Entertainment 1998

Chapter 518 Chapter 517, Hollywood is nothing
It was still delayed.

According to Zhang Yimou's plan, the scenes with Jiang Feng and Zhang Manyu were finished, and the scenes with Jiang Feng, Fan Jiuyi and Li Lianjie were started next.

However, just as the crew was about to set up the shooting scene, they were stopped by staff from CAA, the Creative Artists Agency that Jet Li signed with in Hollywood.

The reason is simple. It is already 11:35 in the morning and there are still 25 minutes before lunch time, which is not suitable for filming. Moreover, the temperature on the shooting site is 35 degrees and the surface temperature has even reached 41 degrees. Under such circumstances, Jet Li cannot go down to film.

Damn...

Before Jiang Feng, Zhang Manyu, Fan Jiuyi and others could say anything, Zhang Weiping, the boss of Xin Picture Film Company, started to curse. 1200 million US dollars, I spent 1200 million US dollars to hire an old man...

But seeing the furious Zhang Weiping, the CAA staff was not nervous at all, and directly handed down a stack of documents from the RV. Well, it was actually the contract signed by Jet Li and the "Hero" crew.

The contract stipulates that if the outdoor temperature exceeds 33 degrees and drops below minus 15 degrees, the actors have the right to refuse to film.

This made Zhang Weiping even more anxious.

Because if it was really carried out according to the contract, then Jet Li would not have to shoot today.

It's very simple...

It is now 11:30 am and the temperature outside has exceeded 35 degrees. If we wait until two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the temperature outside will easily exceed 40 degrees.

而李联杰是8:30从敦煌过来的，按照他的工作时长8小时计算，应该是在下午5:00返回酒店。

So, what's the point of shooting today?!
"Well... Jiang Feng, you used to be a movie director in Hollywood, and the box office of your two movies exceeded 1 million US dollars. Facing this situation, what did you do at that time?"

If the crew is delayed for one day, they will waste one day's money. Therefore, Zhang Weiping has no choice but to pin his hopes on Jiang Feng, hoping that he can help solve this problem.

But who would have thought that Jiang Feng just shook his head.

"Director, Mr. Zhang, our only hope now is that you can talk to Jet Li. If the actors are willing to work in such high temperatures, we should be able to continue filming.

However, Jet Li's insurance premiums for future Hollywood movies will increase, because his activities are beyond the control of his agency and insurance company."

After saying this, Jiang Feng got into Zhang Manyu's RV without stopping, and Fan Jiuyi went up with him.

After getting on the RV, Manyu Zhang started to remove her makeup with the help of a makeup artist. According to the crew's notice, regardless of whether Jet Li was filming or not, Manyu Zhang's scenes for the day had been completed.

"Yeah, here I come."

"There's mineral water and watermelon in the refrigerator. My assistant bought them yesterday and put them in the car early. You two can have some."

Zhang Manyu is really very dedicated.

She often uses Cantonese and English as her main means of communication. Now even when she is not filming, she tries to speak Mandarin as much as possible, because according to the rules of the Oscars and Golden Globe Awards, if you want to sign up for the grand prize selection, you must use the actors' original voices in the film, rather than dubbing.

"Thank you, Sister Maggie."

Fan Jiuyi still has the mentality of a child. When she heard that there were cold drinks and watermelons, she said thank you and ran to the refrigerator.

It was too hot just now.

Eating something cool now is just the right way to cool down.

But Jiang Feng was different. Like Zhang Manyu, he also sat on the sofa in the RV and asked the makeup artist to help him remove his makeup.

"What's wrong? Aren't we going to shoot in the afternoon?" Zhang Manyu was curious.

"We probably can't shoot anymore. It's too hot outside. I guess Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency won't allow its actors to film in such a harsh environment." Jiang Feng explained and began to close his eyes to rest. At this time, the makeup artist began to help him remove his makeup.

"Um…"

Looking at Jiang Feng's expression, Zhang Manyu actually wanted to ask, how can you be so sure? Maybe Jet Li can convince the staff of the agency? !

But before he could finish his words, the driver of the RV received a notice from the assistant director of the crew on the intercom. "Today's filming is over. All vehicles of the crew please return along the same route. As for lunch, if you feel hungry, you can go to the dining car to get two boxes of lunch.

If you don’t feel hungry, then we can go back to downtown Dunhuang to eat.”

Everyone was naturally happy to be able to return to Dunhuang city for lunch. In this extremely hot environment, they had to eat from lunch boxes. The rice underneath would probably go bad before they finished eating.

After receiving the notice, the driver of the "Hero" crew was about to start the RV, but at this moment, Han Shanye, Jiang Zhiqiang, Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou came to Zhang Manyu's RV together.

Seeing this, the driver immediately opened the door for them.

"Jiang Feng..."

"Ok?"

"How about removing makeup?"

"Oh yes!"

Since the makeup artist was busy working on his face, Jiang Feng did not stand up to greet the four of them, but raised his hand to say hello.

"Boss Han, Boss Jiang, Boss Zhang, Director, why are you here?"

"Jiang Feng, I suddenly remembered something, so I came over to ask you." Jiang Zhiqiang was the first to speak.

"Okay, you can ask."

"This year, I, Li An, Chow Yun Fat, and Yeung Tze-king represented the crew of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to attend the Oscars. Before the ceremony, our big brother, Tseng Lung, held a welcome dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills to welcome us.

At the dinner, Qinglong drank a lot and said this in a drunken state: You are a very smart person. "Paranormal Activity" was filmed for more than ten hours in a row, but the Hollywood Actors Guild couldn't do anything to you.

Because you didn’t sign any contract with the actors until the filming was completed, so you just asked the Hollywood actress named Jessica Alba to audition for the filming of “Seeing Ghosts”…”

"Well, that's what happened."

Before Jiang Zhiqiang could finish his words, Jiang Feng understood what he meant.

"But Mr. Jiang, we can't do it now because the contract has been signed, and you know that the contract is as thick as an English-Chinese dictionary. So if you insist on asking Jet Li to stay and film today, I can't do anything about it."

"Um…"

At this time, Han Shanye spoke.

"Jiang Feng, how about this, isn't the budget for the movie 'Nobody' that you're going to shoot early next year 800 million RMB? I just discussed with President Jiang that if Edko Films can come in and invest, we can give you an extra 200 million RMB budget."

"Mr. Han, Mr. Jiang, this is not about money at all, because Hollywood contracts are so thick and the regulations are so comprehensive that even if we want to find loopholes, we can't." After hearing the conditions offered by Han Shanye, Jiang Feng's first reaction was to refuse.

"Well, Jiang Feng, let's do this.

Don't you dislike participating in various road shows? As the producer of "Hero", I will give you a privilege, that is, after you attend the premiere of this movie, you don't have to fly around with the crew to promote this movie. "This was said by Zhang Weiping, who always liked to create news hot spots and actually allowed Jiang Feng not to follow the crew to promote.

It seems that this guy is really angry.

But Jiang Feng still shook his head.

"Mr. Zhang, it's not that I don't want to help, it's that I really can't do it."

"Well, Jiang Feng, how about this?
I think Ms. Yu Feihong's acting skills are pretty good. If possible, I would like to use her as the heroine of the next movie." Zhang Yimou, who had been silent just now, spoke slowly at this time.

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Feng slammed the table and stood up.

"Boss Han, Boss Zhang, Boss Jiang, Director, Hollywood is nothing. On our Chinese soil, actors have to film in our way."

(End of this chapter)