Chapter Ninety-Nine: Inviting Little Plums
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"I don't know what Hollywood insiders are, I've only been here for three years!"
It was obviously a trap, Shen Lin would not be fooled, and immediately changed the tone of the previous sentence.
The Chinese language is really a broad spirit!
"Hmph! Every time you mention the past, you flicker, saying, Is there some secret hidden from me?"
"How is it possible, am I that kind of person? I was born in New China, grew up under the red flag, and have never been corroded by the decadent life of capitalism!"
"Only by believing in you can you have a ghost!"
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Although it is November 21, 2012, there are still three months before the Oscars, and even the list of nominees is still nearly two months away.
But the awards season has begun, and all the forward-looking Oscar awards are illustrating one point: Xiao Lizi's Oscar dream this year is no play!
In fact, in the whole year of 2012, Leonardo only had one movie come out, the movie "Django Delivered" written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, and Leonardo only played a soy sauce scene in the movie, not even a supporting role.
He pinned all his hopes on the upcoming 2013 film "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Leonardo's sacrifice in "The Wolf of Wall Street" is not insignificant, promiscuity, drug abuse, in short, he has used all the tricks he can think of.
It's a pity that he ran into Matthew McConaughey, a guy who can lose 42 pounds for the role and lose weight like lightning!
Matthew McConaughey's road to interpretation can be called the history of blood and tears, think at the beginning, he and Matt Damon, Xiao Li are all famous young handsome guys in Hollywood, in 1997 he and Leonardo competed for 'Jack', and then he lost, but Leonardo soared.
This is not miserable, in 2005, Matthew McConaughey's opportunity came, and he starred in a $200 million production called "Sahara Cavalry"!
It's a pity that "Sahara Cavalry" lost a net loss of $144 million, which directly pitted the two production companies to collapse!
Who would dare to use him?
Even if the distribution company made a small profit from "Launch Failure", which was released the next year, "Sahara Cavalry", which ranked among the top ten net losses, would not choose Matthew McConaughey for any big investment.
It wasn't until 2011 that Matthew began his independent film career, and at the same time his acting skills began to grow by leaps and bounds!
In 2012, he was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor for the movie "Madea on the Mississippi River", but of course he did not win the award.
If the "Dallas" project doesn't have a chance for Matthew, will he still have a chance to make a difference?
Without the Oscar winner, will the protagonist of "Interstellar" be given to him?
However, whether Matthew McConaughey is unlucky or not has nothing to do with Shen Lin, he wants to let Leonardo join "Dallas Buyers Club".
With the joining of Xiao Lizi, it is possible to achieve huge profits at this small cost!
Of course, this is very difficult, first of all, Xiao Lizi may not trust himself as a novice Hollywood director, and on the other hand, Xiao Lizi's salary is difficult to negotiate!
No matter how much Xiao Lizi lowers his salary, he is a super A-level Hollywood giant.
The so-called Hollywood Super A coffee means that the starting price is 20+20!
20 million basic salary plus 20% global box office share!
Want people to give up their salary to appear in their own movies?
What about dreaming?
Shen Lin thought about simply letting Leonardo occupy the majority of the box office revenue, so as to join this "Dallas Buyers Club", which can be called an Oscar template for a low salary
Too naΓ―ve!
Capitalism has never had a conscience!
Shen Lin quickly realized this sentence!
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Shen Lin quickly contacted Xiao Lizi.
In Hollywood, it's not easy for you to connect with a super A, thanks to Disney's help.
The location is Jonathan's house, although Shen Lin has a little conflict with Chris, he still has a relationship with Jonathan, and Jonathan is even named the screenwriter of "Interstellar".
As for Xiao Lizi and Jonathan, the relationship is okay, after all, Leonardo starred in "Inception" directed by Jonathan's brother Chris.
After a few simple conversations, Shen Lin could already see that Xiao Lizi was very interested in the project of "Dallas Buyers Club"!
As Shen Lin understands, Leonardo has gone a little crazy in recent years in order to chase the Oscar for Best Actor!
In recent years, except for the movie "Inception", which is to defend his absolute position in the field of commercial films, the other films are all "Olympic" films.
Among them are several projects he has worked on with Martin Scorsese.
To be precise, the director of these projects, namely Martin, is the tool that Leonardo uses to challenge for the Oscar for Best Actor.
Of course, this kind of cooperation is beneficial to both the director and Xiao Lizi.
A good actor needs a good director to raise points, and a director needs an equally good actor to help out.
In addition to being ambitious as an actor, Xiao Lizi is also an excellent businessman!
For the time being, I will not take stock of his investments in other fields, such as technology stocks and the like, but only his film side.
Several of Martin's movies, Xiao Li Zi has invested and accounted for a considerable proportion of the share, take a closer look, which one has a box office of less than 200 million US dollars?
The share earned in the film field alone is enough for Xiao Lizi to enjoy the rich life!
This is also the confidence of Xiao Lizi to keep one drama a year and never shoot more.
"Shen Lin, I like this story very much, I decided to join!"
First expressed his interest in this story, and then Xiao Lizi put forward a condition: "Of course, I hope to account for more than 50% of the total investment." β
Shen Lin felt a little unhappy in his heart, but he still nodded.
The investment cost accounts for half, and correspondingly, the income will definitely be more than half!
But the other party is Leonardo DiCaprio! Smiling slightly, Shen Lin said: "The issuer of this project is the touchstone, I have no opinion anyway." β
"Also, of course, my salary has to be calculated separately. β
Hearing this, Shen Linze's face changed, and he already had a plan at the moment.
"What's your salary," Shen Lin asked directly, "Is it '2+2'?"
"That's right. Xiao Lizi nodded and said, "2+2 is my bottom line." β
It's a bit too much.
Originally, Shen Lin's plan was to persuade Xiao Lizi to give up his salary, and it seemed that there was no drama!
Shen Lin could only sigh secretly, Xiao Li is not only a superstar, but also a successful businessman!
It was impossible for Leonardo to back down, and Shen Lin simply stopped reluctantly.
Now he really wants to work with a superstar.
But if you are completely empty in the crew because of this, is it still interesting?
Let's go back and look for Matthew children's shoes.
Teach Xiao Li to leave the job to Alessandro!
Of course, the necessary politeness is still needed, Shen Lin still smiled and said, "In this way, I may need to communicate with the touchstone." β
Xiao Lizi nodded lightly, and said with the same smile: "I hope to wait for your good news, I am looking forward to working with Asian directors!"
Leonardo once wanted to cooperate with Wang Xiaoshuai in public, and only said that he was willing to take the salary he was paid ten years ago!
How come Shen Lin is here, it's different?
may be backed by Martin, which makes Xiao Lizi feel like 'I can afford you when I cooperate with you'.
Maybe after the Oscars in 2014, Xiao Lizi will understand that Martin is really not his best partner!