March 7, 2010, outside the Hollywood Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA.

The red carpet is dazzling, and the flashing lights are non-stop.

One by one, the invited guests in exquisite dresses stepped out of the courtesy car and stepped on the red carpet under the gaze of hundreds of reporters and media at both ends of the red carpet.

Half of Hollywood's celebrities, producers, screenwriters, actors, and directors in front of and behind the scenes gathered together to contribute starlight to today's most eye-catching night in North America.

Although the Chinese have always talked about "Europe and the United States", although the appearance of the Americans is indeed similar to that of the Europeans.

But in fact, Europe is Europe, and the United States is America.

In this regard, Wu Yuan, who has participated in the three major European countries many times, is definitely the most vocal.

Countless Hollywood behind-the-scenes producers, screenwriters, capital predators and even actors who are rarely seen in Europe's three major Hollywood theaters are almost crammed into the huge Kodak Theater.

After walking the red carpet with the crew of "Gravity" and taking enough photos of the reporters of the movie channel, he integrated into the Vanity Fair in the Kodak Theater with Liu Yifei.

is not only open to eating in Europe, Wu Yuan is also very open in the backstage of the Oscars, and even more open than in Europe.

Whether it is said that the smell of Laiwu copper is heavy, or that they prefer to chase fame and fortune, in short, Wu Yuan, the son of the commercial box office of Haolaiwu, can definitely be regarded as the most eye-catching and flattering object of the guests tonight.

second only to Cameron, the king of the commercial box office who attended with the crew of "Avatar".

Well, in front of Cameron, Wu Yuan still has to be subordinated for the time being, especially at the moment when "Avatar" is sweeping the world.

The two also had a tacit understanding, and after entering the venue, they occupied both ends of the infield of the Kodak Theater on the left and right, and each of them socialized first.

It's not that I deliberately want to stay in the limelight, it's just that if the two get together, it will make many guests not know who to talk to first.

After the two separated, they could calmly take turns to greet each other.

For example, now, Depp, who greeted Cameron first, walked to Wu Yuan's side with the footsteps of "social fear" and hugged and talked with him.

"Oh, Daniel, it's been a long time."

"And Crystal, you're so beautiful today."

Depp is indeed a bit socially phobic, and it is not a character created externally.

Compared with fake greetings with some insiders he is not familiar with, Depp is obviously more willing to chat with Wu Yuan to pass the embarrassing period before the start of the party.

Gong Li and Wang Xueqi, who attended this year's Oscars with Wu Yuan, didn't know each other, and social fear attacked, but he just nodded to them, and didn't even say hello, which seemed quite cold.

Wu Yuan, who knew Depp's personality well, was not surprised, and reached out to pat Depp on the shoulder: "Depp, I heard that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is going to start filming the fourth part this year?" ”

Since the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" in 2007, Captain Jack and the Black Pearl have been out of the public eye for almost three years.

Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley in Audio-Technica have repeatedly stated in public that their Pirates of the Caribbean journey is over and will not be returning to the series.

Captain Barbossa, Jeffrey Rush, who also appeared in the trilogy, also publicly responded that he would not return to Pirates of the Caribbean, citing his age.

In addition, director Wu Yuan, at the press conference of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", he said that this was the last part of his contract with Disney, and he would not renew his contract in the future.

It can be said that except for Depp, the main creators of the series "Pirates of the Caribbean" have all fallen apart.

If you want to change to an ordinary company, you must choose to give up this series, after all, after losing the original cast, there is no way to support a sequel with just one actor, and forcibly filming it will only disappoint fans, but it will smash the reputation.

But "Pirates of the Caribbean" is different, in this series of movies, the character of Captain Jack is too soulful.

Even if the other leading actors are gone, it doesn't matter, as long as Captain Jack is still around, then there is hope that the series will continue.

This is a very special series, just like Cheng Long's "Rush Hour", as long as the reputation is not bad, he can partner with whomever he wants, everyone is here for Cheng Long.

Disney is very aware of this truth, so since the completion of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", it has been negotiating with Depp to let him

It doesn't matter if Wu Yuan doesn't continue filming, just change the director.

As long as Captain Jack is still around.

"Actually, I didn't want to continue taking this drama." Depp shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "You and Orlando are not willing to return, and I am alone, and there is a great risk of messing things up." ”

However, his words changed sharply, raised his eyebrows, and said in an angry tone: "But they really give too much." ”

"I really can't say no."

In order to keep Depp, Captain Jack, Disney was negotiating with Depp as early as 2007 after the third part was released.

If you want to keep him, Disney will definitely have to spend a lot of money.

The two sides stumbled and dragged back and forth for more than a year, and finally completed the negotiations at the end of 2008.

Depp took over the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" with an unprecedented salary of $56 million.

And this does not include the box office share, since it is not public, Wu Yuan can only guess that Disney must have given no less than 5% of the box office share to impress Depp.

That's a lot of money.

Before Depp, not counting the box office share, if you pay a single film, the highest price is Tom Hanks' 50 million salary when he took over "Angels and Devils".

As soon as Disney made a move, Depp became the most expensive actor in Hollywood.

Wu Yuan was also stunned when he saw it.

$56 million, this price is enough for Light Times to make a "Twilight", but it is only Depp's salary alone.

However, because the other main creators have not returned, even if Depp alone takes $56 million, the production cost of "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" is $10 million less than the third part, and only a budget of $215 million is enough.

If the real original team returns, they may not be able to negotiate, or finally negotiate a high production cost.

"Who is the director who took over?" Wu Yuan asked with some curiosity.

After the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series was cut off by him, Wu Yuan really couldn't guess what the future would be.

This matter should not be said casually, after all, "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" is still in the early stage of preparation and is in the secret stage.

But Wu Yuan is not an ordinary person, Depp hesitated, but still leaned into his ear, and whispered in a voice that only he could hear: "Chris Columbus." (End of chapter)