Chapter 2064： Open competition

According to Hugo’s personal thinking, John Nash’s biography chooses to partner companies, DreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox or Columbia Pictures would be a better choice, which is also his personal emotional inclinations. But Hugo also knows that in business, he must maintain sufficient rationality and objectivity to find the most suitable partner for cooperation.

Today's appearance of Barry was an accident, and Hugo did not expect that the script adaptation work had not even really started, and someone had already come to the door. But Hugo sighed sensibly and looked at Barry's thoughts. After all, more choices always have more leeway. This is the right way to kill the Valkyrie.

Sure enough, Barry's proactiveness verified Hugo's ideas. So, then we will see how sincere Debari is, and what other choices Hugo has besides Warner Bros. What is Warner Bros.'s level compared to these choices.

Hugo smiled and took pictures of the two books on the desktop, "No, I haven't started looking for partners. The adaptation of the script has not yet started. I have been reading related materials, hoping to be fully prepared before I start writing. ."

After getting the expected answer, Barry calmed down after his excitement to the extreme, because he knew he was definitely not the only competitor.

The initiative is in Hugo’s hands. As long as Hugo wants to, he can go to Kevin Pence, Shirley Lansing, Ron Meyer, Mark Canton and others. Barry has no way to stop Hugo. And Barry also knows that other companies will certainly not give up easily. What follows is a hard battle. Today is only the beginning. Not only should he not be too excited and lose his square inch, but he should also calm down completely, grasp the weak advantage of taking the lead today, and plan well.

Barry originally wanted to simply and rudely say, "I will give you a cost of 100 million US dollars, and all the initiative will be given to you, as long as you give this project to Warner Bros.", in the current Hollywood environment, this is almost nothing. A proposal that people can reject. But first, Barry can’t squander freely. In case Hugo only asks for 50 million, then he throws 100 million in the past. It’s meaningless. Second, Barry knows that communicating with Hugo requires patience, and simple and rudeness is often a sign of lack of sincerity.

After thinking about it, Barry set his sights on the two books on Hugo’s desktop. Two books are related to economics, one is "Macroeconomics", and the other is... "The Nash Game" On Essays", Barry only noticed the name of the book at this time, which made him show an expression of interest, "Are you going to write a story about Wall Street? Jordan Belfort (.)?"

Hugo was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, showing a big smile, and even couldn't help but laugh, "The association is very rich, I have to admire it."

Jordan Belfort, the name is very unfamiliar to many people, but it is not unfamiliar to mention a movie, "The Wolf of Wall Street", this movie is adapted from Jordan's autobiographical novel of the same name, and the protagonist of the movie is Jordan. This stockbroker in the 1980s went from an ordinary salesman to a billionaire, and created the miracle of grabbing 12 million US dollars in three minutes, but he has been walking on the edge of the law. He even violated many laws and experienced crazy money-gathering and abuse. Alcohol, smoke. After drug and money laundering, he was sanctioned by law in 1997 and entered prison to serve his sentence.

Jordan is well-known throughout Wall Street. After being convicted last year, he was almost a sensation in the United States. Barry thought of Jordan from Hugo's two books. It was indeed a powerful ability and keen sense of touch. However, Jordan's autobiography is currently still being written-he completed the autobiography in prison, which is why "The Wolf of Wall Street" waited until 2013 to be adapted. Hugo now wants to adapt this story, and there is not enough material-after all, he is not an autobiographical writer.

Hugo's smile made Barry shook his head relaxedly, "Should I take this as a compliment or a satire?"

"Praise, absolutely praise." Hugo said repeatedly, Barry's keen intuition for the whole market is really amazing, "However, I currently don't have the honor to meet Jordan himself, and I haven't experienced his legendary criminal career on Wall Street. , So... even if I want to, there is nothing I can do. I was reading a biography of John Nash recently, but found that I didn’t know anything about economics, so I came to find some professional works, hoping to help."

"John Nash?" Barry closed his chin slightly and pondered for a while. In fact, the story of John Nash was really popular in Hollywood in 1994. When John received the Nobel Prize in Economics, his legendary life once again entered the film industry. In sight, John was very low-key and the adaptation was too difficult. In addition, 1994 and 1995 were the golden age of Hollywood, with countless stories, so no one really put the adaptation on the agenda.

Barry just thought for a while, then raised his eyes and cast a questioning gaze at Hugo, "Is it Silvia Nassar's ‘beautiful mind’?"

Hugo really admired it. He couldn't imagine that Barry had so many complicated information in his mind. The whole picture was inferred only from his words. Hugo's mouth showed an incredible smile and slightly clicked. Nodded, "Yes...yes, it is the Nine Heavens Battle Emperor of the Beautiful Mind."

The novel "Beautiful Mind" was released in early 1998, which was also one of the reasons that later promoted Vanity Fair to interview the Nash couple. But this novel did not cause much disturbance. After all, the glory of game theory was 40 years ago, and now game theory has long been a part of people's lives, and no one cares about John's life. It's as if someone writes a biography of Thomas Edison (.), someone will definitely be interested, but it is difficult to cause a sensation in the entire market.

At least not comparable to the publication of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". This is by j. k. Rowling’s novel was officially published in the United Kingdom and the United States in July this year, causing a large-scale sensation, making the unknown female writer the focus of attention overnight, and the entire magic frenzy even began to leave. The United Kingdom and the United States have spread to other parts of the world.

Barry has never read "Beautiful Mind". After all, he can't read every novel worthy of being adapted into a movie. He only knows this book, and his knowledge of John Nash's story Barry is also limited. I know that this mathematician and economist has made great contributions to the entire society and has been recognized by the Nobel Prize.

"Wow, I can already foresee a wonderful story, maybe it will make another "Amadeus"!" Barry sent his highest praise, "Mozart" came out in 1984, and Won eleven nominations at the Oscars the following year, including nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Two Best Actors, etc., and finally won eight statuettes, becoming the 57th Oscar The biggest winner.

Hugo knew that Barry was just polite, and he wouldn't take it seriously, shrugging lightly, "I hope I can grasp the essence of it. It is too difficult to condense a person's life in a story. "

"This is precisely the reason why movies have become art. Through our reprocessing, people can feel the magnificent life and inspire themselves. This unique art is so wonderful." Barry also sighed with a rare sigh. Hugo was a little surprised. Barry saw Hugo’s surprised expression and chuckled twice to hide his embarrassment. “It seems that I am also a little gaffe. I’m just thinking, if you describe John Nash’s The story, that is definitely something to look forward to. If you have this honor, I very much hope that Warner Bros. can cooperate with you to complete this project."

Barry’s words just now gave Hugo a little bit of inspiration. "The Biography of Mozart" was actually processed through some artistic techniques. The story tells the story of Mozart’s artistic but ill-fated life from the perspective of a third party. The weight of all stories Finally, it was carried on the composition of "Requiem". The film’s depiction and sketching of Mozart is undoubtedly very successful. This musical genius is actually a bohemian, cynical and arrogant young man. This has made many people change their views of Mozart and fell in love with this young man.

Of course, whether this is true of Mozart in history, historians may have other opinions, but from an artistic point of view, "Mozart" does show Mozart's legendary and difficult life. This seems to be inspiring for Hugo's adaptation of John Nash's biography.

But Before Hugo could think deeply, Barry’s words interrupted Hugo’s thoughts. He had to concentrate on Barry, and then shrugged slightly, "If I have a chance, I Naturally it is very welcome. However, I think the most important thing at the moment is the adaptation of the script. I have no thoughts at all at the moment."

In fact, many autobiography are that the film company bought the copyright, and then handed it over to a specific screenwriter for writing, and then preparing the crew. In other words, as long as Barry is interested in the book "The Beautiful Mind", he can now sign a contract with Hugo. There is no such thing as "the script needs to be written first" as Hugo said.

But Barry also knows that this is Hugo's courteous evasion, and he doesn't mind, because he needs to go back and read the book "Beautiful Mind" carefully, and then make an accurate judgment. When he finds Hugo next time, he needs to show Warner Bros.'s hole cards to convince Hugo. But now there is not much time left for Barry. Maybe next week, maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight, Hugo only needs to call anyone such as Kevin Pence, Mark Canton, and Barry’s advantage will be Weakened a lot.

Therefore, every second counts for Barry.

Facing Hugo, Barry showed a calm smile, "Don't worry, I have absolute confidence in you."