The doors closed, and the black Mercedes-Benz business car slowly left the University of Southern California and drove towards Burbank.

Matthew looked at the person on his left and said, "I'm going to Burbank to meet Director Nolan later. If you have any questions, just talk on the road."

"Okay." Jeremy Kleiner calculated the time, and was a little nervous, but he couldn't ask for more, "Mr. Horner, I have a project."

Matthew nodded slightly, and the other party introduced himself before. This man named Jeremy Kleiner is a small producer. Since he came to the door on his own initiative, he must be selling the project at hand.

Considering projects such as "Martian Rescue", someone took the initiative to find him to recommend it, Matthew invited him into the car.

Jeremy Kleiner opened the briefcase, took out a thick stack of documents from it, and then a book said, "This is the information of my project."

Matthew took it and took a look. The document contained scripts, project plans, investment market prospect analysis, etc., and it can be said that he had prepared very well.

From these, it is not difficult for Matthew to guess that the first investor Jeremy Kleiner will definitely not be him. He was rejected by such a full preparation. This project...

If Jeremy Clein only took out a script, Matthew wouldn't even care about it, and only a fool producer who knew nothing would fantasize about using only a script to impress investors.

But it is impossible to finish reading this thick stack from Southern California to Burbank.

Matthew put all the materials aside and said, "We have limited time, now you say, I'll listen."

"Okay." Jeremy Cleiner knew very well that he had no more choice. He thought for a while and said, "This project was adapted from the autobiography of Solomon Josep in 1853."

Matthew frowned slightly, he had never heard of this name before.

Jeremy Cleiner saw it and further said, "Solomon was originally a free citizen of the northern United States, but was tempted by criminals who played the violin and sold it to the southern plantation, and experienced unprecedented abuse and beating."

"Black theme?" Matthew asked on his own initiative.

"Yes." Jeremy Kleiner nodded. Seeing Matthew not speaking, he thought for a while and continued, "The project "Twelve Years of Slave" is mainly adapted from this autobiography. The core of the film is that the hero's protagonist's experience of various experiences after experiencing a scam and becoming a slave, had resistance and compromise, and had experienced various forms of the world, but he never gave up his yearning for freedom and longing for his wife and children. There has always been a belief that supports him, which is his yearning for freedom and his longing for family..."

Matthew pinched his chin, "This kind of video has grand themes and values, but it is very sensitive."

Jeremy Kleiner knew that Matthew was telling the truth, and said, "I made a complete plan to make this film a small deal when shooting and producing it, downplaying history, sin and cultural background. My idea was to use a magnificent history to shoot a video with a horror film."

He looked at Matthew and emphasized specifically, "The focus of the film is not on what to pursue, but on equal rights and freedom."

"The Hunger Games" can also be said to be an equal rights film, so Jeremy Kleiner also said, "Equal rights are the trend of the development of mainstream society now, and films that conform to this trend are easier to succeed. Freedom is a pursuit that our society will never get outdated."

"It makes sense." Matthew is not the kind of person who is out of society. He knows what Jeremy Kleiner said makes sense.

Not to mention anything else, the slogan of freedom is indeed deeply rooted in people's hearts in North America.

Hollywood movies have always been under the banner of freedom. For example, in "Brave Heart", Mel Gibson's "freedom" shouted with great enthusiasm.

Even though Mel Gibson's later encounter proved that even monkeys in the zoo were freer than guys who kept shouting "freedom", this did not prevent "freedom" from becoming one of the most correct value orientations in Hollywood movies and even the entire society.

Compared to freedom, poetry and the distance have to stand aside.

Then there is equal rights.

Like the feminist movement, the black equal rights movement is also booming, which has a very direct response in Hollywood.

In the past two years, black movies, especially black slave movies, have appeared more and more. Even Quentin Tarantino, the gangster, is shooting a black slave movie called "The Rescued Django".

From Jeremy Kleiner's words, it is not difficult for Matthew to tell that this is a movie called "Black Life".

As long as this kind of film is shot with a little quality, it is not difficult to be rated as a so-called excellent film based on the current social situation.

Matthew asked curiously, "Have you ever looked for someone else before?"

"Look for it." Jeremy Clener has found so many companies, and it is impossible to keep it secret. "A few years ago, I reached an agreement with Brad Pitt. Plan B was once interested in investing in this project, but Plan B later went bankrupt and the cooperation could not be carried out."

Hearing Plan B, Matthew stopped rubbing his chin with his hand. It seemed that this was his pot?

Maybe without him, this project has been invested and produced by Project B. Unfortunately, Project B is now bankrupt and Brad Pitt has completely fallen into decline.

Jeremy Kleiner's words continued, "Later, I found many companies such as Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, and Peak Entertainment. It was probably because of Brad Pitt's investment failures one after another. He was optimistic about this project that had been circulating for a long time, and those companies didn't want to touch this project."

Matthew nodded and asked, "So, have you come to me?"

"Yes." Jeremy Cleiner did not hide this, saying, "I think such a project will be as successful as the Hunger Games and the American Sniper in the hands of Studio Thirteen."

"No." Matthew shook his head, "it can't be a popular commercial film, at least not now."

Such a black life movie is impossible to compare with the former Black Panther. The main audience is black audience and a small number of white people with the hearts of Virgin Mary. The number of these people is limited, so it is impossible to take the mass business route.

There is only one road left.

He gradually had an idea and simply said, "How do you plan to operate?"

Jeremy Kleiner said directly, "Oscar! Push this film into the Oscar..."

"Then you've found the wrong person." Matthew's words were also very direct. "People at the core level of the college don't like me, and I have a very ordinary relationship with them. Any video that has a direct relationship with me will have a 20% support rate reduction on the Oscars."

Although this is a bit exaggerated, it can be regarded as the truth.

"ah……"

Jeremy Kleiner didn't expect Matthew to say this, and was stunned for a moment. If this project had not had the Oscar halo, the prospects would have been much dimmed.

From the very beginning of planning, Oscars are a very important part of the plan.

Matthew's idea became clearer and clearer. After thinking for a while, he became more and more familiar with the name "Twelve Years of Slave". Although he still couldn't think of the specific source, it should be a vague memory that once was undoubtedly.

As long as the filming of such a film is not very bad, it has a natural advantage in winning the Olympics.

He has no interest in Oscars and is too lazy to operate. He has no advantage in this regard, and even has its own halo of subtraction. This project is not suitable for investment by the studio.

But it doesn't mean that "Twelve Years of Slave" is useless to him.

He doesn't go to the Oklahoma, and others like to do this, so it's a favor to recommend it to the other party.

For example, the Ellison brother and sister can be said to be a community of interests, and the two sides also agreed to deal with Harvey Weinstein.

"I won't invest in this movie." Matthew said without waiting for Jeremy Clein to react, "This way, I can recommend you and your project to my friends, and they may be interested."

Jeremy Kleiner nodded quickly, "Yes." Then he asked curiously, "Can you know who they are?"

Matthew didn't go around the circle and said directly, "You should have heard their names, the brothers and sisters David Ellison and Megan Ellison, they have some experience in operating the Oscars. "The Bomb Demolition Force" was the big winner of the Oscars in the past two years."

"Thank you." Jeremy Kleiner was very grateful, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Matthew raised his hand to stop him from speaking, saying, "I can't guarantee they will invest."

Jeremy Kleiner quickly said, "I understand."

Matthew took out his cell phone and called David Ellison directly. He said briefly, and quickly hung up the phone and said to Jeremy Cleiner, "You go to Sky Dance Films now, David Ellison is waiting for you."

The Mercedes-Benz business car arrived in Burbank, first put down Jeremy Kleiner, and then rushed to Warner Bros.

Matthew will also pay appropriate attention to the recommended project. In this society, network of personal connections is very important. David Ellison can be said to be one of his very important partners. The more cooperation the two parties are, the more beneficial it will be for some things he will do in the future.

Which is more advantageous, fighting alone or having strong companions to support? I believe everyone understands it.

Afterwards, Matthew rushed to Warner Bros. and met Christopher Nolan. He mainly talked about the project "Interstellar". Both sides had a very strong desire to cooperate. The next step was to negotiate with Warner Bros.

Whether it is Matthew or Christopher Nolan, the pay is not very high.

For several days, Matthew was discussing Interstellar and the leading actor with Christopher Nolan. He was not ready to leave Los Angeles and follow the crew of "American Sniper" overseas for publicity notices.
Chapter completed!