Reborn Hollywood Ladies

Chapter 147 Witch's Waterloo?

Laila knew that her grandfather was pointing at her, and the words he said probably would flood her like a tide after word spread of her taking over the directorship.

You can tell by the wave of attacks and contempt she received when she shot the Grim Reaper. Although there are many people who like her, there are also many people who look down on her.There is a saying, "If you can't eat grapes, say the grapes are sour", which shows that jealousy is terrible.Those who are jealous of her achievements can't wait to see her fall headlong in the mud and can't get up. They don't need to guess what kind of comments will belittle her actions this time.

But then what?

Does a person who wants to climb to the top still care about how many potholes there are on the steps on the mountain road?As long as she is successful, all the bashing and slurs will be a joke, and she just has to be the one with the last laugh.

So she still said: "I will not fail!"

"It's better like this!" The old man snorted, but the corners of his mouth lowered his head and ate dinner quietly.What if the children of the Moran family don't even have this confidence?
The old man doesn't understand movies, but he understands business.

In fact, there are many things in common between directors running movies and businessmen running businesses, that is, neither of them can guarantee [-]% that their efforts will get good returns.No matter how well the movie is shot, the audience may not buy it, and no matter how beautiful the product is, it may not be sold well.

But if you don't make that choice because you are afraid of failure, then you are not avoiding failure, but losing a possibility of success!

Whether it's a director or a businessman, if he doesn't even have the courage and self-confidence to attack, the only thing waiting for him is destruction.

The next day, Louise signed a contract with Chen Long's people on behalf of Laila.The remuneration is set at 500 million US dollars, but the money will not be given directly to Leila, but will be added to the film as an investment in the film with another 500 million.

This is a result that filmmakers and producers are willing to see. In Hollywood, in order to minimize the risk, a movie with a cost of tens of millions of dollars is usually shared by several or even dozens of investors.Maybe the benefit you get when you settle the income will also be reduced, but earning a little less is better than losing everything, isn't it?

After the contract was signed, the cooperating investor immediately released the news that Leila would take over the directorship.

You must know that Leila is now synonymous with entertainment headlines in Hollywood and the United States, as long as she appears on the entertainment page, she is basically in the headlines.And as long as it is news related to her, it is also the most concerned by the media, because readers like it.

Whether a movie is good or not is not the most important thing, what matters is whether anyone knows about it and whether anyone pays attention to it.Why does Leila have to use some special methods to make the audience and movie fans pay attention to her movie before every movie screening?It's because those attentions can turn into box office.

Naturally, Chen Long and New Line Movies would not let go of such an opportunity to hype.Originally, the upsurge of betting between Lila and Cooper had not completely dissipated, and they just took advantage of the remaining "east wind" to gain attention.

Naturally, Laila wouldn't mind this. While the other party was using her to increase his reputation, why wasn't she also using him to increase his reputation?
The fourth work of a genius director!A kung fu movie featuring Orientals! A big production with a cost of 3500 million!No matter which point is equally attractive to others.Well, 3500 million may not be called a big production, but if you think about the cost of the films that Leila has filmed, you should understand that for her, this is already a very "big" big production!

So just like the old man said, when she took over the film the next day, the overwhelming comments from the media also followed.And except for the media supported by Moran's family who applauded and supported her in unison, no one was optimistic about her decision.

"The Witch's Waterloo?"

"Kung fu we only know Bruce Lee, who is Jackie Chan?"

"That's not a movie, that's just a $3500 million toy for the little director."

Among the various media, the analysis of the New York Post is the most eye-catching.

They took advantage of everyone's strengths and listed several reasons why they were not optimistic about Leila's filming.

First, the film has a budget of 3500 million.

Leila was only 19 years old.It's okay for her to spend millions of dollars to make a horror film with no technical content. If she really spends so much money, does she know where to use it?

It's like a beggar who just picked up [-] million dollars. Does he know where to use the [-] million dollars?buy food?buying clothes?buy house?How much money will that cost?In the end, he just took the remaining money and didn't know what to do.

Laila is also facing the same situation. She has never made a "big production", even if tens of millions are sent to her, does she know how to spend the money?Even if she really spends it, can the money really turn into good effects to make the movie a success?

Second, a movie with an oriental as the main character and a black man as the second main character.

Racial discrimination or something is generally not spoken out in the United States.But in fact it actually exists.The first black actor was Sidney Berthier who won this honor with "Lily of the Field" in 1963.

The second after that...

Unfortunately, no more!
More than 30 years later, Sidney is still the only black actor in Hollywood history.

What does this mean?Representing black people as one of the protagonists is not going to end well at all!Not only that, the other leading actor is actually an oriental!

That's right, Hollywood once welcomed Bruce Lee very much, and even more highly praised his kung fu.But there is only one Bruce Lee, Chen Long?Who is that?
A few years ago, there seemed to be such a person in the Red Fan District, but did he really use kung fu?Doesn't look like a badass at all, okay?How can a fight that is not powerful be considered kung fu?Let's learn from Bruce Lee, that's the way Americans like to fight!

Third, the type of movie.

Horror movies and kung fu movies are completely different genres.It's like asking a person who makes a fresh literary film to make a funny shit, can he make people laugh?It's not like finding two random people, you kick me, I punch you, and you can make a kung fu movie.

And as we all know, not long ago, Laila was a little girl who had been sick for more than ten years, not to mention knowing kung fu personally, maybe she hasn't even watched a few kung fu movies, right?How could she make such a movie when she didn't understand anything?

Do you really think that after making two low-budget horror films, you can coax fans into buying movie tickets, and with a good box office, you can make other types of movies?

Again!She is only 19 years old!

(End of this chapter)