Asian, hot director, He Mu can't guess who that person is based on these two keywords alone, but when he sees the big guy Fan next to that person. Diesel and the little handsome Paul. After Walker, the two fast-acting actors, if He Mu can't guess it, it will be a bit too uninformed.

Lin Yibin, like Ang Lee, is a Hollywood Chinese director who came out of the bend, but Ang Lee became famous early, even without "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Brokeback Mountain", his previous "Sense and Sensibility", "Ice Storm" and even "Wedding Banquet", "Pusher" and other Chinese films are enough to give him a foothold in Hollywood. The younger Lin Yibin did not begin to emerge in Hollywood until he met "Fast and Furious 3" in 06, and this year's "Fast and Furious 4" directed by him was released, winning $145 million at the box office in North America, surpassing "Special Forces: Rise of Cobra" and "Terminator 2018", slightly lower than "Wolverine", for a racing movie, it has stood at the top of the same type of film.

In addition, "Furious 4" has been widely popular in the world, amassing a large number of loyal fans, and the global box office so far has reached $350 million, which is the highest box office in the entire series. This achievement is second only to the global 546 million set by Wu Yusen's "Mission Impossible 2", the second highest global box office for a Chinese director's work, and the highest movie box office of Cheng Long's solo acting career is only 347 million ("Rush Hour" 2).

"Fast and Furious 1" hit the global box office of $207 million as a dark horse that year, and became popular with Vin Diesel and Paul Walker and other fast-moving men and women, but in the second part. The budget has doubled, but the North American box office has dropped a lot, and the media reviews are not high. Although the overseas box office is slightly higher than the first part, the profit is definitely not as good as the first part, and when it comes to the third part, Universal Company found a young Chinese director Lin Yibin, so there is "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift", which does not match the whole series, the film created a new low box office for the "Fast and Furious" series, but because it was filmed in Japan. And there are two less male protagonists, and the production cost is very low, which makes the producer Universal make a lot of money. And Lin Yibin also began his indissoluble bond of coexistence with "Fast and Furious".

By the time of the fourth installment, "Fast and Furious" was rejuvenated under Lin Yibin, and both the North American and global box office hit new highs, and people said that Lin Yibin saved the film series that began to decline. Lin Yibin has also naturally become a hot commercial genre film director in Hollywood. Now Universal has put "Fast and Furious 5" on the filming schedule. The budget will also be greatly increased, and the director is still Lin Yibin.

This is a great man, although he is not as good as Ang Lee, but he is more loved by Hollywood movie giants, at least he does not have Ang Lee's disgraceful resume of smashing "The Incredible Hulk", every movie he directs is profitable, especially when he meets "Fast and Furious", the chemistry is very obvious. He is confident that he will bring this series to glory.

Lin Yi is humble and polite, and I can't imagine that a director who can make such a popular movie as "Fast and Furious" will be so peaceful. It feels similar to Ang Lee, after Cheng Lung introduced He Mu to him, he also shook hands with He Mu warmly, and said with a smile, "I know you, once I went back to Taipei, my brother's daughter said that she likes you very much and is your super fan, and at that time your TV series were often shown on TV." ”

The TV that Lin Yibin said must refer to the big TV stations such as China Television, Taiwan Television, and Sanli, and He Mu's TV series are still very marketable in the Chinese speaking circle, but Director Lin's words also revealed that he may not have seen He Mu's movies, or he still doesn't know that He Mu is now focusing on movies.

But this can't be blamed on him, although He Mu has also acted in some big productions such as "Red Cliff" and "Painted Skin" since his debut, they are basically supporting roles, and they can't even see the role of face (Xiao Yi in "Painted Skin"), and the movies he starred in are all small Chinese film productions that can't go abroad, and it can't be blamed that people can't tell him about the movies he acted, He Mu lacks some influential film works after all.

It is unrealistic to rely on Chinese films to gain global influence and attention at this stage, and the best box office result of pure Chinese films is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee, with a global price of 213 million US dollars, and the box office of such a successful and influential Chinese film is not as good as Ang Lee's Hollywood masterpiece "Hulk", with a global 245 million, so before finding an opportunity to successfully promote Chinese films to the world, He Mu can only rely on participating in Hollywood movies to improve his influence.

After chatting a few words, He Mu went to another place with Jeff to greet him, and on the way Jeff told He Mu that he originally wanted to invite Paul. Walker starred in "Cold Heart", but because "Furious 3" was a box office hit, Paul. Walker's popularity skyrocketed, and his salary also soared at the same time, which discouraged Jeff, so he retreated to Joseph. Gordon, but Joseph's temperament is more in line with the male lead.

He Mu asked Jeff, "Is the heroine confirmed?" ”

Speaking of the heroine Jeff, I began to have a headache, the heroine of "Cold Heart" is an important existence equivalent to a man and a man in the movie, and it is required to be beautiful, and it is best to have good acting skills, there are too many Hollywood female stars, and there are not a few who meet the above two conditions, but it is too difficult to choose the right one.

Lionsgate's business philosophy has always been to fight big with small, save money if you can save money, and don't use stars if you can. Gordon is already an unexpected joy, and "Cold Heart" also uses a lot of special effects, which is said to be a thriller, but it is still a bit fantasy, and the production cost is definitely much higher than those small-scale B-grade films, so the selection of the heroine must be constrained by the budget.

Joseph. Although Gordon is a little famous, he is far from reaching the first line, not to mention He Mu, in the United States, he is no different from a passerby, and the appeal of the two is too limited after all, so Jeff hopes to find a weighty actress to match them, he thinks that the "Transformers" girl Megan. Fox is a good choice, glamorous and moving, with good acting skills, and just rightly popular.

As a result, Jeff's boss yelled at him directly, "I only have a budget of 15 million here, if you think that the movie doesn't need to be post-produced and doesn't need publicity, then go to Megan!" ”

After "Transformers 2", Megan. Fox's worth has risen sharply again, completing the span that many actresses have worked hard for years to complete, and it was rumored that her salary for starring in the thriller "Jennifer's Flesh" is 3 million pounds, and "Cold Heart" wants to invite her to almost this price, which is about 5 million US dollars.

15 million, that's a lot! Jeff, who is used to seeing MGM's big spending, is really a little uncomfortable with Lionsgate's pettiness, but this is how a small company survives, and if Jeff were his own boss, maybe he would choose it this way.

Excluded Megan. Fox is a popular actress, Jeff can only continue to search for suitable candidates, but there are so many actresses who have entered his selection range, such as "Jennifer's Flesh" and Megan. Fox's second female lead, now one of the four little girls in Hollywood, composing, singing, dancing, and acting are all-round Amanda . Seyfried, as well as Blake, who became famous for "Gossip Girl" and is also one of the four little flowers. Lively, Amanda and Gossip Girl are all young girls born in the eighties and fives, although they are young, they have a strong momentum, their potential should not be underestimated, and "Money Journey" is also very optimistic, not inferior to some showbiz predecessors, and Scarlett. Johnson, Jessica. Actresses such as Alba are also under consideration.

Jeff can't give He Mu a definite answer to the heroine's question for the time being, at least he won't start thinking about it until the dust settles on him, the second male.

"Look! Sam. Worthington! ”

"Oh, and Soldana!"

"That's what she looks like!"

The appearance of a couple of men and women caused a commotion at the scene. Director Cameron didn't come, he had too much face, and a Los Angeles film critics association couldn't invite him, but the heroes and heroines of "God Descended" came hand in hand.

Heroine Zoe. Saldana has always been shown as a "little blue man" in the movie, and now she is shown with her true face, which makes people can't help but compare her with the alien girl in the movie, and have to sigh at the subtlety of motion capture techniques and computer special effects.

For Zoe. The name Saldana, He Mu was very unfamiliar, he thought Cameron was a newcomer, but after seeing her true face, he thought that she had acted in blockbusters such as "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Star Trek" before, and this was really not a penniless newcomer.

At the moment when "The Gods Descend to Earth" is being screened, Sam, who already has a certain reputation. Worthington and Zoe. Saldana has long become a star that is hotly pursued by the media today, and they will inevitably become the focus of attention everywhere they go, even if the biggest contributor to the success of the movie is director Cameron, but even if the two actors share a small part of the glory, it is enough to make them popular in the entertainment industry for a while, and it is said that Kashen is also planning to shoot the second part, and these two must be indispensable, so they will continue to be popular.

The biggest highlight of the night was not the hero and heroine of "Avatar", at the end of the reception, He Mu met several Hollywood producers and directors under the leadership of Jeff, and even had a drink with popular actresses including Saldana.

American society may not be as open as in their movies, but the American entertainment industry is definitely very open, and some female stars and even female producers have coveted He Mu on their faces, He Mu feels that he can almost leave, but Jeff said wait, there will be a big man coming later.

"What big shot?"

"Governor."

"Which continent? Asia? Americas? ”

"California."

"Oh? Oh! He Mu, who was still joking just now, immediately got serious.

…… (To be continued......)

PS: [ps: Chapter 1~]