[US Entertainment] Best Director

The news that Arnold transferred half of the shares in his hand to a British female director reached the old Warner's ears. He dialed Arnold's phone in a rage, but no matter how many times he called, the other party didn't get through.

new York.

Arnold flipped through the company's financial statements for this week, and the assistant brought the phone.

Arnold glanced at it, then switched directly to mute.

He knew what the old Warner was calling for, and it was nothing more than for those insignificant [-]% of the shares.

Handing the muted mobile phone to the assistant, Arnold leaned back in the chair and continued to annotate the document just now.

Not long after, the assistant came over with the phone again.

Arnold frowned.

"It's not Mr. Warner's." The assistant explained cautiously.

"Who's that?" Arnold asked.

"Unknown number. From Hollywood," the assistant said.

From Hollywood?

Arnold raised his eyebrows, took the phone, and looked at the screen.

It was that number.

Swipe across the screen with your fingertips, and the call is connected.

On the other end of the phone, a familiar voice sounded, "Mr. Arnold, I'm Prairie Klander, maybe you've heard my name? After all, you just gave me [-]% shares worth [-] million. "

Arnold put down the documents in his hand and leaned back in his chair, "I'm your fan."

"I know you are my fan, but these six percent shares are too valuable, please take them back."

Arnold raised his eyebrows, "Have you always been like this?"

"kindness?"

"Have you always been so unaccustomed to accepting other people's kindness?"

"No, it's just..."

Before Prairis finished speaking, Arnold asked.

"You want to do a Jacqueline biopic?"

Prairis froze for a moment. She did have the idea of ​​photographing Jacqueline, but it just passed by in a flash. She just asked someone to inquire about Jacqueline's ex-husband Daniel.

And now, even a stranger knows?

"How do you know?" Prairie asked.

"Actually, since you asked your agent to contact Daniel, the top executives of the entire Hollywood distribution company have known about it." Arnold took out a cigar from the box, took out a match, lit it lightly, and took a puff .

"It is estimated that at this time, they are all thinking about how to get involved in your new movie, at least hang a logo of their company on the opening credits." Arnold exhaled smoke rings.

"That's the trouble with fame. Your every move will be in the hands of capitalists eager to suck blood from you, unless you become capital itself."

Prairis was silent, she knew what Arnold said was true, because since she filmed the first "Letters from Iwo Jima" and won Otie, there were constant paparazzi around her. As far as she knew, there were 20th Century Fox and Lions There are two families.The paparazzi sold her information to these industry leaders, and they got in the way so that she had to cooperate with them at a low price. This is a common method in Hollywood, but now those companies know that she wants to shoot Jacqueline but are slow to move. But it's just that I'm afraid to startle the snake. If nothing unexpected, Jacqueline's ex-husband Daniel has been bought.

Sooner or later, she will enter the capital industry, at least a certain degree of capital is needed to help her make the movie she wants to make, and Arnold's move is more like a preview to some extent—announcement that he is about to throw her at her. Olive branch.

"Six percent of the shares, in exchange for a cooperation, what do you think?" Arnold asked.

Prairis was silent for ten seconds, "Depending on Warner?"

"Of course not." Arnold took another sip of his cigar and raised his eyebrows, "I said that Warner's shares were given to you as a fan by me, and the 50.00% shares I just mentioned refer to the two of us. Shares in the new company. Out of my [-]%, another [-]% will be given to you."

"You want to start a new company?"

"Yes." Arnold stood up and looked out the window. "A new company dedicated to literary films and philosophical commercial films."

"These are niche films, can they be successful?"

"When the Lumiere brothers brought the technology of film to Edison, Edison also said that it was a niche product and refused to invest." Arnold paused, "But now, in less than a hundred years, it has become a cultural largest source of the economy."

Prairice still has some doubts.

She also had the urge to commercialize literary films, but that was a long time ago.

French New Wave, Italian New Realism, German New Cinema... Europe was so brilliant in the past, but what about now?Hasn't Hollywood, which has no aesthetic feeling, become the mainstream of world movies?

Who is the mainstream between literary films and commercial films?This has long been a problem that is not a problem. The prosperity of Hollywood and the decline of European films have long explained all this.

This is incomparable.After all, the various montage intentions in Europe are not comparable to Hollywood's visual bombing, and the so-called Hollywood three-camera rule of objective lens, semi-subjective lens, and subjective lens.

There was a long silence, Prairis said.

"Your example doesn't make me put aside all uncertainties to engage in such an unfamiliar industry. I need to know more, such as what is your goal, such a film company that does not produce any mainstream films ——Where is your goal? Is it just to have a place in Hollywood or become an emerging capital outside the Big Six? If it is the former, why do you want to do it alone? I think Warner can solve all your needs. If It's the latter...you know it's impossible."

"Is there anything impossible?" Arnold raised his eyebrows, acquiescing that his plan was the latter.

"The consequences of France's all-round literary and artistic film shooting have been clearly manifested in the decades after the New Wave-Hollywood has thrown it far away. In the market atmosphere of commercialization and industryization, commercial films and Popcorn movies have an absolute advantage."

"That's the wrong direction of France's efforts." Arnold said, "Before the death of literature and art, those self-proclaimed French did not form a complete film model system. Commodities are sold all over the world, but commercial films are different, it is a film model born for the market, and this is where France fails."

"Are you saying that the French don't have enough market foundation before insisting on literary and artistic films? What about you? Now you want to create a film company that is completely literary and artistic, can it gain a foothold in Hollywood?"

Hearing this, Arnold raised the corners of his lips, and did not directly answer Prairis's question, but just said.

"Before Weinstein went down, yes, I wasn't sure.

but now.I have ninety percent. "

Weinstein?

He wants to take Weinstein's original market share?

How many movies does Hollywood make a year?

How many literary films related to Weinstein?

The answer is obvious. Weinstein is featured in most of the literary films in Hollywood. Even though Weinstein’s character is not very good, his accomplishments in film are unquestionable. He has promoted several excellent directors of literary films. Well, the well-known director of literary and artistic films, Rob Marshall, was single-handedly selected by Weinstein, not to mention the countless female stars with unique temperament.

In Hollywood, Weinstein can almost become the endorsement of literary films, but now, this endorsement has fallen......

Actors always need to rush to the Olympics. Weinstein's departure may make them unable to find good movies to act in a short time, but this situation will not last long. Those Hollywood capitals who are afraid of Weinstein's legacy are confirming that Wayne When Stan can no longer threaten them, he will quickly take this part of the treasure land for himself... just like the invaders shamelessly carve up the land won by the invasion.

If she wants to enter the capital world now, now is indeed the best time to use literary films to enter the capital level. After all, other companies may be afraid of Weinstein’s return and stop moving forward. She is not afraid at all. Since she has been offended, she might as well offend a little more. It would be perfect for her to take over Weinstein's property......

Thinking of this, Prairis began to understand why Arnold wanted to find her, and was even willing to give her another [-]% of the shares. First, it was most appropriate for her to come forward in this matter, and second, she was originally a director of literary films. Two literary films, two Oscars and one Caesar Award, fully demonstrate her strength in film selection, which is the most critical point for a newly established company.

It's just...... How much strength does Arnold have?

Prairis doesn't care about the company, so if they want to take over the business together, then everything about the later management will be in the hands of Arnold.

If Prairis's memory is correct, Warner has been losing money for the past two years.

Before Prairis could ask this question, Arnold answered it himself.

"I graduated from the finance department of Oxford University. I have spent six years on Wall Street. Now I have invested in a post-production studio in New York called New York Advanced. Within a year, I have made the entire studio from the brink of bankruptcy to the current industry. As for Warner .” Arnold paused, “My father and I don’t agree with each other.”

Prairie has heard the name of New York's elite. A few years ago, the news that this studio was about to go bankrupt was spread in the industry. However, since the change of boss, within a year, the studio It has come off the brink of bankruptcy and has become the world's top post-production studio, and even appeared in "Time Magazine" this year.

Unexpectedly, the boss behind it turned out to be Arnold?

If so, it's worth a try.

After thinking for a moment, Prairis asked.

"When?"

"Next Monday, when "Green Lantern" comes out at the first-week box office," Arnold said.

Today is Thursday, and there are three days until next Monday.

Arnold will spend three days preparing everything to open a film studio that is not attached to any capital.

What's next?

How long will it take to become the size of the Weinstein Company?

Pryris doesn't know, all she knows is... an era of death of literature and art is coming.

He raised his eyebrows and continued to ask, "Have you thought about the name of the studio yet?"

"No. Do you have a suggestion?"

"NewWa/ve, how?"

"NewWa/ve—" Arnold repeated in a low voice, and finally made a final decision, "Then it's called NewWa/ve."

After speaking, Arnold wrote this phrase in black ink on the application form.

More than 60 years ago, the French "New Wa/ve" completely changed the history of movies and became the most brilliant stroke in the history of movies.

More than 60 years later, Hollywood's "NewWa/ve" is on the rise. No one knows what his future will be. The only thing he knows is that it is destined to be extraordinary.

Arnold put down his pen and looked out the window.

——The age of literature and art is coming.