Following the passage, Lance returned to the backstage of Kodak Theater again, and his little golden man had not finished the engraving.

From afar, he saw Hayden Hunter looking for help. A large group of people were surrounding him. Two were talking to him, and there were five or six people waiting for an opportunity to move, obviously waiting for the two people to finish their conversation, and then immediately filled the vacant seats.

When Hayden saw Lance, he immediately showed a bright smile and greeted him, but Lance had no intention of paying attention to him. He pretended not to see him and looked away directly. In the other corner, there were also a large group of people gathered around Edgar Snow and Newton Siegel. At a rough look, there were at least eight or nine people, and the scene was very lively.

You can see at a glance that those people are trying to poach. To be precise, after years of polishing many works, Lance has formed his own royal team, with about fifteen core members. Each member has now become a big shot in the industry, not only because of their excellent skills, but also because they have worked with Lance for a long time and have a higher understanding of movies and cameras. Therefore, their popularity is definitely not inferior to Lance - even in a certain way, it is even better than Lance.

The reason is very simple. Senior technicians are very scarce, and their costs are far lower than those of directors. The crew can hire a top photographer, then pair it with a director who is not experienced but has certain abilities, and then direct a commercial blockbuster, which can reduce costs and also reduce the risk of work errors. Later, many blockbusters, including Marvel adapted movies, were done in this way, using new directors to match senior technical teams.

What's more, Lance cannot work full time. During his rest period, others must work. They cooperate with other crews and other projects, which cannot be considered poaching. After all, they have not signed a sales contract with Chaos Pictures.

Not to mention Hayden, Newton and others, even Albert Allen and Percy Brandley have people to poach. Chaos Pictures now looks like a delicious bun, and everyone wants to eat it. Last week, I heard that James Corden received a job invitation from Warner Bros., hoping that he can serve as the manager of Warner Bros. Production Department, but James refused the invitation.

Lance was not surprised that people set their sights on their own royal team. On the contrary, this was actually an affirmation and praise for him. However, he did not expect the competition to be so fierce, and he was still in the Kodak Theater. He thought they would at least wait until the subsequent Oscar night before taking action.

"Hey, Lance!" Hayden shouted without Lance's response, and then he shook the others around him and quickly came to Lance with a look of fear, "God, are they all crazy? Not even a space for me."

"If you want space, you should go home." Lance said jokingly, causing Hayden to roll his eyes, "I thought this is what you were expecting. I mean, becoming an excellent photographer, and then countless projects come to you to cooperate with, and are truly the top in the industry."

Hayden curled his lips, "When I was young, everyone had some stupid and unrealistic ideas, didn't they?" This made Lance laugh, "A truly outstanding photographer will not take bad movies casually. We will only cooperate with excellent directors. Because only excellent directors can know how to make full use of the lens and explore the value of photographers." Hayden looked back at the crowd that still did not disperse, frowned slightly, revealing a disgusting expression.

Love, "rather than just taking pictures of a commercial movie casually, God, that's simply an insult!" Hayden stared at Lance angrily, "Do you know what invitation was just now? They actually invited me to take pictures of the love movie. Jesus Christ, the love movie uses backlight, wide angle, 360 degrees of rotation, and some inappropriate slow motion, which is enough. Any young man who has just learned to take pictures can take pictures."

Lance raised his eyebrows slightly, "The shots in 'Pride and Prejudice' are not that superficial." But he knew what Hayden meant. Most American chick movies did not have any characteristics and didn't require much technology. It was indeed a waste of talent to let Hayden take the camera.

Hayden rolled his eyes, looked at Lance speechlessly, and did not speak, expressing his protest with silence. Lance laughed in silence, "What if I shoot a love movie?"

"Then I'll take it." Hayden said bluntly, paused, and threatened, "unless you want to change partners."

Lance raised his hands and surrendered to express his loyalty. Hayden nodded with satisfaction, "I mean, I may not be able to shoot new works in the next half year. If you want, I don't mind taking over other projects." After the filming of "Old Nowhere" was completed, he would have to wait for a while before he would seek the next project, so he would have to wait until at least the second half of the year.

"I don't mind taking a vacation for half a year to a year." Hayden answered directly without hesitation. "Yester yesterday, Ethan came over to ask me if you have any plans in recent times. It seems that someone should have come to him." Ethan Watt, Hayden's first assistant, is actually Lance's second royal photographer. Now he has the ability to stand alone, and it is expected that someone will come to him.

Now that Chaos Pictures is showing up in front of it is a brand new world, it seems that everything is different.

Suddenly, Hayden changed the subject and said, "I absolutely need a hamburger..." Lance saw Lang Meyer coming towards him in the sight of his eyes. Hayden obviously did not want outsiders to hear their conversation, so he changed the topic stiffly. Lance also looked at Lang and nodded with a smile. Hayden also ended his topic along the steps, turned around and greeted Lang, and then found an excuse to say goodbye.

"It's a great harvest tonight, congratulations." Lang smiled and sent his blessings, "You will go to the Sunset Tower Hotel later? Everyone is waiting for your appearance tonight. Yog Makara was asking me about your situation just now. I told him that you are a wine lover, compared to single malt whiskey." Yog, chairman of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

"Of course, I won't miss such a wonderful night." Lance said with a smile without hearing the profound meaning of Lang's words.

Although tonight is the night when Chaos Pictures won a great victory, Lance knew that it was also a turbulent night in Hollywood. Chaos Pictures' senior executives will not only not be absent, but will also show their skills at the Sunset Tower Hotel. They need to seize the opportunity to lay the foundation for the next plan. Therefore, the joy of victory can be waited until tomorrow and enjoyed slowly the day after tomorrow, and there is still a lot of work to do tonight.

"Barry Mayer must be looking forward to your appearance. I heard that you once planned to cooperate with 'Superman Return'?" Lance did not seem to hear the profound meaning of Lang's words, and nodded with a smile. The meaning of affirmation was self-evident. Lang nodded suddenly and said unintentionally, "I thought he had not had a good life recently, but I seemed to think too much. He and Robert Iger have been very close recently, but I don't know if they are brewing any major events." After that, Lang took the lead and laughed, as if this was just a very ordinary joke. The topic changed, "Then let's talk about it later when we arrived at the Sunset Tower Hotel. I just talked to Kevin Feige. I plan to work with you to develop the Hulk trilogy. We can sit down and have a good talk." Then, Lang didn't give Lance a chance to respond, patted Lance on the shoulder, turned around and left straight.

In just a few short sentences, the amount of information is really large.

Now that he is still in the Kodak Theatre, Lang can't wait to express his friendship to Lance. The reason is very simple. Universal Pictures needs Lance and even more so the project like "Invincible Hulk". He must send out a signal of active cooperation before other companies, even if he knows Lance has the intention to cooperate for a long time.

It can be clearly felt that Lance's position in the minds of the six major film companies has undergone qualitative changes.

Brad Gray came here to celebrate Lance. Although he didn't say much information, his intimate attitude was different from other bigwigs. After all, Chaos Pictures and Paramount are the most intimate personal relationships now - Paramount just helped Chaos Pictures complete the development of videotapes and DVD distribution channels, and the two parties also intend to work together to promote the screenwriter fund project to encourage the emergence of more excellent scripts.

Javier Ulier waited for a long time but couldn't find any gaps. He waited until Lance got his two little golden men and was about to leave the Kodak Theater, go back to change his clothes, and then headed to the Sunset Tower Hotel to participate in the Oscar Night. Javier seized the opportunity and followed Lance towards the exit.

"So, what are the plans for Chaos Pictures next?" Javier did not make any politeness and went straight to the point. Looking at Lance's secret smile, Javier also laughed, "You know, I am a reporter, and now your every move is in the spotlight."

Lance frowned slightly and said in surprise, "I thought it was already like this since the beginning of 'City of God'." Javier paused and laughed in silence. Lance shrugged, "I want to enjoy the victory tonight first. You know, I have worked hard for a whole year. As for the future, I am considering whether I should have a vacation for a while. I have worked too long and my brain is a little stiff. I think I need a good rest."

"Lance." Javier didn't believe this at all, but Lance didn't continue to say anything more, and got into the car and said with a smile, "2007, this has just begun, why are you so anxious?" After that, Lance closed the car door and left.

Watching the vehicles gradually disappearing into the night, Javier shook his head with a chuckling. He had a sense that everyone thought last year had been earth-shaking, but perhaps this year was the year when the wave really hit.
Chapter completed!