Chapter 30: Form a royal team
Brian Lord saw Dunn's expression and smiled: "It's nothing. Back then, Sony bought Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion, and Panasonic bought Universal Pictures for $6.6 billion. CAA was the operation."
Dunn took a deep breath, "So a small company like Marvel Entertainment...should be very simple?"
Brian Lorde was plain, but revealed unquestionable confidence, "Of course!"
Dunn held the wine glass and shook the orange-yellow liquid, "I look forward to the cooperation with CAA."
Brian Lord's expression finally changed subtly, and his smile became much thicker. "In view of the fault that CAA made this time, we are willing to serve you for free once until the acquisition of Marvel Entertainment is completed."
Dunn raised his glass high, "Thank you very much then."
Bill McNixon let out a sigh of relief and laughed, and the three of them happily touched a glass.
The next thing is the internal decision-making of Dunn and Brian Lord, which is likely to be dark, dirty, and dark. Bill McNick made a random excuse to leave.
Dunn was a little anxious, "Brian, what should I do next?"
Brian Lord made a downward gesture, "Dawn, the reason why Marvel Entertainment is tough now and doesn't give you a chance to negotiate at all is that they still have fantasies about Marvel's superheroes, right? The potential of Marvel Studios is very promising.”
Tang En's eyelids picked it up, "So... we have to cut off their thoughts!"
"That's right."
Brian Lord admires Dunn's decisiveness and agility, and it's hard to imagine that he's just a young man under twenty years old, "Now, the entire Marvel Entertainment has set its sights on a super movie, which is The only big thing, the rest are small things."
"Oh? Which movie?" Dunn seemed to understand what Brian Lord meant.
Brian Lord nodded and said, "Blade Runner invested by New Line Cinema."
Dunn was not very impressed with the film, but he knew that "Blade Runner" had several sequels. It can be seen that the box office and reputation of this film should be good.
At least not at a loss.
Brian Lord took out another document from his bag, which shows how careful and focused his work is, "This movie has been officially approved, and shooting will start on September 1, with a budget of about $45 million. Marvel Entertainment CEO Avi Allard and Chief Creative Officer Stan Lee are producing."
Dunn frowned slightly. The big bosses of Marvel Entertainment have acted as producers in person, which shows that they value and hope for this movie.
Brian Lord paused for a moment, then added: "Actually, the most important thing is that they have brought in Hollywood's gold medal screenwriter David Goyer. As long as director Stephen Norrington doesn't screw up, the film's reputation should be good. "
Dunn clenched his fists, "We must stop all this!"
Brian Lord smiled: "Of course, it's not difficult to leave this work to me to cause some trouble for their films."
Tang En nodded, his face turned cold, "Since the film is about to start shooting, it is impossible to change the script, but it can create some difficulties in other aspects and increase their shooting costs."
Brian Lord waved his hand, "Okay, needless to say, please believe in the strength of CAA. But if you want to have a devastating blow to this movie, you'd better prepare with both hands."
Tang En waved his hand and sneered, "Since they have so much confidence in "Blade Runner", then let's fight in the ring. I'll prepare a movie and confront them head-on!"
This idea coincides with Brian Lord, "I have a few film sources in my hands, or..."
"No need." Tang En refused. He is not an artist of CAA now, so there is no need to make extravagant commitments. "I just established Tang En Films, so it is necessary to release the first movie."
Brian Lord shook his head, "It's not easy to invest..."
Tang En said with a smile, "I am sole proprietorship!"
"Huh?" Brian Lord's expression changed and he looked at him in surprise.
Use your own money to invest in movies? This is not how Hollywood plays!
Dunn saw Brian Lord's daze, and he was secretly proud: "How is it? The famous gold medal broker can't figure out or understand my mental routine, right?"
"Brian, I believe in my ability, just as you believe in the strength of CAA."
Dunn's words made Brian Lord laugh dumbly. He stood up and shook hands with him, "Okay, let's split up. I hope... we can work together happily."
"Of course, I also hope to use our sincere cooperation to put an end to the misunderstanding in the past."
Tang En has a sharp face and sharp eyes.
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After the historical memory of filming "Titanic" and the reading and study during this period, Dunn is no longer poor in terms of production and director. Through the sunglasses, he can clearly detect the professional attributes of "Dawn Walker".
Among the five attributes of the director, the camera is 15, the plot design is 9, the image thinking is 13, the director is 21, the camera is 7, and the rest of the attributes are special effects 3, animation 0, color 8, art design 11, shot 10, dialogue 8...
Among the five attributes of production, production 1, market judgment 52, literary aesthetics 47, project evaluation 8, screenwriter 14, among the attributes, casting 33, field control 62, marketing 57, rhythm 3, PR 39…
Such data made Tang En a little surprised, especially the "market judgment" and "literary aesthetics" in the producer attributes, which must be the accumulation of a lot of movies he watched in his previous life.
Dunn is now looking for a new project to compete with "Blade Runner", and the biggest reliance must be the system that exists in the sunglasses.
Before building a project, you must first have a royal team...
With Tang En's current influence and fame, it is completely possible to form an excellent team with the help of a brokerage company. However, Dunn hopes that this team will be loyal, reliable and capable.
The selection of talents naturally relies on the sunglasses system.
He first clicked on the "screenwriter" column, excluding dead and retired candidates, and arranged them from high to low according to the numerical value.
Dunn, who was wearing sunglasses, stretched out his hand and pointed in the void in front of him, looking very funny.
Soon, the selection of candidates was over, and Tang En couldn't help being taken aback. There are too many screenwriters in Hollywood, right? More than 6,000 pages, more than 60,000 people?
There are a total of 7 people with a "screenwriter" score of more than 90 points, the highest ranking is Deacon Whistler, screenwriting ability: 99!
Dunn was a little jealous. He clicked on Deacon Whistler's file and found that he was just a non-staff in Hollywood now, with a name in the Screenwriters Guild, and now his job was the administrator of the University of California library.
And his other ability options are very poor, production 0, market analysis 32, literary aesthetics 58... There is no possibility of being a producer at all.
In Hollywood, the number of screenwriters on the books is so huge that most people can't even fill their stomachs. The most fundamental reason is the shortage of skills.
If you want to get ahead in Hollywood, if you don’t have connections, you must have a strong overall quality, be able to direct, produce, or act. Only then can such screenwriters truly enter Hollywood.
For the same script, the film company will definitely choose a screenwriter with strong comprehensive ability to write it!
But Dunn doesn't need it.
There is a specialization in the art industry, and you can do your job well.
Because it is difficult for the film company to tell which one of the two screenwriters is more capable of writing stories, they will choose the one with stronger overall strength, but Tang En is different. He has sunglasses and can easily tell the difference!
Since it's storytelling, it's good to have a strong storytelling ability. What do you need to be able to do in terms of director and producer?
This is the biggest advantage that the sunglasses system brings to Tang En—discovering talents and discerning pearls!
Just like a screenwriting genius like Deacon Whistler, because of his poor comprehensive ability, he was destined to be buried for a lifetime, but he could be dug out of the soil by Dunn.
There is a kind of pride that spreads all over Dunn's body.
In the option of screenwriting ability of 95, Dunn found another guy named "Bryce Roach", who now works as a newspaper editor.
The next few have already made famous names in Hollywood, such as Spielberg's royal screenwriter David Cape, such as "Forrest Gump", "Horse Whisperer" and many other film screenwriters Eric Ross, and even the famous director Guy Ritchie, Woody Allen, Frank Darabont, the director of The Shawshank Redemption.
None of these famous people, Tang En, is ready to use them. If he wants to build a loyal and loyal royal team, he must send help in the snow and dig in the mud.
It was not until the screenwriting ability was 90 that Dunn found another suitable candidate - Nia Vardals, a female screenwriter.
Similar to Deacon Whistler, the rest of the attributes are a mess, and there is a little talent in acting.
Tang En plans to initially build a core team, and then gradually expand the power after the company develops. Three screenwriter candidates are enough for the time being. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com
Next, Dunn chose the "market judgment" in the screening of producers.
This is a very important item in the construction of a movie project, which is to analyze whether the project and script can be accepted by movie fans when facing the commercial market, and whether it can sell well at the box office.
For example, in "The Shawshank Redemption", director Frank Darabont's screenwriting ability is very good, with a score of 92, but his "market judgment" ability is only 56 points, which fails to cater to the audience's taste, which directly leads to a fiasco at the box office.
The three screenwriters selected by Tang En all have top screenwriting skills, but their market judgment is very poor.
But it doesn't matter, there is a specialization in the surgery industry. Dunn can choose a few helpers with extremely strong "market judgment" values to give opinions and improve the analysis.
Soon, Dunn found a person, Andrew O'Hare. All the values were very weak, but the market judgment was 97. Now he is a homeless person.
"If this person is willing to join my team, he can become my chief market analyst in the future."
Tang En showed a satisfied snicker, and searched the "literary and artistic aesthetics" column again.
Contrary to "market judgment", "literary and artistic aesthetics" is aimed at the artistic sense and audience reputation of the film, and is an essential attribute for award winning.
Dunn found a "Manola Dages" person, female, literary aesthetic 98, now working as an apprentice, is studying film art from the film critic Andrew Sarris, a veteran literary film, and occasionally in "The Village". "The Voice" published a film review, with a sharp point of view and a pioneering and profound.
"Talent, definitely talent! A must-have for the Oscars, my chief art analyst!"
Dunn couldn't help laughing out loud.
Suddenly I felt that there was a feeling that all the talents from all over the world had entered my door!
Happy!
