"Happy July 4th, Mr. Gray." The secretary smiled brightly and greeted him. Brad Gray nodded in response, then pushed open his office door and started another busy day.

For most Americans, today is National Day and a day for holidays; but for Hollywood, it is still a day for work, and due to the existence of holidays, box office competition will be more intense, and everyone's attention will be focused on this. This is even more so for Brad.

Because the "War of Worlds" produced and released by Paramount was released this weekend, July 4th this year is Monday, which means that the first week of the "War of Worlds" premiere ushered in a four-day box office explosion period. Everyone is watching how many results can be achieved.

Brad has just taken over Paramount less than a few months ago. "War of the World" was not his decision, but he still hopes that this work can achieve an excellent box office and allow the turbulent Paramount to gradually stabilize.

"War of the World" is the first work released after Tom Cruise won the Oscar and was filmed in collaboration with Steven Spielberg, attracting countless attention. After the release, it did not disappoint. With the pre-release on Wednesday, the box office of 65 million still broke out in three days on the weekend, winning the box office championship of this week without any suspense. The cumulative box office of the first five days has exceeded 100 million US dollars.

This made Brad breathe a sigh of relief.

Relatively speaking, "Operation Smith" produced and released by 20th Century Fox was not so lucky. The movie made a brilliant debut in the second week of June, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who officially became lovers, attended the premiere at a high profile. Twentieth Century Fox spent a lot of public relations to make the media sing praises, but it still could not stop people's condemnation. Especially after the ten-year broadcast of "Friends", it officially came to an end in the end of May. People's love and nostalgia for Jennifer Aniston reached its peak, which made Brad controversial.

First, he lost the media comprehensive review, and the bad review of only 51 points reminds people of last year's "Troy"; then Rotten Tomato Index and theater scores also brought bad news; the premiere weekend only earned $35 million in box office. Although he successfully won the North American weekend box office rankings, this result was far lower than expected. Compared with the cost of 110 million and the promotional expenses of more than 30 million, this premiere score is really unsatisfactory.

It can be clearly felt that after the "cheating door", Brad's positive image was severely hit, and his relationship with Angelina seriously affected the box office data. However, there are many viewers who have created countless curiosity about the sparks between Brad and Angelina, which is also an important driving force for the movie box office.

While the World War achieved excellent box office data this week, "Operation Smith", which entered the fourth week of release, ranked fifth in the weekend box office rankings with an score of 8 million, and the cumulative box office staggered to cross the 100 million threshold. This is really gratifying news.

Although it is still a question mark where the box office will end at the end, it is certain that the possibility of losing money is decreasing, which is not a complete disaster. Next, how to promote overseas markets and how to use Brad and Angelina's topic effects to have a positive impact will become the biggest problem that the 20th Century Fox and the two-person public relations team will face.

Brad Gray read all the major news newspapers today, and gained a general understanding of the direction within the industry; then he began to read emails. Unlike the news media, these are information transmission within the industry, which not only involves industry secrets, but also an important platform for information exchange.

The emails were read and reviewed and the important emails were replied to, and time was lost without realizing it. Then, Brad saw a forwarded email. Because of his current position, most of the emails he received were emails sent directly, or cc emails, and there were not many forwarded emails. Brad's first reaction was to transmit/plate or scam emails. He raised his hand and prepared to delete them. However, he accidentally clicked on the email itself, and then a series of forwarding lists were displayed. Obviously, the email was forwarded at least ten times.

The title of the email was even more terrifying. Brad couldn't help but frowned slightly. Could it be a scam email? But then, Brad noticed that the email was actually forwarded to him by the general manager of the production department. Could it be that he had been infected with the virus?

Since he had already opened it, Brad subconsciously scanned it, and the surprise in his eyes slowly surged. He had to go back to the beginning of the email and read the email again.

"Dear gentlemen and ladies, this is a blacklist of Hollywood scripts..." The email explained in detail the source of the blacklist and the selection criteria, and reiterated that no investors were found in these works. Each work has a list of screenwriters and their contact information. Interested people can contact themselves. "This is just a list of internal communications in the industry. All colleagues are welcome to join, and the discussions and opinions of all colleagues are welcome."

Then, the list of the top fifteen blacklists was attached, and the details were included in the attachment. The final signature... The signature was actually "Chaos Pictures: Franklin Leonard". Brad's eyes were staying here for a long time, but he couldn't react.

As the CEO of a film company, he knows better than anyone about the value of such a script list. Chaos Pictures is the promoter behind it, and its influence is absolutely unimaginable. What is Lance calculating?

Brad adjusted his breathing, and then clicked on the blacklist in the attachment, a complete list of 86 works. At the bottom of the list, there was also a list of names of people who exchanged the list, which was a total of 80 people. Brad carefully scanned it and found the names of two early development managers of Paramount, Paramount. Not only that, but also many familiar names, all of which proved that the weight of this list is far deeper than expected.

After releasing the mouse, Brad took a deep breath, and again, he finally settled his surging mood. Then he adjusted his position and started reading the list again, but after thinking about it, he picked up the microphone again, "Please contact me for helping me to hold an emergency meeting in thirty minutes."

Brad Grey is just one of the scenes in Hollywood. On July 4, a total of 156 people in Hollywood received this email. In addition to the eighty people who exchanged the list, seventy-six people became the first witnesses of the blacklist. These include Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, DreamWorks production departments, and the production departments of 31 small independent film companies, as well as the main management of the American Producers Union, the American Directors Union, and the American Screenwriters Union.

This blacklist was delivered to the hands of these 156 people like a gift with a beautifully packaged bow. The early development managers of film and television were all very treasured, and they all used the blacklist to contact their familiar producers, eager to submit proposals, hoping to start the project; while the producers were very surprised and became the focus of discussion in just twenty-four hours, but most people were in a wait-and-see state and were skeptical about this blacklist. Only a small number of people picked up the phone and contacted the project they were interested in, hoping to further observe the script.

But no one can deny that the blacklist quickly became the hottest topic in the Hollywood industry, and even the box office battle of the "World War" is incomparable.

At the beginning, people were still questioning the authenticity and artistic nature of the list, and many people raised a question: What is the purpose of Chaos Film’s job?

Overnight, the phone number from Chaos Film Office was blew up, but everyone received a unified answer, "I just hope to find more works suitable for shooting." As for why I gave this list back to everyone, it was even simpler. "The wisdom from the collective is naturally to everyone. This is the wisdom of the entire industry, not from someone or a company."

Chaos Pictures' wisdom, generosity, maturity has truly shaken everyone in the industry. Compared with the name Lancelot-Straello, compared with works such as "City of God" and "killing with a knife", Chaos Pictures has truly made its name this time, standing out from the ranks of independent film companies, making everyone look at it with admiration.

Soon, people discovered the value of this list: the comprehensive opinions of 80 early-stage development managers of film and television were crossed, which could already represent the mainstream opinions of Hollywood; and the works on the list, after review by senior screenwriters in the industry, have successively discovered the highlights of the scripts... Everything is proving that the blacklist is not only not "black", but also represents the most potential new faces of independent films.

After realizing this, everyone was excited. The blacklist spread faster and faster, less than a week, and almost everyone in Hollywood had one, becoming the most fashionable National Day reading gift for industry insiders. Those who did not read the blacklist in time truly realized what the loneliness and loneliness of "abandoned by the times" meant.

Barry Meyer got the blacklist on July 6, and Robert Eiger was one day later than Michael Esner, and he only really read the blacklist on July 7. Those who truly understand the value hidden behind this list know the weight of such a thin list, and at the same time they have to start facing the potential of Chaos Pictures.
Chapter completed!