At this cocktail party led by Emmerich, the most valuable new friend Gu Kun met was a gold medal producer with a bit of Disney style, Jerry Blokheim.
It was a seemingly unkempt fifty-year-old man with short, curly blond hair and a golden beard.
But in fact, the short curly hair and beard are carefully designed, showing that this guy is utilitarian and still very ambitious in his personal image, and maybe he wants to attract more young women.
Gu Kun likes to deal with snobs, not artists. Because as long as you give him benefits and a chance to get rich and famous together, the snob will cooperate with you.
The reason why he appeared at this reception today is because he has collaborated with Emmerich once or twice before. It was always when Emmerich wanted to shoot some "vulgar big scenes" that other producers in the circle
Some people have to think about it with a high attitude, but Jerry Blokheim basically thinks that there is a "money prospect" in this matter and is not afraid of getting his hands dirty.
After Emmerich introduced the two to each other, Gu Kun took the initiative to show his kindness: "Mr. Blokheim, nice to meet you, can I call you Jerry? You don't think I'm young, so calling you like that is disrespectful, right?"
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"How come, my friends all call me Jerry. In the words of you Orientals, we can be year-end friends." Jerry Blokheim looked very easy-going.
But everyone knows that he only made friends with Gu Kun because Gu Kun is now a top traffic star and very popular.
In terms of his ability to make money, this man has clearly surpassed the relatively young Emmerich. After all, he has been in the industry for 20 years and has a good career path. He is now 50 years old.
However, he is a gold medal producer, so his public reputation is not as high as that of big directors. Only people in the industry know his resource coordination and organizational skills.
Everyone has vanity. Over the years, every time Jerry met celebrities outside the circle at such social gatherings, he was used to the other party being polite to those great directors, and did not understand the importance of a gold medal producer.
Sex, so it doesn't matter to him.
But today I saw that Gu Kun, as a "person in the cultural, tourism and sports circles", actually respects him as a producer, as much as those famous directors, and he is also slightly proud of him.
Gu Kun took advantage of the situation and said: "I watched "The Island" starring Cage last month when I first came to Oceania. It was very good. Congratulations on your box office success. I like this kind of simple, rough and powerful movie.
The scene, or the film that always wants to make big news. As for those artists, let them die as far away as possible."
The movie Gu Kun mentioned was released two months ago, that is, in June. It stars Nicolas Cage and Jerry is the producer. This movie is also one of the biggest hits at the box office this year.
Although it cannot be compared with Emmerich's "Earth Strikes Back", it is still possible to firmly enter the top five and strive for the top three.
Jerry felt very uplifted after hearing Gu Kun's gesture: "Then you are really happy."
Gu Kun picked up a glass of champagne and clinked a glass: "It's necessary. I don't love movies. I only love the movie industry and the promotion of the movie industry. As long as it can help me achieve my goals, let alone Hollywood, I can do it with people in the San Fernando Valley.
cooperate."
Jerry: "Shet! This is not in line with your status! You are now the person who has broken the most world records! The fastest swimmer on earth! Is it really okay to say such a thing!"
Unfortunately, although he was lecturing him, his expression betrayed him. It was obvious that he felt that Gu Kun was a true-hearted person.
The San Fernando Valley mentioned by Gu Kun is also in Los Angeles, not far from Hollywood, and is also a film and television production center.
It's a pity that everyone there is looked down upon by Hollywood. There is even a common rule that once a person works in the San Fernando Valley once, he will never want to climb to Hollywood. The high-ranking Hollywood people will think he is dirty.
Just because Ivy was filmed in the San Fernando Valley.
After Jerry thought for a while, he took the initiative to extend an olive branch: "Since we can talk so well, in the future, as long as your conditions permit and I have suitable tropical island shooting books, everyone will have the opportunity to cooperate.
Well, I have a script resource on hand to find Tom Hanks to star in "Cast Away". I originally planned to find a South Pacific island country to shoot the scene. I can help you match it up, but this kind of movie does not require a special movie theater.
facilities, so we don’t charge venue rental fees.”
Jerry is also a person who can't afford to be too early. It is an industry practice for large production companies to find small places for filming. As long as they don't have to pay local construction costs, they usually don't pay rent for the land. In this regard, even if Gu Kun is currently famous, Lan Fang is a country
It is enough to make Europeans and Americans curious, and no exceptions can be made.
"No problem, it's all small money." Gu Kun was very open-minded.
In a few years, many small countries in the world that want to develop their tourism industry will take the initiative to attract top international major producers without paying any money and providing a certain amount of background sponsorship.
For example, a country like New Zealand, which has no sense of existence, relied on the great director Peter Jackson of its own descent to help matchmaking, and secured the location of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, creating the so-called "Middle-earth" in New Zealand.
world” impression.
As the Internet era develops, people will become more and more aware of the value of their surroundings, and the conditions offered for rental properties will become increasingly humble.
Gu Kun just noticed this trend a few years in advance and then got stuck.
In the last few years before the popularity of Internet videos, the high-box office movies produced had the highest IP change value. This is because young people in this era have not yet experienced an "information explosion" in accepting video messages.
People may have to spend money to buy a few video tapes/DVDs to go home and watch on a DVD player, but this means that those pirated DVDs they bought back will be treasured, and they will throw them away after watching them once, so they bought "The Terminator"
Or the children of "Saving Private Ryan" and "Titanic" will watch these movies on the DVD player ten, twenty times, or even more.
By the beginning of 2002 here in Oceania, or after the end of 2003 in China, there will be an era when pirated resources can be downloaded for free online, and no one will spend so much time watching old movies over and over again.
The so-called nostalgic mentality of "those from the 1990s and the early 21st century are all classics", but in fact there are so many classics? It is nothing more than preconceptions and repeated viewing.
If you watch Louis Koo's version of The Condor Heroes more than ten or twenty times, and then watch the new movie only once or twice, you will also feel that the ancient version is a classic that has been handed down from generation to generation.
This also explains why Chinese people only think that the 1983 version of "The Condor Heroes" is a classic that has been handed down from generation to generation, but no one thinks that the 1982 edition of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" are classics that have been handed down from generation to generation - at least in the majority of later generations.
In the eyes of Chinese audiences, the most classic versions of "The Divine Condor and Tianlong Siao Ao" are those between 1996 and 1998.
To put it bluntly, many people just don't realize that they actually think "the last remake before the emergence of Internet video resource download channels is the most classic." Because after the emergence of Internet resources, everyone no longer cherishes them.
With Gu Kun's understanding of generational differences, he was naturally willing to secure his position with more favorable conditions than other current owners and lessors.
Cooperation between the two parties will naturally make it easier to negotiate and take over.
In the end, Jerry not only agreed to cooperate in the venue rental, but also expressed his willingness to consider "Lanfang Culture" to provide a set infrastructure and other forms of investment in the film in the future to test the waters first.
If the shooting goes well, we will have other books to collaborate with.
Gu Kun struck while the iron was hot and asked Jerry to look at the backlog of notebooks he had on hand, and he actually found one that interested him:
"I'm very interested in "Pirates of the Caribbean". Don't go to the Caribbean to film it. Go to Lanfang. Anyway, you just need a tropical island. I can build you a pirate theme park and make "Lanfang March"
I license it to you for free as a 'Pirate March' and use it as the theme song for the movie."
"Indeed, it is in line with the cultural ideology you want to promote. Then after "Desert Island Survival" is completed, we will see how the situation unfolds. I listened to "Lan Fang March" and it was indeed very inspiring. It has the kind of mind that embraces the sea.
style." Jerry also thought this idea was wonderful.
Isn't it wonderful? This song was played and recorded by Gu Kun himself, and was taken from the later "Pirates of the Caribbean".
To be honest, Gu Kun felt that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series of movies was not very well made, and the plot was really a foot wrap. It was just to bury the hatchet and delay the plot to make a sequel and harm the plot itself.
However, this film has indeed done well at the box office in later generations, and as long as it promotes this cultural image, it doesn't really matter what the film is about. It is enough to have big scenes and cool looks.
After all, Gu Kun only served to gain popularity for his own cultural and tourism career, and not really for Oceania's film career. It was none of his business to take away the benefits and leave the rest.
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At the cocktail party hosted by Emmerich, Gu Kun also met all kinds of friends, including several celebrities who are not very famous today.
In particular, Nicolas Cage and Tom Hanks, who have recently collaborated with producer Jerry, had a few drinks with Gu Kun and even took the initiative to take photos.
Gu Kun socialized and drank for a whole day before returning to the hotel, where he washed up and repaired himself all night long under the care of Lin Ying and Midlova.
The next day, Richard Hilton called again and asked him to go to New York to initial the final agreement before surveying/designing the Lanfang Hilton Hotel.
The main thing is to determine the price and specifications of the land acquisition first. As for the specific land parcel, it will be decided in the future after people from Hilton come to Lanfang for a final on-site survey. The highest price is set first to prevent one of the parties from changing their mind.
Of course Gu Kun would not refuse. He couldn't get drunk yesterday, so he said he would fly to New York from Atlanta immediately.