Chapter 684 - Pick-up
Bai Chongshi didn't wait for Zhang Ziqing and Corkley to make a specific decision, but first heard that there was another movie about Oriental DreamWorks that was about to be released.
However, this shootout film called "Die Hard" was filmed by Oriental DreamWorks in Hollywood, and now it is only released by Oriental DreamWorks in China.
But he saw a familiar name again in the list of "Die Hard".
Screenwriter: Yang Ming!
Seeing this name, I don't know why Bai Chongshi couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness in his heart, sometimes he really wanted to pick up the young man's head to see what was different about this demon's brain, and all kinds of scripts that attracted the admiration of countless people were written without any trouble like Chinese cabbage.
In the Chinese entertainment industry, at this time, there are more people who see the names of the screenwriters on the list of "Die Hard", and those who have the same thoughts as Bai Chongshi.
This Yang Ming is really too demonic.
Now it has been three weeks since the release of "Road to Glory", and the cumulative box office has reached about 350 million, and I believe that there is no pressure at the box office of 400 million, but even if this is a phenomenal movie, after three weeks of release, the box office situation of the movie has gradually begun to weaken.
It just so happens that "Die Hard", which has already obtained a public screening license and has been reviewed by the Guò Film Censorship Association, just takes over the baton of "Road to Glory".
"Die Hard" was able to not occupy the quota of imported films, get a public screening license, and be allowed to be released in China, although it attracted doubts from some well-intentioned people, but it did not make too many waves.
Even many filmmakers applauded Oriental DreamWorks' approach.
At least it is better than the kind of Emperor Entertainment that lures wolves into the house to shoot Hollywood blockbusters in the name of joint ventures, which has completely touched the bottom line of domestic filmmakers' morality.
Some of the more radical filmmakers also publicly accused Zhonghuang Entertainment in the media of being traitors in the Chinese film industry.
On the contrary, "Die Hard" did not attract the saliva of these people, and they kept comparing it with Emperor Entertainment.
Although "Die Hard" is nominally a movie made by Hollywood, the film company that produced the film has been acquired by a Chinese film company, which means that this is a film invested and shot by Huaxia Capital.
Or in a sense, Oriental DreamWorks' acquisition of a film company in Hollywood's nest is seen by many local filmmakers as a counterattack to Hollywood.
Yang Ming saw this statement in the newspaper, and he couldn't laugh or cry, those filmmakers thought too highly of themselves, but he didn't have time to pay attention to them.
Now he basically stays in Leying Digital, and Zhang Kaile is making special effects shots for "2012", as a director, he must let Zhang Kaile understand his intentions and know the shots he needs.
There are less than three months left before the Spring Festival, and he has to complete the production and editing of "2012" within this time, and the time is too tight.
The main reason is that Leying Digital is the first time to contact such a large special effects scene, and many things need to be explored, which delays the progress of production, if it is replaced by those well-known special effects production companies in Hollywood, Yang Ming believes that it will not take so long at all.
However, Yang Ming feels that it is very worthwhile, with this exercise, Leying Digital is definitely a qualitative leap in technology.
I believe that if a movie like "2012" is made again in the future, it will definitely not take such a long time.
However, he can't stay here at Leying Digital today, and he will go to the airport to pick up people after a while, and Barber flew to China with the main creators of "Die Hard" to promote the upcoming "Die Hard".
In fact, he didn't need Yang Ming to pick it up in person, but he thought about it, as a boss, he often doesn't appear in Hollywood's Oriental DreamWorks, and now that the personnel over there are coming, it is still necessary for him to brush up on his sense of storage and show his affinity.
After a while, he left Leying Digital and drove to the airport, in addition, the company will arrange two business vehicles to pick up people at the airport.
At the airport, Yang Ming received a dusty look from Barber and his party.
"Yang, this is director McTiernan. Barber introduced Yang Ming, "That one is the starring Cruz!"
"Hello, Yang, I've wanted to see you for a long time, Mr. Barber said that you wrote the script of "Die Hard", and I heard that you already have the plot of the second part in your mind?" McTyrnan is a relatively thin middle-aged man, but he didn't expect him to hear Barber's introduction and learn that the young Chinese man in front of him was the legendary boss and screenwriter, and immediately grabbed Yang Ming and said a lot of questions.
Yang Ming touched his nose, and when he heard so many questions from McTyrnan, he didn't know which one to answer first for a while.
"Alright, Mr. Director, let's go to the hotel first, and I'll let you ask when we have time." Barber came out to relieve Yang Ming.
"Well, Director McTiernan, I'll send you to the hotel to rest first, and then we can talk freely, I believe you are already very tired after taking the plane for such a long time!" Yang Ming said with a smile.
McTyrnan also knew that being at the airport at this time was not a good place to chat, so he had to shrug his shoulders helplessly and said, "Well, I'm actually not very tired. ”
Yang Ming and Barber couldn't help but smile and shake their heads when they heard McTiernan's complaint and ignored it.
This director McTiernan is really a workaholic.
"Hello, Mr. Yang Ming!" When Yang Ming arranged for the company staff to help Barber and his group with their luggage, Cruz walked up to him and said politely.
Yang Ming turned his head and saw a tall, sturdy, angular white man, he knew that the charming man in front of him was the protagonist of "Die Hard", he couldn't help but stretch out his hand, and greeted him very gracefully: "Hello, Cruz!"
The two chatted lightly, and then prepared to get in the car and go to the hotel, but when they were about to get in the car, Cruz asked Yang Ming: "Yang, can I ask if there should be a sequel to "Die Hard", right?"
Yang Ming's face was stunned, he really didn't expect that whether it was the director or the leading actor, how could they be in such an eager state of mind, but he quickly recovered, smiled and said:
"John's legendary life has just begun, how could it end so quickly, do you say?
After finishing speaking, he opened the car door and prepared to get into the car, Cruz said firmly behind Yang Ming: "Of course!"
Yang Ming got into the car, fastened his seat belt, started the car, and went to the hotel.
After a while, he asked Bobble, who was sitting in the passenger seat with his eyes closed, "Why are McTiernan and Cruz so eager to make a sequel?"
Hearing this, Barber slowly opened his eyes, laughed, and said in a somewhat passionate tone: "What else? Of course, "Die Hard" not only achieved amazing box office results, but also aroused unanimous praise from the audience in the United States. ”
"Especially the image of John Police created by Cruz, who has been rated as the most charismatic screen policeman by many people in the United States, in this case, of course, they want to make persistent efforts to shoot a sequel!"
Yang Ming was immediately interested when he heard this, he didn't know the box office results of "Die Hard", so he asked: "How is the box office of "Die Hard"?"
"As of yesterday, the box office results of "Die Hard" have accumulated more than 130 million yuan, and it is estimated that by the time the painting is completed, it will reach 150 million, there should be no problem!" Referring to the box office results of "Die Hard", Barber's body couldn't help but sit up straight, and the whole person became excited and refreshed.
It can be said that in recent times, with the amazing ability of "Die Hard" to make money in the film market, his reputation in Hollywood has become hot again.
Hollywood's major media even used a lot of words that made people feel very happy, praising Barber for successfully producing and releasing an excellent movie this time, and re-appraised the significance of his choice to join Oriental DreamWorks in the first place.
In particular, many people rated the partnership of Barber and Yang Ming as the most threatening boss + CEO combination in Hollywood, at least many times better than the previous combination of Corkley and Barber.
Yang Ming not only has extraordinary talent and talent in film, from the fact that "Die Hard" is a script written by this young Chinese, it can be seen that the most important thing is the work of Hollywood's Oriental DreamWorks, and this young boss is to let Barber play freely without the slightest constraint.
As for Cokley, all of Hollywood knows what kind of person this is.
It can be said that a "Die Hard" has relieved a lot of pressure on Barber in some kind of Cheng dù, at least his choice is not wrong.
When Yang Ming heard the box office of "Die Hard", his expression couldn't help but be a little excited, but he was driving now, holding back the joy in his heart, and his eyes continued to look at the road and vehicles in front of him.
150 million rice dollars, converted into Chinese dollars, there are at least nearly 600 million Chinese dollars, I believe that the global box office exceeds 1 billion Chinese dollars, there should be no problem.
"What's the situation in Europe?" Yang Ming couldn't help but ask with concern.
"It's going very well, it's been released for two weeks, and it's been a box office of 70 million euros!" Barber said after a moment's thought.
Yang Ming nodded, Hollywood Oriental DreamWorks has this "Die Hard", and it can already stand on a foothold in Hollywood, which is like a forest, if "Hurricane Rescue" can also be a big success, then it will gradually gain a firm foothold in Hollywood and can have a certain influence.
"Oh, by the way, what's going on with Path of Glory?" Yang Ming suddenly remembered and asked.
"It's been determined that there will be about 1,000 theaters to screen this movie by then!" Barber said with a frown, obviously not satisfied with the number, but he did his best, "Yang, if this movie is directed or starred by yourself, I can still persuade those theaters to arrange more theaters, but obviously those people don't believe Zheng!"
"If it weren't for the fact that this movie became the focus of news in China and the world because of the racial integration of whites and blacks, there would have been fewer theaters arranged by those theaters!"