Lewis' request was easy for Kevan. "I need you to put it out there that Microworks will be working together with Fantasy Utopia for 'Traveling Through Time,' the movie that you're shooting this year."
The momentum of Microworks buying the rights to "Traveling Through Time" was pretty big. Even people who did not bother paying attention to it would have heard of it. But Lewis knowing about it had exceeded Kevan's expectations. Even more so was the fact that Lewis mentioned Fantasy Utopia.
Kevan was familiar with the company, Fantasy Utopia. When they were shooting "Wormhole," he had once struggled to decide between Fantasy Utopia and Crescent Legend for their post-production team. Later, a movie that Crescent Legend had done the special effects for was screened, gaining pretty good box office sales, and their reputation began to surge too.
In order to ride out on this bit of success, the company brass decided on Crescent Legend as a bid for a favorable outcome.
Both companies worked well together, and "Wormhole" did not disappoint in breaking box office records. Hence, Crescent Legend was naturally chosen again for the post-production work for "Traveling Through Time."
"We've already signed with Crescent Legend though." Kevan frowned as he was in a dilemma.
If he could help, even if Lewis did not return the favor, he would do everything he could to help.
Except …
"I'm not asking you to really work together with Fantasy Utopia," Lewis explained. "Let me put it this way—it's just for Xavier Seymour to think that that's what you're going to do."
Xavier?
Kevan's frown deepened. He suddenly recalled that Cosmic was preparing to shoot "Migration to Mars," and that they seemed to be intending to work with Fantasy Utopia for post-production. Was Lewis trying to get him to mess this up by pretending?
The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed.
"I need to let Crescent Legend know," Kevan said.
Even if it was not real, he needed to think about his business partner's feelings. If they misunderstood him, the ones getting messed up would be them instead.
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