Chapter 521 The entertainment industry exploded
In the afternoon, Wu Cheng went to DreamWorks Film Company. When Shirley Lansing saw Wu Cheng appear suddenly, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Boss, are you planning to conduct a raid inspection?"
Wu Cheng laughed and said, "Yes! Let's see if you are lazy!"
Lansing smiled slightly and finally said, "Think about the day, Theresa should be about to give birth! This time, how long will the boss be here?"
Wu Cheng smiled and said, "It may take some time to make a movie by the way!"
When Lansing heard that Wu Cheng wanted to make a movie in North America, he couldn't help but lit up and said, "Are you going to come to North America to develop? What kind of movie? Is the script written?"
By the way, Wu Cheng has not written a script for the company this year!
This year's DreamWorks, in addition to the similarly filmed "Raiders of the Lost Ark", only the two scripts "Terminator" and "Alien et" written by Wu Cheng were the first to be written.
These two films are both blockbusters, and in terms of schedule, they definitely cannot overlap, otherwise they will be beaten by their own people. Moreover, these two films are both science fiction films, and the audience should be almost the same. Of course, the audience of "Alien et" should be wider.
As for others, DreamWorks has received a lot of books, but none of them is worth investing heavily. And Shirley Lansing and Wu Cheng’s strategies are better than bad. When you can’t see the great value of the script, there is no need to take risks.
DreamWorks’ current strategy is to take the high-quality route. If you shoot a few movies a year, as long as you can sell them all, it is enough. Think about it, how many film companies are jealous of DreamWorks now!
Moreover, whether it is "Raiders of the Lost Ark" or "Terminator" or "Alien et" to be filmed next, which one is not a big production? Which one is not very interesting?
Of course, Lansing is not as confident in these movies as Wu Cheng. However, Lansing also believes in Wu Cheng's vision, because Wu Cheng has never lost his hand in North America.
Therefore, Lansing is still looking forward to Wu Cheng's desire to make a movie by himself.
Moreover, except that "Raiders of the Lost Ark" can be released this year, "Terminator" or "Alien et" probably cannot be released this year because it is a big production and requires the cooperation of special effects companies, especially in special effects, which requires the most time.
Filming will start this year and will be released next year, which is considered good!
Therefore, the only thing that can be confirmed by DreamWorks this year is "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
"I wrote an outline of the script, and I will polish it back!" Wu Cheng smiled and said, "This is not urgent now. "Eight Stars Newspaper" has not been drawn yet, so I will talk about it after the drawing is drawn."
"When it comes to this, boss, you really hurt Ms. Hepburn this time!"
Seeing Lansing mentioning this, Wu Cheng was speechless. To outsiders, Wu Cheng did make Hepburn suffer this time. But in Hepburn's own opinion, she had a lot of fun.
A woman in love is unreasonable, and this is not unreasonable.
Wu Cheng shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands out, "So this time, I'm going to choose her for the heroine of the new script. Of course, this is a movie that conforms to mainstream American values."
"Is the boss going to compensate her?"
"Is this the idea! Don't you all say that I've cheated her? It's okay to make some compensation now!" Wu Cheng said with a smile.
As he was speaking, a knock came from outside the door. Shirley Lansing's secretary walked in and looked cautious and said, "Manager, Mr. Stallone is here!"
Wu Cheng couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said, "Hey, Lansing, don't tell me, Stallone is pursuing you now!"
"Oh! My boss, do you think this joke is funny?" Lansing couldn't help but roll his eyes, raised his hand and patted his forehead, and said, "He made an appointment yesterday and said he was sending a script here!"
"Hey, this guy, you have a lot of ideas!" Wu Cheng couldn't help but smile, and finally said to the secretary who was still waiting: "Kelly, let him come in!"
Secretary Kelly glanced at Shirley Lansing, then nodded and turned to go out.
Lansing glanced at Kelly and gently buckled the tabletop quietly, thinking whether to replace the secretary. But thinking about it, Wu Cheng is his boss after all. If he replaces his secretary because of this, would he feel that he is too strong?
"Hey, Sylvester, long time no see!"
"Oh! Boss, I'm very happy to see you!" As soon as Stallone walked into the office, he saw Wu Cheng greeting him. He couldn't help but feel excited and shouted: "Bosss, you're here just right. I wrote a notebook. I hope the company can invest. Can you help me take a look?"
"Of course, it's not a great honor!"
Wu Cheng has no impression of the name of "The Storm of the Lucky Alley". Obviously, he has never read it. However, since it was written by Stallone himself, it is obviously Stallone's early work. Wu Cheng has not read it, which is actually quite normal.
From this, it can also be seen that this film can only be regarded as an ordinary product.
After reading the script, it was indeed as Wu Cheng expected. The highlights of such films are all on the actors. Because they are action scenes and are about wrestlers, the actors sell their muscles... This is indeed Stallone's style. In addition, with Stallone's popular fantasy participation, such a film should not be able to lose money.
Originally, Wu Cheng thought such a movie was optional. But think about it, since this guy is from his agency and has been shooting movies for DreamWorks at present, he wants the company to invest in this video, and it doesn’t matter if the company buys him face.
So, after looking through it, he looked at Stallone and smiled, "I am so frank, this kind of book actually sells your muscles, so the focus is on the actors."
After pausing, he said again: "I think you can call Arnold and show your muscles in front of the camera. I believe that the viewability is much higher!"
In particular, Wu Cheng thought that after Arnold and Stallone became superstars in the future, the meaning of this film will be a little different. At that time, a lot of videotapes can be taken back.
Stallone clapped his hands and smiled, "Ha, Poss is the same as I think. I also want Arnold to play one of the characters. Thinking about his muscles, I feel excited!"
"..." Wu Cheng looked at him with a strange look when he heard this.
Seeing Wu Cheng looking at him with a strange look, Stallone was stunned for a moment, and finally came to his senses and shouted: "Oh no! Boss, I'm not like you thought. I mean a movie. Is the movie OK?"
Wu Cheng shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands innocently, saying, "Hey, hey, I didn't say anything!"
Seeing the two of them joking, Shirley Lansing coughed lightly, interrupted their fight, and said, "The boss said so, can you invest in this movie?"
Wu Cheng smiled and said, "Of course! After all, Stallone cooperated with us happily. I have no reason not to continue working with him, right? Sylvester?"
Stallone chuckled and said, "Thank you so much, Boss!"
Wu Cheng glanced at the guy and finally said, "Actually, I think you can completely remove the elements of your acting skills in the play, and then focus on the action scenes."
"..." Stallone looked at Wu Cheng with some injuries.
Wu Cheng had no choice but to spread his hands and said, "Hey, don't do this. What makes the audience really excited is not your acting skills, but your muscles... Although it is a bit cruel, I hope to be able to play to your strengths and strengths, rather than just focus on the Oscars."
"Boss, what you said is really sad!" Stallone said with a resentful look on his face.
Although Wu Cheng did not despise his acting skills, everyone could hear from this saying that Wu Cheng was not optimistic about his acting skills. In this way, no matter who listened to it, he would be depressed!
What's more, Stallone, who just won the Oscar for Best Picture last year and nominated himself for Best Actor.
Wu Cheng spread his hands and said, "There is an old saying in China, "The bitter medicine is good for the disease, and the honest words are bad for the ears and actions." This means that although the medicine is bitter, it can cure the disease. Although the truth is not very good, it helps to act. As for the film "The Storm of the Lucky Alley", the real selling point in it is not your acting skills, but how the three brothers and sisters live a happy life through their own efforts. I think you think so too!"
Stallone nodded. In fact, there is still a little humanistic concern here, because it tells the story of the slums.
"But the problem is here!" Wu Cheng smiled and said, "Do you think the audience is willing to see how they struggle, that is, the process of wrestling, or do you watch your dialogue show?"
"Boss, I think, this is not a conflict. I wrote this script like "Rocky". "Rocky" can achieve such results, I think..."
He didn't finish his words, but Wu Cheng could hear that he still didn't turn around.
Wu Cheng shrugged helplessly and smiled and said, "Okay! Since you think so, then shoot according to your ideas! Of course, if you feel that the filming is not satisfactory, then try the advice I gave you and focus on the action scenes. Perhaps, there will be different results!"
Since Stallone wants to go all the way to the 'Best Actor Award' like Shenglong, Wu Cheng has nothing to say. If he persuades him too much, it will make people disgusted.
So, just click until it!
After finalizing the shooting plan for "The Storm of the Alley", Stallone stood up and said goodbye. Wu Chengze continued to talk to Shirley Lansing about some of the company's situation, and also learned about some of the work situations of his cheap mother-in-law Zhang Bingqian here.
Chapter completed!