At the Oscars, Shirley Lansingl and the others didn't help, so naturally the agreement to ask Sun Ziming to direct the film was not established, but she still took Mel Gibson to visit in person.

Sun Ziming took Douglas and Yoshiyo Sato to welcome the three into the house, and after a few words of greeting, everyone sat in the living room drinking coffee and tea. Sun Ziming is an old smoking gun, and he deliberately sat in front of the window, but he didn't expect Mel Gibson to come over and say bluntly: "Ming, I want to ask you to direct "Braveheart". ”

Sun Ziming was stunned, Hollywood is fair, Paramount didn't help, and he didn't need to repay the favor. In terms of intimacy, this superstar and himself are just nodding friends, and they can't get to that point. Nicole Kidman is her own wild/wife, and she didn't make a film for her husband.

Douglas and Sato are also inexplicable, Boss makes a movie and earns at least hundreds of millions of box office, can you afford it? The last time I filmed "Youth Musical", it was because Fanny was pestered, and that little girl grew up with a boss, and she used to call him Uncle!

'Ahem, cough, cough', Shirley coughed a few times, signaled Mel to shut up, and quickly opened the topic: "Ming, MGM is in big trouble this time." Fortunately, I listened to you and didn't touch "Future Water World". ”

Sun Ziming sounded a little awkward about this, and couldn't help but say, "Shirley, what do you want to say?" ”

Shirley put down the coffee cup and gossiped: "Some people are talking in private, saying that you deliberately didn't take "Future Water World", just knowing that it would become a time bomb." ”

There are really a lot of people who are popular, and I repeatedly reminded that "Future Water World" is risky, and in the end, the budget exceeded 200 million, and it became my own fault. Sun Ziming wouldn't admit that he was fooled by his suspicions, so his face immediately darkened, and he said coldly: "Shirley, you are the president of Paramount, you won't come to me, just to say some gossip, right?" ”

"NO, NO, I just want to build yì you, you must fight back. Ming, we are people in the entertainment industry, if you don't fight back against the slander imposed on you, others will think that you have a ghost in your heart. ”

Sun Ziming wouldn't listen to such nonsense, leaned back on the calfskin sofa, and mocked: "Shirley, you are here to persuade me to take over the filming of "Braveheart", so that Paramount's stock price will not fall again, am I right?" ”

Shirley doesn't deny that everyone is smart, and hiding it makes people laugh. When Mel Gibson came to Paramount with the script to ask for investment and cooperation, he took a fancy to his box office appeal, and felt that if he invested tens of millions, he would not be able to recover his fame. However, after "Lethal Weapon 3" was beaten by "Thunderbolt Angel", he also muttered.

The agreement has been signed, and this can no longer be changed, but we have to find a way to minimize the risks and losses, so when everyone was eating, Mel Gibson was called over to pay for it, and Sun Ziming helped revise the script.

However, Mel Gibson himself was present, and Shirley spoke much more tactfully.

"Ming, we are friends, and I don't lie. "Braveheart" has been revised by you, and the personal hero film has become an epic film, and the budget has also increased from 65 million to 94 million, which makes me feel very unconfident. ”

This woman still can't believe herself, afraid of repeating MGM's mistakes, Sun Ziming couldn't help but laugh: "Then what do you want?" I filmed "Youth Musical" like playing, and I earned more than 100 million box office, and the overseas box office is almost 100 million. ”

Douglas next to him also helped: "Boss, you are wrong, the record has earned more than 100 million." ”

"Yes, Shirley, it's not that I embarrass you, Paramount can't afford me. If you sell too high, I will be sad if you lose money and you are in trouble. ”

Shirley shook her head and continued to insist: "Ming, you vote half, we vote half." Mel said that you can get a salary of 9.8 million, and let you get a salary of 10 million. ”

Seeing that Sun Ziming still wanted to refuse, Shirley finally said in a deep voice: "Ming, when everyone divided the schedules last year, they all had a tacit understanding. ”

Sun Ziming patted his head, and then remembered that he was a new member of the table and had to give a greeting gift to the old diners. Warners gave "Batman," Universal is its own, and now it's Paramount's turn.

Everyone is considered half an ally, and they can't push back any longer, not to mention that the film is really good, and it has 'won' the best picture and the best director. Besides, I do want to go to Scotland this winter to find the little magician's mother.

"Ok, my treatment, you go to UTN to talk, I'm their customer. In addition, if I come to shoot, the budget will be increased by 20 million, and I want to make an epic film, not that kind of small scene. ”

There's no problem with that, there's no way this guy is kidding with his own money and reputation, and Shirley immediately agreed.

“OK”

Sun Ziming turned his head and explained to Mel Gibson next to him: "Mel, it's not that I don't talk about feelings, I'm not only a director, but also the boss of two companies, and I have to consider the interests of the people below in everything I do." It's like "Braveheart", if it wasn't for the original deal with Paramount, I wouldn't have been able to take over the film. To put it simply, when I make a company's movie, not only the company can benefit, but even Douglas and Jiadai can benefit from it, but making a movie from a foreign company can only be my personal benefit, can you understand? ”

Mel Gibson blushed and sneered, "I'm sorry, I'm not a boss, I don't understand this." ”

This is true, these professional actors only pay attention to facial expressions, and completely ignore that life is the source of performance. It's rare for them to incorporate their life experiences into their performances like Hanks or Fa Ge, so it's hard to reach the heights of those two guys.

Of course, since he has this opportunity, Sun Ziming also hides his relationship with Nicole.

"It's okay, I'm just telling you that everyone has their own difficulties. When I was filming Forrest Gump, Hanks always joked to me, saying that in every movie I would have in the future, Nicole Kidman would appear and decide that I had a crush on her. Hehe, Cruise is going to set up his own studio, as a subsidiary of Light and Shadow, and it will become my obligation to help him hold Nicole. ”

When Shirley heard this, she scolded with a smile: "Come on, don't explain, if you dare to have a leg with Nicole, Cruise will kill you!" The last time you recommended Sophie Marceau to us, wasn't it because of Tim? ”

Lao Tzu really has a leg with her, and Sun Ziming laughed and pulled on to another topic.

Mel Gibson must have had his thoughts on the part of the director. Nine times out of ten, he thinks that in his movies, there are Venice actors, actresses, and Berlin actors, and if there is fair competition last year, it is likely that there will be Golden Globe and Oscar double actors, and he also wants to work in that direction.

"Mel, I know what you think, but there are some things that can only be done to the best of one's ability, and no one dares to pack a ticket. I say that, do you understand? ”

Talking about this topic, Shirley also agreed: "Mel gave up the prepared project, just wanted the little golden man, but he just wanted to fight, you just have to do your best, no one will force it." ”

Sun Ziming ignored Shirley's help, and just looked at Mel, he had to say it himself. From his own development to Hollywood, quarrels and fights with actors are commonplace, if he can't stand his stinky temper and the two of them get into trouble on the set, that's the real big trouble.

"Ming, I promise to obey your arrangement and will not go against you."

Mel Gibson is very happy, the kid in front of him usually smiles, and he is a complete tyrant when he enters the set. At yesterday's drinking party, he heard Hanks say that Nicole Kidman was scolded and cried a few times by this kid.

"That's good, Hanks, I'll get it, you're an action star, I'm really afraid I can't beat it. Okay, after I finish promoting "Forrest Gump", I'll start looking for a location."

Sun Ziming made a joke, shook Mel Gibson's hand, and then extended his hand to Shirley. The two shook hands, and the woman reciprocated: "Ming, I heard that your TV station in South Korea is not developing very smoothly, do you want me to help you arrange some small roles?" ”

Sun Ziming thanked him repeatedly, this has helped him a lot, how many movies does Light and Shadow make a year? Besides, those are all gold mines with extremely high box office, and you don't dare to joke about the characters. The Paramount family has a big business, and there are so many films that are independently produced and co-filmed in a year, and it is difficult to arrange the protagonist, but some small supporting roles are not something that she can do with her crooked mouth?

Those Korean sticks can only play some small supporting roles with two or three lines at present.

Sending Shirley away, a few minutes later, Warner's Pation arrived with his deputy, Cook. The script of "Batman 2" written by the screenwriting department of Light and Shadow Company has been fully praised by Warner, which believes that this is the script that is most in line with the original work of "Batman", and it is very visually impactful.

With such a large investment, Warner must have followed Sun Ziming's advice in the selection of directors and found Joe Schumacher, but although he admired the script, he refused to direct. A script with all the shots drawn, which big director is willing to direct?

If you shoot well, the reputation belongs to others, and if you smash it, the infamy is your own. It was Spielberg who made "Schindler's List" almost schizophrenic, and then he remembered to shoot Sun Ziming's version of "Raiders of the Lost Ark: Crystal Skull Country", so that he could be relieved from his bad mental state. But it's this North America 2. 300 million, global 4. The 500 million movie made Warner more optimistic about Sun Ziming's script and rejected Joe Schumacher's adaptation request.

After their reminder, Sun Tzu remembered that he had also made a movie with Spielberg, and hurriedly looked at Douglas, the movies were all released, why didn't he see the dividends?

Douglas hurriedly opened the notebook and handed it to Sun Ziming, and he suddenly realized. When the movie was released, he was filming "Forrest Gump", and after a while, he forgot about Spielberg. He divided nearly 200 million, all of which was given to him as shares in the dream factory under construction.

Closing the notebook, Sun Tzu explicitly motioned for Pation to continue.

"Ming, this film has such a big investment, we want to invite you to direct, what do you think?"

This really made Sun Ziming embarrassed, he originally thought that he would take a year off this year, and he would take "Braveheart" for the sake of being able to win the award, otherwise he would definitely find an excuse to resign. But when Pation came to the door, he was definitely not afraid that he would not agree, which was the condition for Light and Shadow to participate in the division of the stalls, and it was also a condition for giving special effects to his company. If James Cameron knew that he would push hundreds of millions of dollars in special effects business out, he would definitely kill himself! But if you want to make a mentally handicapped film like "Batman", Sun Ziming is really not interested.

It is said that if people have no faith, they will not stand, but this matter has to be said twice, who of these guys does not play one set in front and one set in the back? When it's your turn, there's no reason not to play?

After a moment of silence, Sun Ziming smiled bitterly: "Mr. Pationes, why don't I talk to Joe Schumacher?" Making any movie is emotional, and it's hard for someone who doesn't even read comics to make this type of film well. ”

The treacherous Pation laughed, "Ming, you even wrote the script, and you can't make a movie?" You've signed an agreement with our company, and you're 45% of Batman's shares. ”

Sun Ziming didn't dare to ask for this credit, and hurriedly explained: "No, you misunderstood, I just wrote a story outline for the script, and the rest was written by others." It's just that when our company makes movies, we are used to getting together to revise the script after it comes out, and often the script is revised and the storyboard script is drawn. ”

Partiens listened to Sun Ziming's explanation, and it was difficult to make up his mind for a while. If it is indeed as he said, it is indeed too difficult for a director who doesn't even read comics to make a comic-themed film.

Seeing that Pation hesitated, Sun Ziming hurriedly said: "Pations, in fact, you still don't know what Joe is thinking?" As long as I didn't write the script, he would definitely shoot it. Believe me, only a crazy comic book fan like him would make this kind of movie. ”

Well, it's also the same reason, Pation said: "Ming, the script can't be signed with your name, can you agree?"

There is no problem with this, I didn't agree with it in the first place, it was those guys who thought it was more majestic to pull the tiger skin as a banner, but I didn't expect it to backfire.

"Okay, I'll let Doug go talk to Joe. When the promotion of "Forrest Gump" is finished, I will talk to him in person. “