Hollywood legendary director

November 1st is another new week.

After Wen Ziren's studio was officially attached to the Firefly Film Company, Lehman also held the new company's first management meeting.

All department heads were slightly absent-scary to say, in fact there were only four, the propaganda department, production department, marketing department, distribution department, and then, no more.The Finance Department is basically useless, and the Personnel Department has no suitable people to top it.

Since it is a management meeting, Lehman will naturally also attend, and Wen Ziren and his agent Johnson will also be with him.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the meeting officially began.

Lyman sat at the top of the conference table, wearing a black suit.His right-hand position is Johnson, and he is also dressed up in a formal suit. He appears to be full of spirits-he is still temporarily acting as an administrative manager and enjoys another salary.

Don't doubt, this is very common in Hollywood, Brad Pitt's planB film company, one of its partners is his agent in CAA.

For those with qualifications like Johnson, there are many resources that can be mobilized behind him, and their status is not bad.

Then there is Wen Ziren, sitting in Lehman's left hand position. After all, the main topic discussed in today's meeting is the development of "Chain Saw".

"Hello everyone, I’m Lehman Last. Now I’m the new owner of this company. Next, the company will shoot a movie right away, with an investment of 15 million, which is the hottest film on the market. The sequel to Chainsaw."

In the conference room, upon hearing these words, the employees who were a little frightened because of the layoffs breathed a sigh of relief.

What a production company fears most is that there is no production plan and nothing to do. It will always think about something that has nothing to do. Now that it has specific goals and tasks, the risk of layoffs is undoubtedly reduced.

Then there is the movie project. They have also heard about the box office results of "Chain Saw", knowing that this film is very popular, and the sequel is at least more stable than the original project, and the risk is less.

Next, Johnson began to announce the focus of the project development, anyway, everything is to pave the road around "Chain Saw 2".

Kevin Gasco, the director of the manufacturing department, listened carefully. Writing a project plan and preparing a shooting team will be what he will do in the future—it's also a test.

"I understand." After hearing Johnson's words, the middle-aged white man Kevin Gasco nodded and said, "Wait, I will make a plan."

"OK, waiting for your news."

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After the meeting, Lehman took Johnson and Wen Ziren to the office.

Johnson first asked: "In addition to the role of the jigsaw, what do you do with other castings for the sequel?"

Lehman looked at Wen Ziren.

Wen Ziren said immediately: "I have been writing scripts with Ray Navor for the past two days. The main line is still the penalty test. The scenes are not too big, but I will choose more scenes. This time I want to add more. The open outdoor space, if the actors are suitable, they can choose those who are not well-known as much as possible to reduce the salary expenses."

After becoming an investor, I have a different perspective on issues, and I also know that I can take the initiative to save money.

"Well, it works. CAA has many such actors. I will make a list for you when I go back. Then the cost of the whole show can be controlled at about 12 million, leaving a budget of 3 million, which is also very reasonable. ."

Johnson has good experience in cost, including casting.

After all, this is what he did. After following Lehman for two years, he participated in more projects and his sense of smell became more sensitive.

"Then first sign a contract with JK Simmons, and the following actors will talk about it. Oh, yes, let me first tell Luc Besson that overseas distribution channels depend on them."

Lehman spoke and immediately took out his cell phone.

"Hey, Mr. Luc Besson..."

"Yes, for the sequel, I hope that the overseas distribution will be handed over to your company."

"Well, I opened a movie company myself. This is our company's first project."

"Yes, no problem, I will send someone to give you the detailed project planning."

"That's it, bye."

When he hung up, Lehman was still a little surprised.

Originally, he was thinking of independent production, maybe Europa Pictures would have a lot of opinions.

After all, is he "self-reliant"? After all, he is still different from before.

But I didn't expect that Luc Besson was not surprised at all. It seemed that he had a hunch that it would happen—it can only be said that this step would happen sooner or later.From the moment Lehmann refused to join Europa Pictures, Luc Besson had a sense of consciousness.

Lehman is like an open-sheathed sharp blade, with a sharp edge and a sense of measure.

After working together so many times, Luc Besson can see it.

This person will never be willing to subdue to others-very much like him.

Well, Luc Besson is still very good at giving himself gold.

Johnson on the side also sighed in his heart.

As an agent, he is actually quite afraid that his clients are too assertive. In that case, wouldn't he appear to be useless?

Moreover, if the goal is too strong, there is another point that is very painful. In many cases, he has no room for intervention.

However, it's okay, at least I am out of it.Now that Lehman has established a film company, he actually has his own little abacus. Who would want to be an agent for the rest of his life? If he is a partner of CAA and shares shares like Kevin Howen, that's pretty much the same.But, then think about it.The company’s high-level game is really terrifying...

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For Johnson, Lehman was very satisfied, and even planned to pull him into his camp-temporary administration is his first test.

With these two years of contact, Lehman found that this guy is definitely a very good communicative person, able to speak well and be careful in handling matters.

It is also extremely responsible for negotiating a judgment, planning his itinerary, and even driving a pick-up.

Never said that he was late, or the negotiation was not going well.

Moreover, his crew experience is very rich. In many cases, apart from Ryan, he is the one who confuses most with third-party guarantee agencies.

Those provocative representatives of the guarantor can be persuaded. Will their eloquence and communication skills be poor?

In addition, he is backed by CAA and has been in circles for so many years. Whatever happens, he has some internal connections.

And CAA has the most Hollywood film industry practitioners, and sometimes they often have to deal with these people.

According to this logic, perhaps his relationship with some directors and even excellent producers will not be too bad.

In this case, with Johnson as an internal response, many of the resources of CAA can also be used by Firefly Films.

It may even be possible to find a good project.

Moreover, with this level of CAA identity, some things will be much easier, such as preparing for the establishment of a crew.