Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 227 Nolan joins
Tang De met Christopher Nolan at the company's old address.

Norton's Eye, Angelic Manifesto, and Supreme Creativity have now completely moved out of here.

Fernando found an office building in Queens and rented the entire four floors as the future offices of Norton Eyes, Angel Manifesto, Supreme Creative, and Bernay Public Relations.

So now this old place has been basically abandoned.

Because of the lack of popularity, when Christopher Nolan walked in, he was stunned for a while.

"Here." But Tang De was sitting on a chair near the door. He was looking at the hall and thinking about his experiences in the past two years.

Staying in one place for a long time will always create some attachment. Tang De tapped on the table and made a piano-like sound, just like his mood when he first rented this office building.

Christopher Nolan came over, stretched out his hand and shook hands with Don De: "Hello, Don."

"Hello, Nolan."

After the two people sat on the chairs, Tang De was the first to speak: "I heard Ledger said you wanted to ask me about "Inception"?"

Tang De is more like Spielberg, who is very prolific and has high box office.

In fact, Nolan has many similarities with Cameron. He is not a prolific director, but his first shot is definitely extraordinary.

After Nolan listened, he felt that it was indeed somewhat consistent with his own ideas, but not exactly the same.

"What's wrong?" Tang De raised his head from his desk.

"Da da da." Jimmy's leather shoes made a sound on the smooth floor. He walked to the dark green sofa and sat down, looking at the desk opposite.

"What a genius idea, Tang, what I was thinking before was this..." Nolan said about his current thoughts: "A dream infiltrator steals the entire dream of the target and then gets what he wants. I didn’t expect you to be the opposite of me, diving into dreams and finding what you want in dreams. What a genius idea.”

"In fact, what this movie is about..." Tang De briefly explained the concept and story of the movie. Of course, it is a magically modified version.

At the same time, this news also accelerated the original advertising bidding.

"Now we can discuss investment matters with various film companies." Tang De knocked on the table: "I plan to raise US$8 million for this movie. If it is divided equally, it will be given to about four companies. If it is divided, each company Occupy ten percent.”

Even if Tang De gave him the script, he would probably have to prepare for a year or two to complete some work before filming could begin.

"Of course, no problem." If it were another director, Tang De would definitely not tell him anything about the script, because he would be afraid of leaking the secret in advance or directly making a poor-quality movie to seize the market.

Some names have been changed and the content of the story has been changed a bit.

But maybe it's because Tang De has been busy filming movies in the past six months, and some financial problems have appeared on the company's books.

"Don, does your movie need a producer?" Nolan suddenly asked after thinking about it.

Tang De was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Of course, it would be my honor if you can come."

But Nolan, the perfectionist maniac, is not one of them.

The two chatted about the movie for about two hours.

He has found another idea based on the original script, but it is just an idea now, and it will take another six years to realize it.

"I think your idea, Nolan, is also very good. It feels more suspenseful and reversal."

This news immediately aroused the cheers of the majority of movie fans. Christopher Nolan has been in the spotlight since "Batman Begins", plus his once minor masterpieces "Memento" and "Lethal". "Magic", he has become a model of both artistry and commerce.

It's just that he forgot that the new office was twice the size of the old office, so his voice was still slightly soft when it reached Tang De's ears.

But for Tang De, this is just the initial accumulation. After he gets the easy money, he will slow down his pace and focus more on polishing a movie instead of doing it every year like now. The arrangements are full.

"Don, we really sold all the props in the movie!" Jimmy looked excited after entering the new office.

"Then it's settled." Nolan felt that Tang De didn't hide it when he came so rashly and told him a lot about the specific content of the movie, so he had to reciprocate.

As long as he looks carefully, the people below cannot be fooled.

But money is actually not the most important thing. The most important thing is the attitude of major brands towards the movie, which will greatly affect the share of Norton Eyes in this movie.

"It's a pleasure to cooperate." Tang De took the initiative to reach out and shook Nolan's hand this time.

After chatting with Tang De, Nolan sighed: "This feels really great. Do you know, having a friend you can talk to is actually a rare thing."

Although the number is not large now, in a few years, everyone will feel spectacular after entering.

Huge movie posters hang behind his black desk, and various trophies are placed next to them. These are all movies directed by Tang De over the years.

"That's right." Tang De also nodded. For creators, what they fear most is not being rejected by others, but that no one can understand their works and cannot tell others about their troubles when creating.

"Our bidding has been successful!" Jimmy handed over the folder: "Ford is 800 million, Armani is 600 million, plus other miscellaneous items, the total is 2000 million US dollars."

He actually announced that he would join Tang De's new movie, which undoubtedly shocked many people.

He was looking at the company's financial statements. Although he didn't like doing these things, everything couldn't be done manually.

"No, I think your ideas are more mature and your shooting is more controllable. And that logo. To be honest, I have thought about something similar, but what I thought before was to judge by the details of a painting. A spinning top that never stops? Wow, I love that detail.”

"Not bad." Tang De nodded. The cost of 150 million has now become 130 million.

Two days later, the crew of "Inception" announced that Christopher Nolan would become the film's executive producer.

It has to be said that Nolan is a genius truly born for movies. Even if Tang De takes away his creativity, he can still find a new path.

So Tang De and Nolan sat together and chatted until now and feel that they have gained a lot.

"Yeah..." Nolan thought for a while and said: "Actually, I have been preparing a script before, which is about dreams. Although the name has not been determined yet, I have been thinking about it for a long time, uh, about some settings of the script. I’m also writing... So when I heard the title of your movie and about dreams, I rushed over immediately. I want to know... can you tell me a little bit about it? "

This degree of similarity can only be called a coincidence, or the heroes have similar views.

Four companies account for 40%, and Norton Eyes will of course occupy the largest share, accounting for 50%.

As for the remaining ten percent.

Of course it's Tang De's own.

Tang De offered himself a very high salary for this movie, not only a 10% box office share, but also a basic salary of 10 million US dollars. If he hadn't had a real commercial blockbuster released yet, he would have given himself a 20% box office share.

But presumably when "Inception" and "To Kill Hitler" are released, his salary will directly reach the highest point in Hollywood.

That is a salary of 20 million US dollars and a 20% box office share.

"No problem, but to be honest, this is really crazy." Jimmy grinned: "I thought it was fast enough to shoot a movie worth 50 million US dollars before, but now you want to shoot a movie worth 150 million US dollars. ”

Speaking of this, Jimmy suddenly shrugged: "But I will never say stupid things like 'I think this is dangerous' again. You are smarter than anyone else! This movie will definitely make money."

"It seems you have learned your lesson." Tang De joked.

"Of course, I'm not stupid!" Just as Jimmy finished speaking, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in." Tang De pressed the call button on the desktop, and immediately Kane and Fernando walked in from outside.

"Boss." Kane no longer called Tang De by his first name, but referred to him as boss.

"Sit down." Tang De leaned back on the chair and asked them to sit down.

A few people sat down, and Jimmy also found a seat and returned to the sofa.

"Look at this." Tang De threw the financial statistics in his hand to a few people.

Kane and Fernando carefully looked at the data and comparisons on the report and frowned.

"Supreme Creativity, Angel Declaration, there is now a certain degree of corruption and bribery." Tang De crossed his hands on his chest and spoke calmly, but it was as disturbing as thunder in Kane and Fernando's ears.

"This situation must not be indulged." Kane was the first to express his stance: "Boss, this was my mistake. I didn't find anyone embezzling the company's property in the name of research."

Although data cannot speak, it can tell everyone the truth.

Since the company's finances have always been under Black Umbrella Consultants, they are not familiar with Tang De and other companies, so they can be fair and impartial.

The financial data they provide is obviously more intuitive than that provided by the company, and can better expose some transactions in dark corners.

For example, within Angel Declaration, there are people who receive high subsidies from the company in the name of researching the music market, but have not produced any results.

There are also some people in the supremely creative sales team who accepted bribes from customers and brought in some customers who did not meet the company's regulations to provide them with advertisements.

"If this continues, the reputation of Supreme Creativity will be ruined by these people." Tang De looked at Fernando.

Fernando said with a serious face: "I understand, boss, I will investigate the matter as quickly as possible, but what step should we take?"

"Fire them and take them to court, as well as those non-compliant customers." Tang De's tone was impersonal, like a sculpture: "There is an old saying in China, kill the chicken to scare the monkey, which means if you kill the chicken, the monkey will Fear."

"So there is no need to show mercy to those who dare to violate the company's rules. Moreover, this is also a good publicity opportunity. We need to convey a tough attitude to the industry to prevent real high-end brand customers from losing confidence in us."

"Ok, I see."

Fernando and Kane walked out of the office still feeling a little heavy.

Obviously, a new office space has been replaced and the company has further expanded. However, the uneven recruitment of employees has also become a new problem for the company.

But there is no way to solve this problem, which will inevitably occur with the development of the company.

No big company can escape this fate.

Fortunately, the company has been on the rise, and the company's internal management has been keeping the same pace as Tang De.

So three days later, after the company went through a wave of investigations and purges, a total of five typical employees were fired and two junior managers were taken to court.

After handling these matters, the investment company for "Inception" was finally determined.

MGM, Lionsgate, Sony and New Line Cinema.

Two of these four companies have cooperated with each other before, and New Line has competed with Tang De before.

Later, New Line also wanted to find Tang De to direct some movies, but unfortunately, New Line's movies were not in line with Tang De's appetite, so the two parties never reached an agreement.

However, the president of New Line has been paying attention to Tang De, so after the announcement of "Inception", he immediately came to discuss investment.

After securing the investment, "Inception" officially entered the filming preparation stage.

Tang De came to the largest studio in Los Angeles, where his props team had created a real scene of a rotating corridor and was conducting experiments.

"Look at this, Don, your idea is so crazy." Leonardo and Don De came to the set together. When he saw this real scene, his eyes widened.

I saw a rectangular corridor with a hexagonal steel circle structure on the outside, just like the ring of a space station, with various lighting props installed inside.

The overall length is about a hundred feet, and the visual effect is amazing.

The props team could control the mechanism to make the corridor rotate. When Leonardo saw it, he had no idea what to say.

"Don, you are so crazy that this kind of scene was actually filmed!"

Even he felt that this approach was too expensive.

Tang De shook his head: "This is necessary, Leonardo. You have to know that special effects will eventually become outdated. Only real-life shooting will make the entire movie immortal after decades and hundreds of years."

"Yeah, you're right." Leonardo put his hands on his hips and smiled: "Fortunately, I don't have to parkour on it."

"Haha, that's right, it's just a pain for Heath Ledger." Tang De also laughed.

The two people looked at each other with a sense of schadenfreude.

"But you will be needed for another scene." Tang De took Leonardo to the next door. When he saw clearly the swinging bar in the air controlled by various steel structures, he couldn't help but touch the back of his neck.

"Don, I think I'm going to puke."

"It's okay, I have a bag."

(End of this chapter)