Entertainment 1998
Chapter 629 Chapter 628, This man is from Earth
Chapter 629 Chapter 628, This man is from Earth
Jiang Feng could understand Han Shanye's excitement!
Because the investment in the movie "The Departed" is so huge, according to the budget made by Lionsgate, the investment in shooting the entire movie is as high as 9000 million US dollars.
9000 million US dollars, in Hollywood, might just be an A+ production with a small investment, with three big male protagonists and one big female protagonist...
But if this money is put in the country, it would be a sky-high investment.
Because in the whole year of 01, the box office of all mainland movies and 20 imported Hollywood movies combined was only 8.9 million RMB, but Jiang Feng's investment in his third Hollywood movie was as high as 3 million RMB.
Well, this is the initial budget.
If there are problems during the implementation of the budget, it is very likely that additional budget will be needed. It doesn't have to be much. If the budget is only increased by 1000 million US dollars, then China Film Group will cry to death!
According to the tripartite investment agreement signed by Emperor Entertainment Group, China Film Group and Lionsgate, the investment ratio of the three parties is 3:2:5. This means that if the budget is increased by 1000 million, China Film Group alone will have to bear an investment of 2000 million US dollars.
According to regulations of the film regulatory authorities, China Film Group’s annual investment in films is not allowed to exceed RMB 5 million, and the investment in a single film is not allowed to exceed RMB 1.5 million.
That is to say, it is still okay now. The total investment budget of 9000 million US dollars has allocated 1800 million US dollars to China Film Group, which is equivalent to 1.44 million RMB, just hitting the limit.
If the budget is exceeded, Han Shanye will be in trouble.
But now it's different.
I decided to make another movie...
Han Shanye’s own pressure disappeared in an instant!
Not only that, if this temporarily added movie could be as good as last year's "Paranormal Activity", the box office could directly reach 2 million US dollars.
Then, Han Shanye, who is still the vice chairman of China Film Group, will basically be able to officially become the chairman next year.
Han Shanye was happy.
Jiang Feng was also very happy.
Because when he saw the three beauties not far away, he basically knew who the "Pan Jinlian" that he had teased himself to be was? !
Ok…
It must be Li Jiaxin!
The reason why he was so confident was that Jiang Feng had seen a joke when he was writing entertainment novels in his previous life.
It is said that this most beautiful Miss Hong Kong in history often swore when she was dating Lai Ming, which made her seem particularly uncultured, so Lai's gentle and elegant father advised his son to break up with her.
At that time, Li Ming and Li Jiaxin were in the passionate period of love, so Li Jiaxin decided to change for the sake of her lover, read more books, study more, and not appear uncultured in front of others. However, when the reporter asked this beautiful woman what book she was reading, she opened her mouth and said a name, Qiong Yao.
This caused the reporters to burst into laughter.
Now, Jiang Feng thought back to the text message he received yesterday, [Don't ask who I am, maybe I am your wife in your previous life, I came to find you in this life just to continue the relationship in the previous life], doesn't it have the flavor of Aunt Qiong Yao? !
Jiang Feng was looking at Li Jiaxin, and Li Jiaxin was also looking at him.
"Um... hello, Director Jiang Feng, I'm Li Jiaxin!"
Seeing that Jiang Feng was no longer thinking about the matter, Li Jiaxin stood up and walked over and stood in front of him.
"Hello there!"
Jiang Feng nodded and motioned Li Jiaxin to go down.
The fact that this beautiful lady sent me such a boring text message yesterday shows that she must have something to ask of me.
"Director Jiang Feng, let's not beat around the bush. I flew all the way here from Hong Kong Island just to play a role in your movie.
Look at me, how do I look?
Can I play a role in your movie?"
Having said this, Li Jiaxin, who was in a good mood, even opened her arms and turned around in front of Jiang Feng.
"can!"
Jiang Feng smiled, stood up, then took out a hundred-dollar bill from his pocket and placed it on the coffee table. This was a tip for the waiter. It was considered a rule in the United States. Whether you were eating, drinking coffee, or receiving any service, you generally had to tip.
After completing the action, Jiang Feng turned around and left.
However, before walking out of the cafe, he left a message.
"Ms. Li, remember, at 5 a.m. on May 9, you will be waiting at the main entrance of the Park Hyatt Chicago. My crew will take you to the filming location."
Uh…, no!
Seeing Jiang Feng walking out of the cafe, Li Jiaxin was a little confused.
It doesn't seem to be the case.
According to my plan, I should be the one to ask Jiang Feng for a role. He said that I was just a vase and would definitely not be able to act in his movie. So I took the opportunity to say that although my acting skills are not good, I can recommend someone to you~~Xie Tingfeng!
But now, who can tell me why Jiang Feng doesn't play according to my idea? !
...
[Outside the city, there was only a barren hill with a few trees shaking their leaves in the evening breeze.
There is a cabin here, and a pickup truck is parked in front of the cabin. History professor John Oldman is moving and loading items into the pickup truck.
Two cars stopped in front of the cabin, and inside were John's colleagues.
The first person to get off the bus was anthropologist Dan, who greeted John: "Hey, man, you're making the most of every minute!"
John: Yeah!
Dan: Do you need help?
John: Of course.
…]
Since it has been decided to shoot an extra movie at short notice, Jiang Feng naturally has to hurry up and get the movie script out before the filming officially starts.
Since there is a private butler, a personal assistant and a private chef in the presidential suite on the 28th floor of the hotel, Jiang Feng doesn't have to worry about his lunch and dinner.
What to eat?
If you think of it, just say something.
Because these are already included in the room rate of the presidential suite.
The private butler was a man, about thirty-five or thirty-six years old. He looked British, or perhaps he had been trained in Britain, because his every move was very similar to Queen Victoria's butler on TV.
"Mr. Jiang..."
"Ok?"
Jiang Feng had lunch in the room, took a short rest, and then started working again.
“At the door of the room, there is a lady named Li who says she is from Hong Kong Island, China, and wants to meet you and continue chatting.
I don’t know what you mean?”
"Tell her I don't have time."
Jiang Feng, who was typing, didn't even raise his head. Hearing footsteps, he knew that the housekeeper was walking out, so he added:
“Go tell that beautiful lady that she must do what she promised me. Even if she has an emergency in Hong Kong Island, she must finish filming my movie before leaving. Otherwise, I will never forgive her.
As for why I’m not done with her…”
Jiang Feng touched his chin and smiled.
"Well, just tell her this, and tell her that if Li Jiaxin dares to leave, I will make a movie about her deeds, and then burn the movie into a CD. Then, when I return to Hong Kong Island, I will give out CDs to every wealthy family.
Well, it’s not just one card for each family, but each member of the family gets one, including the cook, the maid, the gatekeeper, and the driver.”
"hiss…"
Although he didn't know the specific meaning of the words, the private butler knew that things were not simple just by hearing Jiang Feng's actions.
Of course, although he felt that things were not simple, he still did it.
After all, this is one's professional ethics!
The butler went out, but came back immediately. When he came back, there was a slap mark on his right cheek. Needless to say, it must have been from Li Jiaxin.
Jiang Feng saw it from a distance, didn't say anything, just took out five hundred-dollar bills from his pocket and placed them next to the computer desk.
"Thank you!"
The housekeeper was quite happy. He came over, took the money, and left happily.
It is obvious that when faced with money and dignity, the British chose money.
.........
Han Shanye came very quickly.
It was not until May 5 that Jiang Feng spoke to him on the phone.
At 5 o'clock in the morning on May 8, this guy arrived in Chicago with the first batch of crew members including Li Xing, Dawei, Gu Changwei, and successfully checked into the Park Hyatt Hotel.
As soon as Han Shanye checked into the hotel, he went to Room 2808 with his luggage filled with local specialties he brought from China.
Those who came with him included Jiang Zhiqiang from Emperor Entertainment Group, Jon Fillmore from Lionsgate and Harvey Weinstein from Miramax.
Jiang Feng naturally understood why Jiang Zhiqiang and Jon Fillem came together, because they were both investors in the movie "The Departed" and liked to come to the crew whenever they had time.
After all, with so much money invested, everyone has the right to monitor how the budget is being used.
However, seeing Harvey Weinstein, the founder of Miramax Films, here made Jiang Feng a little confused.
Dude, why is he here again?
As if he had guessed Jiang Feng's thoughts, Harvey Weinstein spoke before Han Shanye even opened his mouth.
"Hello, Jiang, don't be afraid.
There is something I need to tell you, I am not only an excellent filmmaker, but also a very good actor. When I heard that you needed some very mature actors in your movie, I immediately contacted Jon Fillmore.
Please reserve a role for me."
"Well, so we reserved a role for Harvey Weinstein, and then he came." Before Harvey Weinstein finished speaking, Han Shanye, who heard the translator's words, explained first.
"Oh, that's how it is."
Jiang Feng nodded.
He gave a wink to Li Xing who was standing next to him. Li Xing understood and turned around and walked out of Room 2808.
However, when she came back in, Harvey Weinstein, Han Shanye, Jiang Zhiqiang, Jon Fillemy and others discovered that the beautiful producer was followed by Charlize Theron, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Leonardo Dicaprio and a Chinese beauty named Li Jiaxin who looked unhappy.
Seeing these people coming in, Jiang Feng, who was chatting with Jiang Zhiqiang and Han Shanye about interesting things in China, immediately stood up and applauded.
"Clap clap clap..."
“Hello, friends.
I don’t think I need to introduce myself to you.
Then in the following time, I would like to invite everyone to have lunch, mainly to invite everyone to taste the delicacies from our mainland China, such as braised pig's trotters, pickled pepper chicken feet, fried peanuts, and the white wine Niulanshan Erguotou, commonly known as Niu Er..."
Having said this, Jiang Feng suddenly stopped, picked up a thick stack of papers from the table next to him, and started distributing them to everyone.
“This is a movie script that I rushed out in the last two days. Well, actually it can’t be considered a movie script. It’s just something I wrote temporarily for the purpose of auditioning actors.
Not perfect.
And precisely because it is imperfect, I plan to let everyone rehearse according to the script while having a drink during dinner.
As we all know, it is easier to find problems during the acting process.
Well, next, I'll assign the role, Leonardo DiCaprio..."
"Oh, hello director!"
Leonardo Dicaprio was so excited that he couldn't help but shout in his heart.
awesome.
Jiang Feng is Jiang Feng!
In the eyes of others, this may be an impossible task because a movie script has to be completed within two days.
But Jiang Feng actually completed it.
It is said that he plans to shoot the film tomorrow, and the total shooting time of the film is only 14 hours.
"Leonardo, here, this is your role. The character you are auditioning for is named John, and his occupation is a professor of history at Harvard University. The set age is 32, which is a little different from your current actual age, but it's about the same.
Wait until tomorrow, and I'll ask makeup artist Mark to adjust your makeup to be more mature."
"Okay, thank you, Director!"
Leonardo Dicaprio took the movie script with excitement, as he wanted to witness this masterpiece with his own eyes as soon as possible.
"Mr. Jon Fillmore..."
"Okay, here!"
Jon Fillmore had a cameo appearance in the movie "Seeing the Ghost" and his performance was very brilliant, which made him like this feeling.
Now, he has his own role in "This Man From Earth".
"The role you are about to audition is an anthropologist named Dan, who is about 60 years old, and the purpose of your coming here is to see the professor off."
"Ok, no problem."
Jon Felem agreed, took the movie script from Jiang Feng, and began to study it seriously.
...
Jiang Feng is distributing movie scripts and roles.
Looks very busy.
Jiang Feng does not just hand the movie script to the actors. Sometimes he even has to explain seriously why they are both actors but have fewer roles than him.
While Jiang Feng was busy, Li Jiaxin stood beside him and watched coldly.
I've been in Chicago for 3 days.
Except for the first day when she didn't look for Jiang Feng, Li Jiaxin looked for Jiang Feng to talk on the remaining two days. Not to mention whether she liked to act in his drama or not, she just wanted to settle Xie Tingfeng's matter first.
But unexpectedly, Jiang Feng didn't give him any chance at all.
I called him, but he refused to see me; I went to his door to look for him, but he still refused to see me; if the movie "This Man From Earth" wasn't about to start shooting, I believe he wouldn't even bother to pay attention to me.
But, am I that bad?
I was not even allowed to see her.
You know, in Hong Kong Island, I dare not say anything else, but as long as I beckon my finger, there will definitely be dozens of male celebrities in the circle coming to me and begging for mercy.
Li Jiaxin was just thinking about it when a thick-looking movie script was handed to her.
"Ms. Li, your role, during the audition, you are my girlfriend."
(End of this chapter)
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