Barry believes in big things and also advocates big things.

At the end of the "Batman Prequel" trilogy, Warner Bros. was even willing to give up the box office dividends in order to keep Christian Bale and Christopher Nolan. Unfortunately, both of them are artists whose art is higher than interests. After almost no consultation, both of them rejected the proposal and simply declared the end of the trilogy.

Despite this, Warner Bros. still gave the green light and generously paid for a series of movies by Christopher Nolan, without affecting the cooperation between the two parties at all.

Now, with the reboot of the Batman series and the Superman series, Warner Bros. is still focusing on top stars, at least first-line actors and first-line directors.

At the core, Barry still has the pride of a superior. He refuses to copy Marvel's path to success, and is eager to open up his own path, the path of Warner Brothers, and leaves his name in history. As for such persistence, it is unpredictable whether it is a blessing or a disaster.

Originally, Lanli was the first candidate on the list of candidate actors; but after "Edge of Tomorrow", Barry changed his mind.

Unlike Robert Downey Jr. who has established a reputation through "Iron Man", and also from Johnny Depp, who is charming in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, Renly has unique qualities, acting skills, temperament and image, audience reputation, professional attitude, etc., and has gradually established his own "brand".

This brand, in the 1980s and 1990s, Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, Will Smith were typical representatives, including Tom Hanks. Compared with Robert Downey Jr. and Johnny Depp, these actors still have strong appeal after a series of movies that are separated from their personal characteristics, and are still effective after the 21st century.

The difference between the two is:

The former must focus on the combination of actor image and brand image, and through one work after another, we must consolidate the character image step by step for the camp, and the film company can only benefit from one series.

The latter has no such limitation. The actor's agency team and public relations team will be responsible for the brand packaging and operation of the actor's personal image. The film company does not even need to spend energy, but only needs to prepare appropriate projects and issue invitations. That's all. In principle, the film company can apply this actor to any commercial film template.

Of course, this is the theoretical result of paper talk. There are bound to be many problems in the actual operation, but overall, this is the reason. This is also the reason why the film market always respects top actors.

Since "Star Wars", the Hollywood film industry has gradually matured, but in 35 years, only Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise and Will Smith are the only ones who can truly be called box office superstars. On average, one has only been released in ten years, the real big waves and the real real gold and fire.

After the great success of "Pirates of the Caribbean", Johnny Depp almost received a sluggish film contract, which is the most direct proof, because major film companies all believe that another Tom Cruise and another Will Smith were born; but soon, industry insiders were disappointed, and Johnny's limitations gradually emerged.

Later, when "Iron Man" emerged, the market seemed much calmer.

Now, Lanli has the potential to become the next top actor. Without the image bonus of Batman, the market appeal is enough. Then Warner Bros. also uses Lanli to play a superhero, which is a waste of resources.

In Barry's idea, they should hand over other works that require more star effect bonuses to Lanli, and maximize Lanli's market value. This is the most reasonable and effective business strategy.

After entering the 21st century, the global film market is gradually evolving towards "serialization". Series movies, sequel movies, and fan movies are becoming the protagonists of the market, and the personal appeal of actors is gradually declining. Especially the strong rise of grassroots stars in the Internet era means that the whole nation can become stars, which further weakens the aura of stars.

Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr. topped Hollywood in the new century and created glory, but they could not reproduce the powerful star effect of the 1990s. Now, Renly has appeared, so can he turn the situation around the entire era?

Everything is a string of numbers in Barry Meyer's eyes. There are still too few reference data for "Fast and Furious / Love 5", "Love Crazy" and "I Against Cancer", but "Edge of Tomorrow" unexpectedly exploded, especially when it stood out from the super period, which made people's eyes shine, which changed Barry's thoughts.

Barry wants to gamble and really test how big the interest number represented by the name "Ranley Hall" is, how deep the potential number is, and more importantly, how much role can it play in the future of Warner Bros.?

So Barry appeared in London in person not for a specific project, but for the entire future blueprint. What if Warner Bros. could build "Ranley Hall" into a brand and build a series around this brand, what would it be if the series outside of DC Comics?

After a real face-to-face conversation, Barry further determined his confidence, "Two days ago, I just received the accumulated box office data of 'Edge of Tomorrow' worldwide. Congratulations, you have completed an amazing job." He raised the whiskey in his hand, signaled and expressed his congratulations.

Lan Li was slightly surprised at Barry's directness, without polite greetings, and went straight to the point; at the same time, Lan Li was slightly surprised at the success of "Edge of Tomorrow" that actually alarmed the CEO.

In the past few weeks, Nathan talked endlessly about the box office of this movie, but Lane did not have a deep understanding of the specific numbers. He took it for granted that it might be the same box office as "Fast and Furious 5", but now it seems that there are surprises.

After returning, Lan Li asked Nathan with curiosity. After learning about the accumulated box office so far, she showed a rare expression of surprise. She opened her mouth slightly in surprise, which made Nathan and Roy laugh and laughed happily.

Even Renli herself, when she heard about the box office of "Edge of Tomorrow", she was slightly out of control, let alone others?

"My honor." Lanli smiled and raised the whiskey in his hand and responded, "Luckily, our bold attempts were responding to the audience, otherwise it would be a completely different situation now. I think Paul should be very happy." There was no intention to emphasize, but obviously this refers to director Paul Greengrass, not Paul Walker, who also starred in the work.

"Haha, of course, of course." Barry laughed happily, nodded repeatedly, took a big sip of whiskey, and showed a comfortable look, gradually relaxing.

But then the conversation changed, and the sharp tone of attack power increased instead of falling. This shows that relaxation is just a confusing appearance. In fact, attention remains highly concentrated. "Do you have any ideas for the sequel?"

Although he was asking a question, Barry did not want to wait for Renley to speak, and then said, "Yesterday, Paul and I talked about the conception and creativity of the sequel on the phone. He had some good ideas, but he believed that further discussion and improvement were needed. Paul mentioned that you also contributed a lot of inspiration to the production conference of this work. Perhaps, you can also provide more ideas about the sequel."

"No, to be honest, I don't have any ideas right now." Lan Li chuckled, shook her head, and said sincerely, "For the past period, all my energy and attention have been focused on the work at hand. It's a difficult job and no distractions are allowed. Even during the promotional period of the movie, I have been flipping through the scripts and keeping it in shape. So, I really have no ideas about the sequel."

Speaking of this, Lanley signaled Barry with her right hand, and a hint of crampage appeared in her eyes. "In fact, before the movie was released, we didn't expect that the sequel was taken into consideration; even now, I am still out of the situation. So, are we seriously discussing the possibility of the sequel?"

"Yes." A smile flashed in Barry's eyes, and he said with a heart of heart. "The sequel has been put on the agenda. If you are willing to nod, it's a foregone conclusion."

There is no spoiling, just a simple sentence, but it shows Barry's decisive decisiveness in his bones: no need for tedious sweet words, a simple invitation is already full of weight. This confidence is simple and clear, and it is straightforward.

Lanli could clearly feel the weight in Barry's words, and her eyebrows couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, and a playful look appeared in her eyes.

I have heard of some special circumstances before. Before the filming of the movie officially started, the sequel was confirmed, and even the trilogy might have signed the contract in one go. Even if it is not a comic adaptation of "Iron Man" or "Thor".

But now, "Edge of Tomorrow" is still being screened, and Warner Bros. has put the sequel on the agenda, which is still very rare.

"Without the script?" Lanli's first reaction made Barry chuckle, with a smile on his lips and eyes full of smiles. As well, Lanli couldn't help but smile and said half-jokingly, "It seems that I made the mistake of a rookie novices and asked an inappropriate question."

"It's not surprising." Barry curled his smile a little, and his expression became serious. "I'm even more curious, if there is no script, would you really not want to sign a contract? Even if Warner Bros. is willing to pay $20 million?"

Lanley could sense Barry's attitude as a superior, which reminded him of Harvey Weinstein. To some extent, these top tycoons have more or less similar habits and postures after giving orders.

When facing Harvey, Renli did his own thing; now when facing Barry, Renli is still full of confidence.

"Yes." The answer was straightforward and neat, without detour, without polite response, without false alarm, and without false conspiracy. Lan Li frankly admitted the "accusation".
Chapter completed!