They are all too deep into the drama!

Chapter 603 Another vacation...

This new 007 series movie is called "Skyfall" and its budget is as high as 007 million US dollars.

It seems like a lot, but in fact it is 007 million US dollars less than the budget of the previous work "Quantum of Solace"!

007 movies are usually shot in foreign countries, and because they often involve large-scale scenes such as explosions and car chases, the cost is naturally high.

This is why MGM was heavily in debt and had not started filming even though making a new 007 movie would have alleviated the economic crisis.

Because MGM has no money!
Lack of money meant that the former MGM was unable to carry out effective self-rescue and could only wait for bankruptcy liquidation or for some sucker to take over.

If Huo Mingjie, the "sucker", had not appeared in time, allowing Shelf Pictures and MGM to merge and reorganize and provide hundreds of millions of US dollars in cash flow, the filming of this movie would not have been able to start...

The main filming location for this movie is in the British Isles.

Originally, some scenes were planned to be shot in Shanghai.

After all, although most people in Hollywood look down on the mainland, their hearts are very honest and they are all envious of the mainland's increasingly growing movie box office market.

However, the so-called "respect" they show to mainland movie fans is mostly difficult to evaluate.

These people neither intend to patiently understand Chinese culture nor really want to please mainland audiences, but instead use an arrogant and almsgiving attitude.

The way they express their "respect for the mainland" is nothing more than emphasizing where a certain scene was filmed in the mainland.

Or maybe just find a mainland star to appear for a few seconds in the "mainland limited edition" of the movie...

However, this original plan was directly rejected at the high-level meeting!

"The use of Magic City as the North is insignificant and even a bit forced. The fact that Mr. Huo was chosen to play the second generation of Doctor Q in the movie is enough to show how much we value the mainland."

In this script, James Bond follows the clues left by the villain and finds the Magic City.

There are so many damn flaws!
The villain and the agent must be mentally ill, otherwise how dare they come to the mainland to make trouble? It would be more reasonable to change it to Hong Kong Island...

This is a ridiculous operation that was done entirely for the mainland market!
"So given the limited budget, the original plan to shoot in Shanghai should be overturned, and the budget should be used to the greatest extent possible to increase the quality of the film!"

The person who said this was none other than He Yuanyi, the "supervisor" sent by Huo Mingjie and one of the vice presidents of the new MGM.

Because the big boss behind them is Chinese, neither Leon nor Hamid would be comfortable saying such things.

Only He Yuanyi, who was also born in the mainland and was instructed by Huo Mingjie, could stand up!
After all, this statement actually sounds a bit wrong, giving people the feeling that Chinese actors can only play supporting roles.

But putting personal emotions aside, this is the reality of Hollywood today!

Not to mention the Chinese, even the vast majority of Asian actors in Hollywood can only play insignificant supporting roles or clowns, and can't even hope to play a serious villain!
A role like "Dr. Q" who appears in a popular IP and has a positive character, barely being the third male lead, is not usually played by Asian actors.

Otherwise, when the news that Huo Mingjie got the role was released, why did so many people want to grab the role?

There are too many twists and turns in getting the crew to shoot in a foreign country, and a lot of money can be made in any link.

The money for this filming came from Huo Mingjie's pocket. Save and spend where you can, and don't let these foreigners waste it!

Now that the management rights of New MGM are in the hands of Huo Mingjie, and He Yuanyi represents Huo Mingjie's absolute confidant, that is naturally what he means.

Since it was the idea of ​​the new boss, Mei from the new Michael side naturally couldn't object.

Therefore, the original plan was overturned, and except for the essential shots that needed to be shot in a foreign country, all other shots were changed to set-up shooting.

After finalizing these regulations, Huo Mingjie will go to England with the crew to start filming.

By the way, this is Huo Mingjie's second visit to "Little Britain and almost no United Kingdom, with Northern Ireland".

The last time I came here was for Inception.

And this time it just so happened that Huo Mingjie came not only to film, but also to chat with others about the new movie.

Leon acted quickly. After knowing that Huo Mingjie was interested in finding a suitable script, he began to help look for it.

Information is shared among people in the circle, and there are a lot of small and medium-cost idol romance scripts.

Then I would select from these scripts, mainly choosing screenwriters who had previous fame and achievements.

Movies of this kind will definitely not make as much money as commercial blockbusters, so big companies like Warner Bros. naturally don't think highly of them, so the competition is not that fierce.

So Leon quickly used his connections to find some relatively suitable scripts and sent them to Huo Mingjie.

Huo Mingjie no longer had the ease he had in selecting scripts in the mainland, so he had to mobilize a professional team to evaluate them, and finally chose a script called "Time and Space Love Traveler".

The reason for choosing this script was mainly because the screenwriter named "Richard Curtis" was once the screenwriter of "Mr. Bean".

Huo Mingjie may not know anything else, but he knows "Mr. Bean"!

This script tells the story of a man whose family all have the ability to travel through time and space. The man, who has just reached adulthood and is restless, decides to use this magical ability to fall in love and find a girlfriend...

Well, don’t say that the male protagonist has no ambition, he has some kind of worm in his brain.

This was mainly because his family elders had long used this special ability to acquire enough wealth and connections to squander but not too eye-catching.

The second generation of rich people have super powers and only want to pick up girls...well, to find true love, which makes him a good kid!

Although this seems like a typical happy start, the development of the story is not quite what many people imagine.

Although the hero is a restless boy, he is unexpectedly innocent. After falling in love with the heroine, he rejects all temptations.

Then he used his ability to travel through time and space to change some regrets, and even gradually stopped using this ability while enjoying life every day...

The movie talks about love and family, giving people a warm and tender feeling.

To be honest, this type of movie is a bit off the original plan of shooting idol love themes. However, this kind of love theme of time travel was just released a few months ago, "The Time Traveler's Wife", which grossed over 100 million US dollars and had a good reputation.

It also made the theme of "time travel" popular, and people in the industry are quite optimistic about it.

So Leon strongly recommended this script, and Huo Mingjie also thought it was quite good after reading it.

It just so happened that he came to England with the crew to shoot a movie, so he planned to meet the screenwriter by the way.

The screenwriter of this script, Curtis, is a little old man with typical British looks, with a small head, narrow face, blond hair and white skin.

When he saw Huo Mingjie, the old man's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but glance at Huo Mingjie's face twice, and then he took the initiative to greet Huo Mingjie:
"Hello, handsome Mr. Huo!"

He even added some modifiers. This old guy is quite interesting.

Upon hearing this, Huo Mingjie also shook hands with him politely and smiled, then said:
"I'm glad you'd like to meet with me, Mr. Curtis."

Before this, Huo Mingjie had already let Leon know that Huo Mingjie would be the protagonist of the script purchased this time.

Although this circle is all about money, most screenwriters are here for the money.

However, there are also quite a number of screenwriters who feel that having a Chinese star who is completely unknown to Europeans and Americans as the lead actor is not friendly to their works.

And most importantly, screenwriters who have such ideas are generally very capable!

Because of this, Huo Mingjie actually liked several other scripts at the same time, but they were rejected by the screenwriters...

In fact, Curtis in front of him was a little hesitant at first, but after knowing that Huo Mingjie planned to come here in person, he didn't feel comfortable to refuse directly.

Huo Mingjie's identity as the major shareholder of the new MGM has not been made public. But there are always rumors circulating in the industry, and Curtis knows some of them.

In Europe and the United States, Huo Mingjie, who has the status of a capital tycoon, is not just a Chinese star who simply came to Hollywood to make a living.

Taking the initiative to come and meet Curtis can be regarded as "courteous to the wise"!

After they officially met today, Huo Mingjie's stunning looks surprised the old man Curtis, and he couldn't help but be a little interested.

For a movie like this that deals with love themes, appearance is really an important plus point!
Huo Mingjie's appearance has broken through the limitations of different aesthetics in the East and the West. No matter where she is, she can attract a lot of brainless girls and make a living with her face...

Huo Mingjie naturally did not come alone this time. In order to try his best to get the script, Lu Yuancheng, who was in charge of this matter, also brought people along.

Just when Lu Yuancheng was about to use his ability to communicate with Curtis, he saw the old man who was originally a little reluctant suddenly took the initiative to speak:

"I still have some small ideas about the crew's preparations. Who should I discuss the specific matters with?"

Curtis also has a requirement for those willing to cooperate, which is that he must serve as the director of the film.

However, if there is no plan to release the script, there is naturally no question of any preparation work for the crew.

What Curtis said actually meant that he had agreed to cooperate with Green Shade Media and New MGM to let Huo Mingjie play the leading role!
When Huo Mingjie saw Curtis Xia Mimi looking at him, his brows moved slightly.

Although gay culture is prevalent in Britain, this old man has a wife and children, and was simply persuaded by Huo Mingjie's appearance.

This little old man seems to be a face lover!
Lu Yuancheng, who had already prepared a speech and was planning to show his abilities in front of his boss, even felt a little empty at this moment.

His boss is so famous in China that in the mainland entertainment industry, suitable scripts and roles must be chosen by him first. This means that Lu Yuancheng has no room to perform at all.

I originally thought that it would be difficult and challenging to carry out my work here abroad, but I never expected that I would still be useless...
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Although the cooperation with Curtis was finalized, filming could not start immediately.

After all, after it was confirmed that Huo Mingjie would play the role, the script needed to be slightly modified in order to avoid conflicts between certain settings and lines and Huo Mingjie's Chinese face.

But that little old man Curtis looked quite excited.

According to what he said, changing the setting of the family's superpowers to a mysterious power from the East sounds more interesting...

Then there is the crew preparation, which also takes some time. So the filming of this movie was finally scheduled to start three months later, waiting for the film co-produced with South Korea to be completed before officially starting filming.

At this time, Huo Mingjie needed to participate in the filming in the 007 crew.

In the crew, Huo Mingjie, a Chinese face that has never appeared in previous series, is quite conspicuous.

Not to mention Huo Mingjie's appearance, which has always attracted a lot of attention.

When they were on the set of "Inception", there were people who were unhappy and took the initiative to make trouble because Huo Mingjie was "lucky" enough to get a chance to act in the film and attracted the attention of all the women in the crew during filming.

But this time it was a film invested by New MGM, and most of the filming team were even former employees of Shelf Pictures.

Huo Mingjie, the big boss behind the scenes, naturally could not be treated unfairly by the crew. On the contrary, he was blatantly treated preferentially.

In order to make it as convenient as possible for Huo Mingjie, the crew even modified the "James Bond" role arrangement!

This is almost an undisguised favoritism, and it directly expresses the company's attitude.

So even though Huo Mingjie's identity was not made public and he was just an unknown little Chinese actor, no one dared to cause trouble for him.

The "second-generation Dr. Q" played by Huo Mingjie is, after all, just the male protagonist's assistant.

In the 007 movies that emphasize personal heroism the most, James Bond has the most scenes.

Moreover, the crew tried their best to arrange his role first, which resulted in Huo Mingjie being able to shoot easily for a week and having almost finished his role.

The remaining scenes still require waiting for the arrival of other actors.

Just like that, Huo Mingjie actually got a vacation in England...

Regarding this unexpected holiday, Huo Mingjie turned his head to look at the foreign girl beside him, raised his eyebrows and asked:
"I heard from your agent that you seem to be planning to take a trip here during the break in filming..."

(End of this chapter)