Ace Hollywood

"Farewell to Hollywood and go to Silicon Valley?"

"It's gone forever, Daniel loves money more than movies. NET い Sui┆┆小┆,"

"..."

Daniel put a big torpedo at the media preview of "Pirates" and focused everyone's attention again.

As 2003 was more than halfway through, the news that Daniel's team rejected all schedules after New Year's Day in 2004 also appeared in the newspapers, and everyone's previous speculation that Daniel would break his promise has gradually disappeared.

And Daniel, who wants to study business, seems to be able to explain their persistence.

So Triver, Cusa, Melissa and Sally are all getting calls now.

Disal handed the knife and fork to Daniel, and Sally was getting more and more chatter now.

"All the work calls I get now have people asking about your next plans, and they're all worried that you're going to be in college for four years? Will you come back."

"I just invested 200 million in DD Pictures, can't I prove my idea?"

"Ten thousand reasons are not as good as your announcement to study."

Sally never supported his decision to go to college.

...

After a period of expansion, DD Pictures has doubled the number of staff.

The same goes for Daniel Investments.

It was the first time that the newly recruited employees met the big boss Daniel Sandler. When the legendary figure entered the office, everyone even stood up and applauded involuntarily.

Daniel and David, as well as the accompanying Melissa and Ferguson, were stunned, and it took several seconds to react.

"Such warm applause, it feels like saying 'you are too incompetent, boss'... I promise, I will come here often in the future."

He didn't go to David's office, but to Melissa's.

Melissa is a special assistant in Daniel's Investments department, which is Ferguson. There is no doubt that the former leads the latter.

Layent is in the hearts of the staff. It is also quite enviable. The former agent who accompanied Daniel almost throughout the entire process of rise is second only to Cusa Damon, the new senior partner, although Daniel can intervene less and less. . But with the rapid expansion of Cusa's own network, the benefits he can bring are also considerable, a trend that is why Ian eventually raised his partner rank.

In fact, the relationship with Daniel has never been warm, especially after Kevin Gauri left to work in Universal Pictures - the success of Ron Meyer, let his partners regard Universal as a good next home. The reason is very straightforward. Daniel is rarely willing to accept the package, whether it is a small gift package or full responsibility, he almost hates this mechanism, because limited by the complicated internal connections, it is almost impossible to form the most suitable team. , more or less need to sacrifice a certain aspect.

Daniel rejects all this.

That's why when Gore Verbinski was removed and hoped that he could recommend one of his clients, he clearly refused, and then resolutely chose Rob Marshall, who was not well-known at the time. It turns out that, like Denzel Washington in "Hotel Rwanda", his vision was ahead and perfect - they were both subsequently proven at the Oscars, one winner, the other best picture, and their prices soared .

However, Ian Martin, who put his interests first, did not set up obstacles when Cusa was promoted.

Daniel **** is a customer, which is a golden sign in itself. Many people will be attracted by this sign in terms of attracting well-known actors, directors, producers, and cultivating new talents. Although they don't get much benefit either. But people have strange beliefs like this - if you can cultivate one Daniel, maybe you can cultivate the next one, and the next one may be me.

This is of course whimsical.

"What did Dan Brown say?"

After sitting down, Daniel got to the point as soon as possible.

The Da Vinci Code was published in March this year. It immediately topped the New York Times bestseller list once it was published, and has been on the list for three months so far.

"There are many interested companies. As far as we know, New Line, Columbia, Universal and Paramount have contacts. Lionsgate and Miramax are also very likely."

for this novel. In fact, the movie was not particularly successful. Although the box office was not low, its influence was almost incomparable to the novel. From Daniel's current point of view, this is indeed a major mistake in Colombia's operation of this P. This book is indeed only so long, the story line is also compact, and there is no huge overhead world. It is extremely difficult to develop it well.

But that's not to say it's impossible.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is its best example, and although Tolkien's influence over the decades has led to a huge global following for this hugely influential work, with The Da Vinci Code "The further warming up, what Daniel can guarantee is that in terms of influence, the newly released "Password" will definitely not be much weaker.

He hopes to take this P and make it a three-part series.

This attempt sounds very dangerous, because the scale of investment is certainly not small, and the future is uncertain. But in fact, it's not that serious. First of all, if Daniel acts in person, the remuneration is easy to control. And it is said that it is designed according to the trilogy, but in the end it depends on the result of the first part.

Daniel is still very confident in it.

However, whether Dan Brown will buy it or not is still very doubtful. After all, so many big companies have extended an olive branch, and Daniel has no experience in independently operating similar big movies.

"Dan doesn't seem to be in a hurry to sell. It's impossible for him to understand the truth of selling at a price. Besides, he is not short of money now. The book has been selling well for a few months, and the royalties have been rich enough." Ferguson was quite annoyed. , "When I came to talk about this topic, he almost told me to shut up."

"..." Daniel didn't expect it to be so difficult to win this copyright.

Ferguson had a smug look on his face, letting him know that things should turn around.

"But I, Ferguson, are not someone who gives up easily. I went to her mother's choir, I talked to her, and then 'accidentally' found out that she was Dan's mother. I told her that I was a super book fan of Dan, Hope to meet Dan. So it all fell into place, and Dan was a lot nicer with his mom."

"I should give you a raise, Ferguson." Daniel really appreciates this kind of work attitude, which of course also shows how serious Ferguson is about his new job. "So what does he say?"

"He said that he didn't really care about selling a good price. He hoped that the film could be made well and become a classic. However, he didn't give me a precise word, which means that it has not been decided yet. , I hope to reconsider.”

"Okay, Ferguson, you ask someone to do the project first, and then I'll talk to Brown."

Let it go and Daniel starts talking about other projects

Before, Melissa compiled a simple story outline for the dozens of projects they had selected for the primary, and then sent it to him. There were indeed many surprises in it.

"Ferguson, let me see the horror film that Jonson handed over."

"The jigsaw massacre?"

"Huh?" Daniel was stunned for a moment, and then reacted immediately. Now its tentative name is indeed this, "Yes, it is it."

There was a script in Melissa's office, and he brought it over to Daniel for half an hour. He was sure that he was not mistaken.

"Good luck," Daniel muttered to himself.

Since David decided to start shooting "Ghost Omen", more horror movie scripts have been handed in. Even so, "Chainsaw," now known as "The Jigsaw Massacre," was almost never delivered—and Daniel didn't remember the movie. In the end, he received a call from Jonson Zhu, the director of the short film when Daniel participated in the USC Short Story Competition. He and Ferguson first met because of this short film.

Jonson mentioned on the phone that he had a friend who had written a script and wanted him to see it.

James Wen - also Chinese.

Qiao Sen said that James did not have the confidence to let him watch it. He originally planned to find some film funds to invest in, and then accompany him to make it together. If he could have about 300,000 yuan, he planned to start filming. However, Jonson felt that the script was good, so he recommended it to Daniel.

Daniel asked carefully, only to know that he had sent it to the Daniel Investment Department of DD Films.

He asked Ferguson to find out and show him the outline - he originally said to browse a little bit, so when he replied to Johnson, he seemed to have something to say. , and only know of two or three, Justin Lin and An Li and the like, plus an American name, he can't tell the difference even more.

So when Johnson mentioned James Wing, he had no impression at all - it had nothing to do with memory, it was the name that didn't remain in his cerebral cortex at all.

But after flipping through this outline, there is a vague sense of familiarity.

No matter how unfamiliar he is with horror movies, he has still watched popular movies such as "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "The Shining" and "Chainsaw".

He called Qiao Sen first and asked for James' contact information~www.readwn.com~ and said that DD Pictures had a preliminary intention. The other party thought that he was limited by Qiao Sen's face, and was quite embarrassed.

James is 77 years old, only seven years older than Daniel.

He collaborated with his good brother Ray Warner on this script, so the only two requirements James made was that he would direct and Warner would be the first screenwriter.

This is an unceremonious request, given the director and starring, presumably even if the average studio is interested in the script, there is no willingness to take the film.

Daniel only said that he would consider it, and then came over today to confirm the script.

He tapped twice on Melissa's desk, "Take this first." (To be continued.)

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