Why choose Zunlong?

There are many reasons for this.

The simplest reason is that Zun Long has lived in the United States and was admitted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which is particularly important to be more suitable for the American filming environment than Liu Songren.

If "Antarctic Love" wants to be adapted into a movie, the heroine must choose a white person, so that English communication is very important, and Zunlong's English should not be bad, after all, he has lived in the United States for many years and was admitted to the art academy.

"Knock Knock"

The office door rang again.

Secretary Liu led Zun Long, who was in a suit and leather shoes, to walk in.

"General Manager. ”

Secretary Liu said: "People have brought it." ”

"Well, you go out first. ”

Huo Yaowen waved his hand, raised his eyes and stared at Zunlong's appearance, which was a little different from a few years ago, not only a lot more mature, but also a great change in the temperament of the whole person, and a little similar to the personable Asian beautiful man in his impression.

After Secretary Liu left, Huo Yaowen saw Zunlong standing there with some restraint, smiled and waved his hand to signal him to sit down and chat, and Wen Yingguang on the side also moved the chair.

"Ah Long, how do you feel about not being back to Hong Kong for several years?" Huo Yaowen asked with a smile.

Zun Long thought for a while and said, "It's not bad, Hong Kong has developed quite a lot in recent years, and it has changed a lot compared to when I first went to the United States. ”

"If you have time, you can wander around as much as you want, and this year's Ocean Park in Hong Kong is a great place to visit. ”

"I'll go check it out, Mr. Huo. ”

The two chatted like this.

Seeing that the heat was almost over, Huo Yaowen said: "Actually, if you don't come today, I will ask someone to come to you in two days." This time, I called you from the United States because there was a movie that wanted to arrange for you to star. ”

Immediately, Huo Yaowen verbally and briefly described the storyline of "Antarctic Love".

"Are you really going to Antarctica to shoot?" Zunlong was a little stunned.

"That's not necessary, just go to Iceland, where it's cold and snowy, there is also a special aurora phenomenon, enough to shoot. "Huo Yaowen even wants the crew to go to Antarctica to film, but the conditions don't allow it!

It's not like ten or twenty years from now, you can still sign up for a trip to the North and South Poles.

"Iceland?"

Wen Yingguang was very familiar when he heard this name, thought about it carefully, and looked at the boss in surprise: "Is that the Iceland that fought with Britain for a cod two years ago?"

In 1974, there was a big international sensation in the war between Britain and Iceland over cod fishing. Because the public only seems to be superficial about this war, they only think that it is to protect the cod in their own waters.

"Well, that's Iceland. ”

Huo Yaowen naturally knows about this famous cod war, but he doesn't think it's just for cod, it's more for Iceland's own economy, they are a small country, they have no resources, they can only rely on the development of fisheries, and if they don't maintain their own sea areas for others to fish, then Iceland will probably be poor for a lifetime.

"I estimate the investment for this film to be between $3 million and $5 million. ”

As he spoke, Huo Yaowen looked at Zun Long and said, "Maybe you have to shoot in Iceland for at least a month or two, where it's cold, it's basically one of the coldest regions in the world." ”

In this era, three or five million dollars to make a romance movie is a bit high, but after all, it is to shoot overseas, or Iceland, a perennial winter region, and it is difficult to organize manpower to go over without investing a little more, and to find an actress who is famous in the United States for the movie, the salary may not be low.

Zun Long heard the meaning of Huo Yaowen's words, and nodded and agreed without thinking about it: "I will work hard, Mr. Huo." ”

"Well, it's good to have confidence, when you go back to the hotel to rest, find a bookstore to buy a copy of the original book of "Antarctic Love" and read it first, and I'll have someone send you the script later, and then I'll arrange for the company in the United States to prepare for the crew. ”

After a few more simple chats, Huo Yaowen asked Zunlong to go back first, he is just an actor, just give him a script and let him hone his acting skills, and the rest of the things still have to be arranged by Wen Yingguang.

After receiving the order, Wen Yingguang responded: "I know the general manager, and I will notify the American branch to start arranging the preparation of the crew." ”

"Well, this will be arranged as soon as possible. ”

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Time flashed, and soon it was the end of July, and it was only a few days before the global release of "Jurassic Park", and at this time, the streets and alleys of the United States were full of posters, toys, models and so on related to the movie.

Twentieth Century Fox has seen the original film of "Jurassic Park" in advance, and knows the quality of this movie very well, so for this movie, it can be said that the publicity is huge, not only advanced five million dollars in advance for publicity, but also used all connections to publish advertisements in newspapers, radio, television, cinemas, buses, subway stations and other areas.

It can be called an unprecedented propaganda campaign, which is better than the propaganda of "Cleopatra" more than ten years ago.

When I saw that Fox spent a lot of money to promote this "Jurassic Park", the remaining seven major film companies didn't watch it, and they all came up with their own big-budget movies to try to snipe this dinosaur!

The first to appear was Warner, who came up with a blockbuster film "The Great Pursuit" and the second part of the "Exorcist" series with an investment of more than 10 million, trying to continue to climb to the top with a small and big one.

"The Exorcist 1", released in 1973, received a global box office of 440 million US dollars, which can be called the highest-grossing horror movie in history, and has influenced the entire American horror film for decades!

In order to compete for the box office in August, he did not hesitate to release two movies at the same time, so you can imagine how much pressure Fox brought to Warner, and how strong his determination to snipe the dinosaurs was.

MGM and Paramount Pictures, they respectively came up with "Black Sunday" and "Killer Whale", two big productions with an investment of more than 10 million.

Colombia also made an autobiographical film based on Ali, who is currently the most influential in the global boxing field, and wants to rely on the fans of boxing champion Ali to snipe dinosaurs with his peers!

Then there is Universal Pictures, who filmed "Jaws 2" without Spielberg, and want to continue to rely on the fans in the front seat to make a profit.

After seeing that so many companies are participating in the competition for the box office in the August summer vacation, Disney also took the opportunity to release an animated film of "The Hobbit", and even United Pictures, one of the eight major film companies that is about to go bankrupt, also released a small investment film "Shocking Disaster".

There are more than 30 films released in the United States in August, including blockbusters like "Killer Whale" and "Jaws", which is a big obstacle for "Jurassic Park" to get a high box office.

But the folks at Fox didn't feel any pressure, but when they heard that there were so many movies being released at the same time, they were even more confident, and in their opinion, no movie this year could match "Jurassic Park"!

After Huo Yaowen learned the news, it was the same performance, he just finished watching the negative film sent yesterday, whether it is special effects or plot, the shooting is perfect, compared to "1999" two years ago, which simply relied on models to create large scenes, the birth of a dinosaur that can move its torso is more shocking!

In fact, Fox and Huo Yaowen's confidence is very correct, when "Jurassic Park" was released in more than 40 countries and more than 50 regions around the world on August 1, throughout August, this dinosaur that was "resurrected" from hundreds of millions of years completely crushed all the movies in the same period, and left a strong ink in the annals of global film history.

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