Entertainment 1998

Chapter 786 Chapter 785, Big names come to guest star
The efficiency of Americans is actually quite good!

Around 10 a.m., Jiang Feng ended his meeting with Anne Hathaway, Will Smith, Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks at his country villa on the outskirts of Pasadena County.

At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Feng, who was cooking for Charlize Theron at her home, received replies from the above people.

The first person to call was Anne Hathaway. She said she earned 1 US dollars in 7 days. Her agent felt a little pitiful and hoped that Jiang Feng could raise the price to 80 million US dollars.

In response, Jiang Feng nodded in agreement.

The second person who called was Will Smith. He said that his agent really wanted him to work with Jiang Feng and money was not a problem.

In response, Jiang Feng took the initiative to raise his salary to US$7 million per 120 days.

The third person who called was Tom Hanks. He said that after careful consideration, he decided to continue with the film, but hoped to get a share of the box office profits.

Jiang Feng agreed to this immediately.

Because according to Harvey Weinstein's arrangement, each of the four leading actors will receive 1.5 points of box office dividends.

The only difference is that this box office dividend is a profit dividend, not like Jiang Feng, who gets a share of the total box office.

The fourth person who called was Julia Roberts. After discussing with her agent, the big-mouthed Hollywood actress gave up on the film. They believed that playing a "wizard" would damage Julia Roberts' commercial image.

Jiang Feng expressed his understanding of this.

But after hanging up the phone, Jiang Feng immediately contacted Nicole Kidman, the ex-wife of Tom Cruise, the most handsome man in Hollywood, through Harvey Weinstein.

When Nicole Kidman heard that she could star in Jiang Feng's movie, she agreed without even reading the script.

As for the movie pay...I didn't even ask.

Of course, facing such a generous friend, Jiang Feng would not treat her unfairly. He directly paid her according to Tom Hanks's salary standard, 140 million US dollars and 1.5% of the box office dividends.

After confirming the actors, Jiang Feng drove to Los Angeles International Airport. At 5 o'clock this afternoon, the crew from China will arrive in Los Angeles under the leadership of producer Li Xing.

Los Angeles has good traffic.

In less than 40 minutes, Jiang Feng drove from his Santa Monica beach villa to the airport. Looking at the time, the flight would not arrive for another half an hour. Jiang Feng, who was sitting in the parking lot, prepared to take a nap in the car.

Jiang Feng turned on the air conditioner and left two small gaps in the rear window of the car for fear of carbon monoxide poisoning, when he received more than a dozen text messages.

[Hello Jiang, I am Demi Moore. I know your crew is lacking a relatively mature actor. I wonder if I will have the honor to work with you? ]

[Jiang, hello, I'm Halle Berry. I know your crew is short of a relatively mature actress, so I'd like to recommend myself to you. I wonder if you're interested?]

[Jiang, hello, my good friend, when I knew that your crew needed actors but you didn’t look for me, do you know how my heart bleeds?
Well, no matter what you say, I, George Clooney, will star in your movie, even if you don't pay me a penny. 】

...

Jiang Feng felt excited when he saw these text messages.

I didn’t expect that with the popularity of the movie “The Hunger Games”, my status in Hollywood has become so high.

When they learned that they were going to shoot a movie, they all sent text messages to recommend themselves. George Clooney, who was the most determined, even brought his own food.

These people need to be used.

Must use!

Jiang Feng would pass the names of anyone who sent a text message to Harvey Weinstein.

Moreover, Jiang Feng also told Harvey Weinstein in the text message that he had made it clear to these people that they would only be guest starring for one day, and the one-day movie salary for each person was 20 US dollars.

However, as for Halle Berry, we can hire her for two more days. After all, the role of the maid is very suitable for her.

After finishing their work in the parking lot, Li Xing, Dawei, Mark Liu Jie and others arrived. Jiang Feng drove a Land Rover Range Rover to pick up Li Xing, while the convoy sent by Harvey Weinstein picked up all the crew members and returned to Los Angeles together.

"Brother Feng..."

"Ok?"

“Before coming here, I finally met Han Shanye at China Film Group.”

Jiang Feng was driving, and Li Xing, who was sitting in the passenger seat, smiled and said, "At first, I thought Han Shanye would have a verbal battle with me.

He called us ungrateful;
Then I will confront him on your behalf. We have fought for Chinese films over the years and helped China Film Group become well-known in the world. But we didn't expect that you would pick a fight with us just for a few incompetent film directors.

But what I never expected was that entering Han Shanye's office actually made me feel like I was in the spring breeze."

"Oh..., what do you mean?" Jiang Feng turned and looked at her.

"Han Shanye not only treated me with courtesy, but also said that since I became your producer, I have become like a strong woman, and now I am even tending to move closer to the CEO of a large corporate group.

Even before I left, he asked me to bring you two boxes of tea, saying that a leader named Wu gave him authentic Da Hong Pao tea, and he put one or two taels of it in each box, and asked me to bring it to the United States for you to taste.

"Well, then what?" Jiang Feng asked.

"Then nothing was said, as if the dispute had never happened.

Oh, by the way, Han Shanye was just asking casually, when will the filming of The Hunger Games 2 and 3 begin?"

"Yeah... I understand."

Jiang Feng smiled lightly and increased the speed of the car.

That's real life.

There are no eternal enemies or eternal friends, only eternal interests.

After both sides have wrestled, they find that they are evenly matched and neither can do anything to the other. The best way is to go back to the starting point and we can still be as close as before.

As for the unpleasantness...

Haha, did we have any unpleasant experiences?!
It seems not!
……

the next day, early morning

Jiang Feng got up very early.

At 6:30, after coming back from running and having breakfast, he said goodbye to Li Xing who was still sleeping at home and left.

no way!
Because the shooting schedule of the movie "Get Out" was a little tight, it needed to be completed within 7 days, and now, one day has passed.

After a long flight from China to Los Angeles, most people need some time to adjust to the jet lag, just like Li Xing. She was very energetic last night.

He kept asking for more from Jiang Feng.

But in the early morning, she felt a little tired and couldn't help falling into a deep sleep.

The crew members who came from China also had the same problem. Everyone looked a little listless. The team of 75 people yawned continuously when they got on the bus to Pasadena County.

Seeing this situation, Harvey Weinstein was a little worried.

"Jiang, is it okay? You know, we still have 6 days of filming left."

"It doesn't matter!" Jiang Feng gave an affirmative answer.

"But everyone seems listless." Harvey Weinstein was still a little worried.

"It's okay, I have a way."

Jiang Feng smiled and got into Harvey Weinstein's car.

Today, he doesn't drive.

Pasadena County is a satellite city of Los Angeles. The two places are connected by a highway. If you drive fast, you can get there in 20 minutes.

Therefore, the entire convoy, which set out at 7:00, got off the highway before 7:30 and arrived on a road less than 2 kilometers away from the country villa used for filming in Pasadena County. This road is a bit remote.

There are tall trees on both sides, and even in the woods, there are constant sounds of various animals, such as wild goats, wild boars, roe deer, etc.

When they reached this path, the convoy slowly stopped.

After parking, the crew immediately placed roadblocks far away at both ends of the road. The purpose of this was to remind passing vehicles to be careful.

The two-way two-lane road has now become one lane, and people must pass in turn.

While several crew members were setting up roadblocks, other crew members took action...

Mark led his assistants to do makeup for Will Smith, Anne Hathaway and Matt Damon who came to guest-star as a policeman.

Photographer Liu Jie led his assistants to adjust the height of the shooting vehicle. In a moment, the crew will start shooting the first scene of "Get Out". Anne Hathaway drives her boyfriend Will Smith home.

Regarding this scene, two cameras will be used to shoot, one camera is placed on the back of a pickup truck, driving in front of the vehicle to shoot;
One camera was placed on a pickup truck without a front windshield and filmed the moving vehicle from behind.

In order to achieve good shooting effects, the heights of the front and rear cameras must be adjusted, otherwise the actor’s face might not be captured, or the scene where a deer suddenly jumps out of the woods only to be hit and killed by a car might not be captured.

The crew of "Get Out" was busy, and Harvey Weinstein felt a little curious when he saw the people setting up the shooting scene.

Why were everyone panting so hard just now, but became so full of energy as soon as they got off the car?

Aren’t they sleepy?!
Just as he was thinking about this, Harvey Weinstein suddenly heard a rough-looking man in front of him shouting, "Brothers, you have to bear with the sleepiness. As long as today's filming task can be completed on time, each of you will get a bonus of 1 US dollars."

Harvey Weinstein knows a little bit of Chinese.

Especially when he heard the word "US dollars", the old man instantly understood Jiang Feng's approach. There must be brave men when there is a big reward.

Ten thousand dollars a day, not to mention the staff from China, even the American crew would go crazy.

Just as Harvey Weinstein thought of this, he saw Will Smith and Anne Hathaway, who had just finished putting on their makeup, getting into a red Lincoln car.

Jiang Feng hurried forward to talk about the play.

"Will..."

"Director, tell me."

“You have to worry.

As a black man, you go to a white girlfriend and visit her home, and before you go, you worry that her parents will not accept you. "

"Ok!"

Will Smith made an OK gesture.

"Annie..."

"Director, tell me."

"For example, if you really found a black boyfriend, would you worry that your parents would not approve of him?"

“Definitely not.

I am already independent, so even if I find a Chinese boyfriend, let alone a black one, I believe my parents will not object."

"Ha ha…"

Before Anne Hathaway finished her words, Will Smith, who was sitting in the passenger seat, burst into laughter.

This beauty is really interesting.

She actually dared to tease the director openly on the set. Looking at the beauty's behavior, it seems that she has been teasing the director for some time.

"Um…"

Jiang Feng's expression did not change in response.

"Annie, since you don't care, just show your attitude in life."

At this point, Jiang Feng, who was originally leaning on the car window, stood up and clapped his hands.

"Clap clap clap..."

"Everyone, pay attention. Let's try to shoot one first."

After he finished speaking, Jiang Feng had just put on his headphones when assistant director Dawei, who was standing at the shooting scene, raised the clapperboard in his hand.

"Action!"

Anne Hathaway is driving on the road.

Will Smith, sitting in the passenger seat, was wearing a gray suit and looked a bit solemn, but there was indeed some timidity on his face.

Anne Hathaway turned her head, looked at him, and laughed out loud.

"Are you so nervous?"

"Well, kind of!"

"Didn't I tell you that my father and mother are actually very good people. They can't possibly object to our relationship."

"What if there's objection?" Will Smith asked.

"If they object, I will leave home and move in with you completely." Anne Hathaway comforted with a smile.

"OK, the test shot went really well."

As soon as the scene was shot to this point, Jiang Feng, who was sitting behind the director's monitor, raised the walkie-talkie in his hand.

"Zhuang Kai!"

"Yes, Brother Feng!"

"Are you ready? When Anne Hathaway's car passes over the telephone pole, throw the yellow prop out immediately.

do not hesitate.

Because we have calculated that Anne Hathaway is driving at a speed of 15 mph, and when her car reaches the electric pole, the props you throw out will just hit her windshield."

"Okay, Brother Feng!"

Seeing that prop master Zhuang Kai agreed, assistant director Dawei raised the clapperboard in his hand without Jiang Feng even saying anything.

"Action!"

With a "whoosh", a yellow object brushed against the front windshield and jumped to the other side of the road.

"what!"

Anne Hathaway, who was chatting with Will Smith, was so scared that she screamed.

Fortunately, although the vehicle went a little off the track, it was still stopped steadily by this beautiful woman.

The car stopped and the handbrake was applied. Anne Hathaway and Will Smith got out immediately.

At this time, they saw a dead deer in a ditch on the side of the road, and its death looked horrible and hideous.

"OK, passed, next set of shots!"

……

(End of this chapter)