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Chapter 410 The crew that may be shut down (Earth)

Time Warner CEO John Stankey's private email leak is called the "email door". Of course, this "email door" is not as influential as Birch's "email door". In terms of influence, it is even more so.

Stars don’t care about being scolded, even Robert Downey Jr. was kicked out of the group because of the project team’s disdain for his work attitude, and Henry Cavill was disliked for his poor acting skills.

There is no way for Truman to care about anything else, what he said is indeed somewhat true.

Therefore, silence is the best expression for them to deal with this turmoil, but in November, after the crew finished filming in Sioux City, Truman received an email from John Stankey, which said, "Sorry, CH, I can't support you anymore."

At that time, Truman was preparing to leave Suzhou City with the crew, and went to the next filming location to complete the last part of the location shooting. It is expected that all the shooting work will be completed before the Hollywood winter break, and then there will be a huge post-production stage, which will take about 4 hours. months.

Now, after receiving this email, Truman didn't understand it, so he forwarded it to Adam.

About five minutes later, his bejeweled feature phone beeped, and the call was from Adam.

"CH, we're in trouble, John Stankey is stepping down."

John Stankey's resignation was not only due to the leak of "Blood War on the Vulture Peak" project resources, but also some more shady things in his email, which even Fowler dared not release to the public easily.

The deeper the investigation goes, the more involved John Stankey and his AT&T will be. In the end, AT&T must pay the price, but the first to be abandoned is John Stankey, the new CEO.

"The news is kept secret, otherwise it will cause a shock to the crew. Before the winter break, we must finish filming all the film content, so that the project can still be in our hands. Otherwise, once the winter break is over, if Time Warner is not satisfied with "Blood War Vulture" If Feng’s attitude changes, things will become even more troublesome.”

Although Adam had ordered the news not to be leaked, he also named a few people so that he could communicate with them, including Feng Zikai and Lu Linlang. know.

But just like the leaks in the process of "Blood Battle on Eagle Peak", it seems that all the news related to "Blood Battle on Eagle Peak" cannot be kept secret. Only one day later, Feng Zikai heard people in the crew talking about John Stein The news of Key's imminent resignation.

Going to the Internet again, there are relevant news everywhere.

In the news, even spending 3 million U.S. dollars to support the "Blood Battle on Vulture Peak" project was one of the main reasons for his resignation.

Next, Feng Zikai clearly felt that the crew was not running smoothly.

At present, the project team of "Blood War on the Eagle Peak" consists of several Time Warner staff and a large number of technical staff, MPC art studio staff, some staff recruited locally, as well as leading actors, supporting roles brought from Hollywood, and a large number of locally recruited extras , the overall scale is huge, with about 300 people.

This is the scale after the war scenes have been filmed. At one time in Donggang, the entire crew had as many as 1500 people, which is why the basic funds to maintain the operation of the crew need to be as high as millions of dollars every month.

Although Time Warner has a small number of staff, they control the finances of the crew. At present, Time Warner and Truman Studio's capital investment in "Blood War on the Eagle Peak" is a joint venture.

The financial staff will estimate all the investments, and then ask the two parties to inject funds into the designated account at a ratio of 3:1 (Time Warner: Truman Studios).

Therefore, once there is a problem with Time Warner's willingness to invest in the project, the entire project will come to a standstill. For example, the salary of the MPC art studio is settled according to the project cycle, and they will first worry about whether the project can proceed to the next cycle.

In November, the wind and rain were precarious.

Time Warner is like this, and the project team of "Blood Battle on Eagle Peak" is also like this. Feng Zikai worked hard to advance the project, but it felt like a high-speed sports car was suddenly pulled out of the engine and replaced with a bullock cart to pull it forward. It was extremely difficult to move forward.

In the routine video conference held by Truman Studio, everyone discussed the method.

"We have to do something." Lu Linlang said.

Seeing that the filming of the project is about to be completed ahead of schedule, such good news is completely unable to resist the bad luck brought by John Stankey, how can one be reconciled.

"Yes, what to do." Truman repeated Lu Linlang's words.

Of course, Lu Linlang knew that he didn't have any countermeasures in his mind.

"The worst case scenario is that we have to buy this project from Time Warner." Lu Linlang said, "It's like "Shang-Chi 2" and "Spawn."

Now Lu Linlang wants to complain, why all the projects that Truman has handled seem to be unfinished in the end, first Disney, then Cullen House, and now Time Warner, doesn't Hollywood have a reliable film manufacturer?Or is Truman hitting Tianshengke film studio?
"Currently, Time Warner has invested 1.1 million US dollars, including actors' remuneration and various shooting project expenses. Post-production has not yet started, and distribution is even more of a gold-swallowing behemoth. We may have to raise 15 to 20 billion. funds..."

When calculating this number, Lu Linlang smiled wryly.

"Lin's Mining..." Lin Yuhang wanted to pat his chest and say no problem, but the amount was really too big, and he couldn't say it.

"Yu Shao, let Mr. Lin and the ancestors of the Lin family rest. Let's find QQ or Ali to invest." Lu Linlang said.

"I'm afraid the conditions won't be too good." Xing Shuwen frowned.

That's right.

If it was the beginning when these big domestic manufacturers were chasing "Blood War on the Eagle Peak", then the crew would have been able to get quite generous conditions, but now, it's like waiting for the other party to rescue them with a knife rest around their necks, and they will be regarded as the other party if they don't lick this project cleanly. benevolence and righteousness.

This is business.

"Trumen, what's your opinion?" Lu Linlang named Trumen because she saw him in a daze.

At this time, why are you in a daze!
"My opinion is to solve the problem..." Truman said cautiously, because Lu Linlang's tone was a bit harsh, so his answer was a bit like a primary school student.

Hey...Looking at Truman's expression, Lu Linlang sighed, what could she compete with a "genius and moron".

"So I'm working on that," Truman said.

"How to solve it?" Lu Linlang asked.

"Tackle the problem at its root," Truman said.

"Where is the root of the problem?" Lu Linlang asked.

"The roots are in John Stankey, and we're addressing him," Truman said.

ah?Lu Linlang was stunned, and quickly asked, "Who are you?"

"It's us." Truman said, "You and I and them."

"...Don't hang around me!" Lu Linlang was a little dizzy, "If you can solve the problem, how long can you tell me?"

Truman raised a hand, the slender and beautiful fingers had calluses from the filming of "Blood Battle on the Eagle Peak", which made them look strong and powerful.

"Five weeks?" Lu Linlang guessed, that's too long!
Truman withdrew a finger and said, "...4, 3, 2, 1."

(End of this chapter)