Chapter Seventy-One: Filming in Hollywood is actually very simple

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In the half a month that Li Mingbao and the others spent, whether it was the office space, the villa car, or even the registration of the company, a series of things have been completed accompanied by a lawyer.

And by this time, Li Mingbao can already proudly say that he also has a film company in Hollywood. Of course, in fact, these things are not something to be proud of, especially in the United States, as long as you have money, you can basically do anything.

Even as long as Li Mingbao is willing to spend money, he can also sponsor the election of the president of the United States, as for why Li Mingbao himself does not run for the president of the United States, the main reason is that he is not an American, and the number of years he has lived there is not enough. If these requirements are met, in fact, it is not uncommon for Li Mingbao to run for president of the United States, and whether he will be able to run for election in the end is another question.

During this period of time, Li Mingbao was not only running around for the company's problems, but in half a month, under the leadership of a familiar person like Jiang Zhiqiang, Li Mingbao also had a great understanding of the operation mode of Hollywood.

At least it is not too difficult for Li Mingbao to make a movie now. Shooting a movie in the United States, the procedure is not complicated, and it can even be said to be very simple, otherwise more than ten or twenty years later, there will be no young man who has made a movie with his own dV with a box office of hundreds of millions.

Compared to Hong Kong, making movies in the United States is very simple, equipment, there are professional rental companies, in the United States, the rental industry is very good, involving all kinds of things, from toothpaste and toothbrushes to large airplanes and tanks (this is not an exaggerated adjective, but a fact, those things that appear in Hollywood movies are the credit of the rental company), as long as you have the need, and are willing to spend money, the rental company will give you a satisfactory answer.

On the field, Li Mingbao directly used the big villa he had just bought. In terms of personnel, there is no need for Li Mingbao to worry about himself, make a call to the Film Actors Association, say his needs, and he can give Li Mingbao a satisfactory answer. Don't think that they are living Lei Feng, but they don't need to pay in return, in fact, the Actors Association also has to take a cut, and the contract signed under the introduction of the Actors Association has a clause in that contract.

Especially in Hollywood, everything can be missing, but the most important thing is those actors, Li Mingbao only came to Hollywood on the first day, and he saw the actors here, which is even more than the pets here. Even if Li Mingbao asked for a young actor, the actor association did not hesitate.

Not to mention children, even if it is a baby, as long as you need it, they can get it for you, old man and old lady, you can also do it if you need it. You must know that there are more than 100,000 people registered with the Actors Association in Hollywood, which is still counted when more wild actors who don't want to pay money to the Actors Association do not register.

Just the actors, Hong Kong, which calls itself the Hollywood of the East, has been completely blown up by Hollywood. In Hong Kong, there are wireless and ATV to have some systematic actor training, and more actors are still born in the wild road. On the Hollywood side, there are more actors colleges alone than Hong Kong universities, and with such a gap, it is no wonder that Hong Kong films will decline in the future, the gap between them is unbearable.

The current Li Mingbao is not qualified to worry about the future of Hong Kong films, what he needs to do now is how to make his first movie in Hollywood. When I was in Hong Kong, the movie "Baby Wisdom and Stars" was directed by Wang Jinglai. And now in Hollywood, the director naturally can't continue to let Wang Jing do it, after all, others mix well in Hong Kong, and they didn't come to Hollywood crazy with Li Mingbao at all.

And on the Hollywood side, Li Mingbao is also not ready to be a director. The reason is naturally different from that in Hong Kong, when filming this movie in Hong Kong, Li Mingbao consciously made a movie that would not be as funny as Wang Jing's film, and this is indeed the case.

But on the Hollywood side, Li Mingbao is not a director, completely for the sake of the box office of the movie. The situation in Hollywood has always been quite xenophobic, although they always flaunt freedom. Li Mingbao doesn't intend to have a fight with Hollywood on this issue, so for the sake of the box office, if he wants to have a good result, he must not let himself appear in front of the audience as a director.

Even if it is a little-known Western name, it will be more acceptable to them in the European and American markets than the name Li Mingbao. In such a situation, Li Mingbao not only needs to find an actor, but also a director.

Of course, this director can't be a big name like Spielberg, because Li Mingbao can't afford to pay the price, and because the big director won't be controlled by Li Mingbao, the scene that will be filmed at that time is completely different from what Li Mingbao imagined. But it can't be an inexperienced so-called director, who is not responsible for his own films.

If it were in Hong Kong, such a problem would be a headache, but who called Li Mingbao where he is now in Hollywood? In this place, there are not only actors' associations, but also directors' associations, and even screenwriters' associations and other associations involved in the film industry.

If Li Mingbao wants to achieve the best effect, he naturally has to let the original director of the movie be the director of this play, and Li Mingbao also wanted to come at that time. It's a pity that Chris, the original director of this movie? Columbus is still just a student, let alone a director, and even if he studies, he hasn't learned much, and Li Mingbao is completely wasting his money by handing over this play to him.

In the end, after choosing, Li Mingbao finally chose a barely suitable character, that is, Ivan? Reitman. This guy also makes comedies, and he has also come out with works before, and the most important thing is that this guy's asking price is not high, and he was bought for only 200,000 dollars.

Compared with his not very famous director, the price is actually very high, if you follow Li Mingbao's cost-saving logic, you don't have to consider this lion who has a big mouth at all. But in the end, Li Mingbao chose him, for no other reason, one is because this guy is very obedient after getting a high price, and Li Mingbao will shoot whatever he wants.

And the other reason is because this guy has a good son named Jason? Reitman, compared to his old son, Jason as a son? Reitman is even more popular in the director's profession, and a "Juno" not only won hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office, but also won multiple Oscar nominations. Although this guy is still a child, he finally caught a familiar character, even if he is a child, Li Mingbao can slowly cultivate it.

It is precisely for these two reasons that Li Mingbao finally made a decision to let Ivan? Reitman came to be the director of "Home Alone", and he Li Mingbao continued to be the producer and investor of the film, of course, in the United States, the producer is generally called the producer, but the meaning is actually the same.

The director's business is done, and the behind-the-scenes work is up to Ivan? After all, he is the director of the film, and he has a team behind the scenes that he is familiar with, and he can also make it easier.

As for the actors, other people, including the two stupid thieves, and the characters recommended by the Actors Association, are easy to satisfy Li Mingbao, after all, he is not too familiar with Hollywood, especially Hollywood in this year, even with the help of an artifact like whiteness, and it is not so easy to find a 100% suitable actor.

Generally speaking, Li Mingbao is almost the same as finding someone who is barely suitable, can be eye-catching, and does not have to be paid too much to play these roles. After all, he is a person who wants to make money, has good acting skills, and is famous, they are indeed suitable for this movie, but in terms of investment, the cost is much higher, which is really not cost-effective.

Other people are easy to do, and it's almost okay to barely get by, but on the starring role of the child, although Li Mingbao does not require a very famous child star to play, at least he must make the characters in the movie look smart, not with a stupid expression, otherwise how to trick the two villains? You have a stupid look on your face and you're still counting the money after being sold, and you can't do it if you want to make the show look smarter. So in this role, it's not such a good choice.

The Actors Association recommended a lot of people, but Li Mingbao didn't like any of them, and in the end, Li Mingbao hit Ivan with the idea? Reitman, he wants to make the future big director, the current little kid Jason? Reitman came to play the role.

Originally, Li Mingbao didn't hit Jason with his idea? Reitman's body, but on a certain day Jason? When Reitman came to see his father, he was suddenly targeted by Li Mingbao. At that time, Li Mingbao was having a headache for the protagonist of "Home Alone", and Ivan? Reitman is also having a headache for this role.

Now the entire crew is short of a leading actor, and they can start filming immediately, but this protagonist has not appeared alive or dead, so when Li Mingbao saw Ivan? After Reitman, he said to Ivan, who was also casting: "Ivan, my friend, is this your child?" Looks cute and smart, huh? ”

Hearing Li Mingbao's praise, Ivan said with a smile: "Of course, our little Jason is a very smart child. You don't want to see who his dad is! ”

"So, I think if you really can't find a suitable candidate, why don't you let Jason give it a try? Don't you also say that he is very smart? Li Mingbao's fox tail was exposed.

Hearing Li Mingbao's words, Ivan was surprised: "What did you say? That's impossible? Our Jason is not an actor, how can he play such a role? That's ridiculous. ”

And Li Mingbao's answer is also very humorous: "No one is a natural actor." Since your son seems to be smart and filming properly for the sake of the crew, what about your son trying it? It's not that he won't be paid, maybe he will be the next popular child star in Hollywood? ”

In this way, Li Mingbao put the future director Jason? Reitman, flickered and became the star of "Home Alone".