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Because "Reservoir Dogs" was deleted, Duca personally talked to Harvey and asked him to contact the theaters that were showing it, change the film reels, and re-release the complete version of "Reservoir Dogs."

But Harvey, the fat guy, kept pushing back, saying that it would take a lot of time to re-record and replace the tapes. The theater refused to agree, and said that it was only a few seconds of editing and not to worry about it. Instead, he asked Quentin not to worry about this trivial matter.

Duca naturally sided with Quentin on this matter. Quentin was very drunk that day and said that the movie is the director's XX. After being cut, the body will become incomplete. It has been cut more times.

, that is, he is no longer a man.

The same goes for movies. If they are cut out too many times, the director will gradually lose his original personality in creation and become incomplete.

When Duca saw Quentin being so angry, he naturally wanted to help him find an explanation.

In the end, Harvey agreed to use the complete version of the film for the second screening and compensated LV Pictures with 300,000 yuan as compensation. He also said that this was his final bottom line.

Considering that the two companies were still cooperating, Duca did not force Harvey anymore. He just hoped that Bob would apologize in person the next time he saw Quentin. This is the most basic respect.

"Harvey, I make movies to make money, and it doesn't matter to me if the movie is edited. But Quentin is my friend and my partner.

This time Bob didn't say hello to us and deleted scenes from the movie without authorization, which was disrespectful to the movie and the filmmakers. I hope he can apologize to Quentin in private."

Duca said seriously.

"....good!"

Harvey agreed with a dark face, but he smiled and said,

"Duka, I know you and Quentin are partners, but are you taking too much care of him? I think it's very bad of you. After all, you are the boss of the company, and you can't only cooperate with one director."

"Well, you are right, I will pay attention. By the way, I heard that the box office of "Reservoir Dogs" will exceed 5 million next week. Congratulations."

Considering that the movie "Love in My Heart" has not yet been released, he does not want to make the relationship between the two too tense.

"Haha, not bad!"

Harvey grinned and smiled reservedly.

This time he spent too much money to buy the rights to "Reservoir Dogs". If the movie was released without cuts, the movie would definitely not be good at the box office, and it might even lose money.

Finally, after thinking about it, he still couldn't hold it back, so he used the big scissors again. Now it seems that the effect is very good. The movie box office and video tape distribution can make millions more, hehe~

"Harvey, one more thing. The box office of "Reservoir Dogs" exceeded 5 million. You made money. Don't forget our compensation agreement."

The content of the compensation agreement is that if the box office of "Reservoir Dogs" exceeds 5 million, Miramax will pay LV Pictures another US$500,000.

"Uh~"

After hearing his words, the smile on Harvey's face froze, and he suddenly felt that the 5 million box office was no longer good.

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"Honey, how was your chat?"

When we returned to the company, Monica came up to us and asked.

Duca hugged her and kissed her, "It's not that good. That guy Harvey is an old man and very difficult to deal with. I chatted with him for two hours, but I only got 300,000 yuan in compensation and a verbal apology from him.

Promise, nothing else has been negotiated.”

"Harvey is an old man in the industry. He has done countless things similar to breach of contract. He must be very experienced in dealing with this kind of thing. You can ask for 300,000 yuan in compensation and an apology. It is not bad. Next time you cooperate with him, you should pay more attention.

alright."

Monica chuckled.

"you're right!"

Duka looked at the documents on the table and asked, "How have you read the scripts recently? Are there any suitable ones?"

He was talking about the next movie of LV Pictures. The filming of "Unruly Sky" has been completed and it will be considered for release in a few months.

After "Boogie" is released, LV Pictures should consider shooting the next movie.

Monica is now the vice president of LV Pictures. She is more concerned about this matter, so she reads scripts and selects projects when she has time.

"I found a good project, take a look!"

Monica opened the folder and sat down next to it.

"You know a woman by smell?"

Duca touched his chin while looking at the new script.

"Yes, this script is adapted from the Italian film "Scent of a Woman" released in 1974. "Scent of a Woman" was a great success after its release and won many international and domestic film awards.

City Lights Pictures obtained the rights to adapt this script very early. They originally planned to film it in 1985, but there was an investment problem midway and the project was never approved.

This year they are planning to restart the project, starring Al Pacino. Because the cost is too high, they have found many independent production companies to participate in investment.

I also got this script, and I heard it was adapted from an Italian movie. I was more interested in it, and after reading it, I thought it was pretty good. What do you think? Do you want to consider investing?"

Monica introduced enthusiastically.

Duca nodded. The quality of this movie is indeed very high. It has gained good reputation at the box office and the leading actor Al Pacino even won the Oscar for Best Actor for this movie. If you can participate in the investment, it is indeed a good opportunity.

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He read the script once, and except for a few places that were different from the plot of the movie in his memory, it was basically the same.

"This script seems quite interesting, but with Al Pacino as the leading actor, there should be a lot of investment."

Al Pacino is a top actor in Hollywood. He became popular in the 1970s with "The Godfather" and won the 45th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He later starred in "The Clash" and "Scarface", which both achieved box office success.

good.

Last year's starring role in "The Godfather Part III" had a mediocre box office reputation, but it had little impact on him. The salary was more than 15 million. Counting other expenses, the production cost of this movie was at least 45 million.

For LV Pictures, which is still in its infancy, this number is obviously too high.

"Yes, the investment is too large and it is very inappropriate."

Monica felt a little sorry.

Duca smiled and said, "Do you want to be the heroine of this play?"

"what do you think?"

Monica stood up and spun around in a circle, and stood on tiptoes in preparation for ballet dancing. However, she was a little plumper and even after several attempts on her tiptoes, she failed.

“Great, beautiful dance!”

Duca clapped his hands and smiled.

"snort!"

Monica's face turned red and she punched him angrily.

"It's all your fault. I used to exercise every day. I kept a good figure and a good sense of balance. After being with you, I am lazier than before and eat more than before. I am 3 pounds heavier than last year.

, it’s all your fault.”

"Haha, blame me, blame me, it's my fault."

Duka stood up, took her hand and turned it around, held her in his arms and said with a smile,

"I think you look just right this way. You are plump and sexy, and you have a better figure than all women."

"Really? Better than Linda?"

Monica leaned into his arms and smiled.

"That's for sure. Linda is a skinny beauty, and your figure combines everyone's advantages and is the most perfect. Linda is still far behind you."

"That sounds nice, but you still often stare at Linda's legs?"

Monica put her hands around his waist and pinched a bit of soft flesh with her fingers to implement strategic deterrence.

"Not often, I only look at her occasionally. The main reason is that her legs are too long, and her legs are all from the neck down. I am curious if she will feel dizzy with such long legs?"

"Legs all under the neck? Haha, I will tell Linda this, do you think she will kick you?"

Monica smiled slightly.

"Definitely, so don't tell her."

Duca hugged her and shook her, and danced around the office, talking about business while dancing.

"The script of "Scent of a Woman" is good. We can continue to contact City Lights. If the investment share is 10 to 20 million, it will be no problem for us to participate in the investment. There is also a heroine..."

"No, no, no, the investment amount is too large and not suitable for us to operate. We are a newly established independent film company, and the investment target at this stage should be small projects under 10 million, rather than taking risks to play big ones. This is why Walter

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I only thought that the script was good and the role was good, and I forgot to consider everything. I am not an actor now, so I should not use the criteria of an actor to select scripts. This was my mistake."

Monica hit her forehead in frustration.

"Haha, you are not wrong. LV Pictures is still too small at the moment and I have wronged you. But I want you to promise that in ten years, I will make you the most shining woman in the world."

Dukara held her hand and said.

"The most shining? No, I want to be the happiest woman, okay?"

Monica smiled slightly.

"This can be done at any time."

Duka lowered his head and kissed her.

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