Faced with Lance's tentative explanation, Michael remained as if he didn't understand what Lance said about the meaning of these things, or he had already known these things, so he didn't care at all. Instead, it made Lance feel a little ashamed, as if he was a good student who reported to the teacher in elementary school.

Thoughts circled in my mind. Although Lance was not sure whether Michael's pause just now was meaningful, he had no way out at this time. Michael's move tonight showed that Michael was not as calm as he seemed. Thinking of this, Lance became more and more calm. Does Michael's reaction mean that there is indeed something tricky about it, and he needs Lance to reveal more information. But what news does Michael want?

The bad thing is that there is almost no news in Lance's hands, and everything was guessed by him and Ian and Theo.

"I originally planned to narrow the script pattern." Lance avoided the point and chose to start talking about the script with Michael. He briefly explained the plan to shrink the story frame that Eric McClard said to have. "I personally think that blindly expanding the script frame will only lead to one result: the entire story collapses completely. The most classic case is the Terminator series. From the first to the second part, the story pattern has only slightly expanded, and the results are obvious. But in the third part, the number of branches begins to increase, and the whole story becomes absurd and the audience will not buy it at all."

However, Michael did not stop Lance from continuing to "nonsense", but listened carefully and even joined the discussion, "So, in the third part, how do you plan to expand the pattern further? Follow your plan."

"A lot of writing can be put into the end of the world, and visual effects can really create a world end. This will be Captain Jack Sparrow's stage, play it with his heart, but don't add too many characters, it's more of a fight between the captain and nature." Lance honestly said his thoughts, "On the other hand, pirates around the world can be written according to the original plan, but don't give the characters personality and characteristics, and evolve into stereotyped cannon fodder."

Michael frowned slightly, as if he was not satisfied, but he did not refute, but he was silent, as if he was thinking deeply, and he seemed to be disdainful, which made people unpredictable.

For senior executives of major film companies, Lance's idea makes sense, but it is unacceptable. On the one hand, they are not professional screenwriters and have a limited understanding of the script. They cannot see the difference between the two changes. On the other hand, their paranoid sequels of commercial movies have been in Hollywood for more than 30 years and have been proven to work. This is not something that a mere Lance can easily shake.

Lance sighed deep in his heart, but did not reveal it, but continued, "Obviously, my thoughts are too risky and too conservative. I don't even know why such contradictory opinions appear together." Lance smiled self-deprecatingly, "But next I will discuss with Ted and Terry to see how the script should be modified."

"Have you met Ted, Terry?" Michael suddenly interrupted Lance's words. This was his first loss of composure tonight.

Lance was stunned for a moment and did not react at the first time, but he still said reflexively, "No. However, we exchanged some opinions on the phone." Lance didn't know why he chose to lie at this key point, but the lies blurted out. He did not call Ted and Terry. This was a kind of intuition, and the impulse of the sixth sense blurted out.

After saying it, Lance seemed very calm on the surface and looked at Michael with a hint of doubt. But his mind began to work. His main task today was to confirm whether Robert had contact with Jerry and others, and whether Jerry was Robert's real target. If his guess was true, then what would be the meaning of his behavior of sitting down with the two screenwriters to negotiate friendly in Michael's eyes?

Unfortunately, he knew too little news and was always in vague.

Michael's eyebrows slightly moved closer to the middle, as if he had struggled for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Lance, his eyes full of inquiry without any concealment. Lance hid the panic in his heart, looking at Michael calmly, with doubts in his eyes, as if asking: Is there anything wrong with this?

Michael suddenly chuckled, "You can see that you are a person who likes to take the initiative." A sentence that seems to be incompatible with others seems meaningful.

In fact, both Michael or Lance knew that today's meeting was not that simple. Both of them pretended to be confused, but after they met, they kept whitewashing the peace and testing each other. On the surface, they didn't know what the other party was saying, but there were already storms in their minds.

Hearing Michael's words, Lance showed a bright smile, and his heart relaxed slightly, "Aren't you?" He wanted to use Michael to deal with Robert, or even attack Jerry, but Michael also wanted to use him to deal with Robert, or even teach Jerry a lesson.

Although Lance didn't know which part of his words explained the problem, Michael's reaction explained many things: the private contact between Robert and Jerry was not a secret at all, but the degree of deep friendship between the two seemed to exceed Michael's imagination. Therefore, this also means that Lance's guess was not groundless.

Robert treats him as a pawn, and even more like a fool, Jerry treats him as a marionette, and is also a pathfinder. This is a fact, not a guess.

The taste of the tongue is a bit mixed. Lance has always known that he is a pawn, especially in front of these top companies. Now he has almost no say. But even so, he is still a little disgusted inside, especially after three consecutive works won a great victory and the fourth work is about to be released. This gap is really unacceptable.

But these thoughts just flashed by, and Lance's attention was highly focused on Michael, because he knew that it was not enough to change his situation. He had to let those people know with practical actions that even if he was a chess piece, no one could move around and abandon it.

Michael did not deny it, but the smile on the corner of his mouth calmed down, "Do you know who you are talking to?" The fierce look and contempt between the eyebrows were not concealed, as if he was looking at a trivial little bug. Jerry has been working with Michael for more than ten years, and Lance is a scallion, so Michael will naturally not be led by Lance by the nose easily.

"Michael Esner, Disney's only helmsman." Lance said without being timid, but said word by word, especially the adjective "only" is very clear.

Lance suddenly remembered the emperor of Chinese feudal society. Everyone said that the king's heart was unpredictable. They hoped that they would not have to speak. Some people below could guess what they mean, but at the same time they disliked themselves before they made decisions, and others would overtake their affairs, because there was only one emperor, and no one could make a conclusion on his behalf except him. Tyrants were especially tyrants.

The two of them had a puzzle like this, and finally Michael put down the knife and fork in his hand and looked at Lance deeply, "So, what do you want."

"Use my script." Lance returned to the movie itself and made a request that seemed relevant but seemed irrelevant.

Michael was silent for a while, as if the proposal had been in his mind for a few times, and then he looked at Lance in confusion, "Just just a script?" The subtext was saying, are you not going to replace Gore as director, or even one step closer to replace Jerry as a producer.

Lance knew that this was a trap. Michael's words were actually inviting Lance to become his confidant, take over the "Pirates of the Caribbean" project, and then hand over all the power to Lance. But Lance knew that Michael was now a big ship full of holes, and sinking was just a matter of time, so it was impossible for him to get on the ship. However, he could not clearly refuse Michael now because he needed Michael to deal with Robert and Jerry.

"Apart from that, are there any other possibilities?" Lance's answer was once again deviated from the question. The subtext was actually asking: Are you willing to believe me? Leave the important task of the director and producer to me?

Michael's almost disappeared eyebrows raised gently. He was obviously satisfied with Lance's awareness. He could not believe Lance, even if he was on the verge of despair. So Michael chuckled, "You are a very interesting little guy." Then he picked up the knife and fork again and enjoyed his own supper. "Tomorrow at 10 am, I hope to see your script on my desk."

At this moment, Lance truly felt Michael's side as a "tyrant", and the decisive aura burst out easily between the words. The entire conversation process was only five minutes. Before Lance could even understand the twists and turns behind him, Michael had already outlined the truth of the matter from clues, and he thought about the solution one step closer. He agreed to Lance's proposal in a flash, and at the same time he alertly avoided Lance's further bargaining and unimaginable. All this thinking was completed during the conversation, and this wisdom and agility were not something that ordinary people could have.

No wonder people often say that success or failure of Xiao He. Disney is carried forward in Michael's hands, but it is also caught in a bottleneck in Michael's hands. This ability to make decisions alone is admirable.

"No problem." Lance's answer was straightforward.

Afterwards, neither of them talked about this topic too much, but instead talked about the recent weather in Los Angeles and today's dinner, which seemed like two ordinary friends. To be continued.

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Chapter completed!