Compared to Barry's reasons for finding his own, Lance was more curious about the reason why George nodded and made a move.

Although Lance and Barry have no personal relationship, the two have met many times before and even worked with the "Eleven Arhats". Barry wanted to meet Lance, but it was just a phone call, but Barry completed this action through George, obviously trying to bring the two closer together and appear as a friend.

From George's standpoint, he knew all these truths, and he was still "Lance's friend", so he had no reason to reject Barry, but the problem was that he did not reveal any words to Lance and willingly became a messenger. Does this mean that George was hiding from others? For example, Ryan.

Lance did not forget that Ryan always hoped to achieve long-term cooperation with Warner Bros. Ryan succeeded in his previous life.

"Haha, I only talked about this with George not long ago." Barry was always politely going around. The staple food of both of them was coming to an end. Barry still did not say what he really is today, and Lance did not mean to be anxious, and circled around skillfully. "To be honest, the reason for choosing Tom was very simple. We needed his box office appeal."

After the "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" won a great victory, many gossip news became popular topics for people. For example, the matter mentioned by Barry just now, everyone thought that Paramount was meant to adopt Tom as the male lead, but no one expected that this was actually the idea proposed by Lance.

"Box office appeal?" Barry was a little surprised by this answer. Logically speaking, the excellent box office results of "killing with a knife" have proved this. Moreover, the early promotion of the movie always follows the commercial movie model, but Barry is not that easy to fool. He always feels that things are not that simple. "I thought it would be a deeper and more complicated reason, such as..."

Barry deliberately paused for a moment, waiting for Lance to fill in the blanks, but Lance did not respond. Instead, he raised his eyebrows and looked over. Barry did not feel embarrassed, and filled the blanks of the pause. "You saw Tom's outstanding performance in a certain movie, or Tom and the character's temperament are very consistent."

"Haha." Lance chuckled, "So, are you praising Tom for his outstanding performance, or are you praising my unique vision?" Lance's interpretation made Barry laugh, "Later, in the process of preparing for the movie, we kept revising the script and discussing the roles. By the time we understood, the movie had a huge deviation from the original setting. So, to be honest, we didn't expect the effect of the movie. Of course, I am very willing to take all these credits into consideration."

Faced with Barry, it is naturally impossible for Lance to tell the truth. The awards season has just begun, and the college's public relations have not entered the white-hot stage of bayonets. Barry, sitting opposite, is one of the important opponents, and Lance will not easily reveal his or her voice.

Barry nodded with a smile, "You should give yourself more confidence, and professionals can see that you are crucial to the success of this movie."

In fact, before the premiere of "Borrowing a Knife", Barry heard about the tone in the circle. Paramount's internal preview was praised by this work. Later, after the movie was released publicly, this view was proved - Lance is a talented director, especially the strategy of "Borrowing a Knife" premiere of "Borrowing a Knife" was even more amazing, and it can also show Lance's strong confidence. At that time, Barry decided to meet Lance in person, and after the results of the premiere weekend were released, he firmed up Barry's idea.

Lance was flattered at Barry's compliment, but he was still unmoved in his heart, because he knew that big guys like Barry would never take action for the sake of unknown people. The basic principle of their behavior was the driving force of interests.

"Now everyone is looking forward to the 'Sin City', curious about how you will direct this work and what unique things will bring." Barry's words continued without any pause, "In fact, about ten years ago, I discussed the possibility of adapting this comic with Sam Rai (sam-rai fans). Sam said that it was a crazy idea and it was impossible to achieve it. Later, I was unwilling to give up and tried to communicate with David Lynch. He said it was an interesting idea, but he didn't know how to adapt it. He felt that there were many places to start, but after careful thinking, he couldn't find a suitable entry point."

This story was something that Lance didn't know. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and widen his eyes and said, "Huh, it's better not to let Frank Miller know about this, otherwise things will be bad. My shoulders can no longer bear more pressure. Who knows one day I will completely collapse, and then completely ruin the comic in anger."

Sam and David are both directors with unique styles, and they can be said to be important figures in cult movies. Compared with them, Lance does not have many advantages.

Lance's modest self-taught made Barry smile, "You'd better concentrate. I don't want the regret of missing the "City of Sin" comic adaptation rights to become a lifelong regret. This is one of my personal favorite comics. After Sam and David both gave up, I had to give up the idea of ​​adaptation. It was really a pity for a long time." Barry's empathetic expression made the atmosphere very relaxed.

At this time, the waiter came over and took away the staple food plates of the two of them. Before the dessert came, the two could breathe for a while. Barry called the waiter and asked for another glass of red wine. After Lance waited for Barry to finish his movements, he continued, "I don't know, you are actually a comic lover?"

"No, no, at the beginning, I read for work, but after really entering that magical world, I unexpectedly found that I could relax, so it naturally became a habit." Barry seemed very honest, his words were plain, and there was not much fancy.

Lance blew his jaw, "Indeed, if it were me, I wouldn't have chosen movies as a means of relaxation." For others, movies are one of the means of entertainment, but for big guys like Barry, movies are just work, tools, and commodities.

Barry raised his eyebrows, his thick head-up pattern looked a little funny, and nodded with a deep sense of agreement, "What about you? Are you also a comic lover?"

"Oh, no, I'm more keen on appreciating traditional literature, especially tragedy." Lance shook his head. This answer made Barry pause, and then suddenly realized, "Because of philosophy?" Barry asked in confusion. During Lance's time at the University of Southern California, his second major was philosophy. Barry's preparations were obviously very good, and then he laughed, "Are it because of a woman?"

Lance pulled down and said, "I will choose the latter." The two exchanged glances, and then both chuckled.

"I thought boys of your age always had special emotions about 'Star Wars', Superman or Batman." Barry pulled the topic back to the comics again. Lance paused slightly in his mind. He vaguely captured a trace of information, but it was fleeting. However, Lance was not in a hurry, because he knew that Barry was getting closer to the real purpose of tonight step by step.

Lance chuckled, "Of course, I know their stories, but I have not read the full set of comics in full - as far as I know, the stories of Superman and Batman are still being updated, right?" Lance's uncertain expression made Barry nod with a smile, "However, I have appreciated their stories. For example, I have always been very curious about how the movie actually shows Superman flying."

"Magic movie magic!" Barry expressed his responsiveness to Lance's words, "But now the Wia is outdated..." Barry's words paused, and then laughed, "Look at me, I'm actually showing off in front of the experts. Obviously, you should know more than me how Superman flew." The relaxed laughter always echoed in the air, "You should know that it has been twenty years since the last 'Superman' movie." Lance's eyes flashed slightly, and he responded casually, but Barry did not pause, and then continued, "Christopher-reeve can really be said to be the perfect model of Superman, but it's a pity..."

Even if I didn't continue to say the following words, Lance understood.

Christopher can be said to be the most successful and representative actor in film history, and this is also the most successful role in his acting career. Unfortunately, Christopher was paralyzed by an accident in horse riding, ending his acting career and leaving the role of Superman unsuccessfully.

"God is jealous of talent." Lance also expressed his regret, "If I remember correctly, the TV series version has always been very popular, right? It's just that the actors have never performed too well."

"Compared with Christopher, other actors have too many shortcomings, or they are not Christopher Reeve." Barry raised his eyes slightly as he spoke, as if he was looking at Lance, but the words did not reveal too much emotion. On the contrary, he also brought a smile and became more and more relaxed. "More importantly, the influence of the TV series is still too weak, and the movie is incomparable after all." Here, Barry seemed to have a breath, but in just a millisecond, "Have you ever thought about what kind of charm and characteristics you would give Clark-kent if you were the director?"

After tearing, the layer of window paper was gently pierced, and Barry's real purpose finally revealed. However, Lance did not expect that it was actually a comic adaptation, and it was actually Superman!
Chapter completed!