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Chapter 659: The Secret of the Starry Sky and the Life-threatening Little Leo [Two in One]

When he met Leonardo again, even though Sun Yi had prepared himself mentally in advance and knew that he would change drastically for the role of Ron, he was still stunned by his current appearance.

Is this still the same Leonardo Dicaprio who was once so elegant, was once synonymous with male god, and charmed thousands of girls?
The man in front of him looked quite haggard. His originally strong physique had become extremely thin and his face was pale. His previously thick blond hair had become thinner and dull, and his facial features became more prominent. Anyone who saw him would have known that he was in the late stages of an illness.

Only his eyes are clear, always releasing his unique pride.

"Ahaha, my friend, I finally waited for you to come to the United States again. Please forgive me for not going to the airport to pick you up. However, you should also know that I look a little scary now. I don't want to be photographed by those paparazzi. Then, the next day, the whole United States was talking about it. "

"Oh look, our bad boy Leonardo is back again, this time it's not about women, it's about drugs and pills"

"I've had enough of them. Oh, by the way, how was the trip, you two? Did everything go smoothly?"

Leonardo first gave Sun Yi and Liu Yifei a warm hug, and then, like a rooster, with his neck raised and one hand on his waist, he started chatting with the two of them.

Liu Yifei was a little surprised when she saw it.

How come after not seeing him for a few months, not only has his appearance changed, but even his personality has changed?

You know, she had worked with Leonardo on "Inception", and the contact on the crew during that period made her quite familiar with Leo.

This top Hollywood male star, although he behaves like a playboy in his daily life, can definitely be described as a playboy without a scumbag. He is usually well-mannered in his daily conversation. After knowing that she is already taken, he has always been polite. Even when he makes some harmless jokes, he is very careful about the limits and is a very gentleman.

But the man in front of me doesn't look like a gentleman at all. He looks more like a country egomaniac.

Liu Yifei was very puzzled, but she reacted the next second.

Isn’t this the character in the script?

She had read the script of "Dallas Buyers Club". The protagonist Ron in the story was a proud, arrogant, and even somewhat paranoid cowboy before he became ill.

Liu Yifei raised her eyes to look at Sun Yi, seeking confirmation with her gaze. The latter understood what she meant and nodded slightly at her.

Now, Liu Yifei was even more shocked.

Now she understood why Leonardo was able to join the Hollywood "2000 million dollar club". Being handsome is only the most basic requirement, and his seriousness and persistence in acting are probably the real reason for his success.

Sun Yi is also very satisfied with Leonardo's condition.

Just look at him with the director's eyes.

There is no need to say that the appearance is in line with the image of the male protagonist in his mind, and even exceeds it.

Now even small body movements and habits have been integrated into our daily lives.

For example, at this moment, Leo is standing with one foot in front and the other behind, his back is straight, his hands are either in the pockets of his jeans or on his waist, and when talking about key topics, he will dance excitedly.

"Leon, very good, you are now the Ron Woodruff in my mind. Choosing you is my wisest decision."

Sun Yi patted Leonardo on the shoulder and said with some admiration.

Unexpectedly, such a simple compliment actually moved Leonardo so much that he almost lost his status as a top Hollywood actor.

God knows what he paid for this role.

In less than sixty days, he lost a full 52 pounds, which is about 46 kilograms. In other words, he lost about 0.75 kilograms per day on average.

Anyone who has worked out should know how difficult it is to lose so much weight in such a short period of time.

You have to know that the human body will not allow you to keep losing weight. Every time you lose weight, you will reach a bottleneck and you will not be able to lose any more weight.

To put it in detail, every time you lose about 5-10 pounds, your body will automatically enter a state of dynamic balance, keeping your weight stable.

This is the body's automatic protection mechanism.

At this time, if you want to lose weight again, you need to exercise several times more than before, or even go without food.

In order to lose weight, Leonardo not only stopped eating, but even stayed up all night. His family doctor issued him several health warning notices.

They even threatened to resign to force him to stop this behavior that seriously damaged his health.

Looking at his current condition, he doesn't even need to go to the hospital for a check-up. One can tell with the naked eye that all of his health indicators are definitely below the passing line.

"Leon, I will do my best to make your efforts rewarded."

After meeting Leonardo, Sun Yi immediately took Liu Yifei back to the North American Starry Sky company headquarters.

He originally planned to rest for a day or two, adjust to the jet lag, and then get back to work.

But seeing how dedicated Leonardo was, no matter how thick-skinned Sun Yi was, he felt embarrassed to take a break.

This guy is almost risking his life for the movie, how can I do the same!

In the North American sky, Sun Yi met John and James Wan.

John is now enjoying great success. The recent movie "Pacific Rim" made the North American star famous in Hollywood.

In addition to its reputation among movie fans and gratifying box office results, the film has also made a name for itself among a number of Hollywood production companies and even attracted the attention of the Big Six in Hollywood.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that the movie’s box office of more than 2 million U.S. dollars in North America will make the Big Six Hollywood studios look at the North American star sky in a different light.

As the traditional major producers in Hollywood, these six companies are bound to produce a blockbuster movie with a box office of 700 to 800 million US dollars every year.

Not to mention, each of them has its own enduring big IP series, such as Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter" series, Columbia's "007" series, Universal Pictures' "Fast and Furious" series, and so on.

Even some low-level second-tier film and television production companies have their own "unique skills".

Lionsgate's "Twilight" and Lucasfilm's "Star Wars".
There are so many different things.

Therefore, although they were surprised by the box office performance of Pacific Rim, they were not surprised to the point of looking at it differently.

What interests them is the profit ratio of this film.

From a global perspective, "Pacific Rim" achieved a total box office of $6 million, which is a very good result.

But what’s even more surprising is that the film cost just over $5000 million to make.

You know, this is not a small-budget movie that aims to make a big profit.

It's hard to tell how many years it takes to produce a movie like that, and it's impossible to replicate it.

"Pacific Rim" is a thoroughly Hollywood-style industrialized 3D science fiction film.

The picture, the quality, and the level of special effects are almost the same as those of Hollywood's big productions, and even surpass some of their A-level productions.

The cost was only about 5000 million US dollars.

what the FxxK !!!
What a joke.

These companies analyzed "Pacific Rim" from the inside out according to their own production processes.

Starting from the preparation of the film, then the location, shooting, special effects, post-production, a whole set of operations. If the film is produced by them.

Putting aside the actors' salaries and the film's publicity and promotion expenses, the minimum cost would be around 1.4 million US dollars.

The difference is about twice.
The previous version of "Pacific Rim 1" was produced by Legendary Pictures. Excluding the publicity and promotion expenses, the production cost was nearly 1.9 million US dollars. None of the actors in it are top Hollywood stars. When all is said and done, it would not cost 5000 million US dollars. 2000 million US dollars would be enough to get them all excited.

Therefore, many Hollywood production companies are curious about how Star Sky operates its movies. They don’t know how Star Sky manages to reduce the production costs of its movies to such a level.

Especially with the production level of Hollywood.

Could it be that the difference in labor costs between North America and China is so great?

Also, how did China's technology level improve to this level?

Some of them couldn't imagine it.

Therefore, they all treated John as a guest of honor, hoping to find out the secrets of Star Movies' operation from him.

As for John, not to mention that he was not particularly clear about it, even if he was clear, he could not say it.

This person is very smart and always keeps a clear mind.

He knew that his value came from the starry sky and from Sun Yi.

Even if he told these companies everything he knew, and it could bring him temporary wealth, in the end, these companies would still have to turn to Sun Yi and Xingkong in order to reduce costs.

He is now the spokesperson for Starry Sky in North America, and he can represent Sun Yi himself. He can be called a lackey or a fox relying on the power of another. Anyway, he has power, status, and money, so why bother to seek for fish in a tree?

John told Sun Yi exactly what he had seen and heard during this period, and even emphasized how he had resisted the imperialists' sugar-coated bullets and the rosy skeletons.

It was a great display of loyalty.

After listening to this, Sun Yi smiled.

He decisively encouraged John.

And the method is very simple and direct.

"Well done, John. Your year-end bonus will be doubled this year."

"Praise you, my boss."

John clasped his hands together with a fawning look on his face, which made Liu Yifei, who was standing beside him, curl her lips in dismay. She subconsciously moved her hips and sat further away.

Sun Yi chuckled in his heart and didn't take it too seriously.

To be arrogant, why did emperors in ancient times like to employ treacherous ministers?

Because treacherous ministers can talk, can get things done, and always take sides that are sure to win.

It makes the leaders worry less~
For Sun Yi, the role of John is also indispensable. He needs such a guide in Hollywood.

As for the little tricks in the minds of those production companies, Sun Yi had already anticipated them, and even said that he did it on purpose, as if he was paying a huge sum of money for a horse's bones.

Sun Yi started planning as early as 08, building a high-standard studio for Star Sky, and then took advantage of the financial crisis in the United States to acquire Digital Domain.

At the same time, he made friends with Harvey Weinstein, and used his power and position in Hollywood as well as the transfer of benefits to plunder a large amount of Hollywood's high-tech for Star Sky.

And build its own public relations team and independent online and offline theater systems in the country.

It has formed a one-stop service from film preparation to shooting, special effects, post-production, publicity and distribution, and theatrical release.

This is what Sun Yi learned from a group of Internet tycoons in later generations.

It’s called, building an ecological chain.

Now all that’s missing is an online streaming platform similar to Netflix in North America. Sun Yi has already started preparing for it. With this, Starry Sky will have a complete closed-loop film and television ecological chain system.

It is simply invincible.

As for now, the movie "Pacific Rim" is still a little lacking in quality and can only be considered a small test.

In fact, if you look deeper, the cost of Pacific Rim is far less than what the Big Six Hollywood studios imagine.

Even though there is a difference in labor costs between the two countries, it is not as big as this.

However, there is still a cost difference of one times.

However, as the staff of Starry Sky continue to get used to each other and their proficiency increases, the quality of future productions will inevitably decline.

These Hollywood companies did not take into account the $7000 million that Star Sky previously spent on acquiring Digital Domain. If that were the case, the production cost of Star Sky's "Pacific Rim" would have to be increased by at least another $ to million.

However, acquisitions in the digital field can generate long-term profits, just like a production line. The more you produce, the lower the cost. This is a long-term plan.

Sun Yi now hopes to use Star Sky's low-cost production advantage to attract major Hollywood companies to entrust their film projects to Star Sky for production.

In this way, it can not only bring considerable income to Star Sky, but also continuously strengthen Star Sky's technological advantages, and use Hollywood's money and projects to continuously train Star Sky's team. It is simply the best of both worlds.

"These people are so interested in our low-cost production model, so no company has proposed cooperation?"

"Yes, they are Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros."

Sun Yi nodded. He had made a guess before and it was most likely these two companies.

After all, the two sides had collaborated on "Inception" and had developed a tacit understanding with each other when "Pacific Rim" was released.

It can be said that I am more familiar with it.

"They didn't get any useful information from me, so they were going to contact you directly, Boss. I think they've received the news that you're coming to North America this time. I believe it won't be long before they invite you to a meeting."

Sun Yi thought for a moment, waved his hand, and instructed John:
"I won't meet them yet. Please help me delay it for a while and let them cool down. I will talk to them in detail after I finish filming Dallas Buyers Club."

"As you wish, boss."

John placed one hand on his chest, bent down and performed a classic gentleman's salute. He thought Sun Yi could see it, but he actually was winking at the blind man.

At this time, Sun Yi had already wandered into the sky in his trance.

He is looking forward to the collaboration between Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.

But at the same time, this will also be a game of wits and courage between the two sides.

Sun Yi didn't want to play tricks on Warner while still thinking about the movie.

It would be better to stretch them first, and then compete with them wholeheartedly after your own movie is completely completed.

(End of this chapter)