The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 526 Opportunity to cooperate with Tom Cruise

August left in a hurry, and September came quickly.

On September 1937, [-], "[-]" began to be released in beautiful countries and various European countries.

Warner secured a medium-sized release scale for "1937", and the film opened in [-] theaters in the United States during its premiere.

However, just as Lee Sheng-yew predicted, relying on one shot and the gimmick of the Cannes Palme d'Or, "1937" can attract some movie lovers to watch.

But the vast majority of ordinary people have little interest in "1937".

Under such circumstances, the box office of "1937" on its opening day was not high, only 260 million US dollars.

The situation in various European countries is similar. "1937" has good word-of-mouth ratings, but due to restrictions on the subject matter, the number of moviegoers is limited.

In the first three days, it received a box office of 800 million US dollars in the beautiful country. Forecasting agencies believe that the total box office of "1937" in the beautiful country will be around 2000 million US dollars.

As for Europe, it is similar to beautiful countries.

This result is obviously far inferior to the "Taken" series of movies.

However, Lee Sheng-yew was prepared and was not discouraged. He did not take to heart the negative voices from the outside world.

At ten o'clock in the morning on September [-]th, the sky was dark in Yanjing, and the wind from the north quietly passed through the city, making it cool.

The yellow leaves flew down, making a clattering sound.

In Li Shengyao's big house, he saw Toby Emmerich.

"Lee, it's nice to see you again. You are still as young as ever."

Toby is much older than the last time we met. He didn't have a beard before, but today he has a beard.

He originally had a Chinese character face, but now he looked a little more serious.

In fact, he has been promoted recently and his demeanor is completely different.

Toby has been elected as the vice president of Warner Pictures. He is only one step away from the top.

If he wants to take this step, he must achieve results. This time he approached Li Shengyao to actively seek opportunities.

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "Toby, you and I are good friends, so there is no need to be so polite."

The two then sat down and chatted for a while about their respective recent situations and what was happening in the film and television circles of various countries.

Toby then stated the reason for his visit. He hoped that Li Shengyao would start "The Hangover 2" as soon as possible.

Long before "1937" was launched, Lee Sheng-yew had decided to produce "The Hangover 23" with Warner, with Warner responsible for distribution and Fenghua responsible for production.

However, Lee Sheng-yew was too busy. He did not arrange for anyone to go abroad, so "The Hangover 23" naturally did not start filming.

When Li Shengyao heard Toby's words, he saw the eager look on his face and replied with a smile: "No problem, I will arrange for the film crew to go there as soon as possible and then contact the main actors."

The two movies of "The Hangover 23" can also bring in nearly $[-] million at the box office.

There is no need not to make this money.

Toby heard Li Shengyao's words and breathed a long sigh of relief. Then he picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp. He felt that he drank it very happily.

"Lee, you are my lucky angel."

Li Shengyao curled his lips and did not answer.

Toby continued: "Now that this matter has been resolved, let us discuss the second matter.

Lee, on behalf of Warner Pictures, I formally invite you to Hollywood to direct a major production. "

Li Shengyao shook his head when he heard this, "Man, I have no intention of leaving China now."

"Lee, this time is different."

Li Shengyao waved his hand and signaled Toby Emmerich to continue. "Lee, you have proven your talent. Both "Sicario" and "1937" are very good. If you put these two stories in the beautiful country, you will definitely get a high box office, especially " "1937", if you put it on the European battlefield, maybe you can win an Oscar.

And this time it’s really a big production. Warner has bought the rights to the island country’s “Killing Samsara”. We will produce the beautiful country’s “Killing Round” with an estimated investment of US$[-] billion.

With a cost of US$[-] billion, such a large-scale production is rare. "

Upon hearing this, Lee Sheng Yew immediately knew what movie Toby was talking about, which was the constantly rebooted "Edge of Tomorrow".

The male lead of this movie is still Tom Cruise.

To be fair, the movie is actually pretty good and a very interesting movie.

Toby saw that Li Shengyao didn't even react when he heard about US$[-] billion, and he admired him in his heart.

I feel that Li Shengyao is calm and calm.

"Lee, we have made a decision to invite Tom Cruise to play the leading role. We have contacted Tom Cruise. He thinks you are excellent and is willing to cooperate with your work. Lee, Tom Cruise is waiting for you. .”

Lee Sing-yew doesn't have a fan filter for Tom Cruise. He doesn't think there's anything special about directing Tom Cruise.

And Tom Cruise is not an ordinary person. If this big brother is not satisfied, he will really change the director.

Toby saw the surprise in Li Shengyao's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a calm look.

He gritted his teeth and planned to release another big bomb.

"Lee, as long as you are willing to direct this movie, Warner will give you a director's salary of US$1000 million."

The top actors in Hollywood are paid extremely high salaries.

The vast majority of directors in Hollywood are not paid as much as actors.

The average director's salary is between 20 and 50 US dollars, while the blockbuster director's salary is generally between 70 and 150 million US dollars.

And these are ordinary directors.

Big bosses like Nolan and Peter Jackson not only have a base salary of 2000 million US dollars, but also receive a share of the box office. Their salaries are higher than those of Hollywood's top celebrities.

Although Lee Sung-Yew has high-grossing movies like "The Hangover" and "Taken", his number of films is too small to prove that he can direct big-budget projects.

The director's salary of US$1000 million is actually quite high.

Li Shengyao frowned slightly, but did not answer.

Seeing this, Toby couldn't help but said: "Li, the director's salary is US$1000 million. Many Chinese movies make less than US$1000 million in profit.

And this is just the beginning. If you seize this opportunity, you can get 2000 million U.S. dollars in the future, or even get a share. A movie can earn 3000 million to 4000 million U.S. dollars.

This is almost impossible to happen in China.

When the time comes, all the actresses will want to show their favor to you, and you will become a popular director like Nolan or Quentin.

Do you really not care? "

Li Shengyao thought for a moment, then smiled and said: "Toby, I have not completely rejected Hollywood. If there is a subject that interests me, I am willing to work in Hollywood, but now I have not encountered enough interesting movies.

"Killing Circle" is good, but not interesting enough. "

"The Killings" keeps getting rebooted, with some new themes, but not enough to make Lee Sheng-yao's heart flutter.

When Toby Emmerich heard this, he rolled his eyes and said, "Lee, these are your words. Don't regret it. If there are interesting enough projects, you must go to Hollywood."

"Of course, if I encounter a subject I like, I am willing to go to Hollywood to see it."

The script for "Parasite" has been written, and he will seriously produce the movie next.

As for the invitation from Hollywood, we’ll talk about it later.

(End of this chapter)