It's late summer and early autumn, and although Beverly Hills is still a little hot, the lush tulip forests have turned yellow-green, just waiting for the autumn wind to turn golden yellow together, and then the sky is full of autumn leaves.

Sun Ziming is sitting in a pavilion with a very oriental charm, inviting a sad-faced Tom Cruise to tea. The superstar came to discuss with Sun Ziming whether to go to Berlin or Cannes to participate in the film festival next year, and strive to get a few trophies back to push up the box office of "The Last Samurai".

The dubbing problem of "The Last Samurai" was very well solved, and the post-production zuò was also completed, but the well-made film has been locked in the company's safe and has not been agreed with the theater. Sun Ziming was very optimistic about the box office of this movie, and gave everyone a preventive shot before the start of filming. After the film was produced, he called a group of directors, screenwriters, and public relations personnel in the company to watch it, and everyone's opinions were in line with his judgment - the film was very good, but most audiences in North America may not be able to accept it. If you want to attract the audience to the cinema, I am afraid that you will have to use the matter of Sun Ziming and the Chinese Freemasonry to hype, but no one is fully sure what the effect will be.

"Ming, what do you think of my thoughts?"

Sun Ziming looked at the hopeful Cruise with a smile, this guy just knew that Tino and himself had certain connections in the European film industry, and wanted to go to Europe to mix up with the actor and come back to satisfy his vanity.

"It's not good, you just want to get the actor. Cruise, the three major film festivals in Europe are not as simple as you think, and their requirements for jury are even stricter than the Oscars. ”

The inherent arrogance of Americans made Cruise disapproving and said: "Little Golden Talent is the highest award for movies!" ”

"Not necessarily, I went to the film festival there, and our films don't necessarily suit their tastes."

Sun Ziming really didn't hit him, "The Last Samurai" has been adapted, and it is no longer a film for Westerners, but a movie for Easterners. In Europe, how to protect and inherit culture is already an instinct of the people, how can such a film interest them? Relying on those oriental pictures in the movie alone will only bring beauty to the audience, but cannot resonate with those judges.

Returning to the powerful United States, Tom Cruise lost his previous awe of Sun Ziming on the set in New Zealand and Japan, restored the mentality of his former friend, and couldn't help but be dissatisfied when he saw him so unconfident: "Ming, I found that you have changed, you have become no more confident at all, are you still the great China Ming you used to be?" If you have self-confidence, you won't necessarily win, but if you don't have self-confidence, you will definitely lose! ”

What is this self-confidence? It's clearly arrogant! Sun Ziming had no intention of arguing, raised his hand and surrendered: "Ok, ok, you decide whether you are an investor or the chairman of the company." ”

(In Hollywood, it is customary for each film to set up a company to be responsible for all aspects of the film, such as investment, production, release, box office sharing, subsequent revenue, and copyright transfer.) ）

Sun Ziming's joke, instead of making Cruise laugh, was a little black with his handsome face. The film invested more than 60 million US dollars, and this is still when he and Sun Ziming did not get paid in cash, if the box office is not ideal, his loss will be great. Although with the box office appeal of him and Sun Ziming, it is not enough for him to recover his 20 million investment, but wasting two years of time, for an idol star like him who eats youth, it means a loss of tens of millions of dollars.

People are realistic, Sun Ziming sighed and explained: "Cruise, I know that you are under a lot of pressure, but in fact, I don't think it's necessary. James and Steven they are right, the film does not necessarily have a good box office prospect in North America, but you forget about the Asian market.

Rest assured, this movie is not so much a Hollywood film as it is a film for Asians. Only those developing countries will have a conflict between modern civilization and traditional culture, and will there be those resonances. European and American countries are already highly developed and have long passed that social stage. ”

“Are，you，sure? (Are you sure?) )”

This matter can't be packed with tickets, Sun Ziming shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Cruise, I'm not God, these are just my opinions, and it doesn't mean that it will definitely happen." ”

"No, in the field of film, you are God!"

"No, didn't Apollo 13 fail too? Cruise, to be honest, I'm not optimistic about going to Europe for a film festival. It's fine if we can win the prize, but if we can't win the prize, it will be counterproductive. As you know, any news is time-sensitive, and I haven't taken the initiative to be on TV, just because I want to hype up my own business, and if I go to Europe to participate in the exhibition, it will inevitably weaken the publicity. ”

Sun Ziming's rebuttal made Cruise laugh, if he hadn't made that scandal, "Apollo 13" would not have failed at the box office. Cruise, who was weak, finally accepted Sun Ziming's reason, since this guy is not optimistic, then he doesn't have to force it, the award is important, but the box office is even more important. He is a real big director, and a big director who has won several European awards, must be more sure of the artistic value of the film and the taste of Europeans, but he also took the opportunity to say: "Ok, can you let me star in "Desert Island" that you collaborated with Universal?" I wanted to challenge how to interpret loneliness. ”

This can't be done, don't say that this guy's acting skills can't reach that level, even if he does. Although he asked Jim to write the script, it was during the filming of "Forrest Gump" that Hanks first had this idea, and he went to find someone to write the script.

After taking a sip of tea, Sun Ziming organized the words slightly, and said: "Cruise, although some things are done by his subordinates, my boss has to wipe their butts for them." You are my friend, others are also my friends, and I can't help you without compensating other friends. What do I mean, can you get it? ”

Sun Ziming used this as a reason, and Cruise had nothing to say, so he picked up the small teacup and said gratefully: "Ming, thank you, with your words, everything is in this cup." ”

"It's in tea, not a cup", Sun Ziming corrected with a smile, and saw that Kayo Sato led an ordinary-looking Asian woman over from afar, and quickly got up and said, "Cruise, it's almost lunchtime, eat with me at noon?" ”

Cruise also saw the guest, saw that it was a girl, remembered Lee YoungAe (Lee Young-ae), who was not amazing in his eyes, and joked: "Ming, she can't be the second Ae, right?" ”

"No, this is a screenwriter I got from South Korea, and I want her to help me write the script."

Screenplay? Cruise's blue eyes emit green light, and China Ming is recognized as Hollywood's No. 1 screenwriter!

"Don't make up your mind, it's a TV drama script, and it's only the heroine!"

"I didn't think much about it, I was just thinking that the famous China Ming actually invited a gunman."

"Cut, I don't ask anyone to help me, how do you know what you Americans like to watch?"

The two were talking and laughing, but they didn't expect the Korean female screenwriter brought by Lu Huiguang to see Tom? Cruise suddenly exclaimed, and hurriedly covered his mouth, his face flushed, startling the two of them.

The guest was rude, but Kayo Sato didn't dare to be rude, so he hurriedly bowed over and introduced the two of them: "Boss, Mr." Cruise, this is Miss Kim Young-hyun, whom Park Sang invited from South Korea. Miss Kim, this is our boss Mr. Sun Tzu Ming, and this is his friend Tom? Mr. Crews. ”

"Hello Mr. Sun Sun", Kim Yingxian shook hands with Sun Ziming at a loss under the reminder of Yoshiyo Sato. After Kim Young-hyun shook hands with him, and then shook hands with Cruise, he was so excited that he couldn't even finish his words, and even Yoshiyo Sato was worried about whether she would faint.

Tom Cruise was accustomed to seeing the fanaticism of movie fans, so he politely shook hands with the fan and screenwriter, and looked at Sun Ziming suspiciously, so that Korean screenwriters who have never seen the world can also use it?

Sun Ziming looked at this Kim Young-hyun who was so excited that his hands were trembling, and he couldn't help but be suspicious, Park Yuzan that guy wouldn't look away, right? Although the screenwriter doesn't need to be calm, such a big person still chases stars, which can only prove that her mind is still immature.