Chapter 246: Ambition (2nd Update)
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"Las Vegas..."Furuta shook his head and sighed, "Wow, i-like-you, this is definitely a good idea, I raise my hands in favor." Director, it's your turn to make an idea? Chen Baixiang said: "I also agree, I have grown so big, I haven't been to Las Vegas yet, at most I can play in Macau." Wu Yanzu smiled and hugged his arms to watch, and Zach couldn't hold it anymore and rubbed his hands on the side.
Hu Yifei shook his head helplessly and said: "It takes several hours to drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. When the time comes, you will be too tired to do it, will you still have the energy to play......" Everyone sighed when they heard this, and they were disappointed. Who knew that Hu Yifei stood up with a smile, spread his hands and said, "It would be much better if there was a plane." Guys, let's have fun with Las Vegas! ”
"What?!" Everyone immediately looked at each other, and then they were overjoyed, and they all laughed happily.
Hu Yifei rented a small private airliner and arrived in 1 hour. Before the movie started, it was a big game and it cost a lot of money. One or two are too high, but this party has quickly strengthened the familiarity of the crew, who can say that it is not necessary.
Wu Yanzu mentioned it when he was chatting, "Brother Chenlong said that he hopes to cooperate with you in the next play." Of course Hu Yifei won't take it seriously, he is just Xiaohong, and he has not yet reached the point where Chenlong has to invite him. But these words reminded Hu Yifei that he could invite Chenlong to make a cameo. As for who the cameos are, a star visitor character in a Las Vegas casino should be easy to join.
There is also Mike Tyson, although Mike Tyson in 2004 is not as good as his peak, he can still play, and his fame is still very high.
On July 30, Mike Tyson also fought Danny Williams in a fight, but was knocked out in the fourth round.
The sports industry in the United States is very strong, people worship sports stars, and the annual sports output value is hundreds of billions of dollars, which is not comparable to China's planned sports that are purely trained for the championship.
Mike Tyson's impact on American boxing was unprecedented, and his debut immediately overshadowed many of the previous heavy gunners known for their heavy punches. Whether it is the bloodthirsty generation of "Demon King" Sonny Liston, or the "Gorilla" Joe Fraser who always knows how to bury his head in the punch, or even the extremely powerful "Devil" George Foreman, these old-timers who are similar to Tyson's style (in fact, it should be said that Tyson is similar to him) seem to have been ruthlessly forgotten in the golden years of Mike's out-of-cage beast.
But now the more famous Mike Tyson is, the more unfavorable it is for Hu Yifei to invite him to make a cameo.
After all, he can earn tens of millions of dollars by fighting only one boxing match a year. I heard that Mike Tyson's agent is also a well-known vampire. Do you want to change people? But if you think about it carefully, the appearance fee of tens of millions of dollars in a boxing match is the value of boxing, and he may not need to find a boxing agent if he wants to find Tyson to film. A boxing agent and an entertainment agent are two different things, and Tyson is retiring next year, Hu Yifei doesn't believe that he hasn't thought of a way out for himself......
Hu Yifei is ready to try it first, if the other party's asking price is too high, then find another one.
After all, it's just a cameo, even if he is not short of money, he won't invest a lot of money in this kind of celebrity cameo, that's not his style.
Mixed in these things is the work of forming the crew of "The Hangover", of course, Hu Yifei did not carry all of them, after all, there are a large number of people under him. hired a few producers with a good Hollywood reputation to divide up the work, but everyone's task is "fast, fast, fast".
The actual speed is indeed fast, first, "The Hangover" doesn't need any luxury lineup, as long as it is funny and suitable; Second, the location of the work is in Las Vegas, which fully meets the requirements of filmmakers. What's more important is that he is not a fledgling rookie even in Hollywood, a movie with a box office of 27 million, a TV series that is popular all over the United States, at least it can be regarded as a popular fried chicken.
And "The Hangover" is not a big production, and the whole story takes place in the real world, so the workload of the set designer and prop master is very small. There was no prep time to set up and make props, and only the bathroom of the presidential suite had to be built throughout the movie, because the Trium Palace Hotel refused to let the tiger in.
While he was preparing, he applied for the rest of the actors, and the contact with Tyson went unexpectedly well. Hu Yifei personally visited the door, put himself in a very low position with the mentality of a fan, and talked about how many fans he has in China. Talk about how strong he was back then, how many seconds of knockout records he had, and so on.
It turns out that Hu Yifei's previous concerns are a bit redundant, Tyson looks mighty, but he is actually quite quiet, and he is not even good at words. As long as you don't provoke him, he will treat you quite well. Maybe Tyson is really idle and panicked, maybe Americans are born to perform, just a cameo, Tyson heard that he was going to perform himself, and after owning a mansion in Las Vegas and owning a tiger pet, he expressed great interest, and asked Hu Yifei to make his screen debut cooler.
didn't even mention the remuneration, as long as Hu Yifei was responsible for the living expenses during the filming.
The invitation went so smoothly that Hu Yifei was surprised.
At the same time, the ambition is even greater, "Erica, if I invite Will Smith to play a cameo role as a drug dealer, do you think it is possible?" ”
"Don't think about it, unless you know him well, it's impossible to let a 20 million+ superstar sell ugliness in a low-budget comedy." Since the fire of "Prison Break", Erica has chased him even harder, and Erica has also given great help in this preparation. Even some interviews and magazine cover invitations were taken care of by her for Hu Yifei, although the two parties have not officially signed a brokerage contract, it is almost equivalent to his agent.
Hu Yifei pinched his chin, "That's not necessarily, I decided to give it a try." After a pause, he said, "Also, you can help me contact Charlize Theron to see if she is interested in making a cameo." ”
"Who, Charlize Theron? She's the new Oscar actress this year, what role do you want her to play, that dancer? You must be crazy and whimsical. Erica shook her head frantically when she heard this, looking at Hu Yifei's eyes like looking at a fool.
At this year's Oscars, Charlize won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the 76th Academy Award for Best Actress for her superb acting skills in "The Devil", and she also became the first Oscar actress from Africa.
If you want to say that the most popular actress in Hollywood today, she is definitely at the forefront. With this level of popularity, it may be more difficult for Hu Yifei to invite Charlize Theron than it is to invite Will Smith, after all, a new Oscar-winning actress, will there be no filming, and he will come to play this kind of role?
"What if I succeed?" Hu Yifei said provocatively.
Erica looked at him seriously, made sure he wasn't joking, and said, "If you succeed, I'll give you a free job for three years, and I won't take any agent share during this period." ”
Hu Yifei's eyes lit up: "This is what you said." If I succeed, I don't need you to work for free. I just need you to work for me. ”
Erica raised an eyebrow and said, "You want to dig me?" You know, I'm the manager of William Morris. ”
"Maybe, the more difficult things are, the more I want to challenge them." Hu Yifei smiled: "Don't you think it's funny." If I really succeed, I will have three big names to play Mike Tyson, Will Smith, and Charlize Theron, but the starring roles are four little-known people...... It's interesting to think about. ”
"......" (To be continued.) )