Hollywood Road

Sitting at the desk, Daisy held a pen in one hand and rested her chin on the other, thinking about how to write this letter. [ Eight [[One [(＜\u003c中＜文[

In the past period of time, she wrote at least 30 letters, and after they were mailed to caa's mailbox, there was no response.

Daisy raised her head and looked up, and there was a poster on the opposite wall. There was a line on the poster - For dear Daisy!

Behind this line, there is also a cursive English signature - Murphy Stanton.

Seeing this poster, Daisy couldn't help thinking of the director she saw at the screening. Unfortunately, there were too many people at that time, and there was no chance to communicate.

"Hey..." Daisy let out a long sigh.

She found that she seemed to like and admire Murphy Stanton more. How could she express this emotion?

Suddenly, many images popped up in Daisy's mind, and she quickly shook her head, it was too crazy.

Lowering her head, she looked at the letter paper in front of her, and the pen in Daisy's hand fell on it.

"I wrote so many letters before but didn't reply. I don't know if you can see this one. I am your staunch supporter and the leader of your discussion group on the ImdB page. After watching "Chain Saw" At the beginning, I had a lot of ideas and wanted to communicate with you. If you still shoot this type of film, the killing methods I thought of might be helpful to you..."

After writing two pieces of letter paper eloquently, Daisy found an envelope to seal the letter, and wrote the address of caa's mailbox on the envelope. Looking at the sun leaning towards the west outside the window, she put on her backpack and went out, preparing to mail the letter.

At the same time, the Cadillac that Murphy was driving was parked in the parking lot near the back entrance of the Capitol Theater in Hollywood.

After getting out of the car and going to the back door of the theater, he showed the invitation letter to the security personnel guarding here. Murphy walked in, turned a few turns, and passed a long passage to find the front hall of the El Capitan Theater.

"Hi, Director Stanton."

A staff member guarding here obviously knew him. Murphy nodded to him and asked, "Is Miss Faith here?"

"Here we come." There were many people in the theater, and the staff pointed to a group of people, "Miss Feith is socializing over there."

"thanks."

Murphy looked in the direction he pointed,

After finding the figure of Kara Firth, he immediately walked towards that side. Before he got close, Kara Firth saw her, whispered to the people around him, and walked over.

"Why are you here so late?" She asked, and took Murphy to another place, "This way."

"There is a temporary emergency at Miramax." Murphy was also a little helpless, "I didn't leave Burbank until three o'clock in the afternoon."

Kara Firth pointed to the few people in front, "The executives from Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Comics are here, let me introduce you."

When they got there, when a few people finished talking about a topic, Kara Firth stepped in, "Hi, everyone."

"Hello, Kara." Several people nodded to Kara Firth and Murphy.

"Introduce a director to you." Kara Firth looked at Murphy and said, "This is my good friend, Director Murphy Stanton."

Those people looked over immediately and obviously knew who Murphy was.

Kara Firth introduced Murphy again, "This is the CEO of Twentieth Century Fox, Harry Allens."

This is a white man in his fifties who is completely bald on the top of his head, with some Jewish features in his appearance.

Kara Firth continued to introduce, "This is Dave Scola, the director of the 20th Century Fox film production department."

This is a middle-aged man with glasses and Kara Firth's main internal rival in the future.

Murphy shook hands with these two people one by one, and they were also very polite on the surface, especially the CEO of Twentieth Century Fox, Harry Allens, after the routine greetings, he also said, "Fox and Stanton Studios have always been We are working together and hope the cooperation will continue.”

"Chain Saw 2", a collaboration between Fox Searchlight and Stanton Studios, has already been released. Murphy didn't pay much attention to it because he was too busy. The income is also quite a lot, and it is expected to bring Stanton Studio more than five million US dollars in net profit.

The follow-up third part was also logically put on the agenda by the two companies.

"Our cooperation will continue." Murphy said with a smile.

Harry Irons also laughed, "When, Murphy, can you direct a film for Twentieth Century Fox?"

As soon as these words came out, Dave Scola next to him stared, and couldn't help but glance at Kara Firth next to Murphy.

Kara Firth didn't seem to see it, just smiled.

Murphy nodded slightly, "I believe there will be a chance."

After exchanging greetings with Harry Irons, Kara Firth introduced two other people to Murphy, first a thin old man with brown glasses, "This is Mr. Stan Lee from Marvel Comics, a legendary figure in the American comics industry .”

Then he introduced an obviously Jewish person next to him, "This is Avi Arad, the CEO of Marvel Comics."

Murphy came here to participate in the screening more because he was invited by Kara Firth. He didn't expect to meet two key characters of Marvel comics here, but thinking that "X-Men" came from Marvel screen, yes It was no surprise that they appeared here.

The current Marvel Comics is not what it used to be. The big sales of "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" have become the focus of the whole United States.

When he came to this kind of place, Murphy also had to socialize. Later, under the introduction of Kara Firth, he met Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen and Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry and others. I specially chatted with Bryan Singer, a personality director, and met Brett Ratner, who has been confirmed to direct the third part of "X-Men".

Although they only talked for a short time, Murphy could tell that the entire "X-Men" crew seemed to reject the new director.

"I don't know why?" Kara Firth was also very strange when he accompanied Murphy to leave here, "Bryan Singer didn't like him either."

Murphy couldn't figure it out either, "It's a good thing for you."

Kara Firth shook her head and changed the subject, "I have communicated with Harry. If there is a suitable adaptation or director, 20th Century Fox can consider splitting the X-Men series."

Having said that, Kara Firth saw Murphy looking to a corner to the left, where Avi Arad of Marvel Comics was whispering something to someone.

"You want to talk to him?" She immediately guessed Murphy's intention.

Murphy didn't hide it, nodded and said, "Seeing him, I have a little new idea."

The people around Avi Allard walked away at this moment, and Murphy waved to Kara Firth and walked over alone.

"Hi, Mr. Allard."

He took the initiative to say hello, and Avi Allard smiled at him, "Hello, Director Stanton."

"Can we talk about it?" Murphy didn't intend to go around in circles, this matter is very difficult, "About comics and movies."

Avi Arad was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Of course."

Since he was imprisoned in the first year, he basically had no money for the next two years. Now that Bo has a fortune, he missed the best time. Murphy came here only with the idea of ​​trying.

After all, once he succeeds, he will earn. If he fails, he will not lose more than wasting a little saliva.

"My studio would like to ask your company for the film adaptation rights of some comic book heroes."

Hearing Murphy's words, Avi Arad's eyes immediately showed a bit of vigilance, "Which comics are you interested in?"

"Hmm..." Murphy pondered for a while, and said, "Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, and Daredevil."

"Sorry, the copyright of Daredevil is in the hands of 20th Century Fox." Avi Allard said politely first, and then said, "Marvel Comics doesn't sell any of the movie copyrights of other superheroes!"

These words are so decisive that there seems to be no room for negotiation.

Murphy frowned, and didn't give up completely, "What if it's just Iron Man? The conditions are easy to talk about."

Avi Arad shook his head without hesitation, "Marvel Comics has made too many mistakes in terms of film copyright, and we will not continue to make mistakes."

Seeing what Murphy wanted to say, Avi Arad raised his hand to stop him, "As for the transfer of movie copyright, Marvel Comics will not discuss with any company."

Murphy nodded, stopped talking, and watched Avi Arad walk away from him.

Of course he knew that as long as the price was high enough, Marvel Comics would definitely be able to negotiate the transfer of movie copyrights. The question was, what price would it take to impress Marvel now?

Such a price is simply not something he can afford.

At some point, Kara Firth came over, "How was the talk?"

"It doesn't have any effect," Murphy shook his head, "The Marvel comics of today are not the Marvel comics of the 1990s."

"yes, "

Although it has only been a few days since he entered Twentieth Century Fox, Kara Firth has already had a preliminary understanding of a lot of work, "Since the success of the first part of "X-Men", they have asked to buy back the copyright more than once. And Pai La Montgomery's "Fantastic Four" and Sony Columbia's "Spider-Man" are also targets they want to buy back."

"I'll give you some advice," Murphy said, "No matter what, don't give up on the X-Men."

He suddenly changed the subject, "I heard from Avi Arad that the copyright of "Daredevil" is also owned by 20th Century Fox?"

"It was supposed to be made into a film," Kara Firth said, "but when the company was in the review stage, Ben Affleck, who led the project, suddenly withdrew, causing the project to be suspended. Now that the company's liquidity is tight, it should temporarily No reboot. Are you interested in Daredevil?"

"I just want to see if I can raise chips to make a deal with Marvel Comics." Having said that, Murphy pointed to the entrance of the theater, "The screening is about to start, let's go in."

With "X-Men 2" officially in theaters, "Sin City" will be a huge hit this weekend. (To be continued.)