China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 76 Ten Combos

When he received the call, Guan Ling was leaning on the bedside, holding "The Three-Body Problem" just published this year in his left hand.

It’s time to buy the rights to these science fiction novels. Liu Cixin is a gold mine.

In a previous life, the copyright of "The Three-Body Problem" was bought by a female screenwriter and her husband for 10 yuan, which increased to more than [-] million in just a few years.

By the time the Three-Body Animation was launched, Bilibili's market value had even increased by more than 353 billion yuan.

Guan Ling also watched the TV series, in which the performances by Yu Hewei and others were really amazing. The last few scenes of the guzheng action and the insect declaration made Guan Ling tremble!

This is what domestic science fiction should be like!

China has never lacked wisdom and creativity, but there is indeed a gap in the television and film industry.Everyone is focused on making money, and no one cares about what they feed the audience.

Guan Ling had just read half of a chapter and really didn't want to put it down.

So he stretched out his right hand and poked inside the quilt a few times.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Liu Yan was stunned, and her body covered in quilt shrank suddenly.

Her pupils were seismic, the corners of her mouth were curved, her white teeth were white, and her eyes were like crescents.

Guan Ling smirked, "I just saw the critical moment, so I called. Let's talk after reading this chapter."

Then I turned the pages of the book with wet fingers.

Liu Yan was extremely shy by what Guan Ling said, and her face turned red instantly.

"Come on, brother Cheng Long is here, why don't you leave quickly."

"Okay, okay, let's go."

Guan Ling got up.

"Thank you for your hard work these days. I'm going to talk to Cheng Long about the latest investment blockbuster, and I'll let you make a guest appearance for a few minutes."

"Can I also participate?" Liu Yan was extremely excited.
"Why not?" Guan Ling spread his hands. He is the director, so he can still do this. Besides, there are too many actors involved in this movie, and it is normal to have a few yellow people.

The most important thing is that apart from Cheng Long, the protagonist must be either white or black. This is a Hollywood rule, Guan Ling understands.

"When I went to press conferences, people everywhere asked me if I wanted to be involved in directing your new movie. I was tired of being asked.

Even Wang Jinghua took the initiative to leave me her contact information and said that she would recommend suitable roles to me.

I always thought that I had no part in this drama. "

"You don't have to be too happy. It's just a simple guest appearance, and it doesn't necessarily have a few lines. There will be earthquakes in the filming this time, you know."

Guan Ling put on his clothes and left, leaving Liu Yan puzzled.

Why can I make a guest appearance when there is an earthquake during the filming of the scene?

But thinking about being able to participate in such a large-scale movie, Liu Yan soon became excited again.

Others, if they want to have this opportunity, may not be able to get it!
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Lingyun Media.

Cheng Long contacted him at the door of the company, so Guan Ling didn't know about it beforehand.

When Guan Ling arrived at the office, Cheng Long was already waiting in the living room.

Many employees of Lingyun Media were waiting to get autographs. They were so excited.

Although Lingyun Media has been booming recently, and many well-known figures in the entertainment industry will come to the company, most of them are CEOs or agents of entertainment companies. There are very few actors themselves, let alone big stars like Cheng Long.

Although "Project Baby" was defeated by "Shark Beach", the main reason is that the novelty of the subject matter prevailed. "Project Baby" itself is not bad.

People on the Internet said that Liu Yan defeated Cheng Long, but even Lingyun Media did not dare to say such a thing.

After all, Cheng Long is China's number one superstar who has made a name for himself in Hollywood.

After all, this is Cheng Long! Jackie Chan!

Although celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan are now beginning to flock to the mainland, the status of celebrities in Hong Kong and Taiwan is still slightly higher than that in the mainland. Just two years ago, the "Little White Dragon Incident" caused a sensation in the mainland.

As for the superstars who have returned from Hollywood, it is even more different.

The employees were very excited, but the executives knew better. They knew that Cheng Long might want to discuss cooperation with Ling Yun.

A $[-] million blockbuster, the protagonist, if the boss can really succeed in the cooperation, it will be of great significance to Ling Yun. This is a more solid film for Ling Yun to move towards Hollywood.

"Brother Cheng Long, why didn't you contact me in advance when you came this time?"

After Guan Ling entered the living room, Cheng Long was obviously stunned, and his face broke into smiles.
"Director Guan?"

The two shook hands and Cheng Long said,
"I recently went to the United States for business to pick up the box office share of the DVDs of "The Dragon Reborn" and "Shanghai Knights." I saw the popularity of Director Guan's new movie in the United States. I heard from Lu Chao that Director Guan wanted to discuss cooperation. , I had wanted to fly back for a long time, considering that Director Guan would also be very busy promoting the release of his new movie, no, he came right away as soon as he flew back to China, and for a moment he forgot that Director Guan might be resting at home. I'm really embarrassed."

"Brother Cheng Long is so polite. I have been looking forward to meeting today. After receiving the call at home, I rushed to the company immediately."

Guan Ling also exchanged a few pleasantries. When they met for the first time, Guan Ling actually felt a little emotional.

The current eldest brother Cheng Long still has Duang's hair style. His experience in Hollywood made him look calm. Guan Ling took Cheng Long to visit Lingyun Media.

In fact, there is not much to visit, there are only a few trophies, and the others are the transcripts and introductions of the movies currently produced by Lingyun.

But Cheng Long didn't show any impatience. Instead, he looked at the Golden Horse Award for Best Director in a daze.

"In recent years, most of the Best Directors at the Golden Horse Awards have come from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and most of them are from Hong Kong. It is not easy for a director of Guan's age to win this award. Ang Lee was only nominated for Best Director when he was in his 30s. He waited until he won the Golden Bear , I won this trophy." In fact, when "Baby Project" lost to "Shark Beach", Cheng Long discovered that Guan Ling has a Hollywood style, and the diversity of his movies is second, "Shark Beach" "The elements of "The Movie" are what Europeans and Americans like the most: they are thrilling, violent, and hearty.

In the United States, "Hearing Girl" was being released when Lu Chao called. Cheng Long watched the movie, which was very American.

It's something Americans love.

This is much broader than his own Kung Fu style in Hollywood.

The momentum of this kind of director is terrible, comparable to Wu Baige who made "Face". It's a pity that Guan Ling didn't go to Hollywood, and he didn't have Zhang Jiazhen.

"I was also lucky. "Suspect" took into account both human nature and commercial elements. When I was filming it, I focused on decryption, and when the judges were judging the award, they probably focused more on this kind of human nature that life cannot bear. So it was a fluke. got it."

Cheng Long smiled at Guan Ling and said, "I thought you would say that you only contributed a small amount to the Golden Horse."

Guan Ling and others all laughed along.

After wandering around for a while, we returned to the reception room.

"Let's get down to business. Lu Chao said, Director Guan, you asked him to give me a message because you wanted to ask me if I still want to return to Hollywood?
Of course I want to, but, Director Guan, is there anything you can do to make me definitely join? "

Cheng Long looked at Guan Ling seriously,

He was very curious whether what Guan Ling said was a big lie or whether he was confident.

After "Golden Harvest Films" supported him to enter Hollywood, he began to make a name for himself in Hollywood. However, in 2000, Taiwanese electronics group Acer acquired a large share of Golden Harvest.The change in capital resulted in the reorganization of Jiahe's internal structure.

As a result, the focus of its operations shifted to Taiwan, and Cheng Long's operations in overseas markets were greatly reduced.

Therefore, Cheng Long had no choice but to establish a production company "Jackie Chan Films Limited" in Hollywood. This choice was a bit passive and helpless.

But fortunately, "Shanghai Noon" grossed 5500 million U.S. dollars, more than 5600 million U.S. dollars in North America, and more than 9900 million U.S. dollars at the global box office.

"Shanghai Noon 2" cost 5000 million U.S. dollars and achieved a box office of more than 6000 million U.S. dollars in North America and a total of more than 8800 million U.S. dollars globally.

The company made a small profit.

However, the two movies "The Dragon Reborn" and "Around the World in Eighty Days" both lost two-thirds of the money. However, the investment in the latter movie was too high, which frightened Cheng Long and forced him to withdraw from the Chinese film industry.

But in the Chinese film industry, his new movies are not so popular.

He fell into an embarrassing period.

But he is still the biggest superstar in China.
So just listen to Guan Ling's words. If you want to play it real, where is the script?

He had heard about the $[-] million film investment, but Cheng Long had seen this kind of scene before, and there were many investors who lost their pants.

And Guan Ling is just getting involved in Hollywood for the first time, and Guan Ling can't play with the rules there.

But he didn't expect that Guan Lingren didn't say much. He asked Cheng Long to wait for a while, then turned around and brought some scripts in Chinese and English.

Not one.

Yes some.

When Cheng Long held it in his hand, it felt heavy.

"Brother Cheng Long, do you know why your later works in Hollywood failed?" Guan Ling asked.

"Of course I have considered this. Among my many works, these movies produced by Hollywood are not what I am good at. I can't really understand their jokes and their sense of humor."

"Yeah, Hollywood wants you to adapt to them, and that's not right."

Guan Ling smiled and said, "You should let Hollywood adapt to Cheng Long."

Then Guan Ling stretched out his hand and motioned Cheng Long to read the script.

10 minutes passed.

Half an hour passed.

An hour has passed.

Cheng Long raised his head in fear several times, his brows twisted into strange shapes, and finally he spoke slowly.

"Sorry, I'm going to the bathroom."

After a while, Cheng Long obviously washed his face after coming back.

He once again counted the scripts that Guan Ling handed him just now. He counted them all, and there were ten in total.

This made him hold his temples, because they were beating suddenly.

Brains buzzing.

Cheng Long wanted to speak, but didn't know what to say for a while.

"Brother Cheng Long, you have a reputation in Hollywood and the right to plan and control. I have a script, a good project, and the reputation of "Hearing Girl" that has just become popular. Your cooperation with me is the best choice."

Cheng Long nodded numbly.

"Yes, yes, it's the best choice."

Guan Ling took out the script of "2012" again and said,

"But before we talk about that, let's talk about this first. You don't have to pay a high price for this. You can lower the price and give me a profit. If we cooperate, you can provide a stepping stone first."

Cheng Long:? ? ?
(End of this chapter)