"Sylvie, I'm busy, the last time I was drinking with Rock and Mark in a bar, I said that I would make a few real action movies, and I was going to let you be the director, and then gather Jason and Rock together, one is to pay tribute to the action movies of the 1980s and 1990s, and the other is to tell everyone that traditional action movies will not die out, how about it, if you are interested in where you are now, when you are free, come to Summit Entertainment, let's talk slowly about being free tomorrow afternoon, right! Okay, we'll see you at Summit Entertainment then. ”

While busy, Lin Yuquan naturally will not forget the idea he had in the bar when "Hurricane Rescue" was about to finish, what he and Summit Entertainment lack now is not money, but films, the scale of the distribution of more than ten films and the stable distribution channel established between theaters.

Perhaps as an independent film company, Summit Entertainment should develop step by step, which can ensure that Summit Entertainment will not break the company's capital chain due to the box office failure of some films.

However, compared with such worries, Lin Yuquan is more worried about "Wild Story" and Stephanie. Mel's "Twilight" is confident that after the release of these two films this year, Summit Entertainment's financial reserves will only be more sufficient, and even if some films lose money, the capital chain will never be broken and the company will go bankrupt.

What's more, unlike the boss of other independent film companies, he himself has Alibaba stock and the strong backing of the giant glass jade in the family, unless he is no longer interested in making movies, it will be difficult for Summit Entertainment to go out of business.

And letting Sylvester Stallone direct a veteran version of the action movie that pays tribute to traditional action movies is just the beginning, gathering the elite of young action actors from all over the world to create a high enough and explosive enough action movie will be launched later, so that once the film is successful, Summit Entertainment will add two new blockbuster series, which will play an immeasurable role in the company's future development.

Whether from the perspective of inner emotions or the long-term development of Summit Entertainment, such an attempt, Summit Entertainment must do it, and it must do its best, if you don't shoot, maybe someone else will shoot it one day, "Red Cliff" is the same, and "Ip Man" is the same, and it will only be yourself who will suffer at that time.

After confirming the meeting with Stallone, Lin Yuquan continued to be busy, and with his hard work, the progress of various projects of various companies showed a gratifying situation.

One of the things that made him particularly interesting was Brad. Pete, Angelina. The negotiation between Julie and his wife is mainly in the negotiation stage of remuneration and specific cooperation details, because the two are extraordinary in value and influence, and it will naturally be much more difficult than ordinary actors. Originally, CAA was thinking of using the opportunity of the two to tie up and sell supporting actors or other positions, but Kevin, who was instructed by Lin Yuquan. Durant refused without hesitation. Because of Summit Entertainment's toughness, CAA honestly only negotiated the terms of cooperation between the two.

Because of the huge amount of remuneration involved, Lin Yuquan and Brad. Pete, Angelina. Jolie was not directly involved in the negotiations, but the entire negotiations were carried out by the staff of Summit Entertainment and the agents of the two, which were destined to take a long time.

Although he only met with Stallone in the afternoon, but the next Friday, Lin Yuquan came to Summit Entertainment early and went straight to Chris. Anderson's Office.

"Oh, boss, why are you here, didn't you say yesterday that you would only talk to Sylvester about film cooperation in the afternoon?" Seeing Lin Yuquan who pushed the door in, Chris. Anderson looked surprised.

"It's afternoon, and I'm here to look at the scripts collected by the company, to see if there is anything I want to shoot, or to find some inspiration." Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, in the case of never finding inspiration, he first came up with the idea of maybe being able to shoot other people's scripts, think about it, if a director wants to maintain a high production of filming, he will inevitably shoot scripts written by other screenwriters, after all, inspiration is not something you want to have, a good script often needs to be carefully crafted for a long time, and it is definitely not possible to achieve high production by only shooting your own works.

"Okay, boss, I'll have someone bring you the screened excellent script right away." Chris. Anderson's eyebrows suddenly became very excited, although the company has started a lot of film projects this year, but there is no doubt that the boss movie is the most important one, just look at the role of "Hurricane Rescue" on the company.

"Don't, I'm going to read more scripts and have people send more scripts." Lin Yuquan shook his head slightly, in addition to maybe he could shoot scripts written by other screenwriters, he was more to find inspiration from them, just looking at a few scripts that were screened out was not enough, maybe some scripts were not excellent as a whole, but the sparkle of a certain detail may be extremely amazing, and it was this kind of flash that could make him inspired.

“OK，boss。” Chris. Anderson nodded.

In order not to affect Chris. Anderson office, Lin Yuquan deliberately found a small office that no one used, first of all, Chris. Anderson's blonde female secretary brought coffee, and after a while, the staff brought over the printed script, about forty scripts, and read the script while drinking coffee.

The subject matter of the script is very rich, comedy, horror, science fiction, action, drama, fantasy, music, almost every genre, aside from the action, fantasy, horror, music genres, Lin Yuquan's eyes focus on comedy, science fiction, and plot, he wants to find a movie with a new sense of line and his interest.

""Baby Mom", a high school girl fell in love with a middle-aged uncle and was opposed by her family, and at this time, the high school girl found out that she was pregnant, and it was another teenage pregnancy movie, which is somewhat similar to the style of "Juno".

Lin Yuquan shook his head and put down the script, in the comedy script, he actually saw two pregnancy movies in a row, speaking of which, last year's pregnancy-themed movies were indeed popular enough, from "Hostess" to "One Night Big Belly" to "Juno", each movie was a great success at the box office, among which "One Night with a Big Belly" received $148 million at the box office with an investment of $30 million, and "Juno" has accumulated nearly $60 million at the box office with an investment of $8 million so far, and is making great strides towards the box office of $100 million. Such a situation naturally gave birth to the popularity of pregnancy themes this year, especially unconventional pregnancy movies.

However, Lin Yuquan doesn't have any idea of making such a movie, and he doesn't want Summit Entertainment to follow suit to shoot such a pregnancy movie, last year's pregnancy-themed movie achieved a brilliant victory, and this year's desire to replicate the glory is unlikely, but it is very likely that it will fail at the box office because of the lack of novelty.

Of course, the most important thing is that Lin Yuquan doesn't think it's a good habit to follow the trend, Hong Kong movies are a typical example, crazy follow-up has ruined too many types of movies, and in the end it can only lead to the loss of fans and audiences.

""Dating Expert", which tells the story of a playboy who meets a woman who changes his fate, "Urban Thief", which tells the story of a cool thief who is hopelessly in love with the hostess who is stolen by him, and "The Promise of Love", which tells the story of two people who have made a promise of love since childhood, and after 10 years of being forced to separate due to the impact of moving, they meet by chance, but become rival lawyers"

Looking at the scripts one by one, Lin Yuquan's expression also changed from time to time with the scripts, and time passed slowly in his concentration.

After the "bang" knock on the door, Chris. Anderson walked in, pointed to the watch he was wearing in his right hand, and smiled, "Boss, it's time for lunch." ”

"Oh, okay." Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, stretched, and got up while sorting out the script in one place.

"Boss, did you find a script you want to make?" Chris. Anderson asked with concern.

"Nope." Lin Yuquan shook his head, several of these scripts are very good, such as "Dating Expert" is very interesting, it seems to be cliché, but it tells a very pure and beautiful love story through the details of all kinds of playboy changes for love, and with only a slight modification of the details, it may be possible to make a romantic comedy movie with a good box office.

However, these scripts did not make him have a strong urge to shoot, and after reading so many scripts, although there are some very bright plots in them, there is no one that inspires him.

"Oh." Chris. Anderson couldn't hide his regret on his face, and what he wanted to hear most was that Lin Yuquan already had a movie to make, and then said: "Is it because the quality of the script is not good enough?" ”

"No, there are a couple of good scripts in there that could be listed as projects to start filming in the future, but they are not what I want to shoot." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

Although it's still a pity, Chris. Anderson breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, fortunately, if there was a problem with the quality of the script, it would be completely dereliction of duty.

The two chatted while walking, and after meeting several high-level executives of Summit Entertainment, they went to a Western restaurant with a good grade.

After lunch, Lin Yuquan continued to read the script and further expanded the amount of script, until Stallone came to Summit Entertainment, and he didn't stop.

"Hi Sylvie, long time no see!" Lin Yuquan shook hands with Stallone enthusiastically.

"yes, long time no see." After Stallone shook hands with Lin Yuquan, he followed to Chris. Anderson said, "Hello, President Anderson! ”

"Hello, Mr. Stallone!" Chris. Anderson smiled.

Then the three sat down with Chris. On the couch in Anderson's president's office.

"I've been too busy lately, if I hadn't called you, I wouldn't have known that "First Blood 4" would be released on January 25, and you too, don't even say a word to me, are you afraid that I will go to the premiere to help drag down the box office of your movie?" Lin Yuquan teased.

"How is it possible, I wish you were here to help, didn't I know that you have been too busy lately? I was going to call you next weekend to see if you had time? Stallone grinned.

"Okay, forgive you, and Sylvester, you have to forgive me for once, I really want to go to the premiere, but I really can't help you this time, because I'll be back in China next week to spend the most important festival in China with my family, and I won't be back in Los Angeles until late February." Lin Yuquan said apologetically.

"Oh, that's bad enough, I was counting on you to boost the box office of my movie, and now I hope it's in vain, if my movie doesn't do well at the box office after its release, it's entirely because you don't come to help." Stallone joked.

"Then I can only expect "First Blood 4" to be a big hit at the box office now, but seriously, compared to "Die Hard 4", the publicity of "First Blood 4" is too small, which is not conducive to the box office of the movie." Lin Yuquan said suspiciously.

"Don't you want to step up the publicity? Millennium Pictures and Nu Pictures, which can be invested in the production of zuò, are not big film companies, and in the case of having invested 50 million US dollars in production costs, they are worried that the publicity expenses will be too much and it will be difficult to recover the costs, which is completely different from the situation of "Die Hard 4", which was invested by 20th Century Fox, not only invested nearly 100 million, but also spared no effort in publicity, which created the film's global box office of nearly 400 million US dollars. Stallone sighed.

Lin Yuquan shook his head, it seems that Millennium Pictures and Nu Pictures are ready to rely on the extraordinary influence of Stallone and the "First Blood" series to summon those old fans who have fought with "Rambo" and new fans who are still young today, this is not a good way to promote today, not to mention that it has been 20 years since "First Blood" was released in 1988.

In fact, if it is a low-cost investment movie like "Juno" and "Little Sunshine Beauty", it is completely enough to attract fans with word-of-mouth and film quality, but blockbusters can't do this, passive waiting is full of too many unknowns, and the sooner you attract fans into the theater, it is the right thing.

The $50 million investment in "First Blood 4" is not a small amount, and it is difficult to say whether it will actually get the desired results with such a strategy, and the caution of Millennium Pictures also reflects the reason why the film company is still only one of many small and medium-sized independent film companies in North America after being established for more than 10 years.

"Don't worry, although our Summit Entertainment is not a movie giant like the Big Six, when the movie we cooperate with is released, I will definitely give you sufficient publicity expenses."

"Ha, this is what you said yourself! Don't admit it when the time comes. Stallone smiled.

"Of course, Chris can testify for you." Lin Yuquan looked at Chris with a smile. Anderson.

"That's right, Mr. Stallone, I will testify for you, don't worry, the boss will definitely not be able to repay the account when the time comes." Chris. Anderson smiled.

"OK, I'll remember what you just said." Stallone laughed and said: "Let's talk about movies, after you told me yesterday that you were going to make such a traditional action movie about the immortality of veterans, I couldn't sleep all night with excitement, let's say, what kind of movie do you want me to make?" ”

"What I'm going to shoot is that you gather Dwayne Johnson and Jason to form a cool, very individual, very domineering elite mercenary team, doing what you think is right, suddenly one day, you and your mercenary team received a mission, asking you to infiltrate a small island in South America, to eradicate the terrorist forces that are implementing ** rule in the local area, when you start to act, the situation suddenly gets out of control, all kinds of crises show that you have fallen into the trap full of deception and betrayal, the operation has suffered heavy losses, and innocent lives have been implicated, Life hangs by a thread.

Just as you are out of danger and ready to take revenge on this group of terrorists, you find that this so-called terrorist group is not only not evil, but is a hero who protects the local people. At the same time, you find that you are hired by this group of terrorists, a group of real terrorists, and behind them there is a group of mysterious enemies who want to kill you."

Lin Yuquan said slowly, from his point of view, he can't agree with a group of mercenaries who don't distinguish between good and evil, and only recognize money, are cool on the screen, so he hopes that the mercenaries in the movie are a group of different people, they care more about doing what they think is right than money, and only in this way can they win the love of people all over the world.

"Oh, great, this is the movie I'm going to make." Stallone said excitedly that since "First Blood 3" became the worst film of the year without exception, and he himself became the worst actor of the year without exception, he vowed not to make a movie that fought purely for the sake of fighting, the movie he wanted to shoot must be the kind of movie with good reason, and he didn't want to make it related to drug or jewelry robbery, but hoped that its content could reflect a flash of human nature, there is no doubt that the movie Lin Yuquan said was such a movie.

"We have figured it out, and it seems that the film we are working on this time will definitely be successful." Lin Yuquan smiled: "Do you have any comments on the details of the plot!" ”

Sylvester Stallone is a good screenwriter himself, and the "Rocky" series, which is considered a classic, came from his screenwriter, so Lin Yuquan naturally wanted to listen to his advice.

"The plot as a whole is very good, there is no need for any changes, and now the key is the lines of the script and the action design in the shooting." Stallone said.

"That's right, it's about the success or failure of the film, Sivir, what do you think should be done in this regard?" Lin Yuquan asked with a smile after taking a sip of coffee.

"In my opinion, in terms of movement design, we must fully highlight the characteristics of each member of the team on the basis of following the characteristics of mercenaries," Stallone said eloquently.

Lin Yuquan listened carefully, and according to his own ideas, constantly supplemented and corrected, with the joint efforts of the two, a film full of traditional action style but not lacking cool action in the background of the new era gradually took shape.

"Whew, almost, Lin, what's the name you gave the film?" Stallone let out a breath and asked with a relaxed smile.

"Uh, I haven't thought of a name yet?" Lin Yuquan spread his hands, he has been so busy recently, where can he care about choosing a name for the film.

"So what's it called?" Stallone frowned.

"How about calling it the 'Einsatzgruppen', it's the Mercenary Einsatzgruppen." On the sidelines is more of a listening role for Chris. Anderson said.

Lin Yuquan shook his head: "I don't have any special feelings, it's better to call this name the code name 'Scorpion Team' directly called the mercenary team?" ”

"What about the 'Blood Mission'? Reflecting the cruelty of mercenary missions, each mission is broken through the sea of corpses and blood. Stallone said.

"It's kind of interesting, but it doesn't feel strong enough." Lin Yuquan frowned, one word after another flashed through his mind, the cruelty of the mercenary mission, the sea of corpses and blood, suddenly, a word broke into his mind, which suddenly made his eyes light up, and then said firmly: "'The Expendables', our movie is called "The Expendables". ”

The death squad is a team of people who are not afraid of death in the army in order to realize their own combat intentions or achieve their own combat goals, also known as "death squads" and "death squads".

In Lin Yuquan's view, the "death squad" not only reflects the mercenary profession and the danger of mercenary tasks, but also most appropriately describes the image of Stallone and Jason's scorpion team, they are a team composed of people who are not afraid of death.

"The Expendables." Stallone chewed on the name, the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter, and finally said calmly and forcefully: "Yes, the name of our movie is "The Expendables". ”R1152