Hollywood Lover Chapter 257

This movie will eventually destroy two people, one is Nicolas Cage, he will pay for his blind and hasty decision; the other is Smith Zhang, a young man who has become a Hollywood film and television giant, maybe this will be His biggest setback since his debut! "—"The Sun"

"The commercial success has already made Smith? Zhang a little bit elated. Perhaps his excessive pursuit of wealth has caused him to completely lose his unique insights into movies. I hope this rising star in the director circle can come back after this setback!" — Los Angeles Journal

"The films directed by Smith have always been unconventional. Although the leak of the script this time may cause him some trouble, we have reason to believe that the leak of the Hong Kong version of the script will not cause as much trouble for Smith as imagined. Don't forget, Smith is now shooting the American version, the one that best suits our American audience!" - Los Angeles Film News

   "God left Smith. Maybe it's been smooth sailing since his debut, and Smith Zhang finally encountered his big trouble. I don't know how he will solve the immediate predicament? Let's wait and see!" - "Entertainment Weekly"

  Among these reports, most of them commented on Zhang Dongcheng's secret war from a negative standpoint. It seems that the impact of the script leak far exceeded Zhang Dongcheng's expectations.

   But that's just right, isn't it? The more serious the belittlement is now, the more unstoppable the rebound will be after the movie is released!

   Putting down these newspapers, Zhang Dongcheng closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

  In fact, the leak of the script caused an uproar in the United States, otherwise Adaman would not have panicked and called Zhang Dongcheng immediately.

  Dongcheng Pictures, in the big conference room, is holding a special press conference at the moment. Because the host of this press conference was not there, the protagonist was Mr. Adaman, the managing director of Dongcheng Pictures.

"Everyone! I believe everyone already knows about the leak of the Hong Kong version of the dark war script." Adaman sat on the rostrum, cleared his throat, and said into the microphone: "After the news of the script leaked in the newspaper media, I I have contacted Mr. Smith Zhang, the chairman who is in the UK, as soon as possible. According to Mr. Smith's instructions, hold this press conference."

   "Mr. Adaman, may I ask if this leak of the script will cause a devastating blow to the film directed by Smith?" A reporter who looked to be in his twenties with a handsome face stood up and asked.

  Adaman shook his head and responded: "There will definitely be an impact, but it is impossible to hit! Not to mention destructive!"

   "Will your company still finish the film and continue to release it?" Another reporter asked.

"Of course!" Adaman said as a matter of course: "Although Mr. Smith's secret battle is a remake of the Hong Kong version, he made a lot of changes in the script at the beginning of filming. Many of the stories have been darkened with the Hong Kong version. In other words, Mr. Smith's secret war and the Hong Kong version can be said to be two stories, but they have the same name."

"Mr. Adaman, since it's a remake, the main line of the story will definitely not change, right? Or is it that Smith's secret war just bears the same name, and the content of it is simply trickery. Just for the sake of publicity, did you deliberately come up with a gimmick to remake the Hong Kong version of Dark War?" Another reporter stood up.

  This question made Adaman's face slightly gloomy. What is trickery? This question is clearly intended to be provocative.

  Adaman is not the stunned young man he was back then. He is in a high position and has gradually developed the ability to hide his emotions and anger. At least he will not be irritated by other people's casual words.

  Even if he is dissatisfied with this guy in his heart, Adaman will not show it on his face. "The reporter's question is really puzzling. First of all, we don't need to use such despicable methods to promote. I think Mr. Smith has not been in the market for a long time, but the achievements of his films are obvious to all Yes. Smith Chang's movies never let anyone down!"

  Clatter...

   I don't know if it was infected by Adaman's confident appearance, there was a burst of applause from below.

  After this press conference, after the end, soon some audio-visual materials began to appear on the TV station. Although the desired effect was not achieved, at least these media have begun to speak well of Zhang Dongcheng and his secret war from the side.

"Wow, I knew that Director Smith would definitely not disappoint! I swear, if his secret battle is really wonderful this time, then I will declare that I will be a fan of Director Smith in the future! "

  “Although the script has been leaked, I feel that this story seems to be very interesting. I hope the film will not disappoint!”

   "Nicolas Cage and director Smith cooperated, even if the script leaked, I would like it!"

"Why did Smith want to remake some Hong Kong movie? I feel like I might as well shoot the second part of The Matrix. The Matrix is ​​so cool, everything is fake! I really hope that the Matrix will not be overwhelmed by that Wachowski Destroy it brother!"

"I heard that Universal Pictures is going to shoot The Mummy 2. Without Director Smith, I always feel that I have no expectations for The Mummy 2. I hope they won't ruin Imerton and Ansuna! I really like this pair A couple with a rough fate!"

  Amidst the divergent opinions, Zhang Dongcheng said that the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport smoothly.

  Because Adaman just held a press conference in the company, Patricia was the only one who came to welcome Zhang Dongcheng this time.

   "Smith, welcome back!" Patricia stood outside the waiting room with a sun hat on her head, smiling like a flower.

   "Thank you!" Zhang Dongcheng asked after getting into the car, "How is it? The leak of the script in Hong Kong didn't cause us too much trouble, right?"

   "It's okay. Adaman just held a press conference, and the effect after the broadcast seems to be okay!" Patricia replied.

   "By the way, that John Wu came to the company today!" Patricia suddenly thought of something and reminded Zhang Dongcheng.

   "John? Wu?" Zhang Dongcheng frowned, a little at a loss for this guy who appeared out of nowhere.

  Who is John Wu?

  John Wu! This name really made Zhang Dongcheng stunned for a moment. Although he didn't recall who the other party was for a while, it didn't prevent Zhang Dongcheng from asking clearly the purpose of the other party!

   "Patricia, is there anything he wants to come to the company?" Zhang Dongcheng asked while sitting in the back seat of the car.

   "Well, I'm not very clear about this. But he seems to come because you plan to ask him to shoot a movie!"

  Patricia's words made Zhang Dongcheng react immediately. **** it! Isn't this John Wu the English name of John Woo?

  As a Chinese, if you want to develop internationally, it is normal to have an English name. Counting those Chinese people who are famous in the world, each one has an English name, even Zhang Dongcheng, doesn't he also have the name of Smith?

   To put it bluntly, even Lao Tzu, Confucius, Mencius... these ancient great sages in China thousands of years ago have their own English names, let alone modern people.

   It's just that Zhang Dongcheng was a little annoyed by the leak of Victoria and the script in the past two days, so that his reaction was delayed by a beat.

  Of course the most important reason is that he is too familiar with the Chinese name Wu Yusen. And when the two parties meet, no one will call each other by their English names. So for a while, there was no reaction.

   "Did John say anything else?" Zhang Dongcheng asked.

   Zhang Dongcheng is very clear about the purpose of Wu Yusen's coming to him, it must be for the spy.

  As a director, especially a director like Wu Yusen who regards violent aesthetic movies as his dream in life, his resistance to the temptation of movies like Bourne Shadow is infinitely close to zero.

Not long ago, after Woo Yusen accepted to direct the Bourne Shadow movie, Zhang Dongcheng was too busy with other things later on, especially the acquisition of TV stations and Marvel Comics, so he put this matter behind him and waited several times in a row. In a month's time, it's no wonder Wu Yusen would chase after him.

   "Sorry, Smith, I don't know about this." Patricia shook her head and said, "Because it was Mr. John who was received by Adaman."

   "Oh!" Zhang Dongcheng said "Oh!" and didn't speak again.

  Whether to start filming The Bourne Movie now, Zhang Dongcheng is a little undecided. The main reason is that now Dongcheng Films has shot three movies in succession, Zhang Dongcheng's Dark War, Huang Yiyu's Reaper and the Wachowski Brothers' Matrix 2.

  Among these three films, although only Matrix 2 has the largest investment. But the total investment of the three films is still an astronomical figure.

  Under such circumstances, it may be a big burden on the funds of Dongcheng Films to launch the spy movie now.

  But thinking that John Woo had been waiting for several months for this movie, Zhang Dongcheng finally gritted his teeth.

shoot!

  If you don't shoot now, if John Woo's patience is exhausted and he is asked to shoot other movies, then it will be difficult to adjust the schedule in the future. Furthermore, there is a fund-raising method of short-term film investment funds at hand. Dongcheng Pictures can still bear this burden.

  After returning to the company, Zhang Dongcheng was about to go upstairs to explain to Adaman, preparing for the spies. He saw Adaman going out in a hurry, as if planning to go somewhere.

   "Hey, Adaman, what are you doing?"

   "Oh! God! Smith, you're finally back!" Adaman froze for a moment, then rushed over with big strides, and immediately gave Zhang Dongcheng a hug.

   It has been less than two days since Zhang Dongcheng left the United States! But looking at Adaman's current reaction, it seems that he has disappeared for several years.

   "Adaman, did something else happen? I think you should be able to handle the leaked script, right?" Zhang Dongcheng pushed Adaman away with a puzzled expression on his face.

  Adaman smiled wryly, and said: "Yes. The script has been settled, but... ****! Those **** shit, they actually..."

   "Wait first!" Zhang Dongcheng immediately interrupted Adaman's complaint, and said, "Tell me what happened first!"

   "Okay! Okay! I almost forgot to tell you!" Adaman smiled shyly, knowing that his old mistakes had recurred. "It happened like this."

   Following Adaman's explanation, Zhang Dongcheng finally understood why he left the company in such a hurry.

  The cause of the matter is very simple, it is just normal business competition. If Dongcheng Films wants to push up, it will definitely affect the interests of the eight major film companies. Now that Dongcheng Films has a crisis of script leaks, why don't they make good use of it?

  Adaman is also in a hurry to go out and prepare to contact the TV station to clarify this matter.

   "Okay, Adaman. Don't need to waste this effort!" Zhang Dongcheng shook his head and said, "Don't worry about this kind of thing!"

  Adaman apparently did not expect that Zhang Dongcheng would be so domineering and ignore those remarks that slander the secret war? He wasn't like this before, was he?

   "But, Smith, if you let them go on like this, it will deal a big blow to the dark war!" Adaman persuaded. Hope Jang Dong Sung can change his mind.

"It doesn't matter. Have you forgotten how I got a cold reception for my first film? Now I am not what I used to be. Besides, as long as the quality of the film is good enough, then these small tricks are just scabies. That's all. What's more, what they've done is a disguised form of publicity for our American version of Dark War, so why not do it?” Zhang Dongcheng smiled, obviously disdainful of the practices of the eight major film companies.

  In the end, Adaman was still infected by Zhang Dongcheng's self-confidence, and gave up the idea of ​​going out to find someone to fight with.

  After returning to the company, Zhang Dongcheng immediately began to ask Adaman about the company's financial situation. "Adaman, how much liquidity do we have now?"

"After you got that money last time, because you took out most of it to buy Marvel Comics, and then allocated it to ZDC TV to shoot the TV series "A Thousand Ways to Die" and "Prison Escape", and... "Seeing Adaman as if he was reporting work, he was ready to tell Zhang Dongcheng every start.

  Zhang Dongcheng suddenly felt dizzy. He knocked on the desk and said: "Adaman, you are responsible for these financial matters. Except for the board of directors, you don't need to report to me in such detail. You just need to tell me how much money our company can provide now. !"

"Now the company has about 50 million yuan left. Twenty million yuan must be kept in the company to prevent various emergencies. It is full of follow-up production costs for projects such as 1,000 ways to die and jailbreak. So it can be used The cash is only 30 million!" Adaman was very moved by Zhang Dongcheng's trust.

  Although Adaman is in charge of the finances of Dongcheng Pictures, Zhang Dongcheng will not check the accounts or anything. But every once in a while at the board meeting, Adaman must report specific financial expenses to each director. It is also impossible for him to do any **** betrayal.

   "30 million?" Zhang Dongcheng lit a cigarette, and while smoking, he became thoughtful.

  The investment of the first part of the original Bourne Movie was 60 million US dollars. Now it is only half of the original investment. Zhang Dongcheng operated Spy Shadow as Zero Zero Seven of Dongcheng Pictures. His plan is to invest 100 million US dollars! This point has also been discussed with Wu Yusen.

  In this way, the amount of difference is a bit large, with a gap of 70 million, it is a bit unrealistic to raise funds only by short-term film investment funds.

   After a moment of silence, Zhang Dongcheng said: "Adaman, contact Mr. John, and tell him that I have returned. I want to discuss with him about Spy Shadow!"

"Oh, NO!" Adaman shook his head hastily, and said, "Smith, you can't do that. Even if we take out all the company's working capital, it's only 50 million U.S. dollars. In this way, you need at least The 50 million fund has been sold!"

  Zhang Dongcheng smiled confidently and said, "Who said I would do this? Don't worry, I've already considered it!"

  In Zhang Dongcheng's plan, the Spy Shadow fund will sell up to 40 million yuan, and the company will pay the remaining 60 million yuan. This was decided by all board members of Dongcheng Films after the success of The Matrix. The maximum percentage of the fund cannot exceed 50%.

   In this way, 40 million was raised, plus the company's 30 million, a total of 70 million! There are still 30 million funds that have not been settled! It's no wonder that Adaman came out to object immediately after hearing Zhang Dongcheng's words.

   But no one stipulates that the funds must be in place at one time, right? With a fund of 70 million, at least the crew of The Spy Shadow can last for several months, and at that time, Dark War will be released, so all problems will be solved.

  After Zhang Dongcheng told Adaman his thoughts, Adaman finally breathed a sigh of relief and left the office to contact Wu Yusen.

  At this time, the leak of the secret war script has intensified!

   Among them, those who hold opposing opinions occupy the mainstream. And less than a third supported Zhang Dongcheng. However, Zhang Dongcheng didn't care about such rumors at all.

   "Hahaha..." Gavin looked at the newspaper in his hand at the Los Angeles media office and laughed out loud. Putting down the newspaper, he happily smoked his cigar and said to Ander beside him, "Ender, look. This time, this yellow monkey is doomed!"

  Ander knew Zhang Dongcheng very well. Because of this, he was not as optimistic as Gavin. In his heart, Zhang Dongcheng is a very evil guy, he can always turn bad luck into good luck, and turn disaster into good luck!

  Sometimes Ander himself wondered whether Zhang Dongcheng was really the illegitimate child of God as some tabloids claimed. Otherwise, why can he solve the problems he encounters smoothly every time, and make a fortune in return?

"Gavin, Smith can't solve it so easily!" Ender leaned on the sofa and said, "Think about it. Since his debut, he has encountered many troubles, but that time really hurt his tendons. Has his bones been broken? Just like when he was a mummy, everyone thought he was finished in such a huge parade, and what happened in the end?"

Gavin couldn't help frowning at Ender's words, and said suspiciously: "It's not so evil, is it? You see that Dongcheng Pictures can't even fight back now. Under such circumstances, do you think he can turn around?" ?”

   "Maybe only God knows!" Ender shook his head.

   Gavin smiled, and said, "I don't believe this guy can turn over in this situation!"

   "What if he really turned over?" Ender stared at Gavin and asked.

   "This is impossible!" Gavin's expression was unusually solemn. If you can stand up like this, will others still survive?

   "Okay, how about we make a bet?" Ender smiled mysteriously.

   "What's the bet!" Gavin asked with interest.

   "If this guy really turns around this time, how about you investing in me and letting me make a movie?" Ender finally said what he had planned a long time ago.

   Although Ender and Gavin are brothers, they are adults now. The division of assets between the two parties is very clear.

   Gavin pondered for a while, and said, "Okay! I agree!"

  Ander did not spend this time in vain. Ever since he became a professional film critic, he really settled down and began to study movies. Summing up the lessons of his last failure, during this time, he has begun to conceive a new story. However, due to the failure last time, no one would invest in him anymore, so he could only focus on his brother Gavin.

  If it is okay to succeed this time, but if it fails, then Ander is not only a scammer, he even cheats his own brother!

   On the other side, Zhang Dongcheng received Wu Yusen who came in a hurry in his office.

  Compared with the last time, this time John Woo is clearly dressed more casually, a jacket, a pair of casual trousers, and a pair of brown leather shoes. It doesn't look like a director at all, but like an ordinary white-collar worker.

   "Mr. Zhang, how about the Bourne Envoy incident? I've been waiting so long!" Wu Yusen asked half-jokingly. But he was a little anxious to wait, and it was really his true thoughts.

   Zhang Dongcheng first apologized to Wu Yusen and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Wu. I've been a little busy and dizzy during this time. I kept you waiting for so long."

   "It's okay. Anyway, this time is relatively free!" Speaking of this, Wu Yusen was a little surprised.

  In Wu Yusen's heart, he has already regarded Bourne Shadow as a monumental movie in his life. Since the filming of Face Changing, although he has been well-known by American audiences, it may be that John Woo has always come from Hong Kong. The xenophobia of the United States makes him feel confused about his future direction.

  In fact, everyone will have this feeling, as if after a lot of hard work to complete something, accompanied by the joy of success, there is also the feeling of being at a loss. It was in this state that Woo Yusen met Zhang Dongcheng and was invited by him to direct The Spy.

   Therefore, Wu Yusen already regards The Bourne Shadow as his next goal in life. That's why I'm willing to wait a few months. But this time he was really impatient to wait.

  Being the pioneer of legendary electric effects, such an honor is something that no director can refuse.

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