Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 193 Hollywood actress, next movie!
The three female stars in front of Xu Yi were Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, and Scarlett Johansson.

Among them is Anne Hathaway, who is 24 years old this year.

Her masterpiece "The Princess Diaries" made her famous in the United States and Europe at the age of 19.

At the peak of his career, his popularity was no less than that of some Hollywood A-list stars.

And in the movies she starred in the past two years - "The Tribulation of Alice" and "Brokeback Mountain", she, who was just in her early 20s, had already begun to try some bolder roles.

More importantly, she had a boyfriend when she filmed these two movies.

That is the famous swindler.

So it can be seen that she is still very motivated.

But her fraud boyfriend hasn't gotten into trouble yet.

She naturally didn't break up.

So Xu Yi didn't want to provoke her.

At least not yet.

Jessica Alba, 25 years old, also has a boyfriend.

In Xu Yi's previous life, she even married this boyfriend and gave birth to three children.

They didn't divorce until 2025.

And Jessica Alba is one of the rare and relatively conservative female stars in Hollywood.

At least not a movie with too much sexual connotations.

Because of this, her development has not been smooth.

However, his business development after marriage is quite good.

Scarlett Johansson, 22 years old this year.

He debuted as a child star and started acting in movies at the age of 10.

I have played many roles over the years, but most of them were small roles.

In Xu Yi's previous life, what impressed him most about her was her good looks and sexy figure.

It's the character of Black Widow, the famous "bathwater" incident and...

"Ladder shock" incident!
There is no need to say much about the bath water incident, everyone knows the legend of Adu.

But this has not happened yet.

Durant hasn't even entered the league yet.

The incident occurred three years ago, at the 2004 Academy Awards ceremony.

Scarlett Johansson, who was less than 20 years old at the time, and Benicio, who was 18 years older than her, couldn't wait to have sex in the hotel elevator.

He was kicked out of the hotel because of this incident.

But years later, Scarlett Johansson denied the incident.

In addition, Scarlett Johansson also has a boyfriend now.

But she changes boyfriends and starts having scandals too quickly.

Marriages and divorces are also happening quickly.

So it's not a big deal.

Besides, Xu Yi didn't lie.

In the Marvel movie series, Black Widow first appeared in "Iron Man 2".

Xu Yi also really hopes that she can play this role.

Other things are just incidental.

After all, how can you get resources if you don’t pay the price?
Of course, these three female stars are not the only ones interested in Xu Yi.

However, the other female stars left on their own initiative after seeing that Xu Yi had no interest in them.

There are also some female celebrities who are interested in Xu Yi.

I feel embarrassed to be too proactive.

As for Zhang Ziyi, Xu Yi promised her to star in "Iron Man 2".

So he sent her away.

So as not to delay him from picking up girls!
Then Xu Yi had a pleasant chat with the three female stars for a while.

He saw Harvey and a middle-aged woman about 40 years old walking towards him together.

"Xu, this is Polly Cohen, Executive Vice President of Warner Bros."

Harvey introduced to Xu Yi.

"Hello, Xu."

Polly Cohen took the initiative to greet.

"Hello, Ms. Cohen."

Xu Yi also greeted.

He knew Ms. Cohen. She was responsible for the Harry Potter series and the previous Superman Returns.

He is considered a powerful figure in Warner Bros.

However, Warner Bros. Pictures is just a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment.

At the same time, Xu Yi also knew very well why Ms. Cohen came to him.

Because the copyright of his next movie is in the hands of Warner Bros. Entertainment.

"Xu, can we talk alone?"

Polly Cohen added.

"Of course!"

Xu Yi nodded.

Then he took out three business cards and handed them to Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, and Scarlett Johansson respectively.

He took out another business card and walked towards a beautiful woman not far behind him.

This beauty had passed by him three times before.

But he always pretended not to see it.

"Hi Natalie, can I call you that?"

Xu Yi said to the beautiful woman.

That’s right, this beauty is the famous Hollywood actress Natalie Portman.

He made his debut at the age of 13 with "Léon: The Professional".

Now at the age of 25, her looks are no longer as stunning as when she first debuted.

But it looks okay.

His acting skills and fame are also pretty good.

It just so happens that Xu Yi’s next movie is lacking a female lead.

Natalie Portman is also very suitable.

"Of course!"

Natalie Portman smiled.

But before she could say anything else, Xu Yi had already handed her his business card.

"I have something to discuss later. If everything goes well, my next movie will be finalized. Then I will invite you to play the leading role in the movie." After saying that, Xu Yi just looked at Natalie Portman.

Natalie Portman was stunned for a moment.

She immediately smiled and took his business card.

Xu Yi also smiled and turned away.

Then he went to a guest room with Harvey and Polly Cohen.

"Xu, it seems you are very popular among those female stars!"

Polly Cohen immediately smiled.

"Ms. Cohen, I only have two hobbies. One is rice knives, and the other is beautiful women, especially beautiful female stars!"

Xu Yi also said with a smile.

"Xu, you are so honest!"

Polly Cohen said again.

But the next moment, his expression immediately became serious.

"Xu, can you tell me why you want to make an independent movie of Joker?"

That’s right, the next movie Xu Yi is planning to shoot is “Joker”!
In Xu Yi's previous life, this was a low-budget restricted-level movie released in 2019 with a cost of only 5000 million US dollars.

In the end, it earned over 10 billion US dollars at the global box office.

Even the box office at that time was much higher than it is now.

But it’s still pretty awesome.

It is also the highest-grossing R-rated film in history.

"I think this role has a lot of room for development, and being a Chinese clown will make it easier for people to accept my Chinese identity."

Xu Yi explained.

Again, no lies.

He wants to win the Oscar for Best Actor with his Chinese identity and face.

The box office can't be too low.

Starring in this "Joker" is indeed a very good choice.

The leading actor of this movie in the previous life won the Oscar for Best Actor for this movie.

But he certainly wouldn't tell Ms. Cohen how much the film would ultimately gross at the box office.

"Do you really want to win the Oscar for Best Actor?"

Polly Cohen was immediately shocked.

She thought that what Xu Yi said at the Oscars was just a joke.

I didn’t expect it to be true!

"if not?"

Xu Yi shrugged.

He then continued, "500 million dollars for the authorization of just one movie. This price is already very sincere!"

The Joker is a comic character from DC Comics and Batman's nemesis. The copyright has always been in the hands of DC Comics.

Xu Yi knew that DC Comics would never sell the copyright of the Joker.

But he only plans to make one "Joker" movie.

This is not only because in the previous life, only the first "Joker" had a huge box office and reputation.

He also proved his acting skills by playing a crazy clown.

It would be enough if I could win an Oscar for Best Actor.

So Xu Yi asked Harvey to contact DC Comics to buy the authorization for a movie.

But DC Comics, like Warner Bros. Pictures, is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment.

The company's operating rights are also in the hands of Warner Bros. Entertainment.

So DC Comics reported the matter to Warner Bros. Entertainment.

This is why Polly Cohen, the vice president of Warner Bros., came to visit today.

"This price is indeed very sincere, but we at Warner Bros. don't need these 500 million dollars!"

Polly Cohen shook her head.

Xu Yi couldn't help feeling helpless.

That's why he is unwilling to deal with these big companies.

Because if you have money you can really do whatever you want!
There was no way he could really offer them a price they couldn't refuse!

However, Polly Cohen obviously did not want to offend Xu Yi.

So he explained: "We have plans to have the Joker appear in Batman 2, so your request really puts us in a difficult position, unless..."

In 2005, Warner Bros. produced a film called Batman Begins, which cost $1.35 million, grossed $3.75 million, and suffered a loss of more than $7000.

But this is just a book loss. Only Warner itself knows how much the actual loss is.

I guess there aren't that many.

So now Warner Bros. has started preparing for the sequel to "Batman Begins".

The Joker, Batman's classic opponent who did not appear in "Batman Begins", naturally has to be arranged as well.

But how could Xu Yi not understand what Ms. Cohen meant?

"Unless I'm willing to cooperate with your Warner Bros., right?"

Xu Yi followed her words.

"That's right!"

Polly Cohen nodded immediately.

At the same time, he looked at Harvey with some curiosity.

The outside world has always believed that Xu Yi was a partner found by Harvey.

The relationship between the two is centered around Harvey.

But judging from the current situation, this does not seem to be the case.

But these have nothing to do with her or Warner Bros.

She and Warner Bros. were only impressed by Xu Yi's directing skills.

"Xu, you've worked with Warner Music before. Although Warner Music had already separated and operated independently at that time, we were once one company after all. So you should know that we are still very generous to our partners!"

Polly Cohen added.

Warner Music was once a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, but became independent in 2003.

That was just before Xu Yi approached Warner Records to release his album.

But it's okay to just listen to this kind of words. Only Xu Yi would be stupid to actually believe it.

You should know that "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", which will be released this year, will have a global box office of nearly 10 billion US dollars.

In order to avoid sharing the profits, the company ended up with a loss of more than 1 million US dollars on the books.

Although this has not happened yet.

But if others don’t know, how could Xu Yi not know!
(End of this chapter)