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    Leete was able to confidently say that he could cast the film within half a month without reading the script because he had already guessed what Sommers would be filming next.  Opening the script, Li Te only glanced at the beginning and knew that his guess was right.  In Li Te's memory, "Deep Chill" is just Stephen Sommers' transformational work. What really made Sommers famous is the script Li Te has now.  Li Te spent 10 minutes quickly reading the entire script. This move aroused some dissatisfaction from Sommers, who believed that Li Te did not read the script seriously.  In order to dispel Sommers¡¯ concerns, after closing the script, Li Te summarized the content of the entire film in very brief words.  "The American explorer O'Connor was hired by the British librarian Evelyn and her brother Jonathon to explore Egypt. The three were kidnapped by a tomb robbery gang on the way and entered the cursed pyramid. The greedy  The tomb robbers opened the underground seal, and Emerhot, who was cursed by the Pharaoh and turned into a mummy thousands of years ago, was "released" and returned to the world with the plague that once swept Egypt. Emerhot killed the tomb robber gang and captured  After leaving Evelin and preparing to resurrect his former lover in her, O'Connor arrived in time and teamed up with the pharaoh's tombkeeper to defeat Emerhot. " Sommers looked at Li Te with an unbelievable expression.  , he never thought that Li Te would really retell the story of "The Mummy". Although it was only a simple summary, he accurately mentioned all the key points.  ¡°Did Li Te really read the entire script in ten minutes?  When Sommers asked this question.  Li Te just smiled and shook his head. Of course he would not tell Sommers that he not only knew the story in the script.  I even saw a movie made from the script.  "When I read a script, I have a habit of guessing the plot of the story after reading the beginning. In fact, I didn't read the script completely. I just grabbed some of the key points and then combined it with my own.  Guessing that the whole story is pieced together, Hollywood commercial movies basically follow this pattern, and your story obviously does not break out of this category." Sommers was completely convinced now.  "Since you have already guessed it. What do you think of this story?" "I can only say that you have finally found the direction you are best at." Li Te sat upright, looked at Sommers and said, ""Extreme  The box office success of "Deep Chill" made me a little worried about you. The reason may be that you discovered it yourself when you were making this movie. You are actually better at adventure films mixed with some thriller plots, rather than pure ones.  It's a horror movie in the sense that the box office success of "The Deepest" really had a lot to do with luck, so I can only say that you and I were both lucky. But to my relief, you were not.  You were blinded by the success of that movie, so in the movie "The Mummy", you are ready to return to the genre you are best at, am I right?" Sommers smiled and nodded.  "You are right, but there is one thing I need to correct. "Deep Chill" is not as bad as you said. It is a very good movie. I put a lot of effort into it, and during the filming process  I have also accumulated a lot of experience and inspiration. These will be used in "The Mummy". Li Te shrugged, "Okay, I take back some of what I just said, but there is one question you may have overlooked.  Your script is somewhat similar to Universal's 1932 film of the same name in terms of creativity and genre. How do you plan to deal with this problem? " The smile on Sommers' face suddenly solidified. When he was conceiving the script, he  With such worries, he originally thought it was just his own thoughts, but he didn't expect Li Te to have the same feeling.  This is by no means a coincidence, but it means that the situation Li Te mentioned is very likely to happen.  Universal will take Sommers to court over copyright issues, and the legal battle between both parties is expected to take several years.  Li Te glanced at Sommers, and seeing his expression, he immediately understood that he hadn't told Eisner about this yet, and it was precisely this problem that was the most fatal.  "What should I do? If Mr. Eisner knew about this, he would go crazy." Sommers leaned forward and looked at Li Te helplessly, hoping that he could help him come up with an idea.  Li Te raised two fingers.  "The two ways are either to abandon the script directly, or to revise it to completely avoid any possible duplication of content with the 1932 movie, but I don't recommend you do this. I want to say that, in fact,  Your current script is very complete, and I even have one?I feel that this movie will definitely be a hit once it is made. It would be a pity to give it up. Modifications will destroy the original plot structure, and the gain outweighs the loss.  " Sommers nodded sympathetically. If he had a choice, he didn't want to do it. "The second way is to give up the idea of ??cooperating with Disney. AMG is currently cooperating with Universal on multiple movies. You can take this  Give me the script, and I'll take it to Universal. I can help you get all the conditions Disney promises you, including the shooting budget and your own remuneration and share, from Universal, and maybe even more.  " Sommers was a little interested in this, but he had been cooperating with Disney over the years, and the two parties had established a very good cooperative relationship. Suddenly Sommers gave up his cooperation with Disney, and he was really emotionally unavailable for a while.  Accept it. ¡°Or you can reconsider it and call me after you decide.  " Li Te did not force Sommers to make a decision immediately. He knew that the other party needed some time to make a decision. After seeing off Sommers, Li Te just returned to the office and sat down when Ovitz knocked on the door and walked in.  "Is Sommers coming to you now because of the incident we talked about in my office before?  "Ovitz asked straight to the point. Li Te nodded, and then briefly explained the whole story. Ovitz was a little surprised that Somers actually volunteered to join AMG, but what surprised him even more was that Li Te actually  Advising Sommers to give up cooperating with Disney: "From what I know about Eisner, if he knows about this, he will definitely not let it go, so you have to be careful during this time!"  " Li Te was a little dissatisfied with this statement. So what if Eisner knew about this matter? Could he still come to question him? When Ovitz saw Li Te's reaction, he couldn't help but shook his head, and then he didn't say anything more.  What he said. What Li Te didn't expect was that Ovitz's prediction came true the next day. Eisner really came and broke into Li Te's office regardless of his identity.  Li Te was looking through the script of "The Mummy" that Sommers left yesterday, and Eisner suddenly burst in, startling him. Fury, who was following Eisner, looked at Li Te with an innocent face.  , It¡¯s not that he didn¡¯t want to stop Eisner, but Eisner directly asked his assistant to entangle him, and then he suddenly opened the door and rushed in. When Li Te saw the expression on Fury¡¯s face, he was surprised by what happened outside the door.  We basically have a general understanding of the matter. ¡°Mr. Eisner, what do you mean?  " "Aren't you asking knowingly?  "Eisner had a livid face. He was the dignified chairman of Disney, and he just forced his way into someone else's office. If it weren't for the fact that the incident really made him angry, he wouldn't have made such an outrageous move. "If you are here,  To find Mr. Ovitz, go out and go to the left and the last office is there. If not, then I really don¡¯t think there is anything between us that requires you to come to me like this. If you don¡¯t have anything to do, just go back!  " Li Te's attitude was also very blunt, and he seemed to want to come over and question Eisner. "Sommers came to see you yesterday, and then he suddenly told me today that he had originally agreed to make a movie with Disney for the time being.  No, don't tell me, this has nothing to do with you at all.  " Eisner suppressed his anger and asked. "If I were you, I should ask Sommers why he doesn't cooperate with you, instead of breaking into other people's offices for no reason like this. Then I remind you again, Ace  Mr. Na, this is AMG, not Disney!  " Li Te turned back to his seat and sat down, continuing to read the script of "The Mummy", completely ignoring Eisner's question. "You" Eisner wanted to have a fit, but he thought that Li Te was so confident.  It seems that there is something going on that I haven¡¯t figured out yet. ¡°Okay, I apologize for my behavior just now, can you tell me the truth now?  " With Eisner's status, it is not easy to make such an apology. Li Te also does not want to have a serious relationship with Eisner. With this step, he will no longer insist on saving face.  "This is the script Sommers left yesterday. His original intention was to cooperate with AMG, and we would be responsible for helping him match all the actors. But after reading the script, I discovered a problem. This script  There may be a copyright dispute with a 1932 Universal film of the same name. I shouldn¡¯t need to explain what happens next, right?  " As soon as Li Te made it clear, Eisner frowned. "The Mummy" is too much for him now.?Yes, such a change suddenly happened, but he never expected it.  "That's it, you didn't say anything else after that?" "I made some suggestions to Sommers, but this was a private conversation and I can't comment on the content." Li Te said so, and Eisner also  There was nothing he could do, but he had probably guessed what Li Te and Sommers had said, which was nothing more than to persuade Sommers to either give up the script or give up cooperation with Disney, and both of them were not Ace.  What Na wants to see.  (To be continued)
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