"Don't you think he's going too far?" Charlize couldn't help but ask after walking out of the conference room. She then looked at Laffern, who was still in the conference room. "Laffern didn't stop you."
"Who? Tom? " Adriaan smiled disapprovingly. "It doesn't matter. It's just a script. Although it will definitely make a lot of money, I can come up with a lot of such scripts at any time."
This seemingly arrogant remark made Charlize speechless for a while, but she didn't refute it. After all, with Adriaan's achievements, it was entirely possible for him to say such a thing.
"Well, Charley, don't worry about it anymore. Not everyone can see their position clearly at all times," Adriaan said with a smile. From a career point of view, Tom Cruise still had a lot of redeeming qualities. At least, he took his work seriously and was willing to work hard for his goals. For example, the two speech scenes in "Born on the Fourth of July" where he sat in a wheelchair were really good. However, in terms of conducting himself, this guy occasionally seemed to be too arbitrary. He shouldn't have been like this in the past, but as he became more and more famous … it was normal. People always change.
"It doesn't matter. If he wants it, I'll give it to him." Adriaan shrugged imperceptibly. Anyway, I don't lack this movie. Besides … hehe. The only regret was that I agreed too quickly just now. If others knew that I'm easy to talk to and flock to, it would be very troublesome. But it didn't matter. Anyway, I still have to continue to negotiate the conditions. I can also set a bar on this. Needless to say, I want to get at least half of the copyright, and I also have to temporarily hold the adaptation rights in my hands.
"Do you think you'd better pay attention to other things, Charley? You know, there are still a lot of things I want to ask you," Adriaan, who returned to the office, said with a smile before Charlize could say anything else.
Charlize had to roll her eyes and shut her mouth. Then, there was a sound of "pa" coming from her perky buttocks.
"Eide!" The girl frowned and rebuked, but before she could do anything, Adriaan had already hugged her waist from behind, and then gently kneaded her pert buttocks.
"It still feels so good." Adriaan looked up with a smile and said in an aria-like tone. Then, he lowered his head and kissed the back of Charlize's neck before returning to his desk with a laugh.
Charlize glared at him angrily. He bit his lip and walked out angrily, but he still did what he had to do.
Adriaan then calmed himself down and continued to deal with his work. Currently, the three movies were progressing according to the schedule, and all that was left was the premiere of Schindler's List before Christmas. Although the current version of Schindler's List was not much different from the one in his memory, in terms of popularity and the public's curiosity about it before it was released, it had far exceeded the previous one because he was willing to invest in it. Since that was the case, he had to make the premiere even more spectacular.
In addition, Last Stand Cop and Interview with the Vampire had both completed filming. Last Stand Cop took about three months, and Bruckheimer and Michael Bay were in charge of editing the film. They were almost halfway done. On the other hand, "Interview with the Vampire at Night" was much worse. Just the filming alone took about five months. After all, there were not many scenes shot in the studio, and the location was a little messy. Coupled with some other matters, the filming had to be wrapped up not long ago, and the post-production had only just begun.
There was something very interesting here. The script of "Interview with the Vampire" began with the reporter interviewing Louis, and the actor who played this role was Revan Phoenix! Although Adriaan was the producer, he had delegated most of his authority to Jordan. Except for a few important roles, the rest were handled by Director Jordan. Jordan found Revan, and the filming was completed in August.
Interesting. Does this mean that I'm destined to save him? Adriaan rubbed his chin thoughtfully. Because of the series of events during Halloween, he remembered many things about Revan. One of them was that in his previous life, the crew of Interview with the Vampire had originally planned to find Revan to play the role of the reporter, but he died before filming began, so the crew had to find someone else. Compared to the current situation, it was really interesting, wasn't it?
"This can also be considered a butterfly effect." Adriaan flipped through Revan's information and suddenly laughed. I just didn't expect to connect the dots so early. Should I pray to fate and praise its unpredictability?
Although he was not a staunch atheist in his previous life, he had never pinned his hopes on any god. However, when he woke up from the bathroom after his memories were reconstructed, he immediately overturned this theory. However, Adriaan did not believe in God. Even though he was a Christian now, he still maintained his respect for the unknown forces, and firmly believed that this unknown force was on his side. Although fate was unpredictably unpredictable, this force allowed him to see a trace of its trajectory.
Alright, let's not talk about these idealistic things. Although the two movies were not completed yet, they were works that were given to others, so there was no need to know the situation at all times.
As for the other aspects, on the record company's side, Superboy, which was formed because of Adriaan, became extremely popular after their first hit. They were only slightly inferior to Backstreet Boys, who were released at the same time by Jive Records. He believed that they would definitely be nominated for Best New Group at the Grammy Awards. However, Backstreet Boys would definitely be nominated as well. They were a strong competitor. Compared to them, Adriaan's version of Superboy was not very compatible. After all, they did not have as much time working together as Backstreet Boys.
It did not matter. Anyway, they were only formed to open up the market for the record company. If it did not work out, they could just disband and cultivate a new group. Adriaan thought so, and at the same time, he was looking for opportunities in his mind. Acquiring Jive Records might be a good idea.
As for Britney and Christina, who were still undergoing training, due to the success of Superboy, the record company attracted a lot of newcomers and signed a few young female singers. Although they were not as popular as Superboy after the packaging was released, they were still quite well-known. All of this made the two girls work harder. That was because Adriaan would visit them every time he came to the record company. At the same time, he kept telling them that he signed them because he saw their great potential, so they should not let him down.
Huang Xiaolong once said that a lie repeated a thousand times is the truth. This was the simplest and most effective way of brainwashing. However, certain techniques were also needed. For example, it was best if the person being brainwashed was someone that the person being brainwashed was familiar with and recognized, just like Adriaan. Of course, the necessary differentiation was still maintained, and it could not be too excessive. Adriaan was doing very well at the moment. Sometimes, he really wanted to know what kind of fruit would be borne in a few years.
Well, this was the matter of the record company. As for the publishing company, because it had acquired another publishing company before, it became even stronger after the merger. It was basically able to occupy a position among the top publishers in the United States.
The novel version of "Piano Class" was now on the market. In addition, there were many other good novels published. The two novels, "Resident Evil" and "Tomb Raider", which were the first to open up the company's market, had already released sequels. However, now the second-rate author, Ben Arndt, who had co-written with Adriaan, was completely the main writer. Adriaan only occasionally provided some ideas and suggestions. It had to be said that fate was interesting. This second-rate author actually burst forth with a lot of inspiration because of these two novels. He took the time to write a collection of short science fiction novels, and it sold quite well.
Adriaan admired him, but he admired the Hollywood producers even more. Ever since "The Matrix" occupied a place on the New York Times bestseller list, film companies immediately approached the publishing company, wanting to buy the movie adaptation rights.
Although there were producers who wanted to buy the movie adaptation rights of "Resident Evil" and "Tomb Raider," they were all very small film companies. However, this time, it was different. Needless to say, Miramax and New Line, Columbia was actually involved. This was really surprising. They were actually so optimistic about this novel.
Of course, whether it was "Resident Evil", "Tomb Raider," or "The Matrix," Adriaan would not sell the movie adaptation rights. What a joke, he had a good film company under him. Why would he sell the movie adaptation rights? Moreover, "The Matrix" was written to occupy space. "Resident Evil" and "Tomb Raider" completely relied on the game to become popular. Without the game, it would be hard to get many fans if they were adapted into movies. Perhaps it would be more popular, but who knows?
Speaking of games, Adriaan was very depressed about the game studio that he bought under his own name. It wasn't that there were any problems, but "Warcraft: Humans and Orcs" was already in development, and it was going quite well. Adriaan even gave a lot of suggestions in private.
The main reason was that after he dismantled Pixar's game department, he pulled in some of Blizzard's employees to form a department dedicated to his ideas. It took a lot of effort to produce some of the scenes for "Resident Evil", but he was slightly disappointed.
The textures were cartoon-like, and the decryption mechanism wasn't what he wanted. The main point was that the character design was too different from what Adriaan remembered. It was no wonder that he felt this way. The character designs of European and American games were rarely similar to Asian games, so it was normal for Adriaan to feel strange.
However, no matter how dissatisfied he was, he couldn't change the mindset that a group of people had formed over a long period of time. Since he chose to let an American game studio produce it, he had to accept their work.
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