Chapter 191: Shock
Several people were stunned by Cameron's crying words, especially Edward Fulong, who bullied "strict, the top of the waves", and was even more frightened by Cameron's harsh words. He had never played any role before, and it was by chance that he was brought into the crew of "Terminator Phenol" by the casting, which can be said to be in the American film industry, before the release of "Terminator", there was no influence and no foundation.
To be able to join the filming of the first film in the history of Shijie to invest $100 million. What the hell is the point, for him at a young age. It's not very clear, but being able to perform on the same stage with the big stars in those movies makes him feel very excited. And his family also thought that this was a rare opportunity in Edward's life, so they repeatedly reminded him to cherish this opportunity and listen to the director. And Edward did do this, and he performed very well in the role of Little John, so Cameron also admired him a lot. But he didn't expect Cameron to say such a thing, and even said that he would completely ban himself in Hollywood!
Although he is not very old, he can also understand that with Cameron's identity and status in Hollywood, it must be easy to ban himself, a fledgling and unknown newcomer!
Schwarzenegger didn't expect that Cameron would be so serious about this, yes, among these people present, except for Edward, everyone else is an adult, and they should understand the priority of the matter, but they don't want to talk to this point, right?
Edward said with a pale face: "Director, I will never say half a word to the outside world." If you're not at ease, I can leave. ”
"Forget it, I just hope you keep this secret until it's made public!" Cameron waved his hand, if Edward was allowed to leave like this, what would the rest of the hall think when they saw him like this?
"When Fang and I got acquainted, Fang gave Mr. Michael Clayton an outline of the story, well, maybe it would be more appropriate to use the idea. Michael Clayton is now working on this idea. He agreed, and the rights to adapt the script of the book in the future would be handed over to Fang, and Fang agreed, and this film will be directed by me!" Cameron explained succinctly.
"Mr. Michael Clayton?" the actors in the audience couldn't help but whisper. As an American actor, how could Michael Clayton, who is famous, not know.
"Is that Michael Clayton?" Linda asked, still incredulous.
"What other Mr. Michael Clayton's work deserves my expectations?" Cameron asked rhetorically. Several people fell silent.
"Who are they talking about?" Uda Mitsuri asked Fang Ming in a puzzled whisper. "Michael Clayton. America's best-known best-selling author. Fang Mingyuan replied in the same low voice. Although he knew that Michael Clayton had a huge influence in the United States, when he saw the reactions of Arnold and the others, he still couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart that he was really lucky to be recognized by Michael Clayton. It's like a huge stepping stone, saving yourself a lot of trouble.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's gaze when he looked at Fang Mingyuan again was already full of disbelief, no wonder Cameron valued Fang Mingyuan so much, it turned out that there was such a relationship in this. Michael Clayton, the most famous best-selling author in the United States, his works can set off a storm in the American publishing industry, and getting the film adaptation rights of his works, even without any publicity, will definitely attract the most eager attention of the majority of Americans. For Hollywood directors, as long as the director's level is not too bad and the investment is too small, otherwise this means an Oscar nomination ticket. Such a huge temptation is something that no director can refuse.
It is impossible for the actors of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton and Sandra Bullock to be overjoyed by both Michael Clayton and Cameron at the same time, while Robert Patrick is full of disappointment. Edward Frond? He's still wondering what that means.
"Mr. Fang, I also have a chance to be the starring role?" Sandra Bullock said in a trembling voice, which made her voice sound a little weird, but no one would laugh at her at this moment. Everyone was envious of her good luck, and they didn't know what Fang Mingyuan liked about her, not only recommended her to Cameron, but also actually tailored a script for her, which was simply a miracle given to her by God!
Cameron looked at Fang Mingyuan with a strange expression, he couldn't understand Fang Mingyuan's intentions at all. would be so interested in this girl
Uda Mitsuri and Lin Lian also glanced at each other silently, but neither of them spoke.
Fang Mingyuan nodded with a smile and said: "Heroine, but I won't shoot this script in the near future, I think your acting skills need to be further sharpened before you can play the role of the heroine." Sandra Bullock was so excited that she couldn't put it into words, but she just nodded vigorously, her lips trembling, but she couldn't say half a word.
"James,,... does not include the department adapted by Mai Cocoon Cocoon Leiden Jingsheng... If you can, there's one of them, and I'd like you to direct it. Still working with Arnold. "True Lies", this film can be said to be a classic among the Shijie action movie classics of the blade era, one of the best works starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, and another milestone in the work of director James Cameron, which has swept hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office around the world.
For Chinese audiences, this film is also the beginning of Huaxia's import of Hollywood blockbusters, which once set off a movie-watching frenzy in the mainland film market. Fang Mingyuan was also extremely impressed.
"Heart. Doesn't that mean I've been working on your script for the last few years!" Cameron muttered.
Of course, I also hope that you will not open your mouth to me because of the results of "Terminator Phenol", I hope you can control the total investment within 100 million US dollars In the previous life, "True Lies" was released in the second half of '93, so that the filming would be advanced by a year, and in this case, the cost would be some.
Arnold and the others couldn't help but take another breath. From Fang Mingyuan's words, they heard that it was obvious that this would be another big-budget movie with an investment of nearly 100 million US dollars. Linda and Hamilton couldn't help but cast their envious eyes on Arnold Schwarzenegger! He was so lucky to be fortunate enough to star in two films with such an astonishing investment, and once a big-budget movie is successful, its box office will inevitably be very impressive, and as the protagonist of it, the salary will naturally rise. Maybe Arnold Schwarzenegger can step into the ranks of Hollywood A-list superstars from now on!
"Mr. Fang, which director will direct my script? Linda Hamilton didn't wait for Arnold to speak, and couldn't wait to ask. It's hard to get a movie tailored for yourself, and if you can get a famous screenwriter to tailor it for you, it's a rare luck. With the double guarantees of Cameron and Michael Clayton, Linda Hamilton has no doubts about Fang Mingyuan's screenwriting level at all.
Fang Mingyuan habitually scratched his head, due to some deficiencies in the plot, its box office performance and investment cost can only be said to be a mediocre work, and it can't be called a classic, but Fang Mingyuan likes it quite much, and this is a disaster movie. from a past life. Fang Mingyuan has remembered a lot of classic disaster movies, many of which have good box office and reputation. But those works are still very difficult to achieve in today's Hollywood, jishu, and they can't achieve that realistic effect. In comparison, the special effects of Flame Peak River are relatively good, and Fang Mingyuan plans to partially modify the plot of "Flame Peak" to see if he can get more results. Anyway, in the previous life, it didn't lose money in the end. If it doesn't work, it's better to test the waters as a disaster movie.
Moreover, it is also very important to marry Linda Hamilton, after all, she will become Cameron's wife in the future, and she will also have children for him, although the two still broke up in the end, but she is the longest time with him among Cameron's wives. Fang Mingyuan knew very well in his heart that the pillow wind was strong, and he believed that at this point, whether it was the East or the West, there would be no difference. For Cameron, Fang Mingyuan naturally hopes to add double insurance, which is an important cash cow for him in the future.
"It's a disaster movie, which director is more suitable, I think James has more say in that. However, before the special effects can be satisfactory, it will not be able to start filming, and it will take a while for Fang Mingyuan to hide it from her. Cameron nodded knowingly, Fang Mingyuan was reminding himself that the formation of the special effects production company should be completed as soon as possible.
Linda Hamilton nodded happily, Fang Mingyuan obviously gave the choice of director to Cameron, and her relationship with Cameron has always been good, in this way, she doesn't have to worry too much, because the movie can't start shooting immediately. And then what happens.
At this time, Goyle and two high-ranking executives of the Emerald Bird Film Company came over with three white men in their forties and fifties.
"You seem to have a good chat, huh? Before the man arrived, the voice of the miser had already arrived.
The crowd stood up to greet them.
"Fang, let me introduce to you, this is the chairman of the peak entertainment company, the drunkard Carl Cameron They looked at the appearance of Fang Mingyuan and the three of them, and laughed invariably, and the middle-aged man smiled indifferently: "You heard me right, I am indeed called the drunkard Carlson, although I am not very interested in alcohol, and I can even get drunk a handful of times in my life." To be honest, every time a stranger hears this name, the look on their face hurts me. Although he said this, looking at his expression, he did not look very sad, perhaps he had already been numb.
"Alright, alright, you're always much luckier than that you guess sir because of this, he somehow lost a good job opportunity Cameron Daxiao said. It turns out that there is such an interesting thing to discuss in the Nikkei. At that time, a staff member was recruited by a prestigious university in the United States, and many people applied for the job because the salary and benefits were very good, and the work was also leisurely. When the curator interviewed one of them in person, he asked what the other party's name was, and the person smiled and said, "Guess."
As a result, the director of the library was angry at that time, and angrily reprimanded: "I am the director of this library, and I don't have so much leisure to play some guessing game with you!" All that was left was the innocent-looking test taker, whose name was indeed the word you guessed. Later, I don't know who stabbed this incident into the media, which caused the public to laugh at it.
In the eyes of Chinese people, it is normal for a person to have a name and surname. Hundreds of surnames have a long history for thousands of years, and each surname has a long historical story. So in Huaxia. When strangers meet, the first thing they say is "please ask your name".
But for the vast majority of Europeans and Americans, the history of surnames is still quite short for them. In the long history, only those privileged classes, those nobles, had surnames, and commoners and slaves could not have enjoyed such treatment. Therefore, it was not until the tenth century A.D. that the commoners of European countries gradually had surnames. Their surnames are still interesting, and their origin often makes the countrymen amused.
For example, there are surnames and occupations, such as butchers, archers, etc., there are also surnames of animals and plants, the most typical is Tilf, which means wolf in English, and there are surnames with colors, and this is a big surname in the United States, and there are many seven-colored lights, and there are some more words, such as fat people, stones, coffins, and the like.
However, at this point, there is no shortage of coke anecdotes in Huaxia, at least Fang Mingyuan remembers that it was once published in the newspaper, some people are surnamed Yue Mingjing, and some people are actually called Bi Yuntao. At that time, it was a laugh that the whole office laughed.
"This one is Edwards Schleier, director of Aihui Pictures. This one is the owner of the small focus film company, Woody Lorent. Goyer introduced the other two to Fang Mingyuan. It can be said that they are all companies that Fang Mingyuan has never heard of. And the reality is that these three companies are all mid-stream and downstream film companies in Hollywood, and they are all inferior to Emerald Bird Film Company. Although some films are produced every year, they generally do not have a very good box office, and there is naturally no chance of winning awards at a grand event like the Oscars. In Hollywood, the number of such small studios is also quite large. Almost every year, there are new faces, and every year there are film companies that go bankrupt.
"This one, the one I mentioned to the three of you, our eastern partner, Mr. Fang, who is also one of the screenwriters of "Terminator Phenol", said with a smile.
Although the three of Edwards Schleier had heard from Goyle's mouth that this mysterious Oriental investor was very young, they still couldn't hold back the surprise on their faces when they confronted each other Mingyuan up close.
"I once heard that there is an old saying in China that has been passed down for thousands of years, that since ancient times, heroes have been different since childhood, and the drunkard Carlson sighed with admiration, "In Mr. Fang's body, let me once again confirm the correctness of this sentence!"
"Since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth!" Fang Mingyuan said in Chinese. I didn't expect this drunkard to know the Chinese proverb.
"Yes, yes, that's it. The drunkard Carlson clapped his hands again and again, "I remember its pronunciation very clearly, but I have to say that Xiao Chinese is the most difficult language to learn on shijie."
Fang Mingyuan shrugged speechlessly, in Huaxia, American language or English is also difficult for hundreds of millions of people, and the energy and time he has spent on English is almost equivalent to the total amount of other subjects If it is not Chinese is his mother tongue, otherwise, it is really difficult to say which one is better, English or Chinese.
After saying a few words, Goyle left with a smile on his face, and it could be seen that Goyle was in a good mood. Fang Mingyuan looked at the back of them leaving, but he was thoughtful in his heart. This dinner, although it is said to welcome his arrival, but mainly to let the company and the crew get familiar with him, Gower invited the shareholders of these three film companies, I'm afraid it's not just to introduce himself to such a simple way, right?
The three, it is him, although the film company under his name has only been established in Hong Kong for one year, it has become a first-line film company in Hong Kong like those film companies that have been established for more than ten years. Although there are no independent films, all the works are co-produced with other film companies, but I can tell you responsibly that these works, from the director to the actors, are all first-class figures in the Hong Kong film industry, Gao Er whispered to the three people" "And in Huaxia, he also owns a supermarket chain, I think you may have heard of it, it is the Carrefour supermarket that refused the acquisition of the Dragonfly Group and reached a cooperation agreement with the TideMar Group."
The drunkard Carlson and the three couldn't help but be moved again, how could they not know the famous Volema Group?