Heads Up Hollywood

Brian Lord saw Tang En's expression, and smiled, "It's nothing. Back then, Sony bought Columbia Pictures for US$3.4 billion, and Panasonic bought Universal Pictures for US$6.6 billion. CAA operated."

Tang En took a deep breath, "So a small company like Marvel Entertainment...should be very simple?"

Brian Lord's tone was calm, but he revealed unquestionable confidence, "Of course!"

Tang En held the wine glass and swirled the orange-yellow liquid, "I look forward to the cooperation with CAA."

Brian Lord's expression finally changed subtly, and his smile became thicker. "In view of the mistakes made by CAA this time, we are willing to serve you for free until the acquisition of Marvel Entertainment is completed."

Tang En raised his glass high, "Thank you very much."

Bill McNick heaved a sigh of relief and laughed, and the three happily clinked a glass.

The next thing is the internal decision-making of Tang En and Brian Lord, which is likely to be dark, dirty, and shady. Bill McNick just found an excuse and left.

Tang En was a little anxious, "Bryan, what should I do next?"

Brian Lord made a pressing gesture, "Twain, the reason why Marvel Entertainment is so tough now and doesn't give you a chance to negotiate is that they still have illusions about Marvel's superheroes. The potential of Marvel Studios is very bullish."

Tang En's eyelids twitched, "So...we have to cut off their thoughts!"

"That's right."

Brian Lord admired Twain's decisiveness and tact, and it was hard to imagine that he was just a young man under the age of twenty, "Now, the entire Marvel Entertainment has set its sights on a super movie, which is The only big thing, and the rest, are the little things."

"Oh? Which movie?" Dunn seemed to understand what Brian Lord meant.

Brian Lord nodded and said, "Blade Warrior invested by New Line Films."

Tang En didn't have a deep impression of this movie, but he knew that "Blade Warrior" had several sequels, so it can be seen that the box office and reputation of this movie should be good.

At least not at a loss.

Brian Lord took out another document from his bag, which shows his carefulness and concentration in his work, "This movie has been officially approved, and shooting will start on September 1st. The budget will be about 45 million US dollars. Marvel Entertainment CEO Avi Arad and Chief Creative Officer Stan Lee serve as producers."

Tang En frowned slightly. The bigwigs from Marvel Entertainment have all personally acted as producers, which shows how much they value and hope for this movie.

Brian Lord paused for a moment, and then said: "Actually, the most important thing is that they hired Hollywood's gold medal screenwriter David Goyer. As long as the director Stephen Norrington doesn't mess up, the film's reputation should be good. "

Tang En clenched his fists, "This must be stopped!"

Brian Lord said with a smile: "Of course, it's not difficult to entrust me with the work in this area and cause some trouble for their movies."

Tang En nodded, his face turned cold, "Since the filming is about to start, it is impossible to change the script, but it can create some difficulties in other areas and increase their shooting costs."

Brian Lord waved his hand, "Okay, there is no need to say more, please believe in the strength of CAA. But if you want to have a devastating blow to this movie, you'd better be prepared with both hands."

Tang En waved his hand and sneered, "Since they have so much confidence in "Blade Warrior", let's fight in the ring. I'm going to prepare a movie and go head-to-head with them!"

This idea coincided with that of Brian Lord, "I have a few film sources in my hand, or..."

"No need." Tang En flatly refused. He is not an artist of CAA now, so there is no need for extra affection. "I just established Tang En Pictures, and it is necessary to release the first movie."

Brian Lord shook his head, "Investment is not easy..."

Tang En laughed and said, "I'm sole proprietorship!"

"Huh?" Brian Lord's complexion changed, and he looked at him in surprise.

Invest your own money in movies? This is not how Hollywood plays!

Tang En saw Brian Lord's bewilderment, and he was secretly proud in his heart: "How is it? The famous gold medal manager can't figure out, can't figure out my thoughts and routines, right?"

"Bryan, I believe in my ability, just like you believe in CAA's strength."

Tang En's words made Brian Lord laugh dumbfoundedly. He stood up and shook hands with him, "Okay, let's split up and hope...we can work together happily."

"Of course, I also hope to use our sincere cooperation to put an end to past misunderstandings."

Tang En's face was sharp and his eyes were sharp.

...

After filming the historical memory of "Titanic" and reading and studying during this period, Tang En is no longer a poor producer and director. Through the sunglasses, he can clearly detect the professional attributes of "Tang En Walker".

Among the five major attributes of a director, 15 in the palm of the hand, 9 in plot design, 13 in visual thinking, 21 in directing, 7 in camera, and in the remaining attributes, 3 in special effects, 0 in animation, 8 in color, 11 in art design, 10 in sub-shots, and 8 in dialogue...

Among the five major attributes of a producer, production is 1, market judgment is 52, artistic aesthetics is 47, project evaluation is 8, screenwriting is 14, among sub-attributes, casting is 33, field control is 62, marketing is 57, rhythm is 3, public relations is 39...

Such data surprised Tang En a little, especially the "market judgment" and "literary aesthetics" in the producer attribute, which must be the accumulation of a large number of movies he watched in his previous life.

Tang En is now looking for a new project to compete with "Blade Warrior", the biggest reliance must be the system that exists in the sunglasses.

Before building a project, there must first be a royal team...

With Tang En's current influence and reputation, it is absolutely possible to form an excellent team with the help of a brokerage company. But Tang En hoped that this team would 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 ranked them in order of numerical value, from high to low.

Tang En, who was wearing sunglasses, reached out and pointed in the void in front of him, looking very funny.

Soon, the selection of candidates was over, Tang En couldn't help being startled, 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 "screenwriting" score of 90 or more, and the highest-ranked one is Deacon Whistler, with a screenwriting ability of 99!

Tang En was a little jealous, and clicked on Deacon Whistler's file, and found that he is now just a non-staff in Hollywood, with a name in the Screenwriters Union, and his current job is the administrator of the University of California library.

And his other ability options are very poor, 0 in production, 32 in market analysis, 58 in literary aesthetics... There is no possibility of being a producer at all.

In Hollywood, the number of registered screenwriters is too large, and most of them have difficulty filling 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 comprehensive quality, be able to direct, produce, or act. Only such screenwriters can truly step into Hollywood.

For the same script, the film company must choose a screenwriter with strong comprehensive ability to write it!

But Tang En didn't need it.

If you have a specialization in the art industry, you can do your job well.

Because it is difficult for the film company to tell which of the two screenwriters has the stronger ability to write stories, they will choose the one with the stronger comprehensive ability. But Twain is different, he has sunglasses, so he can easily tell the difference!

Since it’s about making up stories, it’s good to be good at making up stories, but what do you need to be able to direct and produce?

This is the biggest advantage that the sunglasses system brings to Twain - to discover talents, to know the pearl with a discerning eye!

Just like a genius screenwriter like Deacon Whistler, because of his poor comprehensive ability, he was doomed to be buried in his life, but he was dug out of the soil by Tang En.

There was a kind of pride spreading all over Tang En's body.

In the option of screenwriting ability of 95, Tang En found another guy named "Bryce Roach", who is currently working as a newspaper editor.

The next few have already made their names in Hollywood, such as Spielberg's queen screenwriter David Kemp, such as "Forrest Gump", "Horse Whisperer" and many other film screenwriters Eric Ross, and even the famous director Guy Ritchie, Woody Allen, and Frank Darabont, the director of "The Shawshank Redemption".

Tang En was not prepared to use any of these famous people. If he wanted to build a loyal royal team, he had to send charcoal when it was needed and dig in the mud.

It wasn't until the screenwriting ability was 90 that Twain found another suitable candidate - Nia Vardalas, a female screenwriter.

Similar to Deacon Whistler, the rest of the attributes are in a mess, and he has a little talent in acting.

Tang En intends to initially build a core team, and then gradually grow its power after the company develops. Three screenwriter candidates are enough for the time being.

Next, Tang En chose "Market Judgment" in the selection of producers.

This is a very important item in the construction process of a film project, which is to analyze whether the project and the script can be accepted by movie fans when it is facing the commercial market, and whether it can be a big hit at the box office.

For example, in "The Shawshank Redemption", the director Frank Darabont's screenwriting ability is very good, with a score of 92, but his "market judgment" ability is only 56 points, which failed to cater to the taste of the audience, which directly led to the disastrous failure of the movie at the box office.

The three screenwriters selected by Tang En all have the top screenwriting ability, but their market judgment is poor.

But it doesn't matter, there is a specialization in the art industry, and Tang En just chooses a few helpers with extremely strong "market judgment" values ​​to give opinions and improve the analysis.

Soon, Tang En found a person, Andrew O'Hare, who was very weak in all values, but had a market judgment of 97, and was now unemployed.

"If this person is willing to join my team, he can become my chief market analyst in the future."

Tang En showed a satisfied snigger, and searched the column of "Literary and Artistic Aesthetics".

Contrary to "market judgment", "literary aesthetics" is aimed at the artistic sense of the film and the audience's reputation, which is an essential attribute for winning awards.

Twain found a "Manola Daggis", female, literary aesthetic 98, and now works as an apprentice, learning film art from Andrew Sarris, a veteran literary film critic, and occasionally in "The Village" "Sound" published film reviews, with sharp views and pioneering profoundness.

"Talent, definitely talent! A must-have candidate for the Oscars, my chief art analyst!"

Tang En couldn't help laughing out loud.

Suddenly, I felt that there was a feeling that all the talents in the world had entered my door!

happy!