Hearing Harvey Weinstein's words, Steve Stebler did not dare to neglect and quickly replied, "Warner Brothers rejected our request." He explained, "I argued, but Toby Emmerich, who was in charge of this project, didn't talk to me. I found Warner Brothers' CEO Kevin Teshura, but was kicked out."

Harvey Weinstein frowned, his fat face was very ugly.

Steve Stebler said again, "They don't even give me the chance to talk."

This is both a shirk responsibility and a fact. Warner Brothers has no intention of negotiating at all. How can they talk about it?

Harvey Weinstein looked unhappy, "A group of bastards who forget to be loyal! I didn't come forward to that time, can Xinyi Film integrate the copyrights of "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit"?"

In the mid-1990s, he was the first person to want to film the "Lord of the Rings" movie. He had contacted Peter Jackson at that time. On the one hand, he only wanted to shoot one, but on the other hand, due to copyright issues, he did not make a comeback.

Later, Xinyi Film, which had been acquired by Warner Bros., joined in. With his assistance, the film copyright issue was solved. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy became popular.

In return, he also invested in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, but the relationship was too cautious, resulting in a very low investment ratio and limited returns.

It was precisely the high profits of the Lord of the Rings trilogy that led to his tense relationship with Warner Bros.

This year, Peter Jackson, who claimed to be unable to make movies without Tolkien, is preparing to cooperate with Xinyi Film to shoot the prequel of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy "The Hobbit", but Xinyi Film's parent company, Warner Bros., directly intervened and firmly controlled the dominance of the project.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy was a big hit. According to the agreement he had with New Line Film when he was working at Miramax, he had the right to invest in "The Hobbit".

Now that "Lord of the Rings" is ahead, "The Hobbit" can be said to be the sequel to a big-selling movie, and the possibility of successful investment is very high.

Besides, the director is Peter Jackson.

It is said that Peter Jackson's planned "The Hobbit" will shoot two or three films. Due to the huge investment, the Warner Brothers will solve some of the funds through external financing.

So, he remembered the agreement with Xinyi Film, which made people come to him.

"They don't have a reason?" Harvey Weinstein asked with a gloomy face.

Even if Warner Bros. has a bad attitude, there must be a reason to live a favorable life, right?

Steve Stelleb shook his head, "No, it's just refusing to negotiate with me...we're going to do it."

While speaking, he also muttered in his heart, you scolded Warner management on TV, can the other party quickly agree to you to get a share of the pie?

Warner Bros. has been running multiple major projects at the same time, especially "Green Lantern" which started with the DC superhero movie universe, which has caused its own funds to be tight. Even if it is financing externally, it will not give priority to those who publicly scold themselves, right?

Faced with such a boss, Steve Stebler can only hide a lot of words in his heart, otherwise he might be in trouble.

Harvey Weinstein stood up and walked back and forth twice. With the basis of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the success of "The Hobbit" is expected. He had an agreement with New Line Films and could not give up such a good opportunity to make money.

Although the investment ratio is only more than 10%, the profits brought by this investment ratio are probably greater than the profits he made in the two awards seasons he was busy with.

After walking back and forth for a few laps, Harvey Weinstein said, "I'm responsible for this matter myself. I'll talk to that bastard Kevin Tessulhara."

"Uh..." Steve Stebler opened his mouth and closed it again.

Harvey Weinstein noticed his expression and asked, "What?"

"That, boss..." Steve Stebler said weakly, "Kevin Teshura may...may not see you."

This also reminded Harvey Weinstein that although he had not completely broken up with Warner Bros., the relationship between the two sides was not good, and maybe he couldn't even get in the Warner Building.

Harvey Weinstein thought about it for a few seconds and asked, "Steve, go and ask Kevin Tessulhara's recent itinerary to see if he has attended a public event? I'll just block him and let him hide!"

"It seems like there is." Steve Stebler recalled and said, "Before Kevin Teshura asked someone to get out of his office, I heard him on the phone and said that he would attend a charity cocktail party held by the Los Angeles Charity Federation next Saturday night."

Harvey Weinstein pointed his double chin, "You go and confirm. If Kevin Teshura attends, go and get me an invitation."

"Okay." Steve Stebler responded quickly.

This little thing was not difficult for him at all. It was too common for the actual controller of Weinstein Pictures to attend a charity dinner.

Harvey Weinstein sat back on the sofa and waved his hand at Steve Stebler. Steve Stebler quickly left the suite.

Seeing the door closed, Harvey Weinstein considered a countermeasure. Although he had a clear written agreement with Xinyi Film, he should not take the legal action until the end, as it would mean that it would be delayed for a long time.

After thinking about it, his mind suddenly returned to Matthew Horner. As an actor, especially a Hollywood actor, is Oscar not at all attractive to him?

He cannot confirm this, and no one can confirm it. Some actors' ideas are hidden very deeply, which outsiders often have elusiveness.

He can just confirm a little, and if Matthew Horner wants to plot against Oscars, he will have a way to control him!

Even if he helps a person wins the Oscar for Best Actor and Actress, even if he succeeds many times like him, he cannot guarantee 100%. However, he still has a very good grasp of his plan to win the Olympics.

"Fast and Furious 4" starring Matthew Horner has been successful again. Now he is brilliant enough in business and has a series of movies as a guarantee. If you want to win the Oscars, it will probably be the case in recent years.

Harvey Weinstein pulled a smile on his lips, and then his brows frowned again. The box office of "Fast and Furious 4" is so enviable.

As the weekdays begin, "Fast and Furious 4" has slightly decreased, but its performance is still good under the support of high-scheduling and high-profile topics.

On Monday, the single-day box office fell by only 52% compared to Sunday, closing at $18.7 million; Tuesday saw a small rebound, winning $19.6 million; Wednesday and Thursday, like most commercial films, showed a continuous decline, earning $17.7 million and $15.9 million respectively.

Before the new weekend, "Fast and Furious 4" was released in North America for seven days, and the box office broke through the $200 million mark in one fell swoop.

"Fast and Furious 4" also became the first film in the North American film market to have a box office of more than $200 million in 2009.

At the same time, on the other side of the Pacific, which has been released in advance, the popularity caused by "Fast and Furious 4" has gradually decreased. After two weeks of screening, the box office was infinitely close to 400 million rmb, thus completing the surpassing of "Titanic", breaking the monopoly of the big ship for the box office championship for more than ten consecutive years.

Due to policy reasons, "Fast and Furious 4" has only more than two weeks of screening time left, but breaking through 4rmb is easy and the box office of 500 million is not a problem.

Of course, Matthew knew very well that "Fast and Furious 4" would not last long as the box office champion there, and James Cameron's "Avatar" is about to be released.

In addition to the other side of the Pacific, "Fast and Furious 4" also landed in theater markets in many overseas countries and regions last weekend, especially Europe, Australia and Latin America, which are traditional Hollywood movie dumping sites.

There is basically no suspense. The film became the weekly box office champion in most released regions. In just one weekend, it won $128.9 million from more than 60 overseas markets, including the opposite Pacific, thus further pushing the global total box office towards $400 million.

However, the second weekend of Fast and Furious 4 was released in North America, with two new films challenging Twentieth Century Fox's "Museum Night 2" and Warner Bros.'s "Terminator 2018".

The former's production cost is $150 million, while the latter's production budget is as high as $200 million.

These two heavyweights were rarely crowded on this weekend before Memorial Day, which is also one of the best summer schedules.

Including "Wolverine" and "Star Trek" released before "Fast and Furious 4", plus "Flying House" by Pixar Studios next weekend, the North American film market was filled with smoke throughout May and the competition was extremely fierce.

There are six first-line super commercial masterpieces alone!

Fast and Furious 4 has stood out from the same screenings as Wolverine and Star Trek, and it is not something that movies like "Museum Night 2" and "Terminator 2018" can hold on.

Although it has not had a particularly advantage over the first weekend of "Museum Night 2" and "Terminator 2018" released, it has also retained the throne of the North American box office rankings.

"Fast and Furious 4" won another $56.5 million on the weekend, continuing to rank first; "Museum Night 2" successfully suppressed "Terminator 2018" with its all-age advantage and ranked second with $51.4 million; "Terminator 2018" has a bad reputation despite Batman Christian Bale joining, and relies on the influence of the brand to win $42.1 million, and can only rank third, while fourth and fifth places are occupied by "Star Trek" and "Wolverine".

The second weekend passed, and the North American box office of "Fast and Furious 4" firmly moved towards $300 million.

It was this weekend that Matthew received an invitation letter, and the Los Angeles Charity Federation invited him to a charity cocktail party.
Chapter completed!