Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

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"Well, the Society for Paranormal Research was co-founded in 1952 by Rowling and Ed Warren to investigate paranormal phenomena."

Wen Ziren immediately became interested when he heard this: "There is such a thing!"

"Of course, to be honest, I also felt creepy when I was investigating." Karl rubbed his temples. The dark circles under his eyes had gotten worse recently because he couldn't sleep well.

"The Warrens have dealt with more than thousands of paranormal incidents over the past 50 years, and this incident is undoubtedly the most unforgettable for them."

Karl took out a photo, which was an old-fashioned yellowed film that captured a building.

"The Perron family, this is the supernatural event that impressed Mr. and Mrs. Warren the most."

"A family, so what happened to their family?" Wen Ziren picked up the photo, his eyes clearly shining.

"Well, I don't know the specifics, and I don't want to know." Karl shrugged: "I only know that one of the Perron family, Andrea Perron, wrote a novel about her family's affairs, called "True Story: House of Darkness and House of Light."

"This name doesn't sound like a supernatural event." James Wan complained.

"That's right, so the sales are terrible and no one knows about it."

He seemed a little impatient, because the story sounded very interesting, about a couple who specialized in investigating supernatural events, and a real event that had been hidden for many years.

And this feeling will be passed on to subsequent fans from generation to generation as fans spread it by word of mouth.

This is much more money than a fixed salary. A movie with a box office of 3000 million can earn million US dollars.

As Tang De said, it is very immersive. I think American audiences will like this story.

It's a pity that Warner is not a good person. The third part has greatly reduced the cost and switched to a streaming media premiere. Of course, the biggest failure is that it did not continue to use James Wan as the director.

After confirming James Wan's next movie, Tang De communicated with Tokyo again.

"Wouldn't it be more inspiring to have nightmares?" Wen Ziren was very happy.

Logically speaking, this series should become an evergreen tree.

The most important thing is the competition between the Supreme Creative and the Crown Creative.

This led to Rachel's success in several consecutive advertising projects. Coupled with her own beauty, she was suddenly favored by senior executives.

"Watch it yourself and be careful not to have nightmares at night."

After the concert, AKB48 recruited the next group of people as members of Group B.

Although AKB48 founded by Tang De was actually not that embarrassed, he asked Akimoto Yasushi to deliberately make it shabby. Only in this way, fans will have the ability to develop from an unknown ordinary girl to a popular girl group. Feel.

It's just that other film companies won't pay Tang De in this way.

"Damn it." Karl scratched his head, looking helpless.

Rachel has now been promoted to become Crown Creative's new talented advertising designer.

After all, the development potential of the AKB48 girl group is far from being fully explored. In a few years, this girl group will become a business card of the island country and spread to all over the world. Then it will be the time to really make money.

Instead, he asked Jimmy to put the entire company's efforts into helping Rachel and providing her with ideas that would help her gain a foothold in Crown Creative.

Because Tang De changed his espionage strategy and did not plan to kill Crown Creative by grabbing business.

But Tang De is different. Norton Pictures is his own. He can pay his director's salary with a salary of 1 dollar plus % of the movie's box office share.

"No, there are other things in between." After Tang De finished speaking, he motioned for Karl to continue.

This name has its origin, because in the theater where AKB48 first started, there was a huge pillar blocking the view, and the theater environment was relatively ordinary.

"So we bought the copyright of this novel?" Wen Ziren looked at Tang De.

"Norton Pictures will fully invest in this movie." The Conjuring series of movies is a big moneymaker, with the first one costing US$3.19 million and the second one US$3.2 million.

At the beginning of 07, they just released their second group single album "Uniforms Really Get in the Way".

And then they held another concert, "I want to see you ~ The pillar is gone!".

Therefore, fans are very impressed by this. Fans who have experienced this period also regard this pillar as a spiritual totem.

But these problems do not exist here in Tang De, because if James Wan is not available, he can direct in his place.

Now my position is like riding a rocket, and I am about to become the creative head of the department.

After all, they are making films for other film companies. If they have to advance, they will retreat. The remuneration is getting bigger and bigger, and even small-budget films cannot afford them.

Unlike other film directors, he has to make each film cost more than the last.

After communicating about the girl group, Tang De dealt with other matters in the company.

However, Tang De and Qiu Yuanyasu jointly formulated a new development direction, which is to focus on quality and not consider non-high-quality advertising for the time being.

The story of the ugly duckling turning into a white swan is exciting at any time.

This caused the third part to fall into the dust directly. Coupled with Warner's crazy exploitation of other characters in the Conjuring series, the future of this series has been uncertain, and it is far less stable than Saw.

"Leave it to Wen." After Tang De said, Karl handed all the information to Wen Ziren.

"Oh, yes, because when I went to find the author of this novel, I found that her adaptation rights had been sold to a producer Tony DeRosa-Grunde. He also adapted it into a screenplay, only But it has never been sold.”

They released their first single album "Sakura Petals" and photo album "Secret!" AKB48" gained the love of a large number of fans and suddenly opened up the otaku market.

The sales of this album have skyrocketed compared to the first one, and it has successfully caused a sensation in the entire island country's record industry. Invitations to various commercial performances and events have also been delivered to the company like snowflakes.

Since the launch of AKB2006 in 48, in just a few months, this girl group theater has become a hit in Akihabara and has become a beautiful scenery.

"I see." James Wan suddenly said, "When can I see this script?"

"That's good." Tang De said with a smile: "Rachel will become a nuclear warhead and explode at the most critical moment."

"What if she betrays her?" Jimmy was a little worried: "She is living like an elite strong woman now."

"Don't worry." Tang De knocked on the table: "Because every time she wants to escape or resist, she will see me on TV."

"That's right, she is just a planner for an advertising company, but you are a big director in Hollywood. More importantly, you are a capitalist." Jimmy nodded.

"She's a smart woman, she'll know what to do."

"Oh, by the way, the trailer for "Inception" has been produced. Is it going to be released?"

"Publish it, it's time for the whole United States to see this movie." Tang De smiled: "This is our first movie with a cost of over 100 million, are you nervous?"

"It's other investment companies that should be nervous." Jimmy shook his head. He has become a lot more mature during this time: "I just know that you will never stop." "That's right, go ahead."

The next day, on the big screen in Times Square, New York, all passers-by saw a simple, sharp but imaginative movie trailer.

"Everyone has had dreams..." The picture begins with Leonardo whispering. He looks at the camera and says in a soothing tone: "Beautiful dreams, nightmares, or some weird dreams."

These words respectively correspond to different scenes, a beautiful woman, a car accident, and two children who are laughing and playing so hard that their faces cannot be seen.

"You will find that it is difficult to control everything in the dream, and you can only passively accept it."

Leonardo appears in the screen with different identities. He is like a doll in a factory, being played with and manipulated by a pair of big hands, constantly changing his clothes.

"Sometimes there are dreams within dreams."

Leonardo was sitting on the beach drinking a drink, but after saying this, he suddenly woke up from the bed. Then he saw a row of police officers pointing weapons at him, so he woke up from the bed again.

"Although you don't know the meaning of the dream, you know that the deepest secret in your heart is hidden in it. For this reason, you don't even dare to talk in your sleep."

Leonardo walked through the casino, weaving in and out of the crowd, until he saw the huge, shiny vault.

"Yes, that's right, right there..." Leonardo picked up the wine glass and smiled: "Let me guess, what is your secret?"

The next moment, the surrounding scene changed into a psychological consulting room with darkness all around and only one overhead light.

"Awake?" Under the light, Leonardo was a little surprised, but then he stretched out his hand to push down the camera: "Don't worry, the dream has just begun."

In an instant, various scenes change in front of the camera, sometimes in the hospital, sometimes on the battlefield.

Sometimes on a plane, sometimes under the sea.

After the bizarre scene changes, Leonardo snapped his fingers and handed out a note: "Now it's your turn to wake up... Let me guess, is this your secret?"

Then he stood up and put on his hat.

"You asked me about my identity?"

"Forgot to introduce myself, my name is Dom Cobb, and I am a dream stealer."

As soon as he finished speaking, passers-by saw the entire dark room being lifted and moved away by several people, and the scenery in front of them instantly turned into a beach.

"These people are my companions, I will introduce them to you one by one."

Heath Ledger, Ellen Page and other actors flash across the screen.

"You can't remember it even if you know it." Leonardo showed his trademark smile and snapped his fingers again: "Why, because you are still in a dream... But now, wake up."

"Snapped!"

After snapping his fingers, the camera blinked and found that he was sleeping on the chair, with a large wooden table in front of him.

"Wow!"

Then, the camera simulated the lifting of human eyes, and a top appeared in front of everyone, spinning on the table.

But it seemed to have no intention of stopping and kept spinning.

But before everyone could finish watching, the screen went black and the title of the movie appeared.

"This movie looks so cool!" A little boy jumped up after watching it intently and asked his parents: "Has my secret really been stolen?"

"Silly boy, of course not, this is just a movie." His mother rubbed his little head and replied with a gentle smile.

"But I can really dream within a dream. It feels so weird." The little boy muttered a few words and then shouted: "I want to watch this movie!"

"Look, of course." Mother and father looked at each other. They were also very interested in this kind of blockbuster movie.

"We'll go together then."

Not far away, there were couples discussing the film.

"You don't like talking in your sleep at night." The boy complained: "But I often talk in my sleep. This is really unfair."

"Do you think I'm willing to listen? Those sleep talks you make every night are like Africans going hunting. You want me to say that you should go to the hospital."

"Okay, okay, are you interested in this movie?"

"Of course, Leonardo, I have to see it."

"Ask other people, such as your best friend, and we can go watch it together."

"Then call your good brother."

On campus, Mirren and his girlfriend Judy also saw the promotion of the film.

"This cast is really strong, I'm really curious." Just looking at these actors, Mirren felt that he must go and watch it.

"Yeah, I like Heath Ledger, he looks so sunny." Judy nodded and asked curiously: "But why didn't I understand the trailer of this movie? What story is it telling?"

"Well... I don't understand it completely, but I can explain it a little bit." Mirren saw that he finally had something to show and immediately explained: "First of all, this trailer is actually a first-person perspective."

"Then Leonardo has been introducing dreams at the beginning, and we have seen many kinds of dreams with him. To be honest, I think those elements in the picture must be very important, and maybe there are some hints."

"Then it's a dream within a dream, which I think is obviously the most important thing, because we wake up several times. The first time is in the bank, we wake up, and Leonardo pushes us back into the dream."

"Then we woke up again. We thought we really woke up this time, but we found that the scene was actually arranged by their team and it was still fake."

"This is a dream within a dream, it's really magical, but I don't understand why we see a top at the end."

"Yes, and the top didn't stop in the end. What does it mean?" Judy and Mirren were lost in thought.

Of course, after they see the movie, they will naturally understand the meaning.

It didn't take long for the promotional video of "Inception" to sweep across the United States. This short and concise video became the subject of discussion among movie fans across the United States because of various dreams.

There has also been a wave of discussion in online forums, and everyone is curious about what kind of movie this is.

But their doubts can only be solved by waiting for the next movie trailer.

At the same time, Tang De finally participated in his first TV talk show.

"The Oprah Show."

(End of this chapter)