China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 154
Hang up the phone, there is a new call, it is a landline, or the capital.

Lu Pingan didn't dare to be negligent, and connected, but it turned out to be Zeng Li.

"I just dropped my phone, so I called you just to talk to you."

"Did you call me outside?"

"correct."

"Okay, I see, you go back first, and I will send you a mobile phone in a while, an hour."

"No, I'll go buy it myself tomorrow."

"How about that, I don't have any text messages at night."

"Use QQ."

"Then how can it be comfortable to chat under the covers?"

"Don't bother."

"Listen to me."

The two were chatting, and the little ambiguous games made people feel happy physically and mentally.

50 minutes later, Lu Pingan came not far from the gate of Zengli Community with a new mobile phone and a bunch of gifts.

"Wait here for a while."

The driver nodded: "Good boss."

Lu Pingan got out of the car with his things in his arms, and walked there.

When he arrived at the door, Zeng Li was already waiting. He had short hair, light makeup, and a more formal woolen jacket, which was very beautiful.

It's just that this kind of clothing is not very warm in this snowy day, so it looks a little pitiful, and it is so cold that I stomped my feet.

"pear!"

Lu Pingan yelled, and Zeng Li under the umbrella lit up, but when he tried to lead him up, his feet slipped and he almost fell.

Lu Pingan stepped forward, the two looked at each other and smiled, and Zeng Li helped him brush the snowflakes off his hair.

Lu Pingan took the umbrella naturally, and walked into the community together.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"No, just 5 minutes."

"At least 20 minutes, it depends on how frozen you are."

"No, I'm just not antifreeze."

Just as Zeng Li finished, Lu Ping'an pulled his hand and stuffed it into his pocket.

Two hands clenched tightly in pockets.

Lu Pingan smiled.

"This way it won't be cold."

Zeng Li didn't pull his hand back, the two just walked like this, under an umbrella, the snowy day turned into a dog food day.

But this scene was very short-lived, because the two soon came downstairs to Zeng Li.

Lu Pingan originally wanted to walk a few more laps, but after thinking about it, forget it.

On a snowy day, this is tossing people.

After entering the corridor, Lu Pingan took out a big bag of gifts: "For you, it was brought from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and there is a mobile phone in it."

"It's too expensive."

"It doesn't cost money, it's all picked up from the garbage pile."

As Lu Pingan said, he stuffed the gift into her hand, not letting her refuse it.

"Take it, go back and slowly explore the surprises."

Zeng Li held the gift and asked with a smile:
"Want to go up and sit down? Zhang Tong wants to see you."

"Do you want me to go up?"

"Um..."

"Then I won't go up, so I won't embarrass you."

Zeng Li looked at Lu Pingan and continued to smile, his eyes changing.

Lu Pingan kissed her directly.

Zeng Li, who was carrying the gift, couldn't resist immediately, so he had no choice but to let Lu Pingan bully him.

But they hadn't been bullied for long, less than ten seconds, the two of them were forgetting themselves, there were footsteps on the corridor, and people came down the stairs, and the two separated, just like thieves.

The one who went downstairs was an old man wearing long johns and a cotton cap. When he reached the first floor, he looked at the snow outside the window through the door of the community and started smoking without noticing that there were two people behind him.

Lu Ping'an and Zeng Li looked at each other, then smiled.

The uncle turned back: "Oh, I was shocked."

"Sorry, sir, let's go now." Lu Pingan greeted him with a smile.

"It's okay, it's okay, who hasn't been young yet."

The uncle waved his hand generously, turned his head and looked outside the door, "Hey, this snow is getting bigger again."

The uncle just doesn't go out, nor does he move his position.

Lu Pingan and Zeng Li had no choice but to show apologetic expressions, and whispered: "Next time."

"Well, go back and be careful."

The two kissed again, one went out and the other went upstairs.

On the way home, Zeng Li sent a text message with his new phone: "It's too expensive, don't spend it like that next time."

Lu Pingan replied: "It's not expensive, it's just small money."

"It's not expensive for you, but it's too expensive for me."

"It's not a big problem to spend some money on women in Vanves"

The two were chatting, and at the same time, someone was discussing in Warner's office on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

"China Film Group actually got involved?"

The few people opposite Barry Meyer were a bit big-headed.

They didn't expect that there was such a relationship behind Lu Ping'an's purchase of Batman's copyright.

Barrymeyer was also a little surprised, but it was just what he wanted.

China Film Group's intervention can make things much more cheerful.

"Do you still want to break the contract now?"

Barry Meyer asked in a deep voice.

As a president, you must control things in a direction that is beneficial to you at all times.

It was actually the opinions of these high-level people to rent out Batman before, and he actually agreed.

But after he heard Nolan's plan, he really regretted renting out Batman.

But the degree of regret is not high, because the plan Nolan said at the time actually didn't impress him too much.

In other words, Nolan did not fully reveal the plan for "Batman 1" for some reason.

As a result, the "Batman 1" that Zenith is currently working on is between promising and hopeless in the eyes of high-level executives.

However, several high-level executives opposite Barry Meyer support the withdrawal of IP. They don't care about anything else, they only know that there is hope, and then they give their opinions for the sake of their opinions.

Barry Meyer disagreed at the time. After all, the breach of contract is not a small matter, and the other party is not from overseas, but from the top family in Hollywood.

I don’t know that it will take a year of the monkey to start. After all, “Harry Potter” is making a lot of money now, and I don’t have much thought on other series of projects, and it is still a project that is basically dead.

But the group of high-level executives disagreed life and death, and even initiated a board vote.

A moment like this, a moment like that.

Barry Meyer now fully understands why Warner had so many showy operations before.

That's why there was the first negotiation with Lu Ping'an.

Lu Pingan did not agree, and his attitude was firm and full of confidence, which on the contrary made them feel that they had to take it back.

I just didn't expect that this project would involve China.

Now the cooperation between Warner and China is entering the next stage.

In the future, Warner will get involved in film investment, production and theaters in China.

If you really breach the contract and use other tricks, the price will be the loss of the Chinese market.

Compared with the Chinese market and Batman, which one is more important?
Even if the Chinese market is not big now, there is no need to consider this issue.

If you don't go, someone else will.

So for the next plan, it must not be done.

They are just short-sighted and feel wronged, but they will not admit it.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Barry Meyer asked directly.

"Should we continue to breach the contract, or follow the contract?"

"Of course it is in accordance with the contract." Someone answered quickly.

"Then according to the contract, that's fine, let's end the meeting." Barry Meyer waved his hand, not wanting to hear this group of people chirping.

He decided to discuss with the higher-ups in a few days to remove the decision-making power of this group of people, even if it cannot be avoided, the power cannot be so great.

No other company does this!

If Warner continues like this, everything will be over.

Wasn't "Harry Potter" the same before, if it weren't for JK Rowling and her own firm attitude, these people could make "Harry Potter" into a single movie instead of the current blockbuster series!
It's just that after Barry Meyer finished speaking, this group of people obviously wouldn't stop like this.

The leader said: "No, we can't just let Batman die like this! Now the script of the first Batman is mediocre, Nolan's ability is mediocre, and Peak's experience in large-scale production is close to none. According to their approach, This film will basically not be successful, but if we do it, we will still use this script, change to a famous director, and equip a more comprehensive team, so the probability of Batman's resurrection will be greatly increased!"

Barry Meyer continued to rub his eyebrows: "You said this last time, and now you say it again, what's the point?"

"Of course it makes sense!"

The leader continued, "Although China is involved now, there are not many Chinese elements, or even none. Batman is still Batman. If it fails, this IP will be completely dead!"

"Yes."

Another high-level executive followed suit, "If the project fails, everyone will only think that Warner has lost its head, what does it have to do with China?"

Barry Meyer: "What are you trying to say?"

"We want to completely cut off from the summit!"

"That's right, withdraw everything related to Warner, including the director, and only keep the distribution."

"Yes, if Batman continues to die, it's also a matter for Summit and China, and has nothing to do with us."

"In this way, winning or losing has nothing to do with us, and it can also strengthen the cooperative relationship with China."

Everyone was chirping, and Barry Meyer didn't know what to complain about.

If there is nothing to do, he can come up with new things.

However, this suggestion is still relatively pertinent.

Nolan's ability is indeed mediocre, at least he hasn't proven himself on such a big project.

And he belongs to Warner.

If Batman continues to die this time, Peak will definitely make a fuss about this point.

So it's good to cut it off.

If it succeeds, anyway, according to the contract, Warner can still intervene later.

Anyway, it's all in our favor.

But he also asked: "What if the other party disagrees?"

"Then we can do it ourselves, and Nolan is not one of them."

"You all think so?"

"Yes."×N
"Vote."

After a while, Barry Meyer made a direct decision: "The memo is ready, don't say it's my problem in the future."

The crowd shook their heads.

Barry Meyer: "Exxon, go talk to Summit and sign an additional agreement!"

Exxon led away, and Barry Meyer turned around and said to the group: "This is the last time I will listen to your advice."

After speaking, the meeting is over.

(End of this chapter)