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Text Chapter 100 The strong and the weak join forces

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    "Haha! Brother, I have some great news for you!" When George was about to suffer internal injuries from the script, Glenn opened the door and walked in without even saying hello.

    "What good news can there be" George was a little listless, and he was about to give up.  It seems that I really don¡¯t have any talent in other types of movies. It¡¯s been more than an hour and I haven¡¯t even written three sentences

    Glenn looked proud, "Of course it's a matter of contacting the distribution company. This time we have found an old friend."

    Old friend George narrowed his eyes, "Are you talking about 20th Century Fox? It seems that nearly 70% of the movies produced by York Company in the past were co-produced with them. But how can people think so highly of us now  "

    Around the 1970s, 20th Century Fox was far from as prosperous as it is now.  However, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so it is still a giant beast left over from ancient times.  And since the newspaper tycoon Rupert Murdoch acquired Fox, the company's business has been booming with the help of the media industry, and it is just around the corner to regain its former glory.

    ¡°It¡¯s a pity that York Company is in a very embarrassing situation.  After the establishment of York Company, the most cooperating partner was 20th Century Fox. As a subordinate of Fox Film Company, I could still make ends meet by working as a mediocre person.  It's just that Glenn's father Adam made a few stupid decisions at that time, which almost ruined the company. Naturally, he lost the qualification to cooperate with Fox Company, and some Fox Company executives who he knew from business contacts in the past also resigned.  Do the math, since Murdoch came to power.  The cooperation history between York and 20th Century Fox is actually blank.

    However, when George was filming "Saw", he had a brief contact with Fox executives through Valerie, but later he chose New Line Film Company, which was more suitable for him, and the matter later went away.  .  A company with a big business will naturally not focus on a newcomer alone.

    "You didn't know that!" Glenn shook his finger. "I heard that 20th Century Fox recently had a plan to set up a subsidiary company specifically responsible for producing and distributing adult movies. Although I don't know this at the moment.  What do you want to do to help guys, but this time they came to you on their own initiative."

    "You came to the door on your own initiative?" George was a little surprised.  To be honest, when he was first contacted about the distribution of "Saw", 20th Century Fox was willing to give about 20% of the share, for a new director from a small company.  It¡¯s definitely a big deal.  In fact, even if the box office share is less than 10%, there are still many directors who want to take the initiative to join in.

    "Who knows" Glenn wasn't worried at all. "The senior people in their company have been keeping an eye on you for more than a year. This time, Mr. Riley King, the deputy manager of Fox's distribution department, contacted me personally.  He hopes that all the films you will direct in the future will be handled by the Fox Distribution Department, and they will also make great concessions in terms of box office share."

    "What does a big concession mean?" George pondered for a moment. "Have they given a specific contract or made any commitments?"

    "The contract is very complicated" Glenn sat down on the sofa.  "Excluding theaters, taxes and other messy parts, they are willing to share the remaining box office revenue with York Film Company in half. However, if you make a movie with a box office of over 100 million in the future, they are willing to continue  Make some concessions, but for now it seems that this is their final bottom line."

    George walked around the office several times with his hands behind his back: "Where are the other film companies? Is there any one that offers a higher stake?"

    "Not yetthe subject matter of the movie you shot, uhhow should I say? Except for those companies that like to toss in the horror film market. I guess most people are not interested" Glenn looked a little weird, "  It seems that Fox wants to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with you, otherwise I don¡¯t think they would release this movie.¡±

    "Whatever Anyway, I don't have much opinion on this aspect. As long as you think it's suitable, then we will cooperate with Fox Company." George thought for a while and decided not to worry about this kind of thing. He quickly finished "This Killer Isn't"  The most important thing is to get the script of "Too Cold" out.

    "Well, if there's nothing else to do, I'll leave first." Glenn yawned, "I didn't sleep well last night, so I have to go back and get an early rest today."

    George waved his hand: "Let's go quickly, don't delay my work."

    "Wait a minute" When Glenn was about to leave with a shy stomach, George suddenly stopped him, "Did you see Ashley?"

    "Ashley? What Ashley?" Glenn looked around the office with a ghostly expression on his face, "How could I possibly seeTo her, do you have a fever?  Or is it a ghost?  "

    "That's not what I meant." George was speechless. "Ashley visited our company just in the afternoon and wanted to talk about cooperation. I have made an appointment with her to take her with me at seven o'clock.  Went out for dinner, didn¡¯t you see her before you came in?¡±

    Glenn narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "No I just returned to the company less than ten minutes ago just to tell you the good news. Except for Old John at the door, I didn't even see a ghost.  Here. These hateful bastards, each one runs faster than the other when they get off work. It would be nice if they could be so active at work."

    "If you can double their salary, I guarantee they will be happy to work a few more overtimes." George said with contempt, "Don't disturb my work and leave quickly."

    After Glenn left, George returned to the table. It seemed that the script would definitely not be completed, but at least he could kill some time.

    When the hands of the clock on the wall pointed to seven o'clock, George sighed, stood up and stretched.

    There were many incomplete scripts in the original scripts of "Saw" and "Skin Love", but he filled them in one by one, and the effect now seems to be very good.  As for the script of "Zombie Crossing the World", he can only be regarded as writing a small half of it.  The rest of the major parts were done by Fran himself.

    There is no problem in letting yourself write some perverted plots, but if you want to change it to a warm drama George was very troubled to find that this thing is really not something that ordinary people can write.  If a script wants to move others, it must first move yourself.  Just look at the mess I just wrote.  George was really speechless. Apart from crocodiles, basically no creature would shed tears during these conversations

    Forget it, let's take a good rest first George shook his head and walked out of the office. He didn't know where the little guy Ashley was, so he didn't want to really play a hide-and-seek game. He had to know his belly.  Already starting to coo a little.

    Come to the corridor outside the door.  George looked around, no one

    I searched around the stairs several times, but no one was there

    At the gate downstairs, Old John was dozing off while leaning on the back of his chair.  It seemed that no one had come in or out in the past half hour.

    Turning back, George searched the entire building several times. Except for a few staff who stayed to work overtime, there was no trace of Ashley at all.  And George asked these staff.  They all say that they have never seen a little girl around six years old

    ¡­What is this?  George's head suddenly felt as big as a bucket. With just a few floors, could a person still fly?

    Finally at the top of the fourth floor, George finally gained something.  He noticed that the door of the farthest room was slightly ajar.

    This floor is usually where company information is stored.  Many rooms are locked for long periods of time, including the storage of some photographic equipment.  The management of costumes and props is allocated in different rooms. He doesn't even have the keys to many rooms, but is in the hands of specialized persons in charge.

    Originally, George meant that the company would build a warehouse to store these items. However, since funds have never been abundant, Glenn planned to allocate a special amount next year or the year after that. Anyway, the current annual film tasks are not heavy.  , except that it was a little troublesome to move things up and down when the crew started working, it was okay to tolerate it for a while.

    "Ashley, it's time for dinner." George gently pushed open the ajar door, and sure enough he saw Ashley lying on the window, looking down and around.

    "Why is this office door the only one unlocked?" Ashley was not surprised at all when she saw George coming in. Instead, she turned around curiously and asked.

    "There is something wrong with the lock on this house." George patted the lock on the door. "It seems that it was broken a week ago. Has it not been repaired yet? These lazy guys"

    Ashley jumped down from the window and looked around the room: "There seems to be nothing in this room I thought there would be some company secrets"

    "Of course there will be no more secrets." George said funnyly, "This room is full of props used in filming movies in the past, but most of them have been scrapped. You can use this as a scrap recycling bin. Okay, hurry up and follow  Let me go out. What would you like to eat tonight? Western food or Chinese food? "

    "How did this lock break?" Ashley ran to the door curiously and twisted the door handle.

    "This kind of automatic lock is prone to problems." George gestured, "After closing the door, automatic locking problems will occur."

    "Is it like this?" Ashley closed the door and twisted the doorknob hard.?.

    "Not bad!" George explained patiently, "Last time when a cleaning staff from our company was cleaning this room, he accidentally locked himself in, and he was locked up for more than 2 hours before he was discovered by others.  The soundproofing effect of this room is surprisingly good. I heard that he shouted at the window for a long time, but this window faces the back of the company, and basically no one will pass by there."

    "Then he won't knock the door open?" Ashley twisted the door handle hard again.

    "How come" George spread his hands, "The door opened from the inside. He can only blame himself for not being careful. Maybe he was afraid of being disturbed while cleaning, so he closed the door conveniently. If it were me, I would never do it.  You made such a stupid mistake."

    "You're right!" Ashley twisted the door handle again and said with a smile, "Locking yourself in the room feels stupid"

    "So, you must think twice before doing anything." George glanced curiously at Ashley, who was twisting the door handle hard and her face began to turn red, and said with a smile, "My hungry face has changed, let's go quickly.  ! I promised Mr. Nick that I will send you home safely at nine o'clock."

    "Well" Ashley wiped the sweat on the tip of her nose, "But why can't this door be opened?"

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    "What did you say" George's expression changed, "Let me do it."

    After Ashley stepped back, George grabbed the door handle and twisted it hard

    ? **!  George almost cursed, what the hell is going on?  How could this door lock itself?  Who locked him up?

    Looking back at Ashley, who looked innocent, George suddenly had countless black lines on his face Obviously, the culprit was behind him, and the person involved didn't seem to have the consciousness of doing anything wrong.

    "Can't you open it?" Ashley asked in surprise as she looked at George who was about to ascend to heaven.

    "Of course" George was too lazy to say anything. He had used the cleaner as a negative lesson just now, and now he was about to become the second one to fall into the pit.

    "Then what should I doI'm hungry" Ashley seemed to realize something was wrong and started to worry.

    "It doesn't matter!" George thought about it carefully and settled down. "The person responsible for patrolling this floor is Mr. Noven, who came here two months ago. He is used to starting patrols at seven o'clock and patrolling every hour. I just went up  I greeted him when we went downstairs. He may have gone to the lounge downstairs to play cards now. We only need to wait until eight o'clock. When he sees that the house is locked, he will naturally find a way to open the door and let us out.  .¡±

    "But I'm so hungry" Ashley looked a little bitter.  George almost fainted from anger at these words. If you hadn't toyed with this door, would you have locked both people in it?

    "Don't worry." George said calmly, "How about we take advantage of this time to talk about cooperation?"

    "Well" After hearing what George said, Ashley just turned around with a flushed face, seemingly absent-minded.

    "Are you really that hungry?" George's face was filled with questions.  I¡¯ve only heard of people whose faces turn green due to hunger, but why do they turn red?

    "II want to go to the bathroom" Ashley held it in for a long time, and there was a hint of crying in her voice.

    George: ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡­¡±
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