King of Hollywood Chapter 132: Don’t **** say I didn’t do anything for you

>As I said before, the current film market in mainland China is still dominated by big directors. An excellent director who can be sold by people can support a company. In the eyes of Adrian, there are only two people in the mainland movie circle who have this qualification, one is Feng Xiaogang, and the other is naturally Zhang Yimou who is older than Feng Xiaogang.

Although he has made many in-depth movies in the past ten years, he can make a keen transformation when commercialization is coming-no matter whether this transformation is stimulated or whether the supervisor has this need. Well, no matter his transformation is not very successful, but at least it also has a profound impact on the mainland movie market. On one point, even if there are problems such as him, it is worthy of admiration.

As for the other directors, the so-called chapter 132 is born. Chapter 10 Don’t fuck. I said that I didn’t do anything for you. The eyes of the family are all above the top. I always want to express my profoundness in my movies. The meaning of it does not matter what the audience feels. But those who go north are unacceptable, and every time they produce a movie, they must be cut off by a certain board. Although Adrian doesn't wait to see a certain game, he can't make a suitable movie even under the rules and regulations. How good is his ability? With so many excellent directors in Hollywood, except for a handful of people, which one is not squeezed out by the producer? Wu Baige has to obey the producer's arrangement when he arrives in Hollywood.

So although the new screen is much worse than Huayi Brothers and Bona Films in terms of funding, Adrian still makes people secretly invest in part, which is one of the reasons why he is optimistic about Huayi Brothers. Feng Xiaogang is one step ahead of Zhang Yimou, but Huayi's funds and connections are stronger than the new screen, and its establishment time is earlier, and the prospects are naturally brighter-this has been proved by "facts".

As for Bona Films, there are no well-known directors, and there is no Poly acquisition yet, which is not a rival of Huayi Brothers. The access stocks between Adrian are just for the sake of the future, and the other two media companies that can compete with Huayi have not yet been established. Chapter 132 Chapter 10 Don’t **** say I didn’t do anything for you, so this time Bona The film industry and Yu Dong have become thorough escorts.

However, he should have no idea in his heart. He knows his own affairs. Even Zhang Yimou took the initiative to return to the capital from Jiuzhaigou after getting the Adrian trip, not to mention his new company that was established in two or three years.

"How to say? There is no plan for the time being, but I do have this idea." Facing Zhang Yimou's inquiry, Adrian who took a mouthful of tea said with a smile, "From the director's point of view, I think this can be tried. ."

The companion Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou did not respond. The presidents of the three companies all exchanged glances. Wang Zhonglei asked Adrian if he was interested in releasing "Big Wrist" in North America, but he just wanted to try it. He didn't expect it but got a positive answer. Several people were surprised and excited. Who didn't want to enter What about the American market? But at the moment Adrian said that it was from the "director's point of view", so what exactly does he mean? Is it just talking, or is it just personal opinion, not the media's idea?

The Adrian with all these expressions in his heart chuckled in his heart and continued to speak to Zhang Yimou: "I have seen Mr. Zhang's new script from A Jie and Zhi Ling, and frankly. Very interesting."

After hearing this sentence, everyone at the scene exchanged different eyes, but Zhang Yimou was only more excited. That’s right, he is now officially shooting in Jiuzhaigou because he was stimulated by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon And the planned big production "Hero". This is an ambitious work, so when a partner in Hong Kong proposed to invite Jet Li as the lead actor, he immediately moved after confirming that he could be contacted.

And this time Jet? Lee happened to film the "The Matrix" here at Adrian, and originally wanted to quit because of his inseparability. But after Adrian knows, it is advisable to move on. Since he has long been a shareholder, he still pays a lot of attention to the actions on the mainland side. When Feng Xiaogang invited Donald Sutherland to appear in "Big Wrist", he was the line he had Bosworth led, and he also had a certain degree of "Big Wrist". investment.

Jett? Lee also knows that Adrian is for his sake. Anyway, the mainland is his foundation. Since it did not affect the filming of "The Matrix", and it had been rejected once before, I finally agreed.

It's no coincidence that soon after this incident, Lin Zhiling received the same invitation. With her jade dragon, she is now resounding in the Chinese circle, and Jiang Zhiqiang, who cooperated with the new picture in Hong Kong, also participated in the release of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". After Jay Lee agreed, he immediately invited Hong Kong and Taiwan The actor participated in the performance, and by the way, recommended Lin Chiling. Since Chen Daoming has appeared in King Qin on the mainland side. Then, like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it is appropriate to have another cooperation between the three sides of the Taiwan Strait, so Zhang Yimou had to give up his new recruit girl and let people contact Lin Zhiling.

But Lin Zhiling refused without thinking. After appearing in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", she is also regarded as an international star, and she has gained a lot of fame in the United States. It is inevitable that she will be proud. Coupled with being born in Taiwan, it is natural to dismiss the invitation from the mainland. Fortunately, she has an excellent agent. She has to say that Lin Xilei is very brainy. She is indeed very suitable for the agent business rather than being an actor. She firmly remembered the Adrian’s advice that Lin Zhiling’s greatest value was still reflected in the Chinese circle, so she didn’t refuse it as soon as she meant it, but took the script to find Adrian, and Adrian naturally let Lin Zhiling agree to even down. Let her suspend her intention to become a US citizen.

No matter how people evaluate the movie "Heroes" in previous lives, it is indeed a milestone in mainland movies, such as the opening of the blockbuster era of the mainland movie circle, such as getting a pretty good box office in North America, etc. Since Adrian If you want to open up the Chinese film market, there is no reason to let this movie go, right? As for the girl who seeks to go, let's continue to hang out in the mainland movie circle.

"Excuse me, Mr. Kewell, what do you think of my script... what about it?" Zhang Yimou put out an open-minded advice.

"Education is impossible," Adrian waved his hand. "After all, it is still a script. It takes a lot of effort to turn the text into the language of the camera. It is just some analysis and interpretation from a personal perspective."

"Is it?" Zhang Yimou was very curious. To be honest, this character from the United States, who is the owner of a large media group and a director resounding the world, gave him a lot of surprise tonight. from. The understanding of Chinese culture far exceeds the average Westerner.

"So, in my opinion, you and Stanley Kubrick are the same type of director." Adrian said after thinking about it.

The others are nothing, but Zhang Yimou, who has participated in many film festivals, immediately showed a surprised expression. The Wang brothers, Feng Xiaogang, and others may not know the status of Kubrick, but he can’t do it. But Adrian actually used Kubrick to compare with him, and he was also a deadly director. How could Zhang Yimou not be flattered, he made a few meaningless gestures and laughed twice: "This is too exalting me Right."

"I think it's appropriate. You are indeed directors of the same genre." Adrian aggravates the bet of the word "genre", "You know, I directed a movie for Kubrick, so I He knows him very well, and then understands all aspects of Chinese filmmakers because of his focus on the Chinese market. Of course, you as one of the representative figures are certainly not small. I think you and Kubrick are very similar in many ways. "

After aggravating his authority, he paused and glanced at everyone in the parlor. Adrian continued again: "For example, good at using colors, especially particularly brilliant colors, red and rhubarb, very good, the composition is very delicate and in place, full of appeal, impact, and the soundtrack is always right. Also, you and Kubrick started with photography. But..."

He lengthened his voice slightly, and his smile became somewhat unpredictable: "The best thing about Kubrick is that he only adapted other people's works."

"You mean..." Zhang Yimou, after all, who has touched the camera since the 1980s, could not hear the meaning of Adrian, but he frowned and was obviously unacceptable.

"I tell the truth, please don't be angry. But please think about it, Mr. Zhang, your best movies so far, the most praised movies, that is not an adaptation of a novel or a real person. Things?" Adrian shrugged. "This has a very big advantage is that it is convenient for people to watch movies better, based on the original works. It is easier for people to understand what the story describes, and it is easier for the director to be in a The perfect framework will better translate the text into the language of the movie. In fact, I personally prefer the end of the movie version of "Living".

Despite the lack of interest in the Wang brothers, Zhang Yimou and his partner Zhang Weiping were fascinated.

"Now talk about the script of "Hero"." Adrian finally said this topic. "In addition to the original script, I had Zhilin faxed me a few revised copies. From the text, it was very good. , I can almost draw a picture in my mind. However, there are also a lot of people... uncoordinated feelings-don’t mind if I say two things?"

"Of course you don't mind, you're done." Zhang Yimou hurriedly stated.

"When I saw King Qin turning around and revealing his back to the nameless, the calligraphy that looked at the remnant sword for a long time, I suddenly came to a sentence, "I don't realize it, it's peace, it's not fighting", how do you feel?" Adrian smiled all eyes Meaning, "It seems that a nine-god **** thunder came down from the sky and beat the whole person softly. The only thing I can think of is: I rely on it, which is also a bit light."

Feng Xiaogang on the other side suddenly laughed out loudly. Although he covered his mouth in time, everyone else also chuckled. Adrian was originally interesting, but then a Westerner suddenly appeared in the mouth of a Beijing film, and it seemed a little funny.

Zhang Yimou grabbed his head a little embarrassedly, but continued to speak without waiting for him to speak Adrian: "This really gives people a very uncoordinated feeling, and it might even be better to come to a paragraph: Since I assumed the throne, I have worked hard Although Feng Yan is doing everywhere, nothing more than what Jian Jian thinks is the word'stop Ge', so it seems that my confidant is actually an assassin."

Some words suddenly changed the eyes of the people present. They were already very dear to this American. I didn’t expect to even say a few words without saying anything, even though this paragraph should be put in ancient times. There is no literacy at all, but it is an American who can speak, or the boss of a large media group!

"If you want to, you can write a little article here to make Qin Wang look like he wants to gamble and bet on the world without a name, so he deliberately turned his back and used words to run." Adrian didn't care to continue Having said that, "Anyway, the executive audience you are facing is still Chinese, you first have to make them look comfortable. Isn't it?"

"Um..." Zhang Yimou pinched the bridge of his nose, "I...I will consider...I will be serious..."

"Don’t be so nervous, Mr. Zhang," Adrian laughed, "I just recommend it. After all, you are the director and producer of the movie. You need to decide what to do. I believe this will be a A very good movie, like your previous work, like Mr. Feng's "Big Wrist", it should be worth releasing in North America."

Hearing this sentence. Everyone's spirit was shocked again, and they all showed a listening look, which they most wanted to know, or this. The Adrian in my eyes couldn't help but laughed in my heart. The situation tonight is basically under control. Looking at their expressions, I know that the effect is very good, and I don't use his pretentiousness, although this is some of their subconscious... Things are related, but it is also related to the preparation of Adrian.

Since that was the case, he immediately changed the subject. Without giving them a chance to intervene, they chatted for a few more minutes and then said goodbye on the grounds that the jet lag had not completely settled.

"What the **** does he mean?" As soon as Adrian left, Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but ask himself about his elder brother, regardless of Zhang Weiping's presence.

"Don’t worry, don’t they have to stay here for two days? Let’s look at the situation," Wang Zhongjun said, frowning. "I also just wanted someone to collect some more information about Adrian?Kewell."

In fact, the period of time before Adrian and Zhang Yimou were chatting was enough for them to analyze, but only now they still have no possible results. The key lies in the identity of Adrian. What exactly does he say as the media boss? Or say this as an international director? Different identities mean different things. If you can't figure out the other party's attitude, you will not be able to respond appropriately, and you will make yourself appear passive.

Adrian also knows this. This was the situation he had created, how could it be unclear how depressed they were. In fact, he didn’t have any other thoughts. He mainly knocked them a bit in the mystery of mystery and observed the reaction by the way. Although he had briefed on holding companies in several companies, he did not have any idea about specific matters, but in North America. The release of "Big Arms" and "Heroes" is already set.

The latter is needless to say, the memory has proved everything. That ranked third in the box office list of foreign films in North America. In the former, although the appearance of a Chinese-style citizen may not be to the appetite of Americans, those funny bridges, such as the satire of ubiquitous advertising, or the last two satires of making websites for real estate. It will not be difficult to understand, of course, the fight against piracy must be deeply rooted.

It may not be a big sale, but as long as the schedule is appropriate and the promotion is proper, a few hundred to ten million gains will be enough. Adrian will not use the bad tricks of Weinstein.

Harvey Weinstein has always been concerned about Asian films. Many Hong Kong films in North America were released or bought out by Miramax, but he has a common trick for the North American distribution rights of Asian films: The high price is higher than the tone of many people's hearts, so others don't **** it from him when they see it, but he began to procrastinate after giving a little deposit. It was too late to sell it to others, and then he went to the producer of the movie and sold it at a very low price.

Adrian is not clear whether this is also the case for "Heroes". I roughly searched through the memory and found no relevant content, only the information that was bought out by Miramax. But now that Weinstein is running around under his arrangements, he has no time to intervene in the mainland, so he is too lazy to find it again. However, he still has some impressions that Feng Xiaogang called Wei Weinstein a liar, and he just turned it out of his memory.

In fact, this is no big deal. Weinstein is not wrong in doing so. Every producer is trying his best for his own interests. As a mainland film producer, shouldn’t we investigate in advance? Instead of Adrian, you should take advantage of enough movies and try your best to distribute them in North America. First of all, cultivate some fans. Then, maybe it’s not appetizing for Westerners~IndoMTL.com~ But there are so many Chinese. Just like the story of selling shoes on the desert island, the market can be cultivated. Isn't Hollywood doing this on the mainland now?

Of course, this should be based on the fact that mainland China has enough high-quality movies. Unfortunately, apart from Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, there are not many people in mainland China who tell stories well. Even Zhang Yimou’s storytelling is not as good as Feng Xiaogang’s, but he is very good at the picture, lens and soundtrack, and Feng Xiaogang’s style is too localized. It can be seen as a singularity for more times, but Americans will get tired .

As long as most directors in China still hold the knowledge of Europe, the film must have a profound and unrealistic idea of ​​exposing the theme of society. The above strategy is simply not feasible. Speaking of it, whether it is Zhang Yimou or Feng Xiaogang, they are all non-technical students, which is really...very interesting.

The reason why Adrian did this, in addition to opening up the Chinese market and laying aside foreshadowing for the future, has another important reason.

"Don’t **** say I didn’t do anything for you," after returning to the room, walked to the window and looked at the night view outside. Adrian touched his chin and said in Chinese, "If Adou doesn’t want to stand up, who will help?" It's useless." (To be continued) Q! ! !