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When Virgenio left South Korea to go to Japan, Hong Kong Island, Bay Bay and other places to find agents, the process of his dealings with several game manufacturers was also roughly reported to Lehman.

In his opinion, as long as Virginho has always been thick-skinned and has eloquence to exaggerate the bargaining chip, he is undoubtedly capable of this job. A few words of praise to him can be regarded as supporting him.

After all, the game is just a sideline, and nothing is spread over the fist. Lehman's main energy is still on the movie.

For example, after more than three weeks of screening of "New Moon", the momentum fell sharply, and it was completely impossible to see the highly popular works that exceeded 100 million in the first week. Facts have proved that the single audience market, the passion comes and fades quickly, and there is The consolation may be that the surrounding movies are more popular than the first one. Fans' desire to buy has not fallen as fast as the box office of the movie. This is also good news.

As for the overseas side, Lionsgate has gradually reduced its investment in publicity in the past few days, and has continued to adjust the level following the market. In short, this time the two sides have worked together to get what they want.

"If the creators have another salary increase, the production budget for the third part will be at least 72 million."

Movies are selling well and have entered a plateau. The producer of this series, Blake, came back to report with Lehman, "According to the company’s shooting plan, this type of Mary Su movie has a lot of requirements for the age of the characters. We should take advantage of it in the next two years. The protagonists are still young, and continue to release sequels. In fact, if the two films are set, the two films combined can reduce the cost of doing them separately."

"Since it's a good job and the production department has decided, then do it. But, have you talked about it with their agent?" Lehman asked.

"It's just a matter of salary increase, and the attitude is kind, all with the goal of reaching it quickly. To be honest, we don't need to put any pressure on, the actors themselves are breakthroughs. Relying on the screening of these two films, Their popularity and value are completely incomparable with the previous days, and they have benefited a lot, not to mention that the "Twilight" series has not gone downhill, and no one will give up."

Blake analyzed: "But the second part is also looking at the 600 million level around the world. After the next painting, there is so much time left, even if the screen share is reduced a lot, it is not a problem to exceed 700 million. Achievements are here, and always have to meet some of their small requirements."

"Look at it, as long as you don't go too far, then you agree."

Lehman has a clear view of this matter, and he can't always treat people as a small role. Anyway, he is now a wrist, and the salary must match. "We still firmly hold the copyright and the offline bonus." It means. Salaries have risen to a certain level, and North American box office sharing conditions can also be used to exchange excessive project expenditures. In short, the rate of return on the book must be good.

"I know."

When Black left, Lehman stayed in the office for a while, processed some documents that needed his signature, and went to see Sophia again.

The director, who is also very motivated at work, has been able to figure out the script and set up the crew in late May. He has finished filming all the material for "The Mountain of Virgin" a few days ago and returned to Los Angeles.

"What are you going to do?"

"This piece is not suitable for the Oscar atmosphere, it is too plain, I want to take it to Venice next year."

After several movies, and a big director's father helped to refer to, Sophia quickly learned how to build momentum for the work in hand and entered the market more calmly.

In other words, this is the case for films that are too artistic. If there were not so many film festivals to be exhibited, with platform award bonuses, the decline of art films would only be faster. In-depth works are getting farther and farther, or the market is getting more and more impetuous. If "Lost in Tokyo" is released in 2009, the results may not be as high.

"Have you said hello to the organizing committee over there? Do you need my help?" Lehman asked.

"Don't be so troublesome. My movie "She" the year before last was shown in Venice. I know the filmmakers over there."

Okay... The film festival road planned by the Coppola family for Sofia seems to be well run. Lehman smiled, "After you finish this film, I will continue to help you. Collect the appropriate scripts and I will sort them out later, you can take a look..."

In-depth movies must continue to be made, even if the profit is not high or even a small loss, but such persistence Lehman has not changed.

"Okay, but I myself have written something during this period of time, a story of review, reflection, and growth..."

Sophia is quite assertive in movies, and she often reads novels, read newspapers, and absorbs creative materials.

The inspiration for the new film she talks about now is to some extent derived from her own life experience. After all, as the daughter of Francis Coppola, she has been accustomed to the glitz of Hollywood since she was a child.

Although Sophia himself stated that he wanted to shoot a "fictional star life that took place in contemporary Los Angeles", the main scene is also the Marmont Castle Hotel——

"A hotel itself is a small world with all kinds of interesting people, so I chose a hotel as my background, because many celebrities also live in hotels when they work. In this place of short stay, people are often in a certain place. At this turning point, these sensitive emotions are a very good topic for extension."

But Lyman could still see her own shadow, no wonder she was so caring.

"It sounds like a very interesting movie. I will support you."

"Thank you."

"Has the name of the film been decided?"

""somewhere"."

In this way, "Mountain of Virgin" has finished editing and enters the editing session. While Sophia is busy with this, she will also prepare a new film in her break.

The investment in "Somewhere" is not high, and the scenes and characters are quite simple. It can be said that this is also Sophia's style. Her works have always focused on one or two to portray the psychology of the characters. The mood is not high or low, and always With a quiet smell.

Not so noisy, not so lonely...

Moreover, the investment that may be required for this film is also very low, with a budget of about 8 million yuan, because according to the shooting plan submitted by Sophia, she hopes to find her relatives and friends to complete it with her, and there is no major expenditure at all.

Afterwards, there was nothing to do with Lehman's hands, and time always passed quickly, as if it was a blink of an eye. October arrived.

"New Moon" is still very depressed, but because the total box office has increased, there is no market. At this time, its global box office has exceeded 600 million, of which North America has accounted for 267 million. Then, "I am a legend" Coming too...