Producer [American Entertainment]

When William returns to Los Angeles this time, apart from participating in the Oscar and 007 script discussions, there are actually two very important meetings and five private dinners to attend. .Therefore, the unplanned negotiation of "Back to the Future" can only be completed by MiG and Wendy.

At least, that's what William insisted.

The next morning, on his way to MGM for a high-level meeting, William gave the Back to the Future script to Meg and Wendy: "After I come out of the meeting, I hope to hear your thoughts on it." Opinion."

William didn't say whose script it was, and whether he was going to participate. It seemed that he just had a whim and wanted to hear the opinions of MiG and Wendy casually.This kind of thing... MiG and Wendy have really encountered it often in the past few years. There are scripts backlogged by MGM, and there are also examples of first drafts of failed or successful films from other companies, and I don’t know where they came from. Wei Lian has been using this subtle way to train their sense of smell to become producers in the future.

Wendy has a strange radar in choosing commercial scripts.So far, she has a winning rate of more than 80.00%, and she can pick 2B250 movies that she thinks will sell well at the box office.

Miguel tends to be artistic, or in other words, he is more concerned with the filmability of the script from the perspective of a director.If he were to shoot, how would he shoot, would he be able to shoot better and more beautifully, what kind of challenges would such a shoot be?I don't know if it's because of my personality, or gay always cares more about the aesthetics of these colors and compositions. Miguel's pursuit of beauty has reached an extreme.

But it is precisely because of this persistence that Earthlings have achieved a level that other films can only rival in the VCD market.

Even little girls like Margaret and Lydia, who have no interest in science fiction at all, insisted on watching Earthlings back and forth several times.They don’t think the plot is so attractive (“those academic long words are really boring, especially suitable for use in lullabies”, Margaret said), but the movie is as beautiful as a painting, even if it is big Part of the time is only a scene in front of the fireplace, and the actor Neil under the firelight can't take his eyes off at all. The vicissitudes of his eyes, coupled with his too young face, form a contradictory and mysterious charm.

Decided!Be a fan of Neil from today!The "consciousness" of the little girl, well, it's inevitable that the little girl will be a little bit more.

During the meeting on the top floor of the MGM building, William led two interns trained by Wendy. They have now become full-timers, and they usually take turns taking minutes of the meeting.

The purpose of MGM's meeting held at the beginning of the year is nothing more than "summarizing the past and looking forward to the future."It’s okay not to listen, but William really has no interest in it. He is not very good at managing the company, and he doesn’t want to improve it.But both Sabatino and Samuel Sr. insisted that William must be present, even if he was sitting as a mascot, he must sit for the full duration.

Then, William really became a cold mascot, imitating his cousin and putting on an iceberg face.He listened with a blank expression the whole time, he seemed to care about it, but in fact it was just that the left ear went in and the right ear came out more.

MGM holds several such meetings every year, including year-end summary, tax year, and the most important shareholder report meeting for CEO Hugo.Well, the last meeting, whether it is for him or MGM's top management, is the most important battle of the year. They often need to prepare for several months just to deliver a report to shareholders. A report that satisfies them, because that report determines how much money they will get in the coming year.

The content of the report is basically, last year, how much money did MGM spend on you, and how much money did you earn for you? Is the proportion of this profit more than last year? , this ratio will be more BABLBALA than this year's.

William participated in such a meeting this time.Originally, the meeting time was earlier, but because the biggest boss Sabatino couldn't get away (William was sick), it has been delayed until now.

This was the first time William had seen Sabatino since he recovered from his illness.

over the phone.

Driven by Microsoft, with the rapid development of Silicon Valley's chip, transmission technology, video codec, and digital communication technologies, videophones were finally applied to business negotiations in the late 70s.However, in today's large companies, there are still a small number of people who actually use conference calls. After all, the senior executives are not very familiar with these ever-changing high-tech.

However, ordinary large companies naturally cannot be compared with Microsoft. As the current leader in the high-tech industry, Microsoft is already very familiar with these high-tech applications.

Old Samuel's grey-haired secretary, Greta, glanced at her cousins ​​on and off the phone indiscriminately, and thought that although Cyrus and Lesenbra didn't look alike in appearance, they were quite different in temperament. It is still possible to vaguely see that they are both "Made by Bernstein".The same handsomeness, the same indifference, the same impassive expression, no matter what others say, don't even try to find any slight emotional fluctuations from their faces.

They are flawless!

Most of the MGM executives who attended the meeting were those who participated in William's first MGM meeting, and they still remember his arrogant attitude in the past.Now, they can only sigh with emotion that the young master back then has evolved into a big man now.

The "big shot" was thinking right now, wondering if Wendy and MiG could take care of the cotton candy in the office.

Yes, that's right, he brought his pet to work again. In fact, in the ET crew, he brought his cat with him all the time.Cotton candy is already the famous "first brother" in the ET crew. Basically everyone carries some delicious or fun things for it in their pockets. It is the most attractive existence wherever they go, and they are not afraid of it at all. will be lost.

"..."

At the MGM meeting, there were only two points that William paid a little attention to.

One, MGM is gradually losing its influence on the Oscars.A few years ago, high-level executives could explain that MGM was on the decline, and there were no outstanding works, and Oscar couldn't do it if he wanted to favor MGM.Now, the result of last night's Oscar awards was a slap in the face of all the high-level executives.

"We have to strengthen our connection with Oscar. No matter how we think about it, who will remember that Oscar and Academy were initiated by MGM?! This is simply too shameful!"

Thinking about the golden age, the Oscars are MGM’s backyard. How many blockbuster movies have they made that can win Oscars and have super box office?

"What's the use of just shouting slogans?" William, who had been silent all this time, finally said something casually at the meeting.

This sentence is like a bucket of cold water, poured down on the head in the cold winter months, and all the senior executives can't help but shudder. How could they forget that this master is the latest and most intuitive person who was slapped in the face, and he must be in a bad mood It will be beautiful.All the executives couldn't help looking at Sabatino on the other end of the phone video, hoping that he could save the game. As a result, Sabatino's complexion was worse than William's.

Oscar used the music center of the Lesenbra family, and he could not give his cousin face like this, one can imagine how bad MGM has become.

This situation must change!Even if it cannot return to the golden age, Oscar must have the minimum respect for MGM and other giants.

The second is the No.007 movie of 13 that MGM and United Artists plan to jointly shoot.

"Why can't we use the equity to squeeze Albert out of the game?" People were not satisfied. After "007: Top Secret" brought nearly [-] million US dollars in profits to MGM and United Artists, they became more and more concerned. I don't want to split half and half with Albert's EON company.If it's not right this time, the money they can get is nearly [-] million, not nearly [-] million.

"Albert is a sign of 007, just like the beauty of a luxury car is to Bond. If he is squeezed out, who will make 007? Who can guarantee that this time 007 will not hit the street?" Old Samuel Er still has the most basic pursuit of a filmmaker for movies, and he has not completely become those monsters chasing interests.He is quite clear-headed and knows that 007's profits are huge, and the investment is huge, and the loss is tens of millions. For MGM who has just recovered a little bit of vitality, it is definitely enough to bring it back to before liberation.

"Aren't we still Mr. Serus?" Since he could propose to squeeze Albert out, it is impossible for the other party not to think of who will take over.Several high-level executives smiled "flatteringly" at William, thinking that he must also want to have full control over 007.

William showed the only different expression since the meeting, and sneered.

These people's calculations are very loud. If they have money, everyone makes money, but if they don't have money, they have to bear all the responsibilities.Why is he?He has said long ago that no matter how profitable the 007 series is, it was not developed by him, and he has no interest in picking up on others.

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After the meeting, William returned to the office with a grim complexion, fully expressing an emotion—he was not happy.

However, after closing the door of the office, William hugged the marshmallow again, and his face was actually not that ugly. He did this just to beat those restless people in MGM and put away their little thoughts. Bar.The arrogance he showed to the outside world could never be their weapon to use him.Because the true character in his heart is different from what he shows, he will not be fooled.

Then, William hugged Master Meow, began to lip-sync, made strange noises, and played with it.Master Meow slapped William's face with a plum blossom claw unceremoniously. This scumbag's face is too stupid, I can't bear to look directly at it.

MiG and Wendy were so calm, they were used to William's stupid face in front of Marshmallow.

"Have you finished reading the script?" William asked while "serving" Master Meow's entertainment, fully expressing his firm stance that he did not prioritize cats over friends, "What do you think of "Back to the Future"?"

"Although there are not enough nasty jokes, they are not in line with the mainstream of the current comedy market, and time travel is a bit difficult for children to understand. But in reverse, it can not only earn money for children at the mass level, but also be used as a popcorn movie. Let adults pay. Focus on the youth market, summer vacation, maybe it will become a blockbuster movie. If the box office is good, you can also consider making a series of movies.” Wendy’s basic theme is money, money, money.

"It's a very interesting movie. I have already constructed a few good and very beautiful nostalgic compositions in my mind. It may bring back many people's memories of decades ago, the era when Elvis Presley was still there. If I come to If we shoot, the prom can be arranged as..." MiG's answer was almost as expected.

While smoothing the cotton candy, William asked, "Do you want to take a picture?"

"Can you?" MiG's eyes lit up all of a sudden.

William put the business card he had prepared long ago on the table: "This is the contact information of the two owners of the script. Wendy will contact you first, and then you can control the time and tone of your promise to each other. Among the two people One of them has shooting experience in several films, even though they all rushed...Who will be the director of the first working group, you or him, depends on your own ability."

Before the filming of the script started, it would be much better for Miguel to decide who the crew should listen to in future filming than to have William negotiate on Miguel's behalf.

Although Robert seems to be a good director, but judging from his past failures, William can't take the risk.Moreover, how should I put it, William hoped that MiG would become his queen director.

The author has something to say: *In reality, as early as the 60s and 80s, someone proposed the concept of videophone.However, due to the limitations of traditional network and communication technology conditions, videophone has not made substantial progress.It was not until the late [-]s that videophones suitable for commercial and civilian use came into people's view.

In the article, the application of videophone was advanced from the late 80s to the late 70s, and the current progress of the article is in the early 80s, and the technology is already very proficient.