China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

After hanging up the phone, a new call came in. It was a landline or from Beijing.

Lu Pingping didn't dare to neglect and connected, and the result was Zeng Li.

"I just dropped my cell phone. I just called you to say something."

"Did you call me outside?"

"yes."

"Okay, I understand. You should go back first. I will send you a mobile phone in a moment. It will take an hour."

"No, I'll just buy it myself tomorrow."

"That's alright, there's no time for text messaging tonight."

"Use QQ."

"Then how can we talk comfortably in bed?"

"No need to bother."

"Just listen to me."

The two of them chatted, and their little ambiguous game was pleasant to both body and mind.

Fifty minutes later, Lu Pingan arrived not far from the gate of Zengli Community with a new mobile phone and a bunch of gifts.

"Wait here for a while."

The driver nodded: "Okay, boss."

Lu Pingan got out of the car with his things in his arms and walked there.

When he arrived at the door, Zeng Li was already waiting. He had short hair, light makeup, and a more formal woolen jacket. He was very beautiful.

It's just that this kind of clothing is not very warm in this snowy day, so it looks a little pitiful, and I am stomping my feet from the cold.

"pear!"

Lu Ping'an shouted, and Zeng Li's eyes lit up under the umbrella. He wanted to lead him up, but his feet slipped and he almost fell.

Lu Pingan walked forward, the two looked at each other and smiled, Zeng Li helped him brush away the snowflakes from his hair.

Lu Pingping took the umbrella naturally and walked into the community together.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"No, just five minutes."

"It's been at least 20 minutes. You're already frozen like that."

"No way, I'm just not resistant to freezing."

Just as Zeng Li finished, his hand was taken by Lu Ping'an and stuffed into his pocket.

Two hands were clasped tightly in the pocket.

Lu Ping'an had a smile on his face.

"This way it won't be cold."

Zeng Li didn't pull his hand back, and the two of them just walked like this. Under an umbrella, the snowy day turned into a dog food day.

However, this scene was short-lived, because the two of them soon arrived downstairs from Zeng Li.

Lu Ping'an originally wanted to walk a few more laps, but thought better of it.

On a snowy day, this is a torment for others.

Entering the corridor, Lu Ping'an took out a large bag of gifts: "This is for you, brought from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and there is a mobile phone in it."

"It's too expensive."

"It doesn't cost anything, it's all picked up from the trash."

Lu Pingan said, putting the gift into her hand to prevent her from rejecting it.

"Take it, go back and explore the surprise slowly."

Zeng Li held the gift and asked with a smile:

"Want to go up and sit down? Zhang Tong wants to see you."

"Do you want me to come up?"

"Um..."

"Then I won't go up. I won't embarrass you."

Zeng Li looked at Lu Pingan and continued to smile, with a look in his eyes.

Lu Pingan kissed him directly.

Zeng Li, who was carrying the gift, couldn't resist immediately, so he had to let Lu Ping'an bully him.

But they were not bullied for long, less than ten seconds. The two of them were forgetting themselves. There were footsteps on the corridor and someone came downstairs. The two of them separated, just like thieves.

The person who came downstairs was an old man wearing long johns and a cotton hat. When he got to the first floor, he looked at the snow outside the window through the community door and started to smoke, without paying any attention to the two people behind him.

Lu Pingan and Zeng Li looked at each other and then smiled.

The uncle turned around and said, "Oh, you scared me."

"Sorry, uncle, we're leaving now." Lu Ping'an greeted him with a smile.

"It's okay, it's okay, who hasn't been young yet?"

The uncle waved his hand magnanimously and turned to look outside the door, "Oh, the snow is getting heavy again."

The uncle just didn't go out or move his position.

Lu Pingan had no choice but to show apologetic expressions to Zeng Li, and whispered: "Let's do it next time."

"Well, go back and be safe."

The two kissed again, one went out and the other went upstairs.

On the way home, Zeng Li sent a text message on his new mobile phone: "It's too expensive. Don't spend so much next time."

Lu Ping'an replied: "It's not expensive, it's just a small amount of money."

"It's not expensive for you, but it's too expensive for me."

“It’s not a big problem to spend some money on a prosperous woman”

The two were chatting, and at the same time, people in Warner's office on the other side of the Pacific were also discussing.

"China Film Group actually got involved?"

The people opposite Barry Meyer were a little big-headed.

They didn't expect that there was such a connection behind Lu Ping'an's purchase of the Batman rights.

Barry Meyer was also a little surprised, but this was just what he wanted.

China Film's intervention can make things a lot more cheerful.

"Do you still want to refuse to fulfill the contract now?"

Barry Meyer asked in a deep voice.

As the president, you must control things in a direction that is beneficial to you at all times.

It was actually the opinion of these senior executives to rent out Batman, and he actually agreed.

But after he heard Nolan's plan, he did regret renting Batman out.

But the degree of regret is not high, because the plan Nolan mentioned at the time actually did not impress him too much.

In other words, Nolan did not fully disclose the plan for "Batman 1" for some reasons.

So much so that the "Batman 1" that Summit is currently working on is somewhere between promising and hopeless in the eyes of senior executives.

But several senior executives opposite Barry Meyer supported taking back the IP. They didn't care about anything else. They only knew that there was hope, and then they gave opinions just for the sake of giving them.

Barry Meyer disagreed at the time. After all, breach of contract was not a trivial matter, and the other party was not from overseas, but a member of the Hollywood family called Summit.

I don’t know if it will take years and months to get started. After all, “Harry Potter” is making a lot of money now, so I don’t have much thought on other series projects, and it is still a project that is basically dead.

But this group of senior executives disagreed and even initiated a board vote.

One moment this way, another moment that way.

Barry Meyer now completely understands why Warner had so many tricks in the past.

This was also the reason for the first negotiation with Lu Ping An.

Lu Pingan did not agree, and his attitude was firm and confident, which made them feel that they had to take it back.

I just didn’t expect that this project would involve China.

Now the cooperation between Warner and China is entering the next stage.

In the future, Warner will be involved in film investment, production and theater chains in China.

If it really breaks the contract and uses other dirty tricks, the price will be the loss of the Chinese market.

Compared with the Chinese market and Batman, which one is more important?

Even though the Chinese market is not big yet, there is no need to consider this issue.

If you don't go, someone else will.

So for the next plan, we definitely can’t do it.

They are just short-sighted and feel they are in the wrong, but they will not admit it.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Barry Meyer asked directly.

"Should we continue to breach the contract, or should we comply with the contract?"

"Of course, according to the contract." Someone quickly answered.

"Then according to the contract, that's enough. Let's adjourn the meeting." Barry Meyer waved his hands, not wanting to listen to these people chirping anymore.

He decided to discuss with the higher-ups in a few days to remove the decision-making power of these people. Even if they could not be removed, the power should not be so great.

No other company does this!

If Warner continues like this, everything will be over.

Wasn't it just "Harry Potter" before? If it weren't for the firm attitude of JK Rowling and himself, these people could have turned "Harry Potter" into a single movie instead of the current blockbuster series!

But after Barry Meyer finished speaking, it was obvious that these people would not give up.

The leader said: "No, we can't let Batman die like this! Now the script of the first Batman movie is mediocre, Nolan's ability is mediocre, and his peak production experience is close to none. According to their approach, This film will basically not be successful, but if we do it, we will use this script, change it to a famous director, and equip a more comprehensive team. In this way, the probability of Batman being resurrected will be greatly increased!"

Barry Meyer continued to rub his eyebrows: "You said something like this last time, and now you say it again, what's the point?"

"Of course it makes sense!"

The leader continued, "Although China is now involved, there are not many Chinese elements, or even none. Batman is still Batman. If it fails, this IP will be completely dead!"

"That's right."

Another senior executive also said, "If the project fails, everyone will just think that we at Warner are out of our minds. What does it have to do with China?"

Barry Meyer: “What the hell are you trying to say?”

"We want to completely cut off from the top!"

"That's right, withdraw everything related to Warner, including the director, and only keep the distribution."

"Yes, if Batman continues to die, it will be a matter between Summit and China and has nothing to do with us."

"In this way, winning or losing has nothing to do with us anyway, and it can also strengthen the cooperative relationship with China."

Everyone was chirping, and Barry Meyer no longer knew what to complain about.

No matter what happens, I can come up with something new for him.

However, this suggestion is quite pertinent.

Nolan's ability is indeed average, at least he has not proven himself in such a big project.

And he is from Warner.

If Batman continues to die this time, this point will definitely be used to make a fuss.

So it’s okay to cut it off.

If it succeeds, according to the contract anyway, Warner can still intervene later.

Anyway, it's all good for us.

But he also asked: "What if the other party disagrees?"

"Then we can do it ourselves, Nolan is not one of their people."

"You all think so?"

"Yes."×N

"Vote."

After a while, Barry Meyer decided directly: "The memo has been recorded. Don't say it's my problem in the future."

Everyone shook their heads.

Barry Meyer: "Exxon, go talk to Summit and sign an additional agreement!"

Exxon took the order and left, and Barry Meyer turned back to the group: "This is the last time I listen to your advice."

Having said that, the meeting is dismissed.