Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 170 You may make a small profit, but I will definitely make more!
"Bruce!"

Leonardo raised his fist in dissatisfaction and hit Gu Bei's shoulder, "I'm no longer Jack in the Titanic!"

"I know that. You performed very well in Blood Diamond and The Aviator."

Gu Bei hid,
Entering the 21st century, Leonardo DiCaprio has been trained by two great directors, Spielberg and Martin. He has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor twice and also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for "The Aviator".

To say that he has bad acting skills is a bit too false.

However, Gu Bei gave his own reasons: "But you have to understand that the performances in the silent film era and now are two completely different paths.

Today's performances, in addition to actors, also combine lines, sounds and modern film camera language. All these things put together constitute a set of shots.

But in the silent film era, the only thing you could use was your limbs.
It strips away all the other elements and gets back to the basics of cinema.”

Leonardo listened to Gu Bei's words and slowly frowned.

He played the Aviator.

The prototype of that movie is the characters of the same period in the artist's film,
At the same time, he has recently watched some classic silent films, such as masters like Chaplin, and superstars like Douglas and John.

Their exaggerated body language,

It's completely different from my current performance.

"what!"

Leonardo tried his hand at Chaplin's style.
Use exaggerated hugging movements to be funny.

"I can't use sound assistance, and here..."

Gu Bei nodded at Leonardo's furrowed brow and said, "Don't use these micro-expressions in silent film scenes.
This is an acting technique that originated in the New Hollywood era.

Exaggeration, extreme exaggeration!"

finished,

Gu Bei showed it to Leonardo.
He opened his hands, as if to warmly embrace the audience.
Without the combination of sound and micro-expressions, the simple movements have a Chaplin-like sense of comedy.

"Bruce, I think you can develop as an actor."

Leonardo was amazed when he saw Gu Bei's performance.

Subsequently,

It suddenly dawned on him,

Compared to simply reading the script, after talking with Gu Bei,

He has a deeper understanding of the final effect of the film.

This is a project not to be missed!
Leonardo thought,

I used Gu Beigang's silent film acting skills throughout the silent film tribute clips in the movie.

Add to that the modern acting clips that I have already mastered.

His role,
will become the carrier of the conflict of the times,
The character's rise and fall mesh perfectly with the transformations of film history.

He is the era. This kind of emotional conflict has a huge impact on those working in the film industry!
"Bruce, I don't have any work plans for the rest of the year!"

Leonardo said enthusiastically, telling Gu Bei that he could devote himself to preparing for the role.

"Lei..."

Gu Bei still wanted to pull it.

"I can reduce my pay!"

Leonardo directly used his ultimate move.

"Cheers!"

Gu Bei touched Leonardo's empty cup.

I drank the remaining half cup of vegetable juice in one gulp.

Inexplicably, it doesn’t feel so bad to drink anymore!

Artists apart from Leonardo's salary,
The budget itself is only a little over 10 million US dollars.
Leonardo's normal salary is as high as 2000 million US dollars + 20% of the box office share.
Originally, Leonardo was bound to reduce his salary, but how much it would be reduced would depend on the negotiation between the producer and his agent.
but,

Now Leonardo has taken the initiative to offer to reduce his salary.
Why not give me a bargain price?

I feel sorry for Leonardo's conflicted expression.

"Cheers!"

Leonardo shook his head helplessly.

But he didn't feel that he was at a loss, as the fixed salary could be reduced to a small amount.

But he can still earn a little from the box office share,
Given his box office appeal, this is not a small amount of money.

have to be aware of is,
Leonardo's 20% box office share is 20% of the box office share received by the distributor.

If the artist sells $5000 million in North America, the distributor will get a share of the box office revenue of about $20 million based on long-term screenings, and Leonardo will get 1000% of it, which is $ million.

The remaining $4000 million, after deducting the distributor's share, union members' share, and production costs, is the profit of the independent production company.

If there is a box office dividend, it will be divided from the profits.

The famous Harry Potter loss was caused by increasing the distributor's share to an unprecedented 30% and then increasing the production costs.

The movie, which ultimately grossed $8 million worldwide, ended up losing money!

Gu Bei also didn't mind Leonardo taking a share of the box office.
From the moment he joined the artist,
Artists have already started to make money.

The higher the box office, the smaller the profit Leonardo may make, but Gu Bei will definitely make more than him!
"Goodbye, Leonardo. I hope that next time I see you, you'll feel like a silent movie star!"

"Don't worry, director!"

Gu Bei and Leonardo hugged and said goodbye in the parking lot.
The remaining specific salary will be discussed between Michael and his CAA agent.
Gu Bei was too lazy to get involved.

The CAA agent thought this was the 90s.

He actually wanted to package the artist project, but was directly rebuked by Gu Bei.

I have found the Hollywood stars, the director of photography, the producer, and I am the director.
What can CAA package for him?
Gu Bei drove home alone.

As for Liu Yifei,
There are other activities with Bara.

"Crack!"

Gu Bei seemed to have some feelings.
He turned around and saw a paparazzi holding a camera in the grass not far away.

Really dedicated!

It took Gu Bei and his three companions several hours to get in and out.
I don't know how long this paparazzi has been squatting here.
Only Leonardo can make the paparazzi so crazy.

……

Weinstein Co.

Harvey Weinstein walked in from outside,

The secretary at the door immediately stood up nervously: "Mr. Weinstein, today's newspaper has been prepared for you and is on your desk."

"What news should I pay attention to today?"

Harvey glanced at her, his sturdy body giving people an oppressive feeling like a bear.

"Leonardo has a new project, collaborating with this year's Palme d'Or director," the secretary quickly replied, pulling out the report. "And it's a silent film."

"silent?"

Harvey picked up the newspaper and read it.
Sure enough, I saw Gu Bei and Leonardo hugging each other goodbye, and there was also Michael's portrait. It was he who found the right opportunity to spread this news.

He immediately smiled: "This is going to impact the Oscars!"

Their key project next year will be "The Reader".

The main theme of the film, like the artist, is a sense of historical weight, which is highly consistent with the aesthetic tendencies of the Oscar judges.

(End of this chapter)