America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM.

Chapter 313: The Warriors Gathered

Chapter 313: The assembled warriors
bang bang bang...

clap clap...

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

"Roar!"

"Kamekameha!"

Eric arrived at the training camp, and the scene here could only be described as a riot of demons.

Some people are seriously training their muscles and following the movements of a martial arts instructor.

Some people were posing and making exaggerated gestures while the Dragon Ball cartoon was playing in front of them.

"director!"

"Eric!"

"Good director!"

When they saw him appear, the scene immediately became quiet because it was his first time appearing on the set.

The old team at MGM is of course well aware that this is their boss's working style.

Although his name is on the credits of the director, he is lucky to have shot half of the film's running time.

But can you say that he is not a director?
Of course not.

After all, everyone is a puppet in his hands. Even if he is not around, they must follow the rules and regulations he left behind and proceed strictly.

How strict is it? Not even a single angle of a shot can be changed.

It is said to be a 45-degree angle, but if it is shot at 60 degrees, you have to start over.

It is said that the heroine has to shed two lines of tears, and if you cry like rain, you have to start over.

In short, being his deputy director and assistant director is recognized as the most tiring job by the crew.

Of course, the results achieved are also the best. Look at Neill Blomkamp, ​​he is now a serious director.

With the tens of millions of funds that Michael did not invest, he is building his own film empire.

All this happened in just two years. Can an ordinary assistant director climb to this position in two years?

What a joke!

This means that although everyone understands that the work is challenging, they also understand that this may be an opportunity to achieve sudden success.

Eric Cooper hasn't filmed for more than half a year, and Neill Blomkamp is unlikely to come back, so he has nothing around him.

Therefore, not only actors need to be applied for, but the position of assistant director is also a popular position.

The winner was Barry Jenkins, a young black guy.

You may not be familiar with the name, but his future masterpiece is very famous, "Moonlight", which won the Oscar for Best Picture.

Of course, a big reason why this movie is so famous is because of water.

Political correctness was too serious. That year, it was competing with many awesome films such as "Manchester by the Sea", "La La Land" and "Hacksaw Ridge".

"Moonlight" was such a rare movie that no one thought it could win an award, but it won it anyway.

This led to the movie being mentioned as whipping corpse, just like Gwyneth Paltrow's Water Queen.

Eric also admitted that he had indeed benefited from political correctness, but that did not mean he could completely criticize others for nothing.

Being qualified to compete with Einstein and Tesla means you are already better than most people, and there are still some merits.

In comparison, the assistant director position Eric found for himself will give him a more brilliant resume in the future.

His name is Damien Chazelle. Yes, "La La Land" is directed by him. Isn't that a coincidence?

In addition to the most famous "La La Land", "Whiplash", which has a great reputation in China, is also his work.

In terms of future achievements, the latter will undoubtedly surpass the former.

The reason why Damian was appointed as assistant director was very simple: he was too young.

He is only 19 years old this year and is studying at Harvard. He has not even graduated from college. He has only been involved in the business of small theaters and small troupes and does not have much work experience.

Letting him be the assistant director is entirely for his training. If he has good comprehension, he can be promoted to assistant director for the next movie.

"Don't stop, just keep going. I just came here to get to know you all. After all, some of the actors are still a little unfamiliar to me."

Eric said this as he walked up to a mixed-race young man who looked to be around 20 years old. When the other man saw him, he immediately stood up respectfully.

James Lin is the Gou Kong who was selected in this audition.

The young man is exactly 18 years old this year, which is a good time for him to become an adult.

He is a mixed-race of Chinese, American, Japanese and Russian. God knows how these four countries got mixed together.

But he grew up in the United States, has a certain foundation in Jeet Kune Do, and looks good too.

Although his muscular body during the audition cannot be compared with the Saiyans in the comics, it is already very strong for a normal person, which is one of the reasons why he stood out.

"Mr. Cooper, it's nice to see you again."

Eric shook his hand and said, "Lin, don't be so nervous. We still have a long time to cooperate in the future."

"I regard you as my idol, so it's inevitable to be nervous, but I will overcome it."

Eric laughed and said to Donnie Yen next to him: "See, Johnny, he is very worldly-wise. Did you teach him that?"

Donnie Yen shrugged and laughed dryly: "I still need to learn. He is much more relaxed than me."

"Come on! You are a martial arts instructor. There is no such position in Hollywood movies, but I think we must find a reliable one. I like your style."

“Thank you, everyone worked hard.”

That’s right, Master Ip Man is the martial arts director that Eric hired for “Dragon Ball”. In recent years, martial arts directors from Hong Kong have been doing very well in Hollywood.

They participated in "The Matrix" and "Blade Runner".

Compared to the world's number one martial arts director Yuen Woo-ping, Eric still prefers Donnie Yen. It is not a question of whether his kung fu is good or not, but a question of style compatibility.

Mr. Yuan Baye is the type of person who has an overflowing imagination and can design all kinds of incredible actions.

Donnie Yen is synonymous with hard-hitting, fast and sharp punches. Obviously, "Dragon Ball" cannot go the route of set moves, and Cosmic Dan is more suitable.

Coming to Samuel Jackson, as the great devil Piccolo, he also has a lot of action scenes.

But Mazefak is too old to play the role. He is over 50 years old this year and he definitely cannot fight, so he has to use a stunt double.

But you must know how to pose and look presentable.

"Eric, I must be crazy to take this role. Why? Why should an old man like me suffer like this?"

“Hehe, do you feel comfortable filming Iron Man?”

"Of course. I just need to put on a windbreaker and look cool. At most, I can run a few laps on the street. There is no need to lock myself up in this damn place and work out like crazy."

"But changing your perspective is good for your health, isn't it?"

"But I'd rather not have this benefit. If you want to shoot a sequel, I suggest you change someone else. My old bones can't afford to be tossed around." "Haha. How can that be! You are the character I chose, Carol, remember to renew your contract with Samuel."

"Boss, how many films do you want to sign?"

"It's okay, let's sign ten first."

Hearing this, Samuel Jackson almost sprained his back and asked in surprise, "Ten? How many do you plan to shoot?"

"Don't worry, they're mostly from Marvel, so just focus on being cool."

"Phew! Then I feel relieved. This money is easy to make. It can make up for the pain caused by Dragon Ball."

Next to him, Jay Chou, the young king of Chinese pop music, was hanging in the air.

As the staff pulled and released it, there was an angry shout in a rather crooked accent: "Wolf Fang Wind Fist!"

I saw him waving his hands rhythmically. It looked very messy, but it didn't feel like a cuckold punch. It was obviously a well-designed move.

Eric crossed his arms and nodded, "Yeah, cool!"

Jay Chou was not shy at all: "Does it feel awesome? Brother Chi Tan spent several days studying to perfect this beautiful move."

"It really has anime style. Plus, with your face, once you put on some makeup, you'll look just like Yamcha in the world."

"It's just that Yamcha has such bad luck. I always feel that Akira Toriyama portrayed this character as a clown. The first Dragon Ball movie is also the peak of Yamcha's life."

Eric smiled. He wasn't called the Tea God for nothing.

If you say that Old Bird was not good to him, he had Bulma for free for more than ten years. It was more than ten years before the two of them officially broke up.

If you say it's important, his death was so unexpected that it became a world-famous painting that has been paid tribute to and played with by countless anime.

"By the way, Eric, does MGM have any plans to shoot Detective Conan?" Jay Chou asked this question again.

"Not yet. Everything will have to wait until the results of Dragon Ball come out."

"Oh, actually, what I want to play the most is Kudo Shinichi, the scheming frog who keeps touching your belly!"

Eric certainly couldn't agree to Jay Chou's wish.

Kudo Shinichi is a handsome guy, brother, look in the mirror and see which part of yourself can touch others?

Appearance is not in the same dimension, okay? These days, it’s not the time when brainless fans are rampant everywhere. Even if they are fans, they generally only praise the talent, not the appearance.

He walked around, greeted everyone, and finally came to Liu Yifei and Daddario.

It was mainly Xiao Liu who was practicing martial arts, while Daddario was doing simple fitness.

As they saw Eric approaching, joy flashed in their eyes and they felt their hormones stirring.

It’s a pity that we can’t show our emotions in public.

"How's it going? You look sweaty."

Student Liu pulled his legs back and said, "It's OK. I'm used to it. It's been almost two years. Now I feel uncomfortable if I don't move my body every day."

"You've worked hard during this period, running promotions and attending training. It must be tiring."

Eric comforted Xiao Liu with a few words, and he immediately felt all his tiredness disappear.

"Eric, Crystal is amazing. I initially thought the action scenes in The Hunger Games were fake and used a body double."

“But when I met her, wow!”

"There's also James and Johnny. It seems like every Chinese person can show off some Kung Fu skills. It's amazing!"

Hahahaha
“You have this impression to thank Bruce Lee, Jackie Chen, and Jeter Lee,” said student Liu.

"Alexandra, everyone else is training, what are you doing?"

"My main job is to read books, comics, and anime, and then collect information about Bulma to learn. In short, compared to Crystal, I feel ashamed."

Classmate Xiao Liu hugged her arm and said, "No way! It's just that the roles are different. They both require careful preparation."

As they were talking, her arm naturally touched Daddario's big bun, and Liu Yifei suddenly felt a little inferior.

Of course, she also had to study anime, and knew that her breasts were still too small compared to Kiki's, and she wished Daddario could give her half of them.

But since growing up with Eric, things have gotten better. After all, there is still a stimulating effect.

Suddenly, I seemed to see a different expression in Daddario's eyes. Her eyes were so special.

Being special can attract a lot of attention, but it can also make many things invisible.

There was something wrong with the way she looked at Eric. Why did he look a bit like her?

But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with it. Given the kind of person Eric is, it is normal for all the women in the crew to fall in love with him and want to sleep with him.

"Well, I was too worried."

Standing between the two of them, Eric rubbed their butts with one hand each, and all three of them smiled sincerely.

The global box office of "The Hunger Games" has exceeded 4.4 million US dollars, and "Prisoner of Azkaban" is almost the same, at 4.3 million US dollars.

Compared to the huge production and promotion costs, this one certainly won't make much money, but we can place our hopes on the sequel.

In comparison, "Prisoner of Azkaban" is even worse, because the first "Sorcerer's Stone" made $9.76 million and the second "Chamber of Secrets" made $8.76 million.

The performance was almost halved, and the cost of "Harry Potter" was higher, so the profit margin was almost gone.

In the past, Warner Bros. had to falsify accounts to deceive actors, turning a box office hit into a loss-making business in order to reduce the share given to the authors and leading actors.

No matter how anxious the actors are, there is nothing they can do as they cannot beat Warner.

This time I don’t have to cook the books, so I deserve it.

Although "Machete Kills" is very lively and crazy, the box office is not optimistic. It only earned 4100 million US dollars in North America after half a month of release.

This is because there are a number of big-name stars making guest appearances, otherwise the cost would have been cut by at least $2000 million.

But the DVD has already been produced, and once the movie is released, it will be sold immediately and make a lot of money.

Similar to movies by Jackie Chan and Jet Li, DVDs are the main channel for this type of B-movie, even in this age of the decline of optical discs.

The box office of "Sharknado 3" was far below expectations, with a box office of 4500 million US dollars in half a month. Don't expect it to break 6000 million, and million is about the limit.

If you take a look online, you will find that more and more viewers prefer to watch "Sharknado 3" through Lionheart.

Although it will delay gratification, there are too many movies in front of us during this period of time, and even fans don’t have much energy to care about this shark.

Overall, "Barbershop 2" actually had the best box office, grossing 5500 million U.S. dollars.

Because the movie still has an all-black cast and follows the same comedy route as the previous one.

They are very supportive of their own black brothers, and you can often see groups of black people booking the entire theater in the black community.

Overall, after this round of vicious competition, MGM will lose at least $3 million in box office revenue.

The Christmas season is coming, and even for "Inception", which has put all its efforts into it, the future is still uncertain.

(End of this chapter)

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