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Among the three candidate directors, Tony thinks he has the least competitiveness.

After all, the above two have achievements in hand. Only he has only shown his talent in screenwriting-not only the scripts of the "Bourne Shadow" series, this guy has participated in writing more scripts. After all, in Hollywood, he has already After more than 20 years of mixing, I still have contacts and often get job opportunities.

Of course, what is embarrassing is that his goal is to gain something in the direction of directing, not to edit the script, but he has failed once. It is difficult to get a second chance to direct in the highly competitive Hollywood.

I come and go, I just write scripts all the time, but in my heart, I definitely want to be a director.

Otherwise, he would not try to manage the network of relationships within the studio.

Yes, the Paramount production executives don't help, he still has "friends" from Universal and Twentieth Century Fox.

No, there is an opportunity to work hard.

The "Smiths" that Firefly Pictures and Paramount collaborated with is exactly his better action theme. In the past, he also often learned from the crew how Doug Liman schedules the filming of "The Bourne". After reading the script and telling Shirley Lansing about the shooting ideas, he also passed the test easily and was affirmed.

But the problem is, who wouldn't say the idea, in this regard, his advantage is not big enough, it is still difficult to compete between the two candidates.

But Doug Liman may have been out, and Tony was happy.

The person next to him asked, so in that case, the directorship has not yet belonged?

The supervisor took the topic and said, "Well, this aspect may still need to be negotiated."

Another person opened his mouth and said, "Then, Tony, you should fight for more, now there is a big chance."

Tony smiled wryly: "Isn't there another one above me."

"There are no outsiders here. I'll give you an idea." The supervisor said, "Rather than go the way of Paramount, it is better to try to persuade Lyman. Although Shirley Lansing has complained about him in the past, she trusts him very much. The two are cooperating, and listen to this person’s suggestions more."

Tony thought to himself: If I make a movie and make money, it must be so...

Of course, if you want to think so, you can't say that, and you have to nod your head to express your approval of this proposal.

But how to convince Lehman?This is also a problem.

Thinking like this, Tony was still thinking about it when he returned home.

In terms of qualifications, the two are not at the same level at all, but they can find a place to beat Lehman in terms of age.It feels sad to think about it this way.

So, how do we persuade?

...

While Tony was thinking about this, he wanted to persuade Lehman, the decision-maker who made him the first-line production director of "The Smiths", but he was discussing with Joseph about the financial issues of Firefly Pictures.

During this period of time, part of the revenue from "The Mist" and "Million Dollar Baby" was gradually remitted to the company's accounts, but Firefly Pictures' financial situation was still very bad.

Winning the North American distribution channels and operating channels cost more than 2 years of wealth, and repaid the loan. Finally, relying on the excellent TV series production to improve, and seized the opportunity to enter the special effects industry, not only did not save money, but also I pledged 200 million US dollars for the project, and now the TV series is still filming, this cost is still a burden, and once the revenue share is obtained, almost all of them are prioritized for internal digestion by the company, such as salary and bonuses.

Therefore, even if the company's operating conditions are growing day by day and the profitability methods are becoming more and more perfect, in return it is almost no liquidity and high debts.

But hesitating when it is time to vigorously develop, Lehman knows that the days for him to accumulate strength are only the past two years, and the future capital to enter Hollywood will only be more vigorous than it is now. At that time, Firefly Pictures thinks To rise, the difficulty has to rise another level.

In the office, Lehman signed a payment of 10 million US dollars to the company’s financial department, so that they could implement it as soon as possible, and then said to Joseph: “In this way, you can use the equity of Firefly Pictures as a pledge, lend a sum of money to the bank, and pay it first. The preparation of Blue Butterfly Pictures for the release of "Daydreamer" can also ease the financial pressure. In this situation, if the company has any good projects, there is no money to shoot."

"In fact, there is no need to be so urgent. Wait until the second half of the year, when the offline market funds are accounted for, there is no big problem." Joseph persuaded: "There is no need to mortgage the company's high-quality assets."

"But I can't wait any longer."

"Do you have a new project again?"

Lehman shrugged, "I have a little idea of ​​shooting."

"Well, let's take a loan."

Lehman's optimistic project is still very profitable, and he must borrow money to shoot.

Moreover, having borrowed many times, this method of spending other people's money to promote the rapid development of the company is also addictive.

Even if I think that most of the proceeds from making movies will be used to repay debts, it doesn't matter if we borrow.

Anyway, as long as the company can maintain profit growth in this production and distribution business, it is not difficult to repay the debt owed.

You know, the debts owed by the acquisition of Blue Butterfly Pictures last year are still only more than 20 million yuan short of payment. When the offline income of "Million Dollar Baby" arrives, it can be paid off...

After Joseph left, Lyman continued to deal with some trivial matters.

After a while, Ryan knocked on the door and walked in.

In other words, the filming of "The Walking Dead Season One" in which he served as the producer has been finished, and the second season will not be filmed until September or October this year. Moreover, on the end of the first season, the audience ratings reached a record high. More than 37 million, and an average of 35 million users chasing the show, happy that HBO employees all work with smiles.

"Is it okay recently?"

"I just went out to relax for a few days." Ryan continued, "But, Barry Meyer just called and wanted to invite you to meet?"

"Why didn't he call me directly?"

"How do I know this. Maybe it's because of Paramount?"

Well, it seems that Warner has a little temper, but I don't know how big the gap is?

But Lehman didn't care very much. He knew that among these business people, which one would act with temperament?

Only benefits are eternal.

Of course, Ryan reminded him that Lehman had to call it himself.

"Mr. Meyer...Haha, I've been wanting to talk to you all this time... OK, OK, I'm definitely coming here... Of course, see you later."

After hanging up, Lyman and Ryan looked at each other.

"How to say?"

"What can I say? Let's talk when we meet." Lehman shook his head. "Fortunately, I'm still prepared. If I want to come to Warner, I should not refuse to continue to cooperate. Then, the work for the second season of "Prison Break" is left to You, remember to coordinate the various investors."

"You will really find something for me to do."

"Can those who can work harder."

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