Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 108 Good News

"I didn't do it anyway."

Gu Ming spread his hands.

"The United States will know who did it."

After all, he is now the only one in the world, and even has a sense of being alone and seeking defeat.

Such a big thing happened, and it would be impossible not to find out.

Even if nothing can be found out, someone has to take the blame.

Let alone actually have one.

But these have nothing to do with Gu Ming.

Finally I can fly with confidence.

Gu Ming rushed to Istanbul the next day.

Meet up with the crew who just finished filming some footage on Hong Kong Island.

In fact, the plot of "Taken 2" is really simple.

It's just that the male protagonist's ex-wife had a conflict with her wealthy husband because of the kidnapping of their daughter last time.

The male protagonist felt there was an opportunity and invited his ex-wife's daughter to travel to Istanbul before performing a mission in Istanbul.

After completing their mission, the mother and daughter arrived.

The Albanian gangsters who appeared in the final funeral of the first film also appeared in Istanbul after learning the news about the male protagonist, preparing to kill the protagonist's family of three.

The daughter stayed in the hotel to swim. The hero and his ex-wife drove out and were tracked by the Albania gang. After a fight, the wife was controlled and the hero had no choice but to surrender no matter how hard he tried.

Fortunately, I contacted my daughter on the phone.

In the end, he successfully rescued himself through cooperation with his daughter.

What was being filmed today was a scene where the protagonist was hung in an unknown warehouse.

The original film was about using an Apple watch to contact my daughter.

There is no such thing now!
But not important.

Everything is decided only for special agents.

This kind of movie is just a pleasure to watch, and the audience won't care about these details.

Holding the mobile phone hidden on his body, which was smaller than other mobile phones and could only make and receive calls, Li Lianlian started a one-man show.

He needs to play out all the scenes in this warehouse.

"Open the map. There is a scale on the map. Take one off your shoe and carry it with you. Use it as a ruler."

"Draw a circle with the hotel as the center and 3000 meters as the diameter."

"Draw a circle with the supermarket as the center."

"Do the two circles intersect?"

"Open a small can with a latch on it. It's a grenade. Pull it open and throw it out after counting three seconds."

Silently counting the seconds until he heard the grenade explode.

Redetermine the diameter of the circle to 500 meters. The two intersection points are the location of the protagonist. Then, based on the wind direction, the specific position is finally locked.

Finished filming the required scenes.

Li Lianjie was let go.

He teased while flexing his wrist.

"I saved her in the first part, she saved me in the second part, and I will save my ex-wife again!"

"Who saves whom in the third part?"

Li Lianjie looked at Gu Ming with a smile.

"There is no script yet."

"Haha, you don't want to tell me." Li Lianjie smiled, "If this film can have the same box office as the first one, I think I will be inseparable from the word rescue."

"There will definitely be a lot of movies of the same type coming to me, such as undersea rescue, air rescue, and maybe a wave of outer space rescue in the end."

"Hahaha……"

Isn't this inevitable?

Think about Liam Neeson in his previous life, the "Taken" trilogy, "Air Rescue", "Commute Rescue", "Ice Rescue", "Golden Rescue" and "Ice Rescue".

Anyway, just save and save along the way and that's it.

Gu Ming didn't even have much desire to take advantage of him.

There are too many things that can be saved. If you change it, it will be a new script. Can you take advantage of it?
At most, it takes advantage of the pitfalls of "Air Rescue", and the other films have mediocre box office results. With Li Lianlian's salary at that time, the possibility of losing money on the film is too great, so let him go.

It took 20 days to follow and shoot in Istanbul.

After overseeing the filming of some of the most important scenes and exciting scenes in the film, Gu Changwei found no problems, so Gu Ming returned to the capital and went to "Hero" to check on the situation.

……

10 month 7 number.

It was the day when the United States found out the real culprit and started war to retaliate.

Gu Ming boarded the plane to the United States again.

Target, Los Angeles!

This trip is only for one thing, to make money, make money, or something like that.

After getting off the plane, the crew of "The Bourne Supremacy" had prepared a car and was waiting.

Gu Ming was first placed in the hotel.

Unexpectedly, Anthony knew that he had come to the United States that night.

After making a call to Gu Ming, I arrived at Gu Ming's hotel.

"Gu!"

Anthony laughed and gave Gu Ming a hug at the door of the guest room. Because he was too excited, he even patted Gu Ming's back hard several times.

"You're just a lucky guy."

"You are God's favored one."

"Ah? How do you say this?" Gu Ming asked, confused by the other party's enthusiasm.

"Go in and talk."

Looking carefully at the corridors on the left and right, Anthony walked into the room, sat down, crossed his legs, and then said with a comfortable look, "Have you heard about those two buildings?"

"I've heard about it, hey." Gu Ming tried his best to look sad.

"Why are you sad?" "You should be happy!"

"Ah?" Anthony's words made Gu Ming confused for a moment.

Dude, what do you mean?

"Ha ha……"

Anthony smiled and waved his hand.

"Things like that need to be considered by the people above. Isn't that what we ask them to do when we pay taxes?"

"What we need to consider is how to earn those green dollars."

"The direct benefit this incident brings us is that we make money."

"I heard the news. In order to unite the country and deal with the biggest crisis in the United States since the 21st century, next year's Oscars will give people more sweetness."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Gu Ming asked knowingly.

Anthony was in a good mood and happy to explain.

"All in all, your "Green Book" talks about racial equality and perfectly meets the needs of next year's Oscars. The four awards can also have an impact. After internal discussions, the company decided to increase public relations expenses by another US$100 million."

"Of course, everything must have a focus."

"There is no hope for the best actress. This "Green Book" does not give the heroine any room to perform."

"Best Actor actually only needs to compete for a nomination, but it won't do much."

"That's all that's left for Best Director and Best Picture."

"After internal discussions within the company, we believe that Best Director will be nominated and we will make every effort to target Best Picture."

"what do you think?"

It seems that they are worried that Gu Ming will not cooperate or have a grudge, which will affect Sony Columbia's future cooperation with Gu Ming.

Anthony's tone was no longer so normal. He glanced at Gu Ming secretly, then quickly changed the subject and asked Gu Ming a question, "Who are the four major directors in Hollywood in the 80s?"

"Francis Ford Coppola, who made The Godfather series."

“The George Lucas of the Star Wars franchise.”

"Martin Scorsese, who made Taxi Driver."

"Steven Spielberg."

"Then you know? Only two of them won the Oscar for Best Director, and they were 36 and 48 years old respectively when they won the Oscar."

"You are only 22 years old this year."

"Oh my god, I just remembered you are so young."

Anthony made a surprised expression and secretly flattered Gu Ming, "Those old white men will definitely be jealous of you. It's impossible for them to award the best director to such a young and handsome director like you, and also... A foreigner."

"By the way, Gu, are you interested in becoming an American citizen? It's not difficult for an outstanding talent like you to immigrate."

"After becoming an American citizen, it will be much easier for you to win the Oscar for Best Director."

"Oh, not interested!" Gu Ming shook his head immediately without thinking.

To master wealth, you must have the matching ability to protect wealth.

My relatives and friends are all in China, and my temporary connections are also in China. There is no need to go out. Since I am not familiar with the place, it is easy for me to become a fat pig.

Maybe things will get better in the next few years, but in 30 or [-] years, it won't just be a matter of will.

What are you taking the risk for?
Just for a best director?
It's not that attractive yet.

"Ok."

Anthony shrugged regretfully, and then stopped talking. He just looked at Gu Ming, waiting for Gu Ming to say the words that gave up the fight for the best director.

But Gu Ming just didn't say anything.

Although I know that winning the Best Director is as difficult as climbing to the sky, but if I say it, won’t you be relieved?
If I don’t tell you, you will feel you are short-changed if you try to persuade me.

This is the best choice.

Looking at Gu Ming's performance.

Thinking that Gu Ming also has the "Hurricane Rescue 2" project, getting this project is likely to bring tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars in profits to the company.

Anthony threw out the bottom line given to him by the company.

Throw it back, don't miss the opportunity to gain favor for yourself.

Ever since, the bottom line given after the company's discussion has become his contribution.

"Who makes us friends? I'll give you an additional $50 to help you win the best director. This is the condition I have been fighting for with the company for a long time, and it is also the greatest help I can do to you."

"You also know that I am just a management member, not a major shareholder. I need to be responsible to shareholders."

"I understand and believe we will be successful."

"I will definitely do it." The two hands were clasped together tightly.

……

The next day, Gu Ming came to the set of "The Bourne Supremacy".

Seeing Gu Ming, Doug Liman looked a little uncomfortable.

It's actually very simple.

The two had talked on the phone before, and Brad Pitt, who was favored by Doug Liman, was unwilling to accept the film.

There was no choice but to re-select the starring role. Unexpectedly, after going round and round, I chose Matt Damon, who Gu Ming had recommended before.

There are no secrets on the set.

Even Matt Damon knew about it.

After Gu Ming arrived, he rushed over and said hello to Gu Ming.

"Gu, thank you for recommending me."

The male protagonist with a production cost of 6000 million US dollars is considered a good resource for Matt Damon now, and he can't help but appreciate it.

Besides, it can also be used to build a closer relationship with a talented director, which is not a loss anyway.

As a Harvard graduate, he is not yet confused about the stakes.

"I just mentioned it, but the main decision is still in the hands of the producer."

"The other thing is that you are really suitable for this movie."

"Anyway, thank you." Matt Damon expressed his thanks again, and then said with a smile, "Gu, if there is a suitable role in a movie in the future, the male lead can also consider me, whether it is a literary film or a commercial film."

"I heard Harvey often praise you, saying that you are the next film master, and I can star in your artistic films at a very low price."

(End of this chapter)