Don Gummer shrugged indifferently, but he was very interested in Mo Fei's proposal, and said: "Everyone is for their own work and career, and you have to give up a lot of personal pleasures to do your business, which I have prepared for many years ago when we were not married, since I can bring her happiness, it is worth it for me to do something." When it comes to the city of Hong Kong, I'm very interested, generally actors don't spend time with their families when they work, if your crew allows it, I really want to see it, the old East will definitely give me a lot of gains. ”

These two couples are husband and wife models in Hollywood and even the global entertainment industry, and they also respect and admire them, if they were someone else, they would definitely not have such treatment. "Of course it's no problem, I'm happy to do something for some artists who are both virtuous and artistic, and provide support to the best of my ability." Moreover, we will have more opportunities to cooperate in the future, and I hope to have your strong support. ”

The three of them were chatting, but they saw Bruce Willis who came over with a depressed face, he was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy TV Series for starring in "Blue Moonlight Detective Agency", but the relationship with the producer was very unhappy, and ABC could not go to the Foreign Correspondents' Association for his nomination, so his nomination could almost be completely classified into the soy sauce team. Sitting with those colleagues in ABC before, I don't think I have much to say, and instead of being embarrassed, it is better to come to my own people to get together, and I don't always feel so uncomfortable.

Wait until Bruce Willis gets closer. The two hugged each other, and after introducing a few people to each other, Mo Fei joked: "How about Walter." Is it still enjoyable to be on the crew of "Lethal Weapon", have you generously passed on your acting experience to Hallie, you shouldn't be a stingy guy, right? (Walter is nicknamed, full name Walter Bruce Willis)

"Hallie's progress is very fast, as long as there are no courses in school, she will come to the crew to learn, judging by her current performance. He must be a good actor in the future. Willis replied, and said helplessly: "I'm sitting here, I won't disturb everyone, right?" ”

Mo Fei nodded and said nothing. continued to comfort: "It's nothing, Walter, today is just a nomination for a TV series, believe me, there will be more honors that you can be proud of in the future." ”

If you want to say it, it's for Bruce Willis. It's a little guilty. This guy has won serious awards in "Blue Moonlight Detective Agency" all his life, and he has let himself lose it at this time, and he must help him fight for a more weighty actor than the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award TV series in the future.

Sometimes it's just so coincidental, I was worried about how to arrange Willis's schedule for the second half of the year before I came, but now I have a solution. As the saying goes, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, and today is just in time. Could it be that he looked at Willis and then Sidney Pollack on the side, there really is a movie that is very suitable for these two people to work together.

"Mr. Pollack." Do you have any appointments or schedules for the future, if time permits? I happen to have a movie here, and I want you to be the director? ”

One of the intentions of the Golden Globe Awards dinner is to let everyone communicate, and it is normal to invite them. However, Sidney Pollack can also see that Mo Fei's film should be improvised, to put it bluntly, more to appease or comfort this new national hero actor.

A story that comes up on an impromptu basis, no matter how famous Mo Fei is, he can't guarantee that it will be a good story. With his current identity and status, he must be cautious and pay attention to receiving films, once a bad movie comes out in his hand, it will be a big blow to the future.

But it was impossible for Pollack to refuse directly, and he showed that he was still interested with a smiling expression, and said: "I really don't have any plans for the future, I don't know what kind of subject your movie is about, Mr. Mo, can you talk about it roughly, if it is really suitable, I will definitely not refuse." ”

After all, he is a director who has never worked with him, Mo Fei thinks that Pollack's caution is normal, if he agrees immediately, it is something that only rookie directors and bad movie directors will do, if Pollack is really so happy, he must consider whether this is the Oscar-winning director in the original history.

Nodding his head, he invited everyone to sit down, and said, "Maybe you all think that my sudden suggestion must have been improvised, and it is not entirely wrong to say so. The story has been thought out a long time ago, and I have already written the script, but the filming of this film was indeed made on an ad hoc basis just now, and it is not in Phoenix Culture's filming plan this year.

In fact, this story is relatively simple, that is, an American policeman Tom who is innocently involved in a scandal and is anxious, and his colleagues inadvertently crash into a big case and catch the murderer Japanese Junichiro Koizumi, but under pressure from the Japanese government, the prisoner must be escorted back to Japan for trial. Tom and his buddies won the task, but just as they arrived in Japan, Koizumi was taken away by an accomplice disguised as a police officer at the airport.

In order to make up for the loss caused by their mistakes, Tom and his partner asked to join the investigation of the case, but the local police refused, and Tom and his partner could only get some help through the Japanese police officer who was in charge of receiving them, E, to continue to follow up on the case.

Not long after they followed up on the case, they finally found clues in a local nightclub opened by American Anna, and found that Koizumi was involved in a counterfeit money syndicate, transporting large quantities of counterfeit dollar bills to the United States and around the world, and related to the local gang leader Shinzo Abe. And the bad luck is not over, Tom's partner was found by the Japanese yakuza and brutally killed, Tom couldn't bear it anymore and decided to join forces with Jiang to kill the thieves' lair......"

This story can be regarded as a bad taste, Koizumi and Abe are both Japanese prime ministers who will be disgusting to the future Chinese, and they may not know in which corner they are nesting in now, but the future will certainly not be unknown. I don't know what it will be like to find out that my name appeared in such a movie many years ago after those two turtle grandchildren came to the throne in the future. If the time comes, take out this movie again. When it was shown in theaters and on TV, it must have been quite cola.

Pollack had been listening carefully since Mo Fei spoke, and when he learned that Mo Fei had already conceived and written the script, he was even more serious, while analyzing the story.

After Mo Fei finished speaking, Pollac was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said to Mo Fei, "Mr. Mo." Your story is indeed very good, through the conflict between Tom and Jiang, two people who live in different environments, with different ways of thinking, different national cultures. Create differences in communication and identity to reflect the progress between the two from strangers to friends. This theme is very interesting, different from previous action movies and police movies, and I think this kind of expression will definitely be recognized by the audience. ”

The voice fell. Pollack seemed to have something to say. Mo Fei was not in a hurry to answer, and continued to listen to him: "But there are a few small problems that need to be solved here, otherwise it will be difficult for this movie to achieve the desired effect." First of all, the actors' action design needs to add more oriental action elements, not completely Hollywood style, which I believe Hong Kong companies can do. The second point is budget, because there are a lot of shots that need to be shot in Japan, and action scenes require more shots. It can't be too low in terms of budget.

Another important point is the actor, the actor of Tom in the film must use Walter. I also think it's a good fit. But who do Japanese actors use, there are almost no Japanese action stars who are suitable for this kind of film, either too fierce, or too ruthless, I think about it and only think of an actor named Ken Takakura, and the others are just not thinking of it, maybe I don't know enough about the Japanese film industry, but unfamous actors are really not suitable for such films. There is also the character Anna who runs a nightclub in Japan, no matter how many scenes she plays, she is an important role, this actor must be able to perform that ruthlessness, especially the eyes, but the age must not be too big, which will make the film much less watchable. These are all things that must be solved, and they are also my personal opinion, maybe Mr. Mo, you already have a complete plan, but I still have to say it, if I am a director, these are very critical. ”

is worthy of being a first-class director, just listening to the general plot of the story, he has already analyzed so many problems, especially the explanation of the film's expression, which is exactly the same as the original movie, at least he is ashamed of himself.

Looking at the meaning of Pollack's words, he should be willing to direct this film, so he couldn't resist the idea of sending an invitation to Pollack to join, and only said about this movie, saying: "Mr., your analysis is very correct, what this movie wants to express is what you say." There will definitely be no problem with action design, my company has a professional action design team, all of them are professional martial arts athletes, many of them have won awards in large-scale competitions, fierce, sharp and smooth are the most basic requirements, and the action design is guaranteed to be first-class. The actor for the role of Tom is Walter, and the actor for the role of Anna is also suitable for my company; And the role of the Japanese police officer Jiang is the one next to me, and there are kung fu and action performances in many movies and dramas in Hong Kong, and the acting skills are also quite good. ”

Could it be that he brought Yongjiang to his side, the actor of the Japanese police officer in the original film is indeed Ken Takakura, but he will definitely not find someone else for the role that his own actor can complete. Even if it is a little worse, as long as it is not too bad, it is necessary to use your own people; Just like a good cameraman is burned out of film, and a sharpshooter is burned out of bullets, a good actor is not made out of characters. And Yongjiang's acting skills are also no problem at all, with his skills in martial arts films for nearly 30 years, he can also add a lot of action scenes to the film, which is something that Takakura can't play.

In the eyes of foreign devils, most Chinese know how to work with both hands, and actors can do even more. Hearing that Yongjiang is also a kung fu star, Pollack was not too surprised, and he was very happy: "Oh, that's great, if Mr. Yongjiang can play this role, with your shocking acting skills in "The Silence of the Lambs", coupled with kung fu performance, it will definitely bring a lot of highlights to this movie." ”

Yongjiang has joined Phoenix Culture for a long time, and he also knows some of Mo Fei's habits. When Mo Fei said that the Japanese police officer's name was "Jiang", but he didn't say his surname, he was basically sure that this role was going to be handed over to him.

Smile and hug Pollack. also did not forget to praise Mo Fei, saying: "Thank you Mr. Pollack for your praise, I am just an actor, and it is my responsibility to do the work that an actor should do." There are still many excellent actors in Hong Kong, and it is actually Mr. Mok's care to have such an opportunity to perform. Again, in this new film. I will also try to do every job well, and I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation. ”

When Yongjiang said this, he remembered that he hadn't given Pollac a budget standard. Busy said: "Oh, also, the budget for this movie, my initial plan is 20 million. If not enough. It can be increased to 40 million at most, what does Mr. Coppola think? ”

In fact, the real budget of this movie is 20 million, and the 20 million added is to deal with tax problems. Taxes in the United States are not generally high, even if the company is registered in Delaware, which is almost non-taxable, but most of the favorable tax conditions are prepared for offshore companies, and the business operating in the United States still has to pay some necessary taxes and fees in accordance with the regulations, at different tax rates in different states. Basically, it is about 30% of the profit, which is much higher than the tax in Hong Kong. Who can stand it if you don't foreshadow it in advance, this is still the figure after Reagan's tax cuts, and it was even more terrifying in previous years, almost half of the money had to be handed over to the tax office. Don't you see that those celebrities are often fined for public welfare acts one by one, that is, they use the rule of non-taxation of charitable projects in American law to launder money with the help of their own charitable funds.

With an overspending budget of 20 million, the tax on the US side can be reduced by about 70%, and then it will be divided between the two companies in Hong Kong and the United States, and there will not be much.

The salary of the actor Bruce Willis is two million, and the salary of Yongjiang will definitely not be as high as two million, and the combined salaries of other actors cannot be as much as that of either Yongjiang or Bruce Willis, and the director's salary is at most on par with Bruce Willis, and the budget of 20 million US dollars should be enough. Pollack is also an old filmmaker, and after being a director for so many years, he is naturally very clear about the doorways in this industry. As soon as I heard Mo Fei's words, I understood what it meant, and after a little calculation, I nodded and said that it was no problem.

said: "No problem, since Mr. Mo is ready, then I will follow this movie, I hope to make a good film so that everyone can be satisfied." ”

Mo Fei is not worried at all, with his own script, as long as he is not a garbage director, the probability of failure is infinitely close to zero, this is not something to worry about. raised the champagne glass on the table to signal everyone to toast, and said: "Then I will congratulate everyone in advance on the happy cooperation, and I hope that this film can get a good box office result." ”

Everyone toasted and drank together, and as soon as they put down their glasses, Bruce Willis followed Mo Fei's words and said with a smile: "The box office of the movies invested by Mr. Mo has always been very good, I think the hope for the box office might as well be changed to hope that it can win the award, this is not something we can guarantee." ”

Willis's somewhat stammering joke also caused everyone to laugh for a while, and after laughing, he began to sit down and talk about tonight's awards, which were basically judgments about the attribution of each award.

Originally, it was the most vocal in this item, for a traveler with rich knowledge of film-related business, even if it is impossible to keep all the awards in mind, he still has a memory of some important awards.

But now, Mo Fei really doesn't dare to brag to himself, because with the addition of the two films "Soul Catcher" and "The Silence of the Lambs", there is a possibility of many accidents, especially if you are involved, the correctness of the judgment on the attribution of the award will be greatly reduced.

For example, Zunlong, who was supposed to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor at this year's Golden Globe Awards, did not appear in the list of nominees. The "Year of the Dragon" he participated in was boycotted in the original history because it was considered insulting to China by many Chinese, and the producer of that film lost a lot of money because of the painting halfway. And in today's history, because of the emergence of several excellent Chinese films of Phoenix Culture, they have been boycotted on a larger scale, and they have been completely painted after only three days of release, not to mention making money or recovering costs, I am afraid that even the publicity expenses are far behind. And the nomination for Best Supporting Actor is estimated to have been lost because of Yongjiang's nomination, but Yongjiang's performance is indeed much better than Zunlong's performance in "Year of the Dragon", and he should be nominated for a nomination.

To say that you don't want to win the award is complete nonsense, every shortlisted contestant is rushing to win the award, otherwise it would be good to just announce that you won't win the award. But I really don't have any confidence now, if you want to say that the film is an absolutely good film, but this is the United States, and even the Hong Kong Film Awards are xenophobic and targeted on a small scale, and what the American people think is even more daring to guarantee. (To be continued......)