The My Hollywood System

Chapter 101

September 5th, 2011

Will and Terry have another meeting. This time, it was to finalize the deal for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and sign a contract related to it. Will is currently examining the contract and checking the contract clause.

After reading through the contract twice and consulting with his lawyer, Jason, Will finally signed the contract. After the signing was over, Terry reached out his hand and Will shook it. It was the beginning of Terry's success story.

Ten years later, Terry will say that his little girl who first read Harry Potter has become his lucky charm and because of that girl, he gets the book franchise that becomes immortal.

***

Preparations for [1917] and [500 Summer days] had already begun. Because Jeffrey was given the role of producer by Will, he took over most of the work.

From finding a director for [500 Summer days] to pre-production [1917], Jeffrey has done a lot. Amanda handled Dream Vision well and even Jennifer took care of all the new actors the DTA had signed.

For now, Robert and Ewan's schedule is being handled by him and after a while, he will give it to other agents and focus on Natalie, Renly, and Elijah.

It seemed like he wanted to work with a new actor more than an established star.

On the other hand, Harry Potter publications and advertisements were in Terry's hands.

All of this gives Will free time to think about the original film he has to make. Since the quest was like a test of the system, Will wanted to complete it in his own way.

Will decides to take a break from work for a few days and spends those days reading various books and watching movies from this world. Most of the films he watched were independent films that had their own uniqueness.

For a beginner, he started writing down the ideas he had in his past life.

These ideas span across many genres. From rom com to time travel movies.

Although most of them were unhelpful, they at least helped him clear his mind and think of different genres and such.

For the original film, he wanted to save the budget because he had no guarantee whether the film would work or not. A lot of money has been used to relocate Dream Vision and create a DTA.

He also produced two films. Although [500 Summer days] would take less than 10 million dollars, the story is completely opposite for [1917].

Among these, Will wants to create an original work that will surprise everyone, including himself.

***

As he tried to get an idea for his next film, another report came to prominence in the Hollywood Times, regarding young director Will Evans.

[Hollywood prodigy, Will Evans, doesn't seem to be taking a break because he's spreading his roots in every direction of Hollywood. Sources have confirmed that Will Evans bought one of the famous comic companies from the 1940s. We're talking about Marvel Comics here.

Marvel Comics and DC Comics have been the childhoods of many children in America, but in recent years, Marvel Comics has barely outgrown DC Comics. After their first superhero movie failed, their stock, business, and company value have been headed for a very long decline.

Because of this, Marvel comics have tried to reboot many of their famous superhero stories but nothing has worked.

Taking advantage of this fact, Will Evans has decided to acquire Marvel Comics Studios. Now the fact remains that if he wanted to make a movie, he could have bought the rights to Marvel characters, but buying the entire company was overkill. Not only that, DC is rumored to have sold the Batman rights to a studio called Zin Studios, who never produced the film.

Will Evans has purchased all of Batman's rights in a package deal from Zin's studio. The deal includes the rights of a dark knight - batman, the notorious psychopathic comic villain Joker and Batman's sidekick Robin.

In addition, there were also some other famous characters associated with dark knights.

According to various reports and analysis, the valuation of the Marvel Comics company is $ 14 million at best, but Will has paid $ 20 million to buy it completely. Not only that, he has paid a large sum of $ 4 million dollars just to buy the rights of Batman characters.

It was obvious that he was in a hurry to buy this creative property. After starting the Sherlock Holmes franchise that has promised to deliver two more films in the years to come, Will may be eyeing something bigger.

At least according to many analysts, Will's ambition will not let him stop before he cements his place in the history books.

***

Allen Studios is one of Hollywood's six major studios. Not only that, they were always in the top 3 positions even among the top six. They have been ranked first this year due to the sheer amount of profit they have made from all their films combined.

The CEO of Allen's studio is an elderly man named Ashton Banasiewicz. She is already 64 years old this year, but she has a body and physique that can easily make her compete with the healthiest people in her early 50s. She has a slender figure, short white hair combed on her left side with a Hollywood short beard. She wore clothes that gave a professional impression, with the clothes she used to wear were thin coats and pants with striped patterns of various colors.

In her early days, she was one of the Hollywood playboys and had relationships with many actresses. Only he who was married three times said much about his character.

Ashton is currently on the top floor of the Allen Studio building in Hollywood, California. Looking down from the glass wall towards the outer sky, he let out a satisfied sigh.

He has been CEO of Allen Studio for about 20 years now, and he has made some truly remarkable achievements during his time as CEO. One of the reasons why Allen Studios stands so high in Hollywood today is thanks to Ashton Banasiewicz. Not only has she contributed to raising the company, but she has been labeled as one of the most important people in Hollywood 7 times during her career in the New York Times. That alone speaks volumes about her importance in Hollywood.

His assistant, Ayden Afify, was currently holding the tablet in his hand as he stood beside it.

"Sir." Ayden said politely and Ashton looked back. Without saying anything, Ayden handed the tablet to Ashton.

Ashton carried the tablet and there was a name written in bold on the tablet screen.

[Will Evans]

Ashton was one of the people who noticed the new hype in Hollywood, namely Will Evans.

Ashton has noticed Will's every move since the stunt he performed during the film festival where [The Blair Witch Project] was first shown.

Ashton opened his mouth as he asked.

"Have you confirmed it?"

His voice sounded as young as his appearance, with a strong energy backing him up. Ashton spoke about Will's recent acquisition of Marvel Comics.

“Yes, I have confirmed it. That's not fake news. Our contact at Zin's studio confirmed it."

Ayden answered while looking at Ashton. He has been working with Ashton for about 6 years now, and he still can't read his emotions or what's inside him.

"What do you think?"

Ayden asked, his voice sounding curious. The last time he saw Ashton like this, he noticed some cinematographers. Currently, the cinematographer is part of Allen Studios and has won an Oscar once.

“Nothing for now.”

Ashton replied in a brooding voice. He really did not plan anything, for now, he was just waiting for an opportunity.

Ashton moved towards the glass window again and looked at all of Hollywood in one glance.

“Hollywood is changing. In the near future, the franchise will dominate Hollywood.”

Ashton said as he took out a premium cigarette from his pocket and lit it from the pen in his coat. As he smoked and let out a puff, he turned towards Ayden and said.

“Start getting any books, movies or entertainment media that can be turned into a franchise.”

Ayden nodded his head without saying anything as he left Ashton's office.

Ashton sits in his chair and connects the tablet to his laptop, soon, information about Will fills his screen as he begins to read it carefully.