China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

"It's full of high energy and constant twists and turns! Just by reading the script, I can already imagine how exciting this play will be."

Deng Chao gasped.

"Stop laughing. There are a lot of lines here. It's not easy for us to memorize them all."

Sun Li said softly.

"How can it be that I, such a smart person, can't memorize my lines?" Deng Chao sneered.

Sun Li squinted at him and said, "Don't I know who you are? You're slow except for that."

"Don't slander me." Deng Chao was unhappy, "I advise you to learn your lesson."

Sun Li glared at him, and Deng Chao immediately became obedient.

"Okay, okay, I'll memorize the script right away. This is my first time working with Director Guan, and I have to leave a good impression on him."

"You didn't have a chance when you were at Huayi, but now you finally have one. If you can't grasp it and don't have this good fate, who knows who will surpass you in the future."

Sun Li has considered these things quite comprehensively.

Although Deng Chao is now considered a first-line star, from "Li Mi's Conjecture" to "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", to "Love Call Transfer", "Painted Skin" and other movies or TV series, which have greatly added to his fame, but he has indeed been on a downward trend in the past two years.

After all, Huayi was a local overlord back then.

As Huayi's top star, Deng Chao can choose any play he wants.

The contract was terminated later, but it cannot be said that it was a complete contract between him and Guangxian. It can only be said that Guangxian and he reached an agreement on in-depth cooperation. "Painted Skin", "Ten Years of Love" and "The Four" were the price Guangxian paid for his cooperation.

This is the only way to maintain the current popularity.

But the latter two films were never released.

Sun Li is different. She is extremely popular now. All major TV stations are frequently broadcasting "The Legend of Zhen Huan". This drama has swept all major platforms with its overwhelming momentum. The ratings and coverage have all beaten the records set by previous TV dramas.

Even "Awakening Age" failed to achieve such a level of discussion.

At the beginning, "Awakening Age" covered the middle-aged and young people, while "The Legend of Zhen Huan" accurately covered everyone.

So in terms of current popularity, Deng Chao is inferior to Sun Li.

He also agreed with what Sun Li said that Guan Ling's favor was more important than any other choice.

Whether it is Cheng Long, Liu Yifei, Gu Tianle, Yang Mi, Ning Hao and others, they are all experiencing something. Even Fan Bingbing from Huayi is now walking in the starlight of Hollywood.

“This is one of the most important choices in my life.”

Deng Chao agreed with this view. For Guan Ling, this phone call was equivalent to a summons.

I need you, it sounds like a bullying of the superior to the inferior, but in fact to Deng Chao, it is no less than a sacred song like the sound of nature.

Especially this script, it is obviously not comparable to those slutty scenes that were filmed at the beginning.

This is also the reason why the couple didn’t even discuss the salary at the beginning. They didn’t even think about the profit sharing or anything like that.

The bonus brought by the popularity of a play is always stronger than any short-term benefits that one may think of now. Moreover, even if it is about benefits, Director Guan can always replace the actors at any time, and by then, it will be nothing but a waste of effort.

This is also the reason why when Director Guan casually suggested that they could shoot at Deng Chao's home, he hesitated slightly but quickly agreed.

It always takes some opportunity to become friends with Director Guan.

And this opportunity is more profound than that of other actors, isn't it? !
As for how awesome Director Guan is, Deng Chao doesn't want to discuss it anymore. Not to mention that Aquaman has already grossed 3.6 million yuan in the mainland in about five days after its release. Even in Hollywood, this DC movie, which has no real strength, grossed 7600 million U.S. dollars in the first three days of its release. Now that it has been five days since its release, there is no need to discuss whether it has exceeded million yuan.

Because it is inevitable.

During the upcoming May Day holiday, the drama is still far from reaching its peak.

As for the Hollywood blockbusters competing with them, Ghost Rider 2 grossed $4600 million in North America in its first weekend. The watchability of this sequel itself gave people a refreshing feeling in both China and the United States. Whether it was the shocking 3D effect or the thriller and college viewing experience, it gave this movie the confidence to continue competing.

In China, the performance of this film was far surpassed by Guan Ling. Under the pressure of Guan Ling's fame and Hollywood's super special effects, the first week box office of "Ghost Rider 2" was only more than 6000 million. It can be said that it could only rely on the tail gas of "Aquaman".

Another Hollywood blockbuster, Battleship, which cost $200 million to produce, flopped.

This movie, starring Taylor Kitsch, was released in 3690 theaters in North America, and grossed 2530 million U.S. dollars in the first three days of its weekend. Compared with the 2.09 million U.S. dollars in the cost column, Universal Pictures has probably cried a lot in the past few days.

Guan Ling heard from Guy Naot that Universal had already started the accountability procedure.

Because this young actor named Taylor Kitsch, who has an almost "poor" resume in Hollywood, has played the leading role in two top-level blockbusters with investments of over 200 million for two consecutive years since last year. The consecutive releases of "John Carter" and "Battleship" made Universal so embarrassed that it was speechless.

According to the forecast curve, the final performance of this movie may not even be as good as John Carter, because John Carter's total box office in its first weekend was 3018 million US dollars, and it only doubled that in the end, ending at 7210 million. The current first weekend box office of Battleship is even worse...

"I don't know where Universal got the courage to spend 2 million US dollars on a film adapted from Hasbro. This is more exaggerated than the money you spent on 2012. There must be something wrong with their minds. How can they think that this kind of film has the potential of Transformers?"

On the other end of the phone, Guy Naote laughed in a weird tone.

"The alien villain in this story has a very low IQ, is extremely ugly, is afraid of sunlight, but is peace-loving. This is logically unacceptable. Such an ugly thing should be beaten to death!

But after these two movies, the young leading actor is done for. As the lucky one who was loved by everyone in Hollywood, he has now become a cancer that destroys the world. John Carter lost all his money and hurt Disney so much that the CEO who had served for many years went home to farm. Now it seems that the new CEO will also be hurt by the second movie. Let's see if The Avengers can help him keep his seat stable. "

"In other words, 'The Avengers' might be a big test of whether his chair is stable?" Guan Ling pondered.

"Definitely. If this movie doesn't perform as expected," Guynort said, "I don't know what kind of situation Disney will be in this year."

Guan Ling narrowed his eyes, "Then I have to strike while the fire is hot... strike while the iron is hot and get something from Disney."

After hearing what Guan Ling said, Gai Nao Te instantly became excited: "If you have any good suggestions, let me do it!"

Guy Noot was instantly excited to be able to show off in front of the people at Disney.

Guan Ling said: "First, go check out the IPs that Disney has not yet started filming, whether they are popular or not."

"I know what you're talking about," Guynort said. "Disney has been considering acquiring Lucasfilm, which owns the copyrights to well-known IPs such as Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark. The negotiations are still ongoing, but there's a good chance that a result will be reached before the end of the year."

"Lucasfilm?" Guan Ling thought for a moment. "The name of Industrial Light & Magic suddenly appeared in his mind."

Disney has been badly hurt this year, but it is not easy to deal with. However, Lucasfilm is the largest special effects production company in Hollywood, and even in the world. Its Industrial Light & Magic is the key to the development of IPs such as "Star Wars", and has become the "leader" of film technology in one fell swoop.

To date, it has won 14 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects.

This company is older than Guan Ling.

So far, the only companies that can compete with this company are Digital Domain, ImageWorks, Pixar, Blue Sky Studios, and Weta.

The others were either acquired early on or were quite extravagant.

The most powerful ones, except Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic and Digital Domain, are now taken.

Guan Ling vaguely remembered that in his previous life, Pentium had exhausted all his energy to purchase Digital Domain, but unfortunately, the money was spent and the person was gone.

After all, we failed to create some legends.

This time, taking advantage of Disney's poor financial report this year, it would not be completely impossible to get some cooperative IPs, gain some market share, or even bring Industrial Light & Magic under its umbrella.

Disney doesn't lack special effects companies, but IP. As for the negotiations with Digital Domain, Guan Ling doesn't need to raise the price with Pony. It's not impossible to buy at the bottom after Pony GG...

Guan Ling suddenly felt that he was a bit sinister.

But he and Xiao Ma Pentium had no cooperative relationship. They took too big steps but had no strength, and Guan Ling had no intention of becoming a saint.

But just let it be.

Otherwise, Guan Ling would not get anything good from Disney. Lucas is indeed a good way to negotiate, which is necessary for Guan Ling to shoot well-known Chinese IPs, even Boonie Bears, in the future.

"You keep an eye on the information. I may have to go there after this period of time."

"Do you want to contact Frank?"

"Not for now. I'll come and talk to him in person when the time comes." Guan Ling said without hesitation, "Although Frank and I will be your bosses in the future, you are my incarnation in Hollywood, so don't think about him for everything."

"Oh, Guan, I finally heard your true purpose from your mouth." Guy Naot was very excited, "Let me touch your body."

"roll."

Guan Ling cursed, "I heard that Americans like to do fancy things when they have money. Is that true? Man girl? Man mom?"

Guan Ling thought for a long time but still couldn't speak effeminate English.

Guy Naoto over there was also dumbfounded, and kept asking what a male mother was.

……

"'Perfect Strangers' was approved a few days ago, and then it started filming immediately. Guan Ling did not hold a start-up ceremony!"

"Zhou Xun, Chen Kun and others appeared near Deng Chao's residential area. It is rumored that the filming location of the movie will be at Deng Chao's home."

"Guan Ling will direct a film script set in a smaller space. It is rumored that the filming location of the film is limited to Deng Chao's house."

"Qin Hao showed up at the Beijing airport in a low profile manner, and Wan Qian followed him out of the airport."

Some inside information was exposed by the media, and netizens were a little confused.

In this movie, Guan Ling's speed is particularly fast.

If everyone could still react to the enthusiasm before, now that the first week of "Aquaman" has just passed, Guan Ling can't wait to shoot this low-budget movie, which is really surprising.

"As long as Director Guan doesn't leave work, fans will be happy."

"If Chinese directors are introverted, Director Guan will be the face of everyone!"

Netizens started to get excited.

But some people have doubts about this play.

"Can you shoot a movie at home?"

"The one above, there are so many Japanese movies like this, some lasting several hours."

"I'm talking about the play, what are you talking about? What you see are two or three people acting, but Director Guan's play has at least seven people, four men and three women."

"Can't we film with four men and three women? I've seen films with ten men and two women."

On the forum, a piece of news caught the attention of netizens.

This is the highway, and the ten men and two women there are really arousing curiosity.

Soon, this comment was covered by countless floors.

"Brother, may good people live a peaceful life. My email address is..."

"Please give me the license plate number!"

“xdkknd!”

Guan Ling was also a little curious, so he registered a small account and sent a message, hoping to see if he could invite ten girlfriends to join him.

"I'm afraid I'll be beaten to death by then." Guan Ling thought. "If it doesn't work out, we can live together and knock on each other's doors."

But looking at the comments below, there are still quite a few doubts from netizens.

"I am a little skeptical about the quality of this film now. What will Director Guan produce?"

"Low cost doesn't mean such a low cost method. Director Guan is so rich, why does he have to spend a low cost to make us feel uncomfortable?"

"If this movie is not well made, does that mean Director Guan is cheating people out of money?"

"I still like blockbusters. This is the premise that Director Guan respects his fans."

……

"Today, the filming of "Perfect Strangers" has officially started." Guan Ling said softly as he looked at the assembled crew.

"You have all memorized the script these days and roughly know what the story is. Just be natural. This is acting, but it is also a gathering of old friends. But this movie will create a human classic for everyone."

After the chat, the movie started.

Guan Ling doesn't care about the opinions of netizens and movie fans. He knows very well that the target audience of this drama will not be everyone, but it will definitely become a classic around the world.

This drama was made just for fun, so why not make it into a Chinese-language movie?

There was no need to read the script together. Lighting technician Guan Ling picked the best ones because many details are hidden in the light and dark.

The atmosphere of the entire crew is very good.

Except for Zhou Xun, none of us had filmed a movie under Director Guan before, so we were a little nervous for the first time.

But Guan Ling is very good at guiding their body language or facial expressions, and sometimes certain details surprise the actors on the scene.

“If Director Guan had not become a director, he would have been an actor of the best actor level.”

"I even think Director Guan can win the Best Actress award."

The film was completed after ten consecutive days.

But then, a piece of news swept the industry in an instant.

During the filming, Deng Chao's cell phone was discovered by Sun Li, and he was cheating on his wife.

Netizens were instantly excited!
Director Guan, you only filmed for ten days?! This news is already shocking enough.

The most important thing is, you went to someone's house to film a movie and ruined their marriage?!

I knock, it's exciting! (End of this chapter)