Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 52 Who is Bruce?

Eric Figo is very angry now!
As the president of Summit Entertainment, he has been very successful recently.

He has worked for this small and medium-sized publishing company for more than ten years.

Finally, in the first half of last year, we cooperated with Merrill Lynch and obtained a financing of several hundred million US dollars, which gave us the capital to officially enter the independent production field.

Summit Entertainment now has sufficient funds and high morale, which is the perfect time for him to make a big splash.

So, the project he had been eyeing since October last year was about to be poached?
Fortunately, the copyright has not expired yet.

Moreover, their producer has always had a very good relationship with Stephenie Meyer, so he got the news in advance.

"Bruce, Bruce, who is it?"

Eric Figo searched his mind, but none of the familiar faces named Bruce matched the characteristics revealed by Melfang.

Sitting next to him was female director Catherine Hardwicke.

Catherine yawned softly.

She is not as serious about this project as Eric is. She has not yet decided whether to take it or not.

But Eric heard that the man named Bruce had already come up with a script outline.

Eric only had a draft of the script from MTV Films, so he quickly brought along himself, who was still in Park City, to add a bit of sincerity to his case.

Summit Entertainment has been making a lot of money in recent years, so Catherine was naturally willing to give it this face.

The two feature films she has made since her debut are both youth films.

The first film won her the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Naturally, he got the opportunity to direct his second B-grade feature film, but it was a box office failure.

Her opportunities in Hollywood are running out.

If you fail again, you'll be fired!

"Mr. Figo, I think we have an idea!"

The employees of Summit Entertainment across the street, after a heated discussion, prepared to report to their president, Eric Figo.

"Say!"

Eric didn't look happy.

"We felt that we could target Bruce in two ways."

“First of all, Twilight is a standard B-grade project that requires a minimum production cost of $2500 million.

This amount of money is not a small number, and Bruce may not be able to raise so much money.

As for us, Summit Entertainment, we have just received financing, so we don’t have to worry about funding!”

Eric frowned when he heard this:

"According to Ms. Meier, the other party is the author of The Fault in Our Stars.

His royalties are definitely enough to get this project off the ground, and we just need to co-produce it with other production companies.”

After a pause, he continued:
“However, what you said makes sense.

Just because Bruce can make so much money doesn’t mean he is willing to bet his entire fortune on this project!
What about the second aspect?

"The second thing is that we've been asking around for a long time, but we haven't heard any news about Bruce in Hollywood.

We can suspect that he may not belong to Hollywood at all, or is only slightly related.

At least in the past two years, we at Summit Entertainment have produced A-level productions like Mr. and Mrs. Smith. We are far superior to them in terms of production capabilities!"

Eric nodded: "It is indeed possible."

He had fallen into a misunderstanding before, thinking that Bruce must be a Hollywood person, and after writing a best-selling book, he decided to invest in the production of this B-level production.

But consider Sherlock Holmes’ famous quote: “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how implausible, must be the truth.”

Maybe Bruce is just a young and foolish man?
As for Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Summit Entertainment did participate in the production.

But they were only one of the four production companies of that film, and their main purpose was to obtain the overseas distribution rights.

However, Stephenie Meyer is not from Hollywood, so he can use this A-level production project as a signboard to attract her to choose Summit Entertainment.

"Snapped!"

Eric closed his laptop.

"call!"

The employees on the other side of the video conference breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the CEO is satisfied, at least their jobs are temporarily saved. But they are also genuinely confused.

According to the information they collected, the Chinese best-selling author has never been interviewed on TV and no photos of him have been leaked. He is said to be quite young.

But why did such a person acquire the film and television adaptation rights of Twilight?

At this time, Eric's car had already entered the resort.

Stephenie Meyer and Eunice Kermit were already awaiting their arrival.

"Ms. Mel!"

"Mr. Figo!"

The four people introduced themselves to each other.

This was also the first time Eric and Stephanie met.

The link between the two was Karen Rosensford, former co-president of production at Paramount.

Karen has always been optimistic about this project. After Paramount's subsidiary MTV Films gave up, she also attempted to have MTV Films and Fox's subsidiary jointly produce it.

Of course, this collaboration ultimately failed!

Finally, Summit Entertainment, which had just received financing, found Karen. At that time, Karen had just been fired by Paramount's new chairman, so Karen handed the project information to Summit Entertainment.

"Ms. Mel, Summit Entertainment has always been sincere to you, just like we showed you before in California."

Eric looked around the living room of the holiday villa and asked, "I wonder where Bruce is now?"

Stephanie smiled faintly, took a sip of coffee, and said nothing.

Eunice next to him is a book agent,
He interrupted at the right time: "Bruce, he's out playing with his girlfriend."

Eric's expression didn't change when he heard this.

However, Catherine next to her had a flash of displeasure in her eyes.

As a female practitioner, she knows best what Hollywood is like.

Just a simple sentence.

In her mind, she had already imagined a Chinese man in his forties or fifties, holding a young woman in her early twenties in his arms.

Such scenes often make her uncomfortable, but she can't change anything.

"Ms. Meyer, could we take a look at the synopsis of Bruce's script?"

Eric pointed at Catherine beside him and said actively:

“Director Catherine is one of the few female directors in the industry who can make youth films.

The film "Thirteen" which she wrote and directed won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival that year!
She's also interested in directing Twilight, so why not give her the synopsis of the script?"

Creativity is worthless in Hollywood, and scripts that have not yet been approved are circulated everywhere in Hollywood, just like Summit Entertainment can easily get scripts from MTV Films.

"I just talked to him on the phone."

Stephanie, who had been sitting on the Diaoyutai, shook her head.

She looked up at the window of the holiday villa. "But it seems they've already returned. Why not ask him in person?"

　100,000 words of flowers~
　　Old Liu and Little Gu's Extra 2
　　In a ward in Shenzhen in 2025.

　　Xiao Gu (hot-blooded face): "I shed blood for penguins, I saved a big star for penguins! It's a work injury! It's definitely a work injury!"

　　Old Liu nodded: "Work injury! It's definitely a work injury!"

　　Penguin HR (pushing glasses): "Even if it's a work-related injury, the compensation you're asking for is too high!"

　　Xiao Gu (laughing evilly): "Hey HR, you don't want fans to know that in the Penguin Building parking lot, Liu..."

　　Lao Liu (with a dark face): “Take the taste away!”

　　Penguin HR (wiping cold sweat): "Alright! But you have to sign a confidentiality agreement!"

　　After a while.

　　Xiao Gu stared at the seven-digit check and grinned foolishly.

　　Lao Liu (Little Devil): "You should know that this amount of money can't even buy a house here, right?"

　　Xiao Gu (petrified): "So much money!"

　　Lao Liu (little devil fluttering): "I should be able to buy... 20 square meters?"

　　At this moment, a soul from 2006 was quietly shattered!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)