Chapter 737: Inexplicable Project
"Half a million dollars...... What a generous attitude. These games are quite fun, and I love them myself. Arnold gestured at the cheque and expressed his heartfelt attitude.
Although he has not made many movies in recent years, mainly because of the repetition of the routines of "Devil XXX" and the aesthetic fatigue of the audience, the salary is real, with hundreds of thousands or even nearly one million dollars.
This is the value that has been formed since the beginning of "The Terminator", and as long as the follow-up results are passable, they will not collapse.
However, endorsing a game is an easy thing to do, and you don't have to do anything - you just have the artist follow Arnold and Sylvester's textures. Where real people appear on camera, the most you can do is to shoot a few advertising posters.
This is what is earned lying down for nothing, so 500,000 packages are really profitable.
What's more, these games are also promoting and reinforcing the macho design, which is good for the actors themselves.
This is fundamentally different from "I'm xxx", "If it's a brother, come and cut me", "It's green", or "A certain class is busy attacking sand". Those spicy chicken endorsements are set by consumers, while Tiankun's endorsements are designed to strengthen and promote people.
On the way to the agent, Sears, he also prepared a set of persuasion rhetoric to persuade Arnold to accept reality if he was not satisfied with the endorsement fee.
Unexpectedly, Arnold agreed happily because he thought the game was fun, the image was realistic, and it was conducive to strengthening the character design. This made Sears a little embarrassed that he had nowhere to go, but he was happy to save trouble when he thought about it.
"It seems that I have to have a good time playing those games when I go back, and I have to use the product in detail when I talk about endorsement quotations in the future. Sears thought so secretly, he made another move.
After collecting the money, Arnold eagerly asked, "What new projects are planned for James?"
The agent was also happy to go straight to the point, explaining: "It is still in preparation, it is a proposition that Tiankun's Gu personally asked to promote, there are two projects, please Cameron to shoot." The first step is expected to start after the Christmas holiday at the end of the year.
The first thing to be filmed is "Terminator 2", the filming cycle was left for one year, and the post-production was also left for half a year, a big production of the highest standard. Mr. Gu said that he could invest 100 million US dollars, which is ten times the budget of the first work. If all goes well, it can be released in the summer of 1990.
There is also a project called "True Lies", after "Terminator 2" is completed, you and several other generic actors will be transferred over, with some new partners, and at the beginning of the next year, that is, in 1990, the filming and production will be left for a year and a half, and it is expected to be released in the summer of 1991.
Both films give you a personal salary, both of which are $3 million, plus a 1% commission at the North American box office. If you don't think it's a big problem, take a look at the synopsis of the script first - but it must be kept secret and not leaked, so take a few looks here, and if you think you want to take it, don't say it if you don't. ”
Arnold felt a little strange, and said to himself, could it be that there is something wrong with the script? Otherwise, how could anyone not want to take it because he read the script.
However, he still developed a calm habit and first opened the script of "Terminator 2" and looked at it.
Historically, if Arnold wants to get rid of the fate of "Devil XXX", and truly all-inclusive audiences, he still has to rely on "Terminator 2". Because after all, he played a killing machine with no emotion in the generation, so it can't be blamed that everyone has asked him to shoot this kind of killing machine in the following years to further solidify the personality.
The filmmaker is also afraid that his acting skills will not be good, and if he is directly asked to play a complex role with flesh and blood, it will collapse, and he is unwilling to take risks.
"The Sun" did not forget to pour cold water on Arnold even if "Terminator 1" was a super box office hit: although this film was popular, Arnold's acting skills were nothing at all. Because he got a role that didn't require acting skills at all, as long as he stopped wherever he went, didn't do anything, didn't have any expression, he was a terminator.
Originally, he acted in a comedy in 1988 that was not very big at that time, "Brother Dragon and Brother", which can be regarded as an attempt to break through himself, and finally achieved a great success at the box office because of the contrast and cuteness, which made the filmmakers polish their eyes and re-examine this big guy:
Yohe, this big guy is quite happy, he can actually say witty words and act in comedy, it seems that after these years of movies, the stones have become fine, and their acting skills have improved. Is there something else that can be tried besides the killing machine of "Devil XXX"?
Then, Cameron dared to let him play a flesh-and-blood positive role in "Terminator 2", adding some human brilliance to the Terminator.
And now, Gu Biao has advanced "Terminator 2" and "True Lies" for his layout needs, so when Cameron found Arnold again, "Dragon Brother and Mouse" had not yet been released, and the market had not tested the question of "whether this big guy can control other protagonists except for the emotionless killing machine".
This shows that the support of the management is very knowledgeable.
After all, you know this person, so you came to the door. It's completely different from throwing a lot of money at him if you don't know if he can do it.
Arnold looked at the $100 million budget, and once again felt a sense of encounter, and felt that he had to work hard for Director Cameron and Boss Gu.
However, he continued to look down at the details of the script and was immediately surprised.
"This ...... the future part set in "Terminator 2", which is to relay to the Connor family through the mouth of T800: 'If no one changes history and stops Skynet, then at the end of the 90s, Skynet will launch a nuclear bomb at the Russians and provoke the other side to counterattack, thus destroying the vast majority of human armed forces'.
Why is it important to emphasize that it is the Federation of Lucia? Shouldn't it be ussR? It won't lead to international disputes? And here and here...... There are problems with the details of the deduction of several international issues. ”
The agent Sears didn't understand very well, but he still followed the relay of the boss's explanation: "Don't ask so much, the boss said, there is a spare script, and when the time comes, you can shoot two copies of this part involving lines." When the time comes, we will decide which one to use, depending on the situation.
Moreover, the boss also said that the first two years after the premiere of the film, it will not strive for its release in Lucia, so it may not be bothered. Besides, the movies made by us Americans fantasize that the Lucia people have all kinds of conditions, so it's not enough, maybe it's just grandstanding, Lucia has been in Afghanistan for the past two years, and life has not been easy, I heard that it is indeed too poor. ”
Arnold finally understood what the other party meant at the beginning, "After reading the script, decide whether to accept it or not".
If this is filmed, it is possible that Lucia will be fēng shā in the future.
However, during the Cold War, Lucia people didn't spend much money on American movies, so it didn't matter.
No matter what bad taste the boss has, he still has to work hard to know the grace of encounter.
He moved on to the next script, True Lies.
There is nothing to say about the spy war and combat scenes in this, and the battle with KGB-like foreign intelligence agencies is also very exciting, and the United States has rarely dared to shoot head-on over the years - because during the Cold War, the United States did not officially report on the spy agencies of the Helucians, fabricating facts, for fear of causing international protests.
Originally, Cameron's "True Lies", which was released in 1994, was a script that was newly saved the year after Lucia's disintegration. Because ussR is no longer there, no one will hold the whip corpse, shoot casually, and are not afraid of causing disputes. However, because of this, the film is not good for popularity, and it is impossible for God to predict.
What really shocked Arnold in the script was the enemy he was set to fight.
Because they are not dealing with the evil Lucia, but "some extremists separated from Lucia, taking the nuclear bomb from the official proliferation, going to Key West in Miami to deter the United States".
In the film, Lucia's authorities become the good guys, teamed up with the United States, and the bad guys are the small group of evil people who have separated from each other. Nowhere in the whole article is it said that the authorities of any country are bad, and the bad ones are extremists.
"How can the Lucians have a power outside the country? And what does this film warn the people? The Lucia authorities are not bad people? Some individuals in the Lucia military are bad people?"
If you can't figure it out for a while, then don't think about it. After much consideration, it was the grace of knowing and the signboard of the card guide that played a role.
Let's agree to shoot first. Anyway, if the situation doesn't allow it, I won't rush to release it.
Maybe Boss Gu has a relatively strong relationship with Professor Ji and His Excellency Schultz, so he knows what the big conspiracy is in advance.
Whatever, that's not something that people with money should worry about.
"I signed it, so be it. Sears, stay and play a few fights with me. Arnold figured it out, so he quickly signed.
"Are you kidding, fighting you?" the agent startled.
Arnold looked disdainful: "What do you think? I mean Street Fighter - I choose myself! You pick the character of Sylvester." You're a fake fan, but you're still an employee of Miramax, and you don't even really like to play the things that your boss has launched!"
Sears smiled awkwardly: "Please, I'm a civilian worker, I'm busy as a dog every day, how can I have time to play, I can't be blamed." ”
Justification is justification, since the service object asks to play with him, it is still necessary to cheer.
It's a pity that the civilian personnel are not only far inferior to Arnold in physical combat, but they are not even quick enough to rub their moves, and they are quickly killed on their backs, and they are lying on their stomachs in three consecutive sets.
"You're too vegetable, go back and practice hard. I might as well play on the computer. Arnold was not interested, and soon found it boring to slaughter Youyou.
"Isn't it just $400, I'll buy one when I go back! Although Sears was abused, he also felt a burst of enthusiasm.
He rarely goes into the arcade hall, and he is the kind of clerk who wears a suit to work every day, so he doesn't know the atmosphere in the arcade. But just after experiencing Tian Kun's Ps fighting game, he had to admit that the atmosphere of Tian Kun's home machine was not bad, and the two of them fought for a while, shouting and shouting and adding sound support, and they would soon be able to enter the state.
This feeling is really the best choice to vent, and it feels like an American man will fall in love.
In contrast, the original fighting games of my own, the percussive sound effects, are simply soft and cute child's play.