John isn't actually one of Hollywood's top producers.

Looking at Haolaiwu, there are definitely countless producers who are better than him.

But Wu Yuan thought about it and still felt that if he wanted to make an independent film in Haolaiwu, it was the most suitable choice to cooperate with him at the moment.

Wu Yuan knew John best in Hollywood, and in the process of working together for a few months, Wu Yuan also deepened his understanding of him.

Although John usually likes to play a little bit, likes to engage in various parties, and his private life is a little chaotic, but at work, John's attitude is very responsible, and there is no racial discrimination.

This is really a valuable advantage in Hollywood.

After all, the group of old white men in the academy who controlled Laiwu have always been admirers of white supremacy.

There are really very few white people in this circle like John who are not racist.

Just rushing to this point, Wu Yuan felt that it was most suitable to cooperate with John.

After all, he will not stay in the United States for a long time, nor does he have any connections in Hollywood, and there is no way to get through the relationship between the upper and lower levels, and John, who has been in Hollywood for ten years, can be called professional in this regard.

"How?"

"John, I can give you an annual salary of more than one million dollars, and you can participate in the preparation of the studio's film as a producer, and you can also get a dividend that belongs to the producer."

"I assure you, this dividend will definitely not be less than 3% of the total box office!"

Wu Yuan, who is fast talking, directly chooses to throw money!

John, who is not even a mid-level player at Fox Searchlight, earns only $200,000-$300,000 a year, which is why he is extremely happy and satisfied with the $500,000 bonus.

"You're not kidding?" John looked confused, and his thinking didn't keep up with Wu Yuan's rhythm at all.

Wu Yuan shook his head with a smile, "Who is joking with you." ”

As he spoke, he opened the laptop he was carrying with him and pulled up three scripts from it.

"You see, I received these three scripts privately and have registered them in the copyright library."

"Although I want to go back to China to make new movies next, I also hope to make these films as soon as possible here in Hollywood."

The three scripts that Wu Yuan took out were all low-budget movies, namely "The Hangover", "Fake Marriage" and "Weakness".

The three movies got box office results of 277 million, 166 million, and 164 million with a production cost of about 30 million US dollars!

There is no doubt that such a movie is very suitable for Wu Yuan to make money in Hollywood.

"John, the shooting cost of these three films is not high, we can completely control the investment by ourselves, and we can cooperate with the six major Hollywood partners in terms of distribution, I believe that as long as they can be released, these three films will achieve good box office results."

Is John a qualified producer?

Yes, definitely!

So when he was still confused, after roughly browsing the scripts of these three movies, he keenly judged that these three scripts did have the potential to be a blockbuster.

One is a witty nonsensical comedy movie, one is a romantic comedy, and the last one is an inspirational movie in the American Dream genre.

Low-budget comedies are one of the easiest genres to grossee in the global market, and inspirational films in the American dream are also popular in the North American market.

"I've thought it all through." Wu Yuan sat down next to John, grabbed his shoulders, and said step by step: "Let's shoot this "Hangover" first, I will contribute 15 million myself, and then you will find Foxla's investment of 10 million US dollars, and this movie will be made." ”

"When the time comes, I will hand it over to Fox to distribute, and as long as the movie is released, as long as it can be a hit, we will immediately launch "Fake Marriage" and "Weakness", and I plan to make "Hangover" into a series, and then make two or three more."

"These movies alone are enough for us to work for three or five years, and we are guaranteed to earn more than you can as a producer at Fox Searchlight!"

John's mouth opened and closed, as if he wanted to say something.

He admits that the blueprint outlined by Wu Yuan is really attractive, at least these three scripts seem to have the potential to be a big hit.

But there were more doubts in his mind.

"Daniel, where did you get the script?"

"Any Hollywood film company, when it sees these three scripts, will not let it go, right?"

The subconscious meaning of this is that how could such an excellent script appear in Wu Yuan's hands.

John never thought that these three scripts would be written by Wu Yuan, because this script is too American, too authentic, full of all kinds of slang, full of American thinking, American jokes, and American values.

Anyway, no matter how you look at it, it can't be written by an Asian screenwriter, and it's unlikely that it was written by an Asian screenwriter, only a real white American can write such a script.

This is not racism, just like no matter how good an American screenwriter is, he can't write a good Chinese martial arts movie, this thing is a problem of cultural barrier.

Of course, Wu Yuan would not lick his face and say that it was written by himself, and he couldn't believe it himself.

However, there are some things that don't need to be said too clearly, Wu Yuan also needs to give John some mystery, as well as control the core value of the future studio.

So he just smiled and said vaguely: "These scripts are all seriously registered, I completely bought them out, the copyright belongs to you very clearly, if you want, the screenwriter can hang your name." ”

"As for where the script came from, then you don't care, it's my ability to get the script!"

"In a word, would you like to fight with me?"

"I've already registered the studio, just waiting for you, the person in charge, to be in place!"

John glanced at Wu Yuan deeply, then turned his head to look at the laptop screen, took a deep breath, and nodded firmly: "I am happy to accept this invitation." ”

"But, Daniel, should you tell me first, what is our studio called?"

"Haha." Wu Yuan clapped his hands vigorously, "The Age of Light!" ”

"It's ugly." John muttered disapprovingly.

......

After John successfully joined, Wu Yuan's layout in Hollywood officially began.

As a Chinese, Wu Yuan is really not suitable to stand in front of the stage of a film studio.

So in addition to handing over the script to John, Wu Yuan left all the preparatory work of the Light Age Film Studio to John.

He will rent an office in Los Angeles and hire a group of employees who can run the studio, and then wait for the box office distribution of "Juno" to arrive, and then start the preparation of the "Hangover" movie.

The producer is still John himself, but Wu Yuan will not participate, and it is impossible for him to even hang the producer.

On the bright side, Wu Yuan will not have any connection with the film studio "Light Age".

Although this can't hide the major capital of Haolaiwu, as long as you have the heart to check, you can find out that this studio is wholly owned by Wu Yuan.

But with John standing in front of the stage, at least in the future, even if the movie produced by the Light Era sells well at the box office, most ordinary people in the outside world will not associate Wu Yuan with it.

They would just think that Hollywood had shit-lucky indie production company.

Don't underestimate this, it is precisely such a fig leaf that is covered, and the two core interests of distribution and cinema are not touched, Wu Yuan is fortunate to make money secretly behind the scenes, so that the six major Wu can turn a blind eye.

After all, people in any country will not have a very good impression of outsiders making a lot of money on their side, so there is no need for Wu Yuan to make a big fanfare.

After determining the future work of the studio, Wu Yuan urged the Fox searchlight to settle the local account share of "Juno", and then patted his ass and boarded the plane back to China.

I heard that the Chinese director who made the blockbuster movie "Juno" in North America is going to return to China to make a Chinese literary film.

Those large, medium and small Hollywood Film Companies who were busy inviting Wu Yuan to work together to make movies all felt ridiculous, and the ridicule and disdain in private were overflowing.

They unanimously agreed that this Chinese director has a sick brain!

They were waiting for Wu Yuan's Huaxia literary film to fail, and when the time came, he would naturally know how good Haolaiwu was, and he would take the initiative to come up and ask for cooperation.

For a director whose single film has a North American box office of more than 100 million, they still have a certain degree of patience.

They are willing to wait for Wu Yuan to "know his way back" and allow him to make a mistake once!