Chapter 32 The Absolute Heroine (please read)
"You mean, you are going to Hollywood to shoot your new movie?!" The soft voice was so shocked that it trembled.
HB Province, WH City, a house of more than 100 square meters is very warmly decorated. Liu Yifei, her mother and her grandmother were sitting at the table.
There are chicken feet, chicken wings, duck necks and other food on the table, as well as glutinous rice cakes that have been prepared early, which makes people's throats tremble.
Outside the window is a thick fog that almost completely covers the field of vision. During the past few days of the Chinese New Year, Wuhan has been experiencing continuous fog, so everyone did not go out to watch performances such as lion dances, but could only stay inside. watch TV.
Liu Yifei’s words silenced the room. Even the TV was turned off with a sudden press.
Liu Xiaoli immediately stopped chewing. At the same time, her grandmother, who was a Peking Opera actor before, also put down her chopsticks, moved her stool closer to Liu Yifei, and pricked up her ears to listen forward.
Obviously all three of them are a bit incredible.
"Yes, I am going to Hollywood to make a movie, an independent movie. And you are the heroine I specially chose." Guan Ling emphasized again.
“You are not joking with me, are you trying to make me happy?” Liu Yifei still couldn’t believe it.
Not just her, inside the room, Liu Xiaoli signaled Liu Yifei to cover the microphone.
"Yifei, your classmate is going to Hollywood to make a movie? Are you asked to be the heroine?" Liu Xiaoli said she was not surprised, but that was false, "Is it that Guan Ling? Filming "The Uninvited Guest" That one? "
Liu Xiaoli still has a deep memory of Guan Ling with just a few classmates. She has a very high vision, and although she doesn't absolutely agree with Guan Ling, she at least looks at him with side eyes.
"Is Hollywood accessible to ordinary people? Young people are ambitious and will hit a wall sooner or later." But she was very doubtful about going to Hollywood.
Mother Liu was actually trying to persuade Liu Yifei. She had just established a foothold in Japan and South Korea. Mother Liu was a little hesitant when she received the call, but she was more realistic. Poet Chen went there before, but the effect was not good. When he came to China, he was ridiculed again. If Liu Yifei is really leaving, what will happen to her career in Japan and South Korea?
She didn’t know that Liu Yifei did not get any improvement in Japan and South Korea, but instead wasted her life. If Xiao Longnu hadn't held on, the result would have been quite embarrassing.
But she doesn’t believe a person who keeps saying he wants to go to Hollywood. How about being in Hollywood. She still wants to go to heaven! Can you go up there?
The old lady wearing glasses and already having some white hair also echoed, "Old lady, I feel unreliable."
On the other end of the phone, Guan Ling's tone was very serious.
"Do I need to coax you with this kind of thing? After talking to you today, I will find someone to invest. I have already written the script."
"Then the movie will be released and released in a beautiful country?"
"What are you talking about? Silly girl. I want to shoot a movie in Hollywood, and it must be released and released there." Guan Ling couldn't help but touch his forehead. .
Nowadays, there are generally two ways to distribute Hollywood movies. The first is to sell all the copyrights of a film to a large company and get the ideal return amount. As for the subsequent box office performance, it is similar to that of independent film production. The party has nothing to do with it.
But generally few films have this kind of potential. Big companies will do the evaluation. The second way is the conventional way, participating in major film festivals and trying to find a film distributor.
Independent film directors who are directors in Hollywood for the first time generally can only choose the second method. Film festivals and film markets are the only way for them to get ahead in Hollywood.
Even if you have proven yourself elsewhere, you may not directly get a directing opportunity in Hollywood. You have to wait. Otherwise, this is the way to go.
Film festivals and film markets give independent films the opportunity for theatrical distribution. Then the agent distributor will get a share of the box office profit, usually in a stepped manner.
"Can I see the script?" Liu Yifei chatted with Guan Ling for a few words.
Hang up the phone.
She panicked. Guan Ling suddenly sent her a message asking her if she wanted to go to Hollywood. It was like a strange man standing in front of a little girl and asking her if she wanted to see the little goldfish. It seemed so unreal and dreamy.
As for Guan Ling, Liu Yifei naturally knows that he is very powerful. At such a young age, he is already a director with a box office of 40 million, which many major domestic directors cannot do. Although Tian Long Ba Bu and Fairy Sword and Fairy Legend have added two blood tanks, she knows very well that compared to Guan Ling, she is still far behind.
And he also made a new movie. Let’s not say whether the movie will be a success, but the novel is already very popular in China and Japan.
Liu Yifei specifically looked at the sales volume of "The Devotion of Suspect A solid bestseller.
She knew that Guan Ling definitely wanted to conduct joint publicity when the movie was released. The box office of the movie will definitely not be small, it will have to exceed 100 million no matter what.
If the other party said that they wanted to make a movie in China, she would not hesitate. At worst, she would have to shirk it with Sony for a month or two. Japan, South Korea and China are so close, and she believed in Guan Ling's ability.
But Guan Ling was talking about Hollywood, and the film he was going to shoot was an independent film.
What if the distribution does not go smoothly? What if it fails? Then she came to Japan and South Korea to learn how to sing and dance rap, wasn't it in vain? She has been studying for more than half a year.
But, that’s Hollywood.
Who can say no?
Even if I fail, I can still say I have done it. Liu Yifei's big eyes were full of yearning.
Just two months ago, Zhang Raretu's new movie, "Memoirs of a Geisha", was released in the United States and grossed nearly $60 million at the box office. The veritable number one Chinese actress, Gong Li was crushed by her at this time. So envious.
But she is one of the four great actresses. Movie cafe. And he has long been famous in Hollywood. And can I really do that?
"Can you check your email now? I'll send it to you." Guan Ling asked.
Liu Yifei's whole family sat in front of the computer, waiting for the script sent by Guan Ling. After a while, it arrived. Liu Yifei opened it and looked at it, and her eyes gradually became moist.
"Hearing Girl" is a very simple movie.
Except for the younger sister, the family of four, parents, and older brother are all deaf-mute.
Therefore, my sister Ruby picked up the "difficult" life script as soon as she was adopted, and had to take on the responsibility of simultaneous interpretation. She was very young and had to work hard for the family that adopted her. Take on family responsibilities.
My parents and brother have been running the fishing business.
This requires her to get up at three in the morning to help, and then go to class a few hours later.
She was growing taller and couldn't stay energetic in class, and college was out of reach. Moreover, because she was adopted by a deaf-mute family, she was always ridiculed at school. This made her feel depressed and aggrieved.
She loved singing and was extremely talented, but to her mother, this seemed like a deliberate act of hatred to contrast her mother's physical defect of being unable to speak.
Because of this unique family background and growth experience, singing became the only channel for Ruby to express her emotions. When she graduated from high school, she faced the dilemma of helping her father run the fishery or pursuing her dream.
In the end, Ruby's performance at Berklee College of Music shocked everyone, and her dream pursuit came to an end in a successful way.
After reading the script, the three of them could not predict what the result of this movie would be. But there is one point on which the three have reached a consensus.
If Liu Yifei takes over this movie, she will definitely be the heroine!
(End of this chapter)