King of Hollywood Chapter 23: New movie (1)
Adrian feels very depressed. The girl is really beautiful. Although she is still young, her body is already well developed. It will definitely be a stunner in a few years. He should sign her in the name of the company. Then take it with me to cultivate and tune it well, and... But he didn't realize it because he was immersed in the pleasure of venting.
That’s right, the big words to the girl were indeed venting. He just started preaching, a very angry and unwilling emotion came up, and a scene flashed in his head. The life of Adrian also has the life experience of Zhang Haoxuan in the previous life-in a way, they can be regarded as the same life.
This emotion has always been hidden in the heart of Adrian, but it has always been suppressed in the corner for various reasons. However, as his success story gradually succeeded, this emotion was slowly released. If this is the case, it's okay. Although there is a lot of stagnation, there will always be a time when it will be released.
However, although the plans he made were for his first goal, he would feel the great attraction every time he re-examined it. Unconsciously, the position of the second goal in his heart began and The first goal was flat. Adrian firmly believed that he would certainly achieve his goals, but before that he had to compensate his old uncle with a smiley face, such a contrast, coupled with the words of the girl, he suddenly broke out.
This way is better. It's better to vent it than to release it slowly. God knows if there will be any other problems after a long time. It happened that he didn't know the girl, so many words could be shouted, which greatly eased his mood. However, I don’t know what will happen to the girl in the end. After all, I’m so arrogant because I have a cheater. If so... forget it, or don’t think about it, who knows? Maybe she will be better off in the future.
This world is so interesting. Sometimes you do your best to change some things, even if you know what will happen; sometimes you can change a person’s life with just a few words.
After sighing for a while on the bench, Adrian finally packed up his mood. Anyway, his goal was Hollywood. If he missed it, he missed it. And... he couldn’t help thinking of the hot carcass of Cate.
It is better to swallow it in your mouth first, Adrian said to herself.
After spending two days in New York, Adrian returned to the villa in Los Angeles, and the room was kept clean and tidy under the care of Mrs. Galen. After talking to Lavern, Dennis, and Claude respectively, he locked himself in the study and was busy.
Naturally, he is continuing his plagiarism. In addition to the novel versions of "Resident Evil", "Tomb Raider" and "The Matrix", he is also busy writing new movie scripts. According to his plan, the new film will start shooting at the end of October or early November, and it will take about three months to shoot and then send it to the Berlin Film Festival.
Anyway, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" is a sure thing to make a profit. Everyone will do it while winning. Of course, this kind of progress is indeed too fast, but Adrian has no other way. He is also forced to hurry up. Sometimes he can’t help but complain: if it is better to be a few years in the morning when he is reborn.
time passed quickly, and came to mid-October in the blink of an eye. Adrian is expected to be true. The two main viewing areas of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", the North American box office has reached 39 million so far, while the British box office has exceeded 20 million pounds!
can have such outstanding results, of course, because Adrian moved the original film, and Lavern's excellent operation is also one of the reasons. Although Adrian won the Venice Film Festival's Best Virgin Award-which is not good but not bad for a new director-most Americans are not interested in the Venice Film Festival. As for the gimmick of the American newcomer director making a pure British black humorous movie, it can attract a large number of cut film fans, but if you want to let most Americans pay for the movie theater, there is still some power.
However, Lavern did it, basically using all the available methods. In addition to focusing on the two points mentioned above, he also deliberately promoted the complex multi-line narrative used in the movie. technique. This trick is very useful, and the cost is not much, but the effect is very good. In the end, although there were only more than 100 movie theaters in the first week of release, there were 7 million at the box office on the weekend! It is important to know that the film cost and other various expenses are included in the film, but it is only in the early 1 million. Even if the final box office is only 7 million, Adrian still makes a profit.
But this is just the beginning. The screens released in the second week reached 500, and the total box office on the weekend quadrupled to 16 million! By mid-October, there were already 1,500 theaters, and the total box office hit 30 million. Many directors or producers were surprised by this.
"It's very simple, good movies will never lack an audience." Famous film critic Ronnie Gross concluded.
Adrian was surprised when he learned that, at least in his memory, only the British box office of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" was in the early 20s. But now only one month after its release, the British box office has already exceeded 20 million pounds, and North America's conservative estimate may eventually exceed 40 million US dollars!
"I have to admit, dear Laffer, I found a treasure." In the film company's conference room, Adrian sitting in a high-backed chair with his hands crossed smiled at his general manager.
"Thank you, Ed." Lavern nodded slightly. "Actually I am the same."
"Really?" Adrian raised an eyebrow.
"At least among the things I have experienced, I can produce a film with a cost of only $200,000 in two months and won the best virgin work award in Venice, while also getting $30 million in North America. There is currently only one at the box office." Laffern said quietly.
"Hah, Laffer, I don't know if you will flatter." Adrian laughed out loud.
"I'm talking about facts." Lavern still kept his peace.
"Well, don't talk about this, what do you think of my new script?" Adrian changed the subject.
"The story can only be considered good," Laffern said bluntly, but the words turned immediately. "But the shots are interesting. If the two aspects are combined, I cannot make a specific judgment."
"Yes, this time the focus is on editing, the quality of the story is very important, but the method of telling the story is also important." Adrian said Shi Shiran.
The door knocking sounded at this time, and the outside staff came in with permission: "Mr. Adrian, Mr. Dennis is here."
"Good, let him in." Adrian said quickly.
"Sorry, I'm late." Dennis quickly appeared at the door.
"It's okay, you just moved to Xilin District..." But I couldn't help laughing when I hadn't finished speaking Adrian.
"Damn it, Dan, what's the matter with you?" He stood up and looked at him funny.
"Is there anything wrong?" Dennis raised his hands, but followed his hand to pull his tie. Although a suit made him look handsome, I don't know why I always give others an awkward feeling. , Even the unsmiling Lavern shook his head and covered his mouth.
"I think that since there are important things today, it is natural to dress formally." Dennis said in a self-deprecating way, not covering up the helplessness in the tone.
"It looks like you should find a girlfriend." After he reached out to pull the collar again, Adrian smiled and said, "Okay, untie your tie. In addition, the collar is best opened, and the clothes are also Don't buckle up."
"Thank you." Without denying, Dennis directly untied his tie, and then opened the collar of the shirt and unbuttoned the suit as Adrian instructed, which immediately became pleasing to the eye.
"I have time to introduce several tailors for you. After tailoring, I believe that it is definitely more suitable than your current dress." Adrian continued.
A wry smile flashed from Dennis' face, and then nodded: "Thank you, Ed."
How could Adrian not notice his expression and greeted Dennis to sit down with a chuckle in his heart.
"There are two things, the first is this." He handed something out of his shirt pocket.
"This is..." When Dennis took over, his body shivered slightly.
"This is for me?" Although the tone tried hard to keep calm, the tremolo could not hide the other two present.
"Relax, it’s just 500,000~IndoMTL.com~Adrian understands his feelings. Obviously Dennis’s experience has never received such a large sum of money, even when he was shooting "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" before, it was only 10,000. The pay for dollars.
"But..." Dennis looked puzzled at what he wanted to say.
"This is the red envelope I gave you, everyone has it, and deserves to be rewarded for it, right?" Adrian spread his hand, "I originally planned to give you 1 million, but considering not to be worse than others It’s too far, so it’s cut in half. Well, relax, I’m sure you won’t take it a bit later, think about what those film critics say? Very good! Man, you’re famous!”
In Adrian's version of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", the most acclaimed acting is Ed played by Dennis, especially when the gambling is calculated after the "Axe" Harry came out, it is really excellent.
"Understood." Dennis took a deep breath, "So talk about the second one, the new movie?"
"Yes, I believe you have seen some scripts yesterday. I need you to lose about 100 pounds in a week. I will let Laffer arrange someone to guide you how to do it." Adrian said.
"No problem." Dennis agreed.
They had already talked about this when they were in Venice. At that time, Dennis agreed without hesitation, let alone now. After a few years of hardening, he knew when he should do what. Since luck is so good, he will not let go easily, so when the movie is well received, many people come to come to be his agent, and ask Adrian, the other party After letting him relax for a while, he immediately resigned from these people. Today's facts prove that his approach is completely correct!