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The Butterfly Effect!

A word came out of Xu Ang's mind, and the influence of his butterfly's flapping wings finally began to appear.

If I remember correctly, Trucker was ultimately co-invested by Fox and Paramount as major investors, and both parties split the majority of the box office. It can be said that both companies made a lot of money with the Trucker movie.

They are both making money, and they are also big investors in movies. Some people are so happy that they burst into tears when they count their money, while others cry so much that they regret it so much that they want to drown themselves in urine.

Paramount belongs to the former and Fox belongs to the latter.

When the truck driver's large ship expenses increased and the shooting deadline was delayed again and again, and even Fox had no patience for the delay, the film company decided not to make any more investment. But the movie hasn't been finished yet, so the money invested in it can't just be wasted.

So Fox decided to bring in an easy target.

Unfortunately, Paramount was the lucky one.

Out of trust in the box office success of Truck Driver's previous films, Paramount regarded the opportunity to invest in a new Truck Driver movie as a piece of pie in the sky and took a bite without much thought.

Fox saw that Paramount was so easy to deceive, and when it found a successor for the movie, it secretly laughed at the other party's stupidity.

You must know that Fox itself is not optimistic about this new work of Truck Driver.

This is not to say that the script of Big Boat itself is not good. What Fox is not optimistic about is not the movie script, but the director.

It's easy to see why Fox thought this way when you look at the types of movies that Truckers was known for before Big Ship was filmed.

A director who is famous for filming hard-hitting, tough-guy, gun battles and other elements, he transformed into making romance films, which also have the nature of idol dramas. This transformation is outrageous.

You, a truck driver, are so aggressive and unreasonable that you insist on learning from Tofu Xishi. What do you want others to think and how do you want Fox to think highly of you?

Generally speaking, Fox's view is correct, but what they did not expect is that genius cannot be measured by common sense, and truck drivers are geniuses.

From the perspective of future generations, Truck Driver's big ship named Titanic showed its royal qualities as soon as it was born. It ran rampant at the international movie box office and defeated other movies. It’s a fool’s errand for people to have the opportunity to participate in investment.

But that was hindsight.

Not everyone can know the result in advance. People speculate that one thing can only be judged by experience, and Fox's experience is that of a large number of directors in Hollywood who have failed in transformation and suffered bloody injuries, including many great directors. With so many failed cases ahead of them, it’s hard for them to have confidence in truck drivers.

Especially when Truck Driver's big ship was still struggling to survive despite repeated investments, Fox was even less confident.

There is a very common investment operation in the film and television industry, that is, unless you are absolutely sure about a film, no matter how much say you have or how abundant the company's funds are, you will always find someone to cooperate with you. What they say is that everyone can make money together, but what they think in their hearts is that if one more person comes in, the risk will be shared.

To put it more simply, the latter is an idea of ​​harming others and not benefiting oneself.

This kind of morally reprehensible practice is commonplace in the film and television industry. People in the industry are used to it. Thinking about it, people don’t know what to say.

"You mean Paramount doesn't want to be taken advantage of and invest money in this hole that seems to have a high probability of losing money?"

Xu Ang asked Lasseter.

"Yes, boss, that's it. Paramount has already said that Fox has no way of taking advantage of it. It will never invest in this movie, and it has also warned those film and television companies that are closely related to it that it will not invest in this movie." These companies are not investing either.”

As one of the top seven companies in Hollywood, Paramount also wants to save face. When it discovered that it was being taken advantage of in the eyes of Fox, and that it was easy to cheat people who were stupid and rich, Paramount rolled up its sleeves and fought back.

If it weren't for the many underlings and countless people inside and outside the industry watching, it had to maintain its own image and maintain its demeanor as one of the top seven in Hollywood. Paramount would have been scolded. It is gentle enough to just say that you will not invest and ask your friends not to invest either.

"I guess they don't want to offend the truck drivers. At least Cameron's tough guy movies are guaranteed to be box office."

Trucker's status in Hollywood had already been established before Terminator and Suicide Squad. For directors of his level, as long as they didn't fail two or three movies in a row, even the seven major film companies would coax them.

The reason why Fox is not optimistic about Truck Driver making love idol movies but still invests in his new work is not to tie up this cash cow.

Based on the reputation that truck drivers have accumulated, even if they are accompanied by a big ship, they can still make a lot of money if they go back and continue filming The Terminator and the like.

"Boss, what about us...?"

Lasseter was waiting for Xu Ang's instructions.

Xu Ang on the other end of the phone said: "Since no one is optimistic about the truck driver's transformation, let's vote for it."

"Eh?"

"Don't be surprised. I have seen the truck driver's big boat, and it was very well photographed. If it is operated well, there will be considerable profits. Aren't other people not optimistic about this movie? They will use facts to prove their so-called experience and their What a ridiculous look in his eyes. It's such a cliché to say that he is one of the top seven in Hollywood. He just got into the industry early and accumulated enough time to occupy his position. In today's rapidly developing times, he

Their approach has long been outdated, and only new film and television forces like us are the future. The world belongs to us young people, Lasseter. "

Lasseter wiped the sweat from his forehead. Xu Ang said that he had seen the truck driver's new work. This was so full of information that Lasseter did not dare to ask more questions.

Fortunately, this was a private call between him and Xu Ang, and there was no one else in his office. Otherwise, if Xu Ang's words were spread, it would be strange if Pixar was not crazily targeted by the seven major film companies.

Confidence is a good thing, but too much confidence and arrogance is a bad thing.

If possible, Lasseter really wanted to warn Xu Ang and say to him: "Boss, please wake up, please wake up."

But there are no ifs in reality, so Lasseter can't say that to Xu Ang. He will only follow Xu Ang's words and confidently guarantee that he will handle this matter well and make Pixar a big investment in Truck Driver's new movie. square.

"Fox treats us like money-splitting boys, and we're going to make them regret it. Lasseter, you must get your share of the investment. The more, the better."

Xu Ang was thinking that if he became a big investor in that big ship, Lao Mi's plan to create a god in the film field would be greatly compromised in terms of effectiveness. In addition, as a major investor, he also has a say in the content of the movie.

I remember that the truck driver restored many historical facts when taking pictures of the ship. The Chinese who were on board the ship when it sank played a great role in rescuing others. These truck drivers filmed it, but everyone knew Lao Mi’s capital and virtues. They asked the truck drivers to delete these scenes and cut out all the scenes involving Chinese people. So much so that we don’t even get our fair share of such a good opportunity to promote a positive image of the Chinese people.

Money was made, fame was gained, and gods in the film and television industry were created. They took everything they could, and then they smugly bossed around.

If Xu Ang can't be reached, he can just forget it. Now that he can, he will never allow this to happen.