One Thousand Five Hundred and Six Maintenance Tasks

The black stretched car is driving on the spacious streets of Manhattan. The traffic outside the window is still so familiar and friendly, but the atmosphere inside the car is a little dignified. In silence, it seems that everyone has fallen into thinking. Not in the mood to start a conversation.

Renly's eyes fell on Andy and Roy one after another, and the smile at the corner of his mouth rose. He didn't make a sound to interrupt their contemplation, but turned his head and looked out the window, humming softly. An unknown tune played, and the melody and musical symbols hovered in my mind for a long time.

The complacent and relaxed look made Andy and Roy raise their eyes. The two exchanged glances, and then both looked at Renly. Although Renly has always been like this, today's cheerfulness still seems a little unusual. —At least, Renly wasn't humming a tune happily before on the way to a movie premiere.

It seems that since the filming of "Boom Drummer" ended in the two months, Renly's restraint has been gradually reduced, which is... a good thing, right?

"What tune is this? Haven't heard it before, a newly created track?" Andy was still relatively calm, all his thoughts were hidden, and he took the initiative to break the silence.

"Oh, no, it's not," Renly said with a smile. "It's just an eight-beat chorus. When I was filming 'Crackling Drummer', I kept circling that drum beat in my head, unconsciously. Just hummed a chord for that one eight beat, and it just kept spinning in my head, over and over, like a spell."

"Then why not just write the whole song?" Nathan asked urgently.

"No inspiration." Renly's answer was crisp, but unexpected.

Nathan couldn't help being stunned, and Roy couldn't help but jokingly said, "For the first time, I know that when it comes to music creation, you can't be inspired. Isn't it easy to get all the melodies at your fingertips?"

Roy was obviously joking, but Renly didn't mind. He nodded and said, "Yes, I know, but even when Mozart and Beethoven have encountered a bottleneck in inspiration, I need to adjust." The confident and arrogant appearance made Roy helplessly shake his head gently, expressing his surrender.

Andy, who was sitting on the side, also had a shallow smile on his face again, and his tense emotions were slightly relieved.

For the official release of "Gravity", Andy is also rarely nervous.

In the past month, there has been another bloody storm in Hollywood. There have been frequent changes in top management. Not only Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures, but also the power control of other large film companies have undergone drastic changes. But it is true that the distribution of power and the alliance of interests are no longer the same.

The most intuitive impact is that the cooperation and planning of many film projects may be restarted.

The project about Renly has finally made an important breakthrough. "Fast and Furious" still has no movement, and the two projects "Jurassic Park" and "Interstellar" have both entered the next stage.

Thomas Tull's attitude finally loosened - because Warner Bros. is aggressive, they want to buy out the investment and production rights of "Interstellar" and refuse to continue to cooperate with Legendary Pictures; but Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. have two more The cooperation agreement of the work, Thomas is reluctant to let go easily.

In the game of power and momentum, Kevin Tsujihara, who took office as the new official, received support from Time Warner's parent group. Facing the cooperation between Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures, he still maintained absolute strength and did not give in an inch.

After weighing, Thomas finally made a choice. He gave up the production rights of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and chose Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar", which is his bottom line; and Kevin has carefully considered After that, he nodded and agreed to Thomas' conditions.

In the end, "Interstellar" was invested in half by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.

Shared production rights and distribution rights, etc.

At the same time, Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas successfully persuaded old friend Thomas Tull, perhaps for the sake of running on Kevin Tsujihara, perhaps for the long-term plan of the conflict of interests, perhaps for other reasons, and Thomas finally nodded and agreed. Renly's proposal to play the male lead, and agreed to Renly's request for remuneration——

20 million plus six percent box office dividends. Not five percent, but six percent, but only if the North American box office exceeds 250 million.

The details are still adjusted, but the overall direction is still in compliance with Andy's wishes. This also means that Renly will officially enter the 20 million club and become one of the top members in Hollywood; at the same time, Renly has gone further than the other 20 million club members and won the right to dividends on top of the basic salary. .

This is a breakthrough!

After Thomas nodded in agreement, Kevin's opinion was now left.

Kevin Tsujihara is not Barry Meyer after all. The two have different policies and management ideas. Kevin is really dissatisfied with Renly's lion talk. The vanguard of the brakes, but... he also knew that Renly's salary demands were not too exaggerated, so he was stuck in a dilemma.

According to the internal rumors of Warner Bros., Kevin has actually surrendered, and it is no surprise that he should nod to agree to this cooperation.

However, Kevin has only just stepped on the stage in the first half of this year, and he has set the three fires of the new official on fire, showing his iron fist and determination, but now it is a bit difficult to ride a tiger, he needs a step of relenting and agreeing to protect himself Authority and face as the new CEO.

Against this background, "Gravity" is about to be officially released.

A close official who is familiar with Kevin said that Kevin still does not have a comprehensive understanding of the current film market structure, but he also clearly understands Renly's current position in the industry.

If "Gravity" is a huge hit at the box office, then Renly's salary will not only be the current benchmark, it will certainly rise. Renly can refuse "Interstellar" at any time, and the whole Hollywood will start looting; but "Interstellar" rejected Renly, does this mean that Renly and Warner Bros. are drifting further apart?

Therefore, Kevin is not aggressive, he just needs a step. If "Gravity" can deliver a dazzling performance at the box office on Friday, he will immediately nod his head.

But in fact, everyone knows that as long as "Gravity" doesn't collapse like "Lone Ranger" and "Small Shadow", even if the box office performance is not as good as expected, Kevin will nod and agree, no surprise, "Interstellar" The cooperation project of "Crossing" can be officially determined. But the fact that "Gravity"'s box-office numbers can make a difference has other implications.

The conversation returned to Thomas Tull.

In order to run on Kevin Tsujihara, Thomas agreed to the salary offer of "Interstellar" after weighing and thinking, which also means that the salary negotiation of the restart project of "Jurassic Park" has also made an important breakthrough. Now Thomas has approved the two The tens of millions of basic salary plus box office dividends - after a long-term tug of war, I finally let go.

However, there are still differences between Thomas and Andy about the proportion of box office dividends.

Andy hopes to be 6%, he is not greedy, and he does not ask too much, but refers to the level of "Interstellar"; but Thomas is only willing to give 2%, the reason is, "I will not set too much. High North American box office bottom line, $100 million is fine,” so the dividend ratio must also be reduced.

Andy went on to say that he didn't mind copying the requirements of "Interstellar", that he would get dividends only when the North American box office exceeded 250 million, but the ratio must be 6%; Thomas still did not nod in agreement, no Rejection did not compromise, but fell silent.

In other words, Thomas is waiting for the box office opening of "Gravity" to come out.

At present, the only commercial film in which Renly takes the lead is "Edge of Tomorrow". For Thomas, who is in charge of investment banks and funds, the chip weight is still not enough, and he needs more risk assessment; but the problem is that if "Gravity" is a success at the box office, Andy's salary figures will not be The current level is...

This also means that the game between Andy and Thomas is bound to continue for some time.

Now, all eyes are on "Gravity", and Andy is also looking forward to this film to detonate the box office results, which will also become his negotiating chip and gain him more advantages; but recently There were really too many praises, and Andy began to feel uneasy.

The higher the expectation, the higher the risk. Because the viewing standard is bound to rise, once the actual viewing effect of the movie fails to meet the audience's psychological expectations, the greater the disappointment, the more serious the cliff diving curve.

The so-called praise and praise, the so-called publicity and warm-up, this is a double-edged sword. Only after the film market has really given the box office feedback can it be determined whether the impact of those positive comments is positive or not. Negative; however, it's safe to say that on a topical and focus level, "Gravity" has taken the commanding heights.

Today, the premiere of "Gravity" is about to kick off at Lincoln Center in New York. Under the emotional trend of worrying about gains and losses, Andy is inevitably a little uneasy. The more you care, the more nervous you are, and this is the same reason.

But now looking at the relaxed Renly in front of him, Andy also relaxed a little, "Are you worried about the movie's premiere box office?"

"Of course." Renly nodded without any hesitation, "We have gone through too many ups and downs and hardships to make this work, and naturally we still hope to be recognized by the audience. Only the movie makes money, Alfonso and I It's that simple to get more creative opportunities. But...it's out of our control now, isn't it? So, why don't you just relax and enjoy it?"