Liang Kun came to Hollywood at the right time. He won''t hold his thigh so smoothly sooner or later.


    In 1995, Steven Spielberg, the creator and director of the box office miracle, Jeffrey cassenberg, the genius who created the Disney animation miracle, and David Geffen, the record tycoon and billionaire, jointly created the "DreamWorks" and officially established it.


    DreamWorks soon became a dazzling brand. Cassenberg is in charge of animation. He has established his foothold with the prince of Egypt and the little ant soldier. After 2001, the monster Shrek series and Madagascar made the company a lot of money. Spielberg is in charge of feature films and has directed or produced such famous works in film history as Saving Private Ryan, American beauty and gladiator.


    Unfortunately, the independent film company has a huge weakness. The fiasco of a work may lead to a slump. Disney''s films lost money, and theme parks and ABC Radio Network helped each other. Paramount''s film lost, with giants like Viacom behind it. DreamWorks can''t. the company is very small. The money made by three films may not be worth the loss of one film.


    Since its establishment, DreamWorks has produced more than 50 films, and many have failed. There is a crisis all the time. It has stumbled through the 10 years of "free" creation. Moreover, DreamWorks has no financial strength to charge at the same time in the four positions of TV, film, music and network. In the past two years, DreamWorks has focused on the production of films and some TV dramas.


    DreamWorks''s performance this year was poor. After the listing of the animation film production company led by casenberg, its revenue plummeted, its stock price fell, and it also had an additional debt of $500 million.


    If "escape from clone island" which will be released on the 22nd of this month and "red eye flight" which will be released on the 19th of next month fail again, DreamWorks will not be able to hold on. The company can not meet the profit requirements of investors at all, so it can only consider "selling".


    Spielberg has the final say as one of the DreamWorks owners. He is the one who has the final say in the real movie. Liang Kun wanted to make a low-cost film at this juncture, but he agreed without much consideration.


    Spielberg''s new film "Munich" is about to start, and the company can''t make more films. Small cost horror comedy is a good choice for small and broad. Now he is willing to set up a project. If he is later, he will have to focus on directing the film until the selling company has no time to control others.


    Liang Kun''s plan is very comprehensive. He can shoot in Los Angeles without running around. He can also play a leading actor.


    In this way, the only important role to be chosen is the villain, except the female owner. Liang Kun is famous in Asia and his acting skills have been recognized. He is willing to write, direct and act by himself. Spielberg has no objection. It is clearly written in the script that the man is of Chinese descent.


    On July 10, Spielberg invited Liang Kun to DreamWorks.


    Gong Wei and Constantine also went together, because they are going to officially sign the contract today. They help to advise.


    Liang Kun does not intend to find an economic man in the United States for the time being, because he wants to make his own decisions on important issues. At the beginning of economic development, an economic man can not help him, but may also delay him.


    A good broker is like water pushing a boat. He can carry a boat or overturn it.


    A few years ago, for example, Shu Qi''s agent Wen Jun pushed out crouching tiger, Hidden Dragon without telling Shu Qi that the shooting cycle was too long and delayed other plays. Later, Shu Qi knew that crouching tiger, Hidden Dragon had been looking for her, and in a rage, he quit his agent. If Shu Qi had accepted crouching tiger, hidden dragon, the process of entering the world would be much shorter and more popular.


    Liang Kun is a reborn. What film is suitable for him? He just needs to communicate with the subconscious with the magic mirror. In this world, no one in the entertainment industry has a better vision than him. If he is an actor and the American manager asks him to pick up bad films, does he bother to convince each other? As a director, he doesn''t have to tell the manager what he wants to shoot.


    The brokerage team he needs is obedient and won''t make arbitrary opinions. You can raise opinions, but don''t try to control him. If there is a major contract, he can ask a lawyer for help to see the contract.


    And Liang Kun is not just an actor. He is a director as soon as he comes up.


    Some directors also have agents who may help negotiate some cooperation matters, including cooperation projects and prices. Liang Kun has just come to the United States. It''s too difficult to find a trusted American agent. 80% of the famous people don''t like new people like him. It''s better for him to find one than none.


    The producer arranged by Spielberg was Stuart Confield, born in 1952, older than liang Kun''s parents. Liang Kun met him in the company. He was a fat uncle with black framed glasses and a messy beard. He is almost bald, only a little hair on both sides of his head, but his temperament looks very energetic.


    From 1997 to now, Stewart has made many films, mostly comedies. Last year, he released two producer comedies, crazy dodgeball and police.


    In 2003, he worked as a producer and his works included double decker apartment and single men''s club. "Double decker apartment" starred Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller, the goddaughter of Spielberg. The film won the top box office in North America in its first week in the United States, and finally grossed $160 million worldwide.


    Liang Kun and subconscious communication do not know the producer, and it is often difficult for behind the scenes workers to shine. Stewart is very capable. In the parallel world, he is also the producer of high box office films such as tropical thunder and super villain.


    Liang Kun''s contract includes the script, the hero and the director. The film is self-made, self directed and self acting. His salary was rounded up to $500000.


    Liang Kun has no problem with this. When he came to Hollywood, he investigated what the market is. Spielberg is optimistic about his prospects and wants him to mix with himself, otherwise he can press the salary again.


    According to Hollywood rules, Liang Kun did not suffer. Spielberg knows that he is not short of money and face must be given, so even if he is a rookie, the director''s film salary is not low.


    As for the man''s pay, it means casually. Except for the woman, other people in this film are not important, and there is not much room to play their acting skills. Although this is a low-cost film, Spielberg can invest $5 million according to Liang Kun''s plan, but most of the money will be spent on shooting.


    In 2005, when a new director directed a film, the film pay was 20000 or 300000, and there was no increase in the future. When Simon Goldberg directed his debut X-Men: the black phoenix, he paid only $500000, which was a special effects blockbuster.


    New actors are paid less. Zhang Ziyi spent several years in Hollywood. It is said that her film Memoirs of a Geisha earned only $500000.


    In the parallel world, Scarlett Johnson became famous in her youth and her representative works. When she played the black widow in Iron Man 2, her pay was only $400000, not much more when Robert Downey Jr. first appeared in iron man.


    "Wonder Woman" has been recognized in "don''t hit me, my mother''s name is Martha". When starring in "Wonder Woman", Gail gado paid only $300000.


    Hollywood is like this. The price is here. Do you like to shoot or not. If you don''t shoot, some people rob the role. Unknown actors are willing to play important roles as long as they see the opportunity and give some money. This can break the head, most of the handsome men and beautiful women can only run the Dragon suit, not even the lines.


    Hollywood screenwriters have no status. As long as there is not much butterfly effect, there will be a general strike in 2007, lasting more than 100 days. More than 12000 screenwriters took part in the strike. Conservatively, the American entertainment industry lost at least $500 million.


    Of course, there are also contents in the contract that make Liang Kun dissatisfied.


    For example, the actors were selected by DreamWorks audition, and Liang Kun had no right to recommend actors. No one can trust Liang Kun in this regard. Spielberg believes that it must be checked by producer Stewart. Because Liang Kun is too young, only 23 years old. He has just arrived in the United States. How many Hollywood actors does he know? Do you know the preferences of American audiences?


    Liang Kun knows that many actors will be popular in the future. Now he is running a dragon suit and has no talent. There are too many such people in Hollywood. If he is allowed to choose actors, it will be interesting to choose a group of all stars in the future. Unfortunately, he didn''t have the right to choose actors, so the plan had to fall through.


    He can understand that if he were the boss, a young man from the mainland of China would be a great film. In order to ensure that the film can be profitable, it is impossible to give rookies too many rights.


    Similarly, Liang Kun has no right to edit the film. His task is to shoot the material of the film. Stewart asks the editor to edit the film to meet the taste of the American audience and control the film to an appropriate length of time.


    Stewart''s power is much greater than liang Kun. He is responsible for staring at Liang Kun for fear that he has no experience.


    Spielberg tested Liang Kun and still felt that he was too young and lacked a gradual process. Liang Kun can participate in editing, but he has no right to speak. To put it bluntly, he is watching.


    Spielberg was recognized as a talented director when he was young, but he practiced it step by step.


    In 1957, when he was 10 years old, he made a 14 minute film boy scout with his home 8mm camera. In 1958, he joined the boy scouts and won a prize for shooting a 9-minute 8-millisecond short film called the last gunfight. In 1960, he produced a 40 minute World War II film "nowhere to escape" and won a 16mm camera at the Arizona film contest.


    In 1968, Spielberg received $100000 invested by a rich man who opened an optical instrument company and shot the short film "ampere Lin" in 35mm format, which won an award at the second Atlanta Film Festival. The film attracted the attention of the person in charge of universal. Universal signed a seven-year director contract with him. At the age of 22, he officially entered the film industry.


    After that, he made a TV play. It was not until 1974 that he completed his first feature film "rampage and escape", when he was almost 28 years old.


    Age is Liang Kun''s advantage and disadvantage. After talking to Spielberg, he could only agree to the arrangement.