Reaching an Agreement with Tony

"Yes, that's what I think too."

Tony Stark said with an air of arrogance, "I don't want to be like other movies; I am who I am."

Li Chen drank the tea that Lorna Dane had brewed.

Tony glanced at it and said, "I'll send you some better tea later."

"... This is Pu'er, do you know?"

When Li Chen saw that his Pu'er was being mocked, he immediately retorted.

He specially spent a lot of money to have someone go to Pu'er to buy Lao Banzhang, but Tony looked down on it.

"I don't understand, but I know it's definitely not expensive."

This left Li Chen speechless.

After the two parties reached a tacit agreement, their teams naturally began negotiations.

Both sides have strong legal teams in order to prevent themselves from suffering losses.

Of course, the strongest legal team in Hollywood is still Disney's, because Disney won't let even elementary school students off the hook.

MGM doesn't have such a large team, but it still has over a hundred lawyers worldwide who specialize in handling lawsuits.

Disney went even further, estimating over three hundred lawyers, and even categorized their roles.

Therefore, it is conceivable that ordinary people would be helpless in the face of such a behemoth.

However, Stark Industries' legal team is just as capable.

As a renowned military industrial group, they have faced countless lawsuits, making them a battle-hardened team.

The negotiations between the two teams appear to be dragging on for some time.

Because both sides have their own demands.

For example, Stark Industries required that the scripts for filming could not 'smear' Tony Stark, and that his image must be upright and noble.

That would conflict with the script, because Starlight Pictures wanted to portray Tony Stark as a playboy.

This is just one point of conflict.

It will take quite some time before we can discuss achievements.

Li Chen and Tony Stark naturally wouldn't concern themselves with such trivial matters, and could only leave it to their subordinates to handle.

In reality, they only met once.

Tony Stark finally made it to Los Angeles and immediately threw himself into a multitude of parties.

Many female celebrities are interested in wealthy men; they dream of marrying into a rich family.

Therefore, Tony Stark will never lack women.

Li Chen lost interest in the party, because he had to admit that there were just too many beautiful women in Los Angeles.

This has made him somewhat immune to physical appearance; without the added advantage of status, no matter how good-looking someone is, they are just an ordinary shell.

This also helped him understand what Dong Ge meant when he said that.

He can't distinguish between beauty and ugliness at all!

He had Li Qianhuan him directly to the set of "Lucy". "Lucy" didn't actually have many special effects; they were all computer-generated and didn't require much location shooting.

This was one of the easier shoots to do.

However, the filming schedule was delayed because it was Black Widow's first time filming.

Even so, filming is about to wrap up.

Li Chen needs to recharge Natasha before she leaves Hollywood. After all, people change, and what if she forgets him after returning to her life as a secret agent?

Having learned his lesson from Mystique, Li Chen had to be cautious.

While distance may create beauty, it loses its charm when things are too far apart.

Therefore, he would visit Mystique every now and then Mystique stayed at the Hellfire Club; she had completely broken up with Magneto and could only cling to Li Chen's coattails.

Therefore, she would always fulfill Li Chen's requests.

She was like a witch who could change her appearance, giving Li Chen the ultimate pleasure.

However, Li Chen did not succumb to Mystique's charms.

Upon arriving at the film set, Li Chen found everyone extremely busy.

Even Black Widow Natasha was unaware of her arrival, preoccupied with her work.

Anyone who watches it knows that being the protagonist is a wonderful experience.

With so many people revolving around you, how can you not feel arrogant?

Many celebrities actually have terrible tempers because they're used to acting like 'gods,' bossing people around them around. How can you expect such people to have good tempers?

However, Natasha didn't have this bad habit; her time as a secret agent taught her to avoid Sinners.

"Lucy has wrapped filming!"

Ridley Scott stood on stage and shouted something, and the entire crew cheered.

The long working hours were very stressful for them, but thankfully the pace wasn't slow.

Of course, filming is over, but for the director and producer, the battle has just begun.

They had to edit more than ten hours of film into a movie of less than two hours.

This is the ideal length for a movie, because any longer and it becomes a 'bladder-like' experience.

Moreover, a duration that is too long can also affect the scheduling of screenings.

For example, a two-hour movie can be shown more than ten times a day, but if it is two and a half hours or even three hours long, many screenings will be lost in a day, which means less money will be made!

This explains why Zack Snyder's movies always have a director's cut.

The theatrical release of the film has narrative problems.

Warner Bros.. may have known this, but they had no other choice.

For production companies, making money is the most important thing.

From this perspective, Zack Snyder is not a good director, so he needs strict control from the producers and screenwriting team.

"Mr. Scott, thank you for your hard work."

Li Chen first greeted Ridley Scott.

Old Lei laughed and said, "I guarantee this is a good movie."

"The female lead is here, you guys chat."

Then he winked at Li Chen.

In all his years, this old man has rarely seen someone like Li Chen, who spends tens of millions of dollars to pamper his woman.

After all, this is real money; if it goes down the drain, it will hurt everyone involved.

Starlight Pictures is just starting out and can't withstand such a blow.

But he was just a director, and a director who didn't even have the final cut. He could only do his best to polish the film to its best.

For the rest, all we can do is try our best and leave the rest to fate.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in Hollywood. David Fincher's first film in Hollywood was "Alien 3," and because the production process was so chaotic, we all know what happened in the end.

Alien 3 almost brought the series to an end...

But Ridley also knew that it wasn't David Fincher's fault, because the young director was just taking the blame.

He doesn't even have final cut rights, so the final product isn't really his concern.

But Hollywood doesn't care about any of that. Hollywood only think that he ruined the movie, which almost ruined David Fincher's career.

Fortunately, he pulled through in the end and left behind many classic works in Hollywood.

For Ridley Scott, even if a movie flops, it won't be a big deal, after all, he's had his share of big-budget flops...

But who doesn't like success?

Can we succeed?

At this moment, Natasha was also asking Li Chen a question.

"Certainly."

Li Chen was quite certain.