Chapter 478: Flying Over the Future (Revised 2-in-1 Chapter.)
The xenomorph fighting match of boxing vs wrestling, which was hyped by Arum and McManeuver on CNN and major newspapers and media in the United States, officially started at 8 p.m. on May 18, 87 at the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In order to attract more spectators, Arum also finalized the second game of Wang Lei's brother, George Foreman's comeback.
The opponent is a guy named Charles Stade, who has a 16-4-0 record and weighs only 202 pounds.
Tonight's two bouts at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas will be played by Foreman's boxing match with rival Steder before it will be Wang Lei's turn to fight against Nobohiko Takada.
In this way, it is equivalent to Foreman creating momentum for Wang Lei's cushion game.
Fortunately, Foreman didn't care about this, and jokingly said that he wanted to compete with Wang Lei to see who could knock out the opponent in the shortest time, and who won and invited the other party to dinner.
Wang Lei looked at the comparison between Foreman and his opponent Stade's physique, and was speechless.
Although Foreman's weight has dropped from 245 pounds to 242 pounds since his first comeback fight two months ago, the difference is a full 40 pounds compared to Stade's weight of just 202 pounds, and the two men stand together and don't look in the same class at all.
Isn't this Nima bullying?
How long can Sted last under Foreman's punches?
One round, two rounds? No more than three rounds?
Unless this Charles Staid is a super-skilled fighter like Leonard and later Roy Jones Jr., who can maneuver Foreman for twelve rounds with his nimble footwork and bodywork, then that's obviously not possible!
Because Wang Lei had never heard the name of Charles Stade, a heavyweight boxer, in his previous life.
Apparently a nobody!
Prior to the competition, Wang Lei met with Columbia Pictures partner Chand Cohen at the Caesars Palace Hotel.
Along with Chand Cohen were two well-known actors.
One is Tom Hanks, the actor of "The Butterfly Effect", and the other is Bruce Willis.
That's right, Tom Hanks is a Hollywood actor in his previous life, starring Tom Hanks in "Forrest Gump", "The Philadelphia Story", "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Saving Private Ryan".
At this time, Tom Hanks was still very young, just beginning to become popular, and had not yet been nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor. When Chand Cohen got Wang Lei's "Butterfly Effect" script, as a sci-fi fan and Star Wars fan, Chand Cohen liked the script very much, not only immediately decided to invest in filming, but generously gave Wang Lei 10% of the box office share again, not to mention, but also asked Wang Lei to participate in the selection of actors.
At that time, Wang Lei was busy training, and just asked Chand Cohen to report the actor's name on the phone.
He heard Tom Hanks' name.
Surprised, I asked for a long time, and after confirming that this Tom Hanks was the Hollywood actor in his previous life, he made a brick and let Tom Hanks play the leading role in "The Butterfly Effect".
Anyway, Ashton Kutcher, the actor of "The Butterfly Effect" in his previous life, was still a little kid less than ten years old at this time, so it was impossible for him to play it, so it was better to give it to Tom Hanks.
"The Butterfly Effect" is now finished, and Wang Lei has not yet seen the finished film, but according to Chand Cohen, the shooting is very good. Because the director is still Brian Yoz, who filmed "Midnight Bell", he shot completely according to Wang Lei's storyboard script without the slightest change.
Tom Hanks knew from Cohen that Wang Lei appointed him to play the leading role, and he was grateful, so he came to Las Vegas with Cohen to cheer for Wang Lei's game and thank Wang Lei in person.
As for Bruce Willis, he came purely to see the fight, and this guy is interested in boxing and wrestling. Naturally, you won't miss this boxing vs wrestling xenofight match.
Although Bruce Willis has not yet made a name for himself in the film industry at this time, he is a star in the American drama circle, starring in "Blue Moonlight Detective Agency" is currently very popular, and he also won him an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
Because he is also a person in the entertainment industry, Bruce Willis naturally knows Chand Cohen and Tom Hanks, and after meeting the two, he came to the Caesars Palace Hotel to meet Wang Lei.
Bruce Willis has seen the most terrifying horror film in history "Midnight Bell" written by Wang Lei, and thinks that Wang Lei is very talented in screenwriting, plus he is a well-known boxer, so he wants to see if he can ask Wang Lei to write a movie script for him and let him gain a foothold in the film industry.
Wang Lei had a good conversation with Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis, after all, these two were one of the Hollywood actors he liked very much in his previous life. He has basically watched all the movies starring the two, especially the "Die Hard" series and "The Sixth Sense" starring Bruce Willis.
After knowing the origin of Bruce Willis, Wang Lei tentatively talked to him about his famous work "Die Hard".
The first part of "Die Hard" in my impression seems to be released in July next year, and it was invested and filmed by 20th Century Fox.
When Wang Lei read the starting point entertainment novel in his previous life, he once read a novel that said that the cycle of Hollywood movies is five years.
It means that it takes five years from the selection of the script to the investment and establishment of the project, and the selection of actors to officially start filming.
This means that the first part of "Die Hard", which will be released next year, may have a script in 83.
But after talking to Chand, Tom and Bruce, it turns out that this is pure.
The five-year cycle is a treatment only available for blockbusters with an investment of tens of millions or hundreds of millions, and it is estimated that it is a popular model after the 90s.
Generally, low-cost movies are basically shot directly after the script investment is in place, and after the post-production is completed, it will be released under simple publicity, and the efficiency is not much slower than that of Hong Kong films.
Like "Midnight Bell" written by Wang Lei, it didn't take a year from investment to release.
If it had been released in five years, Wang Lei would have given up writing scripts and concentrating on writing novels.
According to Bruce Willis, he has no plans to make films recently, and 20th Century Fox has not approached him.
This means that the script of "Die Hard" has not yet come out.
So, Wang Lei simply told the content of the first part of "Die Hard" in an oral way.
When Chande heard this, he immediately applauded, and said on the spot that he would buy Wang Lei's script and invest in Columbia Pictures to start filming.
Wang Lei only put forward three requirements: first, it is still zero remuneration but 10% of the box office income; second, starring Bruce Willis; Third, if you make a sequel to this film after it is a big hit, you have to give him a copyright fee.
Chand agreed, but asked Wang Lei to write a new script for Tom Hanks.
Seeing Tom Hanks looking at him expectantly, Wang Lei felt that he couldn't favor one over the other, so he told Tom Hanks about the film "Flying Over the Future", which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor next year.
"Flying Over the Future", also known as "Flying Innocence", is the story of a twelve-year-old boy who makes a wish under a wishing machine and suddenly becomes a thirty-five-year-old uncle.
The film is said to have grossed over 100 million at the North American box office, which not only allowed Tom Hanks to get an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, but also made the film's female director popular.
Wang Lei remembered that the film seemed to start filming this year, but he didn't know if it was affected by his reborn butterfly, and there was no shadow of the script.
It's cheaper for him, maybe it might make him an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.
However, 20th Century Fox seems to have suffered again, because the producer of this film seems to be 20th Century Fox again.
Looking at Tom Hanks' expression, he obviously likes this film.
Chand Cohen also thought the film was interesting and should be a box office hit, so he announced his investment again.
Before the competition started, Wang Lei "sold" two movie scripts.
And according to the box office of these two films in his previous life, Wang Lei knew that he might have more than 20 million US dollars next year, and he was very happy.
(I wrote it on the spur of the moment, and there was a lot of opposition in the book review section, and even some of the collections were dropped.) I was helpless, and after considering the opinions of my book friends, I decided to delete these two chapters and revise the plot.
In the future, the protagonist will mainly play boxing, and the side business is only to write scripts and novels, and try to write as little or no plot as possible. I hope that the book friends can be satisfied, if you are satisfied, please give a reward and support. Anyway, there hasn't been an alliance leader in this book, cough cough, a little bit of a little expectation...... )
(By the way, this chapter update doesn't count, and I'll update two more chapters in the evening!) )