"David, Megan, you must have thought of who called me just now?" Chen Tianyangyang said the cell phone in his hand.

David Ellison was very curious. The expression on Chen Tian’s face told him that it must be a good news.

"Eric told you that he won the award? I heard that you were nominated for the People's Choice Award? But wasn't that award only announced in January?"

"Who told you not to run naked?" Megan Ellison continued.

Chen Tian looked at the two of them and shook his head with a smile: "None of them are, they were called by Warner Brothers."

"Warner Brothers?" David Ellison frowned. "How could they call you? Do they want to work with you too?"

"David, this is obviously, but I think it shouldn't be that simple, otherwise Wood wouldn't be so happy." Megan Ellison looked at Chen Tian and said, "Justin, tell me quickly."

"Okay, I have to ask you first, that's a big production in front of you. Would you like to invest in it?"

"Big production? From Warner?" Megan Ellison thought in his mind what big production Warner Bros. had.

David Ellison didn't think about it: "Justin, do you have a plane?"

Chen Tian shrugged: "It's obvious that there is, I'd better tell you directly, Superman or Batman."

"Superman Batman." Megan Ellison stared at Chen Tian with wide eyes. She naturally knew the status of superheroes in the hearts of the American people.

Superman and Batman are both the best, and Warner could actually give this opportunity to Chen Tian, ​​which made her feel crazy.

"Justin. Are you sure you are not kidding?" David Ellison asked solemnly.

"Of course. No. But it's not certain yet, but they have this intention.

Most importantly, I promised them a proposal that they might be hard to refuse, and I told them that if my pre-preparation is not excellent, I will refund all preparation fees.

Now I have a bolder idea, that is, I want to invite you to invest.”

Looking at David Ellison's excited look, Chen Tian continued: "Warner Brothers and other companies all want to restart these superheroes and some other big productions, but the cost is an unavoidable issue.

There are too many examples of investment in big productions that will almost completely collapse for small companies. Even Warner, Sony and Universal are worried about collapse.

Warner's revenue this year is not ideal, and the recent productions have almost all failed, so I would like to suggest that we bear some of the production costs together.

But this part of the cost will not be very small. If we bear half of the cost, I think they will be more interested in starting this project."

The Ellison brother and sister, born in a businessman family, have had businessman talent since childhood.

They naturally knew that what Chen Tian said was right, and no businessman was launching a set of products or plans without considering the profit issues.

If the risk is too high, then they don't mind giving up on the plan.

Once someone comes forward to provide support, especially financial support, share half of the risks. Then the possibility of opening this plan will increase.

The income of "Hard Fruit Candy" has not been released yet, but this film in which the brother and sister can get a guaranteed income of 20 million yuan for only 500,000 yuan has made them recognized by their father.

It also made them firm in their idea of ​​continuing in the film and television industry. And because the cost of "This Man on Earth" was too low, they did not participate.

However, they will participate in direct investment in two films: "The Queen of Prada" and "Assassin League", which have a guaranteed investment of 140 million yuan.

The brother and sister took out 15 million in "The Queen of Prada", while the film "Assassin" is expected to take out at least 50 million.

This money is not an unacceptable number for them. In their opinion, Chen Tian is a partner worthy of cooperation.

They were not sure whether the two major productions could continue to make profits.

Now Chen Tian has proposed a larger production of Superman and Batman. If you don’t want to be moved, it would definitely be fake.

Chen Tian was not in a hurry because he knew that thinking was normal, and investment was not a small amount.

"Justin, we need to discuss it. This is not something that can be done by 10 or 20 million. I hope you can understand it." David Ellison thought for a while and said.

"This is of course, this is not a small project. Honestly, it's a huge test for me, but I want to challenge it."

Chen Tian didn't know if the Ellison brother and sister would agree in the end, but he would seize this opportunity to try it out anyway.

"Justin, it's not that we don't support it, we need to think about it, but can I ask if you have confidence in the next two films?" Megan Ellison asked.

Chen Tian smiled and said, "What do you think? Of course, but pressure and confidence coexist. I look forward to a wonderful result just like you."

Dan Fehrman, who received Chen Tian's reply, immediately went to the office of President Alan Horn.

Alan Horn is watching Warner Bros.'s revenue report this year. At the meeting, he has listened to the Finance Department analyzing the situation this year.

If the CD-ROM sales were not good this year, Warner Bros.'s profit this year would be very miserable.

This is also the fundamental reason why he and other senior executives have come up with Chen Tian’s idea of ​​having the title of Miracle Director recently, just like MGM and Lions Gate.

They all yearn for greater profits at the lowest cost, and at least this year Chen Tian left this impression on people in the entire film market.

"Please come in!" Alan Horn responded when he heard the knock on the door.

Putting down the report in his hand, Alan Horn raised his head: "Felman, why are you here?"

"Alan, I just contacted Justin Chen."

"Oh, contact Justin Chen? What do you say?"

Alan Horn became interested and looked at Dan Fehrman's expression and would have a satisfactory answer.

“He agreed, but I came up with an idea.

It's about Superman and Batman, and he's very interested in these two projects."

Alan Horn snorted coldly in his heart. He was very dissatisfied with Fernman's answer.

He had never thought of handing over Superman and Batman to Chen Tian. In his heart, Chen Tian was the one who helped Warner make the most profit with the smallest funds.

Instead of giving him a risk of $100 million or 200 million. This is essentially different from Alan Horn's idea.

Although Alan Horn's face was not revealed, Dan Fehrman also felt it.

"I know the idea is a bit risky, but he made a proposal that I don't think we should refuse."

“A proposal shouldn’t we refuse?”

"Yes, he said we will grant him funds to prepare for the early stage. If the preliminary preparations are not satisfied, he is willing to return all the preparation fees."

"What? He really said that?" Alan Horn laughed. This proposal really interested him.

"Yes, I think we might be able to give it a try. We should throw away some other opinions and shouldn't look at him with tinted glasses, at least I think Justin is a great director.

Although what he shows us now is a low-cost video, we can see a lot in the video.

Since those guys are unwilling to accept them, why can't we try to use them? And even if we fail, we won't lose anything.

What’s important is that now if you are the hottest director in the United States, I think Justin Chen must be that person.” Dan Fehrman said seriously, hoping that Alan Horn will approve it.

Alan Horn thought seriously that these two project plans were not something he could decide. It would require a meeting of the board of directors to make the final decision.

"Okay, I get it. I will have a meeting tomorrow and make the final decision."

"There's one thing that Justin demands absolute voice for the film, this?" Dan Fehrman brought it up.

"Absolute voice? He?"

Alan Horn couldn't help laughing. Even the super director had many such requests that even the super director did not dare to make such requests. He didn't expect that Chen Tian, ​​a new director who had debuted for half a year, would dare to make such requests.

"Yes, he demanded this right, he said that with this right he could do better, and he was very confident in making these two plans."

Chen Tianke did not say that he had the confidence to make these two plans. This was joined by Dan Fehrman himself in order to impress Alan Horn more.

If Chen Tian failed, he would not blame him for his expenses, and if he succeeded, he would be the one who made the greatest contribution.

"I will ask it at tomorrow's meeting and wait for me to notify you." Alan Horn nodded and responded.

When Ellison returned home, he sat together to discuss the possibility of investment. David Ellison was eager to invest, but he was still worried that Chen Tian would not do well.

"David, I think we can try it, you should know that these two programs will be launched in 2005 as early as possible.

Before this we can see the results of "The Queen of Prada", and also the results of "Assassin League".

If these two are not effective, then we can give up on the investment in the later stage, right?

If we don’t express our opinion now, we will show that we do not support him.” Megan Ellison had an intuition in his heart that Chen Tian might be able to continue the miracle.

Chen Tian temporarily put Superman and Batman behind his head. The most important thing for him is that the release date of "The Little Sunshine Beauty" is getting closer.

Before the release of "Hard Fruit Candy", the six major theaters told me that there would not be many numbers of screenings, but this problem does not exist now.

Chen Tian and MGM are facing the problem of re-selecting schedules. They originally wanted to start small-scale previews on the 5th because of the schedule, and then finally achieved large-scale releases based on their reputation.

Let’s go and play with a number of blockbusters to hit the best Christmas schedule, but there is no problem with scheduling now.

Then when will it be released become the most important issue.

Just as Chen Tian drove to MGM, Dan Fehrman gave him an answer that excited him.

That is, Chen Tian can take over one of Superman and Batman, but must give the final proposal at the end of 2005 and then pass the qualification, and must complete the shooting and final release in 2006. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!