King of Hollywood Chapter 161: Partner

"Speaking of Chinese food, I suddenly thought of a joke. One day, during the Dragon Boat Festival, a Chinese lady made some dumplings, and just came to the new neighbor next door. According to the convention, she sent some dumplings to their house. As a result, when I asked about it the next day, the hostess of the new neighbor said that the dumplings were delicious, but the lettuce outside was too hard." Adrian said slowly and comfortably while holding a porridge bowl.

Sitting opposite him and having breakfast in the suite, Gao Yuanyuan took about two seconds to react, and then laughed out loud, almost spouting the porridge in his mouth.

"I want Chinese food. In this respect, I believe that even the French can’t compare with it," Adrian continued after handing a tissue to her. "Sometimes I’m thinking, maybe I might consider making Make a food show to introduce Chinese food, how do you think the name China on the tongue sounds?"

"Well...not bad." Gao Yuanyuan simply replied and smiled, very cute.

Adrian didn't say anything, just looked at her without blinking. Gao Yuanyuan couldn't help lowering her head and seemed a little embarrassed, then heard him sigh.

"I was talking early this morning, don't you have anything to say?" Adrian asked.

"This..." The girl put down the bowl in her hand and didn't seem to know what to say. After all, they didn't know it before last night.

"I just... I still... don't know you." Gao Yuanyuan said softly.

"That's right... too." Adrian rubbed his chin. "Why not? I will stay here for a few more days. After the official event, I have to get to visit those famous attractions. The last time I was in a hurry, I could not make the trip. I remember you introduced yourself last night and said it is here People, right? Why not be my guide for a few days."

"Do...to be a tour guide?" The girl couldn't help but widen her eyes and her throat shook obviously. She still understood the meaning of the words.

"Yes, guide." Adrian's tone was very relaxed, as if she just wanted her to be a guide.

"This...I still have work. Kewell...Ed." Gao Yuanyuan didn't directly refuse, but said low and low, using chopsticks to draw the delicate side dishes in front of her.

"Jin Yong’s TV series "Eternal Dragon Sword?" Adrian asked, and then smiled in her puzzled eyes: "You said last night, this is indeed a good martial arts novel, I have also read it, Jin Yong He has read all 12 novels, and he is very good at telling stories. But I don’t like Zhang Wuji’s character very much. The performance in the new version is not as good as the old one."

"Old version?" Gao Yuanyuan showed a curious look.

"Yes, Jin Yong began to serialize the first edition in Ming Pao," Adrian explained to her with a smile. "In this version, Zhang Wuji finally became the head of the Emei School."

"The head of the Emei faction?" The girl couldn't believe it, "You shouldn't be..."

"Is it regarded as "Swordsman"? Of course not." Adrian laughed, which made Gao Yuanyuan blush, "but I think it is because the same bridge is used in "Swordsman". Once, so Jin Yong removed this paragraph when it was revised. If you have the opportunity, you may wish to find out the old version. See what is different from the current new version."

At this point, the phone rang, Adrian got up and walked over and pressed hands-free, Ivanka's slightly cold voice immediately came out: "Time is coming, sir, Mr. Wang is on the way."

Although she did not attend the dinner last night. But it does not mean that she does not know that there are other women around him at the moment, so she is called by Mr. instead of Ed on the phone.

"Okay, I will come out soon." Adrian agreed, and then turned off the phone and turned to Gao Yuanyuan, "This is not a difficult matter, just ask the crew for another leave, I'm looking for someone to tell them. , Mr. Wang Zhongjun should be willing to do me a favor."

The girl who was about to speak then closed her mouth again. And Adrian, who put his clothes on, continued to say: "Today I will go to the new picture company to observe the new work directed by Zhang Yimou. You can also go together. This is very rare."

After hearing Zhang Yimou’s name, Gao Yuanyuan bit his lips obviously, hesitated for a few seconds and finally agreed quietly.

Somewhat decisive. The Adrian in his eyes shrugged, with some regrets and some relief. It is already very good to find a lot of white lotus roots in the muddy pond that can be appreciated and cause appetite.

After fixing this matter and fixing it up, Adrian immediately took Gao Yuanyuan away from the China Hotel where he was staying, and drove to the Chaoyang District where the new picture is located.

"I'm so sorry. I drank too much last night. I hope it doesn't affect your rest." Wang Zhongjun, who arrived at the same time, noticed Gao Yuanyuan, who came with Adrian, his eyes lit up and said pun.

"Of course not, but also to thank Mr. Wang for his enthusiasm," Adrian also smiled and meaningfully replied, "Oh, I don’t know if Mr. Wang and the crew of Yi Tian Tu Long Ji are familiar."

"What's the matter?" Wang Zhongjun showed a curious look at the girl who followed him.

"I want to communicate with the person in charge of the crew and take more days off for Yuanyuan. I hope she can serve as my tour guide in Beijing in the next few days." Adrian explained, very straightforward.

Wang Zhongjun slightly raised his eyebrows, which seemed a little surprised, but then he smiled: "No problem."

After that, two of the new pictures also saw Gao Yuanyuan, but they were just surprised and didn’t bother to ask. This kind of thing is too normal. Although Adrian is a foreigner, he speaks fluent Chinese and knows the mainland very well. In many cases, they do not subconsciously consider him a foreigner.

After a few conversations, I went straight to the theme and went to the screening room. Although the new screen covers two floors in this business building, there are not many screening rooms, but not many people participated. In addition to the director and producer, the Wang brothers and Adrian plus his secretary Ivanka and temporary bed partner Gao Yuanyuan.

As I said last time, Zhang Yimou has a set of colors in the lens structure of the picture. In this respect, he did not lose to Li An at all. The various classic scenes and various fights shown in "Hero" The good thing is that the special effects are a bit rotten. When the nameless and the sky show off, the picture of the sky is pierced by the puff of water that is lifted up. It is a bit strange to see, but the flaws are not concealed, and aside some problems in the plot. For Chinese movies, the overall is still very good.

Interestingly, the lines in many places are different from those in Adrian's memory, the most obvious is the period when Qin turned back to his nameless. There is no more creepy "widowed enlightenment", "is peace", "is not war", replaced by a monologue, the central meaning is similar to what Adrian originally proposed, I did not expect the residual sword to be my confidant, However, the grammar is more ancient. Also corrected Adrian's original mistake-this time it was King Qin instead of the first emperor, so he claimed to be a widow and not me.

Think about it too. A foreigner actually said that this dialogue is not ancient enough, which is very inconsistent. He also dragged a paragraph of ancient text in vain, as long as the director, screenwriter and producer have that point. It is inevitable to recover the face.

As for the performances of the actors, it can only be said that they are not bad. After all, this movie does not focus on this. Although Lin Chiling’s plays are not many, he still showed a lot of style in the first story. Speaking. Adrian originally planned to stay Lin Zhiling, but she is still busy with the movie, and it is the role that Lin Xilei has won for her, but this time it was won on the bed at Adrian.

Because of her inherent advantages, she saw the script of the second part of "The Fast and the Furious" very early and immediately proposed to Adrian. The female undercover police can be changed to Chinese. This is indeed a viable idea, plus Lin Xilei's all-round catering in bed, and Lin Zhiling also cooperated after knowing, Adrian agreed.

But looking at Gao Yuanyuan around her, it's a good thing she didn't follow.

The topic comes back to the movie. From Lin Zhiling's lens, you can see the level of Laomouzi. At the same time, it is a big red dress, and it is also a double-armed curved sword. The strong color that Lin Zhiling showed in the lens is completely different from the one in Adrian's memory. It can't be said who is better, but the impact has a very different key point.

So, apart from telling stories, the only thing Lao Mouzi lacks is vision. I remember that some people commented in the previous life that different people showed different things when they described a thing. "Hero" holds the view that "the unification of tyrants is always better than the melee of various countries", while Kurosawa's "Rashomon" The view held is "Everyone is making up lies for their own interests, and the truth of the world is unknown."

One is a political viewpoint that is not particularly convincing, and the other is the dilemma and sorrow that humanity has always faced. Although it is not comparable at the box office, among film critics who talk about "art", "Hero" Generally, "Rawson" is a classic. It’s not that Lao Mouzi can’t do it. Before that, his movies were quite good in this respect. Unfortunately, China is so big. It’s not easy to find a director who can make commercial movies. responsibility.

Laomouzi will try his best to make the movie look good, and will try to compile stories as much as possible, and the "mantou case" is completely a product of self-expansion. It is a pity that he is not Ang or Taiwanese, has not received Western education, nor has he mixed up with seniority in Hollywood, nor can he easily reach an investment of tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars, so in many eyes he is destined to be inferior to Ang.

Although Adrian doesn’t look at it that way, he doesn’t plan to do anything more. He just mentions how to go next. That’s his own business.

Pappa, after the light came on, the applause rang, Adrian took the lead in applauding, and then Zhang Weiping and Wang Brothers applauded.

"Very good, very good, although there are some minor flaws, but I believe this is already the highest level in China." Adrian praised without hesitation, "Can you listen to your arrangements?"

Two Zhang exchanged glances, and Zhang Weiping immediately opened his mouth: "The publicity here has been arranged and will be released in the Chinese New Year in December. For North America, we would like to listen to Mr. Kewell's opinions first. "

"Okay, let me briefly talk about it," Adrian smiled, "I plan to schedule the screening of "Heroes" in Los Angeles at the end of December. In order to get an Oscar ticket, and then for a period of time The low-intensity hype continued to increase gradually after the Oscars, and finally scheduled to be released between May and September according to the specific situation-what do you think?"

Two pictures are silent.

"If the situation is not optimistic, it may be postponed." Adrian no matter what they are thinking, continue to say, "Although I am very optimistic about this movie, but I can not represent all Americans, so if necessary , Will definitely postpone and carry out appropriate long-term hype. Don't worry too much. This situation is very common."

Zhang Weiping looked at Wang Zhongjun at this time. Although he could handle domestic affairs, he lacked understanding of overseas markets, so he had to ask his current rival Huayi for help. For the new screen, it doesn't matter whether "Heroes" makes money in North America. Anyway, the copyright there has been sold out to Universal, but if the box office is too low, even "Big Arms" is not as good. The face is not very beautiful.

Because of the involvement of Adrian, the new screen is now very close to Huayi, which is why the Brothers Wang came to watch the "Heroes" trial screening. But because of this, the signs of competition have grown a lot, after all, Adrian said last time, at present he is only optimistic about Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou in China. And Feng Xiaogang is a bit more local, the implication is that Lao Mouzi can be more international.

In this case, although the two sides are close, they must serve their own interests. Despite this, it is only Huayi who currently knows more about North America. Before the release of "Big Arms", they were followed throughout.

"I agree with Mr. Kewell, I think Global's distribution ability is trustworthy." Wang Zhongjun nodded with certainty.

In this case, there is nothing to say about the two. Zhang Weiping believes that at this time Huayi should not dismantle its own station. There has not been a Chinese movie that can be released in North America in a few years. One thing is internal, and another is external.

After that, I talked about it for a while. Adrian said goodbye to the details of the various needs of "Heroes" and the views of North American foreign movies. But when he came, he was in a car with Ivanka and Gao Yuanyuan. When he went back, he was in the car of the Wang brothers.

"China's entertainment market is not yet fully formed. Whoever starts early will get the right shot, who will get a big cake in this market." On the way back. Adrian sitting side by side with Wang Zhongjun said so.

"That's right, but," Wang Zhongjun pushed his glasses. "The benefits are great and the risks are great, right?"

"Yes," Adrian expressed affirmation, but his face has not changed. "So it is better to change the thinking and shape this market, rather than just meddling in a slice of soup."

Wang Zhongjun immediately raised his eyebrows, and Wang Zhonglei in the front passenger seat also glanced at him through the rearview mirror.

"This-I am afraid it is not so easy," Wang Zhongjun narrowed his eyes with a smile. "This requires a lot of strength and a lot of experience."

"Strength can accumulate slowly, as long as you seize the opportunity, the media can develop to the present level in a short time, just because you have seized every opportunity in the past ten years." Adrian said nothing, "As for experience , I think we can complement each other, don't we?"

"I can't think of Mr. Kewell being so optimistic about Huayi." Wang Zhongjun gave a haha.

"Frankly speaking, I don’t have much ability in business. Except for one thing, my vision has always been very good, and I can get rich returns for each long-term investment, such as Apple, such as Google, such as ——Baidu.” Adrian smiled slightly and looked directly into his eyes. “I am really optimistic about Huayi. Mr. Wang, I know China very well. I am not Murdoch. I have never thought of controlling the media here, even if You are willing, and the government will not agree. I need partners, and I need to be able to Fallout the entire mainland of China, and in the future Fallout the entire Asian partner! For this reason, I don’t mind making some early investment, even if it may be cultivated in the future Competitors, please don’t doubt my sincerity.”

Speaking of being paused here for a few seconds, Adrian turned its eyes to the window: "Look, I helped you release "Big Wife" in North America, and you helped me hype the Harry Potter series in China. Autumn’s cast selection may help the series to be released in China in the future. This is a good start."

Liu Yufei now has a lot of popularity in China~IndoMTL.com~ The "Harry Potter and the Magic Stone" released at the beginning of this year made the whole series quickly hot on the mainland, so after the first love of Harry The role-casting activity of ethnic origin has received great attention under a little hype. Growing up in mainland China, her mother is a well-known dancer. She was a British citizen two years ago. She is lovely and beautiful. These conditions are very attractive to Chinese people who desire to be recognized.

Besides, it has kept a low profile before, and among the girls who took the opportunity to hype, it was hardly noticed, so the surprise caused by the final public is quite large, not only various media are competing to report, but also online God, even fans have made official websites.

In this regard, Huayi has helped a lot behind the scenes. Although the hype is sometimes very naive, but overall it is doing well. The official website is also where they promote it. When Adrian transmitted the data to them, although they did not express it, they still understood the meaning. From this point of view, Huayi is indeed a very good partner.

With the words of Adrian, the car was silent, and after a long while, Wang Zhongjun, who seemed to be thinking, spoke again: "I have a very strange feeling, Mr. Kewell, how do I... seem to be talking to a Chinese Business?"

Adrian laughed with laughter: "I am honored to hear you say that, Mr. Wang." (To be continued...)