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"You are so kind to her..."

Watching Lin Yoona walking into the crowd again and taking the initiative to say hello to other women...

Martin suddenly said something.

"Yeah...that's my girl, Martin, why not me?"

Qin Dong watched Yoon'er leave, and saw with his own eyes that the other party tried to follow Qin Dong's words and try to talk to other actresses who came to this manor.

He said something casually.

As Qin Dong's woman, communicating with other men is not what Qin Dong wants to see, and he will not give women a chance. Once this happens, there will be no interaction, and all ties will be severed from now on.

But don't be too withdrawn. It doesn't matter to Qin Dong if a woman communicates with a woman, even if she communicates in depth.

"Wow, are you done?"

Barry Meyer arrived at Daqin Manor a long time ago.

He just looked at Qin Dong and saw someone next to him for a while, and then another person, and he didn't know what was interesting and didn't come over to him.

At this moment, no one finally came close. After waiting, and waiting again, well, after confirming that no one was coming...

He quickly came over with a wine glass in hand.

"Good evening, Barry."

Martin raised his glass and said politely.

"Good evening, Barry."

Qin Dong raised his glass and said the same thing.

"Qin, I really envy your luck as a woman..."

Barry raised his glass and the three of them touched each other and joked with each other.

"As the president of Warner, Barry, as long as you nod your head, I think there are countless Hollywood actresses who are willing to take the initiative to climb into your bed."

Qin Dong chuckled, showing a smile that every man would understand, and fought back.

"Well, maybe, but unfortunately, I'm old and don't have enough energy. Maybe I can consider it occasionally."

Barry smiled and nodded, not denying it.

This is a rule that everyone knows. Everyone plays, but if you don't play, you think you have a personality, but in fact, others will reject you. This way is not possible.

"You are indeed getting old, Barry. I have to come here several times a week now..."

After Martin gave Barry a look of disdain, Mrs. Wang started selling her melons.

"Hey..."

Unexpectedly, Barry didn't believe it at all and gave him a mocking look.

We are all old people, so you have to write down a draft even if you are bragging.

"Ha ha..."

Qin Dong stood aside and smiled as he watched the two old men's bragging trip.

"Qin, from now on, during my final term as President of Warner, I will be relying on you."

After telling the joke, Barry toasted again, this time with a serious expression.

"No problem, Barry. Since I have taken on this responsibility, I will not fail. I don't want my reputation as the most profitable director in the world to be lost."

Qin Dong raised his glass and gave an affirmative answer.

"I believe in you, I always have, that's why I chose you to build the DC universe."

Barry took the initiative to touch Qin Dong's wine glass:

"The information you need will be sent to you by DC later."

"If you have any other needs, please call me anytime."

"Of course, if you have a complete, or rough, preliminary plan for the DC universe, you can contact me."

"Maybe I can't help you plan, but I am willing to listen and maybe I can help you add some information."

Sincere eyes and humble tone.

Qin Dong knew very well what the other party was thinking, and he thought for a while before speaking:

"Well, since you are willing to listen, I can actually tell you now so that Barry can feel at ease."

"oh..."

Sure enough, Barry Meyer's eyes lit up when he heard this. Although he didn't say anything unnecessary, his expression looked very urgent.

"As for the planning of the DC Universe, I was actually thinking about this issue when you invited me, Barry, two years ago."

After Qin Dong took a sip of wine, his voice sounded calmly:

"Originally in my plan, the movie [Superman: Man of Steel] should not have been shot so early."

"And the plot is also inappropriate. I can't say it's inappropriate, but the combat power in it is a bit exaggerated."

"This is a very big test for the [Justice League] where the heroes finally assemble."

"But it's too late to say all this now. [Superman: Man of Steel] has already been released. Coupled with the existence of the previous [Batman Dark Trilogy], these are all disadvantages."

"Last night when I was sleeping, I was thinking about..."

"Decided to use a new superhero as the beginning of the DC universe."

"The specific candidates will have to wait until Warner sends detailed information on DC superheroes before making a selection."

Barry nodded from time to time while listening.

[Superman: Man of Steel] failed, with mediocre box office and reputation. For [Superman], it was considered a failure.

[Batman Dark Trilogy] has received excellent box office reviews, but it has only made the DC universe more difficult.

This is also the reason why Warner’s invitations to big-name directors and gold-medal producers in the industry in the past two years have all been rejected.

Marvel became popular because it started from scratch, with a blank sheet of paper and plenty of time to fill in the blanks.

As for DC, let’s not talk about the many [Superman] and [Batman] films from decades ago, but let’s talk about the latest one, the [Dark Trilogy] in the past seven years, which has nakedly suppressed the development of the DC universe.

"But... [Green Lantern]..."

Before he finished speaking, Qin Dong understood what Barry meant.

"Barry, it was not a mistake when you chose [Green Lantern] as the beginning of the DC universe."

Qin Dong gave his approval to Scarlett Johansson's ex-husband's filming of "Green Lantern".

Even if this is a complete failure.

"The mistake is that you chose the wrong actors, the wrong screenwriter, the wrong director, and finally combined it into a failed work."

[Green Lantern] is a failure, that’s right.

But [Green Lantern] is not an original work. It is the characters and plot in the comics. In fact, there are too many related plots in the comics.

Otherwise, how could the manga be updated with so many episodes?

The difference is that with such a good framework, the screenwriter failed to do a good job, and the director or producer did not provide overall planning, resulting in the birth of a failed work.

"It makes sense, just like [Iron Man] is obviously Marvel's second-tier superhero. As long as the plot is good and the shooting effects are outstanding, it will still be very attractive to fans in the end. Compared with [Iron Man], in fact, we DC's [Green Lantern] fans

more."

Barry Meyer thought of what Qin Dong was good at, screenwriting and directing, so he agreed with this view.

In the end, I still didn’t forget to disparage Marvel.

"You're talking about the past, Barry."

"Now, [Green Lantern] is completely dead. He is not in my plan, and I won't even give him a chance to show his face."

Qin Dong corrected himself helplessly.

Although Qin Dong has indeed heard the news, Green Lantern is a first-tier superhero in DC, while Iron Man is a second-tier superhero in Marvel.

The two are definitely not on the same level.

But that was all in the past. Nowadays, [Iron Man] is popular all over the world, but [Green Lantern] has been eliminated. It is a complete failure, which is shameful.

"Okay, you are the director, you decide."

Barry shrugged and reluctantly agreed.

When Warner chose Green Lantern as the beginning of the DC universe, it was not a random choice.

But this superhero does have advantages in terms of fame, comic book fans, etc.

Especially when comparing [Green Lantern] to the beginning of the Marvel Universe [Iron Man], DC and Warner both believe in their own front-line superhero [Green Lantern].

"Martin, do you know how much Christian Bale's salary is now?"

Thinking of the actors he needed for the DC universe he planned, Qin Dong spoke up and heard the news.

"Christian Bale? Well, let me think about it..."

Martin was stunned for a moment, then pondered.

"I know."

Barry Meyer suddenly interjected.

"Um?"

Qin Dong and Martin were stunned for a moment, and looked at Barry with doubts in their eyes.

When it comes to actors' remuneration, ask Martin, it's professional. After all, Martin's company, CAA, is an agency.

Barry is the president of Warner, which is a film and television company.

Film and television companies will only pay attention to actors' current salaries when they need actors.

And actors' remuneration is not static.

Today, if actors are popular, their pay will go up.

If the movie the actor stars in tomorrow hits the box office, then the actor's salary will naturally drop.

"How should I put it? The next superhero film [Batman v Superman] that was rumored by Warner Bros. is really planned, although I personally do not approve of this movie."

Barry also knew what the two people were wondering about, so he explained:

“You don’t need to think about the actor in [Superman], he is Henry Cavill, the actor in [Man of Steel].”

"As for the actor of [Batman], he has [The Dark Trilogy] in front of him. We at Warner originally wanted to find Christian Bale."

"After all, it is more conducive to attract movie fans to star in the original role than to find a new actor."

"Christian's agent asked for $20 million, plus a share of the box office."

"Because we haven't decided yet whether to make this movie or not, everything is still decided."

"However, we at Warner have completely denied that Christian Bale will star in [Batman] again."

"Even if we are filming, we still have to find new actors, which saves a lot of money."

It was obvious that Barry was very dissatisfied.

"Wow, it's the same as Robert Jr. playing [Iron Man]. This salary is understandable."

At this time, Martin smiled and agreed.

"Humph... I heard that Disney is very dissatisfied with Robert Jr.'s salary. Now every time they shoot a Marvel movie that requires [Iron Man] to appear, they have to pay a lot of extra money."

Barry Meyer looked at Martin who was gloating about his misfortune and started to complain unceremoniously.

Robert Downey Jr. starred in "Iron Man" and instantly transformed from the bottom figure in the entertainment industry who was about to be eliminated to the top figure in the Hollywood pyramid that attracts the most money of the year.

What does it rely on? It all depends on the high salary given by Marvel.

When "Iron Man 1" was released, Robert Downey Jr., as the leading actor, was only paid a measly $500,000. You can imagine how depressed he was at that time.

[Iron Man 2] instantly increased 20 times, and the salary skyrocketed to 10 million US dollars.

[Avengers]...$35 million.

【Iron Man 3】....$40 million.

This is not all, because with the exception of [Iron Man 1], the remaining Marvel movies that require Robert Downey Jr. to star will require additional box office shares.

The specific share is unknown, whether it is a share of the global box office, a share of the North American box office, a share of the box office, or a share of profits.

CAA keeps it secret, and Marvel keeps it secret too.

Although there are occasional tabloid rumors, whether it is true or false, neither CAA nor Marvel, nor Robert Jr. himself, has ever really responded.

A few months ago, in June, when [Iron Man 3] was officially released in North America...

Some newspapers reported that for this movie, Robert Downey Jr. received a basic salary plus a share of the salary, which added up to a total salary of more than 50 million U.S. dollars.

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