Hollywood Road

Sitting at the desk, Daisy was holding a pen in one hand and resting her chin in the other, thinking about how to write this letter.

In the past period of time, she wrote at least 30 letters, which were mailed to CAA's mailbox, but there was no response. This kind of waiting can only be in vain and it is not good.

Daisy raised her head and looked up. There was a poster on the opposite wall with a line on it-for dear Daisy!

After this line, there is a swash English signature-Murphy Stanton.

Seeing this poster, Daisy couldn't help thinking of the director she saw at the premiere. Unfortunately, there were too many people at the time and there was no opportunity for communication.

"Hey..." Daisy sighed long.

She found that she seemed to admire Murphy Stanton more. How could she express this emotion?

Suddenly, many pictures popped up in Daisy's mind, and she shook her head quickly, which was crazy.

Looking down at the letter paper in front of him, the pen in Daisy's hand fell on it.

"I have written so many letters before and have not responded. I don’t know if you can read this one. I am your firm supporter and the leader of your discussion group on the IMDB page. At the beginning, I had a lot of ideas and wanted to communicate with you. If you are still shooting this type of film, the killing methods I thought of might be helpful to you..."

She wrote two pieces of letter paper eloquently. Daisy found the letter to seal the letter, and wrote the CAA mailbox address on the envelope. She looked at the sun outside the window and went out with her backpack on her back, ready to mail the letter.

At the same time, Murphy's Cadillac was parked in the parking lot near the back door of the Chief Rock Theater in Hollywood.

Get off the car and go to the back door of the theater, and show the security guards here the invitation letter. Murphy walked in, turned a few turns, and passed through a long passage to find the front hall of the Chiefs Rock Theater.

"Hello, Director Stanton."

A staff member guarding here obviously knew him, and Murphy nodded to him and asked, "Is Miss Faith here?"

"Here." There were a lot of people in the theater, and the staff pointed to a group of people. "Miss Faith is socializing over there."

"Thank you."

Murphy looked in the direction he was pointing, found the figure of Carla Faith, and immediately walked towards that side. Before getting closer, Cara Faith saw her, whispered to the people around, and walked. Come here.

"Why did you come so late?" She finished asking, and took Murphy to another place, "Here."

"Something happened temporarily at Miramax," Murphy was also rather helpless, "I got out of Burbank at three o'clock in the afternoon."

Carla Faith pointed to the people in front of him, "The top 20th Century Fox and Marvel Comics people are here, I will introduce you."

Walking to the neighborhood, while a few people finished talking about a topic, Carla Faith intervened, "Hi, everyone."

"Hello, Carla." Several people nodded to Carla Faith and Murphy.

"Introduce a director to you." Carla Faith looked at Murphy and said, "This is my good friend, Director Murphy Stanton."

The few people looked over immediately, obviously knowing who Murphy was.

Kara Feith introduced Murphy again, "This is Harry Ellens, CEO of Twentieth Century Fox."

This is a fifty-year-old white man with a bald head, with some Jewish characteristics in his appearance.

Carla Firth continued, "This is Dave Scola, the director of the 20th Century Fox Film Production Department."

This is a middle-aged man with eyes, and is also Kara Fes' main internal competitor in the future.

Murphy shook hands with the two people one by one, and the two were also very polite on the surface, especially the 20th Century Fox CEO Harry Allens. After a routine greeting, he also said, "Fox and Stanton Studios have been In cooperation, I hope the cooperation can continue."

Fox Searchlight and Stanton Studios collaborated on "Chain Saw 2" has been released, because it is too busy, Murphy did not pay too much attention, the box office of the film is not bad, North America received nearly 50 million US dollars, video tape and TV broadcast rights The income is also quite high, and it is expected to bring more than five million US dollars in net profit to Stanton Studio.

The third follow-up was also put on the agenda naturally by the two companies.

"Our cooperation will continue." Murphy said with a smile.

Harry Ellens also laughed, "When, Murphy, can you direct a film for Twentieth Century Fox?"

As soon as he said this, Dave Scola's eyes condensed, and he couldn't help but glance at Carla Faith next to Murphy.

Carla Faith didn't seem to see it, just smiling.

Murphy nodded slightly, "I believe there will be a chance."

After chatting with Harry Ellens, Carla Faith introduced two other people to Murphy, the first is the thin old man with brown glasses, "This is Mr. Stan Lee from Marvel Comics, a legend in the American comics industry. character."

Then he introduced an obviously Jewish person next to him, "This is Avi Allard, the CEO of Marvel Comics."

Murphy came here to participate in the premiere, more because he was invited by Carla Faith. He didn't expect to see two key characters of Marvel comics here, but he thought that "X-Men" came from Marvel. It's not surprising that they appear here.

The current Marvel comics are not what they used to be. The big sales of "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" have become the focus of the United States.

When he came to such a place, Murphy had to socialize. Later, under the introduction of Carla Faith, he met Hugh Jackman, Ian McLean and Oscar actress Halle Berry and others. Specially chatted with Brian Singer, a personality director, and met Bright Ratner, who has been determined to direct the third part of "X-Men".

Although it was only for a short time, Murphy could see that the entire "X-Men" crew seemed to reject the new director a bit.

"I don't know why this is?" Cara Faith was also surprised when he left here with Murphy. "Brian Singer doesn't look down on him either."

Murphy didn't understand, "This is a good thing for you."

Kara Feith shook his head and changed the subject, "I talked to Harry. If there is a suitable adaptation or director, 20th Century Fox can consider splitting the X-Men series."

Speaking of which, Carla Faith saw Murphy looking to a corner on the left, where Marvel's Avi Allard was whispering to people.

"Do you want to talk to him?" She immediately guessed Murphy's intentions.

Murphy did not hide it, nodded and said, "Seeing him, I have a new idea."

The people next to Avi Allard walked away at this time, and Murphy waved his hand to Carla Faith and walked over alone.

"Hi, Mr. Allard."

He took the initiative to say hello, and Avi Allard smiled at him, "Hello, Director Stanton."

"Can you talk about it?" Murphy does not intend to go around in circles. This matter is very difficult. "About comics and movies."

Avi-Allard froze for a moment, then nodded and said, "Of course."

Since I went to jail in the first year, I was basically in a state of no money for the next two years. Now I have a wealth, but I missed the best opportunity. Murphy just came over with the idea of ​​trying.

After all, once he succeeds, he will earn it. If he fails, he won't lose more except for wasting a little saliva.

"My studio would like to purchase some movie adaptation rights for comic heroes from your company."

Hearing Murphy's words, Avi-Allard's eyes immediately appeared alert, "I don't know which comics are you interested in?"

"Um..." Murphy deliberately pondered, and said, "Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, and Daredevil."

"Sorry, the copyright of Daredevil is in the hands of Twentieth Century Fox." Avi-Allard made a polite first, and then said, "The copyrights of other superhero movies, Marvel comics are not sold!"

This statement is decisive, and it seems that there is no room for discussion at all.

Murphy frowned, not completely giving up, "What if it's just Iron Man? Conditions are good."

Avi-Allard shook his head without hesitation, "Marvel Comics has turned over too many mistakes in terms of film copyright, and we will not continue to make mistakes."

Seeing what Murphy wanted to say, Avi-Allard raised his hand to stop it, "Marvel Comics will not talk to any company about the transfer of film copyright."

Murphy nodded, stopped talking, and watched Avi-Allard walk away from him.

Of course he knows that Marvel Comics can definitely talk about the transfer of film copyright as long as the price is high enough. The question is what price does it cost to impress the current surprise?

Such a price is simply not something he can bear.

I don’t know when, Carla Faith walked over, "How's the talk?"

"No effect," Murphy shook his head. "The Marvel comics of today are no longer the Marvel comics of the 90s."

"Yes,"

Although it hasn’t been a few days since Fox entered the twentieth century, Carla Faith has a preliminary understanding of a lot of work. “Since the success of the first part of "X-Men", they asked for the copyright to be repurchased more than once. Meng Pictures’s "Fantastic Four" and Sony Columbia’s "Spiderman" are also targets they want to buy back."

"Give you a suggestion," Murphy said. "In any case, don't give up the X-Men."

He suddenly changed the subject, "I heard Avi Allard say that the copyright of Daredevil is in the hands of Twentieth Century Fox?"

"It was originally going to be made into a film," said Carla Fess, "but when the company was in the review stage, Ben Affleck, who led the project, suddenly withdrew, causing the project to have to be suspended. Now the company's liquidity is tight and it should be temporarily Will not restart. Are you interested in Daredevil?"

"I just want to see if I can raise a bargaining chip to trade with Marvel Comics." After that, Murphy pointed to the entrance of the theater, "The screening is about to begin, let's go in."

With the official release of "X-Men 2", "Sin City" will attract a huge impact this weekend.