Chapter 698 The Four Heavenly Kings of Hollywood Directors
In a luxurious villa in Beverly Hills, Hollywood, the moonlight spreads a thin layer of autumn frost on the ground like mercury, dyeing the maple leaves red, withering the green grass, and the chirping of cicadas in midsummer dissipates among the fallen leaves.
In the middle of the day, with the gusts of autumn wind, the frogs on the pond also stopped playing in the residual lotus, as if everything had become bleak in autumn.
The two old men were sitting on the lawn covered with fallen leaves, with crystal clear crystal glasses and wine shining with a coquettish red light. Everything seemed so leisurely and contented. If a reporter from the entertainment industry saw all this, it must have been
Will be very surprised.
Because these two old men are the top people in Hollywood, among the four major directors in Hollywood. They are Spielberg and the bearded Coppola. Coppola picked up the red wine casually and said: "These are yours
Red wine is considered good if it can be sold for five hundred in France, but you have the nerve to say it costs five thousand and serve it out to entertain people?"
There are not many people who can talk to Spielberg like this, but Coppola is definitely one of them. Spielberg seems to know that Coppola will definitely miss him over the wine, so
, said nonchalantly: "It's none of my business how much this wine is worth, whether it's five hundred or five thousand, how many people in Hollywood can you think can drink it? And even if someone can drink it, they can."
A few people dared to say it. Anyway, I bought it from a luxury store. As long as it was five thousand when I bought it, I wasn't deceiving people anyway."
In Hollywood, few people dare to say in front of Spielberg that his wine is not authentic.
Coppola is a person with such qualifications, and Coppola is very knowledgeable in wine, so he bluntly pointed out that Spielberg's wine is not very authentic.
At this time, Coppola said with a smile: "You are really boring. When you come to my place, I will treat you to drink my precious wine. At that time, you will know what it means to be a person."
Real top wine. By the way, I heard that you wanted to invite Ye Ming to be the martial arts director in the movie "The Last Samurai" directed by you. I don't know what the result will be."
Spielberg was stunned for a moment before he suddenly realized and said: "That's right. I heard you say that this little guy is very good. It seems that you were the art director of this little guy Ye Ming's movie [Infernal Affairs]. You are all right about this
The little guy was very complimentary. I would like to see what kind of person Ye Ming is. It would be interesting to see a little guy who can make you admire him.
After all, there is a difference between Eastern culture and Western culture. Although I don't like the movie "The Last Samurai", as long as I am a director, I have to strive for perfection.
I think that as an Oriental, Ye Ming should be relatively familiar with Japanese culture. Therefore, I asked Takeshi Kitano to ask him if he can be my action director. Right, Oriental should be called that.
Yes, there is no such thing as an action director in Hollywood. This is the cultural difference between the East and the West."
The difference between Spielberg and other directors is that although he is a famous director, as long as someone can afford the money, he will take over the filming. This is an anomaly among the four major directors.
The four major Hollywood directors, Coppola Lucas, Martin Scorsese.
In addition, Spielberg is known as one of the four Hollywood king-level directors in the 1990s. A top-notch existence. But among these four, Coppola, Lucas, and Scorsese are all comparable.
There is a singer, and it goes without saying that Lucas. One Star Wars has whetted the appetite of audiences all over the world, and basically will not make other movies. I guess Lucas will be working with Star Wars in this life.
In fact, after seven or seven years, Lucas only directed Star Wars and the series of movies, and never directed any other movies.
Scorsese is also one of the few big directors with low output. Although he is not like Lucas who only has sex with one director, he is not easy to make a move. He usually only takes two or three years to shoot a film.
movie.
But this guy Spielberg is different. This guy is the only one among the four directors who will take over the filming as long as he is given enough money. He is a commercial director.
Of course, Spielberg's prices are not cheap.
The reason why he is considered to be Chi Guoguo's commercial director is actually inseparable from "The Last Samurai".
At this time, Coppola frowned and said: "Ye Ming, this guy is really good. The movie [Infernal Affairs] he produced is a first-class work even in Hollywood, and the action is top-notch. There is no other movie in Hollywood."
How can one person capture such cool action scenes?
However, the biggest difference between Westerners and Easterners is the issue of face. If you want to invite Ye Ming to be an action director, don't invite him directly. Instead, ask Kitano Takeshi to ask. This is a bit rude.
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Seeing that Spielberg was a little unhappy, Coppola didn't wait for him to speak. At this time, he raised his hand and said directly: "Don't deny it. You yourself said that there are certain differences between Eastern and Western cultures."
There is a big difference. Therefore, in such a matter, this is somewhat inappropriate. I guess your hope is not high."
Politeness, that is, the issue of face, sometimes seems to be more important to Easterners than making money. They even say that they would rather make less money, or even make no money, for the sake of their own face. This is difficult for Westerners to understand.
One thing.
Spielberg said with a smile: "This should not be possible. Ye Ming wants to enter Hollywood. This is what you said yourself. I think he will not let go of this opportunity. Once he says [finally]
The release of "Samurai" will easily open up the Hollywood market for him. If an Easterner wants to enter Hollywood, it will not be so easy. I think he will not let it go if he feels this way."
Having said this, Spielberg was quite confident and drank the red wine from the crystal glass with ease and ease.
Coppola said with great certainty: "I dare say that Ye Ming will not agree so happily. I have interacted with him, so at this time I am quite familiar with such a person.
He is the kind of person who attaches great importance to etiquette."
While the two were arguing, Spielberg's cell phone rang. After answering the call, Spielberg's face suddenly became gloomy after saying a few words. He sat there in silence for a while and said, "Okay.
, you win. Kitano Takeshi called just now and said that he and Ye Ming talked about such a thing, but at this time Ye Ming did not agree immediately, he just said that he agreed to think about it. This guy is indeed the same as what you said.
He has personality."
Ye Ming did not immediately agree to his invitation. This Spielberg seemed to be quite incredible. Under such a situation, he could not figure out why Ye Ming did not seize this good opportunity immediately.
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Coppola said with a genuine expression: "I'm not surprised at all. Don't treat Ye Ming like a Japanese. They come to the United States to see you just after you make a phone call. Ye Ming is a real
A capable person, a truly capable person. Have you ever seen a movie actor who can sell tens of millions of dollars per record?
He is such a person. And I dare say that he must have his own reasons for not agreeing immediately. This is also a habit of Eastern people, who always find many reasons for their answers. Even if this reason is right
It’s nothing to him, but they will definitely do it like this.”
What Coppola said was indeed correct. At this time, Spielberg nodded and said: "This guy said that he is very busy. He has to direct a TV series, supervise a TV series, and have concerts. In addition, he has
China’s Spring Festival Gala, Tianchao TV’s Spring Festival Gala, it was a grand gathering with ** billion viewers, God. This is simply unbelievable.”
How many people are there in the United States? There are not 200 million people, not at all, but the audience for the Spring Festival Gala is a terrifying number of ** 100 million.
Coppola said with a smile: "This kind of thing is very normal. There are many things in the East that we don't understand. Last time I went to supervise their movie, I saw a lot of different things. You won't think of it because of that."
Should we give up on Ye Ming?"
Spielberg said firmly: "How is it possible? A capable person always has a temper. I'm not surprised at all. He was able to agree immediately, but I do wonder how powerful he is."
Now that I’m capable, I won’t give up on this matter.”
Coppola nodded with a smile and said: "That's right. It's a mistake for you to accept this [The Last Samurai]. If you don't come up with some rare things, it may be a complete failure. I will
I don’t understand why you would do this?”
Spielberg said with a smile: "All this is not about money. Anyway, there is a consortium in Japan willing to pay. What does this matter have to do with me? And I also want to do an experiment. Li Yu's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden"
Long] It’s quite good. I think if you combine Western culture and Eastern culture, what kind of movie will you make? Anyway, there are scammers who are willing to pay, and there is no limit.
This is very rare, are there people like this in Hollywood?"
Coppola said very rudely: "Hollywood investors will agree to your request unless they are crazy." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!