Chapter 1296: Accidents
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Cohen, this guy was suddenly a little dumbfounded, this cunning, it is really a big cunning, he has not been in the entertainment industry for a year or two, he is an old man in the circle, but when he is like this, he still didn't think of why this thing became like this.
Is this little boat of friendship going to capsize?
Universal's movie doesn't play itself, pulling out Ye Ming, and it also involves James, the future heir of the Murdoch family. This is definitely the result of cheating, but if you think about it carefully, such a result is indeed very ingenious.
At this moment, Cohen said helplessly: "This matter seems to be as simple as I thought, and some things are more complicated than I didn't think." I said, why did you find a Chinese person like Ye Ming to perform in this matter, it turned out that I fell in love with the resources of brilliant film and television. ”
As long as you have resources, you can make a lot of friends, a lot of contacts, no matter how many friends are sincere, or they are all friends of wine and meat, but no matter what, on such a problem, you have no resources, it will be difficult to make friends.
Ye Ming is this kind of person with resources. Alexander nodded and said, "Brilliant Net, no one can despise such a website now, do you know how much it costs to give you a front-page ad on Brilliant Net? Anyway, even if it's a package, it's a lot of money."
Therefore, now that I have cooperated directly with Ye Ming, it will be easier to promote it on Brilliant Network in the future.
And there is also the relationship with James, Murdoch has its own theater chain, and our movies will definitely have an advantage in scheduling at that time.
Therefore, in such a situation, it is the most effective way for us to cooperate with Ye Ming.
At this time, the top management of the world is also very calculating, and it is very shrewd. Looking for Ye Ming naturally has a reason to find Ye Ming.
I'm afraid that when the time comes, you will despise Ye Ming because he is a second-tier actor, so I will greet you in advance, Ye Ming is not treated as a normal actor. ”
There are no eternal friends, there are no eternal enemies, some are just eternal interests, in Hollywood is actually the same, the eight major film companies, although it is said that there is a competitive relationship component, for example, Universal generally does not play with Fox, but this is not to say that there is absolutely no play, if it is said that there are enough interests involved, then in such a thing, cooperation is also inevitable. For example, this time Ye Ming's matter.
This is a very good example of a problem like this, in any case, they are just mutually beneficial.
Cooperation seems very normal, and this is not the first time, and it will not be the last time something like this will happen in Hollywood.
Cohen immediately said: "Don't worry, I'm not the thousandth person to make a movie, in the entertainment industry, I can find someone who can be provoked and who can't be provoked, Ye Ming, this guy doesn't have a top star in making movies, but his influence in Hollywood is not very bad, I won't despise him." There is a saying in Huaxia that if you have money, you can let the devil make pastries, and I think this is very philosophical.
Despise a person who is richer than me, I don't have water in my head. ”
Cohen is not wrong at all when he says this, if an actor has no money and goes to Hollywood just to make money, then Cohen, as a director, will despise this actor and despise it, this may be nothing, there is not much else in Hollywood, but there are many actors.
However, if the actor is very rich, it doesn't mean that he goes to act just to make money, he has so much money that he can't spend it all his life, and he goes to act for his hobby, so such an actor can't be offended casually.
Cohen can be a director in Hollywood, and he is definitely the kind of person whose IQ and EQ are very useful.
Moreover, on such a problem, in fact, no matter what it is, at such a time, Ye Ming's background did play a great role.
Alexander nodded with satisfaction and said: "I am very pleased that you can think like this, this time, in fact, we are the same, not to regard the main goal as making money." As long as it is capital preservation, it is considered a victory. Do you know why I was looking for you?"
Yes, there are so many directors in Hollywood, but there are not many who look for Cohen, Cohen's achievements in commercial films are not very outstanding. At this moment, Alexander's question made Cohen a little speechless, how did he answer such a thing, and Cohen really didn't know.
Cohen shook his head and said, "If it's to make money, I can't figure out why you're looking for me?"
He really can't think of it, in fact, he has been smashing himself until now, why did he find him for this matter, Hollywood directors who are good at this film are not one or two, there are more genre film directors than him.
Alexander nodded and said, "Actually, the test tells you that in such a thing, what we ask for is not necessarily to make money, as I just said.
In fact, what we want is to preserve the capital, and it is best to be able to make money, but if it is said that it is possible to make money on such a problem, it is the best, but if it is said that it is not possible to make money, it is also an acceptable result to preserve the capital. Looking for you, it's because your grades have always been very stable, although it's not that there are any big movie classics, but it's impossible to find the kind that loses money and loses money very badly.
Stability is one of your biggest characteristics, and this will be an important reason why the world will come to you this time. After all, it is said that on such a problem, the worst result we seek is to preserve the capital, of course, if the box office can make money, it is the best. But if it's not about making money, that's fine. Do you understand?"
Universal is actually just money laundering this time, so how the box office is going to do at this time is really not very important. As long as the money can be legally laundered, the result is basically not a big problem.
Of course, on such a question, producer Alexander felt that it was also very reasonable to communicate with his director about the filming of the film.
Now Cohen also knows the inside story of such a thing, so Alexander feels that Cohen himself should be very clear about such a thing. His own crew, if it is said that it can unify thoughts, this is the most important, Alexander doesn't want the crew to not start, his crew actually said that there is trouble.
As he spoke, George had already rushed over with Ye Ming. The first thing George did after he came in was to introduce these two people to Ye Ming: "Mr. Ye, this is Mr. Alexander, the producer of Universal, we came this time to specifically find Mr. Ye and you, and it was Alexander who insisted on coming over to you in person to sign the contract." And this one is Mr. Rob Cohen, the director of the movie "Fast and Furious" this time. ”
Rob Cohen is a bald man who seems to be very kind. At least from the expression, there is no discrimination against the yellow race. And this time, George rushed over and introduced the two to Ye Ming as soon as possible, that is, because Ye Ming's status among the four people was very high. Naturally, he had to introduce the two of them to Ye Ming first.
Ye Ming nodded, and immediately went over to shake hands with them. Anyway, no matter how you look at it, these two are relatively well-intentioned, they come from Hollywood all the way, and they are very polite, and Ye Ming is naturally not good at throwing face on such a question. Alexander and Ye Ming had met at film festivals before, but they were just nodding friends.
But in any case, now that the two of them have participated in events together, this is a very good start.
Alexander said very politely: "Mr. Ye Ming, I didn't expect to be able to see you in such a situation." Last time, I admired Mr. Ye's acting skills very much. This time, I came to Mr. Ye on purpose. ”
Whether it is deliberate or not, how many sincere ingredients there are, at this point, Ye Ming doesn't care much.
Therefore, in such a situation, Ye Ming immediately smiled and said: "Mr. Alexander is polite, this time I heard that I can cooperate with Universal, then I also feel very excited, speaking of which, this is the first time I have played the role of the protagonist in a Hollywood movie, I hope this is the beginning of our good cooperation." ”
In such a matter, in fact, Ye Ming did show a very great sincerity.
On such a question, Cohen also said very politely: "Mr. Ye, I am very fortunate to be able to work with you, and I hope you will work together to shoot this movie well." ”
Naturally, the director was also very polite at this time, Ye Ming didn't mean to play a big name, and according to his fame in Hollywood, the supporting role in the first-line movie, and the second-line movie may be able to mix a protagonist or something, so he also said: "Director Cohen is also very interested in cooperating with you, I hope you can give me more advice." ”
After everyone said hello, Alexander took out the contract and said, "Since Mr. Ye is here, I am also welcome, Mr. George, I think I should have told you what such a thing is."
Now I would like to formally ask for your personal opinion. ”
In fact, a thing in such a place has already reached a preliminary intention, and then, if there is no kind of accident, then at this time, in fact, everyone looks at the contract, signs or something, and it is almost considered to have completed this time.
Ye Ming nodded and said, "George has already communicated with me, if it is according to the conditions that George said, I don't think there is any big problem." ”
Alexander also nodded immediately and said: "Very good, we have the basis for cooperation, but now we have some problems here, Universal is not able to monopolize this project, not that Universal does not have this ability, but because of some special reasons, Universal cannot be its own sole proprietorship, therefore, we need to introduce some partners, and in the process of our investigation, we found that Mr. Ye Ming You should be very interested in such a thing." ”
Ye Ming is indeed very interested in investing in movies or something. At this point, in fact, not one person knows, so Alexander was able to come to the door directly. At this time, it is to pull investment, which is different from what I said before. In the past, Alexander and George were talking about co-making movies, and they were talking about actors' contracts.
But this time, it was mixed with some things like co-investing in making movies. This is to catch Ye Ming and George off guard. Especially George, he didn't expect that Alexander would dare to do this in such a matter.
Therefore, it seems that I am not very happy to see George's performance at this moment. This is a very bad surprise in the Western concept of doing things.
Westerners basically have one thing to say, even the professions of brokers and managers are very clear.
Therefore, on such a question, George and Alexander talked about the actor's contract at the beginning, and at this time it was actually an investment contract, which is a little not very kind.
Alexander seemed to say that George's expression was very unhappy on such a thing, and he immediately said: "George, I'm very sorry, in fact, this time about the investment was just set by the headquarters, and this contract has just been passed over." So it's not that I don't tell you, but about this matter. The headquarters has also just been qualitated. ”
One explanation for this is that it is difficult for George to say anything. After all, it's not that Alexander is not to blame, but to say that there is no decision at the headquarters, and there is no matter that has been decided, and Alexander naturally does not dare to talk nonsense. And it means that on such a problem, Alexander's qualifications are older than himself, and he can explain it like this, which is already very face-saving. (To be continued.) )