Entertainment: God-level director

Unlike Lin Ran’s previous film press conferences, which were all held in China, this time the press conference for”Inception” was held in New York.

As for the reason?

First, a large part of the movie will be shot in the United States. Once the movie is turned on, you will go directly to the studio to shoot, which is more convenient.

Second, Jason Statham, Joaquin Phoenix and Jessica Chastain have busy schedules. If the launch conference is scheduled to be held in China, their time will be difficult to coordinate.

Third, and most importantly,”Inception” is a global blockbuster. Holding a launch conference in New York will be more beneficial in terms of publicity.

Just like domestic mobile phone manufacturers now, when a new mobile phone is released for the world, it will often hold a press conference in a big city in the West.

In this way, it can be effectively promoted abroad, and it can also be exported to domestic sales. There will also be a lot of media reports, achieving the effect of killing two birds with one stone.

No, when the official blog of Ranmeng Pictures announced that Lin Ran’s new film press conference will be held at the New York Hilton Hotel in two days, the country���Some major entertainment media, such as Sina Entertainment and Penguin Entertainment, immediately sent reporters to New York to report.

After Lin Ran finished handling some domestic matters, he also flew to New York with Zhang Hanyu, Chen Kun, Deng Chao, and Dilraba Dilraba in the afternoon.

At five o’clock in the afternoon, several people took off from the Capital International Airport on time.

“This is my first time to film in Hollywood. I heard that Hollywood is different from China? Director Lin, please be more careful when the time comes.”

On the plane, Zhang Hanyu said with a smile

“Brother Hanyu, your acting skills are absolutely fine. When the time comes, you will find that filming in Hollywood is a little easier than in China. Lin

Ran smiled and said

“Director Lin is right. I was also very worried before filming”Interstellar” last time. After joining the set, I found that the actors’ work and rest regulations are much more humane than those in China. They only shoot for eight hours a day. If the filming is not completed, the filming will be released. It’s been two days, unlike many times in China where I have to stay up late and work overtime to finish filming.”

Deng Chao added

“Wouldn’t this greatly increase the filming expenses?”Zhang Hanyu asked doubtfully.

“It will indeed increase the funds, but there is no way. The union stipulates that actors only need to shoot for eight hours. If you exceed this time, the actors do not have to listen to the director.

If the director insists on continuing filming, the actors and even the crew can complain to the union. If the union comes to investigate and it is found to be true, the crew will face huge fines. Lin

Ran explained

“The Screen Actors Guild in the United States protects actors very well, but it is unlikely that the same will be done in the country in the short term.”

After hearing this, Chen Kun pondered for a moment and said.

There is actually an actors union in China, but unfortunately it is basically the same. It is not as strong as the union in Hollywood.

“To put it bluntly, there is still a lack of leaders to organize the protests, and the actors are scattered among themselves.”

Zhang Hanyu shook his head.

As a person who likes”Selected Works of Mao Zedong”, he sees the problem quite profoundly.

“It is currently a bit difficult in China, but I believe it will develop in this direction in the future.”

Lin Ran was very confident.

After chatting for a while, everyone took a rest. Some watched movies, some listened to music, and some slept.

After more than ten hours of flight, at 6 pm local time, Lin Ran and others We finally arrived at Newark Airport.

After clearing customs, staff from Fantasy Films came to pick us up.

“BOSS, welcome to the United States again.”

Lin Ran’s assistant in the United States, Vanessa, greeted him with a smile, and then hugged Dilraba.

“Dear Miss Reba, we meet again”

“Vanessa, long time no see.”

Dilraba also responded enthusiastically. Now she can speak fluent English and her pronunciation is very authentic.

After greetings, everyone got into the commercial car that came to pick up the airport and headed to the hotel.

That night, Ronald -Meier came to the hotel specially to give Lin Ran a break.

“Lin, I really didn’t expect you to be so prolific. It’s only been six months since you started shooting new movies.”

Ronald Meier and Lin Ran clinked their glasses and sighed.

“Isn’t this bad? Lin Ran asked with a smile.

“Haha, of course that’s good. In this way, the capital cycle we invest will be shorter and the risks we face will be lower.”

Ronald Meyer laughed.

Although”Interstellar” has not yet been released, Universal Pictures is very satisfied with the results of its internal evaluation. The box office is expected to be a minimum of 500 million US dollars worldwide. For a cost of 120 million US dollars, it is definitely There will be no loss.

Therefore, Universal Pictures is also very interested in Lin Ran’s new film”Inception” and invested US$25 million, accounting for 20% of the investment share.

In fact, Universal Pictures also wants to get a larger The investment share, which required 40%, was rejected by Lin Ran without hesitation.

Just kidding, he didn’t want to work so hard to make a movie and end up with Universal Pictures making a big profit.

If it weren’t for Universal Pictures being needed now Lin Ran didn’t even want to give up this 20% share of the industry’s global distribution network.

The dinner ended at around nine o’clock in the evening, and Lin Ran didn’t go out with Dilraba anymore, and just stayed in the hotel to recharge.

The next morning, Lin Ran met Jason Statham, Joaquin Phoenix and Jessica Chastain at the hotel.

“Mr. Statham, Mr. Phoenix, and Ms. Chastain welcome the three to the”Inception” cast. Lin

Ran greeted the three of them with a smile.

“Director, you can just call me Jessica. I am also looking forward to working with you. I heard Scarlett say that you are a very nice and professional director.”

Jessica Chastain said with a smile.

“Lin, I didn’t expect that last time I said I had a chance to cooperate, I actually cooperated this time.”Jason Statham said

“Jason, have you known the director before?”

Jessica Chastain asked curiously

“I had previously collaborated with Chinese actor Li Binbin on a Sino-US co-production called”The Meg”, and Lin attended as a guest during promotions in China.”

Jason Statham explained

“Yes, sometimes fate is so wonderful. Lin

Ran smiled and nodded.

Then, he looked at Joaquin Phoenix and praised:”Joaquin, your performance in”Joker” amazed me. I think you will win the Oscar next year!””

“Director, thank you for your blessing.”

Joaquin Phoenix has a smile on his face, which is very helpful.

In fact, he has been nominated for an Oscar not just once, but three times. As early as 2001,”Gladiator” was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

2006 Both 2013’s”The Musical” and 2013’s”The Master” were nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor, but unfortunately they didn’t win once.

Compared to Leonardo DiCaprio, who missed the nomination four times, it was just once less, but in”The Master” Before the release of”Joker”, his reputation in the world was far less than that of Leonardo DiCaprio, so there was no media to follow the hype.

This time, it would be unjustifiable if Joaquin Phoenix didn’t win the award again.