I now work at Princeton University. This time, the Department of East Asia Research, which represents our school, invited Lin Sang. I wonder if Lin Sang was interested in visiting and exchanges to Princeton University? "
Haruki Murakami went to Princeton University as a visiting researcher in 1990. This year, he became a guest professor. He specializes in "modern Japanese literature".
Lin Chaoyang was slightly surprised. I did not expect Murakami Haruki to hold this purpose this time.
"Go to Princeton University as a visiting scholar?"
Yes. Our department director Mr. Frederick Matt also watched your "China on the Tip of the Tongue", which is attracted to your diet, integrating Chinese history, geography, local culture and national customs.
Then, then
I hope you invite you to do a topic about Chinese history and food culture in Princeton University. "
Princeton University is a prestigious school of Ivy, and enjoys a high reputation internationally.
The East Research Department there was based on 1969. The "Frederick Matt" mentioned by Haruki Murakami is the founder of the East Asian Research Department and the top Sinologist in the United States. The Chinese name is Mu Fu Li.
Under the operation of Mu Fuli, the East Asian Studies Department of Princeton University has risen rapidly in more than 20 years, becoming a heavy town for Sinology research in the United States.
It stands to reason that receiving such an invitation, regardless of whether it is promised or not, Lin Chaoyang should be glad and happy, but his brows frowned tightly, and his face was groaning.
Murakami Haruki did not expect that Lin Chaoyang would be this reaction. He was a little puzzled and Shin Xin. She glanced at Beicukura Miyu, and she was also at a loss.
"Is there any concern for Lin Sang?" Murakami asked.
Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "Nothing. Thank you very much for your kindness, but my energy is concentrated in creation. I am afraid I can't afford the responsibilities of this visiting scholar."
"Ah!" Haruki Murakami did not expect Lin Chaoyang to refuse so simply, and wanted to persuade.
"Lin Sang, this visiting scholar will not require academic results, you don't have to worry about academic pressure.
After the application, all the costs of your going to the United States will be responsible for Princeton University, and the national democracy. - · ·
"Stop! Stop!"
Besides, you have to be blocked!
Why don't I go, you are not counting in your heart!
"Mr. Murakami, thank you for your kindness with your school, but my mind has been set."
Seeing that Lin Chaoyang's attitude was so determined, Murakami Chunshu showed a regret, "That's a pity.
I also look forward to Lin Sang's experience in Princeton, we can exchange experience in creating. ""
Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "I am very happy to know Mr. Murakami. Although we may have a short time of communication, this time I know it, everyone is a friend, there must be a lot of opportunities to communicate in the future."
Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Haruki Murakami was happy, "Lin Sang said, it is my honor to know you."
"Mr. Murakami is polite again!"
After dinner, Lin Chaoyang left the Penalty Hotel.
When I got home, she told Tao Yushu to receive the matter of Miyuki Kazura Murakami Murakami today.
She wondered: "Princeton University invites you to be a visiting scholar? Isn't this a good thing?
Lin Chaoyang teased: "Did you worship your education and worship it? This is not as simple as this!"
"What's the meaning?"
"The Department of East Asia of Princeton University has a ZG Society, and you must know how many people are."
"Who?"
"Liu Bin y, Su Shao Z, Su Xiao K, Zheng Y. '
Tao Yushu was surprised, "They-"
"Yeah, and this ZG Academy has been funded by NED this year."
Tao Yushu is now a half media person. Naturally, she knows what NED is. As Lin Chaoyang heard this news, she frowned.
"What do they mean? Do you want to stand you?"
Lin Chaoyang is happy, "This word is good! It's almost the same."
Tao Yushu thought about it, and said, "I refused directly, which is not in line with your personality. According to your previous statement, you should not eat the sugar coat first and hit the cannon bomb back?"
Lin Chaoyang sighed, ("When you are still an unknown small dwelling? He still eats sugar and beats back? I just go to a visiting scholar now.
"Oh! It's a pity that it is good to go to a visiting scholar if there is no such thing!"
"I'm going to visit the scholar, what about your mother?" Lin Chaoyang teased.
"Dong Dong and Yan Yan gave it to Yu Mo, I accompany you." Tao Yushu said without hesitation.
"The company doesn't want it?"
Tao Yushu's face was a little tangled and thought carefully, "I can come back a few days a month, the rest of the time remote control."
Lin Chaoyang looked at her expression, and I don't know why I felt so cute.
"Forget it, maybe there will be a chance in the future."
"I can only do this." Tao Yushu said a little lost, she asked again, "Then you go to the United States--"
"That's not delay. Normally communication activities are not easy to do articles."
The next day, Miyuki Murakami Murakami went to the door to visit Lin Chaoyang. First, the Japanese version of the Japanese version of "China on the Tip of the Tongue" was handed over to Lin Chaoyang.
Then the two talked to Lin Chaoyang to the translation of "Dallas Buy Furniture and Furniture".
"Lin Sang's observation of American society is really three -pointers. If you don't know you, some people now say that this novel is written by a big American writer, and I will believe it."
"Mr. Murakami has passed the prize. Most of the materials of this novel come from real people and true things. In fact, it was not that I wrote well, but that Mr. Woodruc’ s experience is enough. "
The manuscript of "Dallas Buy Furniture Music" was handed over to the study room by Lin Chaoyang's feet around last year, but because the work of Haruki Murakami is relatively busy, it is just a beginning to be listed in Japan. Then, then
He is not in a hurry to this. Lin Chaoyang and Murakami Chunshu are internationally renowned Chinese writers and the other is the leading figure of the Japanese literary world. The two are strong and united. They must write a good story of the Japanese publishing industry.
Not to mention one year, two years, five years, ten years, those readers will also buy it.
After talking about one morning, I stayed in Miyuki Murakami Haruki Haruki for a meal. In the afternoon, Lin Chaoyang sent two to the airport.
The next day, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu appeared again at the airport and boarded the plane to Los Angeles.
Los Angeles is one of the largest cities in western United States and one of the main bases of American petrochemical, ocean, aerospace industry and electronics industry.
In addition, there are well -known universities such as California Institute of Technology and University of Southern California. The world -famous Hollywood is located here. The economy and culture are highly developed.
Landing in Los Angeles, someone came to pick up the plane.
The hot producer of the Hollywood action film industry was in the collapse of Tao Yushu with 15%of the stocks of the United States.
"Hi, Mrs. Lin!"
"This is Mr. Lin? You are now a big man in the American cultural world!"
Joe Silvo has a typical personality of White American. When he meets for the first time, he always shows confidence and enthusiasm.
After saying hello, a few people got on the car, Joe Silvo first settled the couple to the Bellyshan Hotel,
After a short break, Tao Yushu proposed to let Lin Chaoyang go to the Lin family in the United States to see.
In 1950, "Sunset Avenue" directed by Billy Wilde became popular in Europe and the United States, swept the Oscar Gold Award, and made the original sunset avenue world -famous.
This avenue extends from the center of Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway, with a length of 35 kilometers.
The sunset avenue all the way west, from San Monica from the Pacific Coast Highway from the Shalvon Canyon Station to the beach, gathered a large number of independent production companies in Hollywood. The office of the Lin family in the United States is located here.
There are only 12 resident employees in the office in the office.
The manager of Joe Silvo comes for a day every week. He also has his own label Silvo Films. He entered the production company of Lawrence Gordon in the 1970s and quickly made his debut. He produced "48 Selling action movies such as "Call" and "Angry Street" won the trust of Lawrence Gordon.
In 1985, he established his own label Silvo Films and cooperated with Warner Brothers Films to successfully create action films such as "Devil Commander", "Deadly Weapon", "Tiger Dragon" and "Iron Blood Warrior". Top producer in the film field.
With Joe Silvo's connections and strength in Hollywood, there is no need to cooperate with Lin's film industry at all, but no one will not live with money.
Tao Yushu injected $ 30 million for the United States. What Joe Silvo needs to do is only to use his connections and resources in Hollywood to do a good job of coordinating the production of the United States Lin's production business. It is really a good sale.
Moreover, the volume of Lin's film industry can not be compared with the six major Hollywood, but the strength is much stronger than the ordinary independent film company. Many partners have no harm.
After spending more than half an hour in the company, Joe Silvo and Tao Yushu talked about the company's next production business. They believed that Tao Yushu should boldly and increase investment.
He occupies 15%of the shares in the United States. Although it is impossible to invest too much energy, the company has developed well, and he has good benefits.
"Joe, if your project's project is willing to let me participate in investment, I don't mind bolder."
"Mrs. Lin, I am very happy to accept your investment, but unfortunately those projects have been in place."
Silvo Pictures is unique in the field of action films. In recent years, explosive models have been frequently out, and I don’t worry about funds at all.
Joe Silvo is definitely inclined to cooperate with those large Hollywood producers.
In Hollywood, it is feasible to have money alone.
Tao Yushu's words were half a joke, half of the temptation. Seeing Joe Silvo's refusal simply, she did not tangled.
"After the" Ultimate target "is released, the company will open two more projects."
Listening to her, Joe Silvo was happy, "This should have been like this," The Heroes I have talked to you before is a good project. "
The Lin's project in the United States not only represents possible profit, but also is equivalent to the resources he mastered in his hands. It has great benefits to his expansion of his expansion in Hollywood.
Tao Yushu also knows this. She wants to use it and also to prevent Joe Silvo. This is a process of continuous game.
"" Fantasy Heroes "has invested too much. Within three years, Lin will not participate in this big investment.
The projects this time are small cost films. "
The director of "Fantasy Heroes" is John McGirinan, who has directed "Iron Warrior", "Tiger Dragon" and "Hunter Red October", the front -line director in the Hollywood action film field, Joe Silvo
Old partner.
This film has been finalized in Schwarzenegger, the lineup is good, but the investment budget is as high as 85 million US dollars.
After Joe Sylvo recommended Tao Yushu, she asked the company's creative department to review the script, and felt that even if the three parties invested together, the risk was too high, so she gave up.
Joe Silvo is a bit disappointed, but the two small costs are also good. You can use it to be a humanity.
Exchange some resources.
"I have a director to recommend."
"How about the resume?"
"It's called David Vinci, he was the visual effect engineer of the Industrial Light Magic before, and he has followed a few" Star Wars "
The special effects of the series, after leaving the industrial light demon, filmed a documentary advertising film.
Last year, I directed "Alien 3". The film has not been released yet, but I have seen the editing fragment. His ability should be fine. "
Tao Yushu groaned, knows special effects, has made a lot of advertising movies, documentary, and the quality of the first movie is good. It is a personal talent.
It has been a long time in Xiangjiang's film industry. Tao Yushu understands that although there are genius in the movie, more good directors are rolling up from the bottom, and they are all talented talents.
Although David Vinci's resume does not look as bright as many college directors, it is very solid. This resume director is usually multi -faceted.
The summary is two words, easy to use.
"Is there his previous work?"
"have."
Joe Silvo brought two MTV video tapes, which is a masterpiece of David Vinci.
The meaning of the masterpiece is not how good the MTV is shot, but the singer is well -known Madonna.
The song name is "EpressyourSeif". The translation is "Expressing Self". The video screen is mainly black and white. Madonna is fully showing the sexy and enchanting dance and body in a group of muscular men.
There are also a lot of bold shots, which are full of heavy metal thriller and fantasy.
Tao Yushu watched the film. These things are not the focus, but the skill of scoring the lens, scene scheduling and mirror.
"It's not bad. You said he made" Alien 3 ". There is the first two movies Zhuyu. After finishing this film, he should be emerging in Hollywood. He is willing to pick up the Lin's project?"
Joe Silvo said: "This is not so simple. The director of" Alien 3 "was originally Vincent ·
Ward, David Vinci took over temporarily.
He had two screenwriters with the producer, and Fox did not trust him in the twentieth century. He couldn't even enter the door of the editing room.
"Alien 3" is a bit too many, maybe the word of mouth will not be too good after being released. "
When he said this, Tao Yushu understood.
"Alien 3" invests 50 million US dollars. If the box office rushes the street, even if it has nothing to do with David Vinci, this pot will be thrown on his head.
His hesitation, Tao Yushu said: "There is exactly a script creativity in the company, it is a small cost horror film. Looking back, he can talk to the company's screenwriter and get out the script first."
"Okay, then I contact him."
Tao Yushu and Joe Silvo chatted about the company's new project. Wu Yusen appeared in the office.
"Ultimate target" will be released tomorrow. In the past few days, Joe Saelff arranged some interviews with several main creators.
"Lin Sheng, Lin Tai, I'm sorry, I'm late.
When I met, Wu Yusen apologized.
"It's okay, work tightly, just to eat together at night." Tao Yushu comfortable, and asked, "The directed film should be screened in the United States on a large scale, how do you feel?"
"Happy and excited 7
"Looking forward to"
"Don't worry too much, I have watched it, the effect is good."
The next afternoon, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu came to Hollywood Avenue.
On the west side of the Hollywood Avenue, there is a red and green Chinese style building. This is the Chinese Theater, known as the "Hollywood symbol".
At 3 pm, the premiere of "Ultimate target" will be held here.
In order to release the "Ultimate target", the American publisher Warner Bros. of this film sent two groups of public relations personnel, one in New York, and one group in Los Angeles.
This is why Tao Yushu is willing to spend 15%of the shares to win Joe Silvo.
In the impression of ordinary people, it seems that as long as you set up a Hollywood distribution system, you can eat and make it steadily. The truth is not the case.
If your own strength is not enough, or there is no strong character to coordinate, even if you have to make money, you may be eaten dry and clean, not even a residue.
With Joe Silvo, the United States can easily cooperate with the Warner Brothers, one of the six major Hollywood, and get a good treatment.
But if there is no Joe Silvo, the Lin family may have to pay the same money as before, find a second -rate publisher like a new line.
"Hello, Mrs. Lin, we met again!"
Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives.
Tao Yushu just thought of the new line, one of the founders of the new line film industry, the co -chairman Michael Links came over to say hello to her.
After a few words, Tao Yushu left Michael Lynch and talked to Richard Donna introduced with Joe Silvo.
Richard: Donner is the gold medal director of Warner Bros.. He has made many major movies such as "Superman", "Seven Treasures" and "Deadly Weapon".
Seeing this, Michael Linden shrugged. Of course, he knew that Tao Yushu didn't wait to see him, or because of the reason why he did not wait to see the new line of film industry.
100 million dollars.
After that, the two sides pursued the second part of the second part, with a global box office of 160 million US dollars, a decline in the first part, but it was still selling.
The new line film industry is responsible for the release of the two films. After the cost, the net profit is more than 30 million US dollars.
Under such circumstances, it is reasonable to say that the two sides should continue to deepen cooperation.
Last year, the new line set up a good -line film industry that specializes in making low -cost stories films. Tao Yushu wanted to invest in, and took this opportunity to enter Hollywood.
However, it was rejected by the new line film industry, which also made Tao Yushu completely understand the rules of the game of weak Hollywood meat and strong food.
She was too lazy to cooperate with the new line of film industry to set up the United States Lin's, and pulled Joe Silvo to the company at a expensive price.
The premiere of "The Ultimate target" rely on Joe Silvo to have a lot of big names in Hollywood's vast connections. Some of the screenwriters and directors in it only know the people in the industry, as well as stars.
For example, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Mel Gipson, etc. who have worked with Joe Silvo.
"Your money is not white!" Lin Chaoyang joked.
"Of course." Tao Yushu smiled proudly.
After some communication, the premiere started.
"Ultimate target" does not talk about what is the best work, but it is absolutely enough to measure the standard of action.
The movie tells the robbery of the rich girl Natasha on the way to look for the dispersion father.
Then he hired her to find her father, and then the two of them fighting all the way all the way.
The next day, the "Hollywood Report" published the film review on this movie as soon as possible.
"Shangge Yunton showed his superb skills in the movie, and also showed mature acting skills. His performance was a bit humorous.
Although the plot of the film is absurd, the action is gorgeous, and there is no cold field from beginning to end.
In addition to being attributed to the personal charm of Shangge Yunton, Wu Yusen, the violent aesthetics and popular action scenes that director Xiangjiang director, also contributed. "
Later, there were several newspapers and publication information and film reviews of "Ultimate target", which were given to the middle and upper evaluations.
It turns out that for an action movie, such media evaluation is enough.
Three days in the first weekend, 1 "Ultimate target" successfully cut off 11.63 million US dollars box office.
According to experience, the box office of the first weekend of the first weekend accounted for about 60%of the box office in the first week, and the box office in the first week accounted for 35-40%of the total box office.
Therefore, Joe Silvo's optimistic estimation is that the total box office of "Ultimate target" is expected to touch the $ 50 million mark.
This number is not eye -catching for those commercial blockbusters, but it is very impressive for the middle production of less than 20 million US dollars such as "Ultimate target".
The success of "Ultimate target" also made Joe Silvo attach more attention to the United States Lin's. Maybe this foreign film company may bring him greater surprises in the future.
One week after May 10, the premiere of "Ultimate target" has passed.
In the administrative suite of Perlishan Hotel, Tao Yushu called the breakfast to the room after getting up.
The couple ate breakfast leisurely, and saw the new week's movie box office summary data on the "Hollywood Report", Tao Yushu was in a good mood.
"Look at your happiness, the box office is good?"
"The first week of $ 20.45 million." Tao Yushu's tone was briskly mixed with a hint of play, showing her good mood.
"It seems that Qiao is right, the 50 million box office should not be a problem."
Tao Yushu nodded, and he was pleased.
In a blink of an eye, she and Lin Chaoyang went to Los Angeles for more than a week. During this period, her energy was mainly placed in various wine clubs, partying, and expanding hermes.
Hollywood is a world -renowned dream factory, but it is also full of greed, decay and hypocrisy.
The intoxicating money, power and ambitions have always been the growth of the Hollywood world.
The snobbish movement of Hongding and White is never a problem in Hollywood. Successful people with faces and unknown strokes that are hard work cannot be described in the world.
Those unknown generations do not even have the opportunity to take Shandong.
In addition to the extreme world state, in the week of Hollywood, Tao Yushu has seen and heard a lot of strange news, which is amazing.
In contrast, those strange facts in the Xiangjiang Entertainment Circle cannot be on the table.
The box office trend of "Ultimate target" was determined, and the success of the two previous "Ninja Turtles", the Lin's Lin's in Hollywood suddenly became hot.
When Tao Yushu ushered in various gatherings, he ushered in a warm smile face. He received the olive branches thrown by many producers of large producers.
She is very clear, whether these companies or producers, how diligent the film is in the movie when the movie is sold, and how cold it is when the movie fails.
Those enthusiastic smiley faces, saying that it is olive branches, and it is right to say that it is a sugar -coated shell.
But it doesn't matter, everyone is talking about business, using each other.
Before Tao Yushu had a headache, there was no way to cooperate with Hollywood companies. Now it has become a choice between her to choose between several large companies.
For a long time, Tao Yushu finally accepted the olive branches of Warner Bros. and the 20th Century Fox,
The cooperation with Warner Brothers is because it only released "Ultimate target". The cooperation between the two sides is very happy. Naturally, it must be maintained.
In the twentieth century, Fox watched Wu Yusen's direction, took out the script of "Broken Arrow", and proposed to produce joint production with the Lin family in the United States. It is full of sincerity.
After half a month in Hollywood, I finalized the development direction and production task of Lin's next development.
Chapter completed!