King of Hollywood

"Speaking of Chinese food, I suddenly thought of a joke. One day during the Dragon Boat Festival, a Chinese lady made some mules, and just happened to be a new neighbor next door. As a rule, she sent some mules to their home. As a result, When I asked about it the next day, the hostess of the new neighbor said that the dumplings were delicious, that is, the lettuce outside was too hard. "Adrian said slowly while holding a porridge bowl while drinking slowly.

Sitting opposite him, eating breakfast in the suite, too, Gao Yuanyuan took about two seconds to react, then smirked and almost sprayed the porridge out of his mouth.

"I want Chinese cuisine. In this regard, I believe that even French people can't compare with it," Adrian handed her a tissue and continued. "Sometimes I think, maybe I can consider making A food show to introduce Chinese cuisine. What do you think of the name China on your tongue? "

"Well ... it's not bad." Gao Yuanyuan replied briefly, smiling, very cute.

Adrian didn't say anything, just looked at her without blinking. Gao Yuanyuan lowered her head and seemed a little embarrassed, and then heard him sigh.

"I'm talking this early, don't you have anything to say?" Adrian asked.

"This ..." The girl put down the bowl in her hand and didn't seem to know what to say. After all, they didn't even know before yesterday evening.

"I just ... I still ... don't know you." Gao Yuanyuan said quietly.

"This way ... too." Adrian capped his chin. “It ’s better, I ’ll stay here for a few more days. After doing business, I do n’t want to visit the famous spots. Some of the last time I came here was hurried and I could n’t make it. I remember you introduced yourself last night and said it ’s here. People, right? Better be my tour guide for a few days. "

"Do ... Do a tour guide?" The girl could not help but widen her eyes and her throat shook obviously. What she said meant something to her.

"Yeah, a tour guide." Adrian was very relaxed, as if he really wanted her to be a guide.

"This ... I still have work. Kewell ... Ed." Gao Yuanyuan didn't directly refuse, but said so lowly, using chopsticks to pull the delicate side dishes in front of him.

"Jin Yong's" Telling Heavenly Dragons "TV show?" Adrian asked, and then smiled in her doubtful eyes: "You said last night that this is indeed a good martial arts novel. I also watched it. He has read all twelve novels, and he is good at telling stories. But I don't like Zhang Wuji's personality very much, and the new version is not as good as the old one. "

"Old version?" Gao Yuanyuan looked curious.

"Yeah, the first edition that Jin Yong started serializing in Ming Pao," Adrian explained to her with a smile, "In this edition, Zhang Wuji finally became the head of the Emei faction."

"The head of the Emei faction?" The girl couldn't believe it, "Wouldn't you be ..."

"Looking at" Swordsman "? Of course not." Adrian Haha laughed, which could make Gao Yuanyuan blush, "but I think it's probably because the same bridge was used again in" Swordsman " Once, so Jin Yong removed this paragraph when he revised it. If you have a chance, you can find out the old version and see what is the difference from the current new version. "

Speaking of which, the phone rang, Adrian got up and walked over and pressed the speakerphone. Ivanka's slightly cold voice came out: "Time is coming, sir, Mr. Wang is on his way."

Although she did not attend the dinner last night. But that doesn't mean she doesn't know that there are other women around him at the moment, so she calls Mr. Ed on the phone instead of Ed.

"Okay, I'll be out soon." Adrian agreed, then turned off the phone and turned to Gao Yuanyuan. "It's not difficult, just ask the crew for another vacation, and I'll find someone to talk to them. Mr. Wang Zhongjun should be willing to help me. "

The girl who was supposed to speak closed her mouth again. Adrian, who had put away his clothes, went on to say, "Today I'm going to the new screen company to watch Zhang Yimou's new work. You can also go with it. It's hard to come by."

After hearing Zhang Yimou's name, Gao Yuanyuan bit her lips obviously, hesitated for a few seconds and finally agreed in a low voice.

Somewhat decisive. Adrian shrugged in his eyes, with some regrets and relief, and it was good to be able to find a half-dozen lotus roots in the mud mud pond that could both admire and cause appetite.

After setting this matter and packing it up, Adrian immediately took Gao Yuanyuan away from the China Hotel where he was staying, and drove to Chaoyang District where the new screen was located.

"I'm sorry, I drank too much last night, I hope it didn't affect your rest." Wang Zhongjun, who arrived at the same time, noticed Gao Yuanyuan who came with Adrian, and said in a pun.

"Of course not, but also thank Mr. Wang for his enthusiasm," Adrian responded with a smile and a meaningful response. "By the way, I don't know if Mr. Wang and the crew of Yi Tian Tu Long Ji are familiar."

"What's the matter?" Glancing at the girl who was next to him, Wang Zhongjun looked curious.

"I want to communicate with the person in charge of the crew. Let Yuanyuan take a few more days off. I hope she can be my tour guide in Beijing in the next few days." Adrian explained, very straightforwardly .

Wang Zhongjun raised his eyebrows slightly, seeming a little surprised, but then laughed out: "No problem."

Later, the second picture of the new picture also saw Gao Yuanyuan, but they were just surprised and they were not asking about it. This kind of thing is too normal. Although Adrian is a foreigner, he speaks fluent Chinese and knows the mainland very well. Many times they do not subconsciously treat him as a foreigner.

After just a few words of conversation, I went straight to the theme and went to the projection room. Although the new screen was wrapped in two floors in this business building, there were not many projection rooms, but not many people participated. In addition to the director and producer, the Wang brothers and Adrian plus his secretary Ivanka and temporary bed partner Gao Yuanyuan.

As I said last time, Zhang Yimou has a set of lens structure and color in the picture. In this regard, he is not lost to Li An at all. The classic scenes and various fights shown in "Hero" have merit. That is, the special effects are a bit rotten. When the nameless and the sky show up, the picture of the sky through the puff of water stabbing in the sky is a little strange, but the flaws are not concealed, leaving aside some problems in the plot. For Chinese movies, the whole is still very good.

It is interesting that the lines in many places are different from those in Adrian's memory. The most obvious is the period when King Qin turned and turned his back to Anonymous. There are no more creepy "Idols understand", "is peace", "is not fighting", replaced by a monologue, the central meaning is similar to that Adrian originally proposed, I did not expect that the residual sword is his own Confidant, but more ancient in grammar. He also corrected the original mistake of Adrian—at this time, it was King Qin, not the Emperor, so he claimed to be a widow rather than a puppet.

If you think about it, a foreigner actually said that this dialogue was not old-fashioned, very contradictory, and dragged a paragraph of ancient text in vain, as long as the director, screenwriter, and producer had such a little. Regaining face is inevitable.

As for the actors' performances, it can only be said that they are not bad. After all, the focus of this movie is not on it. Although Lin Zhiling's performances are not many, they still show a lot of style in the first story. Speaking. Adrian originally planned to stay with Lin Zhiling, but she is still working on a movie and the role Lin Xilei has won for her, but this time she won from Adrian in bed.

Because of her innate advantages, she saw the second script of Speed ​​and Passion very early, and immediately proposed to Adrian. The female undercover police can be changed to Chinese. This is indeed a feasible idea, plus Lin Xilei's catering in bed, and Lin Zhiling also cooperated after knowing it, Adrian agreed.

But looking at Gao Yuanyuan, she didn't follow her.

The topic returns to the movie. From the lens of Lin Zhiling, we can see the level of the old conspiracy, at the same time, it is a big red dress, and it is also a double-handed sword. The strong color that Lin Zhiling showed in the shot was completely different from the one Adrian remembers. It can't be said who is better, but the impact is very different in key points.

Therefore, in addition to telling stories, the only thing old veterans lack is vision. I remember there were comments from previous lives. It ’s also a different look when different people narrate one thing. The hero holds the view that “the unification of a tyrant is better than melee in different countries”, and “Rashomon” by Kurosawa The view held was that "everyone is making up lies for their own benefit, and the truth of the world is unknown."

One is not a particularly convincing political point of view, and the other is the dilemma and sorrow that human beings have always faced. Although it is not comparable at the box office, among the film critics who emphasize "art", "Hero" is generally " Rashomon is a classic. Isn't it that the old plotters couldn't do it? Until then, his films were quite good in this regard. Unfortunately, China is so big that it is not easy to find a director who can make commercial films, so he has to shoulder this responsibility. responsibility.

Anyway, the old plan will try to make the movie look good and try to compose the story, and the "gimmick case" is a completely self-expanded product. It is a pity that he is not Li An, not a Taiwanese. He has not received Western-style education, nor has he mixed up his qualifications in Hollywood, nor can he easily get tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, so in many eyes he is destined to be inferior to Li An.

Although Adrian didn't see it that way, he didn't plan to do anything more. He just mentioned that what to do next was his own business.

After the lights were lit, applause rang. Adrian took the lead and applauded, and then Zhang Weiping and the Wang brothers applauded.

"Very good, very good. Although there are still some small flaws, I believe this is already the highest level in China." Adrian praised without hesitation. "Can you listen to your arrangements?"

The two exchanged their eyes, and Zhang Weiping immediately opened his mouth: "The publicity here has been arranged, and it will be released on the New Year's Eve in December, and in North America, we want to listen to Mr. Cowell first."

"Well, let me just talk about it," Adrian smiled. "I plan to arrange a screening of" Hero "in Los Angeles at the end of December. I will get an Oscar ticket, and then conduct a period of The low-intensity hype, which gradually increased after the Oscars, was finally released in the summer vacation from May to September according to the specific circumstances-what do you think? "

Two Zhang groaned silently.

"If the situation is not optimistic, it may be postponed." Adrian continued regardless of what they were thinking, "Although I am very optimistic about this movie, I cannot represent all Americans, so if necessary, Definitely postponed and appropriate long-term hype. Don't worry too much. This is common. "

Zhang Weiping looked at Wang Zhongjun at this time. Although he was able to handle domestic affairs, he lacked understanding of overseas markets, so he had to turn to his current rival Huayi for help. For the new pictures, it doesn't matter whether Heroes make money in North America or not. Anyway, the copyright over there has been sold out to Universal, but if the box office is too low, even the big names are not as good. My skin is not so good.

Because of Adrian's involvement, the new screen is now very close to Huayi, which is why the brothers Wang can come and watch the preview of "Hero". But because of this, the signs of competition have also grown a lot. After all, Adrian said last time that currently he only likes Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou in China. And Feng Xiaogang is a little more local, which means that the old plan can be more international.

In this case, although the two sides are close, they must be in their own interest. Despite this, only Huayi knows the situation in North America. Before the release of Big Bang, they were followed by someone throughout.

"I agree with Mr. Cowell, I think Universal's distribution capabilities are trustworthy." Wang Zhongjun nodded surely.

In this case, there is nothing much to say about Zhang Zhang. Zhang Weiping believes that at this time Huayi should not tear down its own stage, and there can be no Chinese movie that can be released in North America for several years. It's a matter of internal affairs and another thing of external affairs.

Later, I talked about the details of the various needs of the "Hero" chairman, and North American foreign language films, and so on, Adrian left. But when he came, he was in a car with Ivanka and Gao Yuanyuan, and when he went back, he was in the Wang brothers' car.

"China's entertainment market is not yet fully formed. Whoever starts early will get the right shot, and anyone will be able to get a big cake in this market." On the way back. Adrian, sitting side by side with Wang Zhongjun, said so.

"That's right, but" Wang Zhongjun shoved his glasses. "The benefits are great and the risks are great, right?"

"Yes," Adrian affirmed, but his face did not change. "So it's better to change your mind and shape this market, rather than just get involved."

Wang Zhongjun immediately raised an eyebrow, and Wang Zhonglei in the front passenger seat also looked at him through the rearview mirror.

"This-I'm afraid it's not that easy," Wang Zhongjun narrowed his eyes with a smile, "this requires great strength and rich experience."

"Strength can slowly accumulate. As long as we seize the opportunity, the media can develop to this point in a short period of time because we have seized every opportunity in the past ten years." Adrian remained calm, "As for experience, I think we can complement each other, don't we? "

"I don't think Mr. Cowell is so optimistic about our Huayi." Wang Zhongjun hit a haha.

"Frankly, I don't have much ability in business. Except for one point, my vision has always been good, and every long-term investment I can get rich returns, such as Apple, Google, such as-Baidu . "Adrian smiled and looked directly into his eyes." I really like Huayi, Mr. Wang, I know China very well. I'm not Murdoch, and I never thought about controlling the media here, even if you guys Yes, the government will not agree. I need a partner. I need a partner with influence that can radiate the entire mainland of China. In the future, I can radiate the entire Asia. I don't mind making some upfront investments, even if competition may be cultivated Come here, don't doubt my sincerity. "

Having paused for a few seconds, Adrian turned his eyes out of the window: "Look, I helped you release The Big Man in North America, and you helped me hype the Zhang Qiu of the Harry Potter series in China. It may be a good start for the casting of the series to be released in China in the future. "

Yuyu Liu now has a lot of popularity in China ~ www.readwn.com ~ "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" released earlier this year made the whole series quickly heated up in the mainland, so the first love of Asians The role casting activities received a lot of attention with a little hype. Growing up in mainland China, my mother is a well-known dancer, and a British native who was two years ago, is lovely and beautiful. These conditions have great appeal to Chinese people who want to be recognized.

Moreover, it has always kept a low profile before, and among the girls who took the opportunity to hype, it was hardly noticed, so the surprise caused by the public was quite large. Not only did various media rush to report, but the Internet was so noisy, and even There are also fans who created the official website.

In this regard, Huayi has helped a lot behind the scenes. Although the hype is sometimes immature, it is generally done well. The official website also pushed them to make it happen. When Adrian transmitted the data to them, although they didn't say it clearly, they still understood the meaning. From this point of view, Huayi is indeed a very good partner.

With Adrian's words, the compartment was silent, and Wang Zhongjun, who seemed to think a while later, opened his mouth again: "I have a very strange feeling, Mr. Cowell, how do I ... seem to be with a Chinese Talking about business? "

Adrian Haha laughed: "I am honored to hear you say that, Mr. Wang." (To be continued ...)