On the 27th, the great director Spielberg was going to hold a party at home and invited a group of friends, including Liang Kun.
The box office of the film Munich was average in North America in the first week. If you want to go back to this year, you mainly see the overseas results. The good news is that the film has a good reputation. It should be able to compete for Oscars and Golden Globes next year.
Paramount has just completed the acquisition of DreamWorks, and Spielberg has the confidence to make big films again.
"Escape from clone island" and "red eye flight" hit the street one after another, which directly led to the outcome that DreamWorks had to sell itself. However, this is not a bad thing. Spielberg still has a great voice. He still cooperates with familiar large companies, but he has to discuss with paramount executives when making movies.
The change is mainly about the choice of film themes. If paramount buys DreamWorks in the first half of this year, they won''t want to see films like Munich, so they can''t make them.
For Liang Kun, the acquisition of DreamWorks has no impact. He just wants to make high box office commercial films.
In the morning, Teresa looked forward to asking, "do you need a girlfriend at the party?"
Liang Kun categorically refused her. "Sorry, no, I''m mainly going to meet people this time. Steven may be unhappy if I take you."
"Forget it..." Talisa wants to see the world. Liang Kun won''t insist if she doesn''t agree.
Young actors at her level will not be liked by any big director when they go to the party. They are most popular with stars and have no chance to cooperate. The person who can play the heroine in the blockbuster must also be a star. She has box office appeal, and Theresa has nothing.
It''s really bad for Liang Kun to take his girlfriend. He''s just a newcomer. The only film hasn''t been released yet.
There will be no premiere when happy death is released.
There is no star in the crew. The director is also an inexperienced newcomer. The premiere can''t attract any media and fans. If a film wants to be popular, it must first get a good reputation, and then it can attract more people into the cinema.
In the afternoon, Liang Kun wore an Emporio Armani casual suit and attended the party alone. Li Renjie drove him in a rented Mercedes Benz. He may drink two glasses of champagne with others at the party. If no one drives him back, he will become a drunk driver.
Liang Kun''s style can attract the attention of many people, because he is Chinese, and he is tall, has a good figure, wide shoulders and thin waist, like a famous model.
After not going to participate in the boxing match again, Liang Kun adjusted his figure with red permanent props, all set according to the best standard range of international famous models. The world can''t find many men with better figure than him. George Armani is 100% satisfied with his spokesman.
Liang Kun came early and greeted Spielberg and the long faced man around him when he entered the villa.
The big long face came earlier and his height was close to 190cm. Liang Kun recognized that the big brother was director Michael Bay, nicknamed "explosive shell". This year''s escape from clone Island, directed by him, has ruined DreamWorks, but Spielberg still appreciates him very much.
Michael Bay is indeed a talented director. He has made famous blockbusters such as bravely breaking into the deadly Island, the peerless driller, the tragic triangle of Pearl Harbor and so on.
"Nice to meet you. I''m Michael Bay."
"I''ve heard a lot about you. I like your movies very much." after introducing each other, they shook hands.
"Liang, why did you come so early? This is not the time I told you." Spielberg asked with a smile.
"I''m a newcomer in the circle. If I arrive late, I don''t feel very good. Come early. If you need any help, I''ll be happy to help." Liang Kun smiled.
What can I do for a party like this? Spielberg couldn''t let Liang Kun be a waiter. At most, when receiving guests, he greeted Spielberg together.
Liang Kun stood next to Spielberg to say hello. It was different from him to say hello to someone after the party began for a while. Together with Spielberg, people will guess their relationship. If Spielberg doesn''t say a word, people will also think highly of Liang Kun. He went to talk to someone himself, and the big guys might be too lazy to talk to him.
How many people would want to cooperate with a Chinese director who has only made low-cost films? Few Chinese directors have made films in the United States. Liang Kun is too young. Even if he is talented, everyone will take a wait-and-see attitude.
If Liang Kun wants to rise rapidly, he must take the road of "holding his thigh".
The early bird catches the worm. He knew this without Spielberg''s advice.
Spielberg smiled at Michael Bay and said, "see? This is what I call genius. It''s excellent in all aspects."
If Liang Kun hadn''t been excellent in all aspects, he wouldn''t have been a guest at Spielberg''s house and cooked twice. Spielberg''s wife and children liked him very much. If Liang Kun was a Jew and settled in the United States, Spielberg would now want to recognize him as a Godson.
Before the other guests arrived, the three talked about the film.
Michael Bay''s situation is not very good recently. No one asked him to make a film after escaping from clone island. The compensation is too miserable. The film investment cost was 122 million, the North American box office was only 35 million, and the final global box office was only 162 million.
Michael Bay is a very personalized director. He pays attention to visual effects. The film has no depth, even a little depth. The first-class action drama not only created Michael Bay, but also restricted his height.
He likes to explode so much that his understanding of movies is always simple and rough. The first half of escape from clone island has carefully constructed some suspense puzzles, and even the extended inference about the value of life is actually good, but in the second half, he photographed waves of explosions and car chasing scenes.
In fact, the style of the lower part is similar to that of the upper part. It''s better to talk more about human nature and soul. But he is "explosive shell" after all. If he doesn''t shoot the explosion, he will feel uncomfortable all over.
Today, after chatting with Liang Kun for a while, Michael Bay was comfortable. He felt that Liang Kun spoke very "nice".
When talking about his films, Liang Kun always said some advantages, expressed his admiration for his talent, and believed that his next film would explode at the box office.
"I don''t know what to shoot. Do you think I can win a high box office?"
"Yes, I like your movies very much. You shoot big scenes very well and have gorgeous visual effects. The box office failure of your film is just an accident. It can''t happen twice in a row. I firmly believe that."
In the parallel world, Michael Bay also has the advantage of controlling costs. Paramount''s budget for Transformers 2 was 200 million, but he spent less than 195 million. It is rare for blockbusters to return without increasing the cost. Michael Bay used the rest of the money for special effects.
"Transformers 3" cost $190 million, because robot modeling can be reused. That film was the lowest cost among the super blockbusters of that year. Michael Bay''s ability to control costs is obvious to all. He never overspent and overtime, so the producers especially like him.
This is an able man. Later, the transformers series films were particularly popular in China, and Michael Bay went to China for publicity many times. Liang Kun has a good relationship with him, and there may be opportunities for cooperation in the future. Rather than playing a color match in transformers, he wanted to learn some shooting techniques from Michael Bay.
Liang Kun doesn''t think it''s interesting to play transformers. The hero must belong to Spielberg''s Godson Shia Labov. It''s decided that Liang Kun can''t play well. Sam is a 24K pure hanging wire, and HIA''s image is more consistent.
Liang Kun knows he can''t play the leading actor without audition. His figure is generally called "male god". Except for the male and female protagonists, others are not brilliant. The real protagonist is the robot.
Even if he doesn''t have a chance to cooperate with Michael Bay, when he succeeds, it''s good for them to boast about each other''s business.
Liang Kun commented on the film Munich and spoke very well. He described the advantages of the film in shooting, saying that the box office is generally due to the small number of film themes, which can not attract young people.
The box office of films with this theme is not bad. It is estimated that few directors dare to shoot this story.
Spielberg smiled and asked, "aren''t you a young man? Do movies attract you?"
"From the perspective of young audiences, I feel average. My friends and I prefer special effects blockbusters, action, love and comedy films. From the perspective of a director, I like this film and can learn something."
Liang Kun didn''t just say the advantages. After all, the North American box office of the film is really average.
The guests came one after another, and Liang Kun met many familiar stars. Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christopher Nolan, etc.
Everyone was curious to see Liang Kun around Spielberg. Spielberg greeted people and simply mentioned him, just like an elder introducing a younger generation.
Spielberg also mentioned the film happy death. "Although this is a small budget film, Liang made it very well. I believe the film will achieve good results. His talent greatly exceeded my expectations."
Many people immediately understand that the news is true. Spielberg really appreciates Liang Kun and is willing to help him.
When there were more people, they began to chat with each other, talk about movies and have a relationship. Generally, actors and directors are talking to see if there are opportunities for cooperation.
Liang Kun is not in a hurry to talk to the director. He first looks for "little plum" Leonardo to meet him.
By this time, Xiao Li had released the red task of wanting to be the best actor at the Oscar, and Liang Kun took over. This is the only thing he needs help. After playing Jack in Titanic, little plum has become an international superstar. He doesn''t lack money or fame, but has a higher pursuit in his career.
In order to win the prize, he no longer wanted to play a cool role and began to play ugly. The actor''s ugly appearance can move the Oscar judges more. At this time, he never thought he would start a long journey of running with him until 10 years later.
Liang Kun doesn''t know how to help Xiao Li win the movie emperor in advance, but it''s good to take over the task. He has a permanent prop that can see the image of a specific object