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Chapter 562 [127] Project approval! A Hollywood-based male lead film!
2005 11 Month 30 Day.

The crew of "Fast and Furious 3".

boom!
Chen Yu drove a modified Mazda RX-7 on the streets of "Tokyo". The layout of the streets and some buildings were all built by a prop company.

The orange and black car body shines brightly in the night sky. This is a night show.

It is also Chen Yu’s last scene in "Fast and Furious 3".

The Mazda RX-7 he drives is Han's favorite car in the play. It is a representative of Japan's high-performance sports car.

Due to the RX-7's slightly odd shape and its tough character of being a performance sports car with a rotary heart, this car has always been a rather unusual character in the eyes of most car fans.

It has a displacement of 1.3L, but can output 280 horsepower, which is almost equivalent to a 3.5L six-cylinder engine. This is because this RX-7 has an unparalleled heart - a unique rotary engine in the world.

Unlike ordinary inline four-cylinder engines, the engine cylinder of the one Chen Yu was driving rotated in a triangular spiral motion, while ordinary engines have up and down reciprocating pistons.

This engine is unique in the world and its performance is extremely advanced.

This was also bought by Ryan, the boss of Relativity, from a Japanese businessman at a high price. The leather fabric of the seat alone cost 2 US dollars.

However, right now... Chen Yu is racing with Brian, the main villain of "Fast and Furious 3". The two of them started the final fight, crashing head-on into each other.

"what--"

Brian was yelling and stepping on the accelerator, wanting to kill Chen Yu directly. He held the pistol in his hand and shot Chen Yu.

boom!
Chen Yu dodged by shaking his head, his face still calm, his eyes as sharp as knives, staring at Brian in front of him, and suddenly stepped on the accelerator.

Boom——

Brian's car spun out.

Then Chen Yu glanced at him, smiled contemptuously, and the car drifted directly and then drove away.

But just as Chen Yu was about to drive out of the street, a car suddenly rushed out from the other end of the road. Chen Yu stared at the oncoming car with a serious look, and then both he and the car were knocked out.

boom!
A loud explosion was heard, and the male lead Lucas looked in the direction of the explosion with his eyes wide open.

He simply couldn't believe that his master had died in an ordinary car accident. The driver of the car accident had already crawled out, staring at everything in front of him in a daze.

"call……"

However, at the moment the car flew out, Chen Yu was lifted out by a wire.

The RX-7 was also dragged into the air, but the sparks of the explosion covered it up, preventing anyone from seeing it.

"Is it...broken?"

The producer of Relativity, Gassell, walked to the front of the RX-7 with a distressed look on his face, and then looked at the dented main driver's door and center pillar, and exclaimed that he was lucky.

"As long as the frame isn't damaged!"

"It can be restored!"

Jia Xi Sihua let out a long sigh. Now, he could finally explain to his boss.

Chen Yu had already taken off his safety suit, which was filled with a lot of safety sponges and even air cushions, just in case.

If Chen Yu had not been rescued in time, he could have saved his life.

"OK, last scene, makeup artist, get ready!"

"FAN, sit in the car later. I'll have someone turn the car over..."

There is also the last scene of Chen Yu’s death. Chen Yu died in the car. This is a freeze-frame shot.

Half an hour later, Chen Yu, whose face was covered in blood, was stuffed into a prop car. The car was then slowly turned over and slowly lowered to the ground. This was of course a fake car, almost a one-to-one restoration of the RX-7 just now, but with only a car shell.

Although Hollywood is willing to spend a lot of money on making movies, and cars are damaged one after another, "Fast and Furious 3" alone scrapped more than 100 cars sponsored by German Volkswagen, Toyota, Mitsubishi, etc., but some limited edition models are still reluctant to be destroyed.

The prop master hurriedly set up the scene of the car accident, and by the time he was done, the photographer's crew had already pulled out a close-up.

Click!

The camera captured Chen Yu’s tragic scene before his death. He was hit “to death” by a car that rushed out from nowhere?

"Done!"

"Pretty!"

"Chan, your part is over!"

Justin Lin was shouting loudly into a loudspeaker and walked in front of Chen Yu. Chen Yu was carefully carried out of the car with the support of several stand-ins and staff members.

The staff who were removing makeup nearby hurried to help Chen Yu wipe the blood off his face.

Finished!

Chen Yu let out a long sigh of relief. After less than two months of filming, Chen Yu finally finished all of Han's scenes in "Fast and Furious 2"!
This speed is actually fast even in Hollywood, a country with a mature industry and extremely slow efficiency, because Chen Yu’s role is indeed not that large, and the stunts were shot very quickly.

"Let's have a drink together tonight?"

Justin Lin looked at Chen Yu, who nodded: "Okay!"

During the two months of getting along with each other, the two people, as yellow people with the same roots, obviously have a special kind of intimacy.

This kind of intimacy is not about fellow countrymen meeting and stabbing each other in the back; nor is it about Chinese people cheating on Chinese people, but rather it is about some Chinese people sticking together overseas. In Hollywood, Justin Lin wants to rise, and even if he doesn't want to embrace the Chinese, but it will definitely be much easier for him to integrate into the circle, and the Chinese film and television circle will definitely be much easier than the circle of white people in Hollywood.

If nothing unexpected happens, Chen Yu will definitely make a name for himself in Hollywood in the future.

Just look at the treatment he received in "Mission: Impossible 3" and "Fast and Furious 3". Although he is not a first-line star, he is definitely influential in Hollywood. At least among the current Chinese movie stars, he can be ranked third and is more famous than Zhang Ziyi.

Gong Li is famous in Asia and Europe, but she is not very famous in Hollywood.

Only Jackie Chan and Jet Li are now ahead of Chen Yu; during the time Chen Yu was filming in Hollywood, he actually accepted some interviews such as "The Hollywood Reporter" and celebrity variety shows, and appeared several times.

When filming in Hollywood, CAA certainly would not miss the opportunity to give Chen Yu indirect publicity.

He even had guest appearances in several popular sitcoms such as "Frasier" and "How I Met Your Mother"; it's a pity that "Friends" ended, otherwise an appearance in this show would have maximized his publicity benefits.

This drama had a huge influence around the world and ended in 04.

However, the number of views of "Happy" and "Meeting Mom" ​​is also huge in North America; so Chen Yu's popularity in North America will increase bit by bit with advertisements, guest appearances, variety shows, etc., just like how Jackie Chan and Jet Li rose step by step in the past.

One or two movies can make you famous, but what really makes you stand out in Hollywood are the popular films and continuous output of works and exposure.

Now Chen Yu is slowly improving and fermenting in this way, gaining his own North American fans.

"Chan, has your next Hollywood production been confirmed?"

In a bar near Hollywood, Justin Lin asked Chen Yu beside him.

Almost all the main actors of "Fast and Furious 3" are here, as well as the cinematographer, the first director, etc. They all came to see Chen Yu off.

After tomorrow, he will return to his country to study.

"Not yet. I'm planning to start my own film project!"

Chen Yu pursed his lips and took a sip of his drink. Justin Lin nodded: "Okay, be a producer yourself and start with independent films!"

"Not independent, I'm going to cooperate with the Big Six and see how CAA negotiates!"

The Big Six would definitely not refuse the business that comes to their doorstep.

"How much...how much investment?"

Justin Lin was a little surprised and said that he didn't even dare to drink.

"1 million, right?"

"..."

After Justin Lin drank the last sip of wine, his expression obviously changed.

1 million, obviously it does not refer to RMB, but US dollars. And 1 million US dollars, to be honest, Chen Yu is almost bankrupt. At present, Yuxin Pictures has only earned more than 2 million US dollars from selling two movies, "Departures" and "The Expedition", and it depends on the release of "A World Without Thieves".

Such an investment is indeed too bold.

Once you suffer a loss, it will take many years to recover; and the risk is very high, so generally no one dares to play this way.

However, Chen Yu is cooperating with the Big Six, and it depends on CAA's negotiation ability. If the Big Six are willing to co-produce with Chen Yu, even if they invest less and get the majority of the share, Chen Yu will be willing.

For example, if the investment is 1 million, Chen Yu would put in 6000 million and get 50% or 40% of the final box office share.

The Big Six would basically agree to this kind of taking advantage.

Before leaving tomorrow, Chen Yu will go to CAA to finalize this matter.

"I wish you success!"

"real!"

"come on!"

Justin Lin clinked glasses with Chen Yu. Chen Yu understood what he said, which was meant to comfort him. He probably really hoped that he could become an overnight sensation, but the chance of that happening in North America was too rare, so he said, "Come on!"

Because it's not very realistic.

How to say it, if Chen Yu was not a reborn person, he would basically die without knowing how he died. The United States is a capital market. A newcomer just barges in like this, takes 1 million and says he wants to make a movie. Many people will just want to cheat you out of the 1 million US dollars.

When it came to Jackie Chan, it was New Line that went to Hong Kong to invite him to shoot; now it’s just the opposite for Chen Yu.

But Chen Yu is a reborn person. He clearly knows the success of "Mission Impossible 4" and a series of marketing techniques. To put it bluntly, even if this movie fails in North America, there is still the Asian market as a guarantee.

With Chen Yu-ya as the core, there won't be any problems in filming Mission: Impossible 4 according to the script.

That's why he is so confident. This is the foresight and courage given by rebirth.

Even if he ends up dying, at worst he can make a comeback by being reborn. Chen Yu has nothing to be afraid of because he has the confidence and support, as well as the experience of those who have been reborn to back him up. However, not everyone has his ability to recover quickly after losing money.

……

The group drank until 11 o'clock in the evening before leaving.

After Chen Yu hugged everyone in the "Fast and Furious 3" crew one by one, he walked back to the hotel.

The next morning, CAA agent Larson came downstairs. Chen Yu took the script modified according to "Mission Impossible 4" and knocked on the door of the office of Richard, the head of CAA.

"script!"

Chen Yu handed the English version of "Invisible Spy" to Richard.

This is the notebook he and Liu Yifei worked on together. She was responsible for finding loopholes in the translation. She is a professional when it comes to English.

"Spy operation?"

Chen Yu told Richard that he wanted to make a commercial Hollywood blockbuster with him as the male lead.

"Yes, you can show it to your co-writers right now!"

"We're finalizing this movie today!"

Of course Chen Yu is confident about this script, but he still needs help from CAA.

Whether it is the director, crew, etc., Richard has to arrange everything; and persuading the six major partners to cooperate also depends on him. Of course, if successful, it will be a considerable commission, and Richard will of course do his best to promote this cooperation.

"No problem, Chan, I believe you!"

As he spoke, he slapped the script and leaned closer, saying, "But before that, let's register the copyright first!"

"You know what I mean. I'm afraid the screenwriter will plagiarize your story after seeing it!"

"This is very common in North America!"

"No problem, I thought so too!"

Chen Yu's heart trembled, he almost made a mistake, North America was indeed different from the mainland; although there were many cases of snatching scripts in the mainland, no one would dare to snatch the script he wrote; but North America was different, Chen Yu was indeed a little careless.

After contacting several screenwriters, Richard asked Larson to take Chen Yu to the Copyright Office, where they first registered on paper and obtained a copyright number.

This is only temporary because the United States will also review it and there will be a reply after fifteen working days.

But fortunately, this copyright number has legal effect after registration.

Chen Yu has a studio in North America, so the copyright belongs to his studio.

After having a casual meal and returning to CAA, Chen Yu saw a few guys sitting in the office. He knew Roberto Orci, the screenwriter of "Mission Impossible 3". He would write many commercial blockbusters in the future, such as "The Amazing Spider-Man", "Transformers 2", etc. He was very talented.

The other two Richards were introduced there.

Chris Morgan, the screenwriter of the Fast and Furious series. Chen Yu had heard of this guy's name. Wow, there might be opportunities for cooperation between them in the future. All the Fast and Furious movies were written by this guy, including the spin-offs.

Christopher Markus, screenwriter of "The Chronicles of Narnia", Marvel's "Captain America" ​​and "Thor" series.

Damn, CAA has a strong foundation in screenwriting. I just named three of them and they are all big names in commercial films.

In fact, the status of American screenwriters is very high, but it is not as great as rumored by the outside world; many Oscar-winning directors actually look down upon the stories they write, they just want to make money when the films are released.

It is a product of the assembly line. If we make an analogy, it is similar to the many great and platinum works on Qidian.

It's the same core feeling, just written differently.

"Chan has a script and wants you to read it and give your opinions!"

After getting to know each other, Richard handed the copied script of "Invisible Mission" to the three people; of course the three people knew the purpose of their visit, and after smiling at Chen Yu, they sat down and started to look through it.

The script of the movie is actually not long, only a few tens of thousands of words, and you can finish it in 10 minutes if you are fast.

It can be done in as little as half an hour.

At first, the three people didn't take the script seriously. They didn't expect that such an American story would come from the hands of a Chinese. Roberto Ochi was the one Chen Yu knew best and they had met several times.

After reading a few pages, his expression became a little serious; Chris and Marcus next to him raised their heads at the same time and looked at each other.

Richard could see something from the look in each other's eyes.

This script...seems good?!

If it were worse, these three guys would have frowned a long time ago, right?

As an ace screenwriter, he definitely has this ability to appreciate things.

"Chan, did you write the script for the movie "Taken" that sold over 4000 million US dollars?"

Richard suddenly pulled Chen Yu aside. He remembered this matter a little. Larson had told him that Richard was busy, so he didn't take it seriously. Now seeing the expressions of the three ace screenwriters, he suddenly became concerned about the next movie Chen Yu was going to make.

The Chinese actor in front of us is more than just an actor.

The writing and the action are both effortless.

"Yes, I wrote it, and I'm also the action director and one of the producers!"

“I also participated in the editing!”

As Chen Yu was talking, Richard immediately understood.

"I think we can sit down and discuss your next new film, "The Bourne Legacy"!"

Richard was smiling there, looking very kind.

Who wouldn’t be happy with a business that can make money?
The script is good, and there are people with a team. It just depends on how much investment there is and what kind of team can be formed in the end.

CAA is undoubtedly the most professional in North America in doing these things.

The Big Six all have projects with them, so for a company like Chen Yu to be a client, there won’t be any problems.

(End of this chapter)