Hong Kong Stubborn - Chapter 152

Wanting to invite big-name celebrities to cooperate, Luo Junyan found that he was thinking too much.

It’s useless if you call a high price, unless you can make a happy life for a lifetime. Luo Junyan can’t even see the agent of the big-name celebrity, let alone formal negotiation.

Luo Junyan had no choice but to contact Sen Ge and Lao Ha, to see if he could help introduce them.

Wu Yusen’s words are quite subtle. Hollywood’s big-name stars are full of jobs, and the stars’ agents are also very practical. This reality does not refer to the salary. The most indispensable thing in Hollywood is money.

Brother Harvey’s talking is much simpler and straightforward. Dear friends, you have to know that Leonardo DiCaprio himself is a hundred times more valuable than your film, at least for now.

However, Senge still introduced the actress Chixi Raulz, who had collaborated in “Blade Warrior.” This gorgeous beauty with rich experience, from the producer, director, writer, singer, A-film actor to the current mainstream Hollywood movie actor, may be able to help Luo Junyan hire the right artist.

When Luo Junyan saw a blond, bumpy Qixi Lauerz, she was convinced that she was fully qualified for the role of a female ghost. Of course, in the American version of “Mr. Zombie”, the female ghost is changed into a female vampire. The concept of Eastern female ghost is really difficult to express clearly in the film.

After Luo Junyan decided to invite her to play an important role at a high price, Qixi Lauerz recommended Johnny Depp, who had worked with him. Although Johnny Depp is not a top Hollywood star yet, it is very important that he has his own star sign on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the end of last year.

After Luo Junyan successfully persuaded Johnny Depp, he recommended the actress Christina Ricci, who had just collaborated in “Driftwood Valley”, to play the leading role.

Well, this girl under the age of 20 was lucky enough to become the heroine, and she happened to star in “Ice Storm” directed by Ang Lee. When she saw the Chinese director, she remembered that film and put another one in the film. An actor Thor Maguire recommended to Luo Junyan.

Thor Maguire happened to co-star with Johnny Depp in “Casino Scenery”, and he is looking forward to cooperating with Johnny Depp again when the pay is reasonable. Therefore, the future Spider-Man also joined the American version of “Mr. Zombie”, it can be regarded as a warm-up exercise, look for the feeling of pulling green onions in the dry land in advance.

After finishing Thor Maguire, he recommended Paul Luther, an actor with a lot of comedy talent, who had worked with “There is Always the Sun”. Of course, this Paul Rudd finally played “Ant-Man”, but failed to embark on the road of comedy, Luo Junyan knew nothing about it.

Finally, the actor’s ninth brother Luo Junyan, the two apprentices Johnny Depp and Thor Maguire, the heroine Christina Rich, the female vampire Chichy Lauerz, and the police detective Paul Lu. Germany.

This is basically fine, and other roles can go to the actors’ union to choose at will. Luo Junyan feels that Hollywood is the same as the Xiangjiang entertainment industry. The artists are in a circle, and their connections are based on sex, drugs, and entertainment, and they have nothing to do with art.

The name of “Mr. Zombie” also had to be changed, and Brother Cheng chose the three names of “Daguai Trio”, “Eastern Corpse” and “I Am Legend” for Luo Junyan to choose. Does this still need to be selected? So the American version of “Mr. Zombie” was named “I Am Legend”.

The script was modified in this way. After an American went to China to find a home for blond hair and became a rich man, he returned to the United States with Chinese antiques acquired from the private sector. Among these antiques is an ancient book, “The Feng Shui Jing of Maoshan Mountain”, which explains various ways to continue the family’s wealth for generations, relying on the choice of the location of the cemetery and the method of burial.

Although the rich man didn’t believe it, he decided to give it a try. He was very greedy and chose a method with the highest possibility of corpse transformation but the best effect of Fuze to be buried.

After the rich man was buried, the family really began to rise up and become a wealthy American giant, and the family heir also began to worship the “Maoshan Fengshui Classic”.

The original plot of “Mr. Zombie” is connected below, and it is basically smooth.

According to the records of the “Maoshan Fengshui Jing”, the coffin of the founder of the family needs to be set up and buried 20 years later. There is only one Maoshan martial arts gym in the United States. In the martial arts, there is a master nine who immigrated to the United States, and two American apprentices who originally came to learn kungfu but are obsessed with Maoshan Taoism, so the three masters and apprentices were invited to come. Private island where wealthy families live.

The subsequent plot changes are not much, but the Chinese-style funny humor is replaced with American-style exaggerated jokes. The zombies don’t wear Qing official uniforms and wear tuxedos. Vampires are also afraid of Maoshan technique. The American police did not believe in the existence of zombies at all, so they only sent two detectives to detect this murder. This is probably what Qi set up.

The biggest difference from the original “Mr. Zombie” is that the highlight of the remake is CG special effects rather than kung fu fighting. Gemini Digital Special Effects Company has been carefully studying the script, and must make the Taoism in the film realistic and mysterious.

But the special effects are definitely not enough, and the action guide and stunt team must be recruited from Xiangjiang. Luo Junyan does not have the ability to design actions.

Rough calculations, assuming that the total cost of the investment and the film is 50 million US dollars, if you use an American special effects company, 70 million US dollars is estimated to be unstoppable. Fortunately, “Qinghuan Island” is a suitable place for a wealthy family, and the isolated environment can also make up for the logical loopholes that a large number of police cannot show up in time.

Hiring a team from Hollywood must be cautious and cautious. The contract must be signed very carefully. If you are not careful, you will have to be accused and lose money. Overtime is not enough, script changes are not enough, food and lodging standards are not enough, it is not enough for one person to be two people, etc. These harsh conditions, coupled with the dramatic increase in actors’ pay, make the production cost of the film crazy.

Hollywood’s small producers and individual studios can only play art movies. If you want to participate in the famous exhibition, and release the disc for the profit, don’t study it in the theater.

But at the same time there are benefits. Why is the Gemini digital special effects company too busy to find the door-to-door business? In terms of strength, it must not be able to catch up with the American Industrial Light and Magic Special Effects Company, but the gap is not to the extent that it cannot be surpassed. There may be a chance to overtake on a curve. There is no need to mention the cost. The Industrial Light & Magic of the United States can only sigh.

When making Hollywood films, you can’t just hold a few pages of papyrus. The script has to be detailed, and the actors act in full accordance with the sub-shot script. The director controls the whole, structure, narrative, rhythm, atmosphere, etc. The actor basically does not need you to teach others to act unless he has a complete understanding of the role.

There are even many times, Hollywood actors can rely on their performance level to make up for the director’s shortcomings in the overall ability to control. For example, in “Break into Death Island”, Nicholas Cage completely relied on his performance to save the defects in the director’s vision, making the film a classic commercial production.

This time, Luo Junyan did not act as a shopkeeper anymore. He designed and produced costumes and props, set makeup for each character, revised scripts, lines, selected scenes, sets, and other preparations. He participated in all preparations.

I have to admit that the various behind-the-scenes teams in Hollywood are expensive, but they are really authentic. The zombie in the original version of “Mr. Zombie” can only be called the black fur monster. This time, the makeup design looks like a corpse turned into a monster. The dry blood vessels are clearly visible. Although the skin is gray-black, the texture lines are not ignored.

Luo Junyan also studied Dao Fa special effects with the special effects team. In order for the American audience to understand what each action of the protagonist is doing, the special effects team provided an idea, which is to draw different energies from the natural world and combine them into different energy attack forms.

Although this method is a bit off-track and treats Maoshan Taoist priests as druids, it is indeed easier to understand what the protagonist is doing when standing in the gesture. Druids should be Druids. Luo Junyan is not a member of Taoism anyway, so he doesn’t care about orthodox inheritance and standard fingering.

According to this idea, there is no need to wear a Taoist gown, and he is directly changed into a leather coat, with a gossip picture on his chest, and a peach wood sword on his back. This image is cool. Imagine what happens when Neo, the protagonist in “The Matrix”, puts on a robe? The audience ran at least half of the run, and the remaining half was left for the sunglasses.

After much talks, Brother Harvey finally agreed to help with the release, on the condition that 15% of the box office in the North American market is shared, and the number of canvases to be displayed cannot be guaranteed.

In fact, Harvey is not optimistic about this “I am a legend”. There is no Kung Fu, no panda, no Hollywood first-line actor to play the leading actor, God, except for the investment of 50 million US dollars, it is just useless.

All the formalities before the start of the auction were completed, and the US$50 million was invested in the private name of sister army, and she became the only producer of “I Am A Legend”. The producer is still from the United States. Many regulations and industry rules need to be grasped by experts to prevent mistakes in the process of shooting. Bian Sicong is obviously incompetent. He can only serve as on-site producer.

The action director invited Lin Dian this time. He and Yuan Heping served as the action director of “The Matrix”, and Lin Dian was responsible for the action design of “The Hero of the Storm”. It was easy for Luo Junyan to ask him, because he was Xu Xiaoming’s apprentice and had a close relationship with Cheng Xiaodong. They were all familiar old friends.

Before the shooting of “I Am Legend”, Luo Junyan’s only dissatisfaction was the character of the villain zombie. Although this guy is a wrestler, he doesn’t know how to act at all. The two steps of jumping are similar to the lobster going to the pot. He has to push his **** and cat his waist.

Hollywood action stars are hard to find, and the prices are extremely high. Luo Junyan’s original intention was that he couldn’t see his face anyway, so he could just find a strong man, but he didn’t expect it to be true.

The producer with little power hired in Hollywood did a good job this time and recommended a new Hollywood talent.

British actor Jason Statham, who only appeared in “Two Smokers”, entered Luo Junyan’s field of vision. Although this is not a real action film actor, he was a diving athlete of the British national team before joining the industry, and his ability to control the body is very good.

I heard that Jason Statham was a hundred unwilling to invite him to play a zombie. Although he is actively integrating into Hollywood, this kind of role is thankless, and he can’t even show a few shots of his true appearance.

However, Luo Junyan’s bid still showed sufficient respect for himself, which is why Jason Statham was willing to sit down and chat with Luo Junyan.

In the end, Luo Junyan had no choice but to call various friends in the United States on the spot. As long as Jason Statham takes over the film, even if the action actor’s signature is standing, Luo Junyan will immediately recommend him to his friends to ensure that he can play a decent role next year. How about this condition?

Jason Statham thinks this is a good deal. When he nodded in agreement, Luo Junyan started to call, and the first call was made to Brother Jie. Although the two have not met in the United States yet, Brother Jie is still very interesting. There will be a movie next year that is likely to ask him to star in , Jet Li promised to recommend Jason Statham to audition.

Luo Junyan put down the phone and said, “Jason, director Huang Yiyu has a movie to start next year. As long as you perform well in “I Am Legend”, you will basically be decided by default to partner with Jet Li. Director Huang is directing “Reaper” “Here comes”, who is more famous than me, Jason, don’t forget me after you become an international superstar.”

Jason Statham asked, “Luo, who can say exactly what will happen next year?”

Luo Junyan got up and asked, “Jason, you have no confidence in yourself?”

Jason Statham quickly denied: “Of course not, I am the best.”

Luo Junyan said: “Then do you still need to worry about the opportunity slipping away? Do you only need to consider whether or not this opportunity now?”

Jason Statham thought for a while, shrugged, and said, “Well, I’m going to play that **** zombie.”

Luo Junyan breathed a sigh of relief now. Fortunately, there is no need to let Brother Long come out for help. Who will say anything about next year’s affairs, so please circle the people in first.