"Invite Jay. Roach or Adam. Shankman served as the director of "The Hangover". "See Chris. The candidates given by Anderson and others and the information of the two people, Lin Yuquan's eyes suddenly lit up.

For Adam. Shankeman, who is undoubtedly a stranger, Jay. Roach knows that the director, who is over 50 years old, actually does not have many works, and his popularity around the world is not very loud, but the two series of movies directed by him are definitely famous, enough to surround the memory of fans and audiences for a long time.

One of the series is "Ace Spy", which subverted the popular spy war films in the West, the first part of the series in 1997 with an ultra-low cost of $16.5 million and achieved nearly $54 million at the North American box office, and became a popular on the videotape charts. Roach's famous work is also his director's office. Female work.

The second part of the series, "Ace Spy 2: Time and Space Spy 007", won 206 million North American box office in 1999 with a production cost of $33 million, ranking fourth in the national box office ranking that year, one place higher than the blockbuster "Hacker Empire", and the total global box office also reached an astonishing $310 million. In 2003, the third installment in the series, "Ace Spy 3: Golden Allies", received a new series of $213 million at the North American box office with a production cost of $63 million, and the global box office also reached $297 million.

The other series is the "Meet My Father-in-law" series, which is composed of Ben. Starring Stiller, the comedy is more witty, showing the relationship between husband and wife that resonates with the audience, and showing the warmth of the pulse, the first part of his series was released in 2000. In one fell swoop, it collected 166 million North American box office and 330 million global box office with a production cost of $55 million, which were the two highest-grossing films of Universal Pictures that year, although the North American box office was far less than the $260 million of "Grinch of Christmas", which won the North American box office of the year, but the global box office was only slightly lower than the $345 million of "Ghost of Christmas".

Later, "Meet My Father-in-law 2", which was launched in 04, won the North American box office of $279 million and the global box office of $517 million with a production cost of $80 million. It was Universal's best-grossing film of the year, much higher than the $176 million and $288 million of "Spy 2," the Supreme Bourne.

In the past two years, "Borat" and "Charlie. Bartley" has achieved good results, and it was directed and released in the summer, reflecting the 2000 U.S. presidential election stage of the earth-shaking Florida vote counting turmoil, although it did not achieve a big box office results, but the reputation is extremely good.

Looking at Jay. Roach's past report card, Lin Yuquan showed a very satisfied expression on his face, although due to the lack of originality, Jay. Roach despite his box office success. In Hollywood, his status is far less than that of Judd. Apatou is the popular king of comedy, but there is no doubt about the other party's ability to control comedy movies, he wants the other party to direct "The Hangover", not to create his own script.

Another Adam. Although Sankeman is not famous, he has also achieved excellent results in the past few years, directing a series of comedies and box office hits, he can be called an expert in comedy and romance, "Wedding Planner", "Memories of First Love? ", "A Basket of Children 2", "Brave Dad", "Hairspray", "My Savage Netizen" and other films are all from him. believes that with his ability, he can also shoot "The Hangover" well.

Who to choose? Actually, both are good, but after a little consideration. Lin Yuquan still chose Jay. Luo Qi, in addition to the other party's fame and better grades, the most important thing is that the style of "Ace Spy" is very similar to "The Hangover".

Looking at the director of "Shocking Catastrophe", it turned out to be Zack. Schneider and James. Gunn, too, for a very simple reason. Both of them have good directing ability, and from a stylistic point of view, they have the possibility of directing an action sci-fi movie like "Shocking Catastrophe", and both of them have signed long-term cooperation with Summit Entertainment to find other directors with them. It's better to let two people shoot.

Lin Yuquan had not considered the director of "Shocking Catastrophe" before, and naturally he had not considered such a possibility. Anderson et al.'s proposal, he had to admit that it was a good one.

Summit Entertainment has now signed three directors who have made a name for themselves in horror films, Zack. Schneider, James. Gunn, Wen Ziren, in terms of style alone, Wen Ziren is a veritable master of horror, and he is best at creating horror themes with an extreme horror atmosphere.

Zack. Schneider and James. Gunn's situation is different, they are not completely pure horror film directors, and the reason why they made the two films "Dawn of the Living Dead" and "Tearing Man" is a big coincidence.

Looking at the films directed by the two again, in fact, both of them are good at action scenes and creating excellent visual pictures, which can indeed allow the two to try to shoot "Shocking Catastrophe".

As for who to choose, because they are both their own directors, you can find both of them, ask them what they think, and then make the final choice according to their ideas.

As for the producer, it is Scott. Stuber, although the other party is not a top producer in Hollywood, has very rich production experience, and has produced a series of movies such as "Living Fire City", "Breaking Up Men and Women", "Cohabitation Threesome", "Model Cheap Brothers" and so on.

Of course, the top producer is what he and Summit Entertainment hope to get the most, but any top producer who either opens an independent film company by himself or is a baby bump in major film companies, and has no hope of inviting him to join.

Choose Scott. Stabaugh's work may not be a high box office, but the quality is always excellent, and now Summit Entertainment has no shortage of high-quality movies to enrich the distribution and film library.

Overall, Lin Yuquan is very important to Scott. Stuber is still relatively satisfied, he is good at the production of small and medium-cost works, and the quality of the works is maintained at a stable level, which is quite in line with the current needs of Summit Entertainment.

Lin Yuquan immediately told Chris about his decision. Anderson and others, let them implement it quickly.

Although blockbuster films such as "Madagascar 2" have landed around the world this week, Lin Yuquan has not focused his attention on the box office. Instead, he devoted himself to the shooting, and before the commendation meeting was to be held on December 6, he, the chairman of the final jury, had to participate in the selection of the final award, and the time was very tight for him.

Time flies. In his busyness, the week of November 3-November 9 also came to an end, "Heartbeat" certainly can't achieve four consecutive North American box office titles like "Wild Story: Rise of the Apes" this time, under the huge release scale of 4047 theaters and high-density publicity bombardment, "Madagascar 2" produced by DreamWorks Animation hit the box office of $63.88 million in the first three days, and occupied the box office champion without suspense. At the same time, this box office also surpassed the previous summer release of "Kung Fu Panda", becoming the third highest opening number within DreamWorks Animation after "Shrek 2" and "Shrek 3".

Due to the good performance of another new film, "Model Cheap Brothers", "Heartbeat" slipped to third place this week. It collected another $14.19 million in a single week, and the cumulative box office in four weeks was $191 million.

Although it lost the championship in North America, in China, "Heartbeat" continued to defend its throne with a box office of 49.82 million, with a cumulative box office of 365 million.

Together with the box office in other regions, in the end, "Heartbeat" collected $57.4 million at the box office in a single week outside North America, so far. The global box office accumulated $611 million in four weeks.

The box office of "No Man's Land" and "Fatal Bend 3" was also gratifying, with the former closing 11.08 million at the box office. The cumulative box office was 298 million, with the latter closing $9.12 million in the second week of release and a total of $31.49 million in two weeks.

The amazing box office of "Madagascar 2" is certainly worth writing about, but in the face of "Heartbeat", which has already grossed $611 million worldwide, who would ignore it?

At the same time as the box office list was released, "Immediate Rescue" finally ended all the filming in Beichuan and Wenchuan. Next, the crew will move to Chengdu again to shoot some scenes before the earthquake and the scenes of the People's Liberation Army setting off for rescue.

However, before the crew was transferred, Lin Yuquan had already left the crew first, and went straight to Kyoto without any stop in Rongcheng, and the award selection of the commendation conference was already urgent.

"Rain springs. You're bleeding profusely tonight! In fact, the average restaurant is good. In the Bafang Garden of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Zhang Yi said with a smile.

"yes, hemorrhage, no way, I don't want to be called a miser, Zhou Peel." Lin Yuquan chuckled, as the chairman of the final evaluation jury of this commendation conference, and asked the judges to accommodate his time, he naturally needed to express it.

Hearing Lin Yuquan's words, Zhang Yi suddenly laughed dumbly, even the consumption that he could easily bear was naturally nothing to Lin Yuquan.

"The box office of "Heartbeat" is very fierce now, congratulations to Yuquan, two films in one year are so popular, this is definitely an unprecedented miracle." After laughing, Zhang Yi exclaimed.

"Senior, don't put a high hat on me, there is no one to talk about before, before Steven. Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List" were both released in the same year in '93. Lin Yuquan shook his head and said, although the absolute box office figures are not as good as his "Wild Tales: The Rise of the Ape Race" and "Heartbeat", but at that time, its meaning was exactly the same, the same work that broke the global box office in film history, and the same work that broke through the genre box office.

Then he continued: "Speaking of congratulations, congratulations to the seniors, I have read the report, the honorary doctorate of humanities and arts from Boston University in the United States, the first Chinese filmmaker to receive this honor!" ”

"It's just a false title, it's nothing." Zhang Yi shook his head, but the undisguised smile on his face revealed his true emotions.

"I've been busy with the Olympics, what movie are seniors going to make next? Is it the "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" that is now widely rumored in the media? Lin Yuquan didn't debunk it, and then asked with a smile, he was really curious about this, after "The City is Full of Golden Armor", because of the Kyoto Olympics, Zhang Yi has not made a film for two years, after the Olympic Games, what face will he use to return to the film industry? has always attracted much attention, and the previous news was that he had been preparing to adapt the novel "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" by Yan Geling, a beautiful writer in the United States.

"It's possible, but it's not certain, the adaptation of the script has been going on, and it doesn't change to my satisfaction. I'm not going to shoot it. Zhang Yi said.

"Oh, do you really want to shoot?" Lin Yuquan was a little surprised, although he hadn't read the original book of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", but after reading the introduction of the novel in the media reports, he already had a guess about how to shoot such a movie.

"What, do you think Yuquan shouldn't be filmed?" Zhang Yi obviously sensed the meaning of Lin Yuquan's subtle transmission.

"Shoot. Of course, you can shoot it, but it's not easy to shoot "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" well, I didn't read the original book, but judging from the content introduction, the core characters of this novel should be the Thirteen Hairpins, followed by the clergy hiding in the church, the ladies and the wounded soldiers. The theme of the film should also revolve around the church, I don't know how you would shoot it, if it were a commercial blockbuster. Then it can be like "The Assembly", first war scenes, and then non-war scenes.

In doing so, the shortcomings are obvious, as can be seen from "Assembly Number", the audience is most interested in the war scene part in front, once it transitions to literary drama, most of the audience immediately lacks interest; Secondly, because the main body is a literary drama that needs to create complex psychological changes and the brilliance of human nature. Once the war scene occupies too much time, in a limited time. It's also hard to build well.

And if there is no spectacular war scene, a simple transition and direct entry into the literary drama can certainly better portray the literary drama, but the commercial effect will be greatly reduced, whether it is worth it depends on how determined you are. After all, filming such a movie that takes place in the dilapidated Jinling City and has many characters is good to shoot, even if there is no large-scale war scene, the investment should not be low. The pressure to recoup your investment is not small. ”

Lin Yuquan said slowly, "Assembly Number" is indeed a rare Chinese masterpiece in recent years, but in his opinion, Feng Bigang wants to pursue both business and art too much, which makes the rhythm of the film unbalanced and seems a little mediocre. Tide recurrent processing.

Zhang Yi was a little silent for a while, although he has always been talking about the balance between commerciality and artistry, but how can the balance between the two be so easy to do, due to the huge investment, he can't help but focus on the box office.

"If it were you, what would you shoot?" After thinking about it, Zhang Yi asked.

"If I want to focus on war scenes, I will definitely focus on either war scenes or literary dramas, and if I want to focus on war scenes, I will definitely not use "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" as a script. To be honest, it is difficult for World War II-themed films to go to the international market, at home and abroad, there are thousands of films involving World War II-themed films, among which there are many familiar ones, "Saving Private Ryan", "The Battle of Stalingrad", "Soldiers in the City", "Pearl Harbor", and the epic miniseries "Band of Brothers" also has to be mentioned. "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" wants to take the international route, it must have magnificent war scenes, and the production cost is not two or three hundred million yuan, and if you want to form a strong cast and a fierce propaganda offensive, it will be more, this cannot guarantee a certain success, and the risk is very high, senior, with your understanding, do you think Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Weiping have such courage? ”

Lin Yuquan smiled and continued: "And if you focus on literary dramas, although the commercial effect is greatly reduced, as long as the shooting is good, plus the appeal of your seniors, with today's domestic film market, the box office of three or four hundred million is still very easy to achieve, and the cost can be fully recovered." In addition, as long as the artistry is sufficient, in fact, there is still a certain market in the world, which depends on the choice of seniors, Jiang Zhiqiang, and Zhang Weiping. ”

Lin Yuquan looked at Zhang Yimou meaningfully, as the most influential director in China and in the world besides him, and also one of the few directors among the active directors in China who can resist the banner of the box office, he hopes that Zhang Yimou can make better works before he says so much.

Zhang Yi fell silent again, and after a while, he smiled bitterly: "Yuquan, what you said is good, but it is difficult to operate, after all, it is a movie with a lot of investment, and it must focus on the box office, and you have to consider the box office, of course, you only think about the box office, and you can't make a good movie." Hey, speaking of which, I envy you Yuquan, as well as Xiaogang and Ning Hao, you can shoot the films you want to make as much as you want, and since I was positioned as a film master, everyone is using ideas and artistry to examine my works, and in order to meet everyone's needs, I have to integrate the ideology of a special proposition into the film. As a result, he took pictures of his works indecently. ”

Over the years, seeing Lin Yuquan's mythical rise, he actually has a lot of emotion, a lot of reflection, and then a lot of grievances in his heart, and Chen Kaige is in the same situation as him. Everyone is looking at their works from the height of masters, as if they are willing to degenerate when shooting commercial works.

"I don't really want to think about it so much, I just want to follow my own ideas and shoot a movie that I want to make, and I just think about how to make the movie look good and make the audience like it, not for the sake of the film festival, nor for the sake of becoming famous as a director."

This time it was Lin Yuquan's turn to be silent, in his opinion. Chen Kaige was thinking too much and wanted to express his artistic ideas in the movie, which led to the fiasco of "Wuji", so he vetoed "Mei Lanfang", which had the same idea, and specially created "Tongtian Empire", which pursued commercial effects.

He has always felt that many people still insist on looking at the fifth generation of directors from the perspective of the year, which is very unfair to the directors themselves, the times are changing, and they must adapt to this era. The director's creative style will definitely change, when you yourself are running for money. You are not qualified to accuse Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige of why they didn't make art films and why they fell into the eyes of money.

"Heh, then shoot according to your own ideas, as long as you don't position yourself as a master, senior, I have only one purpose in making a movie, to make a wonderful movie. It doesn't matter what genre this movie is, with such an attitude, I believe that more people will support you. Lin Yuquan smiled, followed by a smile in his eyes: "In addition, senior, if you want to shoot "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling". Hurry up and shoot it, I won't tell you, I've asked Dawn Films to set out to create a magnificent war movie, don't let me shoot it first! ”

"What you say is true? No kidding? Zhang Yi was taken aback, Lin Yuquan's handwriting has always been not small, if he wants to make a war movie, it must be extraordinary, and his "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" may not be able to start filming in a short time, the script is on the one hand, it is not easy to create a good script, and more importantly, if you want to shoot a movie with both big war scenes, the investment is bound to be very high, according to the situation of "Assembly Number", if the scene is better, it will cost at least more than 100 million, In addition, Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Weiping are interested in inviting a Hollywood actor-level actor to join the starring role, aiming at the international market, and its salary is expected to be as high as 8 figures, or US dollars, under the condition that it is difficult to guarantee in the international market, it is not necessarily possible to make such a big production with an investment of two or three billion yuan now to recover the cost by the domestic box office, unless it can reach the level of Lin Yuquan's "Wild Story: The Rise of the Ape Race", but "The Wild Story: The Rise of the Ape Race" is purely a special case, and it is very difficult for the mainland box office to reach 400 million at this stage. He and Zhang Weiping will definitely wait until the domestic market reaches a certain capacity before they will launch such a "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins".

"Do you think I'm the kind of person who jokes?" Lin Yuquan smiled, half-jokingly and half-seriously: "How about it, are you interested in directing then?" ”

There are very few directors in the Chinese film industry who can handle the magnificent war scenes, Zhang Yi is one of them, he still has extraordinary appeal, and he is naturally a very suitable director in Lin Yuquan's heart.

"Ahem, I'll talk about it when I plan to leave later." Zhang Yi coughed and said, to be honest, for Lin Yuquan's personal invitation, which director in China would not be tempted, but after thinking about it, he still refused, after all, he is not an ordinary director, and his films are not short of investment, and he has been working happily with Zhang Weiping for the time being, and he has no plans to leave the new picture for the time being.

"Alright then!" Lin Yuquan is not disappointed, since the filming of "Something to Say" in 1996, Zhang Yimou has been cooperating with Zhang Weiping for more than ten years, there are no major problems, and naturally he will not leave at will.

"Yuquan, what kind of movie do you think I should make if I don't make "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" for the time being?" Zhang Yi asked with a headache, the new film after two years, if he doesn't pay attention to it, it must be false, the ideal situation is of course to start filming "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", but "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" is a problem whether it is a script adaptation or a huge investment aimed at international production, although it is not aimed at the international market, it can also be filmed according to the standards of "Assembly Number", but Jiang Zhiqiang will definitely not agree, you must know that the film and television adaptation copyright of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" is in his hands.

"Go with what you feel, follow what you really think in your heart, and go all out to get it right." Lin Yuquan did not give specific advice, but this is definitely the best advice he thinks, in his opinion, Zhang Yimou, who filmed commercial blockbusters such as "Hero", "Ambush on All Sides", "Full of Golden Armor", is not the real Zhang Yi to a large extent, due to the huge investment, he was interfered with too much from Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Weiping, and piled up the movie with gorgeousness, but the content was very empty, and he pursued publicity and marketing too much.

Zhang Yi tasted the advice given by Lin Yuquan, then nodded and said "Hmm", after witnessing Lin Yuquan's great success in the past few years, of course he couldn't have no ideas in his heart, he was more eager than ever to make a good movie.

The two continued to chat, and when Senior Lu appeared in the sight of the two, Zhang Yi immediately entered the small reception room. (To be continued......)

PS: In all fairness, compared with a number of bad Chinese movies released in recent years, "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is actually not bad at all, and like previous films such as "Hero", many people feel that it is completely based on preconceived notions that this is really a movie with an investment of 600 million, and watch it with an investment of 600 million. Well, this movie is indeed bad, but the real investment in this movie should be about 200 million, not much, a movie with an investment of 200 million, and it also cost a lot of money to invite Bell, and it feels naturally different to look at "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" by this standard. In fact, Zhang Weiping and Jiang Zhiqiang's hearts are still bigger, they aim at the international market, invite Bell, invite Hollywood's blasting team, but their handwriting is not enough, only rely on Bell, how can it be easy to open the international market only by relying on the beginning of the war scene, if they don't invite Bell, only according to "Assembly", I believe that it only needs to spend more than 100 million yuan, so of course there is no overseas market, the appeal of the national teacher, the domestic box office will not be less than with Bell, and it can make a lot of money.