Entertainment 1998

Chapter 455 Chapter 454, There is no coincidence in the world
Light blue shirt, dark blue suit. Even though the weather in Los Angeles was very cold, this middle-aged man who had just turned 50 but had some gray hair was still dressed thinly.

This was Jiang Feng’s first impression of Jon Felmer at the entrance of the terminal of Los Angeles International Airport!

There was no hypocritical greeting between the two people when they met for the first time. As soon as they met, they hugged each other warmly.

"Feng, congratulations."

"Mr. Jon Felmer, why do you say that?"

"Feng, there's something you may not know. At the just-concluded St. Denis Film Festival, Saw 2 sold the distribution rights to 25 countries, with a total value of 752 million US dollars.

Adding the original 1500 million, this is 2252 million U.S. dollars, which is 1 million U.S. dollars higher than the first Saw. "

I have to say that Jon Fillem is very well-informed. Before Jiang Feng received any news from China Film Group, Lionsgate had already learned the latest results. Of course, this is also related to the fact that they are a local film and television company.

"Mr. Jon Fillmore, you may not know that the production cost of Saw was 176 million RMB, while the production cost of Saw 2 rose to 1000 million RMB. If you calculate it this way.

The sequel to Saw not only failed to improve, but also saw a decline in net revenue of RMB 49.”

"Ha ha…"

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, Jon Felmer burst into laughter.

"Feng, you are so humorous. Even if the production cost of the sequel is increased to 1000 million RMB, your profit ratio is still 1:18.6. If the films produced by Lionsgate Films have such high profits, I will wake up laughing in my sleep."

"Really?" Jiang Feng asked.

"Of course!" Jon Fillmore replied.

"Take the money?" Jiang Feng stretched out his hand.

"What money?" Jon Fillmore scratched his head.

"The money for the auditioning actors." Jiang Feng replied with a smile.

"Oh, isn't this expense already included in the production cost of the movie 'Seeing the Devil'?" Jon Fillmore asked puzzled.

“My audition this time is a little special, I want to make a movie about the audition process, the production cost is not too high, estimated to be 5 US dollars.

There is basically no publicity and promotion cost. When this low-budget movie is released, you can promote it as the pilot film of "Saw 2".

This way, the promotion and marketing costs can be calculated together with Saw 2.”

"Um…"

Jon Felmer thought about it and felt a little interested.

"The Blair Witch kind?"

"The Blair Witch Project" is a movie that was released in July last year. Its production cost was only 7 US dollars, but its global box office reached 6 million US dollars. Of course, the publicity and promotion costs of this movie also exceeded 2.48 million US dollars.

"The shooting method is similar, but the plot is completely different." While speaking, Jiang Feng took the two pages of paper from Jessica Alba who was standing next to him and put them in Jon Fillemer's hand.

"Mr. Jon Fillmore, this is the script. The audition and filming will begin tonight. If all goes well, it is expected to be completed tomorrow morning.

Including editing and composing the music, it will take up to 3 days.”

[Paranormal Activity]

Jon Fillmore is also a ruthless man with strong decisiveness and execution ability. He decided to do it just by looking at the title of the handwritten movie script.

"Feng, 6 US dollars will be in your account soon."

"5 million is enough!"

"It's just for luck, maybe our Paranormal Activity can be as popular as last year's Blair Witch!"

Jiang Feng, who was carrying a suitcase and putting it into the business car brought by Jon Felmer, laughed when he heard this. It must be said that foreigners are quite superstitious!

……

Today, Jiang Feng returned from Salt Lake City.

Dawei knew about this.

However, even though he knew it, he didn't have to go to the airport to pick him up, because it was arranged that Lionsgate CEO Jon Fillmore would be there, and the two of them would have lunch and a small meeting together.

Dawei thought he had some peace and quiet, but at 12: noon, he received a text message from Jiang Feng.

[Brother Dawei, time is tight. Please help me find an old villa, preferably one built before the 1s. The furniture should be a bit old, but I can move in tonight.

The villa must have a yard, preferably with water, rockery, and a small swing. 】

I was very confused when I saw this message. What does it mean? You have already bought a luxury villa by the sea, why are you looking for a house again? Besides, shouldn’t finding a house be the responsibility of producer Li Xing? !

Just when I was about to ask for clarification, Jiang Feng’s second text message arrived.

[Brother Dawei, when you go to see the house, please go with Director Gu Changwei and Director Xing Jianwei. I want to make a movie, and the main shooting scenes will be in a villa.

Well, when you rent a house, don't rent it for too long, two days is enough. Of course, before renting the house, you must honestly tell the landlord that we are here to shoot a movie. This point must be specifically noted in the contract. 】

[OK, got it!]

Although he is more casual in relationships between men and women, Dawei still has a strong execution ability. He was drinking coffee in the hotel room when he received Jiang Feng's second text message and took quick action.

I first contacted the real estate agent by phone, then got dressed and went downstairs quickly.

Professionals are professionals!

Dawei had just contacted the real estate agent upstairs. Before he reached the lobby downstairs in the elevator, he received a call from the agent, saying that there were not many villas that met the requirements in Santa Monica, and most of them were not for short-term rentals.

There are two in Beverly Hills, one of which is next to the home of the famous international kung fu star Qing Long.

Upon receiving the news, Dawei called Gu Changwei and Xing Jianwei without saying a word and asked them to go and see the house together.

.........

It has been 3 days since Li Wen returned to the United States.

This time I came back mainly to attend the Oscars, because I had received an invitation before that I would be a guest performer at this year's Oscars.

As for another purpose...

I wanted to see how Jiang Feng made movies in Hollywood. I had previously seen "Moon" and "Saw", both starring and directed by Jiang Feng, and found these two movies to be really great.

As a Chinese, how can I grasp the pulse of Americans so accurately? !

But when Jiang Feng's first English music album "Natural" was released, Li Wen's feeling towards Jiang Feng was no longer liking and curiosity, but complete admiration. His explosive singing and performances made people's blood boil.

Especially after the two met on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, Li Wen's affection for Jiang Feng became even stronger, and she was determined to follow him for a while.

Watch him make movies and discuss music creation with him.

If he wanted to follow Jiang Feng around for a while, he would have to be more careful with methods and strategies. He already had a villa in Hollywood, so he couldn't stay in a hotel and create an accidental encounter with Jiang Feng, right? !
So, after thinking hard for three days, Li Wen came up with a good idea. I will rent out my villa first, on a short-term basis, and then I can go to Jiang Feng to complain.

Jiang Feng, look at how pitiful I am. I have a villa in Beverly Hills, but now I have to live in a hotel with you guys? !
If you want to do it, just do it. Li Wen immediately told the real estate agent the rental information.

And it was such a coincidence that in the morning, Li Wen had just posted the rental information through the agent. At 1: in the afternoon, three Chinese people, led by the agent, came to the door of the villa and rang the doorbell.

"Hi, Ms. Li, I'm from the real estate agency. These three gentlemen from China behind me would like to rent your villa for a short period of time."

(End of this chapter)