Chapter 118 Guan Ling’s new drama scares the third grade! The old idiot is speechless!
"I'll think of a way."
Nolan chatted a few more words there, and then reminded, "But don't forget me when preparing for the "Inception" movie. "
"We'll talk in detail then," Guan Ling said with a smile, "I happen to be very busy right now. Let's meet up later and you can promote my new movie."
Guan. Ling knew that Nolan wanted something from him now, so he said this kind of thing very directly.
Human relationships are created by you using my favor and me using your favor.
Nolan naturally agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Guan Ling was thoughtful.
For Guan Ling, Nolan’s reputation is actually not that big in Hollywood now.
At least the box office of more than 20 million US dollars for "Memento" is not considered good, and " Batman Begins' global box office of $352 million is high,
But Guan Ling entered Hollywood for the first time and won US$200 million at the global box office with "Hearing Girl". He is as good as his opponent in terms of status.
It’s just that the other party became famous earlier.
After all, it has been seven or eight years since he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Guan Ling won it only now.
So Guan Ling's reputation is not that stable yet.
And Nolan has a lot of movies to protect him. The Batman series made him a guest of Warner Bros., "White Nights", although the film is a remake of the Norwegian film of the same name released in 1997. But it was still widely praised, with European critics praising it as one of the rare American remakes of European films.
Nolan also filmed "The Prestige" as a transitional film. Nolan did not make too many commercial attempts in this film, but it also received a very high reputation.
But to the entire mainland, Nolan is indeed a famous global director.
But this was not the reason why Guan Ling insisted on using the other party for publicity. It was just because after this call came, Guan Ling suddenly realized it.
After The Dark Knight is released next year, with a global box office of one billion US dollars, Nolan is about to reach a small climax in his career. His reputation will be completely among the top ones in Hollywood.
Guan Ling doesn't need this opportunity to carry the sedan chair for him in vain!
He could remain at Warner Bros. as their lead director and continue to fulfill his agency contract.
Guan Ling's new company only needs to rely on Nolan's reputation. After "2012" is released, every other movie Guan Ling releases in Hollywood can be labeled as Guan and Nolan's production company. Produce this symbol.
The publicity is incredible!
As for the established production company’s future movies, should Nolan share the profits?
I want to eat shit! It’s definitely not given!
Guan Ling is going to be a prostitute for free, and now Nolan wants to participate in "Inception", no problem, he will give you his reputation in exchange.
Free publicity will do no harm to Guan Ling's development in Hollywood.
This kind of resource replacement will definitely not be a loss to Guan Ling.
After thinking about a series of things, Guan Ling packed up his things, flew to the United States, and devoted himself to the final post-editing of "2012".
Guan Ling has also seen most of the special effects as material, and the effect is very good, just as good as the previous life.
As for the editing of some simple clips, Guan Ling had already arranged for Gai Naote to find someone to do rough editing, but Guan Ling personally guided the specific details.
Each clip is imprinted in his mind like a knife and an axe, and the editors hired here in the United States have very solid professional skills, so the post-production work of "2012" progressed very smoothly.
Time soon came to the end of October 2007. After nearly fifty days of hard work, the post-production of "2012" has been completed.
From the completion of filming to the completion of production now, from prop production, real-life model construction, to special effects preparation and improvement in Hong Kong and the United States, to the final film today, seven years have passed. Many months.
This is the movie that took the longest time for Guan Ling, not because Guan Ling was lazy or because of procrastination.
But the early preparations and post-production special effects are too time-consuming.
And during this period, Guan Ling did not shoot any new movies, but only made plans for the subsequent development of Lingyun Media. .
But Guan Ling believes that this short rest is worth it.
Because when he and Han Sanpin asked for an incentive policy from above, they had already thought about this movie and wanted to create something in the history of Chinese film.
Being number one at the box office of Chinese movies is just a small goal.
Guan Ling hopes that this movie will explode the Chinese film industry!
With more than 1,400 CG special effects, those special effects artists have to work overtime until eleven o'clock almost every day.
The final picture is the best in Hollywood, let alone the mainland.
And the editors have also worked overtime during these fifty days. After all, there are only a few editors. There are too many people, and it is difficult to control them.
“Thank you for your hard work, the editing of "2012" is completed! In addition to overtime pay, everyone here will get additional rewards from me!"
The following staff, There was a burst of cheers.
After leaving the movie copy behind.
Guan Ling was so tired that he almost collapsed on the chair.
“Fuck! Guan, congratulations! Fucking congratulations to myself too! This movie is finally finished! I haven’t slept in my wife’s bed for three months, and I’m so afraid I’ll go back. At that time, my wife suddenly became pregnant!"
Guan Ling: "...Whether she is pregnant or not, I am sure of one thing."
"What?"
"That child must not be mine!"
"Fuckyou!" Gai Naote's mouth began to chatter endlessly.
Guan Ling also quarreled with him. The pressure on the two of them was not small. In the end, the two of them spread out on the chairs together, looked at each other, and then laughed.
"Guan, eat what I brought first. Let's have a truce for the time being!"
Gai Naote specially brought Guan Ling a specialty food in Los Angeles - brick bottom duck.
“Guan, thank you for your hard work. This is one of our specialties in Los Angeles, Duck Al Mattone. Come and try it. Today let’s use duck instead of wine and eat two bites of duck skin together.”
Having been working with Guan Ling for a long time, Gai Naote's words now have a Chinese flavor. Duck is also used instead of wine.
Guan Lingxin said that if you talk about food and ducks with me as a Chinese, it’s just like playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong’s gate.
Unexpectedly, I tasted it and it tasted really good.
"I have been to Beijing a long time ago. Chinese roast duck mainly emphasizes the flavor of duck meat, but this brick-bottomed duck is a classic method from Italy. It pays more attention to the crispy texture of duck skin and the aroma of duck meat. How about this, isn’t this crispy skin interesting?”
Ge Naote was also very tired during this period.
"The taste is okay. It tastes different from BJ's roast duck."
Guan Ling ate happily. After taking a few bites, he still couldn't let go of his work and asked.
"Gernot, we agreed on the work. I will be responsible for the film production and you will plan the film promotion. How is the situation now?"
"Don't worry, I will do the work. I was there before. Propaganda in North America has already begun. There are mini-games about the end of the world, and there are various propaganda about the realization of doomsday dreams, which makes people panic. Now, on the Internet in the United States, in December 2012, there will be a tsunami. , earthquakes, star explosions, supernova explosions, gamma ray explosions, planets hitting the earth, the sun disappearing, the center of the earth burning and other ways of destruction, many people now believe it."
Guan Ling couldn't help but stretch out. Thumbs up.
“We have also contacted NASA. When the popularity is high, they will personally come out to refute the rumors for us. In this way, the rumors will be spread and refuted again and again, and two publicity will be generated online. . It is difficult to find their official organization, but you only need to pay two thousand dollars to find an employee of one of the flight centers, and you can be interviewed."
Gelot is indeed an excellent producer, with great brains. It still turns very quickly.
“I have put the copy here. You can return to Fox at any time. From now on, Fox’s promotion will begin.
My suggestion is to spread the doomsday theory first, publish all kinds of news, and make people believe that there are only five years left before the end of the world. We must use topics to attract people to participate in the discussion
—— If the end of the world was coming in 2012, how would you like to spend the last five years of your life? ”
Guan Ling thought of a topic, which can be considered as a way to attract people. Anyway, the ultimate goal is to attract people to participate and penetrate the all-round promotion of this movie into every corner.
Specific Guan Ling won’t go into details. As a leader in global film distribution, Fox knows better than Guan Ling where the hot spots of promotion are.
“I will go back to the mainland next, and the first thing is to print. The film needs to be reviewed. We have already decided that this film can be a co-production, but the mainland will still have to account for some of the distribution costs. In addition, I will start with the series between China and theaters, as well as the preliminary publicity.
As for the premiere, I hope there will be two premieres in North America and China, which will help the creative team run both ways. After all, I don’t care, but Cheng Long will definitely show up. ”
Guan Ling was chatting with Gai Naote about the follow-up arrangements.
There are still two months until the movie is scheduled to be released, and all the publicity is about to explode.
All the doomsday propaganda done by the United States and China will completely detonate the global network with the release of the "2012" promotional video.
Gai Nao Te nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, then let's work together."
Gai Naote's eyes are also full of determination, and he has been dealing with the team here. Except for Guan Ling, Gai Naote is now very interested in the movie. The understanding can be said to be the deepest.
It is precisely because he is the deepest that Gai Naote will not refute even one word.
And he will let Fox do its best and use up all resources to make this show popular around the world,
Because he is worth it!
The clips, special effects, and some thoughts of this movie make this seemingly popcorn-type movie also have something to do with environmental protection and human nature.
But that's not important.
The most important thing is that these scenes can make people go crazy in the cinema!
……
Guan Lingfei returned to the country.
When he landed at the airport, Guan Ling could feel the chill in the capital, which made him shiver.
When he comes back this time, he first has to go to China Film and get it reviewed.
Shanghai Film, Shanying, Bona, Guangwang and Wanda also need to contact each other. If you want to watch the film, you can watch it together. After all, it's only a matter of time.
After they watch the movie, they will work harder in publicity!
"Tou Mingzhuang" will be released soon. In nearly a month, "Tou Mingzhuang" has grossed 181 million at the box office.
It seems quite high. In the October schedule, Chen Kexin's movies were the best, but the box office growth in the past few days has been extremely fast.
What a huge loss.
In this movie, Jet Li only received 100 million in salary, and the total investment cost was 300 million. Now it has not even made a splash.
Guan Ling thought that he was helping them. He remembered that in his previous life, this movie was released during the Lunar New Year period. Later, it was beaten by "Assembly Number", and the total box office was less than 210 million yuan.
Now, without comparison with other movies, "Tou Ming Zhuan" still has relatively good reviews online.
When we arrived at China Film Academy, the air pressure at China Film Academy was very low.
But Guan Ling still relied on facial recognition to get to Han Sanpin's office.
"Director Han, what's going on?"
"Why are you back?" Han Sanpin suddenly realized something, "Has "2012" been completed?"
"Yes," Guan Ling raised the copy plate in his hand, "I ate hamburgers, tacos, and apple pie in Los Angeles for more than forty days, and finally came back alive without disgrace."
"What you said, you really suffered." Han Sanpin came over and took the copy disk, "Let's go to the screening room and have a look first."
"Have you still contacted Shangying and Shanying?" Guan Ling asked, after all, he is also the employer. Although it is a little short, it is still appropriate to shout.
"Let's watch it again when we come back to see them. I can't wait now." Han Sanpin walked to the screening room with Guan Ling as he spoke.
“How long is it?”
"158 minutes."
"Then I have to pour a cup of tea." Han Sanpin asked someone to pour him tea, and then the door of the screening room was closed.
Before the screening, Han Sanpin breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Director Han, are you nervous?"
"I'm very nervous." There were only two people in the room, and Han Sanpin didn't hide them.
“China Film invested nearly 40 million U.S. dollars in "The Famous Film", but the final box office recovery was less than 200 million U.S. dollars, and the producer's share was less than 10 million U.S. dollars. With this box office, I am very stressed. . ”
“If this guy Chen Kexin wanted to make money for Xingmei, how could he be replaced by China Film Group? You didn't even raise your eyebrows."
Han Sanpin was furious.
This time, China Film lost money, and "Crazy Racing" made money for Lingyun Media. The two movies were released within a month and a half of each other, and the results were completely different. .
Director Han is feeling uncomfortable.
Losing money is not that uncomfortable. Seeing Guan Ling making money makes the comparison more uncomfortable.
“Let’s look back and see how much overseas copyrights can be sold.”
Guan Ling said with relief. In fact, he was embarrassed to say that he remembered that the North American rights were sold for this movie, and then he made a fortune It took in a box office of 120,000 US dollars, which made everyone in the opposite party feel uncomfortable.
Old Americans can watch Jet Li, but they really can’t watch any historical macro war dramas.
I want foreigners to watch Chinese costume movies with some fantasy and fantasy in them to attract their attention.
"That's all it can do." Han Sanpin had no idea and nodded.
The screening of "2012" has begun.
Han Sanpin held the tea in his hand and started watching the movie.
An hour passed.
Two hours passed.
After all the movies were screened, Han Sanpin was still immersed in the movie.
Aphasia.
Speechless.
Shocked!
Han Sanpin looked at Guan Ling, then at the screen, then at the screen, then at Guan Ling.
He lowered his head again, but he hadn’t even taken a sip from the tea cup in his hand!
More than two hours passed like this.
This was taken by a fucking Chinese?
Can the Chinese fucking do this?
Han Sanpin was speechless for a long time.
Like an old idiot who doesn't know what to say.
He looked at Guan Ling as if he were seeing a naked flower girl.
"Director Guan, it has to be you! It has to be you!"
"I suffered a huge loss by submitting a certificate of honor, so it has to be you, Director Guan, Director Guan, it has to be you!" I really have to rely on you to save me!”
The old idiot reacted, but his mouth was already full and his words were garbled.
(End of this chapter)