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So, aren't you going to talk to me about funding? You know, I won't accept 'no' as an answer. Lance's playful teasing made Ian burst out laughing, and Ian En raised his head, looked at the warm and happy smile on the corner of Lance's mouth, quickly wiped away the moisture from the corner of his eyes, and regained his usual ease and calmness, Forty million? You know, even if you sell Gao Wen Well, it’s not worth that much.”

Indeed, Gao Wen is a tight end. In the football world, the quarterback is always the most valuable. In the long history of the NFL, no tight end has crossed the $10 million annual salary threshold, but the quarterback's annual salary has easily approached 20 million. A year ago, Gao Wen completed his contract extension with the Green Bay Packers. After serving in his old club for eleven years, he renewed his contract for another two years. He got a two-year contract of 16 million and became one of the highest-paid tight ends in the league.

Therefore, as Ian said, even if Gao Wen was sold, he would not be able to get 40 million.

Lance spread his hands, with an innocent and ignorant expression on his face, I heard that on the Wall Street Stock Exchange, there are tens of millions of transactions every second.

Although Ian knew that Lance was joking on purpose, he still couldn't help but shook his head and said helplessly, I work for others, not start my own company. Maybe Ian has completed many transactions Tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of projects, but these are not his money. I'm just speculating on the future based on the information at hand and giving appropriate opinions, but I can't really predict the future.

Ian's joke made Lance stunned, What if I can really predict the future?

In fact, in the last life, Lance once considered using his knowledge of the future to win the first pot of gold, and then realize his ideals in life. But later he discovered that things were not that simple. Firstly, he did not have enough initial capital, and secondly, he knew nothing about economics and stocks. Therefore, in the end, he achieved nothing. But now, things are completely different.

Of course Ian didn't take it seriously, he said with a smile, Then I can give you 40 million in just a few days. For example, you tell me which stocks will be listed in the near future. With violent ups and downs, which stocks will have a stronger long-term trend...

Lance waved his hands again and again, I don't understand anymore. The only thing he knows about stocks is that Apple's stock will be very valuable in ten years...but he doesn't have a clear concept of how valuable it is. But apparently, things ten years from now aren't going to help the present.

Ian didn't continue talking, he knew that Lance didn't know anything about these things, So, why don't you tell me first, what is the project you plan to invest in this time, and where are we now?

After listening carefully to Lance's description of the ins and outs of Sin City, Ian fell into deep thought and lowered his jaw slightly, So, you mean, this project has not been taken down yet, and we are working hard to get it, right? Bar?

Lance didn't expect Ian's first question to be this, Aren't we talking about funding?

Ian looked at Lance's astonishment, and chuckled softly, I mean, if we can hinder our competitors, it might buy me more time to raise funds. Ian thought about the problem The angle of view is obviously different from that of Lance.

Host competitors? Of course Lance wants to snipe Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, but it won't be an easy task, at least not as much as sniping Roland Emmerich. easy.

Ian's expression became more relaxed, obviously this is an area he is familiar with, I think your competitors, like you, must have a headache about funding issues. On the one hand, they need a lot of money to complete this work. Shooting, on the one hand, they don’t want the style of the work to be affected by the production company’s too much finger-pointing, and you both stand at the same fork in the road.” Ian’s explanation was very clear, and Lance understood it immediately, If you want our company to complete the filming independently, then the financial problem becomes the top priority; but if the company can't solve the financial problem, we can only choose to cooperate with other companies like 'the day after tomorrow' or 'killing someone with a borrowed knife'.

Lance nodded in affirmation, and Ian continued, So does your competitor have their own production company? Or to be more precise, their production company has the ability to support the shooting of the entire work ?

Robert Rodriguez has his own production company, Troublemaker-Studio, which has launched the Very Small Spy series and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and its overall strength is slightly better than that of Chaos Films. Some, but not by much.

In the Sin City of the previous life, Lance clearly remembered that the final investor was Dimension Pictures, a subsidiary of the Weinstein Brothers. Like Chaos Pictures, it was a purely private company. It has been established for many years, but its development has always been tepid. Their fist work is the Scream series, and they mainly make a living by publishing and producing horror and thriller works.

The Weinstein brothers have a close personal relationship with Quentin and have a good relationship with Robert, so although Dimension Pictures has no great interest in Sin City, it still decided to invest. However, although the Weinstein brothers are producers of independent films, their control over the film is outrageous-especially in the editing stage, Harvey Weinstein is even called scissorhands, many Independent directors are reluctant to shoot with them.

No. Lance gave his own answer, Quentin and the Weinstein brothers have an extraordinary friendship, so if nothing else happens, they should seek the cooperation of Dimension Films or Miramax— —Dimension Pictures has a better chance. Lance gave his reasonable guess as much as possible.

Ian nodded. After learning about Hollywood recently, he also knows that Miramax is a subsidiary of Disney, so naturally it is not dominated by the Weinstein brothers. So, I thought, any company has doubts about investing in such a project, if I make them doubt, it will take more discussions and deliberations before they can decide whether to invest, which will make competitors run out of steam , On the one hand, we need to convince the cartoonist, and on the other hand, we need to convince the investment company, this will buy us some time.

Langston immediately understood Ian's strategy. Simply put, it was to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

Ian's ultimate goal is not to let the Weinstein brothers give up their investment in Sin City, but to delay this cooperation and get Robert and Quentin into more trouble. This is not a difficult task. With the character of the Weinstein brothers, Robert's bold and arrogant shooting plan is indeed easy to cause disputes-Robert is not Quentin after all.

I have a grievance with Harvey Weinstein. Lance's words made Ian's eyes light up, and then Lance briefly explained what happened at Sundance, You said, he will hold grudges In your heart, will you reject me outright? Or will you be ambitious and want to suppress my arrogance?

Ian chuckled, From your description, he will first catch your appetite, making you think you have hope, and then reject you severely, embarrassing you. Ian thought for a while , However, he is a smart businessman, and the core idea is the supremacy of interests. As long as there are enough interests, he will abandon the past, but he will definitely not let you have a good time.

The corner of Lance's mouth raised slightly, But, if Quentin knew that Harvey was pursuing Uma—she was Quentin's muse, and the two of them even had a secret affair, would things change? Since Robert and Quentin want to rely on Harvey, and Harvey will not give up this partnership, let's see how they deal with the so-called women problem.

Ian's mind was spinning quickly. Originally, he just wanted to disrupt his competitor's plan, but now, if he planned properly, he could even cause the opponent to directly fight among themselves, which is naturally the best. Well, you concentrate on filming 'Borrowing Knife', I will meet with Harvey and leave this matter to me. Let me talk to him. On the one hand, let Lance avoid Harvey, he can master more initiative; on the one hand, it also allows Lance to concentrate on shooting the work.

Of course it couldn't be better. Lance pursed his lips and nodded in agreement.

What about Quentin...how did you pass on the news? Ian's understanding of Hollywood was only superficial, and he hadn't had time to go any further.

Several plans immediately came to Lance's mind. He could use Javier Ulliel's blog to spread rumors; he could use paparazzi like Dylan Wilde to create rumors in the circle; Earl Greed, let him spread rumors in the agent circle, and Quentin can notice it without knowing it, but he doesn't know where the source is.

This is Hollywood, Vanity Fair living under the spotlight, where gossip is almost everywhere. As for whether it is true or not, it doesn’t matter, what matters is whether people believe it or not—this is the weight of rumors, even if it is a lie, a look, an expression, and a word are enough to oppress people, just like the scarlet letter Same. What's more, the triangle relationship between Harvey, Uma and Quentin is not simple.

Leave this to me, and I'll let Quentin know. Lance thought of a better way, Dorothy Wright.

Ian nodded, and stopped asking, If everything goes well here, it can at least buy us a few weeks. However, Wei is not the goal of besieging Wei and saving Zhao, but Zhao is, so in the final analysis After all, the most important thing is to convince Frank Miller, win the adaptation rights, and start filming.