After hanging up the phone, Lance continued to devote himself to the world of comics, but it was obvious that this afternoon was not a good time to rest. Only a short while, the phone on the desktop began to vibrate again. It was Robert Eiger's phone call, and he personally asked Lance to meet him.

Hasn’t Disney rejected his proposal? Why did Robert still want to meet? Or was it that the previous phone call was incorrect?

Lance tapped his fingers gently, and the thoughts in his head were circulating and finally returned to calm. He lowered his head and began to read the comic book, as if nothing had happened just now.

The next day, Lance and Robert met in person. Robert apologized as soon as he came up, saying that the assistant conveyed the meaning that something was wrong. After discussion within, they agreed with Lance's idea, but they also believed that Lance's changes were too bold, so they hoped that Lance could make adjustments to the script and discuss the possibility of cooperation at that time.

Lance did not refute it, and spent most of his time listening carefully. At the end of the conversation, he did not actively express his opinions. Instead, he showed a humble smile. "I have almost no experience in making sequels, and many ideas are too natural. It seems that I still have a lot to learn. After I go back, I will call Ted and Terry to communicate."

Ted Eriot and Trirusio Rrss, these two are the screenwriters of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl". This time they will join hands with the writers of the first draft of the script "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" of Stewart Beatty to complete the creation of the sequel to the "Pirates of the Caribbean", Stewart is responsible for character creation, and Ted and Terry are responsible for sorting out the plot and framework.

Of course, there is another Lance. Robert hopes that Lance can cooperate with the three screenwriters.

Robert was obviously very satisfied with Lance's attitude, with a warm smile on his face, "Everyone knows that you have your own unique ideas about writing scripts. I am a layman, but I only know some general things. The specific content still requires you professionals to communicate well."

The entire talk seemed harmonious and finally ended the interview with friendly voices.

On the surface, it seemed that nothing special was there, but Lance smelled a trace of abnormality. After returning, Lance did not start to modify the script as Robert told him, because there have been many things happening recently, and there seemed to be too many coincidences and accidents. He had to organize it carefully from the beginning.

At the beginning, Robert found Lance and hoped that Lance would accept the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean". This matter itself is very normal. Robert Eiger wanted to seize power from Michael Esner, remove the resources from the cauldron, and control the "Pirates of the Caribbean" crew Lance naturally entered the public eye with the great success of three consecutive works. Whether it is reputation or ability, including the easy-to-manage newcomer identity, he became Robert's best candidate.

This naturally received strong resistance from Michael. The lean camel was bigger than a horse. Not to mention that he had not completely lost power at Disney. Even on this day, Michael had been operating at Disney for twenty years, with a deep root, and it was not difficult to deal with Robert.

However, Michael is now in a lawsuit and has no energy to take care of these trivial matters. At the same time, he refuses to delegate power and has done everything himself. He has resisted internally. Disney is no longer his one-man show, so he can no longer be as simple and crude as before.

So, this led to the aggressive Jerry Brookheimer, Golvebinsky and others who were Michael's confidants.

As things develop here, everything seems to be taken for granted. Faced with the repeated warnings from Jerry and others, Lance wanted to go the other way, take over the Pirates of the Caribbean project, and even replace Jerry as the producer, truly taking over the sequel project in his own hands. In this way, even if the actors and crew members want to resist, Lance could completely deter the great cleansing and firmly hold the initiative in his hand.

But things are just too natural, and some coincidences are really too strange.

If you think deeply, from Kayla to Johnny to Jerry, their step by step is getting more and more urgent. It seems that all signs are showing: the crew is united and supports Gore to continue to serve as director, and rejects the intervention of outsiders, but their efforts cannot shake the management's wishes. Everyone knows clearly that if Disney wants to change the director, it is a foregone conclusion. Even Jerry has no way to change this result, so they bypassed the company's management and hoped that Lance would retreat in a difficult situation, voluntarily withdraw, and coercion and inducement take turns to go on the battlefield.

But Disney's response was completely opposite: they rejected Lance's script proposal.

Immediately afterwards, Robert denied Disney's intention and expressed his support for Lance, but hoped that Lance would further modify the script.

During today's meeting, although Robert did not say it clearly, the meaning revealed inside and outside was that Disney's control is still in the hands of Michael. After all, the nominal CEO still has no substitution, and he has no way to move directly over Michael. So he needs Lance to stand up and try to get along with the crew, rely on Lance's current reputation to achieve his goal, and at the same time continue to stick to his own ideas to create the script, convince the crew to support him with absolute strength, and then promote the recognition of the management.

Robert put his posture low in front of Lance, and was almost comprehensive during the conversation, without any scattering, but he unswervingly expressed his support for Lance. At the same time, Robert repeatedly stated that this is a project with two works, a project worth 500 million yuan, and it is not easy to make huge adjustments to the script.

To be honest, all this is reasonable, especially the power struggle between Michael and Robert. On one side is an old-school force with deep roots, and on the other side is a strong emerging force. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" itself is a super project. The complex relationship is difficult to clarify even the people in the game, let alone the outsider Lance?

But after Lance jumped out of the whole situation, he thought seriously about a possibility: Does he really have such great energy? Can he compete with the three mountains of Jerry Brookheimer, Johnny Depp, and Michael Esner alone to compete with a "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" that has achieved great success? Or to be more precise, can Robert push him out really change the current situation?

Lance is not a blind and confident person.

Lance smelled the trick: Is it possible? Robert did not want to cooperate with Lance, nor did he want to adopt Lance's script concept. He just wanted to borrow Lance's east wind and force Jerry, Gore and others to change the front. Although Jerry and Michael have a close relationship, objectively speaking, they are not a community of interests, and their relationship is not indestructible. Jerry and others have changed their positions today. This is the reason why Disney rejected Lance's proposal, but Robert believes that it is still not safe at present, so he needs Lance to further discuss the script with the screenwriter, just like a sharp blade hanging on his neck, pushing Jerry and others to truly stand in Robert's camp.

In other words, he is just a whetstone.

This was a very bold guess, but it was not impossible. Lance immediately told Ian and Theo his guess, and he still lacked some keen sense of smell and overall scrutiny of the internal power struggles of such large companies. After careful thinking, the two believed that Lance was not a random thought.

As Lance said, the actions of Jerry and Robert's prudence are actually contradictory, which makes no sense.

Jerry and others warned one after another, hoping that Lance would withdraw voluntarily, which also means that Michael has begun to lose control within Denis. Otherwise, with Michael's personality, he would not have known that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is one of his most powerful bargaining chips at present, and he will inevitably put pressure on the sequel project with an absolutely strong attitude. However, Michael can't do it now.

On the other hand, Robert emphasized the huge resistance within the company, and he even hoped that Lance could make compromises and changes. On the surface, Robert had to worry about the board of directors' concerns about the involvement of the 500 million project. No one was willing to take such a big risk. Lance's proposal was the biggest risk. But the problem was that if Robert did not want to take this risk and wanted to accommodate the board of directors, why did he come to Lance? Is it external pressure or Robert's own calculation?

Obviously, one of these two situations is real, or both are false.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, what Robert is talking about is facts. Lance misunderstood Robert's meaning during the conversation. Robert is indeed at the upper hand, but he still hopes that the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean" can be more magnificent and spectacular. Lance's opinion is obviously contrary to it.

However, from the current situation, the biggest possibility is that Robert and Michael are comparable, so Robert is prepared for both: on the one hand, he instigated Jerry and others to truly control the "Pirates of the Caribbean" crew. After all, compared to outsiders, Jerry and Disney have long-term cooperation and reputation, and the title of "Jerry Brookheimer" is far from comparable to that of Lance. This is of great importance to Robert's future work at Disney. On the other hand, he is prepared for failure. If Jerry and others plan to go all the way with Michael, then he will push Lance forward and use the strong rise of Lance to lay the foundation for his next plan.

If this is true, it means that Robert plays Lance around and uses Lance as a gun without hesitation. It is also a spare tire plan. From the beginning, Lance was regarded as a abandoned child by Robert, and after squeezing the surplus value, it is abandoned. Just as a cannon fodder to deal with Michael, he can be sacrificed at any time.

Then, Lance's excitement and anxiety at the time, Lance's efforts and busyness over the past few months, Lance's conception and innovation of "Pirates of the Caribbean" are all a joke. To be continued.

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Chapter completed!