August left in a hurry, and September came quickly.

On September 2, 2011, "1937" began to be screened in beautiful countries and European countries.

Warner secured a medium-sized release for "1937," and 1,000 museums opened when it premiered.

However, just like Lee Shengyao predicted, relying on the one-shot to the end and the gimmick of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, "1937" can attract some movie lovers to watch.

But the vast majority of ordinary people have little interest in "1937".

In this case, the box office of "1937" on the premiere day was not high, only 2.6 million US dollars.

The situation is similar in European countries, "1937" has a good word-of-mouth score, but due to the limited subject matter, the number of viewers is limited.

In the first three days, it got 8 million US dollars at the box office in the beautiful country, and the prediction agency believes that the total box office of "1937" in the beautiful country is about 20 million US dollars.

As for Europe, it's about the same as a beautiful country.

This achievement is obviously far inferior to the "Hurricane Rescue" series of movies.

However, Li Shengyao was prepared and was not discouraged, and he did not pay attention to the voices of the outside world.

At ten o'clock in the morning of September 10th, the sky in Yanjing was overcast, and the wind from the north quietly swept through the city, cool.

The yellow leaves flew down, making a clattering sound.

In Lee Shengyao's mansion, he saw Toby. Emmerich.

"Lee, it's nice to see you again, you're still as young as ever."

Toby is much older than the last time we met, he didn't have a beard before, and today he has a beard.

He originally had a national character face, and he looked a little more serious at this time.

In fact, he has recently been promoted, and his momentum is completely different.

Toby has been voted for as vice president of Warner Pictures, and he is just one step away from the top.

If you want to take this step, you naturally have to have achievements, and this time he is looking for Li Shengyao, which is to take the initiative to seek opportunities.

Li Shengyao smiled, "Toby, you and I are friends, so you don't need to be so polite." ”

The two then sat down and chatted for a while about their recent situation and what happened in the film and television circles of various countries.

Toby then said his intentions, and he hoped that Lee Shengyao would start "The Hangover 2" as soon as possible.

As early as before the start of "1937", Lee Shengyao and Warner decided to produce "The Hangover 23", Warner was responsible for the distribution, and Fenghua was responsible for the production.

However, Li Shengyao was too busy, he didn't arrange anyone to go abroad, and "The Hangover 23" naturally didn't start.

When Li Shengyao heard Toby's words, he saw his eagerness and replied with a smile: "No problem, I will arrange for the film crew to come over as soon as possible, and then contact the main actors." ”

The two movies "The Hangover 23" can also get nearly 900 million US dollars at the box office.

There is no need not to make this money.

Toby let out a long sigh of relief when he heard Li Shengyao's words, then picked up the teacup and drank it all, he felt very happy.

"Lee, you're my lucky angel."

Li Shengyao pursed his lips and did not answer.

Toby continued, "Now that this matter is settled, let's discuss the second thing.

Lee, on behalf of Warner Pictures, I would like to formally invite you to Hollywood to direct a big production. ”

Li Shengyao shook his head when he heard this, "Man, I don't have the idea of leaving Huaxia now. ”

"Lee, this time is different."

Lee Shengyao waved his hand and motioned to Toby. Emmerich continued.

"Lee, you've proven your talent, whether it's "Border Killer" or "1937" is very good, if you put these two stories in a beautiful country, it will definitely get a high box office, especially "1937", if you put it in the European theater, maybe you can win an Oscar.

And this time it's really a big production, Warner has bought the copyright of "Killing Reincarnation" in the island country, and we will produce "Killing Reincarnation" in the beautiful country, with an estimated investment of 1700 million US dollars.

1700 million US dollars, such a big production is rare. ”

When Li Shengyao heard this, he immediately knew what movie Toby was talking about, which was "Edge of Tomorrow", which was constantly rebooted.

The male lead of this movie is still Tom Cruise.

In all fairness, the movie is actually quite good, and it is a very interesting movie.

Toby saw that Li Shengyao heard 1.7 billion US dollars, and he didn't react at all, and he admired it in his heart.

felt that Li Shengyao was calm and calm.

"Lee, we have made a decision to invite Tom Cruise to play the leading role, we have contacted Tom Tom, he thinks you are very good and is willing to cooperate with your work, Lee, Tom Cruise is waiting for you."

Li Shengyao has no fan filter for Tom, and he doesn't think there is anything special about directing Tom.

And Brother Tom is not an ordinary person, this big brother is not satisfied, he will really change the director.

Toby saw the surprise in Li Shengyao's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a calm gaze.

He gritted his teeth, intending to put another big bomb.

"Lee, as long as you are willing to direct this movie, Warner will give you a director's salary of 10 million US dollars."

Hollywood's top actors, the high salary is terrible.

And the vast majority of directors in Hollywood are not paid as much as actors.

The average director is paid between 200,000 and 500,000 US dollars, and the director of a blockbuster film is generally between 700,000 and 1.5 million.

And these are ordinary directors.

Bigwigs like Nolan and Peter Jackson not only have a base salary of 20 million US dollars, but also get a share of the box office, and their salaries are higher than those of Hollywood's first-line celebrities.

Although Lee Shengyao has high-grossing films like "The Hangover" and "Hurricane Rescue," his work is too small to justify that he can direct big productions.

The director's salary of 10 million US dollars is actually very high.

Li Shengyao frowned slightly, but did not answer.

Seeing this, Toby couldn't help but say: "Li, the director's salary income of 10 million US dollars, the profit of many Chinese films is less than 10 million US dollars."

And this is just the beginning, if you seize this opportunity, you can get 20 million US dollars in the future, and even get a share, and make 340 million US dollars for a movie.

This is almost impossible to happen in the mainland.

When the time comes, all actresses will want you to show affection, and you will become a popular director like Nolan and Quentin.

Don't you really care? ”

Li Shengyao thought for a while, and then smiled: "Toby, I didn't completely reject Hollywood, if there is a subject that interests me, I am willing to work in Hollywood, but now I haven't come across enough interesting movies."

"Killing Reincarnation" is good, but not interesting enough. ”

"Killing Reincarnation" keeps restarting, and the theme is a little new, but it is not enough to make Li Shengyao's heart move.

When Toby Emmerich heard this, his eyes rolled, "Lee, this is your word, you can't regret it, if there is enough interesting projects, you must go to Hollywood." ”

"Of course, when I come across a subject that I like, I'm willing to go to Hollywood."

The script for "Parasite" has already been written, and he will work on the film in earnest next.

As for the invitation from Hollywood, I'll talk about that later.

(End of chapter)