Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 66 Two waves of lobbyists
A party at the Hampshire Tower penthouse over the weekend.

Sif, who was teased by Jamie and Serena last time, showed no grudge on her face and went to the appointment with her boyfriend Nat, who she dated in college.

When they met, Jamie recognized Nat as the "mistress" who was disconnected from Sif in the plot of Succession, and silently sympathized with Sif's future cuckold husband Tom for a few seconds.

The two parties chatted for a while, and the topic naturally came to the unpublished novel "Weakness".

Because Taosi's family was also at the party, it was difficult for people to ignore Big Michael's burly height and figure, even if he was standing shyly in the corner of the party.

Not to mention, he was the only black person at the party.

The only thing that was somewhat beyond Jamie's expectation was that the first person to bring up this topic was Sif's boyfriend Nat.

He said that he had an acquaintance in the New York publishing industry and learned about the story of the Taosi family and Big Michael in advance.

Nat was curious as to where Jamie was now in his novel.

Unexpectedly, Jamie said sorry and walked over to call Dan over who was talking to the Taosi family.

"This is my good friend Dan. "Weakness" was co-authored by him and me. I actually just gave it a name. He is the real author. If you have any questions, you can contact him."

Dan didn't know yet that he was acting as Jamie's shield, so he shook hands with Nat and Sif warmly.

Nat had no choice but to pretend to be interested and chat with Dan.

Seeing Jamie preparing to leave, Sif immediately left her boyfriend behind and chased after him.

This time she didn't pretend anymore, she showed off her cards when she came up and wanted to talk to Jamie alone.

The two of them came to the small reception room next door and sat down. Jamie started taunting Sif straight to the point, how could she have the nerve to come to him.

Of course Sif knew where Jamie's dissatisfaction came from, but that was her father Logan's decision, and she couldn't change anything.

In front of Jamie, Sif could only pretend to be innocent and explained:

"Yes, when we signed the contract, we promised that we would advance the film and television process of "Percy Jackson" as quickly as possible. In fact, this project has passed the green light review of Vestar Films, but several people we contacted The directors all had different requirements for the script, and the screenwriter kept changing it, which seriously slowed down the progress of the project.”

Of course, this is just an excuse made up by Sif. The real reason is that Logan instructed the top management of Weststar Pictures to postpone the "Percy Jackson" movie project.

Wait until the second or even third novel of "Percy Jackson" is published and the popularity of the novel will be maximized before starting filming.

To put it bluntly, I didn’t want to take too many risks, and at the same time, I wanted to take advantage of the popularity of the novel while filming the movie.

Sif also knew that her explanation could not satisfy Jamie, so she simply stopped mentioning it and talked about another commitment she made before signing the contract.

Help WeHouse attract wealthy customers in the Middle East and Asia.

This time Sif simply passed the blame to her brother Kendall and her brother Roman.

"The two of them were dissatisfied that their father had entrusted me with such an important matter as signing a contract with you, so they deliberately failed to act on this matter. I am deeply sorry for this. When I go back, I will make sure that my father urges them to fulfill their previous agreement."

There's nothing wrong with Sif's acting, but it's a pity that Jamie doesn't buy it.

He directly told Sif that Nate had already secured a group of rich clients from the Middle East and Asia through his grandfather's family connections.

Sif congratulated Jamie on the surface, but she was extremely depressed in her heart.

The bargaining chips are reduced, which means that the probability of successful negotiation becomes even lower. "Okay, I admit that we both had some misunderstandings during our last cooperation, but at least we both got what we wanted, right?"

"I came here today to talk to you about another cooperation. Vestar Pictures is very interested in the novel "Weakness". We are willing to pay $100 million plus some additional conditions to buy the film rights of the novel. "

One million US dollars is definitely a very fair price for a novel that has not yet been published.

More importantly, Sif mentioned additional conditions.

Although she didn't say it explicitly, it's not hard to guess that it must have something to do with the promotion of the novel.

After all, with a mouthpiece media like Westa News, it was only right that the novel be published to help report the story of the Taosi family and Big Michael.

Of course, Westa News Channel is not really kind to help. In doing so, they are actually building momentum for the movie shooting.

It is foreseeable that once it obtains the film rights of "Weakness", Weststar Pictures will definitely give the green light and immediately launch the project.

After all, it is a movie that is competing for Oscars. It will definitely not drag on like "Percy Jackson" and make it look like it is having a difficult childbirth.

Unfortunately, Jamie's reaction to this wasn't very enthusiastic.

Although at the end of the conversation, Jamie promised that he would give priority to cooperating with Weststar Films under the same conditions, Sif highly suspected that this was actually Jamie's revenge.

When we last cooperated, Vestar Pictures also promised to start shooting the "Percy Jackson" movie as quickly as possible, plus the commitment of the two idiots Kendall and Roman to Jamie.

None of these promises have been implemented so far.

As old Logan said, as long as it is not written into the contract, any promise is just like fart.

Although Sif disagreed with many of her father's practices, she strongly agreed with this statement.

Even at this point, Sif has not given up yet.

She felt that one code should be the same, and what happened last time did not mean that Jamie would refuse to continue cooperating with Weststar Films.

However, when she returned to the party, seeing the party hostess Serena leading a middle-aged man towards Jamie, Sif's good mood instantly sank to the bottom.

"Who is he?"

Next to her, her boyfriend Nat asked by raising a glass of champagne.

Sif clenched the wine glass in her hand, stared at the middle-aged man who was shaking hands with Jamie and said hello, and replied expressionlessly:
"Rob Reiner."

Nat felt very unfamiliar with this name and frowned and asked:
"Is he famous?"

"He is a director, and he was the one who filmed "The Heroes" starring Tom Cruise. But all you need to know is that he has another identity that deserves more attention, the president of Warner's Castle Rock Pictures."

Seeing that her boyfriend still had no reaction after hearing the name Castle Rock, Sif reminded her angrily:
"Castle Rock is the film company that produced "The Shawshank Redemption." It is said that Rob Reiner even planned to invite Tom Cruise to star in the movie. Although it was unsuccessful, they invited another Hollywood actor the year before last. The famous Tom, who filmed "The Green Mile."

Even if he didn't know much about Hollywood, Nat knew both movies.

Only then did he finally realize that Rob Reiner was here for "Weakness" just like them.

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