Actor: My Entertainment Era

You can't be unscrupulous when you fly abroad, who knows if there are any reporters hiding in the dark.

The poor two had to separate when they arrived in the United States, and lived in two hotels in Beverly Hills.

Zhang Yuanjun went to the office building of the studio to have a meeting with Eddie without losing jet lag.

Z Studio is the most typical type of independent production start-up companies in Hollywood. It is established with personal investment and run by professional managers. It shoots or invests in some small projects ranging from 500 million to [-] million US dollars, hoping that one day it will be successful. Once a hot item takes off, it will be spotted by Wall Street, financed and listed, or sold to a top Hollywood player at the peak of its valuation, cashed out and left.

This is what Zhang Yuanjun came up with. He never thought that he could become bigger and stronger in Hollywood.

The United States will not allow Chinese to own a large film company in Hollywood.

Zhang Yuanjun came to the United States this time to talk about the project. "Buried Alive" has leveraged a global box office of 300 million US dollars at a cost of 7000 million US dollars. The independent film industry has caused quite a stir.

Director Rodrigo Cortez was a short film director before, and because of "Buried Alive", he has successfully entered Hollywood. In the past six months, he has been approached by many film appointments, and he has made it through.

Hollywood is never short of dreamers, whether they are actors, screenwriters or directors.

The director Zhang Yuanjun and Eddie are going to meet today is from South Africa, named Neil Blomkamp.

His experience is very similar to that of Rodrigo Cortez, but the treatment is much better than that of Cortez.

Neill Blomkamp also worked as a deputy on various crews in his early years and made many short films. He hopes to get the opportunity to direct a feature film one day.

He was luckier than Cortez in that he met New Zealand fat man Peter Jackson.

Peter Jackson was very optimistic about him and invested in him to make short films to practice his skills. He also promised to help him win opportunities for feature films.

The opportunity appeared last year, when Peter Jackson won him a chance to direct a blockbuster movie - the movie version of the X-Box game masterpiece "Halo".

But before the master and apprentice opened the champagne, the movie was put on hold due to the interests of the company!
Neil Blomkamp's feature film dreams were shattered.

At this time, "Buried Alive" was released, and Rodrigo Cortez succeeded.

This made Neil Blomkamp see an opportunity, and Peter Jackson encouraged him to try it.

It is better to take the initiative to attack than to sit still.

So here he is.

I came with all my previous short videos and work resumes.

Zhang Yuanjun and Eddie watched all three short films he had made before in the conference room. The director is playing science fiction.

Eddie was a little flinched. Science fiction films cost money, and the company was so small that they couldn't afford it.

But Zhang Yuanjun was thinking: "I like the "Alien in Johannesburg" you filmed in 05 very much."

"Thank you."

Zhang Yuanjun also said: "But sci-fi films have a relatively large investment, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to help you."

"No, Zhang," Neil had expected him to say before he arrived, "I can use as few special effects shots as possible for Alien, and I can actually shoot it.

"And there are many public special effects models in Hollywood, and it doesn't cost much to use these special effects lenses. Moreover, if this short film is to be expanded into a feature film, Peter and Weta Digital will definitely participate, and he will give me a good price."

Zhang Yuanjun didn't believe such words at all, and asked him instead, "How much can Peter pay?"

Neil was speechless. Peter Jackson asked him to come to Zhang Yuanjun because he didn't want to pay and wanted to earn a good reputation for supporting younger generations.

Zhang Yuanjun said: "I can promise you to invest, but due to the company's risk considerations, I can't cover everything, I hope you can understand.

"Besides, you only have one short film now. Even if I want to invest, I can't convince other people in the company. I need to see your script."

Neil saw the turn of events and patted his chest and promised: "I will definitely bring the script to you in a month at most."

"Hopefully you'll bring in another investment in a month's time."

"I'll try my best to convince Peter." Neil also understood that if Peter Jackson didn't pay, it would be hard for the young oriental man to believe him.

After sending Neil away, Eddie advised Zhang Yuanjun to be cautious. He hoped that the company could stick to making low-cost horror films, making one for 500 million, and selling DVDs and copyrights could make money back. He did not advocate investing in science fiction films, although Neil said He will try to control costs.

Zhang Yuanjun said: "Eddie, I know your worries, but we have already become famous through "Buried Alive", and we should expand our scale at this time. Eddie, what else do we have to meet this afternoon?"

"In the afternoon, Wayne Levine from Lionsgate Films will come to the company to discuss investment."

"Okay." This was settled early in the morning.

After Z Studio became popular, many venture capital institutions wanted to invest in it. Of course, Zhang Yuanjun agreed. This is not the reason why he started the company.

But I also know that as a small company, with only one popular movie, the investment it can attract will not be very large.

Zhang Yuanjun returned to Liu Yifei's hotel at noon and had lunch with her in the room.

"What have you been doing all morning?"

"It's nothing, I slept until more than 11."

After chatting for a few words, Zhang Yuanjun became a little sleepy and lay on Liu Yifei's bed to take a nap.

"Don't sleep, get up and talk to me."

"I'm going to the company when I'm jet-lagged, and I have to hold an investment meeting when I go down, so just let me sleep for a while, just for a while." Zhang Yuanjun just couldn't get up.

Liu Yifei sat on the side, chatting some gossip while Zhang Yuanjun was still awake.

But as soon as she said that she had booked a table for the two of them to have dinner at night, she heard her boyfriend panting and fell asleep.

"I hate it." Liu Yifei said to herself, "Sleeping like a dead pig."

Liu Yifei looked at Zhang Yuanjun lying on the bed in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

After a while she took a book and read it without disturbing Zhang Yuanjun's sleep.

Two hours later, Liu Yifei woke up Zhang Yuanjun.

But Zhang Yuanjun was jet-lagged and angry about getting up, and he didn't want to get up.

"Didn't you say that the investment meeting will be held in the afternoon? What time is it?"

"Let me squint for a while longer." Zhang Yuanjun closed his eyes.

"Stay squinting, or you'll be late." Liu Yifei pushed him beside the bed.

Zhang Yuanjun took Liu Yifei's hand and pulled her down into his arms: "Stay with me for a while longer."

"Oh, don't take the opportunity to take advantage of me." Liu Yifei laughed, "Get up soon!"

"Kiss me." Zhang Yuanjun acted coquettishly on me.

Mua, Liu Yifei kissed Zhang Yuanjun on the face: "Okay, get up quickly."

"No, I want it here too." Zhang Yuanjun turned his face.

Liu Yifei kissed again: "Both sides have kissed, you can get up this time."

"I want it here too." Zhang Yuanjun pouted.

Liu Yifei covered Zhang Yuanjun's mouth and nose: "I asked you to do it. It takes so much effort to get out of bed."

Zhang Yuanjun regained his energy, turned over, broke free from Liu Yifei, and pinned her under him.

Liu Yifei's face was flushed from playing, and she looked at Zhang Yuanjun.

Zhang Yuanjun kissed Liu Yifei, turned over and said, "I still have work to do in the afternoon."

Liu Yifei blew into her boyfriend's ear: "Are you thinking something special?"

"So don't recruit me, a man can do anything when he gets angry." Zhang Yuanjun knew that Liu Yifei was not mentally prepared, "Okay, I'll go to a meeting, and I'll accompany you to dinner tonight." (End of this chapter)