Chapter 32: The Fish Leaps Over the Dragon Gate
The producer of "The Sixth Sense" was Jeffrey Katzenberg himself, which also shows how worried DreamWorks is about him.
"I need a skilled makeup artist, do you know a guy named Greg Canon? You also need a cinematographer who is good at making feature films, and he needs to have a keen sense of lens capture. I also need an assistant, he is still in China. Also, I need to go to Philadelphia, Mr. Katzenberg, can I get you a producer's assistant? ”
Katzenberg tilted his head, "Who do you fancie?" ”
"You know, Vin Diesel, he participated in "Saving Private Ryan", wrote, directed, and acted in a movie called "Lost".
Katzenberg thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "Yes." ”
The rest of the editing, soundtrack, art direction, art direction, costume design, set designer, etc., were handed over to Katzenberg. Chen Tiandu should be glad that he chose DreamWorks, and most of the film preparation matters were taken care of by Katzenberg.
As one of the Big Three at DreamWorks, his connections were unmistakable, and within a few days Greg Cannon appeared in front of him. He has no trace now, and has been working as a makeup artist on some sets, I really don't know how Chen Tiandu knew about him. Katzenberg inspected his previous works and felt that his level was not bad, at least Chen Tian was not casually calling.
When it comes to his first work, Chen Tiandu is resolute and resolute.
A phone call came back, "Lao Kong, hurry up to the United States, I need help." ”
"What's the matter, I just found a director here, and I'm about to find a script to start work." Kong Yiji shouted loudly.
"Don't pull the calf, 30 million dollars in business, I'll chop you up a day late."
Kong Yiji was startled, and hurriedly asked what was going on, after knowing that Chen Tiandu had already received investment from DreamWorks, and it was a big deal of 30 million US dollars, he was almost scared, and even trembled when he spoke, "That...... What about my Musou Film and Television Company? ”
"Your leather bag company, let the neck be in charge first, and I'll help you get it when my brother is gone."
Huang Bo's voice suddenly appeared on the phone, "Brother, brother, take me to the United States too, I won't be admitted to film school." ”
Chen Tiandu's voice was silent for a moment, "You study hard first, the most important thing is to know English." Otherwise, what can you do here? That's it. He hung up the phone and met Vin Diesel at the airport.
The two of them hit their hands on the chest, and without saying anything, they went to the plane.
If it weren't for Chen Tiandu's invitation, Vin Diesel wouldn't be able to audition everywhere at the moment. And Chen Tiandu is so arrogant, naturally Fan said before they separated last time, "I want to help find him." ”
The two drove around Philadelphia all day, looking for suitable church spots for photography, and also took a lot of photos. There was also a small episode in the middle, Chen Tiandu came to the United States for less than half a year, and he jumped directly from the assistant director of "Saving Private Ryan" to the director of a horror film with an independent investment of 30 million yuan, and somehow it was known by the media.
Naturally, a review was indispensable, belittled, and even DreamWorks was also attacked by public opinion.
The investment was called Hollywood's worst investment of the year, and "The Sixth Sense" was named DreamWorks' first big bad movie before filming even began, and was selected as one of the least anticipated films of '98.
Chen Tiandu, who realized it later, still learned the news from Kate, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. "Who offended this, I haven't done anything."
He was a little frightened, afraid that his movie would be ruined.
I originally thought that the matter was just a simple report, but I didn't expect a series of news about "The Sixth Sense" to break out, what "DreamWorks Big Three Cracks: Spielberg Strongly Supports the Film, Katzenberg Strongly Opposes It", "The concept is not compatible, the emerging DreamWorks split is imminent", "The source of the DreamWorks split, a Chinese!" "Who is he, and how can He De make the two giants turn their faces? ”
A series of news that watched him was dumbfounded.
Xindao has a bad fate, why is it so unsmooth. Did he think that there would be no self in the future world, would his movie dream be like this?
But Jeffrey Katzenberg never talked to him about it, and he didn't know the bottom of it.
When Vin Diesel found out, he scoffed, "Maybe he wishes the media would have hyped it up, maybe there is a shadow of DreamWorks behind it." You wait and see, maybe after a while, the attention will be on the movie. This is a blessing for us. Sure enough, it's a big company, and a movie has gained so much attention before filming has started, why are you worried. ”
Chen Tiandu suddenly woke up, ""The Sixth Sense" can only be regarded as a small and medium-cost system, plus the starring actor is not a well-known movie star, and he has not done any pre-filming publicity. If there is no more topic, who will know about it? ”
The DreamWorks triumvirate is all Hollywood heavyweights, and such a big-name competition will not end without the media hyping it for months. imperceptibly, it has increased the popularity of "The Sixth Sense".
But he still didn't believe it.
There must be a contradiction between the Big Three, otherwise DreamWorks would not have sold it and parted ways. He didn't believe that the Big Three would bring a name for themselves to the film in order to promote it.
During the first casting, Chen Tiandu finally couldn't help but tell Katzenberg about the doubts in his heart.
"Self-stigmatization? You think too much, at most you're entertaining yourself. Katzenberg said with a smile, "Your attention is too low to make the American media make a big report, and you can only get more attention by pulling DreamWorks into the water." The Propaganda Department was the first to appear on this news, so it simply used its strength to draw attention to the movie as much as possible. In order not to increase the pressure on you who are in charge of the guide tube for the first time, everyone has not mentioned it to you, I hope you don't mind. "Romance Back Garden (.), providing high-quality romance novels to read! VoioJh7spxsZuiVy
How could Chen Tiandu mind, he was still too simple now.
Even if there is future knowledge, it still needs to be practiced.
Hype, a very simple word that often appears on the future network, why didn't he think about it.
It is precisely because of the promotion of DreamWorks that "Sixth Sense" has a certain degree of fame and exposure in Hollywood before filming!
At the same time, the words "Chinese director" appeared in the newspapers one after another, which also made the director of the Li case, who was preparing to shoot "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and the director of the film "Changing Face", which was released in June this year and won the box office championship in the United States in July, with an investment of as much as 100 million US dollars, begin to pay attention to the addition of a Chinese compatriot director in Hollywood.
This person is a bit strange, he is not a Chinese nationality and is also Chinese. actually didn't come from Hong Kong and Taiwan, but directly from China's big 6, and I had never heard of this person in the circle before.
The National Chinese American Art Foundation also began to pay attention to Chen Tiandu, and after a check, it was revealed that this person was still a student who had not graduated from the Chinese Opera Directing Department, less than 23 years old, and was a complete newcomer. But his first script was fortunately favored by Spielberg and was hired as an assistant director. In less than half a year, he has become the chief director of a movie with an investment of 30 million US dollars, which is really ...... It's unbelievable.
The United States is arguing hotly, but Chinese mainland has received very little information.
The Xinhua News Agency's U.S. Office sent a report back to China confirming the news. But some people in China couldn't believe it, and they even went to the Chinese opera to prove that there were really people.
Several leaders of the Chinese opera saw the reporter of the "People's Daily" visiting, thinking it was a big event, and they all dressed up to attend the interview and prepared to be interviewed. The leaders are even more depressed, how will they know who is who.
Although the students of Chen Tiandu's class had all graduated and left the school, his deeds were finally confirmed.
This Chen Tiandu is far away in the United States and has not yet submitted his graduation thesis, and the department would have given him a repetition treatment, but who knew that the reporter came to visit, only to know that people in the United States have already been so mixed.
A $30 million movie, that's how much?
The current exchange rate is 1:8.3 for the U.S. knife to the soft sister currency, and the investment alone is more than 200 million.
Is it true?
The teachers and leaders of the department looked at each other.
"People's Daily" also thinks that this matter is not easy to report too widely, if Chen Tian can shoot tricks, it is good to say, if he hits the street, wouldn't it be a shame to throw people abroad? !
So I just casually mentioned it in the corner of the social version.
But this news spread in the Chinese opera, "Do you know, the director is a senior brother, and the advertising director who was in the limelight for a while half a year ago is called Chen Tiandu." Now he is making movies in the United States, directing blockbusters with 30 million US dollars. ”
"Yo, look at the sky...... Cows are flying. ”
“……”
Zhang Ziyi and Yuan Quan are familiar with Chen Tian, but they haven't been in touch for more than half a year, and they are not sure whether this is true or false.
It just so happened that in Teacher Chang Li's class, several girls asked the teacher about it, and Chang Li didn't hide it, and sighed: "It's true." "It's so bizarre that she doesn't want to comment on it.
But these three words are enough to set off a storm of discussion.
"Wouldn't it, before graduating, he directed a $30 million drama alone, and went to Hollywood single-handedly?"
"He's a mixed-race child, maybe people have money in the family, and tweed in the loser." Everyone turned their heads to look at the speaker, and it was Liu Ye who spoke straight.
Zhang Ziyi said disdainfully: "If his family is really rich, he will give up tens of millions of dollars to his loser." Some time ago, why did you drink until your stomach perforated in order to attract investment and accompany the coal boss, you were simply jealous. ”
Yuan Quan said: "Everyone has their own ideas, and we can't judge the efforts of others, but speculation and slander are not good." ”
Liu Ye was depressed and muttered, "What did I say, didn't I just say it casually." ”
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