128 Chapter 128 A Little Question (seeking subscription recommendation) (1/2)
The meeting room of Europa Pictures is still so spacious, but the atmosphere inside seems a bit wrong.
Lehman opened the door of the conference room and walked in, and found that there seemed to be more people inside than expected, and more...big names?
He thought it was a normal meeting, but now it seems that it is not easy.
”Sorry, I'm late.”
Luc Besson greeted him with a smile, ”No, we just arrived.”
He expertly gave Lyman a hug, then turned to look at a few people at the other end of the conference table, ”I'll introduce to you, these are VIP guests from Paramount Pictures, and they will join our discussion today. .”
Following the words of Luc Besson, the four people sitting on the right side of the conference table all stood up one after another, with polite smiles on their faces, and met Lehmann.
”Ms. Shirley Lansing, it's a great honor for you to come here.”
Those who come are not good, those who are good don't come, Lehman took the initiative to greet Ms. Shirley, the CEO of Paramount Pictures.
”This one is Anthony Joseph. He is the head of Paramount Pictures' marketing department.”
”Hello there...”
”This one is Alan Braden, the publishing department...”
”Hello there...”
”This one is Charles Louis, the propaganda department...”
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Isn't today's meeting to determine the preliminary preparations for the project?If there are no accidents, then you can start the preparation of the crew, the selection of actors, and the arrangement of shooting locations.
But such a battle seems a bit too grand?After Lyman shook hands one by one, he thought to himself, especially Shirley Lansing, what happened to her arrival?
Last time we collaborated on ”Furious”, we never saw such a meeting.
Lehmann raised his head and glanced at Luc Besson. The expression on his face was complacent, as if all this was normal.
After a few greetings, everyone took their seats.
”Lyman, we have all read your project plan, and we all agree to run this project, but...” Shirley Lansing said first, ”I have a few more questions, I want to know more .”
”Please say.”
Project preparation is always the theme of today and everyone is most concerned about, and Lehman is no exception.
”You want a base salary of 10 million U.S. dollars plus a 15% box office share, and an investment quota of 12 million U.S. dollars. This condition...” She raised her head and glanced at Lehman. ”Is it too much? We have come to cooperate with sincerity, but we have not seen any sincerity from your side.”
”In this regard, please discuss with my agent Johnson.” Lyman smiled and did not answer Shirley Lansing's topic.
The day before, Johnson also called Lehman to inform Lehman that the negotiations were deadlocked, but he did not expect that the people at Paramount would still use this to talk about it today.
Shirley Lansing smiled and took the initiative to set aside this question. Anyway, it hasn't been decided yet, and everything is still discussed. ”I want to ask, your choice of actors? Do you have a target?”
This sentence made Lehman instantly alert.What does this mean?
”What do you want to say?” Lehmann pretended to question.
Shirley raised her gaze and glanced at Luc Besson, passing lightly, and then looking at Lyman, her back straightened up inadvertently, and the polite smile on her face grew brighter, ”I have a choice, Tom- Cruise.”
what?Tom Cruise?
Let us turn the time back to three days ago. When Europa Pictures intends to cooperate with Paramount Pictures again, relevant news has already spread to the ears of relevant people in the industry.
After all, Lehman's past directing results are there. Someone wants to pay attention to his actions. Once the new project is confirmed, CAA also has some actions inside.
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In Tom Cruise’s mansion, Pat Kinsley slowly sipped coffee and looked at the person who was thinking on the opposite side, ”Tom, what do you think?”
”This is a new work by Lehman Last, and the investment is more than 100 million dollars. Of course I am very interested.”
As early as the premiere of ”Furious”, he purposefully released his kindness to Lehman. Now that I think about it, it may not be enough. He should be more proactive.
But who would have thought that such a director would be so efficient and productive that he would start another movie project less than two months after ”Furious” was released.
”But do I have a chance? And there are only three characters in it, which are a little bit more, but the images of those three characters don't seem to match me.”
”Don't worry, CAA will also support you, besides, Paramount Pictures...” Agent Pat Kingsley has been with him for several years, and is very clear about Tom’s interpersonal relationship, she said immediately ”Shirley Lansing can also try to get in touch. Doesn’t she appreciate you very much? Now the two parties are negotiating, we can take this opportunity to intervene. As for the character image, just change the settings. This is not A difficult task.”