After a conscientious, responsible, comprehensive and in-depth examination by Director Li, he recognized the effect of Amanda's workout.

As Amanda herself said, she is in very good shape and can take on any challenge of intensity.

The endurance was particularly good, and he fought for two hours without rest.

Cheng Long and Amanda had no problem preparing before filming, as for Elizabeth. Hurley, her role is not very important, and her acting skills are not demanding, mainly being beaten and playing dead.

Li Shengyao did not check.

He determined the situation in Oman, and then immediately went to several shooting locations selected by the assistant director and cameraman, and after observing them one by one, he was very satisfied with the work of his subordinates.

It is somewhat similar to the venue of "Hurricane Rescue 2" that Li Shengyao watched in his previous life, it is also on the seaside of Istanbul, and it is all old and low buildings.

Such a place has a sense of story and is more economical.

Lee was very happy and highly praised the assistant director and cinematographer.

After making sure that there was no problem with the shooting location, he then checked the actions designed by the family class, as well as the shooting plan.

With the filming experience of the first part, this time the action instructors of the family class are more skilled, and they have designed a lot of action moves, and there are different records.

They prepared a lot, and the action design of each group was excellent, at least in Lee's opinion, very exciting.

He also praised the martial artists in the family class.

And the final shooting plan was slightly dissatisfied with Lee Shengyao.

Although Li Shengyao has reminded the assistant directors that this year is the Olympic year, Cheng Long and him will have a lot of things to do next, and they may have to return to China to participate in various activities when they will return, and Director Li hopes to complete all the on-set filming of "Hurricane Rescue 23" in September.

In this case, they need to be more productive, so that they can save more time.

And the shooting plan that was formulated did not reflect this.

Li Shengyao felt that the arrangement was too full, and did not set aside some time to prevent unexpected things from suddenly appearing.

In such a situation, if there is an emergency, then the shooting time will not be enough.

He then sat down and discussed with the assistant directors, planning to overhaul the shooting plan and arrange the shooting time on the set as reasonably and efficiently as possible.

……

"The subprime mortgage crisis in the magnesium country is about to erupt, and the future will be pessimistic."

"On Wall Street, thousands of financial experts are unemployed, and they are elements of instability."

"What to do, the country is on its way to extinction."

"McCain: We'll be stronger, if you choose me."

"Obama: It's time to embrace more culture and show our tolerance and responsibility."

"Thirty-seven Wall Street financial executives went bankrupt in January, and a huge crisis is about to erupt."

"The crazy world is coming, who stole the money of the people of the magnesium country."

On the morning of the day, the Warner branch building in Los Angeles.

Toby. Emmerich sat in his office, newspaper in hand, sipping coffee and smiling.

Recently, there seems to be an accident on Wall Street in the magnesium country, and there are often all kinds of pessimistic remarks.

Although Hollywood and Wall Street are not compatible, there are still many high-level executives in Hollywood who have been affected, and some large companies have decided to reduce investment this year and be more cautious about the next social development.

Even Warner, on its part, had many discussions, and some executives thought that they might want to follow the crowd and properly control the company's investment.

They believe that more caution should be exercised in the absence of clarity.

Toby though. Emmerich didn't approve of that idea.

On the contrary, he felt that what happened on Wall Street would not affect Hollywood, and even if there were some real problems in the country, then it would be better to increase production at this time.

Because the worse life is, the more accustomed the people are to put their hopes on the movies.

It turns out that the Hollywood film industry has developed several times, and the magnesium country is going through bad things.

Toby's words attracted the approval of many high-level executives, and they all felt that he was aggressive and had a sense of the big picture.

Many people clearly expressed their appreciation for him.

This made Toby happy, and he felt like he was about to gain more authority at Warners, and maybe he could do it soon.

At this time, he looked at the news in the newspaper and couldn't help but laugh.

These Wall Street capitalists always use this means to control public opinion, manipulate the mood of shareholders or investors, and then harvest assets.

And as an elite in Hollywood, he doesn't believe in this.

After reading the newspaper, the assistant knocked on the door and entered the office, handing over a document, "Sir, this is the Warner '08 movie plan you requested, and I brought it all." ”

"Very good."

The assistant left the office.

Toby smiled and got up and pushed open the window.

It's the end of February, and it's still a little cold in Los Angeles, but the sun is always good here.

Even though the temperature is low, there is still a red sun hanging in the sky.

Sunlight slipped through the window and into the office, also trying to crawl towards Toby's desk.

He grinned, then turned on the record player in his office, turned it down, and played the Beatles' classic "yestoday."

Toby loves the music of the Beatles, especially this song "yestoday", with a touch of sadness, a gentle relief, and a little anticipation.

He likes to listen to yestoday and read the material at the same time.

He then returned to his seat and opened the plans for the Warner-funded films sent by his assistant.

Although Warner lost a lot of money last year when it invested in new line films, Warner's big business did not care about those losses, on the contrary, they were ambitious this year, and at the high-level meeting at the beginning of the year, they set two goals, the first is to increase the box office share of Warner films in the United States, and the second is to strive to complete a highest-grossing film in the world in 08.

Warner held 15.6 percent of the nation's market share last year, second only to Paramount and more than the other big four Hollywood companies.

And this year, in order to accomplish the above two goals, it is natural to suppress Paramount.

For example, "Desire/Hope City" vs. "Indiana Jones: Crystal Skull", "Confused Detective" vs. "Kung Fu Panda", and "Speed Racing" vs. "Raiders of the Lost Ark 4".

These movies are all in direct competition with the same schedule.

Warner is car-to-car, gun-to-gun, in direct competition with Paramount.

And their finale is "Batman 6", which is the movie they expect to win the global box office.

Toby looked at these plans, and the more he read, the more satisfied he became.

At this moment, his phone vibrated slightly, and he took it out and saw a message inside.

"My husband is on a business trip today, are you coming?"

A fresh breeze blew in from the window, with a faint scent of flowers.

The sunlight had receded to the window, but the room was brighter.

Toby immediately thought of a middle-aged woman with glasses, and his heart was hot, and then he called directly, "Take a shower and wait for me." ”

Hanging up the phone, Toby continued to look at the information.

He is in a good mood, efficient, and very fast, and sometimes he will pause, ask questions about what he thinks is lacking, or give some suggestions directly.

Just when he was concentrating on his work, "Knock knock! There was a knock on the door, and the voice was a little hurried.

Toby paused slightly, then frowned, got up and turned off the record, then sat back in his office chair, tidied up his clothes, and "Come in." ”

As soon as the words fell, the assistant pushed the door in, and then said: "Sir, it's not good, McCain openly attacked us, saying that we are cowards and have no competitive spirit of magnesium people. ”

The assistant was in a hurry, and he was indeed a little nervous.

"Now many people on the Internet agree with McCain's words, saying that we are not worthy of being the Big Six in Hollywood."

Toby has always disliked people who are frivolous, and when he saw the appearance of the assistant, he snorted coldly, "Keep your mentality, don't let things sway your judgment, if you want to succeed, you must be steady and calm." ”

"Yes."

There have been some anonymous trumpets that have made statements against "Hurricane Rescue 23" and Warner.

Because the influence is small, and they are all trumpets, Warner didn't care.

Now?

It seems to be more serious.

"You say McCain slammed us?"

"Yes, in his speech half an hour ago, he said that the main reason why the magnesium country encountered this crisis was that the Chinese people robbed the magnesium people of the job opportunities, and Warner was an accomplice, because we helped the production of "Hurricane Rescue 23".

A new round of Great Chief elections is coming up in the Magnesium Country, with McCain on the elephant's side and Obama on the donkey's side.

Many of McCain's supporters are red-necked, and they are disgusted with everything foreign, including the Chinese, naturally.

And now the news on Wall Street is getting more and more pessimistic, and a crisis is coming.

McCain used the topic of Chinese people to fool voters and express his attitude.

The assistant added: "On Facebook, this news has been on the hot search, and in just half an hour, there are 80,000 likes, and many people comment, they agree with McCain's words, saying that Warner should be tougher." ”

Toby. When Emmerich heard this, his face became much more solemn.

It is impossible for Hollywood to influence McCain's remarks and let this matter continue to ferment, at least the red necks who support McCain will continue to attack Warner and "Hurricane Rescue 23", which is something he does not want to see.

So what should they do?

Is it to be directly stubborn, or to deal with it in a low-key manner and ignore McCain?

He thought about it carefully, but found that there was no good way, so he couldn't help but scold.

"Damn it, this shit."

When the assistant saw this, his eyes were full of surprise.

Toby is rarely angry.

This time it seems that he realizes the seriousness of the matter.

"Okay, I see, you go out first."

Toby thought about it, and still planned to call Li Shengyao first to find out what Li Dadao thought.

What's more, if he has such a mentality, then what will happen to Li Shengyao's side?

That's something he should be focusing on.

(End of chapter)