For this film that is not promising, it would be good if someone came to share the risk together.

Note that the prospects are not optimistic, not that "Inception" is not a commercial film...

In fact, the script structure and investment scale of "Inception" are completely Hollywood's typical narrative commercial films!

But it's an original story!

The times create "IP", and Hollywood only dares to spend a lot of money on stories with an IP foundation - an original work needs to spend a lot of cognitive time cost, and existing IPs and series naturally have their own topics.

Warner has world-famous IPs such as Harry Potter, DC, Middle-earth, etc., why make original movies?

Isn't it fragrant to sell peripherals and make money safely?

This is also the reason why Warner Bros. hesitated, so Shen Mengxi offered $60 million here, and Warner Bros. thought about it and agreed...

Of course, Shen Mengxi is not the kind of outsider who can be deceived, he is an integral part of Hollywood, so the contract he made is quite reasonable.

Shen Mengxi's Mengxi Studio is the second investor, and enjoys the copyright share proportionally...

Of course, the perimeter account is gone.

Nancy looked at the contract, nodded slightly at him, Shen Mengxi signed her name, and then asked, "When will the movie start?"

Nolan scratched his head: "It's still in the stage of script refinement..."

"That's not a hurry..."

"Do you have any ideas?"

"I don't have an idea, I just want to see this movie on the big screen as soon as possible!"

It's really not in a hurry, in fact, the cost of "Inception" is well controlled by Warner Bros., they didn't pay much, they used the investment pulled by the Warner Bros. Film Foundation, and the main investor is the local tyrant of Japan!

Therefore, a lot of the background of the script will be changed to Japanese benzene...

Even the filming location has Nichibashi Tokyo Tower...

As for the casting, except for Xiao Lizi, who has been decided, all the other actors have not yet been decided!

The casting of "Inception" is really tragic...

Feel like Nolan doesn't seem to be seen by many people?

At first, Nolan invited Christian Bale to play the leading role, but it conflicted with the schedule of "Terminator 4" and was rejected;

After that, I found Xiao Lizi, Xiao Li gave face, didn't even read the script, and nodded directly;

For the role of Sentinel, Joseph Gordon was not the original choice, and James Franco was Nolan's favorite.

James Franco's schedule was also not suitable and was rejected again...

There is also the role of a female dream builder, Nolan is tailor-made for Evan Rachel Wood, I don't know if the other party didn't understand it, or didn't see the value of this play, anyway, it was rejected three times...

Now I don't even have an invitation, so I'm not in a hurry to sell Lao Liu...

......

Hotel.

Shen Mengxi gave Lao Liu half a glass of red wine - life still needs a sense of ritual!

"Are you so happy?"

"I'm one of the producers, and I also work as a screenwriter, learning the process of Hollywood big productions from beginning to end..."

Liu Yifei took a sip of red wine, and then asked him: "Isn't it a bit risky to take out $60 million at a time?"

Shen Mengxi put down his cup and explained: "I can't always do low-cost projects! Mainstream commercial films like "Inception" are Hollywood's way to conquer the world!"

"That's too risky!"

“... I don't want to take the risk, but they will take me to play!"

Hollywood has a special term for foreign investment: Dumb Money.

Translated into Chinese, it means stupid money, that is, people are stupid and have more money.

From Japanese money in the 80s, to German money in previous years, and even more recently Wall Street money, all of them are Dumb Money in the eyes of Hollywood!

What is Hollywood's attitude towards foreign investment?

is to take out the bad scripts that you don't want to shoot for you to invest, and the ones that make sure you make are your own shots.

Moreover, if the movie unexpectedly explodes, Hollywood will take the opportunity to kick you away and enjoy the IP exclusively.

The most typical is "Fast and Furious", which is invested by another German fund.

Universal cut the film's budget from 46 million to 38 million, still not at ease, and sold a third of its shares to the Germans, but the film received $200 million in global revenue, of which the US market accounted for three-quarters!

And then what?

Universal quickly developed a sequel, and the sequel naturally had nothing to do with the Germans.

Doesn't Shen Mengxi want to invest in "Wolverine"?

Don't want to reboot "X-Men" with Twentieth Century Fox?

They don't take you to play at all!

Shen Mengxi told these 'Hollywood scams' again, and Liu Yifei frowned: "Then how do you guarantee that "Inception" makes money?"

"Don't worry, Nolan + Xiao Lizi, how can there be a box office of 400 million US dollars in the world, and you can't make any money, and it's not difficult to recover your capital!"

"Why do you want to invest?"

"In order for you to play the heroine! This is Hollywood's top super A-level production, play with Xiao Lizi..."

Lao Liu actually faintly suspected that Shen Mengxi was making an investment for her...

Otherwise, why spend so much money on a movie that few people don't look good at?

She was so moved that she threw herself into his arms...

"What? Aren't you moved to take your body..."

He didn't finish his sentence because his lip had been bitten...

The whole body was also pounced...

Shen Mengxi only felt her legs pressing up, and a thought came to her heart - no matter how beautiful her legs were, they were just cannon racks, and then she was blinded...

......

Speaking of "Before Dawn", Zhao Jinsong still has a way...

Hou Yong's identity is not simple, he is the deputy head of the Nanjing Military Region Frontline Art Troupe, and a national first-class actor.

I don't know how he persuaded him, anyway, Hou Yong took over the role of Li Weiran, the medical director of the Eighth Bureau who didn't appear much.

Zhang Fengyi joined the crew and played the role of sailor, Duan Haiping.

At this point, the lineup of "Before Dawn" is basically confirmed.

Chen Daoming as Liu Xinjie;

Chen Baoguo, Tan Zhongshu;

ZHANG Fengyi, DUAN Haiping;

The Four King Kongs of Renyi, except for Wu Gang, who did not come, the other three played Qi Peilin, Sun Dapu, and Li Bohan respectively;

Look at it, this lineup is going to the king of dramas!

As an investor, Mengxi Company has of course also arranged a lot of roles for its actors.

In addition to the heroine Gu Yejia gave Wan Qian, He Zhichao, that is, the role of A Jiu was given to Wang Lei, Ding San, Zhou Hanting, and Bian Rinan were given to Lei Jiayin, Guo Jingfei and Zhang Luyi respectively...

Wang Kai was also brought in to play Miao Dingwei, the cousin of Deputy Chief Ouyang.

Seven golden flowers, the other six, except for Yang Xiaomi, also came to make cameo appearances...

Yang Xiaomi is very busy, she has taken on two foreign dramas: "Beauty Scheming" and "The Martial King of the God List"...

Her new agent is Zhao Shan, and she asked Yang Xiaomi: "You think about it, these two are supporting roles, and the sub-fish of "Fengshen List" does not have a strong sense of existence!"