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Chapter 603 Came to play the madman Stan Lee (4100+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Because of the filming of Whoopi Goldberg, the crew came to the Bronx district of New York. If Manhattan is the rich area of ​​New York, then this is the slums of New York.

This is also the area with the highest crime rate in New York. Of course, all of this is related to the residents here, which belong to the black gathering place.

But even so, there is still a stadium that New Yorkers like very much, which is the home of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.

There are four major professional sports leagues in North America, namely the American Football League, the American Professional Baseball League, the American Professional Basketball League, and the National Hockey League.

For domestic audiences, the most familiar is the NBA, but in North America, the NBA can only rank third among the four major professional leagues, behind the NFL and MLB. .

The NFL Super Bowl is the biggest event for Americans, and the Super Bowl is also known as the "American Spring Festival Gala".

So many friends will see that whenever the Super Bowl is held, countless stars will go to the scene to watch it. At the same time, the singers who can sing on the Super Bowl are also the hottest singers in North America that year. However, this tradition has not always existed. Before the 90s, there were very few celebrities participating in the Super Bowl halftime show, and most of them were performed by performing arts organizations, which lacked attention. However, with the development of the Super Bowl, the halftime show began to pay more and more attention to inviting popular singers to appear.

Michael Jackson, who performed on the Super Bowl halftime show in 93, caused a huge sensation.

Later, the Super Bowl halftime show also became a stage for many production companies to release their new movie trailers, and many blockbuster movies will release their new movie trailers here.

But even so, the salaries of NBA players are the highest among the four major professional leagues, which is why there are many players who were both basketball players and rugby players during college, but finally choose to join the NBA.

The most famous of them is Allen Iverson. In high school, Allen Iverson was definitely a double superstar of football and basketball. He first led his high school football team to win the Virginia High School Championship as a quarterback, and then He also led the school basketball team to win the same honor.

The crew came here to shoot, so it is natural to strengthen some security measures, so when shooting, you will see a dozen big men in black standing outside the set to guard the safety and equipment of the crew.

The existence of these big men is enough to deter some Xiaoxiao here.

But fortunately, all the exterior scenes were shot here this time. As for the interior scenes, we still have to go back to the studio in Los Angeles to shoot.

For the crew, shooting exterior scenes here is a huge challenge, but for Whoopi Goldberg, it seems to be as fun as returning to his own home.

During filming, Whoopi Goldberg smiled and said to Wu Jianye: "Director Wu, don't worry, the people here are actually very friendly."

Wu Jianye chuckled and didn't say anything. If the people here were friendly, there would probably be no unfriendly people in the entire United States.

But it is naturally impossible to tell Whoopi Goldberg these words, otherwise, no matter how much she appreciates Wu Jianye, she probably has to label Wu Jianye as a racist.

There are some traps in the United States that cannot be entered, such as so-called racial discrimination, sex discrimination, various animal protection associations, and so on.

As one of the largest racial groups in the United States, blacks attach great importance to so-called racial discrimination. If these things are indiscriminate, no matter who they are, they will lose their skin!

Why did the Los Angeles Clippers sell to Ballmer in the later generations? Isn’t it because the previous owner made such remarks in private, and then they were exposed, and then they were boycotted by the entire North America. The fleet was sold to Ballmer.

In fact, this also shows in another way how serious the problem of racial discrimination in North America is. If it is not serious, it will not be resisted by these people.

Sometimes Wu Jianye can't understand why these races who are discriminated against outside become distinguished guests in China?

Maybe it's because they are discriminated against by black people here, and the treatment of yellow people in the United States is not as good as that of black people.
Even though Wu Jianye transferred a large number of security guards, in the end the crew still lost one piece of equipment, which caused Wu Jianye a headache.

"Why did you lose the camera? What are you eating?" Wu Jianye looked angrily at the security guard in charge of guarding the equipment.

The security guard also had an aggrieved look on his face: "Director Wu, we don't know. I just went to the toilet and lost it when I came back."

Fortunately, the lost camera was just a backup and did not affect the shooting.

"Director Wu, why don't we call the police?" the security guard continued.

Wu Jianye glanced at him like an idiot, and said, "Is it useful?"

The security guard stopped talking.

There are dozens of such incidents in the Bronx area almost every day, and it is estimated that there are not even one or two cases that can be solved.

Whoopi Goldberg walked over with a smile and said, "Director Wu, why don't you leave this matter to me."

Wu Jianye glanced at Whoopi Goldberg, and said, "Forget it, don't take any risks!"

Whoopi Goldberg said: "Don't worry, there will be no problem!"

After finishing speaking, Whoopi Goldberg walked out. Wu Jianye from a distance saw Whoopi Goldberg and some black people on the street playing hand gestures exclusive to black people. After a while, Whoopi Goldberg DePauw smiled and walked back.

"Director Wu, the talk is over, someone will send it over in a while!"

Wu Jianye nodded, and didn't ask Whoopi Goldberg how he did it, but asked someone to bring some money, and said, "Here comes the man, give the money to the other party!"

When Whoopi Goldberg saw Wu Jianye doing things like this, the smile on his face became even more enthusiastic.

"Thank you Director Wu."

Director Wu chuckled, the filming in the Bronx area will take two days, Wu Jianye did this just to avoid such problems from happening again.

After a while, a few black men came over with cameras and sent them over. After they got the money, they had a happy chat with Whoopi Goldberg before leaving.

After these people left, Whoopi Goldberg approached Wu Jianye with a smile: "Director Wu, we've settled the matter, and our crew won't have anything to do in these two days!"

Wu Jianye nodded.

At this time, Wu Jianye suddenly saw a car approaching. After stopping outside the set, a white man in his 60s with glasses came down. He was a little thin, but his steps were steady.

"Why did he come here?" Wu Jianye asked curiously after seeing the old man, but he still walked over.

"Lee! Welcome, welcome!"

The person who came was none other than Stan Lee, the soul of Marvel.

When Stan Lee saw Wu Jianye, he also smiled and said, "I've wanted to meet Director Wu for a long time, and this time I have the opportunity to come here quickly!"

Although at the beginning of this year, Wall Street capitalist Ronald Perelman bought Marvel Entertainment Group from New World Pictures for US$8250 million.

But within Marvel, Stan Lee still has a strong influence. Stan Lee joined Marvel at the age of 16. According to statistics, more than half of the superheroes were born in the hands of Stan Lee, including "Fantastic Four" , "Hulk", "Spiderman", "Iron Man" these classic super British comic characters.

And now Stan Lee is still the publisher and chairman of Marvel. Even if Ronald Perelman is now the actual controller of Marvel, he must give Stan Lee some face within Marvel.

As for when the Marvel universe was rampant in the film industry in later generations, Stan Lee was actually no longer the chairman of Marvel. He had resigned from all his positions in Marvel in 98 and founded Stan Lee Media Company by himself.

Wu Jianye glanced at the time and said, "It will take some time for the crew to shoot. If you are not in a hurry, Li, you might as well wait a while!"

As I said before, when Wu Jianye was filming, he would not be disturbed by external affairs, so even if Stan Lee appeared earlier, Wu Jianye would not change his rules for him.

Stan Lee said with a smile: "It's okay, I just want to watch Director Wu's filming!"

Wu Jianye nodded, asked Stan Lee to sit aside and rest, and then started shooting later today. The shooting in the Bronx area will be completed within these two days, so many scenes are shot by skipping, but this This kind of thing is not a rare thing for the crew, and everyone is shooting in an orderly manner.

In the middle of the filming, Wu Jianye came to Stan Lee and said with a smile, "Li, there is a character in the role, are you interested in trying it?"

When Stan Lee heard it, he showed an interested smile: "Is it okay?"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Of course, it's just a few seconds of footage."

Stan Lee, who is known as a cameo madman, doesn't care about the importance of the role at all, he just likes this feeling, so when Wu Jianye said that it was just a few seconds of footage, he was not unhappy, and immediately laughed: "No problem, then I will change my clothes now!"

Wu Jianye smiled and asked the costumer of the crew to bring the costumes that had been prepared to Stan Lee. Stan Lee changed into costumes excitedly, and came to the camera at Wu Jianye's request.

This scene was actually a temporary idea, and the character played by Stan Lee is actually a ghost. He had a brief meeting with Sam played by Mel Gibson and a line.

The shooting was completed very quickly. Although Stan Lee is not a professional actor, this kind of thing is not difficult for him, as long as he acts in his true colors.

After shooting this scene, today's shooting is basically over, but a large part of the shooting in the Bronx is in the evening scenes. These shooting times are written in the contract, so there is no mention of the front and back scenes. What, when the filming is over, everyone is getting ready to go back to the hotel.

Wu Jianye brought Stan Lee back to Manhattan, and the two found a coffee shop. After sitting down, Stan Lee talked about Marvel.

"Director Wu, I heard that Phantom Entertainment is very interested in Marvel's superheroes recently!" Stan Lee said bluntly.

Phantom Entertainment bought the copyrights of "Fantastic Four" and "Spiderman", which is not news for a long time, but now the copyright of Marvel's superheroes is not important news in Hollywood, plus Phantom Entertainment The big news of the cooperation with Fengge Media is ahead.

Naturally, this bit of news did not attract the attention of others.

"That's right. In fact, Phantom Entertainment is not only interested in the superheroes of Marvel, but the entire Marvel. If possible, Phantom Entertainment hopes to buy the entire Marvel!" Wu Jianye also Without politeness, he directly explained his plan to Stan Lee.

In fact, in the United States, DC Comics has always stabilized Marvel, but it is a pity that DC is now in the hands of Warner, and Warner has a lot of money. It has always put DC as its own strategic reserve, and it is impossible to sell it. Marvel is different. Although the copyright is chaotic, it is precisely because of the chaos that it shows that their internal instability is more conducive to acquisitions.

From the perspective of future generations, the Marvel Universe is indeed powerful enough, but it is precisely because the Marvel Universe started to build its own Marvel Universe with a desperate attitude.

And DC has always been doing things in its own way when it comes to comic reform, and Nolan's "Batman" trilogy is really too successful, and DC wants to follow the dark style of "Batman" in this part. I want to learn the funny style of the Marvel universe, which finally led to a four-faced, coupled with DC's eagerness for success, unlike Marvel has a complete plan, which makes DC have been lagging behind with Marvel.

If the layout of the DC universe is started in this era, then it is likely to surpass the Marvel Universe in the future.

But all of this can only be fantasy, unless Wu Jianye buys Warner now, but this is basically impossible.

Stan Lee was very surprised when Wu Jianye said that Phantom Entertainment wanted to acquire the entire Marvel, but then he showed a helpless expression.

The surprise is because Phantom Entertainment is now a popular fried chicken in Hollywood production companies. If Marvel is acquired by him, then the thing that I have always dreamed of bringing Marvel heroes to the big screen is really hopeful.

In fact, Stan Lee has been acting for such a goal. Marvel's first wave of selling heroes was completed under his leadership.

Stimulated by the box office of "Superman" 1 and 2 at that time, how could Marvel not be jealous, but at that time DC had been acquired by Warner. Wei is just under the banner of New World Pictures, an independent production company. At most, it is helping Marvel to promote marketing and gain some contacts in the film industry. There is no such fund to make a movie.

Therefore, if Marvel wants to make a movie, it can only be discussed with other film companies. If the latter has the intention to make a movie, then the character must be authorized to the other party. This is the origin of "selling heroes".

Now that Phantom Entertainment is interested in Marvel, he is naturally happy.

But what is worrying is that Marvel just changed owners at the beginning of the year, and now he wants to buy it, but he can't be the master!
(End of this chapter)