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Chapter 516 Mortal Kombat

"I feel that I have been targeted in Hollywood. There are not many real artists here. Everyone considers box office and return on investment. If you want to truly make art, you still have to go to Europe..."

Steve Siegel was interviewed by reporters during "Business" and said that his film production plans continued to be disrupted, so he would go to Europe to look for investment and cooperation opportunities in China and emerging countries.

His previous plan to find investment to shoot an Aikido movie in Japan was interfered with by his ex-wife and his ex-father-in-law who granted him the Aikido qualification. Many lies about his cheating during marriage and abuse of authorization were revealed in Japan.

The scandal of being qualified to open a school and teach apprenticeships.

This time Steve Siegel suffered a big setback. In addition to the lawsuit filed by the old Georges and his wife, and Ronald's statement that he did not want to see the Qianlong series continue to appear in Hollywood, everyone was also a little surprised.

The Enon Milchan case brought to light the concerns surrounding.

Using a powerful department to target the boss of a film company nakedly like this means that no one knows whether you are really so good with the former commander-in-chief that you are recruiting a son-in-law, or whether you are just taking advantage of the situation to retaliate. So the best response is to stay out of the incident and watch the show. Anyway,

A second-rate action actor who loses money on all other projects except this movie...

"Laura and I will accompany my father to Kuwait. This time it is a great victory..."

Little George deliberately visited Ronald again later. Not only did he receive rare praise from his mother Barbara, but after Steve Segel was boycotted, the film and television investment fund in which he participated opened the doors to Jean-Claude Van Damme.

A market for two stars with Dolph Lundgren.

There are only so many stars in B-level action movies. Siegel can't make them, so the remaining Jean-Claude Van Damme and Lundgren can occupy the attention of this part of the audience. Immediately, Lundgren began to prepare a movie about the former East

The film about the German Olympic champion, Jean-Claude Van Damme and his old friends in Hong Kong have started to prepare a new film.

"Thank you for your help, don't forget to bring me some dates, hahaha..." After this battle, the relationship between the two became closer and they moved around more.

"Hehehe, Laura will remind me even if I forget. You and the other side have a message, take a longer view, don't let the teacher stare at you..."

What little George was talking about was Deputy Director Fei who came to him for lobbying work last time. He was a little bit ignored by Ronald before, but now he is in a state of distress. The new commander-in-chief, William, is already talking to the outside world.

, we need to implement stricter policies on dialogue trade.

They originally thought that they could complete the same plan by repeating the lobbying route with George Jr., but suddenly found that William seemed to be difficult to bribe. No matter how they contacted through connections, they only got rejection.

This, of course, surprised those over there. William was known to be a great commander without any foundation. He originally thought that he could do the same thing, but such a firm refusal made people wonder whether America had reached a strategic consensus and wanted to take that

He acts as the next imaginary enemy.

For a moment, he became anxious and angry, and even Deputy Director Fei came back to discuss with Ronald, hoping to open up the contact with the lobbying group outside the hospital again. They were very anxious now, and even the Koreans in America and the Southern Evangelical Church had no contact.

I fell in love with him, and tried my best to promote friendship. Taking advantage of the friendly relationship that the two sides had just established, I hoped to use their relationship to give myself some relief.

Although Ronald is not sure why William is so tough, he generally understands. William promised too many benefits at that time, and all the policy space has been sold in advance. Now it is equivalent to being hit in the futures market of the policy.

Locked up the position.

Any policy he adopts now will face counterattacks from other conflicting stakeholders. He is already a weak leader, and it is impossible for him to focus on being friendly to China at this critical time.

You have been targeted for a long time, and burning incense now is inevitably a bit improvised. Mrs. Rodham's dining table has already been filled with gifts, and there is no room for you to accept any more.

But Ronald wouldn't say that. The truth is still very hurtful. He just told the truth what little George said, saying that he must obey the teachings of Confucius and that when it comes to America, he must take the long term to catch the big fish.

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Deputy Director Fei was very moved after what he said, and quickly praised Ronald for his "profound" understanding of Chinese culture, and quickly went back to report.



"Director Whedon's creation is very satisfying. Nicole Kidman's performance and the appearance of those world-famous models have received a very good response in Tokyo. The president asked me to tell you that our Street Fighter

One generation of games will add Nicole Kidman's character to the list of selectable protagonists."

The senior representative from Capcom over there came to Los Angeles again. This time he came with a commission from the president to express his gratitude.

Street Fighter is a hit all over the world, thanks to the support of the movie. In Japan, America and the European market, it was the number one arcade game in 1992. In all major markets, it is a family game.

Number one in sales of machines.

The second place in coin volume and sales is the Street Fighter Turbo version that was launched later.

In the American Market alone, the average coin amount per arcade machine per week is more than 1,300 US dollars, which not only revives many cafes and bars with arcade machines, but also revives the change exchange industry that was almost eliminated.

The best games selected by gaming magazines are all Street Fighter II, and they praise it as the second arcade game to be well-known to all ages after the first arcade game "Space Invaders" in 1978.

According to Capcom's statistics, in the past year, more than 30 million people in the United States have played all versions of game consoles and all versions of Street Fighter. The sales have been staggering, propelling Capcom into the ranks of giants in the gaming industry.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I wonder if Ronald Sandman can invite Ms. Kidman's husband, Mr. Tom Cruise, to star in the next version of the movie?

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"It depends on how well your next-generation games sell?" Ronald thought to himself, how dare you think about it.

"As long as Ronald Sang can continue to control the situation, money is not a problem, please."

Capcom has felt the benefits of linking movies and games, and now wants to rely on Ronald to continue to copy this model.

"This is not a matter of money. The main thing is that movies and games are different. Games can be released in one version every year. Fans of the original game can continue to play another version. But movies are different. A healthy movie needs to be played for at least two years.

For a sequel that has just been released, video sales, box office returns, and a cooling off period for the audience, movies released in less than two years have failed a lot in terms of production and box office..."

Ronald found a reason to decline, mainly because director Joss Whedon was busy with other projects. Several leading actors, such as Jean-Claude Van Damme, the highest-paid actor, also worked on his own martial arts film. He played the role of the final big character.

The actor Rao Julio of Boss Vega has also been diagnosed with stomach problems during the physical examination organized by the crew and is currently being actively treated at the Los Angeles Memorial Hospital. Is there any possibility of filming a sequel in such a short period of time?

"Do you have any recommendations for suitable action film directors of this type? You can help me find one. It can be from Hollywood or other places."

After seeing off Capcom's people, Ronald asked Richard to discuss the matter.

"It's really hard to find. A director of this style must have made successful B-level movies, have some interest in games, understand the psychology of game fans, and most importantly, be willing to shoot this kind of movie.

I won’t feel slighted because of this…”

Richard also scratched his head. Directors like Joss Whedon who are capable, willing to work hard, and willing to make B-level commercial films that are looked down upon by artists are actually quite rare.

Fortunately, the sequel to Street Fighter will not be filmed until two years later, and Whedon must have had some free time by then.

"Oh, you don't understand. I don't want to make Street Fighter. I am an American game company. Seeing the success of Street Fighter, I also came to visit."

What Ronald is talking about is Midway Games. Around the same time as Street Fighter II, they also released a fighting game called "Mortal Kombat"

Compared with Street Fighter II, the gameplay of this game is actually a lot worse. The characters are dull and often lag when executing moves, and the soundtrack and combat quality are much worse.

The only thing that is better than Street Fighter is that this game has a lot more bloody scenes. There are often scenes of people knocking off their limbs and heads and spewing blood.

This is also the first restricted fighting game in America. You must be of age to buy it. In the middle of the game, the C in the word bat in the game name was deliberately changed to K, thinking it was "Kill". After successfully defeating the opponent,

You can also use a big move to perform a kill action.

For a time, in many blue-collar communities, the popularity of this game was still higher than that of Street Fighter. Often, computer game fighting would be upgraded to real-person fighting...

But as soon as the Street Fighter movie came out, and the Street Fighter Turbo version was released, it was suddenly a lot ahead of Mortal Kombat. Mortal Kombat's game sales and coin sales both dropped significantly.

Midway Games relied on this limited-level fighting game to become a cutting-edge local game, and now it has to find a way to recover its declining revenue.

In addition to accelerating the development of the second generation, they also started to think about shooting a movie to link with the game.

Of course, they don't have the success of Capcom's previous games, so the production budget they can afford is not as rich as Street Fighter.

But after Ronald played two rough Mortal Kombat games on the game console sent by his people, he started to think about adapting this game.

Because the background of this game is much easier to adapt into a movie than Street Fighter. Moreover, the market is not limited to the group mainly composed of game fans.

The reason is also very simple, because this game is not a realistic background, but a magical background. Some characters in it can perform various magic moves.

The background of the story is also much more reasonable than that of Street Fighter or some other mysterious organization that relies on fighting to rule the world. A group of warrior monks, like the Shaolin Temple, worship a world guardian, Raiden, who has been guarding the world from being conquered by magic from other planes.

intrusion.

The Demon King was unwilling to annex our world, so he held a martial arts competition and invited all martial artists to compete. If they all lost to his samurai, he would break his agreement with Raiden and invade the world...

This kind of setting is easier to adapt and more acceptable to American audiences. Anyway, movies like Schwarzenegger's "Conan the Barbarian" ten years ago followed this approach.

After inviting Michelle Cannold and others to make an evaluation, the project was officially approved, and news began to be released about finding a suitable director to direct it.

John Milius, the director of "Conan the Barbarian", certainly has no interest in repeating the thing he completed ten years ago, but after paying a suitable price, he also agreed to revise the script as one of the unnamed screenwriters.

After all, John Milius is still a very good movie screenwriter, although he has been proven to have some flaws as a director by Hollywood.

"Ronald, I won the award, the Golden Bear..."

After finishing the business, Ronald was about to go back to complete the final editing of "Sugar-coated Trap" when suddenly Richard, who had just left, ran in quickly and handed a telegram to him.

"The Wedding Banquet" and another Chinese-language film, "Scented Soul Girl" directed by Xie Fei, jointly won the Golden Bear Award at this Berlin Film Festival.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Is it so powerful?"

Ronald watched the film "The Wedding Banquet" directed by Ang Lee, and felt it was just average. It was an improvement over the first "Pusher", but the audio-visual language was not necessarily very powerful, and it reached the first-class level of Hollywood commercial film directors.

Most of the shots, because they are low-cost productions, are still stuck in a fast shooting routine of fixed shots, actors entering, finishing their lines, and exiting the scene.

It's just that Ang Lee's overall level is very high and he knows how to allocate his energy and resources. Several important scenes were shot very gracefully. For example, the heroine's pregnancy, the suspicion and understanding between the two male protagonists, and the male protagonist's temptation

The father's breathing, and the ending where Langxiong, who plays the father, raises his hands to express surrender and leaves America, are all very innovative in the Eastern style.

Unexpectedly, such a film was praised by the judges, and the second film won the Berlin Golden Bear. This is also very similar to Yimou's experience.

"Yimou is a member of the jury this time. Another award-winning film, Sweet Soul Girl, was produced in the Mainland...it is also a film about Chinese traditional culture."

"Oh, no wonder..." Ronald understood a little bit. Nowadays, Chinese culture in Europe is a bit like it was in America a few years ago. It has received some popularity because it has not been exposed to it.

Yimou not only won the Golden Bear, but also won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. He must have a strong say in the Golden Bear Awards. The Golden Bear Awards invited him to be a judge this year, which must also have some meaning of commending Chinese culture.

As for whether I am favored by Berlin, so I invested in the production of "The Wedding Banquet", which won the award at the same time as the "Scented Soul Girl", it is hard to say. Directors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait all make films about traditional Chinese culture.

, and at the same time, winning awards is also impartial.

"If I have a chance, I'll come and see if there's any chance of distributing it in America." Ronald is also very interested in this Berlin double-yolked egg gimmick. Maybe it can be used as an art theater chain and a low-cost distribution for Chinese theaters.

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"Director Luo, this is the copy we transferred as quickly as possible."

Unexpectedly, as soon as this idea was passed on, Deputy Director Fei was immediately transferred from Japan to participate in the Berlin Film Festival, and he also brought a copy with German subtitles.

"Well, I'll watch it during my break after I finish my editing work."

"Then you're busy, just call me if you need anything." The new cultural counselor's attitude towards Ronald was very respectful.

After Ronald finished editing, he specially played one for himself to watch in the evening.

I have to say that this movie is somewhat similar to Ju Dou from a few years ago, both of which accuse the past patriarchy of insulting and destroying women. In contrast, Ronald's "The Wedding Banquet" can add some modernity,

It also retains the core of traditional Chinese culture of harmony and diversity, which I like more.

This movie has similar themes to Ju Dou, so American audiences may also experience aesthetic fatigue.

After returning the copy to the consular counselor, Ronald said that more research was needed for distribution. The other party immediately became anxious and said, "Director Luo, if you have any opinions about this movie, we can provide you with more movies to choose from.

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"Hey, why did your attitude become so good?" Ronald was a little surprised.

"The panda co-production story you proposed last time has been agreed in principle after discussions with the mainland government and vigorous promotion by superior leaders. You can initiate the project at any time and send people to Wolong Nature Reserve to inspect..."

"Well, I know, it's the hometown of giant pandas, and Maotai liquor is very delicious..." Ronald was happy and felt respected.

"Ah, it's not from the same province, but it doesn't matter. I'll contact you right away and send you a few boxes..."


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