RBCT Chapter 284 The Twilight of Action Movies
Chapter 284 The Twilight of Action Movies
Chapter 284 The Twilight of Action Movies
Burbank, California.
The media capital of the world, from Disney to Warner, countless entertainment studios, gathered at the foot of Verdugo Mountain.
Ye Qin arrived last night, instead of going to New York, he went directly to the headquarters of Legendary Pictures.
At this time, at exactly 11 o'clock, he finished his jet lag, stood in front of the window of the business suite, and looked down. The whole city was under the bright sunshine, and the retro aesthetic buildings exuded an artistic atmosphere.
"Mr. Ye, President Thomas invited you to dinner at noon, as a landlord."
Tongue-swallowing mandarin came from the door. Turning his head, he saw that it was the legendary Dongfang manager, Luo Yi, an American who was familiar with Huaxia, and was called the best foreign aid in the Huaxia film industry by Xiao Wang.
The former general manager of CAA Huaxia District, the "Great Wall" that caused Zhang Guoshi to be sprayed with blood was run by him.
"Let's go then."
Ye Qin put on his watch, he did not rush to the crew of "Yanjing Meets Seattle" at the first time, the location of this film is not in Seattle, more than 90% of the scenes in the film are in Greater Vancouver, New York, USA Waiting for the real scene shooting to be completed.
Luo Yi enthusiastically said: "How does Mr. Ye think about my proposal? Overseas, especially in Hollywood, agents are indispensable. Although I don't work in CAA, I know many excellent agents with rich experience and resources."
"Like Chinese stars, as far as I know, Jack Cheng, Li Lianjie, Zhen Zi, Yu Nan, Wu Baige, Wang Sunglasses have all joined."
Ye Qin stayed in the elevator, listening to his lobbying, he really deserved to come out of CAA, he was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han. The core of CAA is a service platform for internal exchange of resources.
Like Milk Tea Lun, the reason why he can appear in "Now You See Me 2" is because he and Kun Ling both signed CAA.
Fan Shuibing is not a mixed camera, he acted "Blink" in "X-Men: Days of Future Past", and there is also the operation of CAA, which allows Chinese stars to expand overseas. Of course, the reward is to infiltrate the brokerage business into China. Hou International Zhang, Xu Shanzheng, Ning Hao, Feng Pants, and Zhang Guoshi were all recruited.
Da Qinzi, a superstar spanning the middle and young generations, would have a ghost if he wasn't targeted.
The key is to save time and effort by signing CAA, and provide team-style services according to the level. If you want to produce, you can start with the creation of drama series, and have a bunch of film and television screenwriters under your hands.
"If I signed, who would the agent be? Brian Lord?"
"He hasn't signed a new player for a long time."
Luo Yi kept an eye out: "But CAA will arrange a gold medal agent comparable to Lord."
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The place where Thomas Tur made an appointment was a restaurant next to Warner, called "SmokeHouse (smoke room)".
There is no non-smoking in the store, the first is the restaurant, the cocktail bar is in the basement, the store space can accommodate about 40 people, the white painted wall reveals the traces of the original brick wall, and the open kitchen can be seen behind, with a special charcoal grill in the center On the table, colorful bottles and jars are placed on the wine rack, and pickled products are placed inside.
Potato croquettes, salami, smoked pork chops, homemade buns...
Foreigners like to have business talks in coffee shops and restaurants, and invite them to their homes for personal invitations.
Ye Qin picked up the honey jar, and used a brush to spread evenly on the secret greasy pork chops, then picked it up with gloved hands, and bit into it.
"Ye, Luo Yi talked to me about you. It's hard to believe that you are only 23 years old, and you have already achieved such great achievements in the Chinese film industry. You are simply the Elijah Wood of the East."
Thomas Tull cut the chicken with a knife and fork, and said politely: "It looks exactly like Keanu Reeves."
Ye Qin heard Luo Yi's translation. In fact, because he suffered a few foreign language losses in New York and Berlin, he was angry and tried to improve himself. He went crazy in English in Dingdaren's courses, and he can already speak, speak, read and write fluently.
But keep calm, he meow, he has to beware of two people playing dirty tricks in front of him, like the Oracle Ellison brothers and sisters, both of them were played around by Hollywood, and within a few years they were played until the company went bankrupt. This kind of thing is not unusual in Hollywood.
After all, Hollywood dares to cheat even Wall Street's money.
As soon as the "Memorandum of Understanding on Chinese and American Films" is signed, Fosun, Huayi, Bona, Penguin, and Ali are all interested in entering Hollywood, and it will be another season of cutting leeks.
Ye Qin purely endorses himself as a legend. Even if he registers an overseas studio and has no name, Hollywood screenwriters will not be so stupid as to sell it casually. They will sell it to companies with at least B-level production and publicity capabilities.
Like Juventus Cohen's Boya Dehuaxia, it is simply third-rate in Hollywood, and what independent scripts can be found.
Thomas Tull said with a smile: "I sincerely hope that Ye Guangji can develop in-depth cooperation with the Legendary East. After all, we are all friends. The Wanda Wang Dong in the East is very, very, very generous."
Nonsense, take over the mess for you, can you not be generous, it's a waste of money!
Ye Qin took a sip of wine, and when Luo Yi asked what kind of movie he wanted to tailor-made, he said without concealment: "Action movie."
"Action movie, you?" Luo Yi exclaimed. "Chinese Kung Fu?"
"No, gunfight action theme." Ye Qin made a "pistol" gesture.
Thomas Tur and Luo Yi looked at each other with an unexpected expression.
"Mr. Ye, it's not me hitting you. I need to remind you that the world of adventure and action movies was indeed dominated in the millennium, but now, action movies have entered the twilight."
Luo Yi said bluntly: "Marvel universe movies such as "Iron Man" and "Thor", flying to the sky, 3D special effects... are destroying the old Hollywood. He suppressed the space of low-budget movies and turned movies into Fast-moving products..."
Ye Qin ate pork chops silently, the Marvel Universe was born, and it really changed the aesthetics of watching movies.
In the past, Hollywood has always had a set of templates, and even formed its own way of telling stories. Under this industrial routine, such as "Avatar", "Lord of the Rings" and the "Dark Knight" trilogy both take into account the box office. A commercial blockbuster with a personal touch and even an artistic sense.
As artists, directors and actors still have room for self-expression. The audience can still clearly feel the personal charm of the director and actors in the light and shadow in the dark.
However, with the emergence of the Marvel Universe, all studios are rushing towards IP, wanting to rest on the success of the sequels, and no one cares about some original works with a very personal style.
Action movies are a very personal genre.
Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible" series, Bruce Willis' "Die Hard" series, Matt Damon's "Bourne Shadow" series, "007" series and so on.
With a lone hero as the main character, and launching events to resolve national or regional crises, this kind of theme is popular all over the world with its cool action scenes, suspenseful storylines, sexy handsome men and beautiful women, and has become a double winner of word-of-mouth and box office.
However, it is no longer as popular as it used to be. Audiences are used to Marvel's Superman world, and it is difficult to feel the excitement from action movies.
Luo Yi sincerely invited: "President Thomas, and I, are very interested in the cooperation between Mr. Ye and Ye Guangji. As a friendship, we can invite you to star in a movie produced by Legendary. I must have heard of "Gossip". To be honest, we plan to create a series of monster movies with Warner Bros. and Toho Corporation!"
Ye Qin sighed secretly, what a spectacle!
The biggest difference between the Monster Universe and the Marvel Universe is that even if it is a male lead, the protagonist is still a monster, so you can't transform into Ultraman, right?
But brushing a face, as long as it doesn't deliberately vilify the image of Chinese people, is acceptable.
"Ye Guangji will release several films in the second half of the year, and if there is a chance, we will definitely cooperate."
Ye Qin raised his wine glass and clinked glasses with Thomas Tull and Luo Yi, keenly aware of the disbelief in their eyes.
"Can I go to the screenwriters union in the afternoon?"
"of course."
Luo Yi was very puzzled, "Actually, Legendary Pictures has a screenwriting team that is fully capable of creative work."
"I like the last book written by this screenwriter, "Deadly Express". I think he is too promising."
Ye Qin calmly wiped the corners of his mouth, smiled without saying a word.
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It was day in the United States, but it was night in China.
Zhao Yingbao was so tired that his back ached and he lay on the big bed in the hotel, his legs being pinched by his assistant.
She is participating in the recording of the first episode of "Run, Brother", and the program team set her up as a hard-working cute girl.
But compared to the physical exhaustion, the mood is extraordinarily comfortable, especially when she thinks of Wang Zulan on the acupressure board, doing pull-ups and jumping on the single shoulder. I couldn't help laughing.
Smiling and laughing, she couldn't help taking out her mobile phone again, and swiped entertainment gossip.
emm, there is no doubt that the headlines are Zhang Guoshi's super student, and the city is full of ups and downs.
When talking to Ye Qinbao on the phone about this matter, he said Zhang Guoshi was very wronged. Back then he asked him to hand over this matter to Zhang Weiping.
The Beijing circle is very happy at the moment. Wang Shuo said earlier: "Zhang Mouzi should have been extinct long ago, he is just a decoration!"
Countless people who eat melons are watching to join in the fun, and many haters of the rich even threatened to make Master Zhang go bankrupt.
Zhao Yingbao lowered her face and was very dissatisfied, because of this matter, Ye Qin's enthusiasm was suppressed abruptly.
""Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was officially released. As of March 3, the film broke a series of box office records, reaching 21 billion yuan. Including overseas box office revenue, the total was 17.2 million dollars, breaking the record set by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". The global box office record of a Chinese-language film of US$2.77 million has become the world's highest-grossing Chinese-language film!"
"Zhou Xingchi, Ye Qin, and Huang Bo combined to create a new record for Chinese-language films..."
"At the same time, not including "Fireworks in the Day" which is currently being released, Ye Qin's personal box office has reached 27.8 billion. After becoming the first actor to break the box office record of 25 billion, he is expected to become the first again. 30 billion box office club actor!"
"Movies are originally the result of the joint efforts of all parties. It mainly depends on the subject matter, schedule, and quality. In the past, the credit was always given to the director before the actors. But apart from Master Xing, Ye Qin worked with many directors who were new and cutting-edge, and did not have the appeal. .
"Feng Trousers said that there are only one or two people in Huaxia who really have box office appeal, and now there is one more person, Ye Qin!"
"30 billion, 30 billion!"
Zhao Yingbao muttered, daydreaming in his mind, and suddenly received a letter from Yang Man, his eyes widened, and his wish came true.
What was sent was a brief outline of the script. The key point is that it's a movie, it's a movie, it's a movie, and important things are said three times!
Finally, she is going to act in a movie, what movie?
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