Chapter 217: The Promise (1/5)
The full name of "Flower Moon Killer" is "Flower Moon Killer: An American Crime and the Birth of the FBI", which tells the story of a series of mysterious murders in Oklahoma in the 20s of the 20th century, behind which there are conspiracies and crimes such as racial wars. This mass murder eventually led to the official establishment of the FBI.
It was one of the top 10 bestsellers in North America last year;
Hollywood is currently lacking in creativity, but they don't dare to make original film projects casually - they can easily fail!
Why are superhero sequel movies all the rage?
Of course, it's because of the original IP, it's not easy to make!
At this time, the IP of the best-selling list is very important!
"Flower Moon Killer", it is said that Xiao Lizi spent $4 million to win the film and television adaptation rights...
"The Wolf of Wall Street" is a biography of Jordan Belfort, a legend who spent two years in prison in the '90s for hundreds of millions of dollars in stock market fraud, and after his release from prison, he wrote two memoirs of his experiences, and made a name for himself with his eloquence and charisma.
Of course, the prosperity of the wind and water does not mean that he is rich!
Half of Jordan Belfort's money was used to repay the 1,513 investors he had defrauded, with a whopping $114 million in damages.
In any case, this can be regarded as a legendary character, especially the ups and downs of life, which is naturally suitable for adaptation into a movie.
"Leonardo da Vinci" is the biography of Leonardo da Vinci.
Xiao Lizi has a deep relationship with art, and the reason why he is named Leonardo is because his mother used Leonardo da Vinci to name him after him when she first felt his fetal movement when she visited an exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings in an Italian museum.
Influenced by his father who loved art since he was a child, Leonardo's two major hobbies in life are collecting Victoria's Secret angels and collecting art, and he is a rather tasteful collector!
Therefore, it is understandable that the Appian Way Company bought the autobiography of "Leonardo da Vinci"!
Appian Road has been investing in the films he has participated in for several years, the most important of which are of course several projects with Martin Scorsese.
This kind of cooperation is beneficial to both parties, a great actor needs an equally good director to raise points, and a good director needs an equally good actor to help him, but the director is more dominant, especially the director who has the final editing rights.
Martin Scorsese of course has the final editing rights, and it is estimated that this is the main reason why Xiao Lizi insists on investing, because no matter how good an actor's performance is in filming, if he is cut by the director in the post-editing, it may also show the worst side of his performance in the end.
He needs to make sure that his best side is not damaged by the director!
Leonardo DiCaprio was born as a child actor and has worked hard in the circle for more than 20 years, so he knows these very well, so he always strives for the greatest power in the films he participates in.
This is also the most important reason why Zhang Junsheng rejected him - he hopes to cooperate with Dingfeng, he can dominate, and he requires himself to get at least half of the investment and share the benchmark!
Of course Zhang Junsheng will not agree, if he really agrees, it means that if the project takes shape, most of the future income will fall into Leonardo DiCaprio's pocket, if he is lucky, it is not impossible to get an OSK Best Actor nomination, it can be described as fame and fortune.
At the pinnacle, I became a part-time worker!
Even after he knew about "Inception", Leonardo once again proved his appeal in commercial films, not only returning to superstardom, but also his unprecedented salary of $25 million plus 20% of the global box office dividends...
This salary is too high!
By the way, explain the so-called box office dividends, except for a very few stars, the so-called 20% box office dividends received by the vast majority of big-name actors refer to 20% after deducting the profit from the film production cost and market publicity cost!
If the film unfortunately fails at the box office, then the actor will not get a dividend.
There are very few people who can get early dividends, and Tom Cruise at his peak has done it...
……
On the beach in the distance, there is a faint sound of high-pitched music.
If you follow the local customs, it is only a matter of a moment for the finale party to become a carnival party!
"Why don't you go over?"
Xiao Lizi asked a little curiously.
“… They play stuff that I don't like..."
Concise...
Zhang Junsheng is very familiar with the women in the crew, of course there are beautiful women, but he has raised his grade to Scarlett, so he is a little disdainful...
"And what do you like?"
Zhang Junsheng glanced at Xiao Lizi, and then said, "... Models?"
He was joking, the modeling circle is far more chaotic than the entertainment industry, but Xiao Lizi took it seriously, and his eyes lit up: "My girlfriend is a model, and there will be a party the day after tomorrow, do you want to be together?"
Forget the schedule, he was going to stay in North America for a month anyway, so he nodded and asked by the way: "... Who's your girlfriend?
"No, that's an ex-girlfriend..."
“… I'm sorry..."
"What's there to be sorry about?"
Xiao Lizi asked rhetorically.
"Uh..."
No, according to the most normal understanding, you broke up with your ex-girlfriend, it must be because of a contradictory personality...
At this time, I inadvertently mentioned it, of course, I want to say I'm sorry, forget it, I don't understand you Hollywood big names, you showed affection with Giselle Bonson all over the world, and then broke up...
This is also a rule, but all couples or couples who show their affection in the media, the public and notices will basically break up halfway, and many of them are of course public relations couples or couples.
Relatively speaking, those celebrity couples with low-key private lives can maintain a relationship for a longer time.
However, relatively speaking, Leonardo is still a normal man, he doesn't suck, he doesn't take drugs, and his hobbies are always the same - supermodel...
And always a supermodel in her twenties...
Probably because Xiao Lizi is well versed in the growth law of these blonde girls: between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five, it can be said that it is the most ideal stage of the body, and after the age of twenty-five, they often age very quickly.
Models and actors, in particular, use a lot of foundation containing various inexplicable elements every day, their lives and working hours are extremely irregular, and most of them have bad habits such as alcoholism, drug abuse, and rich nightlife.
Women make men grow, and in later generations, according to statistics, Leonardo, who has experienced 112 beautiful legs, finally opened his mind on the way to the Olympics and won the long-awaited Academy Award for his wonderful performance in "The Revenant".
"The day after tomorrow in Los Angeles, I'll hold a Inception-themed cocktail party, and when the time comes, let's talk again!"
“… ok!”
A gesture was made...
However, Director Zhang still didn't figure out how "Inception" and models were involved?