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"Goodbye director."

"See you in Los Angeles, Mr. Rust."

After having a dinner, Lehman woke up the next day watching the farewells of the actors on his mobile phone. He also washed slowly. At noon, the equipment was arranged before he followed Ryan to the airport.

"came back."

In the evening, it was these words and a gentle hug that greeted Lyman home.

"Are you done up there?"

"I just need to focus on the schedule now."

Eva sat on the sofa with him, "In the later period, with Director Weitz there, the process has been smooth."

"Then I can rest."

"Yeah, you worked too hard. But," Eva suddenly remembered something, and said seriously: "I went back to Paris last week. Somehow, the film market over there was not so good. Several studios Choose to reduce production and reduce production costs."

"How about Europa Pictures?"

"Even Gaomeng Films, which has the largest market share, can't make it easier. How can Europa Films be better? I heard that they invested in two projects in the first half of this year and lost one. Obviously, their performance is not good. "

"is it."

...

After sleeping until noon, Lyman was lying on the bed, looking out at the scenery through the French windows.

If Europa's performance is not good, can we cooperate with them?

Yes, after the "Super Body" project was taken out, Lehmann's first choice for the director was not Luc Besson, but now I want to come, if Europa Pictures takes the initiative to reduce production due to bad years, then cooperate with them No matter the schedule, energy or resources, it is not a problem.

Of course, this matter still needs to inquire about the other party's own meaning, he alone cannot decide much.

But from the director's point of view, Lehmann still appreciates Luc Besson. Whether it is "The Killer Is Not So Cold", the "Very Human Trafficker" series or this "Super Body", it is his career direction. The representative works of, can cooperate with the original owner, of course, the possibility of deviation from the direction is minimal.

Anyway, he himself didn’t have time to shoot "Super Body". The directors of his own might only be Nolan and Wen Ziren on the action scene. However, Nolan has just released "Inception". According to his temperament, he will not accept it. Yes, and this person doesn’t like to make other people’s scripts, especially after he has become famous, he will not look down on the four different commercial scripts dressed in science fiction;

As for Wen Ziren, he has been sharpening his soul-conspiring universe. Since Lehman pointed out this direction, in addition to the "Chain Saw" series sometimes requires him to check the production, other times are preparing to connect "Dead Silence" and "Death Penalty". The third part of the exorcism system officially foreshadowed the stage. I heard that the script has been drafted. I guess it can be turned on at the end of the year at the latest.

If you want to come, Europa Pictures still has to get in touch.

After figuring this out, Lyman called Johnson and asked Johnson to inquire about the news, then he washed down the stairs and prepared to go out.

...

When he went to the company, Lehman first backed up the shooting materials, and found a professional editor to get a preliminary understanding according to the pre-marked paragraphs to reduce his workload.

After completing this trivial matter, around 3 pm, Johnson used the CAA channel to understand the situation of Europa Pictures from last year to the first half of this year.

In the office.

The two sat face to face, Johnson took out the printed materials, "Europa's life is really difficult, or the production business of the entire French film studios are retreating. Please see."

Johnson rolled out a list of the 2009 French box office lists and the top 20 works temporarily in the first half of this year, rigorously saying: "Last year, there were only "Welcome to the North", "Arthur's Mini Kingdom", "Terminator of Hearts" is good at the box office, ranking first, seventh, and ninth. There are also two out of ten, but this year it has been miserable. For the time being, only "Little White Lies" starring Marion Cotillard is in the row. In No. 1 and 12 in "Camping 2", there are no other French films on the list."

"To make matters worse, their market share this year is the same as ours. They are slightly lower than the baseline of the same period last year, and the overall decline is. This has led to the fact that French studios are becoming more and more cautious about investing in works, and the output of works is natural. In addition, Europa’s financial report for the first half of the year showed that they lost a total of 37 million U.S. dollars in the three months of the second quarter. The explanation given in the annual report was that the main reason for their loss was the poor box office performance of "Final Killing Array" and copyright The revenue of the business has decreased, the consumption of overseas sites, and plans to lay off employees."

When Lehman revealed to Johnson that Mann Media had prepared a new work, he briefly discussed some business with CAA, and he was also very enthusiastic to promote the implementation of the project.

I forgot to mention that Johnson is now a second-level partner of CAA. He is responsible for communicating the business dealings between CAA and Mann Media. Like Spielberg’s agent, he has a relatively detached position, and he no longer depends on the bulk of his income. Its customer share.

Of course, Johnson certainly will not forget how all this came about. He has taken care of solving Mann Media’s projects or Lehman’s personal matters.

"You have to be mentally prepared. If you want someone like Luc Besson to be the director of a new project, it will definitely be more than a personal remuneration issue. He is likely to ask for some regional distribution rights to ease the pressure on Europa Pictures. Their top management is now Good projects are urgently needed, because operating resources have been idled, neither the distribution department nor the production department has any work to do, but wages have to be paid."

Such difficulties are easy to understand for those who have done business.

Sometimes, the worse the year, the more you have to start as much as possible, otherwise the loss will be greater, like a bottomless pit.

Johnson suggested from Lehman's point of view: "We also have many contracted directors under CAA. If needed, I can help with the line."

"Let me think about it." There is a lot of information, and Lehman needs time to digest and sort out.

"Uh, Lehmann, do you want to help Luc Besson?" Johnson tried to persuade: "You used Europa's support to release a good movie, but you don't owe them at all. Europa Films again It’s not Luc Besson’s company alone. When he started, he still worked with him for a long time to produce Pierre-Angie to find a few investment banks, and then pulled him to go it alone. It’s not good to say that the reason is Europa Pictures. He can give him those shares and board seats. It depends entirely on his production ability and the network of contacts he knows in the circle. With this kind of equity structure, I am not surprised even if they fall apart."

"I know this too. I have seen those shareholders, right at the celebration banquet of "Buried Alive" breaking ten million, but you know, I came from France, where is my basic disk, and cooperate with Europa. , They will also help me run my studio project."

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