"O William! Long time no see. ”

A voice, not familiar, but familiar.

Turning his head, he was stunned for a moment.

Then quickly switched to a smiling emoji.

"Brother Zhenying, it's been a long time."

Reach out, shake hands.

"I didn't expect us to meet on such an occasion!" The smile on Park Jin-young's face was sincere.

There's even a little flattery.

William Wang was a little surprised.

"It's true that I didn't expect it." William Wang snorted and casually responded, "Did Li Zhina invite you here?" ”

"Well, President Li heard that we were in LA for the past two days, so he sent us an invitation." Park Jin-young pointed to the side.

William Wang noticed that several girls from onderGirls were also there.

They all wore very formal dresses and were a little formal.

"Welcome, thank you for your support." William Wang smiled and nodded.

"I want to thank you for inviting me to be true." Park Zhenying's words made William Wang's brows furrow slightly.

After hearing Park Zhenying's words, William Wang noticed that he hadn't seen each other for more than a year, and Park Zhenying felt that the whole person was obviously not as high-spirited as before.

It seems that he has hit a lot of walls in the United States!

"There are some media friends over there that I haven't gone to say hello yet, so ......"

William Wang decided to go to business first, and the matter here should be handed over to Li Zhina, who invited them!

"Oh! You're busy! ”

This was the end of the brief meeting in a foreign country.

William Wang shook hands with Park Zhenying again, and then went to greet the media and film critics who were invited.

After that, the premiere officially began.

As a producer, William Wang took the stage with director Neil, whom he hadn't seen for nearly a year.

Interview at the premiere.

The host who was invited to come is a very well-known talk show host in the United States, so the atmosphere is quite lively and relaxed, which seems to be a bit out of touch with the temperament of the movie itself.

However, neither William Wang nor Neil showed any concern about this.

The interview ended quickly, and the screening stage began, where William Wang sat in the first row of the theater with the director.

This is the first time William Wang has seen this movie.

There are some obvious differences from the script that was first handed to him.

Maybe it's because of William's idea of the "group or the individual" debate about human beings, or because he actually encountered a demolished slum during the filming process in South Africa, or maybe it was just because the director had a new idea in the process of filming.

The whole play is different from what William Wang first saw in terms of temperament.

Compared with the original positioning of science fiction movies, movies that use more documentary-like shooting techniques seem to be closer to the feeling of documentaries.

The indescribable sense of reality, as if those strange-shaped aliens in the movie are all ordinary people living on the earth......

The two-hour movie, William Wang watched it very devotedly.

He is very satisfied with his performance in the film.

Just like his understanding of the selfish side of human nature, the greatest selfishness of human beings is to always consider all problems from their own point of view.

For example, when the other person does not think about things from their own point of view, they are selfish.

This, in fact, is the greatest selfishness of human beings.

His role as the boss of the group, who chooses to sacrifice his son-in-law to decipher the secrets of genetic weapons, is particularly magnificent, but he also has a very obvious selfishness: he feels that his son-in-law's possibility of destroying human progress in order to survive is shameful.

This is a belief that is vividly expressed through his every gesture and every look in the movie.

From the perspective of the male protagonist, it can be regarded as hateful and incisive.

As a supporting role, he doesn't have many scenes.

But his performance in it is not inferior to the male protagonist at all.

Even William Wang himself faintly felt that he might have beaten the male protagonist in his performance......

Although he is very satisfied with his performance in the movie, William Wang, as a producer, is still a little worried about the future of the whole movie.

After all, it's not a good thing that the supporting characters are more eye-catching than the protagonists.

So when William Wang and Neil went on stage together to thank the audience, their expressions were not very good.

The film may be losing money.

Although money is not a problem, the loss of money itself is indeed humiliating enough.

So even after the premiere, I had already seen Park Jinying who probably had something to say to him walking towards him, and William Wang still chose to leave directly.

I went back to my temporary residence in LA and woke up to the afternoon of the next day.

It was the visiting Li Zhi who woke him up.

"Why do you look so unmotivated!"

Holding a cup of coffee, Li Zhi, who was smiling, asked William Wang a little teasingly.

"This play is not ...... Let me mess it up! William Wang's expression was a little sneering.

"Messed up? Where is it messed up? ”

"When I watched it last night, I felt that I was too eye-catching than the actor." William Wang sighed softly. "It's not a good thing for a play, is it? After all, it's not a Japanese drama where you can change the actor at any time......"

"Yes? It's because you feel so good about yourself! Li Zhina smiled and shook his head as he took out a stack of newspapers from the bag he was carrying.

"What, this is ......"

"Look at it, movie review." Li Zhina pointed to the newspaper.

William Wang looked at it.

Entertainment Edition, Film Review Section.

Huge title.

As the summer draws to a close, "District 9" puts Hollywood to shame.

"I don't think that's a good thing to say." William Wang pushed the Chicago Tribune aside, "We didn't humiliate Hollywood much, did we?" ”

"Look at the content! is saying that this small-budget movie has embarrassed other blockbusters in this year's summer file. Li Zhi smiled a little speechlessly.

"......" William Wang looked at it a little speechlessly.

Really.

The whole article is saying how sincere this movie with an investment of only more than 30 million is made, how far more sophisticated the production is than the investment should be, and the profundity of the connotation of this movie is even more embarrassing for those movies that only know entertainment......

Anyway, William Wang, who praised him, couldn't stand it.

"This wasn't written by the gunman you hired, was it?"

"No! We just invited a columnist to come and see it, didn't you meet this reporter yesterday! ”

"I think it's a bit exaggerated." William Wang shook his head, changed a newspaper and picked it up.

New york times.

A movie with a forward time, an allegory about life.

This compliment, William Wang, is recognized.

"Just these two newspapers?"

After reading two film reviews, William Wang, who felt that his overly serious performance might ruin the whole movie since last night, settled down a lot, and asked Li Zhina with a smile.

"I just had a media premiere last night, how can I get so much today?" Li Zhina smiled and shook his head, "The day after tomorrow is estimated to be the outbreak period of film reviews." However, after reading these two film reviews, it is basically certain that the director is not kneeling in vain......"

"Hmm." William Wang nodded.

As early as last year, when they invested in this movie, William Wang and his family understood very well that compared to the box office, this movie may have been rushing to win awards from the beginning.

It is completely in line with the logic and values of the white left, and the issues of concern are also Hollywood's favorite topics, alluding to all kinds of things that happen on the African continent, and it is also dressed in an alien science fiction shell.

For this kind of film to be recognized for having a very heavy theme from the beginning, it must first get people to pay attention to, and then how good your theme is.

This is the same nature as the Internet, and whether you write well or not is far less important than whether it is popular or not, after all, everyone is almost the same.

Now it seems that relying on successful marketing and promotion, film critics are paying attention to this movie very seriously and giving it a high evaluation, so this kind of movie-watching idea from the perspective of the idea of the work is likely to lead the movie to glory......

"This morning, distributor B communicated with me, saying that with the current box office of this drama, they estimate that it will have about 70 million in North America, which has steadily recovered its cost and has a surplus. That's a great thing for us. ”

"Can the box office be predictable?"

"People are professionals, how many years have I been doing this, as long as I look at the movie reviews, it is estimated that it can almost be settled." Li Zhina nodded, "So, this movie should say that we are successful." ”

"Congratulations." William Wang nodded, but he still couldn't see how happy he was.

"Don't worry about your performance." Li Zhina said with a smile, "After watching this drama yesterday, the representative of the distributor said that if this drama wants to win the actor award, both the actor and the heroine are a little worse, only you, the supporting actor, play enough to be hateful, but after thinking about it carefully, I feel that it is embarrassing, and ask us if we are interested in operating your related things here......"

"Am I here? What's the matter? ”

"Like going to the Screen Actors Guild or an Oscar to get a Best Supporting Actor nomination or something."

"Nominations still work? I thought Oscar wasn't that dark......"

"It's the same everywhere." Li Zhina shook his head with a smile, "It's just that this slightly dark side is not so ugly, you have to have a similar qualification first, and then talk about the rest." If the performance is too poor, and there are no basic qualifications, it is impossible to operate. ”

"Then do it. How much does it cost? William Wang brought the conversation back to business.

"The people at B Pictures said it was usually about fifty to one million dollars. You're a yellow race, so maybe more, but about 1.5 million is enough. ”

“…… I remember I was paid $200,000 for this movie, right? William Wang was a little speechless.

"That's because it's your first work in Hollywood, and it's normal to get paid a little less. You see, the salary of "Inception", which you are about to shoot now, has already risen to $1.2 million! ”

“…… Let's go for it! William Wang sighed softly. Come to think of it, it's enough, the total box office of this "Ninth District" is only 70 million, but the investment in "Inception" alone is almost 200 million. ”

"That's not a concept." Li Zhina shook his head, "In our current movie, the salary of the actor alone is tens of millions of dollars, can it be the same!" ”

"Hmm......" William Wang nodded, "I know, Leonardo, a man who is known for being handsome. ”

"Actually, it's about the same level as the boss." Li Zhina looked at William Wang seriously, "It's just that he is better at dressing himself." ”

"In this way, although my salary is actually not less, there is always an uncomfortable feeling." William Wang smiled.

"You're a screenwriter plus producer and a supporting actor. If you add up the income of your other two identities, it is also 5 million dollars, which is not a low salary compared to the time you appeared in the current script. Li Zhina smiled comfortingly.

"And how much does Irene get paid?"

"Two hundred thousand dollars."

“…… Poor child. ”

"No way, rookie actors, it's impossible to ask for too much salary." Li Zhina said with a smile, "And in fact, if 200,000 US dollars is in China, it can already be regarded as a top salary." At least it's a lot better than the onderGirls kids. ”

"By the way, why did you invite Park Jin-young yesterday?"

"Because he's been having a bad time lately, since he's a friend, this kind of help is not wasteful, just pull it."

"Bad days? Are they not going well? ”

"Can you get up smoothly!" Li Zhina smiled a little helplessly, "That's right, Nobody is indeed relatively popular, but in a place like the United States, where billboard has new songs on the chart every week, how much attention can an old song from more than a year ago bring!" The local American company that fooled them that they didn't have to cooperate with us, and they could do it was simply unreliable and pushed roadshows in various cities...... The United States is not a peninsula or an island country, how can it be so easy to want to be popular in the roadshow! As a result, if you can't go up now, you say go back, this year is in vain, he is unwilling, but if he doesn't go back, he is spending money on this, and he has burned the enthusiasm of the children......"

After saying that, he shook his head.

"It's a shame I didn't talk to him much yesterday. Otherwise, if he has something to tell me......"

"It's useless to say! He signed a two-year contract with that company. I think he was completely cheated by that company. I don't even think it's because someone is plotting against him to trick him into this......"

"I don't know, and I'm not interested in knowing." William Wang smiled and shook his head.

He understood that Li Zhi was asking himself.

Myself...... I really didn't care about him.

"Park Jin-young wants to see you again, I'll say you're busy." Li Zhina intends to end this digression.

“…… Okay. William Wang nodded.

"Then you pack up, let's go."

"Go? Do? ”

"There was a director who approached me the other day and said he hoped we could invest in his films. We were busy with the affairs of the ninth district at the time, and we didn't have time to deal with him, but now that we are free, let's go and have a look! ”

"Cast again?" William Wang was a little speechless.

"Heck, it's just to put the money earned back in District 9 and put it back in, and it's useless for you to take the money anyway."

“…… All right. Li Zhina's words persuaded Wang William.

Indeed, this movie didn't want to make money from the beginning, so since it's all earned, let's invest in it again!