Wasting No Time to Get the Project Greenlit!

The Departed—a project personally spearheaded by Zucker?

The words had come from Alexander. Even though he had deliberately kept his voice down, people shouldn't forget that he was Wald Pictures' second-in-command in the production department and Zucker's former chief assistant...

He was like a giant lightbulb in the dark, shining so brightly that it was impossible to ignore him!

What's more, Matt Damon was standing beside Alexander, and he was one of the evening's guests of honor.

With all these factors combined, news of The Departed quickly reached plenty of ears, especially those of industry insiders. They immediately felt a pang of envy!

"Is that for real?"

"Crank, Final Destination 2, The Fast and the Furious, The Day After Tomorrow, and more—Wald Pictures has so many movies slated for release in the second half of this year. Then there's Harry Potter 2 in January, followed by Spider-Man 2, Pirates of the Caribbean, and all the rest. And now they're about to start shooting another movie? My God, they're ridiculously loaded!"

"They've got so much money!"

"Tell me about it. A small-time company like ours can make three to five movies a year at most, and that's our limit. Otherwise, there's no way to recoup our investment quickly. Tsk, tsk! Meanwhile, Wald Pictures has made as many as fifteen films this year alone, counting only the ones it produced itself!"

"My God! Their production output is already on par with any of the Big Six Hollywood Studios!"

Gustav of Lionsgate;

Patrick of Summit Entertainment;

Morris of Dimension Films;

Barry Meyer of Warner Bros. Pictures;

And plenty of other Hollywood studio bigwigs—all of them felt a little envious at that moment.

Gustav looked at Barry Meyer beside him and suddenly said, "Barry, we can be jealous all we want, but you're the