Chapter Five Hundred and Seventeen Welcome

As soon as the champagne was opened, the celebration feast officially began.

After Liam and other Blue Butterfly executives greeted Lehman, they walked into the crowd to discuss relationships and cooperation.

As a distribution company that already has a foothold, it's still tempting for these independent filmmakers.

At the scene, the party hall that accommodated hundreds of people was in good order, each with their own topics to talk about.

"Looking at how beautiful he is, do you think we have a chance to cooperate with him?"

In one corner of the banquet hall, two independent filmmakers were talking, and one of them never took his eyes off Lehmann.

"There should be a chance." The companion replied: "Firefly Pictures has distribution channels in North America, and there is still a great demand for film sources."

"Oh, I really hope that I can always sell as big at the box office as him."

"I just thought about it..." The companion shook his head, got rid of these unrealistic thoughts, and suddenly said with some regret: "Lyman is really popular, you can see that the eyes of those actresses are glued. I don't shy away from having a female companion at all."

When the two of them were talking, Lyman was a little embarrassed.

He felt that as soon as he entered the banquet hall, he was instantly focused by several eyes.

He also knows that as a director, or a director with a big box office, he should be welcomed, after all, he himself represents an opportunity.

However, this is too open and aboveboard, isn't it?

Yes, with wavy hair and an oval face, Anne Hathaway, like a princess, ran over to talk to Eva in front of Eva...

"Director Ryman, last time we said goodbye, and now I have the chance to meet you. Congratulations, the movie is a big hit."

Lehman thought to himself, when I met you, it should be Li Zhaopai's "Brokeback Mountain", when I went to visit the class, jeez, it feels like we have an adulterous relationship when you say it.

"thanks……"

After being polite, Anne Hathaway took the initiative to leave again - inexplicably.

But when she turned her head, Eva leaned even tighter. Although she didn't say it clearly, her actions had already betrayed her—what kind of jealousy was she eating.

Even if Lehman wanted to hunt for beauty, he would not choose Anne Hathaway - beautiful is beautiful, but she is too scheming...

With the first person to strike up a conversation with, there will be a second and a third.

Some invited to dance, some said to have a drink, some suggested cooperation, and some hoped to join Firefly Pictures...

In short, it's polite and polite, and then Liam ran over with a few good producers to talk about.

It took more than an hour to usher in this way, and then it slowly began to clean up.

When he rejected a few unremarkable actresses who boldly stepped forward and handed over the room card directly, Laiman had the opportunity to rest on the chair beside him.

But not long after the break, there was a commotion in the banquet hall...

"Why is Shirley Lansing here?"

"What is the head of Paramount doing here? Could it be..."

"Didn't it mean that Lyman's relationship with her was strained?"

The appearance of Shirley Lansing immediately made the scene lively again.

Guessing, doubting, associating...

For a while, even Liam came over and asked, "Boss, why did she come in person?" - This means that she came here, and was she invited by you.

But Lehman is also confused. He is convinced that the company has completely cut off the relationship with Paramount, and has not dealt with it in the past year.

However, since people are here, they are welcome.

So, Lyman dragged Liam to meet him quickly.

After chatting for a while, I heard Xue Li say, "Can you find a quiet place to talk a little bit?"

"it is good,

plz follow me. "

Lehman walked into the box to meet her all the way, still thinking about what the old woman was doing.

But I don't want to, Shirley Lansing is also a little depressed about this.

She came in person this time at the order of Sumner Redstone, the chairman of the parent company - the Viacom Group and Murdoch News Group, which are behind Redstone, hold mutual shares.

Rupert has always wanted to make his studio into an excellent content provider, so that his media empire can be linked and maximized.

Among them, Fox TV has done a great job. In the past ten years, it has spent more than 2 billion yuan to buy TV stations in the United Kingdom, France and other regions, and its own TV network in North America has become the fourth largest TV multimedia group in the world. Including broadband services and telecommunications charges are booming, but this guy can't do film and television content, but he is very good at newspapers. "Sun Daily", "British Guardian" and other gossip media are all under his banner.

But although his emphasis is different, he has always been thinking about the production of film and television content. After all, the media empire needs film and television performance as the foundation.

However, the studio's performance has been sluggish in the past two years, and after Lehman did not cooperate with Paramount, he continued to reap the box office of big-selling movies, and even filmed TV series. This is completely in line with Rupert's requirements for film and television.

Then, Shirley Lansing came along...

Even if the prestige of the company is swept away, come.

It's really that Paramount's financial situation has fallen badly, and it needs a big-selling movie to pull it back.

After the two were seated, Shirley smiled and said, "Congratulations, the box office of "The Mist" was very successful."

"Haha, thank you." - I don't know how many people have said this, and Lehmann didn't hear any intentions.

"When you first started filming "Fury", I knew you were a director with great potential..."

"Ms. Shirley, you are so kind. The success of a movie is everyone's credit, not just the production."

The two recalled the past and talked a lot about the past. Only then did Lyman realize that this guy was here to seek cooperation. Anyway, Paramount had channels and Firefly Pictures had the production capacity. Project development will inevitably conflict.

When you mentioned that the schedule conflicted, whose interests were sacrificed?

Well, I have to admit that Shirley's reason is indeed from Lyman's standpoint.

Blue Butterfly Pictures does not have the dilemma of publicity resources. It cannot be solved within a year or two. The distribution is low-cost, and the investment is very uneconomical. If it is not for the future layout, there is no need to sacrifice the interests of the film at all, and the first-line masterpiece is far away It takes more publicity than low-budget movies. Blue Butterfly Pictures can't bear the pressure of publicity.

But why Paramount?

Even if Warner doesn't work, isn't there Universal and Twentieth Century Fox?

Then, Shirley Lansing said that Paramount's project development is far from enough, and it can tilt the most resources, which is a big advantage;

And we have cooperated with each other and are more familiar with each other, which is the second biggest advantage;

In addition, Paramount is willing to make concessions. In terms of publicity, offline channels can allow Blue Butterfly Pictures to participate. This kind of concession is the third major advantage...