American fame and fortune

Leaving the conference room, Jon Berg returned to the building, followed by assistant McDonald.

He looked at his immediate boss's face and knew that the meeting was not going well.

Jon Berg said as he walked: "The legal department is negotiating with the lawyers of Nolan and Martin Davis again?"

"Yes." McDonald said truthfully: "They demand that the contract be breached, otherwise they will not withdraw the lawsuit."

Jon Berg said: "Then drag it." After walking a few steps, he stopped: "You find a way to contact Emma Thomas, as long as Nolan gives up using Martin Davis as the leading actor, I will give him the green light for this project.”

"Yes." McDonald took out his cell phone and prepared to contact someone.

Jon Berg continued to walk towards the Warner Building. When Martin Davis intended to abandon his current position at Warner Pictures and join the arms of his predecessor Alan Horn, he had strong opinions.

As we all know, exes are always particularly sensitive to their current counterparts.

Jon Berg returned to the Warner Building and immediately found Daniel to personally inquire about the promotion and distribution of "Jack the Giant Catcher".

There is only more than half a month until the film is released in North America.

After increasing the production budget to US$250 million, Jon Berg established a strong team of professional film reviewers and spent two months professionally reviewing six different edited versions.

Everyone selects the most essential shots and clips, and then uses them based on the number of choices.

Finally, Jon Berg personally directed an editing team, based on the main line edited by Macdonald, and integrated the best shots and clips to create an unprecedented masterpiece!

This is unprecedented in Hollywood.

Jon Berg even gave up on test screenings because the powerful viewing group he had assembled had already seen the basic version countless times.

Just like James Cameron for "Avatar", Jon Berg is convinced that the version he produces will definitely set a Hollywood record!

This does not refer to the box office, but the success of the film will completely change the post-production model of Hollywood.

Perhaps, Hollywood will name this "Jon Berg editing method" in the future.

Jon Berg returned to the office and an assistant sent an invitation.

"President, Meryl Streep sent it to me," the assistant said, "She will hold a party at her mansion in Malibu this weekend and invite many people in the industry to attend."

Jon Berg opened the invitation and saw Meryl Streep's name on the inviter's signature.

The actress has been cooperating with Warner Pictures. Jon Berg was very considerate and told his assistant: "I will participate."

The assistant will give Meryl Streep a precise response.

…………

Century City, WMA headquarters.

In a lounge, Nolan was madly complaining to Martin about the previous project coordination meeting.

Originally, Spielberg convened the meeting to coordinate and solve the problem, but after the coordination, let alone solving the problem, even Spielberg had different opinions.

Nolan's head was about to explode: "I swear, I will never direct a script like this again for which I don't have the copyright!"

The final screenwriters of this script were named after Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, but the core idea came from Linda Obst of DreamWorks. When DreamWorks almost went bankrupt, Spielberg negotiated with Paramount on this project. Signed a co-production deal with Warner Bros. Pictures.

As a result, there are endless peelings and endless problems to solve. Others can say that Jon Berg of Warner Pictures is simply a problem-making machine.

"It sounds like Jon Berg has a prejudice against me and is going against me just for the sake of being against me," Martin said.

Nolan fully agreed: "Yes, the reasons he raised for objections were high-sounding, but in fact they were all based on personal grudges."

He took a sip of water and then said: "McDonald, Jon Berg's assistant, contacted Emma privately and said that as long as I give up recommending you as the leading actor, Warner Pictures will give the project a complete green light."

Martin didn't say any nonsense about giving up on his own initiative, he just waited patiently.

When Nolan encountered the crisis of the Moroccan kidnapping case, he sided with Nolan without hesitation.

Nolan didn't let Martin wait, and said directly: "I asked Emma to give a clear reply. If you don't play the leading actor in this project, I will never take the director's position."

This is not just because of Martin, it also means that his authority on the crew has been greatly weakened.

"Chris, thank you," Martin said.

Nolan, a British guy, chose to use the American method and bumped fists with Martin: "The two of us are working together."

"That's right, Christopher Nolang and Martin Davis are equal to a double explosion in box office and word-of-mouth!" Martin boasted to the two of them first, and then said: "Jon Berg is obviously targeting us, the more this In this way, the more we ride the horse, the harder we go and never give up.”

Nolan nodded: "I think so too."

Martin took the initiative and asked: "Warner Pictures is only targeting us, the group of people led by Jon Berg?"

"Of course." Nolan can confirm this: "Jon Berg is the head of Warner Pictures. If he wants to promote a project, he needs the green light of the review committee, but if he wants to block a project, it is too easy. .”

Martin pondered for a moment and asked: "Chris, do you think the movie "Jack the Giant Slayer" produced by Jon Berg with his genius creativity will be successful?"

Nolan thought about it seriously and said: "I don't know what Jon Berg's idea was based on to create this peculiar final editing mode, but from my personal point of view, the movie produced under this mode , can it really avoid style confusion?”

There was only Martin here, and he only said one more thing: "I think the probability of this film being successful is less than 10%."

Martin said: "I agree with you, but I think the probability of success is at most 5 percent."

Nolan has collaborated with Martin several times and grasped his ideas: "I heard from people at Warner Bros. that the production budget of this film is 250 million US dollars, and the publicity and distribution cost is 200 million US dollars. Even though most of the North American market uses Warner's media , the actual investment is US$100 million. Once this film fails, it will cause the same losses as "Green Lantern"."

"In my judgment, if this film fails, it will be more disastrous than "Green Lantern". "Green Lantern" has a fan base." Martin learned a lot about Warner's internal situation through Louise: ""Pharaohs and Gods", "Green Lantern" "Darkland", as well as this huge investment "Jack the Giant Catcher", all led by Jon Berg, the first two have failed, resulting in serious losses..."

He asked Nolan: "If this movie messes up again, will Jon Berg be held accountable by the Warner board of directors?"

Nolan also understood the situation: "The reason Jon Berg spent huge sums of money on this project was because he wanted to use a business victory to reverse the negative situation caused by previous failures."

Martin said: "Chris, let's wait a little longer. When "Jack the Giant Catcher" is released, maybe there will be a different situation."

Compared to Martin, Nolan, who has been tortured by the "Interstellar" project recently, is even more unhappy with Jon Berg: "If Warner Pictures changes someone else, there will be no problems with this project."

Under normal circumstances, it is almost impossible to force a film company to change its head.

But Jon Berg, a member of the Warner team, is really cool in his operations.

Show off to the sky!

Martin stretched out his fist: "We are indeed the best partners."

Nolan bumped his fist and said, "Since he's unhappy with us and we're unhappy with him, let's find a way to kill him!"

Martin couldn't agree more.

Of course, this approval is not about humane destruction, but about finding a way to replace a member of the legendary Warner Heavenly Group.

I just don’t know if this disease is contagious.

Emma Thomas came back from meeting Ali Emmanuel, chatted a few more words with Martin, and left first with Nolan.

Later, Thomas came over and said, "Emma Thomas is putting pressure on Ali, asking WMA to fully support Director Nolan on the "Interstellar" project."

Martin said: "Go back to Ali and tell him that I want to play the male lead in "Interstellar."

Nolan is now WMA's number one director client, and Martin is WMA's number one actor client.

Brokerage firms have no choice but to support them.

Thomas said: "I have communicated with Ali and the WMA will fully support you."

"Nothing else, I'm leaving." Martin prepared to enjoy the dance tonight.

Saoirse Ronan sent him a direct message saying she had learned a new dance.

Elegant art is particularly easy to cultivate people's high sentiments.

Thomas said: "Several good colleagues and clients in the company..."

Martin waved his hand: "You can handle these little things. If you have any questions, please contact Jessica. She will take care of the daily affairs of the studio."

Thomas said no more.

Martin left the WMA and got into the car Bruce drove.

Bruce returned the phone to him: "Harris called just now. Depp bought the penthouse in the Columbia Tower for $9 million."

Martin smiled and said, "Okay."

"The money in Depp's hands now is enough to cover the next tax arrears and fines, as well as the salaries of people around him and lawyers." Bruce continued: "Harris has inquired that Depp's other fixed assets will be slowly sold."

Martin nodded: "Don't worry, wait for the next cycle."

This money seems to be a lot of money, but the back taxes, team salaries, dealing with Amber Heard's lawsuit, and the legal fees for suing the Mandel brothers, plus Depp's daily expenses, actually can't last too long.

It is said that Depp’s minimum monthly expenditure is US$2 million, and the maximum is unlimited.

Without financial crisis, these are not problems.

When Martin was approaching the dance villa, he received a call from Nicholson.

"Meryl is having a party in Malibu over the weekend and has invited three of us." Nicholson asked Martin: "Do you have time?"

Nicholson and Meryl Streep had an on-and-off relationship for decades. For the sake of his eldest son, Martin agreed: "Okay, let's go together then."