Four Hundred and Forty Five - Castle Rock Acquired by Warner Bros.

Time has slowly advanced to mid-August. Ever since Wayne started working, he has never cared about the box office trend of "The Departed". In his heart, this film is already certain to be profitable. , there is absolutely no need to involve your own energy anymore.

Besides, everything is being watched by the Warner Bros. Publicity Department. Those people are much more professional than him, so it is absolutely necessary to pay too much attention. The time for this film to make people more troublesome has not yet come, at least until early next year before it can begin its real mission.

Therefore, Wayne must try his best to speed up the progress of the work at hand. The earlier the preparatory work for "The Dark Knight" is started, the more time will be left for filming. The most ideal result is to be in time for next year's awards season. All footage has been shot.

Only in this way can he devote himself to the work of winning the prize with peace of mind. Even if there is still a long time, just thinking about various public relations lobbying activities, film parties, and social drinking parties will give him a headache.

But if you want that little golden man, all of this cannot be avoided. The purpose of the college has always been like this. Not only will they not find ways to stop everyone's public relations, but they will also secretly encourage similar things, because in the eyes of the old guys in the college, they will only consider using Xiao Jin if you show an attitude of fighting for it. People leave it to you.

Otherwise, no matter how much your film is in line with their tastes and how many media and film critics you can impress, as long as you don't have an attitude of striving for it, you may not even get a nomination. The rules of the game have always been like this, and Wayne also Have to adapt.

Under the awning in front of the small garden of Greenberg Manor, Wayne was surrounded by his daughter who was looking around on the lounge chair with big curious eyes. While he was enjoying the special feeling of taking care of his daughter, he was discussing things with Gilmore opposite him from time to time. Sentences and script plots, or plans for camera placement.

And Naomi Watts has somehow started to communicate frequently with Nicole Kidman in the past few days. Perhaps because of the lack of friends, she will leave the child to him in the morning these two days, and then meet with Ke Go shopping or have a beauty treatment with Mrs. Ruth.

"Boss, check it out."

There was a rustle of footsteps, and Wayne and the little guy next to him turned back to look at Nina, who was walking towards them. The bearded Mexican on the other side looked at him with a questioning look in his eyes, wanting to leave temporarily to give them space to talk.

"Tell me what's going on." Wayne shook his head slightly at Gilmore. He wanted to light a cigarette out of habit, but when he saw the little guy next to him, he reluctantly put down his hand.

"Hey, little Fundy, how about we go see the butterflies?"

The housekeeper Hela on the side noticed his movements, took the initiative to come over, hugged the child, and walked to the garden in front.

Nina first took off her eyes and wiped them vigorously, then pulled out a bottle of beer from the ice bucket, raised her neck and drank it boldly. Then he calmly opened the briefcase at hand, took out a few sheets of printing paper stapled together, and handed them to his boss.

Seeing that the little guy was being carried away, Wayne lit a cigarette and took the printed materials. At the same time, the assistant lady's voice of explanation came out.

"The reason why your editing master sister Julia Frances wants to see you is probably because of this." As she spoke, she pointed to the first sheet of printing paper, which was specially marked.

"Castle Rock Pictures' operating conditions have been relatively stable in the past few years, but it has never had any major profitable projects. Previously, the films produced by Castle Rock, a small company, have always been in the small, broad, big style, and the distribution company it cooperates with is Sony Columbia is basically in a sustainable state.

But in early 1994, the owners of Castle Rock Pictures, Lauren Reiner and Alan Horn, chose to sell the entire small company, which had never been popular, to Ted Turner's Turner. Broadcasting company, the two ended all their investments in Hollywood and chose to take the money and leave. "

Listening to Nina's explanation, Wayne simply put down the information that gave him a headache and leaned on the recliner to listen patiently.

The assistant lady shrugged, as if she knew he would do this, so she explained in more detail. “Originally, Turner Broadcasting Company did not change Castle Rock’s business strategy, which to a certain extent guaranteed that this small and medium-sized film company would experience shock.

But this year, due to the surge in revenue in recent years, Warner Bros. began to completely reorganize the company's upstream and downstream channels, increase the company's diversity, and continue to acquire good media companies in the industry. The Turner Broadcasting Company also failed to withstand Warner Bros.'s money offensive and squeeze. Ted Turner also chose to sell all his shares, take the money and leave.

Just in mid-July this year, about a month ago, Warner Bros. merged Hanna-Barbera Productions, both part of the Turner Broadcasting Group, with Castle Rock Pictures. The restructured company is still called Castle Rock. , became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Warner Bros., but this series of reorganizations has also caused the original employees of the two companies to face a cruel layoff crisis..."

Nodding, Wayne probably understood what was going on. His senior sister, who looked more like a black aunt than an editing master, must have been affected by this acquisition and reorganization.

He knew the character of that senior sister a few years ago. She was a very optimistic filmmaker who loved her work. The most important thing was that she was down-to-earth and had no ambitions. According to the standards of normal behind-the-scenes professionals in the industry, they should have left that small company with no future and chosen a bigger stage to show themselves.

But that senior sister didn't think so. She liked the quiet working atmosphere there. Even though the income was far lower than her own work level, she didn't complain at all. After the internship, she never left the post-production studio. "How is Julia's situation now?" After thinking carefully for a while, Wayne looked at the assistant. He knew that with her considerate behavior, he should have already understood this aspect before reporting to him.

"Very bad!"

Shrugging, Nina had a rare expression of admiration on her face. "Her youngest son was diagnosed with leukemia. He has spent all his savings over the years on medical treatment. But at this time, there is another unemployment crisis..."

"." Wayne frowned, exhaled a large cloud of white smoke, interrupted the other party's narration, and asked doubtfully: "I remember talking to her a few years ago. She should be single? She is married. ?”

"no!"

The assistant lady shook her head. “She had two children, both adopted from the inner city!”

This is what Nina admires. A successful African-American woman who has escaped from the slums still maintains her love. After discovering that her child is sick, she insists on providing treatment expenses for her.

You must know that in the common perception here, black lives are far not worth the money of medical treatment. Even in the cognition of African Americans, the same idea exists.

"You know, boss, insurance companies don't care..."

Yes, insurance companies have 10,000 ways to drag down ordinary people who have no power. This has been in the news countless times. When they wait until the sick person dies, everything becomes much easier, because no family, after enduring this kind of torture, has enough money to litigate against them.

Wayne sighed helplessly. He understood that with the strong technician character of the senior, she probably wouldn't bother him if he wasn't desperate.

"Boss?"

"Help me make an appointment with Julia. I just want to invite their family to the manor to be guests and reminisce about old times." He put out the cigarette butt into the ashtray, shook his head, and continued: "In the name of the Greenberg Charitable Foundation, Help the kid with leukemia find a better hospital."

"Then, the cost..."

“Everything goes to the charity fund’s account!”

Speaking of this, Wayne laughed to himself. This is the first time that my charity fund has done something truly charitable since its establishment. This foundation is mainly used to avoid taxes, but I didn't expect that it would one day come into play.

He would not give Julia a cent, just because he knew the senior sister with superb editing skills. As long as she got through this difficulty, she was fully capable of living a good life in Hollywood relying on her own skills.

"Let's have a family gathering before next week. Batman Part 2 will be officially launched next week and a media conference will be held. My time will be very tight then." After saying that, he was about to pick up the script and continue working, but he couldn't stay still. After making up his mind, he simply threw the storyboard aside, looked at the assistant lady who was leisurely drinking beer, and asked: "Is there anything else?"

"Phew, of course."

Nina's face flashed with ridicule and she said: "Morgan Freeman is back. After the silence of the past few years, someone remembered this African-American old man with superb acting skills and brought him back."

"Next thing."

Wayne waved his hand impatiently, not wanting to listen to such gossip. It seemed that the old man's bad end was because of himself. In fact, he didn't reach out during the whole process. It was completely overreacted by Warner Brothers, so he didn't care about the old man at all.

"The accountant team led by Colin Howard has completed the reconciliation with Warner Bros., and most of the proceeds from "The Matrix" will be transferred to Greenberg Studio within a week."

Nina opened her work notebook and started reading one by one. It seems that she is in charge of all these tasks, but in fact she has always had a good sense of propriety. As long as it has something to do with money, she will definitely find an opportunity to report it.

"Well, there is something very interesting here that might interest you." Nina's eyes suddenly lit up, she pushed up her glasses and looked at her boss. "Someone is using your name to defraud money. It was reported by Warner Bros. Overseas Distribution Department."

"What?"

"ha?!"

Such a strange thing attracted the attention of Wayne and Gilmore at the same time. They couldn't help but look at the assistant lady in surprise. You know, the society here is full of commercialization and there must be a complete legal basis. They are very curious. Who would be stupid enough to do such a stupid thing?