How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 612 I don’t know him, and he doesn’t know me?

The role Zhang Nan assigned to George Lucas in "The Wandering Earth" was very simple.

In addition, George Lucas can reach the position of a top director, has never eaten pork, and has seen pigs run away, so his acting skills must be passable.

So in less than ten minutes, George Lucas' part was over.

But Zhang Nan didn't expect that after George Lucas had just finished giving him a cameo, he would immediately start discussing the 'return gift' with him.

"Lucas, I just asked you to make a guest appearance here, and you want me to make a guest appearance for you. Are you so demanding of a debt of gratitude?" Zhang Nan looked at George Lucas with an unkind expression.

When George Lucas saw that Zhang Nan had misunderstood, he quickly explained: "Zhang, you misunderstood. I'm not rushing you, but I have already made a plan. This time I just took this opportunity to talk to you. Now we are all It’s December, and the project will start in April next year.”

Hearing George Lucas's explanation, Zhang Nan's expression eased and he asked, "What project does you value so much that you specifically invited me to be a guest star?"

"What else could it be?" George Lucas shrugged, spreading his hands.

Although he did not give an answer, looking at George Lucas's expression, Zhang Nan suddenly had a guess: "[Star Wars]?"

George Lucas nodded.

With the confirmation of George Lucas, Zhang Nan's brain, which was a little confused due to frequent travels between the Mainland and North America during this period, also started to work.

Only then did I recall that it was already the end of 2013, so preparations for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, which was to be released at the end of 2015, really had to be started.

"Should we continue telling the main story, continue filming prequels, or restart a new story?" Zhang Nan asked knowingly, and passed the topic on to George Lucas.

George Lucas continued: "I would like to continue telling the story of the main story, but the leading actors are getting older and are really not suitable anymore, and the prequels..."

George Lucas paused, perhaps thinking of the story of the prequel trilogy gradually lowering the crotch, before continuing: "After thinking about it, I decided to start over. After all, the prequel trilogy It wasn’t very successful at the box office.”

"Since it's a new story, doesn't it have to have a lot of new characters?" Zhang Nan had laid the groundwork so much just to say this.

Now the Mainland film market is about to usher in a golden age. Stars are making money one by one. That means millions a day at any time, and hundreds of millions is very common.

For a guest appearance in a senior and top-level project like Star Wars, Zhang Nan feels that the asking price of 100 million yuan should be inexpensive for local artists who want to make progress in the next few years.

When Zhang Nan saw this, George Lucas could not understand what Zhang Nan meant. He quickly waved his hand and said: "I am not a director this time, but I am the founder of the series. At most, I can rely on my seniority. It’s just an opinion, the rights to the characters are in the hands of the director and the producer, it’s useless for you to tell me.”

"You're not even a director, and the box office performance of the movie has nothing to do with you. Why did you ask me to make a cameo today?" Zhang Nan didn't like George Lucas at all and retorted directly.

George Lucas looked a little embarrassed, "It's not that they can't contact you. Even if they can barely contact you, it's a bit difficult to convince you to make a guest appearance. I heard that you invited me to make a guest appearance, so you asked me to be the middleman. And I am always the founder of movies, and the [Star Wars] series is like my child..."

"Stop, stop, stop, don't talk to me about these things. I'm going to make a guest appearance. According to the market price, the film will cost 1500 million US dollars per minute, and I will get % of the profits from peripherals and box office. Give me a small supporting role in the film, you Are you sure it's settled?" Zhang Nan waved his hand and asked.

Zhang Nan's request was not too much. George Lucas thought for a moment and finally nodded cautiously.

"By the way, who are the director and producer?" Zhang Nan asked again.

"JJ Abrams and Disney." George Lucas replied, slightly confused, "Why do you ask?"

"They can't contact me, how can I still be unable to contact them? My family has a big business now, and I was dismissed by a minor supporting role. What are you thinking?"

Zhang Nan puffed up her chest, explained the reason for her inquiry, and then asked doubtfully: "Didn't you have a good cooperation with 20th Century Fox when you made the [Star Wars] series before? Why did you switch to Disney now?"

"$40.5 billion." George Lucas reported a number.

"Huh?" Zhang Nan was a little confused.

George Lucas continued: "Some time ago, I felt a little old, so I wanted to sell the company to get some retirement savings. Then Disney Pictures quoted me a purchase price of 40.5 billion US dollars, including the company and [Planet]. War] copyright."

Zhang Nan: "..."

How arrogant!

As expected of someone who runs an amusement park.

"But I know that you have a connection with Disney. Your agent's brother-in-law is now the president of Disney Pictures, but do you also know JJ Abrams?

It shouldn't be. If you knew each other, you wouldn't tell you about the guest appearance through me. "After George Lucas explained the problem to Zhang Nan, he raised his own doubts.

"I don't know him, and he doesn't know me? And if he can't contact me, that's because his status is low. My status is so high. Who can I contact? Who can't give me three points of thin noodles?

Moreover.

The entertainment industry, the entertainment industry, everything can actually be related, and since this guy can be the director of the [Star Wars] series, he must have had outstanding masterpieces before, what is it called, as long as it is I've heard of it, and I'll show you my current network right away. "Zhang Nan said with some pretentiousness.

George Lucas really knows this JJ Abrams' previous masterpiece. After all, [Star Wars] is indeed as he said, he regards it as his own child and loves it very much - everyone will love it. The brand value is 100 million!

“[Mission: Impossible 3] and [Star Trek] were both directed by him. It was only because of his performance in [Mission: Impossible 3] and [Star Trek] that I felt confident giving him the right to direct [Star Wars 7]. His,” said George Lucas.

Zhang Nan thought for a while and said: "Since he can direct [Mission: Impossible 3], he must have a good relationship with Tom Cruise, and...if I remember correctly, the producer of [Mission: Impossible 4] If it’s him too, then his relationship with Tom Cruise will be even stronger. I’ll just call Tom Cruise and have a chat, and that should be fine.”

"You can just talk to Tom Cruise about this kind of thing? Is this a character from the [Star Wars] series?" George Lucas felt that Zhang Nan treated his 'child' ([Star Wars] series), I thought it was a bit worthless.

"Tom Cruise wanted to send one of his little brothers and good friends to be an assistant director in the [006] series starring me.

Then after seeing the success of the [006] series, Tom Cruise wants to help his little brother and good friend to the position of director of [006]. I am not refuting Tom Cruise's face. Guess now Will Tom Cruise go out of his way to help me with this? "Zhang Nan did not answer George Lucas's question. He just explained the situation and asked a question.

George Lucas was silent.

Because the [Star Wars] series is older and more famous, if we really count the box office, there is still a big gap between the [Star Wars] series and the [006] series that Zhang Nan just created some time ago.

After all, it is the world's top film series that has exceeded the box office of one billion U.S. dollars, and there is only one movie in the entire series that has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars at the box office - "Star Wars Episode 1".

As for the other [006] series, although there is currently only one movie in the entire series, the cumulative global box office of the series has exceeded the threshold of two billion US dollars.

(End of this chapter)