Hollywood legendary director

After the car bypassed a rockery fountain and stopped in an open parking lot, Lehmann got off the car and looked at the surrounding environment. He exclaimed, "It's really good here."

Barry Meyer listened and smiled: "If you think it's good, you can come here often. Our old guys often meet here to play golf. If multiple young people can join, it can also add some vitality."

The secretary's assistant secretly cares about it, as Barry Meyer, since he said this, he really valued the young director.

Who is Barry Meyer?

Let alone how strong Warner Bros. Pictures is in Hollywood and how good its performance is, it is because of his personal network that he has accumulated and the share dividends that he earns every year, his worth is not low.

"Forget it, I don't know much about golf, I like to think about movies better than that."

"It is good for young people to be ambitious," Barry Meyer said with a smile.

Lehman didn't answer any more, and went to a restaurant with him.

The decoration inside is still quiet and luxurious, and they are all separated in the same setting as the private rooms.

However, this meal, to be honest, was quite tasteless.

With so much difference in age, I was bored and scrupulous.

After the meal, Barry Meyer took Lehman to an elegant room of the club to continue discussing the project.

After a while, I got into the topic.

"Except for the investment conditions of cooperation, talk about your personal needs." Barry Meyer said.

Although Warner today says that the data in the annual performance report is pretty good, in fact, various problems are also a bit of a headache.

Sony Columbia rises with Spider-Man, and the worst part is Warner.

In the past, the field of Super British movies has always been respected by DC. Now that the three kingdoms are fighting for hegemony (20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four" and "X-Men"), Warner is naturally not willing to share the fruits with competitors.

But unfortunately, the adaptation plans of Superman and Batman have not been smooth. Not only do they have a lot of complaints about the project, and the outside market prospects are not very optimistic.

Just as he was in trouble, someone suddenly took the olive branch he threw away.

This promising young director has already made Barry Meyer look forward to.

When Barry Meyer asked, Lehman also spoke out his own demands. "I am actually very simple. Give me more free shooting space on the set. Actor selection, film shooting, post-editing and even set up shooting. The team is all up to me, how about? As for the subsequent distribution copyright and offline channel revenue, I can completely give up."

Barry Meyer smiled and said: "I agree to this request. But we have to discuss a plan first. If the film is not well-released, how about your company's investment and revenue to make up for Warner's losses?"

"Okay." Lehman continued: "In that case, the producer should be someone I recommend, and Warner must not easily interfere with the project's shooting operations. Does this mean that everyone is sincere to cooperate."

"it is good."

Barry Meyer now looks more pleasing to Lehman. This young man really has an appetite for him. Not only does he have a talent for directing, but he also knows how to advance and retreat (abandoning the copyright of the film and not participating in offline operations is equivalent to voluntarily giving up a piece. The flesh comes out), is not arrogant, and the temperament is not so boring.

"Director Lyman, have you ever thought about joining Warner? We will definitely be treated more preferentially than Europa Pictures." Barry Meyer couldn't help but say this.

Faced with such a proposal, Lehman refused without even thinking about it, "Sorry, I am a director. As long as there is a good project, I will cooperate naturally. There is no one to join."

This is a nonsense. The final reason is that Lehman doesn't believe that Warner will really treat his project as a key operation. Compared with Europa, Warner's competitiveness is too strong, and they do not lack profitable projects. , Such as "Harry Potter", such as "Lord of the Rings", such as "The Matrix"...

Barry Meyer wasn't too surprised to hear Lyman refused.Since Lehmann has dealt with him, he has not expressed too much thought of joining. Not to mention, when it comes to related cooperation, he is able to move forward and retreat freely while striving for cooperation. Obviously, he is very measured. A very assertive person.

It's a pity that such talents cannot be fully used by me.Barry Meyer sighed.

In the previous life, Barry Meyer was optimistic about the potential of Christopher Nolan. Without a word, he supported him in directing and restarting the Batman series, and successively cooperated with "Fatal Magic", "Inception" and "Interstellar" "...As for now, he thinks Lehman has great potential, and naturally he has the idea of ​​whether he can join Warner.

But Lyman was not Christopher Nolan. Nolan had just emerged at the time and had a low reputation. He was so drawn to Barry Meyer and was still a big platform like Warner, and he would definitely want to join.If it was two years ago and it was today, maybe Lehman would be particularly happy.But now he has worked so hard for so long, with the qualifications, and several successful films, and then stupidly tied to a company like Warner, he is bound to be less free than he is now.Lehman is not stupid.

Of course, it is also risky to have both sides. For example, Europa Pictures and Paramount Pictures will think about cooperation, it is still unknown.

However, he is not afraid.

Anyway, his own project is still prioritized to cooperate with Europa.In addition to the kindness of so many years (mainly in the love of Luc Besson), there is also the idea of ​​stabilizing the base camp there.

After the two initially unified the general conditions of cooperation, Lehmann got up and left in a happy mood.Barry Meyer wanted to give him off, but Lyman called his agent Johnson to pick him up, so he gave up.

After returning home, Johnson couldn't help but raise his mouth, "Is the new project going to cooperate with Warner?"

Lehman smiled and said, "Yes, you will have to pay more attention to the specific terms of cooperation at that time, but it's almost done."

Johnson suddenly didn't know what the specific cooperation was, but the news made him very happy. After all, his career is closely linked to Lehman.

"Don't worry, I will pay more attention."

"Well, then you go back first, I'll go upstairs first."

The roar of the engine sounded again, and Lehman returned to his big house, went to the spacious balcony, looked around, and couldn't help but relax.

After working hard for so long, he should have succeeded, right?