Vol 2 Chapter 577: Time is precious

"It's such a big house, it covers an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters, right?"
In a black Rolls-Royce car, a young man looked through the window and looked at the various facilities in the manor and said, "If it is in China, which movie director can afford such a mansion."
"That's how you make a movie?" he asked next to him.
The mountain eagle patted the young man's arm lightly, "Xiao Liu, do you watch "Batman: Hour of War" released in China in the past year?"
"I've seen it."
The young man named Xiao Liu immediately nodded and said, "A very interesting movie."
"Do you know how much Duke Rosenberg took away from this movie?"
Before the young man could answer, Zuoshan Diao pointed his finger up, "Excluding his share dividends, just relying on the directorship, he took at least $100 million in after-tax income."
"This...so much..." Xiao Liu couldn't help but stare wide.
"This is only a public figure, and it should actually be a lot more." Zuo Shan Diao sighed, "Xiao Liu, you are about to go to film school, this time the old leader asked me to bring you over, just to let you Look at the latest developments in the world film industry and feel the style of the industry’s top director..."
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"I know!"
Although they are in some respects, these elite-educated people are undoubtedly extremely serious in terms of business, and they can also distinguish the priorities. Therefore, Xiao Liu nodded heavily, "Duke Rosenberg Has always been my idol."
If he can have half of him in the future, no... even if he has only one-fourth or even one-fifth of his achievements, it would be worthwhile for him to choose the film industry.
The Rolls-Royce car they had received was parked in front of a chic villa. Someone immediately opened the door. Xiao Liu tidied his dress and carved the car following the mountain.
The first thing he saw was the master standing at the door of the villa. It was a man and a woman. The man was Duke Rosenborg. He looked like he was in his early thirties, with short brown hair rooted up, and he looked very energetic, with dark brown and almost black eyes. It's like a bottomless pool, you can't see it exactly.
Even if there is no real relationship, the education he received from childhood tells Xiao Liu that this must be a wise and determined person.
The blonde woman standing next to him is a standard American girl. Although from an oriental perspective, her face is a bit hard, she is and beautiful enough.
Xiao Liu knows this woman, a Hollywood actress who is not big or small. From the perspective of her holding Duke Rosenborg, it should be the girlfriend of the super director.
In recent years, as the degree of freedom of information has become higher and higher, a lot of Hollywood information has also been spread over there. For example, this director is the most well-known Hollywood director over there. Various romantic affair about him is also on the Internet. It circulated everywhere, even Xiao Liu had seen a lace news. The Hollywood stars he has interacted with can form an enhanced platoon.
However, Xiao Liu didn't think much. On this occasion, in his capacity, he would not be rude in any way. He followed the mountain eagle and walked to the door of the villa.
"Hello, Mr. Han. Welcome to be a guest."
Two steps ahead, Duke shook the hand that the other party had stretched out, and then introduced, "This is Miss Scarlett Johansson."
The mountain eagle and Scarlett shook hands, and introduced the young man named Xiao Liu to Duke. Under the guidance of Duke, the group entered the small banquet hall.
The dinner was held in the form of a formal dinner, and both parties knew that the so-called dinner was just a form. Duke invited the mountain eagle to come over for his own purpose. The mountain eagle was willing to accept a dinner from an American director, and it was definitely not for a meal. dinner.
After a short dinner, the two parties switched to a reception room facing the sea, and each chatted about the customs on both sides, and the topic gradually turned to the same industry-movie.
"Cinema is one of the infrastructures for the film industry." Zuoshan carved the coffee, put down the cup, and said, "Warner and China Film Co., Ltd. have established more than 50 theater companies. The rate of May 5 increases."
He suddenly issued an invitation, "Director Rosenberg, we have always had close cooperation. On behalf of China Film Group, I would like to invite you to the China-US Film Forum to be held in November this year."
"I can't confirm the schedule right now."
After all, time is still far away, and Duke can’t be sure whether he can make the trip by then, and he didn’t rashly agree. Otherwise, it’s even more troublesome if he can’t go. "Mr. Han, it will take a while before I can answer you.
"I understand." Zuo Shan Diao laughed, "Director Rosenberg is busy."
His topic suddenly changed, "I don't know what other movie plans Rosenberg has in the future besides the current "Iron Man"?"
Presumably able to guess the purpose of some mountain eagles, Duke thought for a while and said, "For the time being, there is only a sequel to Batman and a movie about robots."
"I wonder if Director Rosenberg has considered investment from China?" Suddenly asked the mountain eagle.
Duke didn't go around in circles, his eyebrows raised lightly, "Mr. Han, are you China Film Group interested in investing in my film?"
The mountain eagle nodded slowly, "It does mean that."
Since China Film Group officially introduced Hollywood films, the other party’s films were the most popular and best-selling films in its own market. By the turn of the century, there were even a large number of Duke Rosenberg fans, China Film Group introduced Of the films he directed, almost all of the imported films have the best box office and the highest profit.
After all, capital is profit-seeking, whether it comes from the private sector or the government.
After thinking about it for a while, Duke said,
Hollywood emphasizes international cooperation. I personally don’t reject investment from outside Hollywood. But Mr. Han, you should go to Warner Bros. to discuss specific terms.

With the current development status, Warner Bros. may not completely reject the other party's investment, but these foreign funds may only get a box office share. It is basically impossible to divide the cake from the surrounding area.
Duke’s attitude is very obvious. He does not exclude or take the initiative to participate. He is only responsible for making movies. From the very beginning to the present, apart from the overly Americanism of "Independence Day" and the relatively niche theme of "Chicago", his other films All were introduced by China Film Group.
Relatively speaking, he is a director with a very neutral attitude towards the other side of the Pacific.
The introduction of films from such directors will undoubtedly allow China Film Group to reduce a lot of political troubles.
Generally speaking, the two parties had a pleasant talk. This kind of cooperation was originally a process of seeking common ground while reserving differences. Duke will need a market across the Pacific in the future. China Film Group has made huge profits in introducing his films, which has laid a sufficient foundation for the cooperation between the two parties.
"Director Rosenberg..."
It’s impossible for the mountain eagle to stay for too long. After more than half an hour, he said goodbye. When he left, he said to Duke,
China Film Group sincerely invites you to shoot a movie with us, and we also hope to watch it. As long as there are Chinese actors or people behind the scenes, they can participate in the top production of your top director."
Duke shook his hand, "It will definitely happen in the future."
As long as the market over there breaks out, Duke will let some Chinese actors start playing soy sauce in his films without needing to say anything.
For example, according to his plan, when "Transformers" is released, the market on the other side of the Pacific will enter a stage of rapid development, and he plans to appropriately introduce a few actors from there.
And Transformers has extraordinary significance to many people on the other side of the Pacific. As long as it works well, it will surely become a series of crazy money-making movies. Optimus Prime and Megatron will never be erased by many people. memory.
The difficulty of this series is relatively small. As long as the special performance is guaranteed, Optimus Prime and Megatron will always exist and attendance will be guaranteed.
According to Duke's idea, for business considerations, Optimus Prime and Megatron will continue to fall in love with each other on the big screen, even if they are dead, they can be resurrected.
Even at the right time, it is possible to introduce the opposite actor to become one of the main actors in this series.
Sending away the two mountain eagles, Duke returned to the living room and sat on the sofa, still considering his future plans. His planning schedule has been arranged several years later, and they are basically commercial films with large investment and production. The filming speed of one film is almost the limit.
As for the Oscars, since he won the best director with "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", Duke has not considered attacking the Oscars in his plan. Unless the School of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences changes its style and no longer discriminates against commercial films, he is basically in line with Oscar missed.
However, Duke, who understands the trend of increasingly niche Oscars in the future, knows that this possibility is infinitely small.
Although many people criticized his fully commercialized production style, Duke knew exactly what he liked and what he needed. He would not change his planned path just because a few people criticized him.
Just like he thought when he first entered Hollywood, if the movie he made didn't even like him, would there be any fun?
Those dull literary films may be synonymous with elegance or art in the eyes of some people, but Duke knows very well that let him make such films, not to mention the issues of style, concept and technique. Interest alone is enough. Suffocate him.
For example, there is news in the circle that a director who was bombed out by him once won the appreciation of some people with the idea of ​​one-shot, and finally pulled the investment, but Duke didn't care at all.
Maybe the opponent can win a big Oscar in the future, but what does that matter? Not to mention other things, that director has been slurping his mouth for several years just for a mere investment of several million dollars?
Time is precious, and he will not waste it where he thinks it is not worth it. (To be continued...)