Chaos Film and Warner Bros. collaborated with Warner Bros. to create the DC Universe. This is Lance's real goal. Lance knows that Warner Bros. will completely dominate the Hollywood box office market in the next five years. If Chaos Film can board this big ship, the company will usher in a peak of full-scale development.

In fact, such cooperation is not unfamiliar to Warner Bros. In the last life, Warner Bros. and Legend Pictures reached an agreement in the second half of 2005. The two parties jointly invested and jointly produced forty film and television works in seven years. The starting point of this agreement was "Batman Prequel: The Mystery of the Shadow". After the work was successful, the signing of the agreement was promoted. After that, the golden couple created a series of classic works, including the "Hangover" series, "300", "Inception", "Thief in the City", "Godzilla", etc.

It is worth noting that a series of DC comic adaptations led by "Return of Superman" were jointly created by Warner Bros. and Legend Pictures. After the cooperation ended, Legend Pictures' signature has become the leader of Hollywood's second-tier film companies.

Now, Chaos Pictures is trying to replace Legend Pictures. The difference is that Lance hopes to take a step closer, seize this opportunity, and build the DC universe before Marvel, and truly bring the heyday to Chaos Pictures. What he covets is not just the height of Legend Pictures.

Lance knew that this was an Ant Shaking the Big Tree, not that Chaos Pictures was too small. Legendary Pictures was also unknown when it reached a cooperation with Warner Bros. In fact, Legendary Pictures was not officially established until 2004. "Batman Prequel: The Mystery of the Shadow" was their first work. From this perspective, Chaos Pictures is far more qualified than Legendary Pictures; Lance means that his connections and qualifications are huge shortcomings.

Thomas Thostul, the founder of Legend Pictures, was born in law school and had no relationship with movies before. However, he graduated from Hamilton College, which is the top private liberal arts college in the United States. He made a huge network of contacts in the college. After graduation, he gained a lot of business experience and strategies by establishing and operating small businesses. He then entered the private property management industry and made a lot of top people in the entertainment industry.

All of this became Thomas' bargaining chips, who raised $6 billion from a private equity fund company and established Legend Pictures, the first company in Hollywood to rival a large film production company supported by private shareholders and hedge fund investors on Wall Street, but this was just the beginning; then, Thomas used his private connections to recruit soldiers and formed a strong crew and behind-the-scenes work team, and successfully reached a cooperation with Warner Bros. with the favors he accumulated over the years.

On the surface, Legend Pictures has nothing, and they don't even produce a single work, but they have Wall Street funds, Hollywood connections and reputation similar to the Ivy League, which are the real bargaining chips to play the industry. In contrast, Chaos Pictures only has Reims.

For Warner Bros., Chaos Pictures is like an ugly duckling who wields and calls them away. The cooperation between the two parties will face countless challenges and difficulties. Thomas has been in the position of chess player since the beginning, but Lance has always been the piece in the chess board. This is the most difficult part that is insurmountable and difficult to break.

Barry was silent for about half a second, but the thoughts in his mind had been turned and he chuckled, "I haven't seen you for a while, your change is surprising." Barry was hinting that when the two met last time, Lance knew almost nothing about comics, but today he proposed a comic adaptation proposal that shakes the market rules. The changes were really turning upside down.

Lance has tried all his strength, but Barry is still as still as a mountain. This is the difference between a chess player and a chess piece. For such a situation, Lance has been mentally prepared. It is unrealistic that he did not intend to take Barry off today. He has shaken Barry now, planting a seed in Barry's mind and irrigating it. Today, it can be considered a success.

So, Lans calmly withdrew his chin, "Time can always create miracles, right?" This is considered to admit Barry's guess.

The smile paused on the corner of Barry's mouth for a moment, then paused, as if he had made a decision, "So, do you have a complete proposal?"

Even at Disney where Michael Esner is full of words, it is not that easy to decide on a billion-dollar project. It is not that Lance can make up the matter by standing here and making a mess. He must sort out specific project proposals, and if necessary, even publish them in front of the board of directors. As Ian said, this is a cooperation at the company level. After the publication is over, the board of directors will evaluate, review and discuss it before the project is passed.

The same is true for Warner Bros.

Now, Barry has proposed the project proposal, which means that Lance has taken a solid first step and has made the first breakthrough in such a difficult situation. The smile on the corner of Lance's mouth leaked a dazzling light, "of course"

The brief conversation lasted only a quarter of an hour, but it consumed a lot of Lance's energy. After the incident came to an end, a slight tingling sensation came from his temples. Every time he had a confrontation with a top boss like Barry, it was not easy. This was once the biggest shortcoming of Lance, but now he was forcing himself to become stronger and take control of his destiny step by step. However, things were obviously not that simple. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to hand over such negotiations to Ian or Theo afterwards.

Pour the last sip of red wine in the cup into his mouth, and Lance forced himself to cheer up again. It was really not easy. The chaotic thoughts in his mind were too late to settle, but he knew that today's nomination luncheon was far from over. "It's never easy to adapt a movie in comics. This task challenges the bottom line in all aspects. I finally know why no one dares to accept this task easily."

Barry had originally planned to make some more polite words, and then turned around and left. After all, the main task today has been completed, and there are still many things to be discussed slowly next, but the nomination lunch is obviously not the right place. Hearing Lance's words, he was stunned. Is this talking about Superman restarting the project, or "Oh" Barry sighed, "Are you talking about the city of sin, or the Boy Scouts vs. Zombies"

A joke made both Barry and Lance chuckle, "Both are both." Lance's eyes flashed sly, and he continued to sing the drama.

Barry also spoke nonsense seriously, "If it was another work, I don't know much about it, but the city of sin." Barry raised his hands and made a surrender gesture, "I must say, your courage is admirable." After getting rid of the tense topic just now, the atmosphere between the two immediately became relaxed.

"God and quality are two different things." Lance smiled and expressed his modesty. "The work has been shot, but I don't know the quality. In the end, it will be left to the audience to judge, right?"

Barry savored a trace of deep meaning from Lance's words, and his eyes flashed slightly, "Is the movie confirmed its release date? I will definitely buy tickets and go to the cinema to enjoy it." The last time the two talked, Barry mentioned that he had a very special emotion about "City of Sin" and always hoped to bring this set of comics to the big screen, but unfortunately it didn't work.

"Oh, not yet, it's still in post-production." Lance shook his head, his eyes fell on Barry, and said seriously, "In fact, I'm looking for a suitable distribution company recently. I don't know if Warner Bros. is interested." This is one of the most important tasks of Lance today. He doesn't even have room to breathe, so he has to continue planning, and it's not allowed to be missed. "If I remember correctly, you really want to see the City of Sin be moved to the big screen, right?"

"Of course, this is one of my greatest wishes." Barry waved his hands slightly exaggeratedly. "If Warner Brothers can release the City of Sin, it is definitely my honor. God, you can't imagine how long I've been waiting for this day." Barry blinked at Lance and smiled, "I don't know when I can see the sample, I can't wait."

"Next week, I'll send samples to Warner Bros. next week." Lance said politely.

Barry nodded and said with a smile, "Then I'll wait and see." He glanced at the crowd, then signaled apologetically to Lance, "I need to go over and say hello to a few old guys, and continue chatting another day." After that, Barry took the initiative to say goodbye.

"City of Sin" was produced by Chaos Pictures, but Chaos Pictures currently has no distribution department, so Lance returned to the situation when it was "City of God" and needed to find a suitable distribution company for the work. Warner Bros. is obviously a good choice.

However, Barry said beautifully just now, but it was just a scene, without any substantial promise. As a result, he still had to make a decision after seeing the sample of "City of Sin".

Lance is not worried about the quality of "Sin City", but about the unique style of the film, which is not acceptable to any film company. Warner Bros. can be regarded as the most open and boldest among the top large film companies. If they can't accept it, Lance really can't think of who should work with.

But if you think about it carefully, it would be better if "City of Sin" throws a stone to ask for directions, allowing Warner Bros. to gain insight into Lance's ability to adapt comic works. This will inevitably play a role in promoting the cooperation project of the DC universe. As for whether it is a positive or negative effect, we can only wait for it to be announced. To be continued.
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