America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 42 Fox (please collect, please read, please don’t keep books)

Sunday in an apartment on the West Side of Los Angeles.

"Yes, Dad, I am doing well in Los Angeles. My daily job now is to study and train."

"I'm not wasting my youth. You should pay attention to entertainment news. MGM and Hasbro have announced that they will film Transformers. Eric didn't lie to me."

"Dad, don't be busy working all day. You should pay more attention to the news about your daughter. That is a blockbuster with a US$500 million investment, which is more projects than you have ever done in your life!"

"Okay, that's it, I'm going shopping with Refaeli later, bye!"

After hanging up the phone, Gal Gadot was putting on light makeup in front of the mirror. Eric didn't like heavy makeup. Today was a day off and the two of them were going out.

As for going shopping with Refaeli, of course it was a lie to Dad.

Suddenly, a pair of hands pressed on her chest, and Barle Farley's voice sounded from behind: "Isn't this the heroine of Transformers? She got up early in the morning to put on makeup. Let me guess, you are going on a date, right? ?”

Gal Gadot chuckled a few times: "Don't make trouble Refaeli, if the painting is spent and time is wasted, I don't want Eric to wait for me."

"Wait, so what? You are a woman who is about to become a big star in Hollywood."

"But the decision is in his hands, isn't it?"

Bar Refaeli picked up the comb: "Then let me help you comb your hair, and you can also tell me by the way, how did you fascinate Eric Cooper?"

Gal Gadot picked up an eyebrow pencil that cost a few dollars and tapped it lightly: "No, I never felt that I was fascinated by him, nor did I feel infatuation from him. He is not the kind of rich boy who only knows about sex. Dai, you can see this from the news.

"And we were just hanging out, and no one admitted our feelings. Anyway, I don't know, but things have developed to this point. The me a month ago and the me now, I feel like I'm suddenly in two different worlds."

bell

The phone on the table rang, and Gal Gadot finished the last stroke: "I'm leaving, see you in the evening."

Watching Gal Gadot walk out of the apartment and get into the passenger seat of the Lamborghini, Barrefali suddenly felt a little angry in his heart.

In the past, I only felt an air that made me feel annoyed from time to time, but since the news was announced on Monday, that air has gradually turned into a fire.

She walked to the mirror and looked at herself: "Bar Refaeli, why isn't that person you? In terms of figure and appearance, you are no worse than her!"

"Why does she get a lead role in Transformers and you can only get a fucking zombie TV deal?"

"Friends? We went out for three days and two nights, and you told me we were friends? Bitch!"

Staring at herself in the mirror, suddenly, the woman picked up a cup and smashed it hard.

Wow

"Eric, congratulations, the box office of "Red Dragon" will be close to 300 million US dollars this week."

"I don't think it will be there, and the stamina is almost exhausted. I will prepare for the next week of screening, and the final box office should be over 300 million.

"Why not keep showing it?"

Hearing such a novice question, Eric couldn't help laughing: "I want to do it too, but the theater owners don't agree. They want to free up the screen for a blockbuster movie."

"What?"

""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" is coming soon, and there will be a battle between dragons and tigers until the Christmas season!"

"It's just that Dragon and Tiger have already been decided. Peter Jackson and Spielberg have works to be released, and the rest can only hope for their own good."

"By the way, didn't you say last time that MGM also has a new movie to be released? Wouldn't that be bad." Gal Gadot said with some worry.

"It's not that serious. MGM will release "Barbershop" in November. The leading actors in this movie are all black. There is no shortage of market. It will not fail if any movie fails."

"'Die Another Day' is financed by Universal, not MGM. 007 has never been short of market. The only difference is how much it makes and how much it makes."

"Sharknado is going to be released in December. Its approach is a bit wild. If you compare other movies to a trembling rabbit in Enter the Dragon, it looks like a fox."

"What do you mean? I don't understand. You always say such confusing things." Gadot protested.

Eric glanced at her and thought that she was still too young. After all, she had just stepped out of high school and had almost no social experience.

"Gadot, haven't you read the fable? The fox is cunning. It never attacks directly, but uses detours, but it can achieve its goal, and that's enough."

Gal Gadot nodded, although he still didn't quite understand, so he could only change the topic: "When will the movie start shooting? When can I join the team?"

"Are you impatient?"

"No, it's just a bit boring. I just can't wait to test my learning results."

"Then you may have to wait for a while. This is a big project and the preliminary preparations are very complicated. If everything goes well, I expect to start filming in January next year."

"You still have to wait two months?" Gal Gadot's face fell.

"Of course, two months is quick. If things don't go well, it may be delayed to three or even four months."

"But as long as the preliminary preparations are done well, the shooting is actually very fast, and you will be able to see yourself on the big screen next year."

Eric is telling the truth. There are only two difficulties in filming Transformers. One is the high-priced military equipment, and the need to enter the military base for actual shooting, and it is difficult to communicate with the Ministry of Defense.

Dad is already doing this. He can go out and play with Gadot on the weekend, but he doesn’t have this free time. He has to visit a Ministry of National Defense official.

Gifting money is definitely necessary, but if you can spend a small amount of money and save a lot of money, it is worth it.

The second is special effects, which is more difficult to deal with than the Ministry of National Defense. It cannot even be done with money and requires a lot of time.

Some viewers believe that special effects were added after the movie was shot, which is one-sided.

It can only be said that movies with few special effects shots can do this. Real blockbusters do special effects while shooting, and the special effects start earlier than the actual shooting.

Taking Transformers as an example, the first step in the process is for the director, screenwriter and artist to combine their ideas and jointly create these Autobots and Decepticons to make them come alive on paper.

Then it is handed over to the special effects company, which constructs the models and gives them more vivid expressions and movements, such as those complex deformation movements, which are even more difficult.

This process is very long and requires various modifications, often taking several months, to achieve an effect that the director is satisfied with.

And as long as this step is completed, the rest will be much simpler.

For actual shooting, it can usually be completed in about three months, and Eric is even confident that it can be reduced to two months.

Editing was easier for him since he had seen it so many times.

"Eric, someone is filming us!" Gadot pointed in the distance and whispered.

Eric glanced at me and didn't care: "It's okay, people have been squatting on me these days. They just want to dig up some information."

"Will you expose me? Didn't you say you won't announce it for now?"

"That was a week ago, and now that the heat has gone down, it doesn't hurt to let them promote it again."

Thanks to Qingshan’s old friend Xici for the 100-coin reward from Yellow Crane Tower. The boss is very generous, thank you!

Tomorrow all those familiar to you will be on stage.