Chapter 136: Actors, Acting

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Hearing John's words, Li Mingbao knew that today's matter has become more than half, if John was not interested in this movie at all, then John would never say such a thing, but now that John has expressed his position, it proves that this matter is very interesting.

"Of course, I'm in two places right now, one in Hollywood and the other in Hong Kong. Obviously, this movie could not have been made in Hollywood, because Hollywood is very expensive to shoot.

Although I also have some money, I will never waste what I can save. So John, what do you think of this movie? Is there any hope of a trip to Hollywood? Li Mingbao asked with his head sideways to John.

"The story is very strong, the pacing is tight, and most importantly, the film is very suitable for American tastes, which is fundamentally different from the previous Hong Kong films. I still haven't figured out how Hong Kong films can improve so much all at once? John shook his head and said with emotion.

"John, the Hong Kong Film Festival may not be that fast, but you also have to see who made the film. You know, I don't only know about Hong Kong movies, but I also know about the situation in Hollywood, and I still shoot this movie, do you think it will be difficult to do this? Li Mingbao said with a smile.

John's prejudice is not too much for the current Hong Kong movies. Because of Hong Kong films at this time, although there was a so-called new wave. But New Wave cinema is not the mainstream of Hong Kong cinema now.

Although it has the influence of Li Mingbao, it has appropriately accelerated the pace of change in Hong Kong films. But if Hong Kong films want to change, they can't be done overnight. Besides, although Li Mingbao has had an influence on the Hong Kong New Wave, more of an impact is to follow the trend.

One of the bad habits of Hong Kong movies is to follow the trend, what does it mean to follow the trend? It's what kind of movie is popular, and what movie type will shoot a lot. Just like when Li Mingbao filmed his first movie "Happy Ghost", not long after it was released, there were many follow-up films released.

The progress of Hong Kong film shooting is not comparable to Hollywood, a fast gunner like Wang Jing can complete a movie from shooting to release in a week. Wang Jing is known as a fast gunner, and although the progress of his filming is not representative of the whole of Hong Kong, it is not unusual for most directors in Hong Kong to shoot a movie so quickly.

The reason why Wang Jing became a representative is simply because Wang Jing is the most famous. It's not that no one can cross Wang Jing's degree. Nowadays, Hong Kong films, due to the very simple behind-the-scenes of various films, the progress of filming is already very fast, and some directors who are not famous can even finish a movie in three or four days.

Such an exaggerated situation is definitely not something that Hollywood filmmakers can imagine. Later, Li Mingbao filmed another "Baby Zhiduoxing", and then Fan Shaohuang's film was not interrupted for a period of time.

Even Li Mingbao's latest movie "The True Color of Heroes", although it is being screened in Hong Kong, the follow-up film has already begun to be released as soon as Li Mingbao did not come to Hollywood. Although the quality is not complimented at all, that degree is definitely very fast.

For today's Hong Kong filmmakers, degree is the first element. And with the degree, in terms of quality, there is only hehehe. John's prejudice is not too much for most Hong Kong movies now.

If Li Mingbao hadn't had the memory of later generations and a universal whiteness, if he entered this industry, the difference between him and others would not be too outrageous. Maybe it's not impossible to follow Li Xiaolong's old path.

But what Li Mingbao and John are discussing now is not other Hong Kong movies, but their own movies, so Li Mingbao must refute them, otherwise they will suffer a big loss in the negotiations. Although Li Mingbao has some friendship with John, this friendship will not play much role in terms of money.

Although until now Li Mingbao didn't quite understand why John treated himself with such a friendly attitude before, Li Mingbao knew that the Yankees had a habit that one thing is one thing, and he would not mix this matter with that thing to talk about together. So although Li Mingbao had a relationship with John before, Li Mingbao knew that when talking about the release of this movie, the previous friendship would not play a big role.

Of course, it's not completely useless, at least this "True Colors of Heroes" line will not be like the previous "Home Alone" line, and you still need to find various channels to directly take this movie to Twentieth Century Fox. And such a condition, even if it is Boss Zou, it is impossible to get it.

This is equivalent to a threshold, if you don't cross it, even if you see the gold mountain inside the door, it's useless, only drooling, but as long as you cross it, like Li Mingbao, it's basically equivalent to being accepted by Hollywood, and in the future, there will be a lot of opportunities with Hollywood's local film companies on various issues. Even if it is a domestic film company in the United States, it is difficult to get such an opportunity, after all, not every local film company owner has a relationship with Hollywood giants.

Hearing Li Mingbao's explanation, John also thought about it at this time: "It seems that in the future, I need to distinguish your films from those made by other film companies in Hong Kong." Because Li's movies are completely different from the films of other film companies in Hong Kong, it's like this "True Colors of Heroes", which is really well filmed. If the actors in the movie are not Asian, it may not be impossible to get thousands of screens.

Although this movie can only be a low-budget movie in terms of cost, the cost of shooting will not exceed five million dollars. But due to the plot compensation, coupled with the obvious western cowboy style, very heroism, there is also a big market in Hollywood. Maybe when this movie is released, we will still play it in the style of a Western. ”

Hearing John's words, Li Mingbao was happy, because he could hear that John did have the idea of doing this movie. Otherwise, the last one wouldn't have said something like that. This is a successful start for Li Mingbao.

But how to sell this movie at a good price is what Li Mingbao needs to consider, so Li Mingbao then said in a flickering voice: "Okay, John, what's wrong with Asians?" I'm also Asian. Of course, I'm not saying anything about Asian-Americans. Because I know that there is a big market for such ideas in the United States, and the most important thing to consider in the movie is the market.

But on the other hand, maybe John, you think that choosing Asian-Americans is sometimes a good choice. What do you think of the acting skills of the protagonists in this movie? ”

Hearing Li Mingbao's opening words, John suddenly remembered that Li Mingbao was also Asian. There was indeed a big problem with what he said just now, but he didn't expect Li Mingbao to change the topic and say that he didn't care much about such words, so John was also relieved.

Later, when he heard Li Mingbao talking about these actors, John immediately said: "The acting skills of those actors in this movie are very good, even compared to Hollywood movie stars, they are not bad, especially that little brother, his eyes are too charming, and the change of eyes in several scenes, even if he is a Hollywood actor, he will not be much better than him."

Of course, this young man still looks very immature now, if he wants to really reach the level of an actor, it will take a certain amount of time to progress, at least for now, the only thing that can be compared to the actor in his acting skills is his eyes, I don't know why his eyes can make so many changes in such a short period of time, there are so many meanings, his eyes can speak. ”

Sure enough, Zhou Yan's eyes were such a big bright spot, it was impossible to escape the eyes of an old fox like John. Regarding the changes in Zhou Yan's eyes, Zhou Yan suffered a lot when he was filming. Li Mingbao originally wanted to create classics, and the classic scenes in the movie "The True Color of Heroes" are absolutely indispensable to Zhou Yan's eyes.

So when filming the movie, Zhou Run's scenes were very hard to shoot, and a lot of film was wasted, even Wu Yusen couldn't understand why Li Mingbao was so nitpicky, after all, although Zhou Yan is very famous now, there is still a big difference between the movie acting skills and a few years later, and Li Mingbao wants to forcibly improve the requirements for Zhou Run's acting skills on this issue.

For Li Mingbao wasting film like this, Wu Yusen was very distressed at the beginning. But after the scenes that met Li Mingbao's requirements appeared, Wu Yusen also really showed Li Mingbao's power, although these scenes were not long, but the combination of these scenes made this movie more flesh and blood. And Zhou Yan was tortured by Li Mingbao, and his acting skills have also improved a lot.

And now, when it comes to John, John, the old fox, also showed this highlight for the first time, so Li Mingbao feels more and more necessary for the original waste of film, otherwise, without Zhou Run's acting skills, how could John be so sure of Zhou Run's success?

"John, I want to ask you, how much would it cost to bring in a white star with acting skills like Little Pony in this movie?" Li Mingbao asked at this time.

"If you want to invite actors who are close to the level of actors, it will cost at least millions of dollars. This is still the starting price, if you want to hire those actors who are popular, those with such acting skills will not be less than three million dollars. John thought about it and said very seriously.

"Then if I sue you, this actor's salary in Hong Kong is only 500,000, and I still raise this price, John, do you have more ideas?" Li Mingbao said with a smile, his expression was like a fox stealing a chicken.