While waiting for a break, I heard a burst of discussion coming from outside the house.
After hearing the discussion, the two brothers touched the aching muscles all over their bodies, stood up, and subconsciously walked outside.
After waiting outside, the two heard extremely shocking news.
The heroine of "Spider-Man" was originally scheduled to be Belinda, the heroine of "American Gangster". The contract was almost signed, but something unexpected happened.
"Ten million dollars? Belinda is crazy! How can she get such a sky-high salary?"
"It's not what she wants, but what her mother Kardashian wants. I heard that a director offered Belinda a salary of 10 million US dollars. She chose between "Spider-Man" and that movie..."
"How is that possible? Ten million dollars? Even if Belinda is popular, it's not that popular, right? She's almost close to a first-tier Hollywood artist!" After hearing the salary of ten million dollars, Cruise was completely shocked.
His eyes widened and he looked at Li Qiang, the crew leader of "Spider-Man" in disbelief.
Li Qiang smiled bitterly, and then shook his head: "We have tried to persuade her, but it was of no use. Kardashian is sure that her daughter Belinda can get a salary of 10 million US dollars, and it is the film "The Change" directed by Delson.
", this is a big-budget movie..."
"Delson crazy?"
In this world, there will always be some ridiculous things happening.
Both Terrence and Cruise suspected that Belinda's mother had a mental problem and could not distinguish her own position.
Neither of them took it seriously and continued to practice their basic skills according to their usual projects.
If you don't play the heroine in a movie, you will always find someone to play the heroine.
The world can't revolve around you alone, right?
In the evening, both of them were exhausted and paralyzed. After returning to the dormitory provided by the crew, they heard some gossip being spread among the crew.
The movie "American Gangster History" was originally in a good situation, with almost an explosion of reputation in the international film circle. It should have made great progress and been screened in major theaters or video websites in the United States. But strangely, it was not in the old American region.
A screening room was willing to take over the film. In addition, a series of broadcast rights sold by the company overseas suddenly encountered a problem. In addition to the broadcast rights sold, film studios from various countries who were negotiating for copyright gave up introducing the film.
There were various reasons. Some felt that although the film had a good reputation, it was too long, some felt that the funds were not enough, and some felt that the conditions were not appropriate. In short, various things happened almost on the same day.
At night, all kinds of bad news also appeared on the crew of "Spider-Man".
I had previously invited some actors from "American Gangster History" to participate in "Spider-Man". I had promised well and worked with the crew on various film preparations, but suddenly I regretted my decision and left the group.
The reasons are varied...
Some said they auditioned for "The Mutation" but gave up on "Spider-Man" over and over again, some said they felt uncomfortable, and some even said they were allergic to spiders...
In just a few hours, a quarter of the entire "Spider-Man" crew has left. Among the previously invited actors from "American Gangster History", only Mr. Anthony is still working on the crew, and the others are slightly more famous.
All the actors disappeared.
"Is someone touching SKY behind my back?"
"Um."
Cruise and Trent were not fools. Through some phenomena, they quickly realized that Hollywood seemed to be targeting "American Gangster History". No, it should not be targeting "American Gangster History", but Zhou Yang.
movie of.
In the early morning, the two of them were lying in the two bathtubs in the dormitory, soaking in hot water and talking about today's events.
Just after chatting for a while...
Cruise's phone rang.
He stood up subconsciously and went to the side to answer the phone.
"Hello……"
"Hello, is this Mr. Cruise?"
"Yes, may I ask who you are..."
"I am DV Company, the casting director of "King Kong Tiger", Tony Orman..."
"Huh?" Cruise was shocked when he heard the other party's name, and then he spoke with a trembling voice.
"Yesterday, we watched your "Saw". We think your acting in this movie is very inspiring and fits an important role in our movie very well. I wonder if you will be free to come and audition tomorrow.
?”
"..." Cruise felt his head buzzing, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.
"Don't worry, Mr. Cruise, we are not a scam call. "King Kong Tiger" is adapted from the comic "King Kong Tiger" of the same name. DV Company is preparing to invest 200 million US dollars to make this movie..."
On the phone, the other party rattled off a series of generous offers, which were like pie-in-the-sky pie-in-the-sky, leaving Cruise feeling burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.
After making the phone call in a daze, Cruise felt extremely unreal, and his heart had already flown uncontrollably to the set of "Tiger".
Later, the ringing of Trent's phone woke Cruise up from his surprise and excitement. When he saw Trent holding the phone, he was confused at first, then suddenly he was pleasantly surprised, and told himself excitedly that he
After receiving the invitation to "Alien", where he would play a role second only to the protagonist, and the salary exceeded 10 million US dollars, Cruise suddenly calmed down.
"Are we really leaving Spider-Man? Is it possible, I mean is it possible, that they just want us to leave Spider-Man?"
"A salary of ten million dollars!"
"Can we really get a salary of 10 million US dollars? Why should we get a salary of 10 million US dollars? The only film we can get is "Saw". Do you really believe that we are the ones who made "Saw"
Our performance was very good, and then the other party took a fancy to us?"
His sudden question made Trent, who was extremely excited, stunned for a moment, then frowned, and finally fell into an extremely difficult choice.
……………………
Late at night.
In the office, Zhou Yang still didn't sleep.
Next door, Xu Mei was on the phone, constantly chatting with the copyright dealer about various copyright issues for "American Gangster History", but it was obvious that the conversation was not very successful, and all aspects of the screening rights had been blocked.
If "American Gangster History" cannot sell more copyrights, the film can only rely on pure box office to maintain costs, but it will be very difficult to make money.
Early morning.
Xu Mei walked in tiredly holding the phone.
Zhou Yang has never seen Xu Mei suffer such failure and frustration.
"I have talked with Christian. Christian has talked with the director of "Alien" and the director of "King Kong Tiger". The other party is not trying to poach us. He just said that it is more suitable to be an actor. He hopes to let the actor himself
Choose... However, due to the confidentiality agreement signed and the fact that some ordinary actors who left did not have the script, the script of "Spider-Man" was not leaked, but generally many people know that "American Gangster History"
Who shot the movie..." Xu Mei lowered her head and sighed.
"This itself cannot be concealed. If you really want to investigate, you can still investigate..." Zhou Yang was not shocked after hearing the news, and just nodded: "But even if they knew, these people would not make a big fuss about it..."
Promoting it will only suppress it behind the scenes, making the influence of "American Gangster History" smaller..."
"Why do you say that?" Xu Mei raised her head subconsciously.
"If such a hit movie with such a thorough understanding of American history is promoted as being made by Chinese people, isn't that advertising the movie? Is it indirectly making Zheng famous?"
"Yeah, that's right." Xu Mei nodded: "Mr. Zhou, what should we do now?"
"It's too late today. You should go and rest first. We'll talk tomorrow." Zhou Yang smiled immediately after looking at Xu Mei's haggard expression.
"I can't sleep. This is really bullying. We haven't even filmed "Spider-Man" yet, and they are ganging up to suppress us. Haha, is this the so-called freedom, democracy, openness, and tolerance?" Xu Mei said more and more.
He was so angry that he clenched his fists for a moment.
"But at the same time, the United States is a country of capital. Those old directors in China are not willing to have the cake divided, let alone the United States..."
"However, who can win the cake of "Spider-Man"? No one is optimistic about "Spider-Man". Everyone sees this movie as a joke, and the size of this movie is really too small. Compared with "Emperor"
It can't be compared with big science fiction movies like "Aberration". Mr. Zhou, don't you think this is too abnormal? I have never heard of killing an ant and having so many people join forces...
...This is obviously someone who is deliberately targeting us and wants us dead..." Xu Mei suddenly became more anxious after seeing that Zhou Yang's expression did not change.
Zhou Yang listened to Xu Mei's words but remained silent and did not refute anything.
After a long time, Xu Mei felt tired and sat down on a chair, gasping for air. However, her breathing became more and more severe. It was obvious that she could not suppress this grievance.
Zhou Yang fell into deep thought, with countless characters appearing in his mind.
But after thinking about it for a long time, I still can’t figure out who is behind the scenes...
Wait until morning...
Zhou Yang, who had not slept all night, received a call from Zheng Jun.
"Mr. Zhou...is it convenient to talk now?"
"It's convenient, what's wrong?"
"I want to talk to you. Fox has offered me a very high salary and invited me to direct their new movie..."
"Oh?" Zhou Yang frowned deeply when he heard this sentence.
"At the same time, I received an invitation to immigrate from the United States, saying that someone introduced me to them and they were willing to immigrate me... In other words, as long as I am willing, I can get a green card from the United States..."
"You want to immigrate?"
"I don't want to, but this thing is a bit weird...I suddenly thought of a person just now..."