Full-time actor

Chapter 634 [60] Writing a script on the plane, admiration from Liu Yifei’s little fangirl!
"Wow, chan, great shots!"

“Your performance in the film is really outstanding!”

“I almost suffocated several times!”

"..."

Paramount executives and Bob, the head of the Beverly Cinemas, came forward one by one and high-fived Chen Yu.

It turns out that Mission: Impossible 3 is very popular with the film producers, and there was a lot of heated discussion after watching the movie.

Tom Cruise watched the entire show with a smile on his face and clapped his hands.

Chen Yu didn’t know whether the box office of this movie would be better than that of his previous life. It made just over 3 million in his previous life, so he wondered if it could be more this time.

But at least after watching it, he felt that his performance in the film was one of the biggest highlights of the film.

The fighting, driving, acting and characterization are all very good.

The supporting actor Drake in the previous life of this movie performed so poorly that the audience basically could not remember this character after watching it.

The same goes for the supporting actress Jane, played by Maggie Q.

But what is now presented to all the film producers is a super agent who is very good at fighting, can fly a plane, has superb driving skills, masters multiple languages, is handsome and cool, and occasionally has a sense of humor.

Chen Long, played by Chen Yu, left a deep impression on everyone present.

Coupled with the collaboration with Chen Long in "Escaping", this character itself has a certain degree of popularity and traffic.

Moreover, compared to the 3-hour version of "Mission Impossible 2", at least 10 minutes of Tom Cruise's scenes were cut, and this time was compensated for by Chen Yu, and another 15 minutes were added.

It became a 2 hour and 15 minute movie.

Three highlight fighting scenes, one flying a plane, one racing scene, a total of five performances that are unique to Chen Yu.

The previous life of Drake, Jonathan, the actor who played this role, did not have it.

His entire speech was just over 10 minutes long, while Chen Yu's was more than half an hour.

This is the biggest difference between the two movies.

As a result, Chen Yu estimated that the final score of the film should be 0.5 points higher than in his previous life, or even more. At least he enjoyed watching it from beginning to end, and it was a very qualified popcorn commercial blockbuster.

The word of mouth will definitely be better than the huge box office success "Mission Impossible 2".

“Just waiting for the first weekend box office!”

"It shouldn't be a problem to open the film at the same time in North America!"

Just look at the many Hollywood film producers here and you will know that they should be very confident about this movie.

At least the Paramount executives had a pleasant chat.

The atmosphere after the screening was very good.

"Chan, your other new movie is going to be released soon, right?"

After Tom Cruise exchanged greetings with the film producers, he walked over and sat down next to Chen Yu.

"Well, it's a month later than Mission Impossible 3!"

"You'll prove yourself in Hollywood!"

Tom Cruise smiled at Chen Yu, obviously trying to ease the relationship between the two. His first feeling after watching the movie was that Chen Yu's performance in the film was very powerful, and it was not at all obvious that he was a supporting role.

What does this feel like?

Just like Han in "Fast and Furious 3", he is obviously a supporting role, but the protagonist cannot cover up his brilliance.

This is not a director's edit that can be suppressed by adding more scenes to the lead actor and cutting out Chen Yu's scenes.

Unless you change the actor, as long as Chen Yu is in the plot, his performance and characteristics cannot be suppressed, and the role he plays attracts the audience's attention.

Tom Cruise saw this point. If there is a "Mission Impossible 4", the investors and he will definitely not ignore Chen Yu and must bring him in to complete the creation of the sequel.

His role has become an important part of the Mission Impossible IP and can play a strong role in box office appeal.

If a role is successful in a Hollywood movie, the leading actor will not be changed easily.

Chen Yu created such a classic character in "Mission Impossible 3".

Although it has not been released yet, people in the industry are very clear that as long as this film is released to the market, Chen Long's character will definitely be very popular and sought after by the audience, just like Mark in "A Better Tomorrow", who made the supporting role look like the protagonist.

Although Chen Yu has not reached this level in "Mission Impossible 3", he definitely has the potential to become a well-known character.

"Thank you!"

Chen Yu smiled at Tom Cruise and the two chatted for a while. Beverly had a very high response to Mission: Impossible 3.

The premiere will try to fill up as many theaters as possible, even though May is the summer vacation month in North America, which is a fierce competition month for many movies to be released, and it is also one of the few box office boom months in North America.

As far as Chen Yu knows, "X-Men 3", "The Da Vinci Code", "Superman Returns", "Cars"... will all be released in May, so this schedule is extremely tight.

It is very likely that "Mission: Impossible 3" will only have a high screening schedule for one week. If it fails to make a breakthrough in one week, it will basically be taken away.

In the previous life, "Mission Impossible 3" only earned 1.4 million US dollars in North America, which was related to the unsatisfactory performance in the first week.

It earned less than 5000 million in the first week and was forced to drop in screenings after the second week.

This kind of blockbuster that took over theaters across North America in its first week is different from the release of Chen Yu's "Escape Plan."

Because "Extraction" opened in fewer theaters at the beginning, there may be follow-up films. Because the profit-sharing contracts signed are different, theaters will slowly release the screenings when they see that the box office is getting good.

"Mission Impossible 3" will definitely have a high share of the profits, so the box office in the first week is particularly important.

The higher it is, the more money you make.

In its previous life, "Mission: Impossible 3" was fortunate enough to become the film in the "Mission: Impossible" series with the worst box office performance in its first week.

The reason why the film finally grossed $4 million was that Paramount had to thank Hollywood's global output and Tom Cruise's box office appeal.

In markets outside of North America, Hollywood blockbusters are currently all the rage.

The screening schedule will definitely be full, and domestic films will not dare to compete with it, so Paramount does not need to worry too much about the overseas box office.

A high opening in North America means that the global box office is becoming more stable and stronger.

If it doesn't work in North America, then overseas countries will also be affected to a certain extent!

If the previous "Mission: Impossible 3" had a box office of 2 million US dollars in North America, it should have been able to take over 5.5 million worldwide. "Mission: Impossible 2" will have a similar trend.

2.13 million in North America and nearly 5.5 million worldwide.

In its first weekend, "Mission: Impossible 2" grossed nearly 1 million yuan, much stronger than "Mission: Impossible 3".

Firstly, there were no rivals in the film scheduling at that time, and secondly, there was the subsequent influence of Mission: Impossible 1. Mission: Impossible 2 was indeed well made, so the audience was looking forward to Mission: Impossible and were willing to go to the cinema.

But the final reputation of "Mission: Impossible 2" was not good, which led to not many viewers watching "Mission: Impossible 3" in the first week, and they all adopted a wait-and-see approach.

In the end, "Mission: Impossible 3" was mediocre, and the result of "Mission: Impossible 3" is obvious.

The overall box office collapsed. This consequence led to Tom Cruise's doubts about this IP. After 2010, Tom Cruise had no more movies to shoot, and his fame and age gradually increased, so he restarted the "Mission Impossible" series project.

This guy claimed that he had been preparing for many years, but in fact he only shot it for one year.

The final result was that "Mission: Impossible 4" became a huge hit, and this IP can be said to have become a classic.

This is a kind of time expectation created over several years by the massive audience accumulated from the genuine and pirated versions of the Mission: Impossible series 1-3 on the Internet.

It took the influence of the audience of the three films and several years for "Mission Impossible 3" to achieve such a high box office.

Therefore, the box office of many films is indeed impossible to estimate.

Just like now, not only the film producers, but also Paramount and Tom Cruise are optimistic about the box office prospects of "Mission: Impossible 3". They should have felt the same way in their previous lives, but ultimately failed.

Whether he can succeed in this life, Chen Yu can only leave it to the audience.

He himself, anyway, did his best.

After having dinner with Liu Yifei, Chen Yu, Paramount, Tom Cruise, and the film producers, said goodbye to everyone and went home.

The release date of "Mission Impossible" was actually set a long time ago.

Many movies released in North America have their dates set first, which means they reserve a slot, and then they discuss marketing, distribution of profits with film producers, etc. So next Chen Yu only needs to wait for the North American premiere of "Mission Impossible 5" on May 12 next month.

He will also have to attend the premiere at that time. As for the schedules in other regions and countries, Paramount will have to negotiate with each region one by one.

China hasn't decided yet, and Chen Yu actually wants to know.

Because apart from North America, Paramount is now most optimistic about the Asian market, especially the mainland market. After all, this is Chen Yu's base camp. Not long ago, his film "Extraction" just won a box office of 7 million.

This shows that there are actually a lot of moviegoers in China and the market prospects are excellent.

The industry predicts that in the near future, China will become the world's second largest film market, so no Hollywood studio dares to underestimate this land.

In fact, China eventually surpassed the United States and became the world's largest film market, which is probably something no one in Hollywood could have predicted.

……

The next afternoon, Chen Yu and Liu Yifei boarded a plane to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.

Nearly half an hour of scenes from "Operation Spy" will be filmed here.

Liu Yifei will also make a cameo appearance in a few scenes.

Of course, the largest number of them is Russia, which is the next shooting location.

"Honey, have you ever been to Budapest?"

Liu Yifei and Chen Yu were sitting in first class, chatting casually.

The two people had to spend up to 22 hours on the plane, and there was no direct flight from Los Angeles to Budapest, so they had to transfer in Vienna.

"You think I've traveled around the world? I definitely haven't been anywhere!"

Chen Yu smiled. It was actually a very pleasant thing to bring Liu Yifei out.

Although the two of them went there for the purpose of filming, they could actually have a secret rendezvous at night when they went to an unfamiliar place, and treat it as a "publicly funded" honeymoon trip.

"Just a friendly question!"

“I’ve always heard of this city, but never been there!”

There was some longing in Liu Yifei's eyes. Although Budapest was not a city of love, it was also a tourist city.

It is a big city in Europe.

"Budapest..."

Chen Yu's understanding of this city must be that some later competitions, such as tennis and swimming, would be held here.

But the next second, Chen Yu's mind was suddenly touched.

Yes, his familiarity with Budapest actually came from a movie.

The competition came later.

He remembered this city so particularly because he remembered it. The reason he remembered it, of course, was because of the most famous film about this city in his previous life - "The Grand Budapest Hotel"!
A film that has won numerous awards around the world, including 10 Oscar nominations, a nomination for the Berlin International Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize.

This movie has a very big name and it did very well at the box office.

Although it is not a Hollywood Big Six investment, nor a commercial blockbuster, it is very well-known around the world.

"what happened?"

Seeing Chen Yu lost in thought, Liu Yifei couldn't help but ask.

“I want to write a script!”

"Now?"

Liu Yifei showed a look of admiration.

He is indeed the man I have chosen, he is so talented, is there any creativity on the plane?
It's not that she doesn't know that Chen Yu has a hobby of writing scripts. Living with him these days, she has also seen him typing on the computer occasionally. In fact, Chen Yu has registered many movie scripts with the Screenwriters Guild.

Films like "Inception" and "Interstellar" have been put into his script library.

The signature is heal chan.

I don’t want to change my name, but I don’t want to change my surname!

So now that he has snatched over "The Grand Budapest Hotel", Chen Yu feels no pressure at all.

There was nothing to do on the plane anyway. Although it was important to accompany his wife, 22 hours was a long time. Fortunately, he could finish writing the script before getting off the plane.

Liu Yifei brought a lot of books anyway, so she could read them aside.

“Right now, I suddenly got some inspiration about Budapest!”

Chen Yu kissed Liu Yifei, took out his computer, opened Word and started working.

The plot of "The Grand Budapest Hotel" gradually became clear in his mind. This was a masterpiece that Chen Yu had watched several times in his previous life. For good movies, Chen Yu would watch them repeatedly many times and ponder the performances of the characters and the advancement of the story.

It is the performance progression of this character in this story after so many things happened. This was a kind of performance learning taught by his teacher when he was an auditor in his previous life, and Chen Yu always kept it in mind.

Therefore, he actually remembers the general plots of world-famous films very clearly.

Crackling!

Chen Yu was typing quickly on the keyboard. Liu Yifei had just picked up a book and was drinking coffee to read, but when she heard the keyboard sounds, she leaned over curiously.

Start writing so soon?
I didn't think about it for a long time?
Sometimes Liu Yifei really felt that Chen Yu was emitting a kind of light that attracted her. It was like a person who obviously had a high talent for acting, but also had many other talents.

This is a temptation that young girls like Liu Yifei cannot resist.

Liu Yifei was fascinated by Chen Yu, the scriptwriter. She looked at the first row of words on Chen Yu's computer. Was that the title of the script?

The Grand Budapest Hotel?
What a strange name for the script. Is it named like this just because of the place Budapest?
Liu Yifei couldn't understand, but she was very eager to know what kind of story Chen Yu wanted to write!
(End of this chapter)