Leonardo, who was born in 1974, just turned 27 at the end of last year, and most actors of this age are still eager for an opportunity to become a hit, but for him, who filmed "Titanic" at the age of 21 and became the hottest little fresh meat in the world at the age of 23, what he is thinking about is not when he will become a hit, but when he will regain his glory.

Needless to say, the influence of "Titanic" in the history of cinema has maintained the record of the highest box office in the world since its release, and this love disaster film is also the most familiar Hollywood work to audiences around the world.

In the past few years, he has maintained the output efficiency of almost one movie per year, but these works are also average in terms of reputation and influence, not to mention comparable to "Titanic", even among the movies in the same period of the year, none of them can dominate.

Originally, Hollywood had lost interest in Leonardo, but fortunately, at this critical moment, the super-first-line director Spielberg invited him to join "Cat and Mouse Game" and serve as the male lead, and even moved out the super-first-line actor Tom Hanks to play with him.

Leonardo regarded this movie as his turnaround and had high hopes for this movie, but before the movie was released, he was also worried that the limelight of this movie would be overshadowed by "The Lord of the Rings 2", but he didn't expect that as soon as the movie was released, his worries became a reality.

"The Lord of the Rings 2" is definitely the box office champion at the end of the year with the influence of the original book, the influence of the first part and its own excellent production, but I didn't expect that a push from YY completely reversed this situation and made "Cat and Mouse Game" starring him the current box office leader.

Leonardo was completely impressed by Li Mu's strong influence, with YY such a strong promotion channel, Li Mu has been sought after by the entire Hollywood, if Li Mu's pastoral film ticketing system is popularized in North America in the next step, then Li Mu's influence on the box office will be further enhanced, and at that time, if Li Mu really enters Hollywood, the box office must have a very strong guarantee.

Isn't the real core of the film industry the box office? Once there is a box office guarantee, famous directors, famous actors, influence, and Oscars are all available.

From Li Mu, Leonardo seems to see the shadow of a new Hollywood giant.

"Cat and Mouse Game" surpassed "The Lord of the Rings 2", and Leonardo, who was no longer so popular in Hollywood, suddenly became a popular figure again, and various famous directors and film and television companies are paying attention to him.

It's not just industry insiders who are paying attention, after the movie "Cat and Mouse Game" became popular, Leonardo quickly gained a lot of fans in North America.

North American netizens discussed Leonardo and his starring "Cat and Mouse Game" on a large scale on the Internet, the male audience was attracted by his acting skills and the IQ of the characters in his play, and was highly respected, while the female audience was amazed by his appearance.

Leonardo was sought after by so many netizens at once, which also attracted special attention from the media, and in order to catch the news hotspots, recent entertainment reports almost put Leonardo in the headline position, which further enhanced Leonardo's influence.

Once people are lucky, good things not only follow one after another, but also form a cycle that promotes each other, and Leonardo is like this.

Now he is sought after by netizens, so that he is concerned by the media, and the media attention has brought him more fans, and at the same time, his attention in Hollywood has been rising, and he has soon become a hot popular movie star.

This kind of butterfly effect-like change made Leonardo feel extremely grateful to Li Mu in his heart, even though he knew that Li Mu's starting point was not necessarily to help him, but he still felt that he owed Li Mu a great favor because of this incident.

At the same time, Leonardo has also become more cautious, he knows that every success is not easy to come by, so he always reminds himself that he must be cautious and cautious when taking on new films, and he must not take on some bad movies that are impossible to be popular.

And at this time, he suddenly received a call from Spielberg, on the phone, Spielberg said: "Leo, I recently have the idea of a new play, the script has been basically completed, I just sent the script to your email, you can see if you are interested." ”

"Cat and Mouse Game" gave Leonardo the opportunity to work with a super-first-line director again after many years, and this time there is also a super-first-line god-level actor Tom Hanks, Leonardo has benefited a lot from working with them, what he is most eager for is to be able to take on another Spielberg, or James Cameron's new play, I didn't expect this wish to come true so soon!

Hearing that Spielberg had the idea of a new play, and asked if he was interested, Leonardo immediately became excited and couldn't wait to say: "Steven, I don't need to read the script to make a decision on your play, you just need to tell me when and where to shoot, I will definitely show up on time!"

Spielberg laughed, "Don't you want to know the general situation of the movie first?"

Leonardo said without thinking: "No, my answer is YES!"

Spielberg said: "Most of the scenes in this drama have to be filmed in China, and there are many scenes in the movie, so it is estimated that after the filming starts, you will need to shoot in China for a long time." ”

"No problem!" Leonardo said, "If you need to shoot on Mars, as long as you can send me there, my answer is still fine!"

Spielberg smiled: "OK, you read the script first, and then we will talk about more detailed cooperation plans." ”

“OK！”

Hanging up the phone, Leonardo excitedly turned on the computer, logged in to his email, and was extremely excited, if he could work with Spielberg again, it would be a great thing for him, Spielberg's strength is there, even if he doesn't read the script, he can ensure that it will not be a bad movie.

However, Leonardo was still curious about the script, and he wanted to know what kind of story Spielberg had prepared for Hollywood and even the world.

Like the vast majority of Americans, Leonardo's understanding of World War II mainly focused on the war in Europe and the Pacific War that broke out between the United States and Japan, so when he saw the synopsis of the script, he was even surprised in his heart, what kind of character was Chennault, who went to China to help China resist the Japanese invasion, and why had he never heard of it? Does Spielberg want to make a movie about such a person?

Leonardo is somewhat unsure in his heart, Hollywood war movies are basically based on well-known historical figures and well-known battles, shooting an unknown character and a battle that Americans don't understand, can such a movie have a market in the United States?

With suspicion, Leonardo began to read the text of the script, but what he didn't expect was that he was completely attracted by the text of the script when he read it, and he read the script for more than an hour to read it.

When he finished reading this script, Leonardo's emotions were beyond the excitement, he didn't know that there were such people and things in the United States in World War II.

For World War II, there are two greatest prides in the hearts of Americans.

First, they helped the Allies achieve the Normandy landings and finally defeat Nazi Germany.

Second, they annihilated the Japanese navy, bombed the Japanese mainland, and dropped two atomic bombs that hastened Japan's surrender.

The two events that Americans are most proud of are in nature the sacrifices, efforts, and contributions made by the United States to world peace, and it is precisely such deeds that can most arouse Americans' pride and vanity in maintaining world peace and being the world's policeman.

So when Leonardo saw Chennault and his Flying Tigers, he was once again moved by this kind of American dedication to world peace, and at the same time, he immediately realized in his heart that although many Americans don't know who Chennault is and don't know the history of the Flying Tigers, as long as such a movie is made, Americans must like to watch it!

Moreover, the story itself can really move Leonardo, in his opinion, the unruly male number two is simply tailor-made for himself, such a good story, a good script, and a good director like Spielberg, even if the salary is discounted, he will not hesitate.

After reading the script, Leonardo saw Spielberg's remarks, and when he saw that this movie was invested by Li Mu and invested 100 million US dollars, he almost jumped up with excitement!

Li Mu's resources are so powerful, if it is a movie he invests in, exposure must be the least worrying issue! And Li Mu has YY, as well as Mu Ying ticketing system, in this case, the box office does not have to worry at all!

What's more, Li Mu actually came up with a budget of 100 million US dollars this time, so much budget plus Spielberg is in charge, the quality of this movie has an excellent guarantee.

Based on this information, Leonardo concluded that this "Flying Tigers" must be a good movie of high quality, and a good movie with a high box office!

Isn't what an actor desires most is to make a good movie with a high box office?

Leonardo, who was excited, immediately called his agent and said: "I received the script of a new play, this story I like very much, and I am ready to follow it." ”

The agent hurriedly asked, "Whose movie is it?"

"A film directed by Spielberg. ”

The other party said excitedly: "Great! It is definitely a great thing for you to be able to cooperate with Spielberg again!"

As he spoke, the other party asked, "How much can I get this time?"

Leonardo said: "I didn't say it, it's just the preparation period, but Spielberg means to let me report my own salary." ”

The other party said: "Now that "Cat and Mouse Game" is on fire, your worth has increased greatly, and in my opinion, the market price of your salary is more than 20 million US dollars, but since it is a cooperation with director Spielberg, then we can lower the box office, 15 million, what do you think?"

Leonardo said without hesitation: "I'm ready to lower my salary to five million dollars!"

Just when the other party was speechless in shock, Leonardo added: "Or it can be lower......"