On Monday morning, in the post-production room of Warner Studios' office building, the post-production of "Day Chase" was at the end of the stage. After finishing his work, Christopher Nolan rubbed his slightly squeaky forehead, slowly walked out of the editing room, came to the rest area on the same floor, and picked up a cup of coffee from the coffee machine.

Just after taking a sip of coffee, Christopher Nolan saw Charles Rowan, a famous producer of Warner Bros.

"Hi, Charles." He took the initiative to say hello.

Charles Rowan responded with a smile: "Hello, Director Nolan." He continued: "Is your film almost finished?"

Christopher Nolan nodded: "Only a little finishing work is left, and it won't delay the release next month."

Both of them were fine now and started chatting in the rest area.

The office building located in the studio is a bit empty, just like the entire Hollywood area, with the number of crews staying here year by year.

A fluorescent light above his head suddenly made a sizzling sound, and the light flashed. Charles Rowan couldn't help but sigh and said, "This studio has been in disrepair."

Christopher Nolan took a sip of coffee and said, "It seems that Warner hasn't repaired the studio in a long time."

Charles Rowan said: "Most half of the studios have been developed into tourist areas, and the remaining part is also limited in utilization. Currently, in addition to your crew, only a few of Ronan Anderson's crews are stationed here to shoot."

Christopher Nolan casually said: "It's Ronan Anderson of Relativity Entertainment, I know him."

"It's him, a young man with a lot of ideas. His company has developed well in recent years, and second-tier companies can be considered to be able to achieve performance." Charles Rowan is an executive of Warner Bros., and he has a natural sense of superiority to small companies: "But it's almost at a development bottleneck."

He seems to have unique insights: "Many medium-sized companies in Hollywood are often developed based on one or two or more series of movies. They seem to be in good momentum, but these series cannot last for too long and will often end in six or seven years. Once the series is completed, the company will soon fall into trouble."

Christopher Nolan thought for a while and asked: "Which company, DreamWorks or Relativity Entertainment, has more prospects in the future?"

"There is no comparison between the two." What Charles Ronan said was almost the same in the circle: "Although DreamWorks is difficult to develop, the resources that DreamWorks can mobilize are far from comparable to Relativity Entertainment. Not to mention anything else, just talk about extremely critical content production. DreamWorks has a multi-faceted source of project, and all projects of Relativity Entertainment are basically initiated by Ronan Anderson alone."

Christopher Nolan understood what this sentence means: "Once Ronan Anderson's talent is exhausted, will the Relativity Entertainment be in trouble?"

"Chris, you are the director." Charles Rowan said with a smile: "You know better than me. Everyone has a peak in creation, and then a trough. Ronan Anderson has contributed so many projects in just a few years. How long do you think his peak will last? This is the key to the problem."

He glanced at the watch and said, "I have something to do, I'll talk about it someday."

"Okay." Christopher Nolan shook hands with him and said goodbye.

Charles Rowan quickly left the rest area. After Christopher Nolan finished drinking coffee, he thought of the names of Ronan Anderson and Relativity Entertainment, and quickly went to the newspaper stand to look for it.

Today is Monday, and the first week of the film "Legend of the Night" should be released.

Christopher Nolan admires the dark style of the film very much, but also considers market acceptance in order to coordinate the idea and plan in his heart.

The box office is the most intuitive market reaction.

After taking a copy of "The Hollywood Reporter", which was just published this Monday, Christopher Nolan returned to his seat, quickly flipped through it, and found reports related to "Legend of the Night" and North American box office rankings.

"The Resident Evil, released in February, gave a good start to the new film released by Relativity Entertainment this year. The global box office of the film exceeds $150 million has greatly enhanced the status of Relativity Entertainment in the industry. "Legend of the Night" is the second film released by Relativity Entertainment this year, continuing the company's good development momentum."

"The Legend of the Night began to be released in North America on Friday. The scale of 2,950 theaters also ensures that the film can face most North American audiences. The film won $10.22 million in the first day of the film. In this relatively cold April, it injected a shot of a heart-warming agent into the ordinary film market."

Seeing this, Christopher Nolan gradually felt relieved, "Legend of the Night" should have been a success.

He continued to read the report.

"The performance of the film improved slightly on Saturday, with a box office of $10.61 million. In just two days, the North American box office has already matched the production cost."

"On Sunday, "The Legend of the Night" received another $8.29 million, and its box office in North America opened for three days was as high as $29.09 million, and it was airborne the North American box office champion!"

Christopher Nolan picked up the coffee cup and drank the coffee inside. He remembered the vague investigation he had when chatting with Ronan last time. Even the total investment in "Legend of the Night" was only about 30 million US dollars.

Such box office results mean another commercial success.

In other words, movies of this type have a certain audience.

Even if the shooting is characteristic enough, the dark wind is very likely to bring great success.

Christopher Nolan's thoughts became more and more determined, and his thoughts returned to the subject matter. After thinking for a while, he had no idea at all, so he went to read the newspaper in his hand again.

Seeing some statistics about "Legend of Night" later, Christopher Nolan shook his head. Although "Legend of Night" won the market, it lost its reputation.

"The Legend of the Night" got the b in the theater survey of inemasore; the rotten tomatoes are marked as rotten, with only 32% freshness; the average score of imdb audiences is 66 points..."

Christopher Nolan put aside this "Hollywood Reporter". Although the commercial success of "Legend of the Night" is certainly gratifying, for a director, what he needs is not only commercial success, but also praise and praise.

Otherwise, like Michael Bay, he likes, even if he wins all commercial achievements, he will still be called a bad movie director by countless people.

That's not what Christopher Nolan wants.

Christopher Nolan considered more, he wanted to achieve business success, and he also wanted to establish a good reputation and high reputation.

"Hi Chris."

A familiar greeting sounded, Christopher Nolan quickly came to his senses, looked in the direction where the sound came, and found that the person coming was Ronan.

"Hi, Ronan." He greeted Ronan: "Sit as you like. Why do you have time to come?"

Ronan pulled out his chair and sat opposite Christopher Nolan and said, "The night you left the theater and told me that you were inspired by the new film. I was very curious. I happened to have time today, come and ask."

He said bluntly: "I am a producer and a film company owner, and I can't miss every opportunity."

Christopher Nolan smiled and said, "It's just some preliminary ideas, and it's not mature yet."

Ronan asked curiously: "Can you talk? Is it convenient?"

Christopher Nolan pondered for a moment, thinking that the subject matter was not settled at all, and what was wrapped in his head was just the style of the film, so he didn't have to worry about the leakage of creativity. Moreover, the other party has filmed and released a dark-style film.

"When I was filming "White Night Chase", I was thinking about how to shoot the next movie." Christopher Nolan said slowly: "When I was filming in Alaska at that time, the extreme day brought me a lot of trouble, and I missed the darkness very much. At that time, I wanted to shoot a movie with a black theme or a dark style."

Ronan nodded slightly, but did not interrupt, but just listened to Christopher Nolan continue.

Christopher Nolan said again: "At the premiere of "The Legend of the Night", after I watched the film, this idea became stronger and stronger. The dark background of the film made me sure that the next film would be filmed in a purely dark style."

"So that's how it is." Ronan did not expect that "Legend of the Night" actually strengthened Christopher Nolan's idea: "Dark-style films actually have a market space for survival after they are shot..."

As a producer, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally the product attributes of the movie.

Christopher Nolan has seen this situation a lot, and the producers are completely different from their directors. The first thing they consider is never the artistic or ideological nature of the movie. After all, the producers are responsible to the investors, and the reason why investors invest in movies is to pursue commercial profits.

"The box office hit by "The Legend of the Night" proves this." Christopher Nolan is very confident: "As long as you choose the theme, dark style movie..."

He didn't say it, and he was just boasting about it.

Ronan understood what Christopher Nolan meant and asked directly: "Chris, have you chosen the theme? The dark style itself is a niche type. If the theme is chosen to be niche, the market prospects will not be great."

"I know." Christopher Nolan seemed very cautious: "So, I have never thought about the right subject matter. Many popular subject matters are not suitable for shooting into dark style. If unsuitable subject matters are used to shoot into dark style, the film is very likely to fail."

Ronan hugged his chest with one hand and pinched his chin with the other, and said, "It's really not easy to find a subject that is suitable for dark style."

Christopher Nolan nodded and echoed: "I thought about it a lot, and finally rejected it."

"Dark style! A story that happens in the night like "The Legend of the Night"." Ronan muttered to himself, his voice was not high, but it made Christopher Nolan hear: "Like Selena, all over his body? Even his heart and emotions are dark?"

His voice suddenly rose: "Chris, I thought of one."

"What?" asked Christopher Nolan.
Chapter completed!