To save the music festival, winning the championship is not too much.

"Hey, Bruce!" Nicholas Hoqi came up and gave Xu Xuan a bear hug.

In fact, the relationship between the two is not as tense as imagined.

After all, the copyright and screenwriter of Big Dinosaur are all Xu Xuan, and Nicholas also returned to the top with this movie.

The bearded man is very enthusiastic.

After Nicholas Hoqi staggered his body, there was a middle-aged white man standing behind him, looking at Xu Xuan with a smile.

"Bruce, can I call you that? Thank you, I'm Mark Ironside, Rashomon's deputy general manager. You can call me Mark."

The two parties shook hands, Xu Xuan asked Nicole to bring three cups of coffee, and then talked about the film market in recent years.

The Big Five in Hollywood have been losing money almost every year in recent years.

Just like the original time and space, the production of Hollywood blockbusters is too expensive, resulting in many movies not being able to make back their money at the box office, and some even do not make back their money even with video tapes.

But why does Hollywood insist on making blockbusters, that is, A-level productions?

Influence!

The Hollywood people of the Eagle Country are not doing it for their motherland. This group of people is purely for profit.

What Hollywood wants is influence in the world's film and television industry. They want movie fans around the world to immediately feel like a blockbuster and good-looking movie when they hear about a Hollywood production.

To this end, the Big Five in Hollywood have been persevering.

In the original time and space, Disney almost went bankrupt. You can imagine how much losses blockbuster movies caused them.

But there is no doubt that there are a few blockbusters produced by Hollywood every year that will affect the film pattern around the world.

Last year's big dinosaur is the best proof.

Hollywood capital advocates success.

Xu Xuan's scripts have been successful, and Qiao Su's works have proven themselves, so there is no need to say more about the rest.

Game of Thrones has been sold to the Child family, and there's nothing Hollywood can do about it.

But "Forrest Gump" is still around.

Hollywood has been tinkering with this production.

But this novel has already become popular in the Eagle Country, so it is too late to suppress it based on the novel.

Well, it just so happens that Xu Xuan is going to enter Hollywood now, so let's start from this aspect.

So the Cold War started, and everyone knew it.

If you, Xu Xuan, had remained a screenwriter honestly and even handed over the rights to adapt and film "Forrest Gump", we would still be good friends.

Otherwise, Hollywood connections will suppress you, just like the four major theater chains in Eagle Country did not support the simultaneous release of "Iron Man".

Mark Ironside came here today, still for this matter: "Is "Iron Man" going to be released in early October?"

Seeing Xu Xuan nod, Mark shrugged helplessly: "That's really unlucky. Rashomon's "The End of the World" will also be released in early October, so everyone will meet together."

Xu Xuan smiled but said, if "Iron Man" is moved to November, it is estimated that "Armageddon" will also be moved to November. Everyone understands this tacitly.

"It doesn't matter. The four major theaters in Eagle Kingdom do not release the film at the same time. We only cooperate with Poly Cinema. There should be no conflict between us."

Mark also nodded: "Bruce, you should know that not allowing the four major theaters to be released at the same time is likely to consume the life cycle of the movie. In this way, the probability of repaying the money at the box office will be greatly reduced. I still suggest you In cooperation with the four major theater chains.”

How could Xu Xuan not know this?

Back then, why Xu Xuan had to acquire Huaxi Cinemas was not because he knew that no matter in time or space, theaters were the terminal for movies.

No matter how good your movie is, it will eventually turn into a joke if it doesn’t make money.

"Iron Man" has a production budget of more than 100 million US dollars. Apart from the actors, it is almost a standard A-level production.

For such a work, failure to recoup is not only as simple as losing money, but also a huge blow to Xu Xuan's reputation.

Mark added: "Actually, I can talk to them on Bruce's behalf. Everyone is here for money. There is nothing unreasonable. To put it bluntly, it is still the relationship between "Forrest Gump" and Bruce's positioning, right? "

Xu Xuan nodded.

Mark said: "So, Bruce, can you give up the right to adapt "Forrest Gump"?"

In fact, Xu Xuan has also thought about this issue.

"Forrest Gump" is a standard eagle country dream story.

If you let yourself shoot such a work, you will definitely castrate a lot of things.

For example, some scenes of Forrest Gump participating in the war, and some scenes of playing table tennis.

But it's not without solutions.

You can completely delete these scenes and add some other Chinese characteristics.

In short, Xu Xuan can shoot this work, or he can leave it to people from the Eagle Country. The question is how to cooperate.

Mark naturally knew Xu Xuan's hesitation, so he explained: "Bruce will still serve as the chief screenwriter for the adaptation of "Forrest Gump". The top five Hollywood companies can allow Bruce to participate in 5% of the global box office investment. How about this?"

Nicholas Hoqi, who was sitting next to him, felt helpless.

Doesn't this condition mean that Xu Xuan is asked to hand over this work directly?

And it doesn’t give you the right to participate.

Screenwriters and the like are almost working for nothing.

This is a mature work, and the screenwriter does not need to find someone too famous at all. Xu Xuan is appointed as the screenwriter purely because of the success of Big Dinosaur.

And only giving Xu Xuan 5% of the investment share is humiliating.

The Xu Xuan now is no longer the Xu Xuan three years ago.

In Eagle Country alone, Xu Xuan's assets can reach 5 billion US dollars, which refers to assets and cash.

For such a capital tycoon and someone who holds the copyright of "Forrest Gump", you will give him a 5% investment share?

What is this if not humiliation?

"Who is the director of this play?" Xu Xuan asked.

Mark Ironside glanced at Nicholas Hooch: "Of course it's Nicholas, he's the best, isn't he? The three assistant directors have also been found. How about we allow Song to play Forrest Gump's girlfriend as an actor? Like this Sincerity is enough!"

Xu Xuan smiled. A few years ago, Xu Xuan might have said that I was not even qualified to be an assistant director?

Now, there's no need.

The arrogance of this group of people is engraved in their DNA.

For such a movie, it is impossible for them to let Xu Xuan participate in it, even if you are the copyright holder.

"Of course, Bruce, after this cooperation, two of the four major theaters in Eagle Country will release "Iron Man" simultaneously. This will be the best result for your reputation and the movie, right?"

At this time, Vivian, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help but ask: "Boss can't even get the assistant director? Just give "Forrest Gump" a simultaneous release in two theaters?"

Mark knows Vivian, and it can be said that basically the entire Hollywood knows Vivian.

From the founder of a newspaper to Xu Xuan's agent, this woman's experience is also very outstanding.

"Aren't two cinema chains enough? You also have the support of Poly Cinema, and the probability of "Iron Man" returning its investment has greatly increased!"

Vivian quickly looked at Xu Xuan, she was so afraid that her boss would be furious.