Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 195 I want to be the boss
That is to attend the North American premiere of Jackie Chan's movie "Around the World in Eighty Days."

Jackie Chan not only attended the North American premiere of his "Now You See Me", he even made a special trip to the domestic premiere.

If the other party gives you face like this, then you have to give face to yourself.

Otherwise, people in the circle will poke you in the back.

No matter what, people still have to be there.

……

It can only be said that it is worthy of being produced by Paramount with an investment of 2000 million US dollars, and Jackie Chan's salary alone cost [-] million US dollars.

The scale of the premiere was quite large.

As a well-known director and Jackie Chan's compatriot, Gu Ming sat next to Jackie Chan.

Watching the 50-year-old Jackie Chan chatting with the host about interesting things during filming, Gu Ming always had a strange feeling in his heart.

I don’t know how to put it.

Maybe Jackie Chan didn't expect that this movie would directly interrupt his rise in Hollywood.

And it was a blow to the head.

Since then.

The only movie in which he plays the leading role in Hollywood is "Rush Hour 3", a series of movies that made him famous in Hollywood.

After the loss of "Rush Hour", he completely said goodbye to the protagonist of Hollywood movies.

be honest.

The production cost of 2000 million US dollars and the salary of 2000 million US dollars were exchanged for more than [-] million US dollars in the North American box office. It was a huge loss.

Others can be forgiven for not trying.

Soon, Jackie Chan walked down with a red face.

Sitting in his seat, he smiled and nodded to Gu Ming.

"Director Gu, you have to leave a review after watching the movie!"

"No problem! I will definitely watch the movie carefully!"

Gu Ming nodded affirmatively.

I have watched this movie once in my previous life.

I have somewhat forgotten the plot.

Just take a closer look and see if you can find anything to praise.

You can’t say it will be a hit at the box office, right?
It's easy to make yourself look like the football king Pele with a crow's mouth.

Speaking of watching carefully, Gu Ming devoted himself to the film as soon as it started.

This film adapted from science fiction novelist Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days" has made considerable adaptations of the original work.

Passepartout in the original novel was a Frenchman.

This place was directly changed to the guardian of a Chinese village. He went to England to take back the village's treasure, the Jade Buddha. He was chased by the local police and accidentally ran into the inventor Fokker.

Then he worked as a servant in the Conquer family.

In order to return home, Passepartout provoked Fokker to make a bet with the president of the Royal Academy of Sciences to complete a circumnavigation of the world within eighty days.

If Fokker loses, he will lose everything. If he wins, he will get the position of president of the Academy of Sciences.

Then it is almost the same as the original work, except that there is an extra Chinese line.

Because Jackie Chan is the villain, this line is quite important.

only……

This shot made Gu Ming unable to complain.

What kind of witch-like appearance does the villainous female warlord played by Mo Wenwei have?
There is also Jackie Chan’s village. Is this a village?

Or the African tribe?

Where have hundreds of millions of investments been spent?
Is there any benefit for a female warlord to conquer such a village?It still has to be conquered.

Finally, Huang Feihong, played by Hong Jinbao, came to help Jackie Chan. The subsequent fight scene with Wu Jizu also included a stool scene that Jackie Chan often played before.

Azu, please stop now, this place is full of furniture, you can't beat Jackie Chan.

Seeing this, Gu Ming didn't pay much attention to the rest of the plot.

It’s really hard to feel the quality of a blockbuster film with hundreds of millions of dollars of investment.

As for the movie reviews Jackie Chan needs after the film ends.

Gu Ming could only smile and say, "The painting inside is pretty good, it's Jackie Chan's usual style."

"Arnold Schwarzenegger's contrast in the film is also a good selling point."

These things can indeed be considered selling points.

But the film's shortcomings are even greater.

It opened in general release on Friday and grossed $680 million in its first three-day weekend.

The theater chains that have been established will all reduce the number of screening venues.

And this number also gave Jackie Chan a sap.

He was knocked unconscious directly.

How could this be?
None of the original "Red Zone" had such a low box office!
This is a work that earned me 2000 million yuan!
With this box office, will anyone in Hollywood pay themselves high salaries in the future?

Jackie Chan, who was in a state of confusion, wanted to find someone to talk to, so he found Gu Ming, who was still staying in Los Angeles to inspect several film projects under the company.

"Ah! Brother Jackie Chan, why are you here?"

After receiving the call from the front desk, Gu Ming stood up and greeted him.

"Hey, I'm looking for someone to talk to."

Jackie Chan looked sad, wiped his face and sat on the sofa nearby.

After sighing, he looked at Gu Ming.

Puzzled all over his face.

"Director Gu, every one of your films is a hit. Please analyze it for me."

"Why is this happening?"

"The box office in the first week was only 680 million, and the reviews are not high. Whether the final box office can exceed 500 million is still up in the air."

"This is the first time my salary has entered the 2000 million club."

"I'll do it once, and don't expect to get 2000 million yuan in salary in the next five years. But I'm 50 years old, how many more years can I keep playing?"

"I can fight for at least another 20 years." Gu Ming told the truth.

But this truth became a complete joke in Jackie Chan's eyes.He smiled wryly and waved his hand.

"Stop teasing me."

"I will be a 70-year-old man by then. With my body covered in injuries, will I still be beaten?"

"It would be nice if you have the strength to hit your grandson."

"Okay, no more joking, help me analyze why it failed?"

"What do you think?" Gu Ming didn't answer and threw the question back to Jackie Chan.

"Didn't you have enough fun playing?"

"That's right." The scenes in this film are really not outstanding among Jackie Chan movies, "But more importantly, you shouldn't be acting in this film!"

"Huh?" Jackie Chan was a little surprised.

"Around the World in Eighty Days is a world-famous novel. Maybe many viewers have read it when they were in elementary school."

"That's a childhood memory!"

"Suppose one day a movie is made about the havoc in the Heavenly Palace in Journey to the West, but Sun Wukong is played by a white man or someone else. It wants to destroy the beauty of childhood in the film. Do you think the domestic audience can accept it?"

"I would immediately label this film a death sentence in my heart. No matter how beautiful it is, I won't watch it!"

After all, it is not yet more than ten years later.

Masaharu was extremely correct.

Whatever it is, Hey Mermaid, Hey Snow Princess, Hey God, all are acceptable to the audience.

Besides, even after more than ten years, are you a hey?
If not, it’s still in vain.

"So actually you shouldn't have accepted this film from the beginning."

"Not only can it not please foreign audiences, but even domestic audiences cannot accept it."

"Hey..." Jackie Chan sighed again, "That's not what you said when we had dinner on Hong Kong Island!"

After saying that, Jackie Chan also realized something was wrong.

Shaking his head slowly, "I had already finished filming "Around the World in Eighty Days" at that time. It's too late for you to say anything. You might as well keep me happy until now."

"There's nothing wrong with what you did."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

After these words, the office fell into a long silence.

About a minute later, Jackie Chan sat up from the sofa and said, "As you told me last time, I should change my style. Do you have any ideas? I can star in it for a low salary."

"Well, I want to make sure of one thing." Gu Ming expressed his intention to be the boss straight to the point, "Except for the action director, I hope the rest of the people are mine. I have a strong desire to control the crew. ."

Gu Ming knew very well that Jackie Chan was also such a person.

Since his failure to hit Hollywood in the last century, most of the crews of the films he made have been his people.

This is one of the reasons why I chose Li Lianjie instead of Jackie Chan when I was preparing for "Taken".

Gu Ming didn't like that feeling, he was more of a tool than a tool.

It looked like they were filming a scene with Lu Tailang and Jiang Wen.

When you are filming your own movie, you can give me good suggestions. Whether you listen to them or not is up to me.

It cannot give you the ability to rebel.

amount……

That's not right. If I had been filming with Jackie Chan and I had a conflict with Jackie Chan, people would have thought that I was rebelling.

All in all, ugly words come first, villains first, then gentlemen.

Jackie Chan agreed that he could consider cooperating with him, which could be regarded as fulfilling his promise to Han Sanpin. If he didn't agree, it would be goodbye.

Let’s make an agreement in advance so that everyone doesn’t get angry.

"Only giving action guidance." Jackie Chan thought about this question seriously.

But the more he thought about it, the more he realized that he couldn't refuse.

From the beginning to now, Gu Ming has never failed in any of his films. If he shoots it with himself, he will naturally work hard to make a box office hit.

Since it can be a hit, why do you still have to control the crew?
I did this in the first place to control the style of the film so as not to fail again.

But isn't this failure tragic enough?
It's better to listen to Gu Ming and give it a try!

Thinking about the achievements of Gu Ming's previous works, he might be able to rise from the bottom to the sky.

After thinking for a moment, Jackie Chan nodded and agreed, "I have no problem."

"By the way, what kind of movie are we going to make? Can you show me the script?"

"There is no script yet."

Gu Ming smiled and shrugged, "I haven't even thought about what kind of story to shoot yet."

"Why don't you come find me in a week?"

"You don't have to be too anxious. It can be done anytime." Jackie Chan did not put any pressure on Gu Ming and chatted with Gu Ming for more than an hour before leaving Beidou Star.

……

As soon as Jackie Chan left, Gu Ming began to think about the script.

First of all, all the scripts produced by Jackie Chan in his previous life were cancelled.

I have to say, some of the films in it are quite good.

But since I want to make a movie, I have to either win an award or win at the box office.

If the two do not stick, it will easily damage the foundation.

As for Jackie Chan's subsequent movies, except for one "Kung Fu Dream", none of them had huge box office hits, and he was not the starring role in "Kung Fu Dream".

Even if it were to be filmed, Will Smith's son is still young, and without his father's support, the box office might not be that high.

"I can only think of other movies."

Gu Ming dragged his chin with one hand while spinning his pen rapidly with the other hand.

"I transitioned into making other types of action movies, the kind that involve fierce killing."

"Or it can be a straight comedy, with action as an occasional condiment."

"It's best to make a series of films that allow you to eat more than you want. After you shoot the first film, you can pass it on to other directors and continue to make money."

"Which one is suitable?"

(End of this chapter)