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Chapter 343 Do I Look Like I've Been Taken? (14)

Although Stephen King is a master of horror, he also has excellent works such as "The Shawshank Redemption", "Ghosts", and "The Green Mile", but his works, without exception, have embarrassing box office results!

"The Shawshank Redemption", the production cost was 2500 million US dollars, the box office in North America was 2800 million US dollars, and it was not even released in most parts of the world...

It can be said that it lost both fame and fortune back then. First, it suffered a fiasco at the box office, and then lost to "Forrest Gump" in the Oscar competition!
Then Tom Hanks starred in "The Green Mile". At that time, Hanks was a global superstar, and "Saving Private Ryan" had just been released...

It stands to reason that with his support, "The Green Mile" should be a big box office hit...

But it just doesn't work, "The Green Mile" cost 8000 million US dollars, the North American box office exceeded 2.3 million US dollars, and the global [-] million US dollars...

It can only be said that the blessing of superstars still has an effect, but the effect is limited to this, because the other two movies starring Hanks in the same period, "Cast Away" and "Electronic Love Letter" had a global box office of 4.3 million U.S. dollars and $3.2 million!
Rob Cowan is a die-hard fan of Stephen King, and New Line hoarded a large number of Stephen King’s copyrights. Later, under his leadership, two works by Stephen King, "The Clown" and "The Dark Tower" were established at the same time. , "The Dark Tower" failed miserably at the box office, with an investment of 6000 million in exchange for a global box office of 1.1 million, but "Return of the Clown" shined, with a cost of 3500 million US dollars, it sold 7 million US dollars worldwide!
Stephen King has also returned to the Hollywood vision, and projects such as "Pet Cemetery", "In the Tall Grass", and "Doctor Sleep" have been developed.

In addition, "The Dark Tower" was shot by Sony...

If Rob Cowan didn't lack funds, he wouldn't cooperate with Sony!
This time it hit him...

Rob Cowan was silent for a while, then said 'I'm going to talk to Warner about it. '

……

Almost done.

Shen Changlin immediately asked the driver to take him to Legendary Films, where he wanted to meet Shi Shi.

This is Hollywood, after all, the birthplace of the red sofa—the end of Vanity Fair is a red sofa.

How can there be no unspoken rules in a business that relies on its shape and appearance for the most part?
However, Shi Shi was specially invited by them...

It should be very unlikely that this will happen!
But...accompanying him for a while is also what he should do as a boyfriend.

The role that Shi Shi auditioned for was Lee Brody, the actor's wife, and his role was probably to appear in the opening title, encouraging the actor to find his father, leading to the story...

The following stories are all unfolded from the perspective of the male protagonist!

Typical tool man.

But... this is a monster movie, it doesn't matter who you invite, and the star blessing is just to attract fans!
She has analyzed this role. To put it bluntly, it is still a vase, but it really serves the plot and cannot be deleted at will.

At least there will be no Chinese special edition, and it is not shameful to win it.

After waiting for a long time, Shen Changlin came over, and Shi Shi complained, "Why did you come?"

"...I finished the negotiation and rushed over immediately!"

"Let's go..."

Shen Changlin looked at her. Although his expression was very stable, he could still sense the tension, and comforted him with a smile: "You have to think about your status in the Chinese film circle. The top batch, the Yankees looking for you, is Seeing your popularity, there is nothing to be nervous about..."

"...But my English is very bad!"

"What's the matter, Zhang Ziyi came to Hollywood for the first time, and she can't speak English."

Four people, Shi Shi, Shen Changlin, the translator and Shi Shi's assistant got on the elevator, and then under the guidance of the staff, they arrived at a room. The staff said: "Miss Shi Shi, please come in with me!"

"come on!"

Shen Changlin gestured to her, and then he was about to find a place to rest, when the staff said again: "Mr. Shen, Mr. Thomas Tull is waiting for you..."

"Who?"

"Thomas Tull, the producer of "Godzilla", the president of Legendary Pictures..."

"I know who he is...I mean what does he want me for?"

"...you'll know it when you see him!"

……

Why did Thomas Tur want to meet Shen Changlin?

The reason is simple - I want to find him to invest some money!

Legendary Pictures is a film production company transformed from a Hollywood investment fund, and all of them are big productions.

Because Thomas Tull is a fan of monsters, he likes to make blockbuster movies.

But film investment is not just about liking it. Legendary Pictures certainly has outstanding results. Nolan’s "The Length Man" series, "The Hangover" series, including Zack Snyder's "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" series, all It is a masterpiece of Legendary Pictures, but it also suffered a lot of losses. "Where the Wild Things Are", "Jonah Hux" and "Jack the Giant Hunter" are all huge loss projects!

Otherwise, Thomas Tull wouldn't have sold Legend directly to Wanda.

——Legendary Pictures lost $2014 million and $2015 million in 3.43 and 4.62, respectively!
Wanda spent US$18.8 billion to acquire Legend, why is it reported US$35 billion?
Because of the debt.

But Shen Changlin has no idea about investing in legends...

Unless he buys shares at a low price and then sells them to Wanda in a package, Thomas Tour will definitely not be willing to accept Shen Changlin's request for a low price share...

He felt that Shen Changlin's coming to Los Angeles this time was the same as when Japan was shopping in Hollywood back then...

In the past two years, Chinese capital has begun to rise, Wanda has acquired AMC...

Shen Changlin should have come to Hollywood for the purpose of investigation!
The bad guy has come.

Originally, he planned to entertain Shen Changlin tonight, but when he learned that he accompanied Shi Shi to audition, he decisively asked the staff to invite him over...

First, I talked about my views on the Chinese film market: "The Chinese film market really has no ceiling! It is really unexpected that "Pacific Rim" has a box office of 1.2 million U.S. dollars in China!"

Shen Changlin explained: "Hollywood movies that sell well in China are actually divided into genres. I like science fiction and monster genres. After all, the domestic environment can't make it out for the time being!"

"...Then are you interested in working together to make money?"

"My temporary goal is only "Megalodon"!"

Hearing Shen Changlin's tactful refusal, Thomas Tull suggested: "You can invest in "Godzilla", and we will make a co-production!"

Shen Changlin shook his head: "..."Godzilla" cannot be co-produced by China and the United States. Everyone knows that Godzilla is a Japanese monster. How can we get it to China?" "...We can jointly develop..."

"I agree with this matter in principle, but how to do it specifically, you can discuss it with my assistant..."

Anyway, there is definitely a profit...

"Godzilla" directly made a good start for the Monster Universe, with a global sales of more than [-] million US dollars.

Shen Changlin raised his wrist to look at the time, and then asked, "How long do you usually audition here?"

"About a quarter of an hour..." After a pause, Thomas Tull continued to ask: "Then how much can you invest?"

"If you only give me profits in China, I'll just invest $1500 million..."

(End of this chapter)