"My script is finished." Lance decided to take the lead.

"Oh?" Barry seemed a little surprised, but his reaction was very interesting. "Didn't Percy tell you?" Barry's focus was not on the script that Lance had completed, but on the message that Percy sent. "It seems that you should be very busy today and have not had time to communicate with Percy."

"I've been busy all night and finally finished the script." Lance hit the snake and followed the stick, and then deliberately let out a long breath, as if he was relieved, and said with a smile, "After all, I've been seriously lagging behind, right?"

Barry raised his eyebrows. Lance was deliberately blocking his words. How could he not hear it, "Oh, thank you for your hard work, Percy should have told you earlier. After discussions within us, we finally decided to adopt Aziva's script. His script is more complete and more in line with our positioning of the movie." The subtext is that you have worked hard in vain, but the responsibility is not with me.

The initiative: If you want to cooperate with "I am a legend", he must have absolute control over the crew. "Is there something that I don't know about in Los Angeles?"

Facing Lance's direct questioning, Barry was not panicked at all. "Relax, relax, Lance, everything is fine." Instead, he comforted Lance with a smile, "You should know that we want to shoot an excellent commercial film, an "Independence Day", not a "Future Water World". "Independence Day" is the highest-grossing disaster film in film history so far, and "The day after tomorrow" is temporarily ranked second in film history. "Your script is excellent and has many potential worth exploring, but..."

"I thought you wanted to create a 'Star Wars', but I didn't expect you to just want a 'Independence Day'." Lance interrupted Barry's words. "Star Wars" not only achieved a box office of 460 million US dollars, but also created a cultural trend and was famous in history.

In fact, the story of "Star Wars" is not complicated, and it is even a bit cliché, but the success of this work is that it constructs the magnificent structure of the entire Milky Way and gives every alien character the real life. Simply put, George Lucas spent a lot of effort to prepare background information before writing the script. This is also what Lance injected into the script "I am a legend" - more connotations that can stand the digging.

Barry laughed silently, Lance's confidence was so strong that he was definitely prepared, "So, are you writing a script that is comparable to "Star Wars"?"

"Why not? You haven't seen the full script yet, have you?" Lance said with a dignity that was not heard in Barry's words.

In fact, if the script of "I am a legend" can be completed according to Lance's concept, it is very hopeful to become a classic, especially the humanized discussion and in-depth study of "human infected with viruses and turned into zombies" and "humans who survived virus infection" raise the popular elements in the original novel to a philosophical level, which is indeed worth looking forward to. This is also why Lance has never been able to write the ending. He needs to retain commercial elements and wants to discuss in-depth.

"But, I don't think we have enough time." Barry wasn't panicked and responded completely calmly. "We need to determine the script before October and start the preparatory preparations. You know, we can't afford to delay the time, and the whole project has been running for so long, we need progress."

"But my script has been completed..." Lance opened his eyes and said lies, but his real purpose was to test Barry's bottom line. If Barry is willing to cooperate, now let him submit the script, he will hand over two-thirds of the script and then explain the entire ending idea to them; but if Barry doesn't...

"Lance, you know, we all like you very much, and this is why Warner Bros. find you again and again." Hearing Barry's opening, Lance knew the result, and there must be a "but", "But, we don't have time to discuss, and we don't have time to sort it out slowly. The most important thing is, don't forget that what we need is a work that won a great commercial box office victory, just like the day after tomorrow."

"George Lucas will be disappointed when he hears it." Lance smiled and said teasingly with a hint of mockery.

"But you are not George Lucas." Barry did not give in and directly fought back. Before Lance continued to argue, he continued, "At least not yet." This soft saying gave Lance a little face. "Lance, our goals are the same. We all hope to create a successful work. We are not enemies, we are from the same camp. Not long ago, the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean" was controversial because of the script, which delayed the crew's progress, but also caused Disney to lose a lot of money. We don't want this to happen, right?"

Barry finally showed his fangs. Who can understand the tricks of the sequel to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel better than Lance? Although Barry did not mention Lance's name, the hints were really obvious. To sum up simply, it is: Warner Brothers are not fools, and there is no room for maneuver in the script, so just make the decision, otherwise they will be broken.

Actually, this is not surprising. Is Aziva's script excellent? Excellent, as a commercial movie, besides being a little weak in climax, it is indeed commendable. As for the issues that Lance is worried about, it actually has an impact on commercial movies, but none of them are fatal. Even if Warner Bros. really adopts Lance's script, can it guarantee that the box office will definitely be higher than the Aziva version of the script? No, even Lance himself cannot.

What's more, adopting Lance's scripts also means that Lance's control over the entire crew is not just that Chaos Pictures' dividends will increase the screenwriter's part, but that other producers will loosen their control over the shooting process. So, at the beginning, Warner Bros. promised that "I am a legend" that the entire crew was under the control of Lance, and this promise was never intended to be fulfilled - in the potential cooperation projects between Warner Bros. and Chaos Pictures, those who take the initiative will always be Warner Bros., and it will not be Chaos Pictures.

The usual style of a big company. Even if Lance did not suppress all hope here, he was inevitably disappointed. After "killing with a knife" and "City of Sin" achieved such excellent results, things seemed to have changed a lot, but there seemed to be no change. However, it is not surprising to think about Mel Gibson.

"Of course, we don't want it." Lance chuckled, but it was easier than before. It seemed that the object Barry was hinting at was not him at all. "So, does this mean that I can first devote myself to the role speculation and director dispatching work? As far as I know, Aziva's version of Robert is a character with a lot of inner scenes."

"Of course, if you have time now, you can start." Barry's smile also bloomed, and the current affairs expert is a hero. Lance is a smart person who clearly knows when to be strong and when to give in. The previous "Superman Return" project was obviously the same. Lance's tough rejection was for the huge benefits brought about by the DC universe; the current "I am a legend" is the same. Lance's submission and compromise are also for the potential cooperation of the DC universe.

Barry has full confidence to control Reims in the clapping. Those who understand the rules of the game are the real winners.

"Oh, that's good. Will called me two days ago and asked me about the progress of the 'I'm a legend' script. I thought you were planning to change the actors." Lance still smiled and chatted inadvertently.

Barry paused for a moment, but then he felt relieved. He had his news channels, and Lance naturally had Lance's, "Haha, no, of course not. We all believe in your ability. You are a very outstanding actor, and no one will deny this. There are not many people who won the Oscar nomination in the first work. The closest one I remember is Edward Norton."

"So, you ask Will if he wants to play 'I'm a legend', just...uh, hype news?" Lance's voice was always smiling, but his words began to press on step by step.

Barry was not panicked. Lance was a tricky thorn. He knew this very clearly. "No, just to prepare for second-hand. You know, big companies always need alternatives." Barry spoke casually, as if this was the fact. "You have been busy lately and will continue to be busy in a short period of time. Considering a huge project like 'I am Legend', we were worried that you might not be too busy, so we made second-hand preparations."

"But I thought that when this project was first handed over to me, I gave me a 150 million investment and made it into a work with my personal characteristics." Lance's tone was slow and the slightness was clear. Although it was not stated clearly, it implied the possibility of the DC universe. "The situation seems to be starting to different now."

"Things are indeed different. We need you to focus more, not only because of the tight time, but also because of the heavy work, but also because of the huge investment." Barry also said in a tough tone, "You are still the producer, director, actor and screenwriter of this project, and there is no change. We just need you to focus more." Both words and words condemned Lance for being distracted by the Gauven incident.

So, the thing that missed that Sunday meeting is not over yet? To be more precise, Shock Education has just begun?

"Really? Why do I look at the problem in a completely different way from you?" Lance's smile outlined, but his words became more and more sharp. "First is the screenwriter, then the actor, so what's next? Producer? Director? I'm not sure. I often hear the name of Francis Lawrence recently."
Chapter completed!