"Lance, are you still here?" Cole found that there was no sound on the other end of the phone, and his brows frowned, stopped and asked.

"Yeah." Lance responded in a deep voice, as if he was trapped in thinking. Cole only felt a little painful in his temple. He picked up the cup on the table and drank a big sip of whiskey. The hot alcohol passed through his throat, but his irritability could not be suppressed at all. "You shouldn't have rejected Barry at the beginning, especially you can't refuse so hard."

This is also the reason why all project negotiations need to be handed over to the agent. Once the negotiations go wrong, there is still room for maneuver. The actor can contact the producer directly, put the blame on the agent, and start the negotiation again. But if the actor and the producer have a falling out at the beginning, the agent's failure may not be effective, just like Lance and Barry.

But the problem is that Lance has a very special identity. In the "I am a Legend" project, he negotiated directly with the production company as a producer, so Cole felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

Cole didn't want to complain, but as long as he thought about his current situation, he still couldn't help it. "What exactly did Tim Bevan BN say?" Lance directly interrupted Cole and returned to the topic. He knew Cole would not agree with his choice. In Cole's opinion, it was completely unnecessary for him to stay in New York to take care of Gao Wen, and he did not intend to argue with Cole.

Cole couldn't help but choke. He could feel Lance's repulsion, and there was no room for compromise at all. His temples began to thrill again. "He said that the script has been adapted by Christopher Hampton PR, and the director team also selected Joe Wright, and Joe will start a second collaboration with Kayla."

Tim is the general producer of "Atonement". Now it seems that the entire production team of "Atonement" has gathered together and is just waiting for the filming to start. The subtext is, "We don't need Lance's franchise." Although it is tactful, there is almost no room for negotiation.

"Lance, this is not the first time." Cole said halfway, and his subsequent words were squeezed into his chest, and finally turned into a breath of turbid air and vomited it out. Lance knew all these situations, and what's the use of him constantly emphasizing it? The most important thing now is to think about a solution.

Since Lance rejected "I am a legend", Cole joined forces with Dorothy to start inquiries. While waiting for Lance to choose the next work, they were fully prepared. They did not intend to sit back and wait for them to die. But the reality is so cruel that without waiting for them to act, the "rejection letter" began to spread one after another.

The first thing to start was "Spy Shadows 3". Recently, rumors broke out in the circle. Universal Studios and Paul Greengrass PRSS completed a contract renewal and confirmed that Paul would continue to direct the third sequel. Paul replaced Douglimann in the "Spy Shadows 2". Due to the huge success of the work, Paul and Universal Studios had huge differences when discussing the cooperation of the third work. Universal Studios once said that they would re-select the director, and the director's candidates were in full swing from Doug at the beginning to Lance later.

However, Lance had just expressed his intention to cooperate with Universal Pictures for "Spy Shadows 3". Before the two sides had time to start a conversation, the latest news came out in the circle. Universal Pictures agreed to Paul's salary increase request and the two parties completed the contract renewal.

To this end, producer Frank Marshalls personally called Lance to express his apology and expressed his intention to cooperate in the future.

This was not unusual at first, after all, similar situations are countless in Hollywood. But then, Lance talked with the crew of "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door" and "Fast and Furious 3". Especially for the "Fast and Furious" series, Lance personally met with Universal Pictures CEO Langmeyerr and had in-depth exchanges on his own ideas for improving the series, but the result was not satisfactory.

The crew of "When Happiness Comes Knocks" had a very pleasant conversation, but unfortunately, in order to reduce their budget, they handed over the guide to Italian director Gabriel Mucinobr who first landed in Hollywood. Rumors said that Gabriel's salary was only three million dollars, and now it is definitely more than this price to invite Lance.

Then there was no news about the "Fast and Furious" series. The news that Cole found out was that Universal Pictures was not satisfied with the huge framework structure of Lance. Universal Pictures is not Warner Bros. They always insisted on the strategy of making small profits, so they did not agree with Lance's strategy of building a series of works into a brand, but hoped to build the series into a breeding ground for newcomers and continue the tradition of low-cost and high recycling.

Lance originally wanted to get Paul Walker PR and Vin Diesel back, but now the pay of the two actors is obviously no match for each other. Therefore, Universal Pictures hopes to use all newcomers to shoot the third part of the series. Even the director is more inclined to use Chinese newcomer Lin Yibin Snn who has only filmed one work. The two sides have already started negotiations.

So far, everything can be explained. After all, the cooperation of every film project must go through a long negotiation and countless influencing factors. Similarly, Lance has rejected cooperation in many projects before, which is a two-way selection process. However, the development of things is obviously a bit out of control. It seems that overnight, Lance, who was sought after, became unavoidable.

"Die Hard 4" handed over the task of restarting to "Legend of the Night" director Ren Wisemann NN "Fantasy Four 2" found the director of the movie "Barber Shop" which has received numerous praises. Then, the crew of "Dream Chasing Girl" handed over the director to Bill Condon, who wrote the script for "Chicago".

The point is not that these works have found directors, because Lance has never expressed his intention to join these crews, and they have never been in Lance's options. But the problem is that these works have been in contact with Cole and handed over the script to Cole. It can be said that they all hope to cooperate with Lance. Now, they have found partners one after another.

Of course, some people will say that Hollywood is like this, and negotiations are going on every day, and the earth does not revolve around Lance. It is really normal for these works to find a suitable director. Lance has no need to be self-indulgent, as if he is the only director in Hollywood now.

But the fact is that in just half a month after Lance rejected "I am a legend", among the thirty-six scripts that Cole gave to Lance, fourteen projects had already identified partners. It was either before or after, or after, what happened in this half month. All fourteen works released news, as if Hollywood became extremely prosperous overnight, and various news swept over like a tsunami and storm.

If this is all coincidence, it will only appear in the movies, and no one is a fool.

But the problem is that Lance and Cole clearly know that cooperation negotiations are a two-way choice. When the crew find a suitable partner, they can't do anything, just like Lance rejected "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Return of Superman". Therefore, even if Lance and Cole suspect that there is something wrong with it, they can't say anything, and can only break their teeth and swallow it into their stomachs.

Now, the "Atonement" crew also closed the door to Lance, and the situation seemed to be getting worse. Just two weeks ago, Lance was still a hot director, as if all the works were eager to join him, waiting for him to show his ability to turn into decay and magic. But now, Lance's magic has disappeared, and people's fanaticism has begun to cool down with the arrival of early autumn. The crowd is sought after and the surging scene returns to calm, as if everything is just an illusion in a dream.

Lance knew what Cole meant. All signs showed that Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures and Disney colluded to suppress Lance. Just like Mel Gibson at the time, he had talent but could not find a partner. Not only the top six film companies, but even those small and medium-sized film companies disappeared. The name "Mel" in the whole Hollywood could not be heard, which really made people feel that there was no one in the world to settle down.

On the surface, all this seems to be too exaggerated, and the situation has not reached such a bad level. The current situation is really confusing. Has Lance really reached this point? The whole Hollywood has begun to collectively exclude him? A mere Lance is really worthy of Hollywood's struggle? The so-called struggle for interests is really so fierce? Why does the east wind overwhelm the west wind appear to be a situation where the east wind is overwhelming? Could it be that Lance's move this time really crossed the boundary, so that the East Coast forces also need to let him learn a lesson?

But in fact, it is not just a confrontation between the east and west, nor is it just a game between large Hollywood film companies and ** film companies, nor is it just a head-on competition between Chaos Pictures and other small and medium-sized ** companies, it is also the rise of Lance too fast, but he is decisive while showing his edge. He rejected Warner Bros. twice, cheated Disney, and always performed strongly in his cooperation with Paramount and 20th Century Fox, not to mention that he directly embarrassed the media many times.

This arrogance and arrogance made him the most unpopular public enemy in Hollywood. He unscrupulously hit everyone's bottom line, he stimulated everyone's nerves wildly, he challenged everyone's authority lightly, and his unreliable talent was like a nightmare that could never wake up, but Lance's four consecutive works have been successful, and the upward momentum is simply unstoppable, so that he showed a "must-me" strength, which made people grit their teeth.

Therefore, almost everyone is eager to see Lance lowering his head proudly. Not long ago, the media joined forces to prepare for the Helen Kelly incident. Now, Warner Brothers responded with all their calls, and it seems that everyone is determined to join forces to teach Lance a lesson and appreciate Lance's appearance in a messy and bump into walls everywhere. To be continued.
Chapter completed!