Chapter Four Hundred and Fortieth [Where is Sacred, Preparatory Work]
After Liang Kun signed the contract, DreamWorks immediately issued a statement, announcing the news that they would make a new movie and that Liang Kun would write, direct and act.
"War World War" is still being released, and "Escape from the Cloned Island" is the first to be released this month, and it is also a big-produced film. The hype between these two movies is very strong, and the media has recently liked to report on DreamWorks news.
Someone immediately collected Liang Kun’s information and wanted to know who he was? Los Angeles and New York media reported truthfully, but many people did not believe it, thinking that his experience did not look real.
He is the Olympic heavyweight boxing champion, and he is also the best-selling writer, singer, actor and spokesperson of Armani's brand. He has no experience in directing movies, so why did he suddenly go to Hollywood to become a director?
The news is very clear. Spielberg ordered Liang Kun to be the director of this movie and liked his script and shooting plan.
Spipberg praised Liang Kun in an interview. "The investment in this movie is not high. Liang is a very talented young man. He has the ability to direct a feature film. I believe he will make a wonderful movie and will not regret today's decision."
Chinese media immediately followed the trend and reported the incident. Liang fans discussed it online all day and were so excited.
"Brother Kun is so awesome. How did he do it? Did he lower his head for the big director? Although he met Spielberg in Athens and made news, he didn't say about him being a director at that time. This time he was not only a director, but also a male lead. Have they always been in touch?"
"Many people say that Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li is better than Brother Kun, and is a real international superstar in the mainland. Brother Kun's popularity is only in Asia. Brother Kun is completely ahead now, right? These two actresses go out to play Japanese with low pay, but Brother Kun directly attracts the investment of a big director to make movies! There is no need to discuss who is more powerful."
"Before, only Wu Yusen, the director of China, has achieved success in Hollywood. Xu Ke and Chen Kai have gone to film, and their box office and reputation failed. Liang Kun did something that Zhang Yimou had not done at the age of 23. Let's see what achievements he can achieve in this movie. If the box office is high, he can gain a foothold in Hollywood."
"If Brother Kun's acting skills can also be recognized, his future achievements may surpass Cheng Long and Wu Yusen and leave his star on the Avenue of Stars. He is still young and has a lot of time to prove himself. He is not only a star, but also a great pioneer among mainland movie stars."
Some people also expressed that they were not optimistic about this movie, because Liang Kun lacked experience. He should try a few movies in China first and then go out and find a master to study.
In fact, Liang Kun can't learn much in China. Most domestic filmmakers work behind closed doors, and there are few directors who can shoot commercial films, and they like to make costume action movies. If Liang Kun studied in China for a few years, he would be afraid that the road would go astray. The road of Chinese costume movies is getting narrower and narrower, and it will no longer attract audiences.
"Very Perfect" is not good either. Although the box office is high, it is essentially a nonsensical comedy. This kind of film will not have a box office without Asia. Europeans and Americans cannot understand it, and there are too many cultural differences.
90% of investors want to make money by making movies, but in fact there is only a 10% chance of making money. Smart investors always understand the market first, conduct research, and understand a trend, so that there will be a buyer's market. Now, buyers are distributed around the world. 65% of the movie revenue is obtained in foreign markets outside North America, and only 35% comes from the United States, so foreign markets are very important.
Although Hollywood also has a large number of bad movies, their fine movies can often be popular around the world. Chinese filmmakers should understand the global market and listen to the voice of the market, because the market will tell you what you want and what you don’t want.
If you want to make a profit from the movie and want to continue working as a filmmaker, you don’t work behind closed doors to make a movie, and don’t enter this industry if you fail. You must listen to the buyer’s voice. It’s not that I do what I like, but that I do what others like.
Liang Kun just wanted to make a movie that suits the tastes of the world, whether it is a director or an actor. No matter how high the box office in China is, no one can recognize it abroad. How can you prove that you are the best?
The whole world knows that Hollywood is the best place to make movies. If Liang Kun has been working in China, he will still play a bad role in the role of a bad example. If everyone feels comfortable living in China, going to Hollywood will not be successful. How many Chinese movies can go abroad in the future?
Liang Kun knew about the situation in China in his previous life. The themes of film and television dramas were limited. The huge box office content in the future was worrying, and there was basically no cultural output. What truly showed young people's culture was Douyin, Kuaishou, and various forced installations on smartphones. Everyone knew it, but non-mainstream could not be on the table.
Although China is the third largest film producer in the world, action films are almost the only type of Chinese commercial films. Domestic directors actually want to gain recognition abroad. In recent years, blockbusters have been costume action films, and "The Promise" under the banner of fantasy can be counted as it is included.
Everyone wants to gain recognition from the world. The difference between Liang Kun and several major domestic directors is that his focus is different. He doesn't want to make costume movies, so he goes abroad to shoot. He first finds foreign actors to cooperate with him, shoots commercial films in Hollywood, and then considers other things after he gains fame.
At the same time, Liang Kun also wanted to leave a way out for domestic filmmakers. If he copied all the popular movies in the future, such as "Wolf Warrior 2", "I Am Not a God of Medicine", "Mermaid" and other movies released 10 years in advance, and the box office shrank ten times in the end, would this be a good thing for the Chinese film industry?
He copied the popular Hollywood movies in the United States and would not cause a major butterfly effect in China. There would even be some good influence. If many people in China learn from him and give up on those pretentious art films to make commercial films, the Chinese film market can develop in advance.
This is how Liang Kun does good deeds without taking on the task, and what he makes is money from foreigners. There are a large number of actors in Hollywood who cannot get the opportunity and can only play supporting roles, but they have the potential to become popular. Liang Kun can also complete their tasks and choose them as the protagonists.
However, this plan has to be implemented later, and he has no right to cast the movie. This time he admitted it, and it will be released around the beginning of next year after filming. If he gets a high box office, he will definitely have more rights in the second movie.
Japanese and Korean media have also reported this news. "Very Perfect" can be sold abroad at a high price, and more and more audiences want to watch Liang Kun perform. "The Eraser in My Brain" is a loss because the film was released early and has been sold to China and Japan.
Sun Yezhen and Tang Qi often chat with Liang Kun online and also over the phone.
Liang Kun told them that she would go to Hollywood and that if she became famous, they would have the opportunity to enter Hollywood in the future. Neither of them expected that Liang Kun would become a director so soon.
For an actress, there is nothing better than having a big director's boyfriend, and she will never have to worry about having no movies in the future.
Liang Kun's success also caused the butterfly effect. Son Ye-jin turned down the movie "Out of the World" which has a bed scene this year and talked about extramarital affairs, and only made a comedy movie "The Rules of Chatting".
She decided to go to China to find Liang Kun after the contract expired. Not only for love, she could also have better development. As long as she held Liang Kun's thigh and acted well, she would likely go to Hollywood in the future. Liang Kun could write scripts for Tang Qi, and of course she could also write scripts for her.
Ayumi Hamasaki was an action-oriented man. After the concert tour in Japan, she quietly ran to Los Angeles. She wore a black wig and looked unpretentious. She successfully avoided the reporter and moved into the villa rented by Liang Kun.
The Japanese media only knows that she has gone on vacation and doesn’t know where she has gone. She has no fame in the United States, as long as she is not the iconic blonde, big-eyed makeup and Liang Kun go out on the streets together by Asian reporters.
Tang Qi also thought about going to the United States to find Liang Kun, but she was a good girl after all. She didn't dare to do this without the experience of going abroad. If she did this, she would stage a happy family event like "Haolaiyu" when she arrived at the villa.
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Gong Wei and Constantine returned to China first, leaving only assistant Li Renjie as a bag-carrying brother for Liang Kun in Hollywood. After signing the contract, there is no financial matter to deal with for the time being, and they are just a waste of time. Liang Kun really has to do something here, and with Speech Castle to protect him, it is more effective than Gong Wei to introduce him casually.
The American media reported Liang Kun’s news mainly because Spieburg praised him. Liang Kun was only 23 years old and became a film director, and he had a backstage at first glance. If he was not a Chinese or a Jew, the media would probably guess that he was Spieburg’s godson.
He made a DreamWorks movie, and was a director appointed by Speeburg. Unless he was brainless, the people in the crew would not dare to provoke him. Offending Liang Kun is a trivial matter, and offending Speeburg is a death. In Hollywood, almost everyone will sell Speeburg for some face, and his influence is amazing.
Due to the low investment in the movie, DreamWorks is in a special period. The filming will be started immediately after the project was established and the filming will be started in August.
Raising funds is very simple, and producer Stewart started his second job, convening directors, photographers and other main creators.
Stewart found a white man named Kyle Jones as the first deputy director to assist Liang Kun. He had long shawl hair and a long goatee, and looked a bit artistic.
There is also the second deputy director Bobby Evans, who has a short white hair with a little hair that is slightly out of the top, has a garlic nose, small eyes, and looks impressive.
The two deputy directors are over 30 years old and are Liang Kun's seniors. However, after they met Liang Kun, they did not show off their predecessors. They smiled and said that they would follow Liang Kun's head.
Chapter completed!