Hollywood Drawing

People will change as the environment changes. If you look at Wayne from the perspective of his previous life, he is a scumbag with excessive secretion of hormones.

As his wealth and power increased, Wayne became less and less willing to restrain his desires. The reaction of his assistant reminded him that he was still far from the success he imagined, and he was far from the time to indulge in these things. .

The car stopped at Warner Downstairs and Wayne got out of the car in silence.

"Good morning, Director Greenberg!"

"Hi, Mr. Greenberg!"

As soon as he entered the Warner Building, many employees greeted him. It seemed that suddenly the employees of Warner Bros. were much more enthusiastic towards him. This had never happened before.

‘Is this a change? ’ Wayne walked to the elevator with a straight face, nodding to the people who greeted him actively along the way. This was the first time he encountered this situation, so he simply nodded silently when greeting people.

"What happened to them?"

Jimmy trotted over and caught up with the two who were about to enter the elevator. Before he could speak, he heard his client's question.

"Ha." The agent chuckled, looking like he was in a very good mood. "Wayne, you don't understand that only a director who can direct and control front-line productions in Hollywood is considered a great director."

Nodding belatedly, Wayne understood that now he had entered the superstructure of this circle.

"If I mess up this movie..." He straightened his suit and joked happily to himself. "Is he still a great director? Jimmy."

"No, strictly speaking, if your film can still be successful, you can be considered a first-line director of commercial films. You need to prove yourself in first-line large-scale productions. After all, your style is too weird and difficult to judge. But there is one standard we all have in common, and that is, box office!”

Big productions, yes, big productions in this era only cost tens of millions of dollars. Hollywood will soon enter the fast lane of internationalization and is conquering cities one after another around the world. Looking back in two years, the investment cost of this film will be considered medium at best.

The conference room arranged by Warner Brothers is not small. In fact, the only people who can come here to hold the preparatory meeting are the bosses of various types of work on the crew, and there will not be too many people at all.

Just like Robert, the cameraman who just came in, he only brought one photography assistant, but after the filming started, he had to hire at least seven or eight photographers, and some of them were photography assistants part-time.

This is probably the case for every type of work. Being able to participate in projects with a production cost of tens of millions, the bosses of these types of work are basically out of the position of workers.

"Hi, Director Greenberg, is it okay for me to sit here?" The visitor greeted with a smile. He clearly understood who was in control of the crew.

"Of course, Mr. Keller." The president of DC Comics personally came to attend the preparatory meeting of the crew, which gave Wayne a lot of doubts. Are these executives so idle now?

"If you don't mind, call me Jonathan." This middle-aged white man's hair is a little bald, and he has a Mediterranean style, but he is always smiling. "I hope my coming here won't cause any trouble to you. I just want to know the crew's work progress as soon as possible. This is important to both you and me, isn't it? Wayne!"

Wayne thought he had fooled him that day, but seeing what he meant, the head of DC Comics thought of something else when he went back.

"Okay, Jonathan, it's up to you!"

At nine o'clock in the morning, John and Wayne sat at the front of the conference room. They looked at each other and nodded. Warner Bros. employees helped close the conference room door.

Wayne reached out and knocked on the table hard. Until everyone's eyes were focused on him, he cleared his throat and said loudly:

"There are some of you who are working together. We have cooperated more than once, and there are also many new colleagues. I can tell you in advance that I have very high requirements for my work. If I find that any of you are not worthy in my future work, The salary the crew is offering. I’ll replace him in a heartbeat! John, let’s do it!”

The authority of the crew is very important. He must be the director who makes everyone fear him, so that he can control everyone and prevent nonsense from happening during filming.

The communication work also includes John Gray and Zach Schneider. In fact, Wayne is now playing like a producer of a normal crew, and John is like a weak film director. In any case, as long as the cooperation is good, there will be no problem.

"Okay, let me talk about the preparations first." John looked around at the heads of people around him and took out a few pieces of printing paper. "Warner Bros. has already deposited the project's first filming fund of US$25 million into the crew's account at Merrill Lynch Insurance. It can be withdrawn at any time after the meeting."

The employee of Merrill Lynch Insurance Company who was sitting in the corner of the conference room stood up and gestured to everyone, but did not show too much presence. When everyone looked over, he shrank back to the corner.

As a third-party insurance company, their main task is to supervise the flow of funds to the crew and ensure that the film can be produced within the deadline.

After saying this, he looked at Wayne and saw that he nodded to express his understanding before continuing: "Now we have enough start-up funds. Before the film is officially shot, Warner will put the second amount of funds into the account.

In the name of Warner, I have issued audition invitations to the Screen Actors Guild and major agencies. Schwartz, there will be a lot of people auditioning in the first round, so you have to pay attention to screening! "

"Okay." Schwartz-Bob, the casting director sent by Warner Bros., nodded.

After saying these two points, John looked directly at the director. He was a producer. After all, it was the film director who was in charge of all shooting and production issues.

Wayne sat at the head of the long conference table and glanced around from the end. Everyone he looked at had serious expressions. "We will discuss the key points of the preparatory work below."

After the filming of "Get Out", this time he used the same team as last time and had experience of cooperation. This time after John sent out the invitation, the experienced behind-the-scenes personnel would be in place as soon as possible.

"Zach!" The first person Wayne named was the new assistant director. "The crew will be filming in New York for a period of time. You are familiar with the place. Assist John and work with him to arrange the crew's logistical issues and communicate with the city government."

"No problem!" Zack Snyder said immediately: "I have been in New York in the past few years, and I have had some dealings with the city government for shooting commercials. You don't need to worry about this."

After speaking, he smiled at producer John.

This is no small matter. After all the personnel are finally in place, the crew may grow to hundreds of people, or even more. With so many staff, if logistics are not ensured, problems may arise anywhere.

"Karen." Wayne turned his head to the new assistant director, "After the meeting, you go and communicate with Industrial Light and Magic, put forward our production requirements to them, and ask them to give me a quotation as soon as possible!"

"Okay, Director Greenberg!" Karen Feynman is also considered an old man at Warner, and these jobs are not a problem for him.

Next, everyone will discuss the cooperation issues between various types of work. These things cannot be avoided. There is a lot of turnover at the bottom of Hollywood. It is basically impossible to start shooting smoothly as soon as they get up.

Wayne has been through this situation twice and understands that everyone needs to have a good rapport.

"Okay, let's do this for today. Everyone will go back and prepare individually. If there are any problems, please communicate with me in time!" John saw that the conversation was almost over, so he ended the preparatory meeting.

Most of the people in the room were strangers to Wayne, but they all came to say hello and tell him their names before they left. Everyone knows that he can't remember everyone, but if you don't introduce yourself, it's even less likely to be remembered by him.

Nina, who had been sitting in the corner behind Wayne, started to get busy at this time. She would ask for a business card from every crew member who greeted her boss so that Wayne could contact them at any time.

"Wayne, there is one more important thing!" John looked a little embarrassed, but he still said it bravely. "Someone called Warner Bros. and hoped that a test screening of Arthur the Joker would get an actor straight into the second round."

"Huh?" This matter made Wayne very dissatisfied. Even if his people participated in the audition, they would have to start from the first round. At this moment, he wanted to know who had such a big reputation.

"What's the actor's name?"

"Nicolas Cage, I have his resume here." John also didn't like this kind of thing, but human relations issues are everywhere, and there will be people in every crew.