Chapter 100: Bara's Threat!!
In order to strengthen Menghang's reputation, after the filming of "The Shawshank Redemption" ended, Shaogong's filming plan entered a new stage. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info08 they have three films scheduled for release.
Due to the good box office reputation of "The Shawshank Redemption", a retro style of feature films has been set off in the magnesium country, which has made many people pay attention to that almost forgotten corner, and as the eye of this retro style, Menghang has formulated another shooting plan for "Rain Man".
This movie is different from the hearty accumulation of "The Shawshank Redemption", its scene plot gives people inspiration rather than negativity, and it takes a warm route, telling the story of sincere and touching brotherhood that finally triumphs over selfishness.
In the country of magnesium, films that are warm and positive for families have always been very popular. And the Magnesium Country, which has always proclaimed itself the Justice League, has always been very human rights on the surface for vulnerable groups, especially for special groups like the rain people, who need more care.
Raymond, one of the two brothers in the film, is a "rain man" in the medical definition, that is, an autistic person, who behaves repetitively and stereotypically in certain things. His life was based on fixed rituals, and he had to do fixed things at fixed times.
But at the same time, Raymond has an amazing memory and has the ability to "never forget". He can accurately report the flight schedule, time, place, and cause of all major air crashes in flight history, and he can quickly count the 246 toothpicks that have fallen on the restaurant floor. He can also remember any phone number he has read in his phone book. His mental arithmetic speed is not inferior to that of a calculator.
For Raymond's actor, Menghang invited Xiao Lizi, that is, the actor of Jack in "Titanic" and Andy in "The Shawshank Redemption", for this rain man, Xiao Lizi was particularly excited after reading the script, he told Shaogong that although he used to rely on his face, he now prefers to use his strength to prove himself, and use his acting skills to win the Oscar for Best Actor, because the face will disappear with time, once he gets old, what else does he have. So he has to rely on this acting skills to prove himself, so that even if no one looks at his face one day, he can continue to walk in this industry by relying on his acting skills.
Charlie is Raymond's brother, a Los Angeles car dealer who runs a small car dealership, and with his shrewd mind and nimble wrist, Charlie's career is booming. But at this time, he was suddenly told that his father was dead, and the inheritance was not left to him.
Charlie was disappointed and furious about this, and did not intend to stop there, he decided to find out the whereabouts of the huge inheritance left by his father, and prepared to fight an inheritance battle to defend his rights. But after a series of journeys, he was unconsciously moved by Raymond, the former brotherhood finally overcame his selfishness, he no longer cared about the inheritance, he was worried that he would not be able to see Raymond again in the future.
When Raymond rests his head on his brother's head, a childish way he expresses his love and attachment to his brother, Charlie recovers everything he lost.
For this role, Dream Voyage signed Tom Cruise to play, for the current Dream Voyage, many Hollywood big-name movie stars can't refuse its invitation, because for 07 years, this year is destined to become the Year of Dream Voyage, and there is almost no film they produce that is not a double harvest of box office word-of-mouth, such a film and television company, I believe that only a fool will refuse its invitation!!
Although Tom Cruise is older, this person is originally young, as long as the makeup artist's skills are not too bad, he can completely return to the ranks of Hollywood first-line handsome guys with makeup.
At present, "Rain Man" is in full swing to start filming.
As for the second film, Menghang signed Nicolas Cage and planned to start filming "Air Prison", this film Shaogong personally served as a producer, producer, director, and screenwriter, and also invited Hong Kong gunfight film master Wu Yusen to serve as the assistant director, which is also the first Hong Kong director invited by Menghang after coming to magnesium.
Wu Yusen, who received this invitation, was very happy, after all, Menghang is a well-known company standing in the magnesium country, and the boss is the first Oscar winner of the Best Director Award in Chinese history, so after the visa was issued, he flew to the magnesium country.
At this time, Nicolas Cage was still known as a legendary Hollywood real estate tycoon, and he is said to have fifteen palace-like mansions around the world, including a Gothic castle and a small island in the Bahamas. His private collection is also worth a lot of money, including four yachts, jets and more than 40 luxury cars, a large collection of jewelry and countless works of art, and this year he competed with Xiao Li Zi for a dinosaur skull, which Cage eventually acquired for $276,000.
Although Cage is still very prosperous at present, Shaogong knows that he is not good at financial management, Shaogong's Cage in his previous life due to two previous divorces, coupled with profligacy and investment failure, in 2009 was found by the tax department of the magnesium country to have a serious financial crisis of more than 6 million US dollars, in order to repay the debt, Cage accelerated the filming speed, and then it was almost to the extent that he did not pick the script.
At that time, when he was at his most, there were actually 4 movies a year. In 2012, there were 5 films. As a result, in order to repay his debts and make money, this former Hollywood first-line celebrity, indiscriminately took over a large number of undisciplined money-making works, and those box office and word-of-mouth made Cage the throne of Hollywood's famous "King of Bad Movies".
For the movies of Cage's golden age, Shao Gong only has "Prison in the Air" and "Changing Face" in his hands, but there is no doubt that these two can be called classics in Cage's classics, especially this "Prison in the Sky", although it did not win the Oscar like "Changing Face", but at least there are a few nominations, and this movie is the key to Cage's official gene, because in terms of action scenes and explosion scenes, it still stimulates the senses after ten years of shocking the audience.
And Shao Gong invited Wu Yusen to come, although he served as an assistant director in this movie, but this was to let him get familiar with the atmosphere of making movies in Magnesium Country as soon as possible and increase his experience in fighting monsters, because after this 09 years, Menghang will start filming "Changing Face".
As for the third film, Shao Gong plans to start filming "Jaws", which is the first work of shark thrillers, and its classics are enough to rank among the 100 most classic movies in the magnesium country. Since Shao Gong has the script of "Jaws", it cannot be said that there are no movies about Jaws in the world now, but there are absolutely no classics.
Menghang has Amber's father's shore club, and the decoration and decoration there are very nostalgic, so it is very suitable for the location shooting of "Jaws", and the location of the interior shooting, Shaogong They have an underwater studio of "Titanic", so they are very capable of filming the movie "Jaws".
So the storyline of this movie is still set in the seventies and eighties, with Sergeant Martin Brody being able to sign Cage, marine biologist Matt Hooper being able to bring in Little Plum, and fishing expert Quint being played by Colm Mini, who also plays the role of Duncan Morley, an anti-narcotics agent in "Prison in the Sky".
There are three classics of warmth, action, and thriller that escorted Menghang in 08, and I believe that their company's fame will once again maintain the momentum of the sun in the magnesium film industry.
And for special effects, although "Titanic" can be called an absolute classic, but for monster-level special effects, Shao Gong plans to use "Jaws" to test the waters, because the script about monster movies in his USB drive, in addition to Jaws, there are two parts: Deep Sea Shark, Extreme Deep Cold and Python Disaster.
Watching Menghang release the shooting plan for 08 at the press conference on TV, the CEOs of the six old Hollywood film and television companies once again accelerated the plan to divide Menghang and the cinema chain.
A few days later, that is, in November of 07, Baransim invited Shaogong out to dinner again, this time his face was very melancholy, and he couldn't stop apologizing during the banquet: "Sorry friends, the conditions offered by the six major Hollywood film and television companies are too tempting, although Menghang's movies are very good, which has been acknowledged, but the films of the six major film and television companies are also very good, aren't they??" As the president of the cinema chain, if you were me, would you choose a long-term cooperation, or should you cooperate with six companies with no less strength and reputation than your dream voyage at the same time!!"
"Naturally, I chose to maximize the benefits. ”
Shao Gong smiled indifferently, looked at him without any nervousness and said: "They have a cinema chain in a prime location in their hands, and your family cooperates with six families, what will those people think, my friend, your choice will undoubtedly trigger their common interests, because once Oudian chooses that path, he will cross the line." There is a saying in our Huaxia that the fish can be fished out of bounds, and the money that crosses the line cannot be fished, after all, no one wants the money in their pockets to be divided by other companies!"
For this, it is the reason why Balang has been hesitating, and he said helplessly: "Of course I know this, but if Menghang raises the box office share, I mean that if Menghang and the theater can share the box office equally, I will definitely stand on Menghang's side." ”
"If Oudian takes half of our box office, the second- and third-rate theaters in Magnesium Country will carve up another part. Removing all our production costs, distribution fees, and all other expenses, our net profit will be divided into seven. ”
"My friend, it's already a lot to have 30% of the income, this is in the magnesium country, the box office is calculated according to the US dollar, if the 30% box office is converted into RMB, it is nearly eight times the multiplication, I think the movies you shoot in Huaxia, the final box office will not be multiplied by eight times to calculate!"
Balang Sim peeled off a hairy crab, took out the crab roe and put it in his mouth and chewed it heavily: "Friend, after you came to the magnesium country, you have now become the richest man in China by taking advantage of the market resources here, and now it is time for you to make a way for the local businessmen in the magnesium country, if you don't agree, I can only cooperate with other film and television companies, although I am a businessman, but I am still a magnesium country after all, so I can't turn my elbow out, this sentence is also your Huaxia, right, my friend!!"
Faced with this almost decided-on reply, Shao Gong frowned and said, this guy is already threatening him, but he can't lose the theater. Shao Gong couldn't help but think about it, and said with a smile: "Let me think about it, I will give you a satisfactory answer next time." After saying that, he got up and walked out, watching him open the door of the private room, Baransim smiled: "I hope you don't think about it for more than a week, otherwise I will be impatient friend." ”
"I will. ”
Shao Gong nodded, gave Balang a polite smile again, and closed the door. When he left the restaurant and returned to Menghang, he locked himself in the office, and then he picked up the phone and dialed an internal number and said, "Brother Yong, are our cars ready??"
"Okay, you can open it at any time. ”
Li Yong replied with this sentence and hung up the phone.