribution and other departments, they will be sold separately according to the rules of the circle.

But Jimmy noticed that in the hands of New Line Pictures, there is something that you will definitely be interested in, the film and television copyright of the entire series of "Blade Warrior". You know, boss, Jimmy has been a little neurotic in recent years. As long as he sees the word "copyright", his first reaction is to buy it. "

"Let Jimmy talk, buy it if it suits you."

When this happens, Wayne understands the reason better than anyone else, that is, he let the agent, in the process of constantly buying and buying, become the copyright neurotic in Nina's mouth...

But after thinking about it he shook his head again and continued: "Try to contact, if the other party intends to sell, and the premium is not high, then take it down. If the other party opens up, then forget it, the copyright is here. In the hands of Warner Bros., we at least have the possibility of intervening in the future."

"Ok, no problem." The assistant nodded, but couldn't help but remind her. "But you have to pay attention to the boss. Although there is still more than one billion cash in the account of Greenberg Studio, if it is spent at this rate, it may affect the next plan."

"Well, you don't understand." Shaking his head slightly, Wayne sucked on his cigarette and muttered to himself. "Even if you hold the money in the future, you may not be able to buy it..."

Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Punisher, Daredevil, Jessica -Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Shang-Chi, Ghost Rider, Blades...

Looking at the street scene of Los Angeles outside the car window, the superheroes in Marvel comics flashed in Wayne's mind one by one, and he sighed in his heart, basically because of some of his actions, this movie giant destined to rise, There is no hope, no chance to rise.

The copyrights are scattered all over the world, the poor group company is going to go bankrupt and protected, plus his intentional or unintentional small actions, it is obvious that this company cannot have film and television Dafa.

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