It's not prejudice, don't you think it's awkward for yellow people to appear in the movie, and don't you think that yellow people don't have a sense of substitution? Then I will change your mindset.

How to transform, of course, more Chinese people appeared in front of the Americans, and after seeing more, the concept was naturally reversed.

Like blacks.

In the beginning, blacks were very unpopular in Hollywood, because at that time, the main consumer group of movie-watching was whites, and there were very few blacks.

Later, there were more and more blacks, and whites gradually accepted blacks, and now blacks have reached the point of competing with whites in Hollywood.

That's why Hollywood superstars such as Morgan Freeman came out.

"If you can, please bring more newcomers."

At this point, Li Lin didn't know that it was stupid.

Obviously, Cheng Long or several others took a fancy to the series "World of Warcraft" in Li Lin's hands, after all, "World of Warcraft" is a movie with a global box office of more than one billion and is world-famous.

Its sequel, I don't know how many people pay attention.

Once you play the leading role in it, you may be able to soar.

Don't you see that the salaries of the protagonists have risen sharply, and good scripts continue to be sent into their hands?

Cheng Long took a fancy to them and wanted to speak.

But who are they, the superstar of Huaxia, Li Lin's senior, they are embarrassed to say it directly to Li Lin, after all, Li Lin is a junior, and it hurts to open his mouth directly.

So they talked around the bush.

On the surface, he is pleading for the newcomer, but in fact, he is asking for himself. Otherwise, it's just a group of newcomers, and they need to speak in person?

Promoting juniors is to promote juniors, but they will not give up their old face in order to promote juniors. Unless this junior is their son or some other relative, it's pretty much the same.

"It's just ......." Li Lin hesitated.

Cheng Long is an old man, he saw Li Lin's hesitation at a glance, and hurriedly asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"There are mainly a few problems." Li Lin said: "Although I invested in "World of Warcraft", it is Universal Pictures that is responsible for "World of Warcraft". ”

"I have casting rights, but I have to take into account the opinion of Universal Films."

"The second problem is that World of Warcraft is a series, and it has to continue the starring role of the first film."

The biggest taboo of the series is to change the leading role.

Fans rushed to the cinema to take a look, but found that he was not familiar with any of the actors in this movie. That's definitely going to be a shout.

Regardless of whether the sequel is good or not, whether it is classic or not, once the starring role is changed. Word of mouth is definitely declining.

That's why Sony is in Torbay. After Maguire refused to star, it was not the sequel "Spider-Man" that was changed to "The Amazing Spider-Man".

"The Amazing Spider-Man" has little to do with "Spider-Man" in a certain way, they belong to the two film series of the "Spider-Man" comics.

"We're not talking about World of Warcraft, we're talking about Diablo." Cheng Long said with a smile.

Now he got straight to the point.

Coming to Hollywood for so long. He certainly knows the taboo of the series. The second substitution, Li Lin agreed, Universal Movies will not agree, and there is also Blizzard.

Even if it is an investor, respect their opinions.

As for the supporting roles, he has little interest.

The actor style of "World of Warcraft" is close to the second dimension, and unless fans look for actors directly on the list, they don't know who plays their favorite roles at all.

The consequence of this is that the characters are popular but the actors are not.

Of course, it is good to play the leading role in such a movie. But playing a supporting role is not good, for an artist like him who once earned $17 million. The attraction is not very good.

So he has his eye on "Diablo".

"Diablo" and "World of Warcraft" are both classics under Blizzard, and they are not as popular as "World of Warcraft", but they are still rare works.

And Universal Pictures has already made a splash in the industry, saying that they are going to shoot "Diablo", and they revealed that the director is likely to be Peter. Jackson, which makes the whole of Hollywood flock to it.

Peter. Jackson, who has just directed "World of Warcraft" to great success, is at the height of the limelight, coupled with the combination of Universal Pictures, Blizzard, and Li Lin, many people think that "Diablo" is the second "World of Warcraft".

This point, even Cheng Long also deeply agreed.

It's just that he doesn't have channels.

Although he is the agent of CAA, as the base camp of the United States, there are still quite a few artists under CAA who are staring at "Diablo", and in the first round of PK, Cheng Long was brushed down by CAA's artists.

Although his salary once reached $17 million, Tom. Cruise, the Hollywood superstar, has a little more to see in front of him.

That's why he immediately contacted other artists when Li Lin came to the door.

"Everyone is Chinese, take care of each other." Chow Yun-fat. Bare. Said nakedly.

If it was in public, he would definitely not say this, because he still has to be faced.

But now in private, he is a little more open.

None of the people present were loose-mouthed.

"We're not in a good position in Hollywood right now." Jet Li said with some twists.

I can't save face when I ask my juniors for help, but his current situation is really not good.

He is paid.

The remuneration is announced by the Actors Guild and the number is given jointly after evaluation by many companies, but there is a problem with this.

Not everyone can afford to be paid.

It's okay to have such a big investment, and the salary for stars is absolutely unambiguous, but how many big productions does Hollywood have a year?

There are so many big-name stars competing for the big production, and how many people can get the position of the protagonist?

Jet Li's salary is defined by the Actors Guild as 10 million salary, but in fact, he has never acted in a movie that pays 10 million until now.

Why? Because he's not the main character.

There are movies that invite him, but don't ask him to be the protagonist, don't want to get a high salary if you don't be the protagonist.

So although he has a salary of 10 million, it is priceless, so he has to reduce his salary to find a movie in Hollywood, generally speaking, his salary is between 6 million and 7 million unstable dìng, if he encounters a small-cost system but he wants to act, his salary will be lower.

Rao is like this, he still doesn't act in many movies, his life is bleak, and there are very few movies that can get paid normally, which belongs to the kind that has no price and no market.

The same goes for Chow Yun-fat.

Chow Yun-fat's salary is very low, unlike Cheng Long and Jet Li, Chow Yun-fat was excavated by Hollywood studios.

The reason why it was excavated was because at that time, Chow Yun-fat's films were dominant in the rental videotape market in the United States, and many American fans called him Oriental Gali at that time. Grant.

Gary. Grant is a movie star in the mid-eighties of the last century in the United States, tall and stylish, with good acting skills, and is very popular with female fans.

Hollywood film companies felt that Chow Yun-fat's acting skills were good, and there was an Asian market, and the movie rental market in the United States was also good, plus Chow Yun-fat had not yet entered the United States at that time, and his salary was calculated in Chinese currency.

Although in China at that time, his salary was already very high, but when converted into dollars, it was not even as good as an American third-tier actor.

So Hollywood studios were tempted, where to find such movie stars with acting skills, a market, and low salaries? They brought Chow Yun-fat to the United States.

At the beginning, Chow Yun-fat's salary was indeed low, but as Chow Yun-fat gained a firm foothold in Hollywood, his salary began to rise in a straight line, and soon, he encountered the same embarrassment as Jet Li.

There is no market!

There is a salary, but no one is looking for you to make a movie, but those who keep empty salaries can't make money, and it is impossible to get a normal salary for playing supporting roles.

Generally speaking, those who play supporting roles, even Morgan. A Hollywood superstar like Freeman, whose salary is about $5 million, wants box office dividends, but there is no door.

And Chow Yun-fat and Jet Li play supporting roles, and their salaries are between 500,000 and 1 million US dollars.

So Chow Yun-fat thought of a way to reduce the price.

You said that I have a high salary, and you think that my salary and fame do not match, and you don't want to look for me, so okay, I will reduce the price, so Zhou Run's salary on the face is seven or eight million, but in fact, the salary when he takes over the drama is only three or four million.

is a little lower than Jet Li, who is the same as him.

As a result, Chow Yun-fat's star path in Hollywood is smoother than Jet Li's.

But when it comes to smoothness, it's not much smoother.

It's a good film, but the big producer doesn't look for him, he is stuck on it, his fame is not up or down, and the salary is not up or down.

"If you can help, let's help!"

Now that Cheng Long and Jet Li have said it, Chow Yun-fat is no longer hiding.

Say shame, everyone is ashamed, I don't think anyone will say it.

"I'll try to fight for you as much as I can, but the problem is, the casting power is not in my hands." Li Lin smiled bitterly, if he can help, won't he help?

If he had so much power, he would have played the leading role himself.

But the problem is that he doesn't.

formed the crew, he gave carte blanche to Universal Films, and since he was commissioned, he would not interfere anymore, and if he wanted to intervene, he would just arrange some small marginal roles.

Obviously, Universal is also very good, and every time he leaves some movie roles for Li Lin to choose, so that the two companies can work together.

If he insists on interfering in the choice of the protagonist, he will definitely have a conflict with Universal Movies.

If the box office is good, it's okay, money can cover up a qiē, but if the box office is not good, then the problem between them is probably about to erupt.

Maybe the two companies will go their separate ways.

This is a huge disaster for both sides.

After all, the two are cross-shareholding, Li Lin needs the source of Universal Films, and Universal Films needs Li Lin's funds and Huaxia channels, and the two companies are two benefits and two harms if they are combined. (To be continued......)