The next day, United Artists held a grand celebration dinner at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel.
Hollywood's big directors and stars were all invited, and the dinner was so star-studded that it also attracted many media reporters to report on it.
Since United Artists changed hands eleven years ago, its performance has been very impressive.
The "Rocky" series, "First Blood" series, "007" series, "Spider-Man" series, "Shanghai Noon" series, and "Alien" series all performed well.
In addition, United Artists has also launched a large number of low-cost horror films. Although these films have average box office, they are better because of their low cost and the video tape market, which makes them very profitable.
Last year, Golden Harvest produced "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," but Fox was afraid to release it and was taken over by United Artists. The global box office exceeded US$200 million.
At that time, United Artists was planning to go public. The success of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" gave investors great trust in United Artists' vision.
In February of this year, United Artists Pictures finally bore fruit in the field of horror films. The North American box office of "The Silence of the Lambs" exceeded 130 million US dollars, and overseas markets are also gradually expanding.
The development of Lian Mei is so smooth, which also indicates a bright future.
At the banquet, many handsome men and beauties rushed over to chat with Yang Ye, the upstart Hollywood star.
Although Yang Ye has been famous in the global film industry for a long time, he has always been aloof from Hollywood.
Even if he once made a movie in Hollywood, he would leave immediately after filming.
But now, after United Artists Pictures went public, he has transformed into one of the most powerful people in Hollywood.
Humanity and sophistication can be found everywhere, and these Hollywood big shots will naturally come over to fawn over her.
On the stage, Shay is delivering a speech.
"Let me think about it, when did this wonderful moment begin?
That was... In 1975, I received a movie video tape from Hong Kong.
That It was a kung fu movie called "Shaolin Temple". After watching it, I was stunned.
Oh, God! I could swear that I had never seen such a wonderful movie before. .
So, I went to Hong Kong to meet with Nick and asked for an agent to distribute the film.
Our friendship started that year, and guys, I'm telling you, Nick, he's a genius!
I have never seen such a smart and talented person in my life. He has created many unparalleled works..."
Yang Ye looked at Xie who was bragging on the stage and was speechless. Laughing, at this time, Hollywood actress Jodie Foster, wearing a white dress, walked towards Yang Ye.
“Congratulations, Sir Yang! ”
“I want to congratulate you too, Judy. Your performance in The Silence of the Lambs was fantastic! ”
"I should thank you for this. You gave me this opportunity against all the odds."
Judy has an IQ of over 130. She is a gifted child who can speak multiple languages in her teens.
When she was a child, she had soft blond hair and beautiful blue eyes, which made her a famous child star in Hollywood and was known as the second Shirley Temple.
But after she became an adult, her appearance could only be described as delicate. Compared with those sexy blonde beauties, she had no advantage at all.
Despite her unparalleled acting talent, Hollywood producers were not optimistic about her, which caused her to lose many job opportunities.
In the movie "The Silence of the Lambs", the director's preferred heroine is the sexy stunner Michelle Pfeiffer, and Judy was not considered.
It was Yang Ye who overcame all opinions and personally called Shay to enable Judy.
Now, "Silence of the Lambs" is a global hit, and Judy is naturally very grateful to Yang Ye.
Yang Ye didn't take it seriously and said calmly: "It turns out that you are very good at acting, so you deserve this opportunity!"
If nothing else, "The Silence of the Lambs" will be released next year It will sweep the Academy Awards, and Judy will win the second Best Actress Award. Such a talent is still worth winning over.
Yang Ye and Judy chatted for a while, and suddenly saw Spielberg coming in from the outside, and said to Judy: "Excuse me!"
"Hi, Steven!"
"Hi, Nick, I just returned to Los Angeles after filming. I heard that you were holding a party, so I rushed over right away. Congratulations, your achievements really make me envious!"
"I'm just in time. I have something to ask you. Didn’t Akina come back with you?”
“She went back to Japan!”
"Okay, let's find a place to talk!"
Yang Ye and Spielberg took some food, found a secluded place, and talked while eating.
“Are you interested in dinosaurs?”
“Dinosaurs? Those ancient creatures that have become extinct? Of course, it’s interesting!”
“Have you ever wondered? But what would happen if there were dinosaurs in this world? ”
"You mean, humans and dinosaurs exist in this world at the same time?"
"Yes, just like there are lions, bears, and wolves in the world."
Speer Berg felt his head was a little down. He thought about it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more interesting he became: "This is really a wonderful idea. If it is expanded and made into a movie, it will be very interesting."
Spielber Greg was very interested in the theme of dinosaurs. He had already taken a liking to the novel "Jurassic Park" before it was published. However, the author of the novel, Michael Crichton, asked for US$1.5 million and a proportion of dividends, so there was no Negotiate.
To obtain the rights to adapt the novel, Warner Bros., Tim Burton, Sony Pictures, Richard Donner, 20th Century Fox and Joe Dante competed.
After a wave of competition, Universal Pictures emerged as the ultimate winner.
But things have changed now. After Yang Ye figured out how the world works, he stocked up on a lot of things, including the Jurassic series.
In the past few years, Ziqi Company has made a lot of preliminary preparations, making it possible to shoot "Jurassic Park".
Now, it’s time to start this series.
Yang Ye said: "Sixty-five million years ago, there was a mosquito that had sucked the blood of a dinosaur and was resting on a pine tree.
Suddenly, a large drop of rosin dripped from the tree and just landed on the trunk, wrapping the mosquito.
The rosin continued to drip and accumulated into a rosin ball. Later, the land sank, the sea water flooded, and the rosin ball was buried underground.
After tens of millions of years of vicissitudes, the rosin ball fossilized and turned into amber.
This amber was finally discovered. After research, scientists found that due to the isolation of air, dinosaur blood still remained in the mosquito's body.
So, scientists used this drop of dinosaur blood to extract the genetic information of the dinosaur. Using this information, scientists bred real dinosaurs, reviving prehistoric animals that had been extinct on Earth for 65 million years.
People built a theme park on an uninhabited African island far away from human traces to show the world the existence of dinosaurs.
The name of this park is called "Jurassic Park"..."
Yang Ye told Spielberg a story about "Jurassic Park" and asked Spielberg to My heart was filled with excitement.
“You want me to direct this movie? ”
"Of course, United Artists Pictures has just gone public. We want to show our investors our strength. We plan to shoot the largest and most expensive movie in the world. I can't think of anyone else to direct this film except you. "
Spielberg was hesitant. He said: "I have promised Columbia to put the story of Peter Pan back on the big screen."
Spielberg's Peter Pan movie. , which is "Captain Hook". In order for Lao Si to agree to shoot this movie, Sony generously agreed to give him and the two leading actors 40% of the total profit.
Yang Ye had known about this for a long time and said indifferently: "You can finish filming Peter Pan and then film "Jurassic Park". I can afford to wait!"
Spiel Berg was very happy and thought Yang Ye was very reasonable.
...
Yang Ye stayed in Los Angeles for a while. He first found his old friend, the great director Ridley Scott, and invited him to shoot the sequel "Hannibal" to "The Silence of the Lambs".
It took ten years for the sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" to be launched in the original space and time. The popularity was gone, and the leading actor Anthony Hopkins was too old.
Yang Ye’s idea is to strike while the iron is hot, and give me all "Hannibal", "Red Dragon", and "Young Hannibal"!
Subsequently, Yang Ye found a young Chinese man named Huang Yiyu to come over.
Huang Yiyu was born in Hong Kong. When he was ten years old, his family immigrated to California, the United States. When he was a teenager, he became obsessed with movies and wrote many scripts.
One of the youth comedy films called "The Boy Next Door" was spotted by a film company and made into a movie. The box office was good, and Huang Yiyu became a professional screenwriter.
When Yang Ye found him, he had already edited several movies and TV series with good reputation.
Huang Yiyu is very interested in horror elements in American films and entertainment literature.
What made him famous in the North American film industry was the thriller TV series "The X-Files" and the thriller "Death Comes to Me" series.
He also collaborated with Jet Li to shoot a science fiction movie "The Savior".
As a screenwriter, Huang Yiyu has precise control over movie scripts and is good at using small scenes to create intense dramatic conflicts.
Yang Ye came to him, naturally to start the "Death is Coming" series.
This series was filmed in five parts in the original time and space, with a total investment of 150 million US dollars, but it received a box office of 700 million US dollars. The profit is very considerable. If you include the income from the disc market, it is simply a huge profit.
The plot of every film of "Death is Coming" is the same. A group of people are preparing to travel to a place or participate in an event.
At this time, the protagonist suddenly had an ominous premonition, so he left the scene with his friends.
Then, a terrible disaster occurred at the scene, but they were saved from death because they left early.
However, the God of Death will not easily let go of these people who have slipped through the net. These people will die violently one after another...
The highlight of this series of movies is the various bizarre deaths of these people. Law.
And it later fell into mediocrity because after too many people died, there was no way to come up with new ideas.
At the beginning, everyone died very creatively. They died and died. When they got to the end, they would ride on horses and die forcefully.
The script Yang Ye gave Huang Yiyu only had a very simple outline.
The details, mainly the way the characters died, need to be thought by Huang Yiyu himself.
This was originally Huang Yiyu's script, and Yang Ye believed he could pull it off.
Yang Ye said to Huang Yiyu: "Yizai, have you ever had this kind of premonition? When you pass a place, you will suddenly have a feeling of déjà vu. Sometimes, you can even briefly Predict what scene will appear next, and then the next second, it will actually appear.”
Huang Yiyu thought about it carefully, his eyes lit up, and he said: "Yes!"
Many people have experienced this feeling, and it is nothing unusual. But it is universal because everyone has experienced it, so everyone will be interested in it.
Yang Ye said: "Have you ever thought that this process from intuition to perception and then to fulfillment is the result of fate?"
Huang Yiyu was driven by Yang Ye's words and fell into There was a moment of silence.
“In short, you have to understand that this is not a bloody horror movie. In this movie, there is no suspense about death. Everyone is doomed and must die. Its entertainment value lies in the process of the death journey. It’s not the result, you and your team must design a very innovative and eye-catching way to die.”
Yang Ye dug out Huang Yiyu in the hope of infiltrating some Chinese power in Hollywood.
Chinese directors have created several good series in Hollywood. Except Huang Yiyu's "Death is Coming" series.
Both Justin Lin and James Wan have directed the "Fast and Furious" series, and James Wan's horror films are unique in Hollywood.
John Woo once won the global annual championship with "Mission: Impossible 2".
Of course, Li Jian is the one who fares best.
Speaking of Li Bian, he made his debut last year with "Pushing Hands" after working as a househusband in the United States for several years.
Now that Yang Ye has entered Hollywood, United Artists Pictures will be the home base for Chinese directors in the future.
After Yang Ye finished handling some matters in Hollywood, he flew back to Hong Kong without stopping.
In May and June 1991, floods occurred in 18 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in China.
The most severe ones were in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, with a population of 100 million affected. This led to China's first large-scale direct appeal to the international community for humanitarian assistance to China.
Wireless, ATV, and Star TV all specially dispatched reporters to Jiangsu and Anhui to conduct large-scale reports on the floods.
On the TV screen, there is a watery land everywhere. On the Huaihe River embankment, homes are flooded, and the tents set up by homeless victims can be seen as far as the eye can see.
Scenes of victims crying over the loss of their loved ones and the eyes of pitiful and helpless orphans flashed across the screen.
The reporter stood on the embankment and said to the audience with a heavy face: "There are still two million people homeless, and there are victims suffering from intestinal diseases, malaria and other infectious diseases. A large number of roads , bridges and other facilities are in urgent need of repair. They need all kinds of materials and equipment..."
Countless viewers in front of the TV shed tears sadly. Some people took out their bankbooks at home and went to donation points everywhere to donate. Out of his own meager strength.
This year, China received a total of 2.3 billion yuan in donations from domestic and foreign countries, of which nearly 40% came from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese. (End of this chapter)