In a villa in the suburbs of Los Angeles, USA

"This house is good!" Xu Zhi looked at the villa in front of him and asked with a smile, "How much did you buy this villa?"

Lin Siqi replied: "It cost a total of 270,000 US dollars, and the location here is actually not too good, but this villa is large enough, more than 8,000 square meters, including 7 rooms, 5.5 bathrooms, 3 garages, and a swimming pool, which should meet the requirements of your script, right?"

"Enough, not only can this house be used for movies, but in the future, the United States will not have to stay in hotels all the time. Xu Zhi smiled and asked, "Have the surrounding neighbors all negotiated?"

Lin Siqi replied: "No problem, our film will use the periphery of their house, all kinds of lighting we will arrange by ourselves, if you use electricity, it is good to use their own family, plus in the future, because of the impact of filming on their lives, we will compensate them according to the situation, almost a thousand to three thousand dollars for a family, the contract has been signed!"

"What about the scene inside the plane and the snow gun?" Xu Zhi asked again.

Lin Siqi said: "Paramount has promised to help in this regard, we only need to apply for a lease in advance according to the requirements." ”

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "It seems that only the east wind is owed, when will Director Terry Gilliam come?"

Lin Siqi looked at her watch and said, "The time we agreed on was in an hour. ”

Xu Zhi said: "Okay, then wait first!"

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The suburbs of Los Angeles, the sun is shining, this is not a troublesome urban area, at the moment, there is almost no one on the road, and if you listen carefully, there is no sound.

Terry Gilliam, carrying his briefcase, walked out of the new Cadillac he had just bought, looked at the house in front of him, and couldn't help frowning, and at the railing, he saw the house number, made sure that he was not in the wrong place, and quickly rang the doorbell.

Although I am sure that I came to the right place, in the United States, even if there is an invitation, you can't just walk directly into the yard of a stranger's house casually, otherwise, if you shoot down, you will basically die in vain!

An Asian girl approached, and when Terry made his intentions known, the girl immediately invited him in and took him to a study on the second floor.

As soon as he entered, he looked at the young man sitting inside, and if it weren't for the introduction of Paramount, Terry couldn't help but wonder if it was a joke, a boy who looked like a high school student could actually be the owner of a movie that was about to invest millions of dollars?

His agent mentioned a new company called Starlight Entertainment a few days ago, intending to invest millions of dollars to make a comedy movie, but this is for publicity, Terry has been in Hollywood for more than 20 years, and half of the so-called millions of dollars can be considered honest.

But it's none of his business, it's actually normal for Hollywood companies to falsely report the production cost of a movie, and as an insider, there's no need to make a fuss.

Originally, he didn't plan to come here because of a new company, and he didn't know the details.

Because of Paramount's recommendation, Terry is willing to come over, and with the recommendation of a big company, at least this movie project should be real, even if it doesn't have millions of dollars, it's good to have a million.

However, seeing the other party's age, Terry suddenly felt that this might be just a plot of a rich second generation who wants to invest in Hollywood!

It only took a few seconds to think, and soon I was inside the study.

Lin Siqi took a cup of coffee, walked over and said, "Mr. Gilliam, this is my boss, Eric Xu. ”

"Hello, Mr. Xu. Terry greeted with a handshake.

Xu Zhi smiled: "Don't be so polite, just call me Eric." ”

Terry also said, "Okay, Eric, just call me Terry." ”

Xu Zhi said, "Then please take a seat." ”

Terry sat down across from his desk and asked, "Eric, are you Chinese?"

XU ZHI NODDED AND SAID, "YES, I'M FROM HONGKONG." ”

Terry said, "Okay, then I'll be straightforward, my agent told me you're going to invest millions of dollars to make a movie, and I want to know how much power I have if I'm a director?"

In Hollywood, or any other place, the rights of directors are extremely important, although a place has formed certain rules, but in many cases, it is still easy to be swayed by capital, that is, producers.

Before the 60s, Hollywood was still dominated by the director, from the very beginning of the casting to the final cut, the director had the final say, until a director who died ruined a work of tens of millions of dollars, so many rights were restricted by the producer.

Although the rights are restricted, the responsibility is still not small, a career-minded director, when taking a movie, is very cautious, because once the movie hits the street, as the director of the first responsibility, the responsibility is the greatest.

In Hollywood, the box office fiasco actually hurts the director the most, and it is basically difficult to turn over, after all, for investors, how the movie is made is the director's final say, and if it fails, of course, the responsibility is the greatest.

And others, even if they are the leading actors, as long as it is not a box office failure caused by the reason why you played too badly, they can generally recover after a few years.

Xu Zhi said: "I will be the producer of this movie myself, and in terms of casting, it is basically up to you to decide, but I will participate in the selection of the actors who lead the role."

As for funding, I mainly supervise the anomalies of funds, basically what money to spend, as long as there is a reason, I will not disagree. ”

Terry nodded, in fact, he also understood that it was impossible to get the investor to completely delegate power to him.

Hollywood film investment, although even Wall Street's money dared to pit when it was ruthless, but those who said were the most cutting-edge movie giants. For independent directors or actors like them, they are generally restricted by investors.

Xu Zhi took out the script, pushed it to Terry, and said, "You read the script first, and we'll talk after reading it!"

Terry took the script, it wasn't too thick, about seven or eight sheets of A4 paper were pinned together by staples, and the cover read: HOME ALONE.

He knew the name of the movie before he came here, but he couldn't guess the exact content from the name alone, which is not a good name from another point of view.

If a movie wants to attract people, the name is extremely important, and at the same time, the general movie should be able to guess the general genre of the movie when you see the name.

The pace of life of American moviegoers is very fast, it is no longer the twenties and thirties, a garbage movie can make a group of people watch it with relish, and for decades, Hollywood's success has not only made huge profits, but also fed countless people's expectations for movies.