Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 171

After signing with Sony.

Gu Ming stayed in the United States for another seven days.

While I was there, I went to see the special effects production of "Now You See Me".

While continuing to check Artisan Entertainment’s script library.

There are thousands of scripts, maybe there is a good one?

It feels like a treasure hunt.

Full of novelty.

Although most of the scripts in it are of little filming value.

But don't tell me, after reading it, Gu Ming really found a good treasure.

One is called "hostel".

It's about two college students who traveled to Europe, and then met a peer in Europe and went to a hotel together.

It turns out this hotel is an underground slaughterhouse, and the prey is humans.

Gu Ming has watched this movie.

The Chinese name is "Human Skin Inn".

This kind of plasma horror film is still very popular, the cost is not high, and the return on investment is easy.

It can be filmed completely, and a person from Daystar is inserted between the two protagonists. Then two white people and one Chinese will not look so out of place.

There was another video that made Gu Ming a little surprised.

It's actually Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

In the previous life, the movie starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, a pair of big-cheeked and big-mouthed people. Then it was reported that Brad Pitt had cheated on him, which actually triggered a craze for people to watch the movie.

"Is it that movie?"

Even after reading the script, Gu Ming felt that it was a bit unreal.

I also specifically checked the origin of this script.

This was bought from Simon Kinberg, the producer who later wrote and supervised many X-Men films.

He has also directed "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" and "X-Men: The New Mutants".

A play he wrote when he was in college.

I bought it, but I didn’t plan to shoot it, so I just kept it in the script library.

Summit Entertainment has made a purchase, but isn't this a competition between Gu Ming and Lions Gate?

Artisan Entertainment thought it was good again, so it simply didn’t sell it.

A script doesn’t sell for much anyway.

It’s better to talk about one more point and earn more.

Spend your energy on business.

Just like that, the script fell into Gu Ming's hands.

In addition, Artisan Entertainment also has an old film shot in 1999, "Alice in Wonderland".

When 3D starts to appear, it will be possible to make another 3D version.

"not bad!"

"Just with "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Alice in Wonderland", this company is not in vain!"

Gu Ming stretched, then closed his eyes and rested while doing eye exercises.

"Oh, I still miss the country!"

"How can I do eye exercises myself?"

Gu Ming pressed the button, adjusted the backrest of the chair, and fell asleep directly in the office.

As I fell asleep, I heard the sound of the phone ringing "Ring, ring, ring...".

Picking up the phone drowsily.

Oh, it’s not a mobile phone!
It was actually the phone on the desk.

"Hey!" Gu Ming picked up and asked impatiently.

"Boss, two people came to submit the script. One of them is Chinese and said he wanted to meet you in person."

"Ask him his name."

"James Wan, he said his Chinese name is Wen, Wen, you tell me."

"Wen Ziren." This was a voice with a slight southern Fujian accent, and he spoke stammeringly.

"Ok?"

Hearing this name, Gu Ming suddenly became energetic.

"Good guy!"

"I haven't even found you yet, and you just showed up at my door?"

I'm wrong. The biggest gain today is not "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" but this person.

One "Chain Saw" movie, the cost is not high, and ten movies are shot in a row.

In Hollywood, what does it mean to shoot ten times as much?
It shows that the first nine films have all made money.

"Let him come up." Gu Ming told the front desk and hung up the phone.

Soon.

The two men came up.

One is a white man who looks to be about 1.7 meters tall.

The other one is a Chinese who looks thinner and not as tall as the white man.

"Hello, Director Gu!"

Wen Ziren smiled and nodded, "Sorry, I don't speak Chinese, so just communicate in English, okay?"

"Say."

"We are here to sell the script." Wen Ziren took out a script and handed it to Gu Ming, "This is me and my college classmate Ray Warner."

“We created Saw together.”

"Yes! I bought it." Gu Ming pretended to look through it casually and put the script on the table. "Let's make a price."

"one dollar."

"Do you want to be a director?" Gu Ming asked knowingly.

Wen Ziren nodded solemnly.

"Yes, I don't think anyone can capture this story better than the two of us."

"We've made a short film and sent it to Lionsgate, but they haven't responded yet."

"I heard that you bought a distribution company, and we wanted to try our luck here."

"Let's see if you are willing to give us a chance." "The cost of this film cannot be high. I made a rough calculation. Give me US$120 million and I can produce the film."

"If you still don't believe us, I can waive the director's salary and fold it into the cost, and then the share will be calculated."

Wen Ziren said this suddenly.

This operation was exactly the same as the protagonist of the online novel I had read in my previous life.

Unfortunately, no company in the real world would allow a new director to do this.

Your director's salary can be at least fifty thousand dollars, or even less.

How much money can be lost?
But once you are asked to take the share, who knows how much money will be given?
The more the movie sells, the more I lose.

Don’t ask why you lost money, it’s just a loss if you make less money!
Wanting to share it is simply a dream!

Therefore, Gu Ming refused directly.

"Take as much money as you need, and don't think about not having money."

"We are both Chinese, will I take advantage of you?"

"We bought this script and you will shoot the film."

"However, I think this film seems to have the potential for a sequel. I hope to sign a five-part film contract with you and your friends. You will be paid and you will also receive dividends from future films."

Leigh Whannell later also filmed the "Saw" series.

Let Wen Tsai-ren shoot a few movies first, and then hand them over to him when the time comes.

If Wen Tsai-ren is always allowed to shoot "Saw", it will be overkill.

"So, are we filming this 'Saw'?" Wen Tsairen confirmed.

"Yes, I will give you 150 million US dollars. There is no need to save money and improve the production quality." Gu Ming made the decision directly.

Wen Ziren and his friend looked at each other and nodded immediately.

They have failed too many times.

He went to film companies again and again to promote his scripts.

There was a film company that was willing to buy the script, but when I heard that a newcomer like me wanted to be a director, I was so quick to refuse.

Even if he doesn't buy the script, he will never be allowed to film.

Only Lionsgate gave me the opportunity to make a short film, but I don’t know why and I haven’t responded yet.

Gu Ming is the most cheerful one.

I didn’t even read much of the script.

For a moment, Wen Ziren's eyes became moist. He held Gu Ming's hand and said a non-standard "Thank you!" in Chinese.

"Okay, let's make a movie with peace of mind and shoot it. This is my greatest gratitude."

Gu Ming comforted Wen Ziren.

Watch him sign his name.

Let Sophia arrange someone to take charge of this project.

"I'm very optimistic about him and don't interfere in the filming of the film."

“Plus, there’s this video.”

Gu Ming took out the script of "Human Skin Inn" and said, "Let's start planning this project and ask the screenwriter to change the script and change one of the male protagonists to a Chinese."

"The cost should not exceed $500 million."

"Let's plan it first. I will take care of the Chinese actor by then."

After saying these words, Gu Ming booked a flight back home.

Such a big thing happened.

Gu Ming knew that a reporter must have leaked the news here to the country.

In order to avoid trouble, I only told Yan Danchen the specific time of returning to China.

……

that's the truth.

Although Gu Ming officially only has one-third of the shares.

But after all, Gu Ming is the person in charge of this distribution company, which means that future domestic filmmakers will have one more North American distribution option.

Coupled with Gu Ming's good reputation in the circle.

For a time, many people felt that they could benefit from it.

Some people who think they can take advantage of it will regret it.

Looking at the news online about Gu Ming raising funds to buy a North American distribution company, Liu Xiaoli felt a little regretful for the first time.

"I am so silly!"

"Really, I'm so stupid."

"I just know that there aren't many resources to get in now, and the protagonist of Gu Ming's movie is not like my family Xixi, but I didn't expect that Gu Ming could actually set up a distribution company in North America."

"It's the same company that originally produced and released "Terminator 1", "The Last Emperor", "First Blood" and "Vanilla Sky".

"I heard that Daystar doesn't have any actresses of my daughter's age."

"Besides, you may not be able to speak English as fluently as your daughter!"

"If Xixi can sign a contract with Daystar, then in the future films produced by Beidou Star Entertainment in North America, if there are suitable roles, will the daughter be given priority?"

"This is probably a shortcut to becoming an international star faster!"

She doesn't like domestic movies.

But it is her dream to make her daughter famous internationally!

She even plans to obtain American citizenship for her daughter.

"no!"

"You still have to get into Daystar."

Liu Xiaoli didn't even bother to discuss it with her friend Mr. Chen, and went straight to Nortel and found Yan Danchen, who was teaching at Nortel.

"Teacher Yan. Didn't you say before that you wanted to sign Xixi to Daystar Entertainment?"

"I was also a little hesitant. I thought about it at home, but I still think I can sign it."

"As we all know, the quality and achievements of Daystar's film and television dramas are second to none. If Xixi signs in, it will definitely develop more than a gang like this, right?"

"Maybe..." Yan Danchen didn't accept this at all.

Last time Liu Yifei agreed, but in the end, Cheng Yaojin, who suddenly popped up, got into trouble.

I lost the bet and learned how to bark like a dog.

If you say you don't want to sign, you won't sign?
Just sign it, you say?
Did your family run Daystar?
Sorry, Daystar is probably owned by my family. I want to take a look. If I don't agree, how can you get in?

Yan Danchen always kept a warm smile on his face, but he spoke very tightly.

He even directly returned what Liu Xiaoli had said to her before, "Mom Xixi, I think it is better to wait until she is an adult before signing the contract. Now is the time to study. Xixi is still young. There is nothing wrong with training and training. Signing the contract too early. It’s not necessarily a good thing.”

(End of this chapter)