China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 78 Preparation
Although the script of "2012" is not a kung fu movie, Cheng Long also wanted to try the challenge of playing an ordinary person in the face of disaster.

Guan Ling said that this movie mainly depends on the special effects.Therefore, the shooting time does not need to be particularly long at all, three months is enough.

In the movie, Guan Ling wants to destroy the earth.

Jackie Chan wants a salary of US$500 million and a 10% share of the global box office.

Guan Ling sternly refused at this point, and used those scripts to work with in the future as a temptation, and even added it to the contract to ask Cheng Long not to ask for a share of the box office.

The assistant brought by Cheng Long disagreed.

But Guan Ling insisted, claiming that choosing Cheng Long was just to consolidate the status of Chinese actors in Hollywood, and it was not necessary to choose Chinese actors.

If this cooperation cannot be negotiated, he will choose other actors in Hollywood, but at the same time, he will not choose Cheng Long for those kung fu movies.

Cheng Long finally agreed.

In fact, Cheng Long also knows that Kung Fu movies are the easiest way for actors to gain fame. If Guan Ling chooses him for his scripts, he will be able to get more box office around the world, and he will also have a third spring in Hollywood, and even this Spring lasts longer and is stronger than before.

Then the money will be endless.

But once Guan Ling chooses someone else, he will have a competitor or even be replaced. Even if the box office of Guan Ling's movies will be lower than when he joined, he will still make money.

On the contrary, Cheng Long himself will be in more trouble.

He can clearly distinguish which is more important.

The salary cost of US$800 million was finally determined, and filming will not start until after the year.

The two parties signed a contract, which stipulated that Cheng Long would still be given priority in ten dramas.

"My final salary in Hollywood was US$2000 million," Cheng Long said, shaking his duangduang hairstyle. "Although the shooting cycle of kung fu movies is generally relatively long, at this price, Director Guan really broke my bones."

"Brother Cheng Long has such great skills, who can break your bones?" Guan Ling joked, only Alibaba's Mr. Ma, others are really embarrassed.

After the contract was signed, Guan Ling, as the host, naturally wanted to have a good time with Cheng Long. At the wine table, Brother Cheng Long showed his real skills.

From Milan to Wang Zuxian, Teresa Teng, Lin Qingxia, Li Zhi, Li Jiaxin, Zheng Yuling, Wu Qili, and talked about the Dragon Seed incident, claiming that men will always make mistakes, and then talked about Xiang Hailan, Yong Zuer, Zhang Raretu, etc., and also talked about his original During a concert in the capital, Guan Ling was stunned when Zang Tianshuo, a veteran in the capital, demanded [-]% of the protection fee.

Claiming that Brother Long really did not live in vain.

Cheng Long's eyes moved and he asked the heroine of "Shark Beach" if she had gotten in the car with Guan Ling?
Guan Ling didn't answer, just listened and laughed.

"You are still young and have many opportunities. You must be better than me." Brother Cheng Long showed a shy smile.

After coming out of the wine table, they were secretly photographed by the media. Guan Ling and Cheng Long were both a little drunk, and were escorted back by their assistants.

The next day, the news came out in the morning.

"Brother Cheng Long is having a night party with Director Guan at the bar, or are they in talks about a new drama?"

The media are all speculating. There was news a while ago that Guan Ling mentioned that he was going to Hollywood and that he would make a $[-] million movie, but there was no other news.

Now, everyone is guessing whether Cheng Long will join this movie.

Anticipation for the film began online.

Posts and forums are full of discussions about what action movie can cost $[-] million?
"Is it possible to let Brother Cheng Long break the earth?"

I really can't guess.

Hong Kong media is more direct,
"Exciting! Cheng Long and director Shartan competed offline, Cheng Long angrily beat Shai Zai and drank eighteen bottles of wine!"

I even know the number of bottles of wine.

The entire Hong Kong people thought that Guan Ling had been beaten by Cheng Long. The Hong Kong media headlines spread back to the mainland, and people in the mainland also spread rumors. Everyone thought that Cheng Long came to look for trouble because of the "Shark Beach" incident.

The Internet is in a frenzy.

Guan Ling didn't care. The next day, Guan Ling held a meeting with the Lingyun Media crew and asked some key personnel to apply for visas and passports, both for the United States and Canada. Later, they would need to go abroad for filming. The content of "2012" is too huge, and the preliminary work needs to be started.

For example, in the scene of driving a car to escape the streets of Los Angeles in "2012", to build a small Los Angeles city, every mailbox, every tree, and every building on the road needs to be produced, thus using tens of thousands of photos. Use high-dynamic images to create a realistic three-dimensional block model.

thus causing it to collapse.

The latter requires the use of visual effects technology to complete.

This required a huge blue screen to be set up on location, and the actors had to stand on a shaky platform for filming.

The shaking platform is formed by using a pneumatic pump to shake the air bag, so that the virtual city can have a realistic earthquake effect.

For every consecutive shot, the sketch form needs to appear first, so that complexity can be transformed into simplicity.

And in the movie, because many objects in the scene need to be destroyed, it is necessary to arrange the time of destruction of each floor, each piece of glass, and each cement board.

There must also be scenes where debris falls to the ground and dust appears in various scenes.

There are so many small shots required in the movie, and there must be seven or eight computer special effects required per minute.

Therefore, Guan Ling needs many animators and modelers. In addition to recruiting, Guan Ling also contacted Mr. Ren of Shanghai Film Studio and asked him to help contact Shanghai Animation Film Studio, hoping to get support.

Ren Zhonglun, who had invested money, was very concerned about this matter. He made a special trip to Shangmei Factory and brought back some experts to Guan Ling.

On December 12, Guan Ling participated in the first-year outlook celebration of Chinese films. At the meeting, Guan Ling made a speech, claiming that he hoped that Chinese films would develop more vigorously.

At the celebration, Guan Ling also confirmed the news to everyone.

"Yes, Cheng Long will join me in my new movie."

The director who has been the most discussed in the industry recently has teamed up with Cheng Long, the biggest movie star in Chinese film history, and this was despite previous disagreements. The Internet and the industry were abuzz for a while.

This news comes out, which means that the Hollywood movie mentioned before is about to be put on the agenda!
Advertisers who don't know exactly what to shoot are already waiting eagerly.

There were many calls from coal bosses and advertisers, all looking for investment.

……

Huayi, Mr. and Mrs. Wang are sitting on the sofa in the mansion.

The two were sitting opposite each other, and the news left no smile on their faces.

Wang Zhongjun squinted his eyes.

"I thought that the confrontation between "Shark Beach" and "Baby Project" would cause conflicts between Guan Ling, Cheng Long and Emperor.

But this Guan Ling was a bit evil. Liu Dehua and Cheng Long didn't seem to have any signs of falling out with him, and the Emperor didn't do anything either.

Now we have captured Cheng Long quietly, and we will be passive after that. "

Wang Zhonglei rolled his eyes almost out of his head.
"When "Baby Project" and "Ink Attack" were suppressed, we had already been passive. We didn't get several times the profit share from "Hearing Girl", and we all lost money on the movies we invested in. Now The thing is, what should we do next? Should we rely on Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly"? That movie feels a bit suspenseful."

"Now the new artists our company wants to talk about are very hesitant and don't want to join. A lot of them go to Wang Jinghua's. Wang Changtian and Guan Ling have also hooked up. If this continues, Huayi will be so suppressed that it won't be able to hold its head up. ." Wang Zhongjun was a little nervous.

"It has become a laughing stock. Fatty Yu made three or four times the profit, but we got nothing." Wang Zhonglei said.

"Wang Shuo said in the circle that Guan Ling wrote a script for Jiang Wen, and Jiang Wen praised him to the sky."

"I don't know what Guan Ling wants to do. I feel like Huayi is going to be isolated."

Wang Zhongjun put forward his conjecture.

　I have to catch a flight in the early morning, so I will add three chapters tomorrow afternoon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)