At 10 a.m. on December 26, 2007, the sky in the Yanjing area was overcast, as if the BBC's underworld filter was used.

It's morning, but it's like a rainy evening.

The streets are very quiet with very few pedestrians.

It's just over Christmas, and the young people are tired and sleep in the hotel.

Liangmahe Fenghua Film and Television Company, the assistant served a pot of fruit, poured tea, and then withdrew.

Li Shengyao smiled, "Big brother, this is the Biluochun sent by Huayi Xiao Wang, you try it." ”

Cheng Long sat opposite Li Shengyao, wearing a black Tang costume with a pair of cloth shoes embroidered with auspicious clouds.

He leaned back on the sofa, looking tired, heard Li Shengyao's words, sat up strongly, and then picked up the teacup and drank it all.

Seeing this, Li Shengyao then poured a cup of tea for Cheng Long.

"I have high-calcium milk here, and pure milk, do you want to drink that."

"Give me a bottle of high-calcium milk."

Outside, the office lobby lounge has some drinks, including pure milk and high-calcium milk, but employees don't like to drink them very much, and more people drink Coke Sprite.

Li Shengyao got up and personally went to get two bottles of high-calcium milk for Cheng Long.

Cheng Long unpacked the package, pulled out the straw, and then drank it, drank a bottle of high-calcium milk in one go, and then sighed, "I'm tired." ”

The 2008 Yanjing Olympics is getting closer and closer, Cheng Long, as a Chinese supergiant, although he has not made a new movie recently, but there are many large-scale galas, in addition to many Olympics-related promotional videos, as well as MTV, he is naturally tired.

Li Shengyao smiled and nodded, and pushed another bottle of high-calcium milk over.

"Big brother, in the next month, you will be even more tired."

The Spring Festival is coming soon, and the Olympics is simply a double superposition, for many artists, this time will indeed be more tiring.

Cheng Long nodded, "Yes, there is no way, I can only hold on." ”

He paused for a moment, then asked tentatively, "Have you watched the news from the magnesium country?"

Cheng Long's face was not very good, he was already tired, and at this time he added a little worry and indignation.

Li Shengyao nodded, "I've seen some." ”

"That bastard on the new line put the blame on me, he has a sick brain, how much did "Rush Hour 3" lose?"

Now is the Chinese New Year, and Hollywood blockbusters are continuous, such as "The Mummy 3", "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", "First Blood 4", "Jurassic Park 4" and other movies will be released one after another.

But the biggest news in Hollywood isn't these blockbusters, but Warner's announcement that it will tighten its investment and support for the new line.

After Warner acquired the new line, it gave the new line a lot of money, of course, there are performance requirements.

The new line thus opened the era of blockbuster production, but the vast majority of blockbusters invested in 07 lost money.

The biggest loss is naturally "The Golden Compass of the Dark Materials Trilogy", and it is difficult to say next, it may be "Rush Hour 3", or "Love in the Time of Cholera", or "Extradition Suspicion", or "Spirit Number 23".

Anyway, the new line fell into bad luck, and there were almost no profitable movies in 07.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, the new line produced ten films in 05, seven films in 06, and twelve films in 07.

By 08, only one movie had been released.

And there was a "Golden Compass of the Dark Materials Trilogy" with an investment of 189 million before, and after 08 years, the film investment basically did not exceed 50 million.

The more movies are made, the more profit the new line executives make.

Now Warner has tightened its funds all at once, and the opportunity to make money is gone.

When interviewed by reporters, he said that many Hollywood stars are fancy and look noble, but in fact they have no box office appeal at all.

Nicole. Kidman, Daniel. Kreser, Cheng Long, and even Jim Carrey have been named and criticized.

Jim Carrey's "Spirit Number 23" is a thriller and suspense movie, with a total box office of only 25 million in North America, which is just enough to pay Jim Carrey's salary.

This shows how much money the new line has lost.

The words of the senior management of the new line have attracted the recognition of many Hollywood producers, who have called for rational investment, and some ordinary film and television stars should see their own strength and position clearly, and do not blindly make offers.

Cheng Long was very unhappy that he was named, he felt that "Rush Hour 3" did not lose much money, and it was not comparable to several other movies.

When Li Shengyao heard this, he smiled and nodded, "Compared with other movies, "Rush Hour 3" is much better, and the follow-up income of this movie will be higher." ”

"Rush Hour 3" is an action movie, and the next TV and streaming media rights income will definitely beat thriller and suspense movies like "Spirit Number 23".

Cheng Long nodded immediately, "That's right, "Rush Hour 3" may return to its roots in ten years, fifteen years later, and other movies have no hope for a lifetime." ”

Li Shengyao didn't continue to chat, and said with a smile: "Big brother, let's finish filming "Hurricane Rescue 23" in 08, and strive for about eight months to complete the shooting of the two films." ”

When Cheng Long heard this, he looked over in surprise, "Two movies made together?"

"Yes, the two movies will be filmed together, and they will be filmed early, and I will not make follow-up movies."

"This ...... Don't shoot it? ”

There is a high probability that the "Rush Hour" series will not be restarted, and the box office of the "Shanghai Noon" series is not very high, and the first two parts have not broken 100 million, so it cannot be expected that the "Shanghai Noon" series can harvest a high box office.

Cheng Long is waiting for the "Hurricane Rescue" series to prove himself.

However, he thought that he would finish filming the second part, and then shoot the third part every few years.

After all, that's how Hollywood plays.

And it's good for the actors, the series brings high box office, and after the high impact, they can develop other films.

Movies are of high quality and good at the box office, which can start a new series of films.

The movie is not good, they still have the old series of movies to support it.

It's like Cheng Long didn't make a few movies in a row after filming "Rush Hour 2" before, but it doesn't matter, if "Rush Hour 3" explodes, it can still maintain its influence and status.

Now he is waiting for the "Hurricane Rescue" series to play like this, but Director Li obviously does not plan to continue filming the "Hurricane Rescue" series.

ended this series early, and Cheng Long was a little worried about whether he would have any new movies to keep up with in the future.

Li Shengyao looked in his eyes and said with a smile: "Don't worry, after the "Hurricane Rescue" series of trilogy, your Hollywood first father's character can be successfully created, and many rescue movies can be filmed in the future." ”

In Lee Shengyao's previous life, Liam Neeson created a father that Hollywood can't provoke, and after Hollywood's most awesome father character, there have always been "rescue" movies looking for him.

Some rescued wives, some rescued sons, and some rescued daughters and grandchildren.

Before Lee Shengyao crossed over, Liam Neeson had made a total of ten "rescue" movies, and he was still rescuing at the age of seventy-two.

Cheng Long will only be more successful than Liam Neeson, he has better skills, and he is originally an action movie actor.

The "rescue" movies other than Liam Neeson's "Hurricane Rescue", except for "Air Rescue" and "Commuter Rescue", have good scripts, and the others can be said to be very average, and can even be said to be rubbish.

In such a situation, even Mnison can make money for more than ten years, let alone Cheng Long.

Lee Shengyao is currently not sure whether Cheng Long will continue to cooperate with him, after all, what he can give, Hollywood studios can also give.

Of course, if he can, he still looks forward to continuing to cooperate with Cheng Long.

Make money, who would dislike having less money.

"Fenghua still has a lot of rescue series scripts, if you are willing to cooperate with Fenghua, we can adopt the cooperation model of Hong Jinbao, invest together, and share dividends together."

"You are the producer yourself, just like Brother Tom, of course, you have to control the cost, under 50 million US dollars, there will definitely be some money."

When Cheng Long heard this, he immediately understood what Li Dadao meant, and couldn't help but feel a little moved.

In the previous filming of "New Police Story", "Myth", and "Baby Plan", he has investment, which can be regarded as capital.

But those movies all lost money.

And Li Dadao's ability is in everyone's eyes, if you cooperate with Li Dadao, can you be a capital and make a lot of money?

Li Shengyao saw Cheng Long's expression in his eyes, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

It seems that there is great hope for continued cooperation.

After Liam Neeson became an action movie actor, in addition to the "Rescue" series, there are actually many good action movies, such as "Unidentified", "Dark Night Chase", "Cold-Blooded Pursuit", etc., the scripts of these three movies are above the level.

These movies can be used for Cheng Long.

However, Li Shengyao doesn't plan to shoot it himself, he doesn't want to be tied to Cheng Long all the time, he still wants to win awards in the future.

After filming the "Hurricane Rescue" trilogy, he wanted to make other films.

So he is willing to give Cheng Long more benefits, Cheng Long has a family class, it is easier to get started with these action movies, as long as the cost is controlled, then it can be profitable.

Whether it's "Air Rescue", "Commuter Rescue", or "Unidentified".

These movies can be made for Cheng Long, of course, the premise is that Cheng Long is willing to continue to cooperate with Fenghua, if he doesn't cooperate, then forget it.

"Big brother, the villain of "Hurricane Rescue" is an immigrant gang, and Hollywood's political correctness is getting more and more serious now, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us."

"I just want to finish filming as soon as possible, so that we can make other movies, of course, "Hurricane Rescue 4" can be hung all the time, hanging the appetite of fans, you want to shoot, Fenghua also has a script, you can also shoot."

In general, Director Li will withdraw after filming "Hurricane Rescue 23".

Later, Cheng Long is willing to continue to cooperate, and Director Li has at least seven or eight very good action movie scripts here.

These projects can cooperate with Cheng Long to give more profit dividends.

Of course, copyright cannot be given.

Brother Tom is so good, the copyright of "Mission Impossible" has always been in the hands of Paramount.

When Cheng Long heard this, he understood what Director Li meant, and couldn't help but be a little excited, isn't this the cooperation model he wants?

After the "Hurricane Rescue" series, Fenghua gave the script, but he led the shooting, so that he was the biggest signboard of the movie, with face and money.

"Director Li, I listen to you, I will shoot "Hurricane Rescue 23" next year."

Li Shengyao suppressed the pleasure in his heart and nodded, "Okay, I will prepare as soon as possible and strive to start the operation at the end of February." ”

(End of chapter)