King of Hollywood Chapter 25: Big boat preparation

"What are you laughing, Ed?" Don Simpson, who was standing next to Adrian and talking with Jerry Brookheimer, first discovered his smile, and then looked curiously at the direction of his gaze.

"Nothing," Adrian turned his head, and the smile on his face remained undiminished. "I bet Michael? Bay must be thinking at this time: Stare, I will surpass you sooner or later."

"Want to surpass James? That's not easy," Simpson looked over there and shrugged. "Mike is indeed a very talented director, but it's a long way from James. He is too obsessed with the dazzling and hot pictures, and always wants to make the movie look cooler and more impactful, thus neglecting to promote the development of the plot."

You have to admit that Simpson talked about Michael Bay’s weakness, and the problem persisted until a few years later and was holding him back.

"It is always good for young people to be aggressive, even if there are such shortcomings, as long as he is aware of nature, he will find ways to correct it. Didn't Jerry grow up under your guidance?" Adrian said. Although he does not think that Michael Bay will really make adjustments deep in his heart, who knows that he will follow his memory in the future?

"It's true," Simpson nodded, then looked at him with a sound, "Wait, you seem to belong to a young man, Ed? Not to mention Jerry, Mike seems to be two years older than you. Right?"

"Why, allow you and Jerry to sell old, but not allow me to do this?" Adrian asked jokingly.

"Hey, I didn't say anything." Jerry Bruckheimer, who was involved inexplicably, raised his hands.

The three of them laughed together. Adrian glanced away and said goodbye. After taking two steps, he turned his head and said: "I believe this will definitely be a blockbuster movie, Tang, so Are you interested to cooperate again?"

Simpson looked at Adrian with a surprised look: "What good idea do you have, Ed?"

"Yes, a very exciting and hot and shocking story, I have already picked the producer and the director." Adrian said, looked at Brookheimer and looked at the card in the distance. Michael Bay, who is talking to Mellon, has made this very clear. "Even if I even have three protagonists, I believe that if I continue to work together, this will be another popular movie."

"Can you tell me about the idea?" Simpson immediately became interested.

"Now? Let's wait until the premiere of "Jedimen" is over, and I just summarized this idea systematically to better explain to you," Adrian smiled and turned away , "Lost company."

Simpson shrugged his shoulders, although he was a bit sorry but didn’t care. Adrian said so, then he would discuss it after he came up with specific ideas. The young man has proved his words with many facts. What is said is true.

"Oh, sorry, my boyfriend is here." Before waiting for Adrian to come to the bar, the long-haired girl who found his trail dropped the man who was talking to him and came over, holding his arm. Then a sweet smile appeared.

Adrian was a little surprised, but it didn’t show up on her face. She looked at her with a smile: "Did I bother you?"

"You never told me that you already have a boyfriend." The man who looked between 20 and 30, who was still somewhat handsome, was suddenly disappointed and somewhat unwilling, and completely ignored it. The existence of Adrian.

"Am I not?" The girl thought for a while and then smiled, "Sorry, I may have forgotten."

"How come here, Liv Tyler? I am looking for you everywhere." By this time, how could Adrian not understand what was going on, immediately asked in an intimate tone, and at the same time leaned on her pretty face Kissed it.

"I think you are talking happily and don't want to disturb, so I went around alone." Liv Tyler shrugged.

"I'm sorry, my dear, I left you cold, can you give me a chance to apologize?" Adrian said in a sincere tone, Liv Tyler quickly glanced at the man, pretending to think, and then smiled playfully. : "Okay."

Adrian immediately took her to another place and smiled politely at the man. Although the guy had no one in sight, he couldn’t. The other party immediately raised his hands, said something cursingly, and left in the opposite direction.

"This is your date? Not interesting at all." Adrian just turned his gaze, and Liv Tyler asked with dissatisfaction.

"What's wrong? Is there something annoying in the movie's premiere?" Adrian asked puzzled.

"No, but it’s like a party. I thought I could see something else." Liv Tyler said with a lip in his mouth. "I’ve been to a party since I was born. It’s enough. In addition to the party in life, Can there be something else?"

He said that there was a pause here. She looked around and said again: "Of course, I admit that this premiere is indeed different from the party, but... I only held a birthday party a few days ago. , So..."

Liv Tyler made a gesture and didn't speak anymore, but put her mouth away but didn't put it down, which made her playful and cute.

"It is a pity that I failed to participate on July 1st, otherwise it will definitely make the atmosphere of the whole party warmer," Adrian said with a smile, "I hope you will like my birthday gift."

"Not bad, but you are wasting the opportunity I gave you, Ed," Liv Tyler suddenly shook his arm away and looked at him with his arms akimbo, "I will not say anything since I agreed to drag it until now , I can ignore the perfunctory of the previous two appointments, but if this is the case, I have to say goodbye to you."

Interesting girl. Looking at the girl's pair of blue eyes with a little dissatisfaction, Adrian's eyes narrowed slightly, and then smiled: "So, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will take you to a very beautiful place, you will like it."

"Really?" Liv Tyler blinked and hesitated unexpectedly.

The surprised Adrian was about to say something. Cameron’s voice suddenly came over: "Hey, Ed, it turns out that you are here. No wonder I couldn’t find your silhouette over there."

"It looks like you finally got rid of them." Adrian smiled and shook hands with him.

"Fortunately, where did you find such a newcomer to be a director? That kid has a lot of thoughts about special effects." Cameron talked endlessly, only to find that Liv Tyler was standing by Adrian, "This Yes?"

"There are always a lot of people looking for you, I will not bother you, Ed, I am waiting for our appointment." Liv Tyler immediately made a grimace, and waited for the opening of Adrian to go away quickly.

"Liv Tyler? Taylor, the heroine of the movie I collaborated with Tim Burton." Adrian explained this way.

Cameron made a meaningful sound, he seemed to want to say something about it, but after looking at Adrian, the question he asked was the original one: "How is it now?"

Although this question is confusing, Adrian knows what he cares about. Cameron’s place will come to participate in the premiere of "Jedimen". In addition to being invited by Adrian, One reason is that the box office of "True Lies" in North America has already approached $100 million.

The Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee still affected the box office of the movie to a certain extent, but it did not prevent the "Real Lies" from being shown. Almost everyone knew that after the third week, it was a sure thing that the North American box office broke 100 million. It’s the overseas box office, because the consistent ban of the Arab countries may lose some parts, but in terms of the film itself, it is no longer a problem to recover the cost, and now there are only things left to make more, so Cameron can’t wait to find it again. Adrian.

"Very good," Adrian smiled, but then talked about another topic, "How has been the past six months, James?"

"Good, what's wrong?" Cameron answered patiently, although he didn't understand why he asked this.

"I mean, are there any interesting activities? Such as traveling or something." Adrian continued to ask with a gesture.

"Of course, Linda and I went to Hawaii for a vacation early last month. We deliberately went to a deeper diving area. The world under the ocean is really beautiful." Cameron recalled.

"That's not necessarily true," Adrian smiled. "In a deeper place, it's dark, there are so few creatures, no beauty at all, such as the one where the world's largest ship sank decades ago. Place."

"The largest ship in the world at that time?" Cameron froze, followed by his eyes lit up. He had been wondering why Adrian had said these things with him since the beginning of the conversation. How could he not respond now.

"Do you want to make a movie about Titanic?" His tone brought excitement.

"You also know that last weekend, "Twister" as a disaster film simply pulled "True Lies" to the top of the North American box office list, so I want to produce-or find you to make and Director of a disaster movie related to Titanic," Adrian said straightforwardly, "Of course, it is not completely a disaster. You can also add a touching love story, such as the poor boy and the rich girl. What’s more important -"

He made a long pause. After seeing Cameron’s appetite hanging, he continued: "I personally invested 200 million yuan for shooting. I don’t care how you spend it. You can rent a submarine to go to the bottom of the sea. Look closely at the wreckage from a close distance, you can also make a 1:1 oversized model ship for shooting, you can even spend three to four years to make, I just see a beautiful thing that can shock and marvel the world The super big production is all right-don't tell me, you can't"

"200 million dollars? Are you sure?" Even a madman like Cameron couldn't help swallowing after hearing this condition, his eyes were fixed on Adrian, afraid he would tell next He is just a joke.

"Yes, $200 million, you can squander." Adrian spread his hands, "This is definitely not a joke, James, I said I want to work with you to create a miracle, then I can definitely say that I can do it."

Following, he added another sentence: "Of course, only 200 million US dollars"

Although in Adrian's memory, the final cost of this unprecedented production was 240 million, he only gave a budget of 200 million. Once this guy Cameron burns money, let alone $200 million, even if it doubles, he will not hesitate to splurge, even if Adrian knows what benefits this movie can bring, it does not mean that he can Tolerate Cameron's uncontrolled burning of money, know that this is wholly personally funded.

So Adrian simply made 200 million of funds directly. In this way, Cameron would have to weigh the money before he could burn any more money, even if he finally had a cheeky wish to invest more, the natural feelings owed naturally Is even bigger.

With no hesitation, Cameron agreed, and how many people in Hollywood can have such courage? Can we spend $200 million to make a movie? It would be a fool if he missed it.

Frankly speaking, Adrian did not think of directing the film by himself, but this broke the global box office record and made Titanic, which countless people worship, even after hundreds of years, it will occupy a seat in the history of the film. Bit. However, after thinking over and over again, he still gave up this plan, because he really did not have time to make such a huge film that would take countless efforts. Not to mention all the difficulties in shooting, just those details are enough for people to have a headache, Adrian can't do Cameron's level of excellence in every detail.

He remembered seeing anecdotes about Cameron's production of "Titanic". During the few scenes of the banquet, he found that there was no Titanic written on the utensils used. Cameron Directly declare that all the previous shots will be invalid, until you contact the British tableware factory to re-customize the tableware and then shoot again. This has cost almost a hundred thousand in one go, plus all the previous shots are invalid, the money is burned like this of.

This is not to say that Adrian cannot be produced. There is Cameron’s original version for reference. In addition, he has also “remade” a lot of movies. It does not need to spend a year and a half like Cameron to prepare. It took another year and a half to shoot. But even so, he estimated in his heart that even if he didn't build a 1:1 model, it might still take nearly two years.

This is too long, and it also takes up most of its own energy. Although Adrian does not mind giving itself a layer of aura, it is not his main purpose after all. Besides, he already has another plan to increase the director's aura, and the impact will never be less than "Titanic", so it is still the responsibility of Cameron to be responsible for this work, which is honor and pressure. It also fully shows his vision and courage for people and movies.

The two of them didn’t continue talking about this matter. Adrian gave such a surprising commitment, but the story is just an idea and no outline yet. Although Cameron was pleasantly surprised and excited by this commitment, he also felt no small pressure, so he naturally had to go back and think about how to prepare.

"Jedimen" has finally been released, letting the major film companies concerned finally feel relieved. Although the number of theaters is similar to "Twister", the box office at the first week is only about 17 million, although it has entered the North American box office. The leaderboard is ranked in the last few places, without the momentum of the previous "True Lies" and "Twister". It's no wonder that a Paramount executive would be proud of telling his assistant in private that a big investment can make a lot of money, so in the end, they have to participate.

However, they forgot that although the box office of the first week of "Jedimen" was not as good as the previous two, the cost was only about 20 million, which is one-fourth of "Twister" and five-fifths of "True Lies." One. Moreover, the three films that stayed on the North American box office list were all produced by Bosworth Films, and Fox and Warner were only involved in investment and distribution.

After this kind of saying spread to the ears of Adrian, he just laughed, they have this kind of thought, which is in line with his heart. Although after the acquisition of TBS by the media, the major film companies knew that it would be impossible to fully suppress Bosworth Films, but they did not give up their stumbling block. After all, in the past three years, Bosworth Films was really It's too dazzling.

Fortunately, the early establishment of DreamWorks has attracted a lot of attention as expected by Adrian. After financing to have a strong strength that other new companies do not have, Kasenberger ambitiously wants to dream The factory was created as a company alongside the seven major film companies, and at the same time extended its tentacles into multiple fields, such as film, music, animation and so on.

How can such a generous effort not attract people's attention? Some people think that DreamWorks with Jeffrey Kasenberg, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen will become another Hollywood stock. The new forces that cannot be underestimated, some people think that it is difficult to say how far DreamWorks can go~IndoMTL.com~The senior executives of major movie companies have also begun to observe how much impact DreamWorks will bring in the industry. The attention of the film industry is naturally much less.

With this kind of mentality added now, you don’t have to worry about it anymore, and the media now has a new line and Miramax, even if other companies really have small movements.

In short, the three movie big sales are already affirmative, and the two black actors Martin Lawrence and Will Smith of the "Jedimen" have also begun to rise in popularity-unfortunately, "Twister "The protagonist is Twister, so even though Cate is very concerned, it is not as fast as these two bad guys in terms of popularity.

At the prompt of Adrian, the brokerage company quickly pulled Will Smith over, and Martin Lawrence took the course. This is not his partiality. Lawrence is from a black neighborhood, so it is often unobtrusive for personality and individuality. Smith grew up in a middle-class family, and his ideology is closer to the mainstream society in the United States. So the former is a lot of trouble, and the latter is popular among more people. Adrian has prepared a new movie for him, a very wonderful science fiction movie, and the agent of this film director has been media in the agent company as early as He served before the acquisition.

Of course, before that, Adrian still has an appointment to deal with.