How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 579 Twins? [The Wolf of Wall Street] and [The Great Gatsby]

That night.

A high-end club on Hollywood Boulevard.

Zhang Nanduan sat opposite Xiao Lizi, took a cup of coffee and took a sip, and said: "Xiao Lizi, we have known each other for so many years, we are our own people, so we have something to talk about. My wife is pregnant with a child again, and we will soon." I’ve given birth and I have to go back quickly to accompany the birth.”

There was a bit of impatience in his tone, not because of DiCaprio, but because some media reporters who had just attended "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" made Zhang Nan feel numb.

In fact, Zhang Nan had already expected that given the nature of Hollywood paparazzi, if he suddenly announced that he was quitting the popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, he would definitely be bitten by those paparazzi who only care about news.

So I specially prepared the words in advance. The reason why I left the [Pirates of the Caribbean] series was that I had too many projects.

[Transformers], [Armageddon], [The Legend of Sauron], [Voldemort], [Jurassic World], [Avatar], [006]...wait, wait, these are just starring movies and guest appearances. There are even more projects, and I am simply too busy.

In addition, the giant Disney Pictures is here, so it should be able to handle it.

Unexpectedly, the car almost overturned.

Xiao Lizi, who was sitting opposite Zhang Nan, listened to the words about his wife and children in Zhang Nan's slightly impatient tone. His already envious mood became even more envious.

Without it.

Recalling that when the two first met, Zhang Nan was just a fledgling person in Hollywood relying on the "Beijing Martial Arts School". Most of the time, he made a living by making guest appearances in various blockbusters.

The two met because of the filming of "Titanic".

At that time, he was the leading actor and Zhang Nan was just a supporting actor.

After that, he became the leading actor in "Titanic" with a global box office of 18 billion US dollars, and became famous all over the world.

In terms of starting point alone, Leonardo DiCaprio was far better than Zhang Nan at the beginning.

But after so many years, he was trapped in the field of art films by the Oscar-winning actor, while Zhang Nan is killing everyone in commercial films.

Global box office of one billion U.S. dollars, two billion U.S. dollars, three billion U.S. dollars... constantly refreshing the box office rankings in global film history.

Even... Zhang Nan already had one of the Oscar statuettes he had been dreaming of.

It can be said that after so many years, compared with Zhang Nan's dual pride in love and work, he looks very crotchless.

"Then I won't go on too much, Zhang. I'm inviting you here this time mainly because I want you to guest star in some projects." Xiao Lizi took a deep breath and stated his purpose.

Zhang Nan was a little surprised when he heard this, and then thought about it for a while.

What projects did DiCaprio star in in 2013?

Then two answers came immediately - [The Great Gatsby] and [The Wolf of Wall Street].

The former has a global box office of US$3.53 million, and the latter has a global box office of US$4.06 million, both of which can be said to be quite good.

Because of the subject matter of these two films, although they cannot be said to be purely literary films, they have a bit of a cool literary feel to them, but the scale is a bit too big, and the audience for watching the films is restricted.

Under such circumstances, it can still get a global box office of 300 to 400 million US dollars. It can only be said that the quality of the film is indeed passable, and DiCaprio's box office appeal is indeed strong. It has not faded much after so many years.

"I have to read the script first." Zhang Nan made the condition. Xiao Lizi immediately signaled to the agent outside the door, and his agent immediately handed the two folders respectfully to Zhang Nan's table, and then slowly backed away.

Zhang Nan didn't notice anyone else, and gave Xiao Lizi a wink to express that he wanted to read the script.

Xiao Lizi was originally asking for help, so when he saw this, he raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation. He silently waited for Zhang Nan to finish reading the script.

However, Zhang Nan didn't keep Xiao Lizi waiting for too long, he quickly finished the script.

Because these two scripts are the two projects that Zhang Nan had in mind before - "The Wolf of Wall Street" and "The Great Gatsby".

"Both of these two scripts are quite good, half literary and half cool. They have both commercial attributes and the ability to win awards." Zhang Nan concluded.

Xiao Lizi on the side almost stared out of his eyes when he saw Zhang Nan finished reading the script so quickly and summed up the conclusion. He said: "Zhang, have you seen this project? Otherwise, how could you finish it so quickly?" .”

Obviously, Xiao Lizi was a little shocked by Zhang Nan's script browsing speed and reading quality.

"How is that possible? After so many years, you should know me. I have always been deeply involved in the field of purely commercial films. For projects with the nature of literary films, I have never watched them. At most, I want to help friends. , I'm going to make a cameo." Zhang Nan naturally couldn't say that I had even watched the finished film, and he was just pretending to read the script, but he pretended to be a king.

Little Plum is numb.

Not only for Zhang Nan's pretentiousness and ability, but also for Zhang Nan's disdainful attitude towards literary films.

"Then..." Xiao Lizi wanted to say something.

But Zhang Nan raised his hand to interrupt and said: "I can only choose one of the two projects to participate in."

"Why?" Xiao Lizi expressed confusion.

Zhang Nan gave the answer: "I have two children due to be born in January, and I have to spend time with my wife, so I really can't get away."

This reason is very strong, and Xiao Lizi can't say anything. He can only say: "Twins, congratulations."

"That's not true, one child has one mother." Zhang Nan corrected Xiao Lizi's wrong guess.

Xiao Lizi, who was corrected, tilted his head and was stunned. He didn't react for a short time, and then he suddenly realized the logic and gave Zhang Nan a thumbs up, "Zhang, you are the one!"

Zhang Nan raised his hand and pressed it in the air. The movement was very modest, but the meaning expressed was very pretentious. Then Zhang Nan changed the topic to the project and continued: "Of these two projects, I am more optimistic about this one - —”

Zhang Nan clicked on the script of "The Wolf of Wall Street" with her hand.

The reason why I am optimistic about "The Wolf of Wall Street" is simple. Compared with "The Great Gatsby", "The Wolf of Wall Street" has a higher box office and has won better Oscar awards.

"The Great Gatsby" only won two marginal Oscar awards - Best Costume and Art Direction, but "The Wolf of Wall Street" was nominated for Oscars for Best Actor and Best Director, although in the end None of them won.

However, the gold content of nominations for popular awards is higher than the gold content of winning for marginal awards.

Moreover, Zhang Nan felt that if she starred in "The Wolf of Wall Street", considering that she has not made an appearance at the Oscars for many years, and that the entire "The Wolf of Wall Street" did not win another award, she might be able to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Got it.

(End of this chapter)