Chapter 1724 1724 Gathering in Berlin

Berlin in February always has a lingering gloom, the endless clouds completely isolate the sun from the city, and the desolate branches stretch stubbornly in the air, emitting in the rustling wind. There is a crunching noise, and the sight is always gray, black and white, as if the whole world has returned to the era of black and white in an instant, no extra color can be found, the air is slowly condensed like this, and the cold deep into the bone marrow is from. The icy street penetrated through the soles of the feet, and a brain rushed towards the heart.

Kevin got out of the car and saw the desolation in front of him. The broken walls of the Berlin Wall came in from the corner of his sight. When he turned around, he could see the wall that was still not completely demolished. In the Potsdamer Platz construction site of the construction project, there is no abruptness at all, and people can't help but imagine the life scene before the wall was torn down, and an inexplicable desolation spread among the bricks. At this moment, a gust of cold wind rushed towards his face and drilled from the collar of his shirt to his back. The biting air instantly tightened all the muscles in his body, causing Kevin to shiver twice. , I just feel that the whole person wants to curl up.

"Damn the weather." Kevin muttered in a low voice, then walked quickly forward.

The Berlin Film Festival is always faced with such a situation. The bad weather is prohibitive. It takes a lot of courage to leave the warm spring of Los Angeles and come to this icy Berlin. However, the Berlin Film Festival in the past two years has been very lively. If it is understandable that it was because Hugo came to Berlin last year, this year is a bit weird - because Hugo did not have any works in the exhibition, but All the bigwigs in Hollywood arrived in Berlin in unison, and the grandness even exceeded the Golden Globe Awards a month ago, so that the media reporters with big votes had to follow closely, lest their negligence miss something important news.

The main venue of the Berlin Film Festival was arranged next to Potsdamer Platz. After Kevin got off the car, he walked straight forward. There were no large numbers of fans standing guard on both sides. The whole scene was extremely deserted. The banners clearly reminded that this is the main venue, and even made people suspect that they had gone to the wrong place.

After pushing the door and entering the infield, the scene suddenly became lively. Everyone turned their attention to the door. After realizing that the person who came was a face they didn't know at all, the fans once again took their eyes back and started discussing in detail, but the media reporters did not. They pressed the shutter one after another, and the expressions on the reporters' faces seemed a little strange.

Kevin quickly learned the truth of the reporter's expression. After accepting a brief interview, Kevin entered the inner lobby and saw Michael Roselle, who was both in the right and left, and was very lively at a glance.

As the new chairman of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Michael's ability is beyond doubt, and strictly speaking, they are all "foreign reporters", so they have more advantages abroad, and this is their home field. Therefore, it is not surprising that Michael can feel like a duck to water today.

Michael also saw Kevin, and after apologizing to the others around him, he went straight to greet him, "Look, isn't this the biggest CEO in Hollywood, how did you come to Berlin? Does this mean that this year Berlin will surprise us?"

Kevin was a little confused. At this time last year, the Golden Globes could not wait to pull the cramps out of the Berlin Film Festival. This year is reasonable, but why did Michael, the head of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, appear in Berlin? This is really strange, but Kevin doesn't care too much. As long as the other party asks for something, it will inevitably reveal clues.

"This sentence should be said by me. The most active Golden Globe winner in Hollywood actually appeared in the cold and dry Berlin. I have already smelled the smell of a big event." An old fox like Kevin, naturally It was impossible for Michael to catch the loophole, and a sentence was lost, so that Michael could not continue the next step. Both of them laughed, but their eyes deeply concealed their true intentions.

After a simple exchange of words, Michael and Kevin left with their own thoughts. Michael walked towards Barry Mayer, the current head of Warner Bros. Kevin slowed slightly, and out of the corner of his eyes saw Michael moving forward. direction, there is a vague idea in my mind.

As we all know, after "Independence Day", Hollywood has entered a new era. Whether it is the use of computer special effects or the output of investment scale, earth-shaking changes are taking place.

In fact, long before Independence Day, the situation had sparked numerous debates, with the most steadfast proponents of the idea of ​​high production, high returns being Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. And now, after the huge success of "Independence Day", the two companies are also taking the lead in their movie plans for the next three years, half a step ahead of the other six major studios.

Then, Michael's choice today is intriguing. Although things can't be seen on the surface, Michael is obviously not a soft persimmon to be in charge of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, but at least Kevin can feel some vague threads.

Looking back, Kevin walked over to Paramount CEO Shirley Lansing, "What the hell is going on in Berlin this year, I just saw Barry just now, and I met Lang at the hotel last night, now you It actually appeared? Could it be that there is any treasure here?" Xue Li was the first to speak, preempting her.

Kevin laughed, "I came here specially for 'Romeo and Juliet', and we have high hopes for this work. Of course, I heard that there are several good projects under the sponsorship fund of the Berlin Film Festival, and I also Wouldn't deny my interest." Kevin said half-truthfully, "What about you? I don't think Paramount had a finalist in Berlin this year."

In the face of Kevin's question, Shirley did not panic at all, but smiled calmly, "If I said that I was here because I was worried about Leonardo, you would definitely not believe it." Paramount and the 20th Century Fox is working on "Titanic," but otherwise, the two sides are still competitors. "Actually, Buzz called me a while ago and said he and a friend in Paris had a new idea, and I I thought it was very interesting, so I wanted to come and have a look."

Kevin naturally won't believe this nonsense. Buzz Luhmann has finished filming "Romeo and Juliet" and is currently resting. He has no idea of ​​a new work at all. "Should I feel a sense of crisis? Because Thomas didn't get along with him not long ago. I said, we should sign a three-production cooperation agreement with Buzz, he thinks Buzz is very good, so are you poaching?"

Shirley seemed a little surprised and raised her eyebrows slightly, "Your remarks made me more optimistic about him, maybe his proposal is really worth taking a closer look at." Shirley was also in circles with Kevin, the whole conversation just now. It is estimated that none of the parts are real.

Shirley's eyes suddenly paused, and then she continued, "Cameron told me last time that the film must be delayed by a month, and now a month has come, he not only failed to finish, but also overrun again, you Do you know what happened?"

Kevin noticed Shirley's pause, and with a swipe out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Mark Canton's figure. This is not surprising - the strange thing is that Mark appeared with Rick Rosen. No wonder Shirley inevitably revealed a little flaw. Kevin's head started to work, but the words didn't stop." Cameron said that the scene of the sinking took longer than expected. After the main part was shot, he still had some scenes to make up, and he had no idea about the ending. There seems to be some problems with the idea."

What Kevin didn't say is that Cameron's hesitation about the ending came from Hugo. Only a very small group of people know about this episode, and these people are all direct descendants of Twentieth Century Fox, so not even Shirley has heard any wind. Kevin thought it would be to their advantage to keep the secret.

"So, he estimates..." Kevin pondered for a while, "It should be finished before the end of March at the latest."

"I'm just praying now that he won't reach out for a check again." Shirley rolled her eyes, but she was very graceful, expressing her opinion - perhaps the closest thing to the truth so far.

Although Kevin and Shirley are talking, they are actually doing two things, paying attention to the whereabouts of Mark and Rick. Don't want to, Rick actually walked straight in this direction. But Kevin and Shirley still maintained their conversational attitude, as if they didn't see Rick at all, and when Rick appeared in front of the line of sight, Shirley showed a surprised expression, "Look at it. , Who are these, Robert is going to laugh today."

When Shirley mentioned Robert, she was referring to Robert Shaye, one of the two chief executives of New Line Films. Although New Line Films has been acquired by Warner Bros., it still maintains autonomy. So people still treat it as an independent company.

The occasion they attended today was the Berlin premiere of "Love and War," which is the production of New Line Cinema.

"Even if we show up, there is no way to create any conversation. I think Robert is going to be disappointed." Kevin's little sense of humor immediately made everyone laugh. Immediately afterwards, Kevin asked very naturally, "I didn't expect the two of you to appear together."

Mark cast a glance at Kevin, but Kevin was very calm, neither spying nor mocking, which made Mark unable to start. Mark turned his head slightly, looked back at Rick, smiled, and said solemnly, "I took the initiative to find Rick, because I have a project in my hand, and I think Hugo will be interested. So Want to talk to Rick in detail."

Unexpectedly, Mark actually revealed his true purpose without any cover, which was beyond everyone's expectations.