Chapter 504: The Man Behind the Scenes
in the training room.
Cruise and Terrence were still being trained hard.
When it was time to rest, I heard a burst of chatter outside the house.
After hearing the discussion, the two brothers touched the sore muscles all over their bodies and stood up, and subconsciously walked outside.
After waiting outside, the two heard a shocking news.
The heroine of "Spider-Man" was originally scheduled to be Belinda, the heroine of "American Gangster History", and she was about to sign a contract, but something happened suddenly.
"Ten million dollars? Belinda is crazy! With such a sky-high salary, how could she get it? ”
"It's not that she wants, but her mother Kardashian wants it, I heard that a director offered Belinda a salary of 10 million dollars, and she chose ...... in "Spider-Man" and that movie"
"How is that possible? Ten million dollars? Even if it's Belinda, it's not so hot, right? It's almost close to the first-line Hollywood artists! After Cruise heard the salary of 10 million US dollars, his eyes widened and he looked at Li Qiang, the crew leader of "Spider-Man", in disbelief.
Li Qiang smiled bitterly, and then shook his head: "We have all persuaded it, but it is useless, Kardashian is sure that her daughter Belinda has a salary of 10 million US dollars to get, and it is "Mutation" directed by Delson, which is a big-budget movie......"
"Delson is crazy?"
In this world, there will always be something ridiculous going on.
Both Terrönct and Cruise suspect that Belinda's mother has a brain problem and can't tell where she is.
Neither of them took it seriously, and continued to exercise their basic skills according to the projects on weekdays.
If you don't play the heroine in a movie, you will always find someone to play the heroine.
The world can't revolve around you alone, right?
In the evening, both of them were tired and paralyzed, and after returning to the dormitory provided by the crew, they heard some gossip in the crew.
The movie "History of American Gangsters" was originally in a good situation, and the international film industry was almost word-of-mouth explosion, and it should have been soaring, and it was screened in major theaters or video websites in the United States, but the strange thing is that in the old American region, there is no screening hall willing to take over this movie, in addition, a series of broadcast rights sold by the company overseas suddenly met with cold, in addition to the broadcast rights sold, film studios from various countries that are negotiating the copyright have given up the introduction of this film, for various reasons, Some feel that although the film has a good reputation, it is too long, some feel that the funds are not enough, and some feel that the conditions are not appropriate, in short, all kinds of things appeared almost on the same day.
By the end of the night, the crew of "Spider-Man" also had all kinds of bad news.
invited some actors from "American Gangster History" to participate in "Spider-Man", and originally promised to do a good job, and also followed the crew to prepare for various movies, but suddenly regretted leaving the group.
The reasons are varied......
Some said that they auditioned for "Mutation", weighed and gave up "Spider-Man" repeatedly, some said that they were not feeling well, and some even said that they were allergic to spiders......
In just a few hours, a quarter of the actors of the entire "Spider-Man" crew left, and among the actors of "American Gangster History" invited before, only Mr. Anthony was still tossing in the crew, and the other slightly famous actors were all gone.
"Someone is moving SKY behind your back?"
"Hmm."
Cruise and Terrence are not stupid, and through some phenomena, they quickly realized that Hollywood seemed to be targeting "American Gangster History", no, it should not be for "American Gangster History", but for Zhou Yang's movie.
In the early hours of the morning, the two of them lay in the two bathtubs of the dormitory, soaking themselves in hot water while discussing today's events.
After chatting for a while......
Cruise's phone rang.
He subconsciously stood up and went to the side to pick up the phone.
"Hey ......"
"Hello, is that Mr. Cruise?"
"Yes, are you ......?"
"I'm DV Company, the casting director of King Kong Tiger, Tony. Auman ......"
"Huh?" Cruise was shocked when he heard the other party's name, and then spoke with a hint of trill.
"Yesterday, we watched your "Chainsaw", and we thought your acting skills in this movie were very inspiring, and it fits well with an important role in our movie, I wonder if you will be able to audition tomorrow?"
"......" Cruise felt his head buzzing, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.
"Rest assured, Mr. Cruise, we are not a scam call, "King Kong Tiger" is adapted from the comic of the same name "King Kong Tiger", DV company is ready to invest $200 million to make this movie......"
On the phone, the other party gushed out a series of lucrative conditions, like pie in the sky, smashing Cruise to the outside.
After making the phone call in a daze, Cruise felt extremely unreal, and his heart had already flown uncontrollably to the crew of "King Kong Tiger".
Then, Trentst's phone rang and woke Cruise from surprise and excitement, he saw Terrence holding the phone, at first he was puzzled, then suddenly surprised, and excitedly told himself that he had received an invitation from "Mutation" to play the role of the second only protagonist in it, and after the salary exceeded 10 million dollars, Cruise suddenly calmed down.
"Are we really going to leave the Spider-Man crew? Is it possible, I said is it possible, they just want us to leave the Spider-Man crew? ”
"Ten million dollars!"
"Can you really get paid 10 million dollars? Why do we get paid 10 million dollars? The only work we can get our hands on is "Chainsaw", do you really believe that our performance in "Chainsaw" is very good, and then the other party takes a fancy to us? ”
His sudden question stunned the excited Trenster, who frowned, and finally fell into a dilemma.
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It was late at night.
In the office, Zhou Yang still didn't sleep.
Next door, Xu Mei took the phone and kept chatting with the copyright owner about various copyright issues of "A History of American Gangsters", but it was obvious that the conversation was not very successful, and the screening rights in all aspects had been cold.
If "A History of American Gangsters" can't sell more rights, the film can only rely on the pure box office to maintain its costs, but it is very difficult to make money.
Morning.
Xu Mei walked in tiredly with the phone.
Zhou Yang had never seen Xu Mei so defeated and frustrated.
"I've talked to Christian, Christian has talked to the director of "Mutation" and the director of "King Kong Tiger", and the other party is not an adult who is hollowing out us, but only that the actor is more suitable, and I hope to let the actor choose his own ...... However, because of the signing of a confidentiality agreement, and the fact that some ordinary actors who left did not have a relationship with the script, the script of "Spider-Man" was not leaked, but generally many people know who made the movie "American Gangster History......" Xu Mei lowered her head and sighed.
"This itself can't be hidden, if you really want to investigate, you can still investigate......" Zhou Yang was not shocked when he heard the news, but nodded: "But even if they know, these people will not publicize it in a big way, but will only suppress it behind their backs, so that the influence of "American Gangster History" will be smaller......"
"Why do you say that?" Xu Mei subconsciously raised her head.
"If such a hit movie that understands American history so thoroughly is advertised as being made by Chinese people, isn't that an advertisement for this movie? Indirectly let Zheng export the name? ”
"Well, that's right." Xu Mei nodded: "Mr. Zhou, what should we do now?" ”
"It's too late today, you go and rest first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow." Zhou Yang looked at Xu Mei's haggard expression, and suddenly smiled.
"I can't sleep, this is really too bullying, we haven't filmed "Spider-Man" yet, so we joined forces to suppress us, hehe, this is the so-called freedom, democracy, openness, and tolerance?" The more Xu Mei spoke, the more angry she became, and she clenched her fists for a while.
"But at the same time, Lao Mei is a capital country, and those old directors in China don't want to be shared, let alone Lao Mei's side......"
"However, whose cake can "Spider-Man" move, no one is optimistic about "Spider-Man" Everyone looks at this movie as a joke, and the volume of this movie is too small, and it is completely incomparable with big sci-fi movies like "King Kong Tiger" and "Mutation", Mr. Zhou, don't you think this thing is too abnormal? I've never heard of pinching an ant to death and requiring so many people to work together...... This is obviously someone deliberately targeting us and wanting us to die," Xu Mei suddenly became more anxious after seeing that Zhou Yang'......s expression had not changed.
Zhou Yang listened to Xu Mei's words, but he didn't say a word, and he didn't refute anything.
After a long time, Xu Mei said that she was tired, and sat on the chair panting, but the more she gasped, the more fierce she became, obviously she couldn't suppress this grievance.
And Zhou Yang fell into deep thought, and countless characters appeared in his mind.
But after thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure out who was behind it......
Wait until morning......
Zhou Yang, who hadn't slept all night, received a call from Zheng Jun.
Mr. Zhou...... Is it convenient to speak now? ”
"Convenient, what's wrong?"
"I wanted to talk to you about it, Fox offered me a very high salary, inviting me to come over and direct their new film......"
"Oh?" When Zhou Yang heard this, his brows furrowed deeply.
"At the same time, I received an invitation from the United States to immigrate, saying that someone introduced me to them and they were willing to immigrate for me...... In other words, as long as I want, I can get a green card for Lao Mei......"
"You want to immigrate?"
"No, but it's a little weird...... I suddenly thought of someone just now......"
"Who?"
"Zhao Sicheng ......"
(End of chapter)