Legendary Hollywood Director

After the car bypassed a rockery fountain, it stopped in the open-air parking lot, and Lehmann got out of the car. Looking at the surrounding environment, he also sighed, It's really good here.

Barry Mayer listened and smiled: If you think it's not bad, you can come here often. Our group of old men often meet here to play golf. If more young people join, it will add some vitality.

The assistant secretary was secretly arguing on the side. As Barry Mayer, since he said such a thing, he really valued this young director.

Who is Barry Mayer?

Not to mention how powerful Warner Bros. Pictures is in Hollywood and how good its performance is, it is the network of contacts he has accumulated and the dividends he gets every year, so his worth is not low.

Forget it, I'm not very good at golf, I like to think about movies more than that.

It's good for young people to be ambitious, Barry Mayer said with a smile.

Lehman didn't answer any more, and went to a restaurant with him.

The decoration inside is still quiet and luxurious, and they are all set apart in the same way as private rooms.

However, this meal, to be honest, is quite tasteless.

The age difference is so much, it is boring and scruples.

After the meal, Barry Mayer took Lehmann to a private room at the club to continue talking about the project.

After a while, we got to the point.

Apart from the investment conditions of cooperation, talk about your personal needs. Barry - Mayer said.

Although the data in Warner's annual performance report is still quite good today, in fact, various problems are also a bit of a headache.

Sony Columbia rises with Spider-Man, and the worst thing is Warner.

In the past, the field of super British movies has always been respected by DC. Now that the three kingdoms are competing for hegemony (20th Century Fox's Fantastic Four and X-Men), Warner is naturally not willing to share the fruits with competitors.

But unfortunately, the adaptation plan of Superman and Batman has not been smooth, not only many people in their own family have also criticized the project, and the market prospects outside are not very optimistic.

Just when he was in trouble, suddenly someone really took over the olive branch that he had thrown away.

This promising young director has already made Barry Mayer look forward to it.

As soon as Barry Mayer asked, Lehman bluntly stated his demands, I am actually very simple, just give me more free shooting space on the set. Actor selection, film shooting, post-editing and even assembling and shooting. The team is all up to me, how about it? As for the follow-up distribution rights and offline channel revenue, I can completely give up.

Barry Mayer smiled and said: I agree to this request. But we have to discuss a plan first. If the film does not perform well, your company's investment and share will give priority to make up for Warner's losses, how about it?

Okay. Ryman continued: In that case, the producer will also be the one I recommend. Also, Warner is not allowed to easily interfere with the filming of the project. Does this make it seem that everyone is cooperating in good faith?

it is good.

Barry Mayer is more and more pleasing to the eye the more he looks at Lehman, this young man is too appetizing for him, not only has the talent of directing, but also knows how to advance and retreat (actively giving up the film copyright and not participating in the offline operation is equivalent to taking the initiative to give up a piece meat out),

Not arrogant, and temperament is not so annoying.

Director Lehmann, have you ever thought about joining Warner Bros? We will definitely give you more preferential treatment than Europa Pictures. Barry Mayer still couldn't help but say this.

Faced with such a proposal, Lehman refused without thinking, Sorry, I am a director, as long as there is a good project, I will naturally cooperate, and there is no one to join.

This is bullshit. In the end, the reason is that Lehmann does not believe that Warner will really regard his project as a key operation. Compared with Europa, Warner’s competitiveness is too strong, and they have no shortage of profitable projects. , such as Harry Potter, such as Lord of the Rings, such as The Matrix...

Barry Mayer was not too surprised to hear Lehman refuse. Since Leiman has dealt with him, he has never expressed too many thoughts of wanting to join, let alone when it comes to relevant cooperation, he can advance and retreat freely while fighting for relevant cooperation, which is obviously a very measured, Very opinionated person.

It's a pity that this kind of talent can't be used completely for me. Barry Mayer exclaimed.

In the previous life, it was also Barry Mayer who was optimistic about the potential of Christopher Nolan. Without a word, he supported him to direct and restart the Batman series, and successively cooperated with Deadly Magic, Inception, Interstellar ... As for now, he thinks that Lehmann has great potential, and naturally he has the idea of ​​whether to let him join Warner.

But Lehman is not Christopher Nolan. At that time, Nolan was just emerging, and his reputation was not obvious. He was attracted by Barry Mayer, and he was a big platform like Warner. He must have the intention to join. If it was like this two years ago, maybe Lehmann would be very happy. But now he has worked so hard for so long. With qualifications, he has made several successful movies. If he is foolishly tied to a company like Warner, he will definitely not be as free as he is now. He Lehman is not stupid.

Of course, it is also risky to have both sides. For example, what Europa Pictures and Paramount Pictures will think about cooperation is still unknown.

However, he is not afraid.

Anyway, his own project is still the priority to cooperate with Europa. In addition to the kindness over the years (mainly due to Luc Besson's affection), there is also the idea of ​​​​stabilizing the base camp there.

After the two of them had initially unified the general conditions of cooperation, Lehmann got up and said goodbye happily. Barry Mayer wanted to send him off, but Lehman called his agent Johnson to pick him up and gave up.

After returning home, Johnson couldn't help but ask, Is the new project going to work with Warner?

Lehman smiled and said: Yes, when the time comes, you need to pay more attention to the specific cooperation terms, but in fact, it is almost done.

Johnson was stunned. He didn't know what the specific cooperation was, but the news still made him very happy. After all, his career was closely linked to Lehmann.

Don't worry, I will pay more attention.

Well, then you go back first, and I'll go upstairs first.

The roar of the engine sounded again, and Lyman returned to his big house, came to the spacious balcony, looked around, and couldn't help but relax.

After working so hard for so long, he should have succeeded, right?

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