Hollywood: Great Directors Starting with Saw

Kevin, who lost interest, repeated it in English, and the cheongsam woman took Kevin towards the third floor with a graceful posture.

This is a special hotel with classical Chinese decoration, the highest is only the third floor.

As soon as he arrived at the Tianzi room, Kevin saw MGM president Reiter and Jeff Robinoff talking and having fun.

The president of the same large company in the industry, the status is the same, and it is even possible to say that in a few years, the positions of the two sides may be exchanged.

Naturally, there will be no conflict on the surface.

"Kevin!"

Seeing Kevin's arrival, LATE stood up and welcomed him with a smile on his face.

This attitude also let Kevin know his predicament in MGM.

Nodding and sitting down, Kevin handed the two a rough Mission Impossible adaptation script, and likewise, several protagonists he also hand-picked suitable actors.

Then Kevin called the waiter and ordered a few good dishes.

"Peking duck, steamed lamb, prawns, stuffed duck with rice, jar pheasant, jar quail..."

It looks simple, but most of them are famous dishes in the full Han table, Kevin in the previous life, as a third-rate small director.

These are all good dishes that he is reluctant to eat.

But now it's different, he has a rich net worth, and he wants to eat as much as he wants to eat this dish.

The two were carefully watching his script and plan, and Kevin took advantage of this opportunity to eat very happily.

The idea of hiring a cook also came up.

Jeff Robinoff browsed through the plan and couldn't help but sigh that it was indeed a very mature movie plan.

But such an agent action movie, can he shoot well?

"Kevin, are you sure the investment is $80 million this time?"

Jeff Robinoff couldn't help but reconfirm that from $3 million to $80 million, this investment amount is really a little scary.

If it weren't for the fact that Kevin had already proven himself through two movies, and changed to a general director, Jeff Robinoff would have let people roll.

Hearing Jeff Robinoff's words, Kevin put down the roast duck in his mouth and said:

"That's right, after my calculations, the minimum need is 80 million, I am confident, the North American box office will be able to return the cost, we will definitely be able to make a lot of money."

"But the biggest problem is that this is based on the American drama Mission Impossible, and its copyright is in the hands of Paramount Pictures."

"If we want to make the most profit, we have to negotiate with Paramount and find a way to get the copyright from them, and at the end of the time, we have to get the copyright license, but then we can make a lot less money."

Kevin's words immediately made the two fall into thought.

But soon, the two had an idea.

Since everyone dares not undertake this investment alone, then use the power of MGM and Warner Bros. to directly cooperate with Paramount.

Don't think about the copyright of the sequel, Paramount will definitely not give them.

But the copyright income of the first part of Mission Impossible can still be discussed.

With Kevin's first two successes, although Jeff Robinoff and Reite Wincherstein hesitated, they knew that this was an adaptation of a classic American drama, with a basic audience plate, and the theme of agent action movies is also enduring.

Plus multiple investments to share the risk.

This series does not seem so unacceptable.

At the very least, the success rate has increased considerably.

"Kevin, in that case, I'll go to Paramount with Late to discuss the Mission Impossible situation."

"You continue to refine the plan..."

Kevin nodded.

In the following time, Kevin took the two to taste Chinese food and then waited for the two to leave.

Kevin drove towards CAA.

...

CAA Building.

In Michael Owitz's office, Michael Ovitz and Dawson are discussing something.

"Dawson, next, you have to persuade Kevin to accept our most thorough package service, otherwise, it will be difficult for you to rise to the level of CAA top partner."

Michael Ovitz said in a slightly threatening tone.

Seeing Kevin's two movies hit one after another, CAA also wanted to seek more benefits from him.

The package service Kevin received at this time was not complete, so CAA only received decision-making rights for the behind-the-scenes personnel, ministry assigns, and young actors.

In order to seek more benefits belonging to the CAA, Michael Ovitz is persuading Sen to find a way to get Kevin to accept his package service completely.

That is, except for Kevin himself, everything else is left to CAA, and the director is a tool man.

"Kevin can't take it."

Dawson said calmly.

"Doing so will only ruin our relationship with Kevin."

Ovitz said grimly:

"This is your problem, if you can't do it, let Kevin out and hand it over to someone else to be responsible."

"I'll give you a month, if you can't do it, Kevin will be in charge of someone else."

"Come on, do a good job, you can."

A flash of disappointment flashed in Dawson's eyes, and he left the office silently.

CAA is still too focused on its own interests rather than the customer experience.

For superstars and directors who are not short of opportunities, CAA is more like a vampire, and the scariest thing is that CAA herself does not realize it.

On the contrary, I feel that my packaging service is good, and everyone can accept it.

But in fact, this packaging system, the biggest influence is the director.

The star is only one part of it, all that needs to be considered is the film itself, and the director and other actors are not something that the star can decide.

But the director is different, different people, bring shooting techniques and other things are different.

The director is the least likely to accept a thorough packaging service, which Dawson knows very well.

Disheartened, Dawson walked out of the CAA building.

Then I happened to meet Kevin, who was coming to CAA.

"Dawson, what's wrong?"

Kevin looked at Dawson's expression and asked directly.

He had never seen Dawson's face before, and it seemed that something unpleasant must have happened.

Dawson pulled Kevin for a few minutes and came to the park seat to sit down, and then said:

"Ovitz asked me to let you accept the packaging service completely, otherwise I will be replaced in charge of your business."

Dawson's face revealed a drunken color, and the whole person showed some lack of energy.

Kevin was silent for a moment, and Owitz's greed somewhat silenced him.

However, it seems unsurprising that capital eats people.

Unlike China's personal favor, the United States is more motivated by interests.

If you violate interests, human favors will not be very effective.

His thinking is more or less too influential in his previous life.

This led him to think about things with human feelings.