Chapter 458 [Upgrade shares, refuse national teachers]
After National Day, Liang Kun no longer accepted media interviews and went into seclusion at home to write English "The Lost Lover".
In the past few years, Liang Kun was not able to write English well. In recent years, he has made a lot of progress. With the increase in the number of times he went abroad, he not only developed English skills but also reached B level, and his speech and writing are above ordinary Europeans and Americans.
In addition, some people have developed translation software in the Internet era, and if they have vocabulary that they are not sure, they can use the software to compare them.
Liang Kun wrote this movie very hard because he had never read the original work, but he just liked the movie very much. He could only write the script first, and then discuss and ponder the vocabulary with his subconscious mind, and then release it in reverse.
After his friends and family knew that Liang Kun was writing English, they all admired him. This year, the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series was completed and is the best-selling in China. If Liang Kun could also publish English in the United States and be a best-selling writer, he would probably become a well-known international writer.
Liang Kun did not announce this to the public and wanted to wait until it was popular.
His life at home was very comfortable. In addition to writing books and cooking, he occasionally practiced street dance, piano and violin. When Tang Qi went to the Central Academy of Drama to study, he had many projects to entertain himself at home.
He does not participate in variety shows, does not accept new advertisements, and does not have plans to perform concerts. No matter what the fans online say, he is unwilling to participate in too many commercial activities. Some people in China asked Liang Kun to make movies, but he turned them all down.
Even if Liang Kun wants to be low-key, he often goes to the news.
This month, the movie "Very Perfect" was released in Japan and achieved a very high box office.
Liang Kun's popularity in Japan continues to increase, proving his box office appeal.
"Very Perfect" is a pure comedy with a strong middle school style. In addition, it is starring Ayumi Hamasaki and Liang Kun, which Japanese audiences especially like it.
"The Eraser in My Mind" just set the highest box office record of Korean movies in Japan, with a total of 3.4 billion yen. "Very Perfect" is about to set the highest box office record of Chinese movies in Japan. Three weeks after its release, the box office of the movie reached an astonishing 3.8 billion yen, which is much stronger than the tragedy starring Liang Kun.
The movie uses some classic jokes from "I Never Expected". The style of "I Never Expected" is to imitate a Japanese spoof animation "I Never Expected".
Some exaggerated lines by Liang Kun and Ayumi Hamazaki made Japanese audiences laugh so hard that their stomachs hurt. Zhang Guorong’s guest appearance in Gao Qiu and Wang Baoqiang’s trailer almost made some people laugh. “One Piece” is the first of the three major migrant workers’ comics, and Japanese people can understand this meme.
Cheng Long had a large number of fans in Japan back then, but due to the times, his box office of his movies was not as high as Liang Kun. His highest movie, "Plan A", had a box office of 3.1 billion yen.
Not too surprised, the final box office of the movie will exceed "Heroes"'s 4.05 billion yen.
Yingyi Entertainment is going to make a lot of money now, and Liang Kun can also share a lot of money. Many people think this is a miracle. "Hero" is the first mainland blockbuster with stars, and "Very Perfect" is just a small-cost romance film.
Liang Kun's box office appeal seems to be unparalleled, and anyone seems to be watching whatever he shoots. Ayumi Hamasaki also consolidated the status of Asian queens.
In early November, Liu Dehua called Liang Kun, and the biggest director in the mainland also wanted to find him to make a movie.
"Akun, Director Zhang Yimou asked me to help contact you and ask if you would like to play an important role in his next movie, the second male lead in costume film. This movie is a big production, and the tentative starring is Chow Yun-fat and Gong Li."
"When will the shooting start?" Liang Kun asked.
"Probably the beginning of next year, there are many things still to be discussed." Andy Lau replied.
Andy Lau felt that Liang Kun had already walked ahead of him in acting. He wanted to participate in such a big-produced movie, but there was no role suitable for him in the play.
Liang Kun gave an unexpected reply. "Brother Hua, I can only turn it off. Unless the movie starts filming now and is finished before the end of December, I will not have time to participate in the filming." Liang Kun smiled and refused, not asking about his own pay.
Andy Lau was stunned and asked, "Are you going to start a new movie in Hollywood next year?"
"Yes. I'm writing English, and I'm taking time to write an English script." Liang Kun was not making excuses, he really didn't have time.
Spielberg has a wide connection in Hollywood and has to set a schedule for the movie very quickly. If he wants "Happy Death Day" to be released in January, he will definitely get that schedule. Liang Kun wrote, directed and acted by himself, and is the main force in the promotional film. It is getting late after he finished the promotional event in January.
As long as "Happy Death Day" hit the box office and Spielberg's support, Liang Kun will be well-known in the Hollywood circle. As long as he doesn't make a fuss about saying the wrong thing and offends the big guys, it will be a foregone conclusion that he will direct the second movie next year.
If he doesn't direct a movie, if he wants to act, he may get roles after meeting other directors. Maybe some directors want to find him to make an action movie, almost everyone knows that he has real kung fu and testifies as the Olympic gold medal.
If Liang Kun can gain a foothold in Hollywood, why should he still match people in domestic movies?
Andy Lau immediately figured out this point. "You really don't have to shoot movies made by major domestic directors. Maybe your movies will have higher global box office than Zhang Yimou in the future."
"Not maybe, but certain." Liang Kun said confidently.
This is a reason, Lao Touzi couldn't persuade him at all. He couldn't let him give up filming in Hollywood and return to China to play supporting roles, right?
If a young domestic actor has the opportunity to cooperate with Zhang Yimou, he will definitely agree without saying a word. Many people don’t have the chance to reduce their pay and cooperate with him. Liang Kun really doesn’t care. He is top-notch in Asia and does not need to be a “mouboy” to increase his popularity.
He also knew that he was going to film "The Golden Armor in the City". Lao Mouzi wanted to find him to play the role of "Yuan Jie", Chou Jielun. Even if he had time, he had no interest in this role.
First of all, the movie has a bad box office.
"Golden Armor" is the last part of Zhang Yimou's martial arts trilogy and the one with the greatest "ambitions". The film has an investment of up to 360 million yuan, and the investment scale exceeds the previous two plots.
After the release of "Golden Armor", the box office in China was so popular, reaching 291 million yuan, breaking the historical box office record. However, considering that the film's investment and reputation were criticized by the audience, it was actually a failure. After that, Zhang Yimou fell from the altar one after another.
Secondly, this script is adapted from "Thunderstorm", and Liang Kun doesn't like "Thunderstorm" at all.
In the end, Yuan Jie rebelled very much and easily failed. The action scenes were very large but they were unilateral massacres. Brother Fa ate like a person who was fine, and there were chrysanthemums everywhere.
Liang Kun felt that filming a successful rebellion story, changing the prince's weapon from a big knife to a Fang Tian Painting Ji was more exciting than this film. Lu Bu at least killed Dong Zhuo for Diao Chan, and Yuanjie refused to drink medicine for his mother. What was the reason for rebellion even though he knew he would fail?
The embarrassing thing is that in the end this guy did nothing and said he knew he couldn't win.
He knew that he could not win, so he asked a group of heartfelt subordinates to die because he was filial to his mother. The lives of his soldiers were all tool people, gathered together and made people cum and play.
Yuan Jie had no men in charge of intelligence, not to mention the strategists, but only a group of lucky E's gunmen. An army was mobilized on the opposite side, and he didn't even know that the big shield was set up. He was still rebelling. Not only did he need to take medicine, but he also needed to drink some brain fragments.
Liang Kun cannot take on such a role, and it feels like he is his own dark history.
Andy Lau looked down on Liang Kun even when he watched Zhang Yimou's films, he felt a little crisis. After the two of them joined forces, the company developed very well. If Liang Kun quit in the future, Yingyi Entertainment would not be so glorious in China.
He asked, "If you make a name for yourself in Hollywood, you won't not come back to film in the future, right? Can you still take the time to write scripts for the company?"
Liang Kun thought for a while and said with a smile: "If I had a good time in Hollywood, my career focus would definitely be there. You should be able to understand me. How can a well-known Hollywood director who usually writes TV drama scripts without thinking about it?"
Andy Lau sighed: "If you don't write TV series, you can write movie scripts that can be filmed in China. I know that your current status is different. You can increase your shares in the company, but you can't ignore it at all."
"Then I will do my best." Liang Kun said with a smile.
He is actually not a waste of his brain when writing scripts in the country, and many of his works are ready-made.
And he can also conceive two scripts, such as "Dallas Buyer Club" and "I'm Not a God of Medicine", and then promote each other and shoot them in both countries.
The former has won multiple Oscar nominations, while the latter has also achieved great success in China. Andy Lau will definitely not be able to play the protagonist in Hollywood, and he will definitely have no problem playing the role of Xu Zheng, and he will be very popular in China.
Andy Lau knew that Liang Kun was very important to the company, and the success of his several movies had already explained it all.
Especially "Very Perfect", this low-cost movie has a global box office of more than 300 million yuan, which is the highest-grossing movie Andy Lau. Although Liang Kun does not like being a producer, his popularity has surpassed Andy Lau, which is a recognized thing.
After chatting for a while, Andy Lau expressed his willingness to increase Liang Kun's shares to 35%. No more, the company will become Liang Kun's. With the relationship between Liang Kun and Sun Rui, their combined shares exceed Andy Lau, which theoretically can undermine him. Of course, they are not such people.
Andy Lau replied to Zhang Yimou for Liang Kun. This matter will not be rumored, only a few of them know. If Liang fans knew that Liang Kun rejected Lao Mouzi's invitation, they would definitely think he was cool.
Zhang Yimou was a little regretful. He felt that there was no more suitable actor in China to play military generals than Liang Kun. Moreover, as long as he joined, the three leading actors were all people who had filmed movies in Hollywood, and the movies were sold abroad.
Liang Kun is unwilling to play, so he can only go and seek second best, and choose a popular young star to play Yuanjie...
Chapter completed!