One by One, They Regretted It to Their Very Core!

New Line Cinema.

At that moment, company vice president Jonathan was reporting to his boss, Shaye, on the progress of The Chronicles of Narnia.

"Production on The Chronicles of Narnia wrapped up its planning phase at the end of June and began filming in early July. Based on the current schedule, filming is expected to wrap up sometime between November and December this year."

Vice President Jonathan said.

Shaye nodded with satisfaction. "Good. As long as Weta Digital doesn't fall behind on the special effects, our film should be able to make its planned summer 2003 release."

He had high hopes for The Chronicles of Narnia!

The film was being produced jointly by New Line Cinema and Wald Pictures, with Goldman Sachs, one of Wall Street's Big Five investment banks, putting up a huge amount of money. The project had caused a sensation throughout Hollywood from the moment it was announced.

"Whether New Line Cinema can finally break away from Warner Bros. depends on how this movie performs," Shaye said cheerfully.

However... Vice President Jonathan seemed to have something on his mind.

"Speak up!"

Shaye frowned slightly.

Taking a deep breath, Vice President Jonathan said gravely, "Boss, with Da Feng Capital in such a precarious position, you ended our investment agreement with them early. And The Chronicles of Narnia is a joint production with Wald Pictures. Could this affect the film?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shaye burst out laughing.

"Don't worry."

"As far as I know, quite a few of our Hollywood peers have also ended their investment agreements with Da Feng Capital early over the past two or three days. Zucker can afford to take a loss, but we can't."

"Besides, we're just acting in accordance with the contract. We haven't made a single cent in profit—we