Huayu started as a lecturer at Beijing Film Academy

Salize smiled and said, "My dear, although I believe in your talent, I don't think the movie script you wrote can meet the taste of the people in the Lighthouse."

Since the Chinese began to venture into Hollywood, there have been very few people who have succeeded. Most of them have made their mark with kung fu and action themes. Cheng Long, Jet Li and others are typical.

Like Li An, there is only one Chinese who can direct realistic movies in the United States, so Salize doesn't think Gu Zhongyu can understand the preferences of the people in the Lighthouse.

It seems necessary to let you know about the mysterious wisdom from the East - the things of scholars!

"Let me tell you a story first!"

Gu Zhongyu directly told her the plot of the movie that he had memorized in his mind.

"A man runs a technology company, his career is booming, he has a beautiful and virtuous wife and a lively and lovely daughter at home. He is the envy of others for his success in both career and family. However, the ambitious man did not cherish the hard-earned life in front of him. He has always maintained an improper relationship with a female photographer.

After a tryst one day, the two drove out of the villa, but had a car accident on the road. In order to cover up the truth of the incident, the two decided to sink the young man who died in the car accident and his car to the bottom of the lake. Later, the female photographer met a kind old man who took her broken car back home to repair it. However, what she didn't expect was that the old man was actually the father of the dead young man..."

As Gu Zhongyu narrated the plot of the movie, Shariz also listened to him from indifference at the beginning to full concentration later.

The movie that Gu Zhongyu prepared to copy this time is called "The Invisible Guest", a suspense masterpiece written and directed by Spanish director Rior Paulo, which was also released in China in 2017.

This is the best-received suspense film of the year. It was not only introduced by various countries, but also nominated and won awards in Douban's fourth annual film list, attracting the attention of six awards. It is rare for a commercial film to achieve such a good result.

Unfortunately, the production company of this film did not do a good job in publicity and public relations, resulting in no international awards.

He once wanted to localize this film, but the cultural environment was not suitable at all. If it was forced to adapt, a lot of deletions and revisions would be made, and the original flavor would be lost.

So he thought of another way-China-US co-production!

Using Chinese leading actors and teams, paired with white actors, and setting the story background in the evil American empire, there would be no sense of disobedience, and it could also enter the European and American markets and make a lot of money. Why not?

In the past, China-US co-productions were all white men and yellow women, which was disgusting. "The Great Wall" and "The Forbidden Kingdom" were all in this way. This time he will turn the tables and let those lighthouse actresses play for him!

"Oh my god! How did you come up with this story?"

Salize never expected that Gu Zhongyu would come up with such an ingenious idea for a story he told casually. As an Oscar winner, she is sensitive to good scripts, and the plot of this story is indeed very suitable for film and television adaptation.

"Of course you gave me the inspiration, dear."

"What a sweet-talking man!"

Salize certainly didn't believe that such a complicated plot was improvised, but even if it was premeditated, she was very moved, because no man had ever given her a movie script, which was more precious to an actor than any gold, silver or jewelry.

But the light in her eyes dimmed again: "But it's useless to have a good movie script. You need to attract investment, find a director, build a team, and do post-production promotion, etc. Although I have some resources in Hollywood, I don't have the ability to complete all of this. I can only appreciate your script."

"In fact, you can do all of this, for example, offer yourself to a tycoon to get investment?"

Salize raised her eyebrows and said in an unhappy tone: "Yes, for example, find senior management of companies such as Paramount and Disney to offer yourself to bed, or lie on the red sofa of Harvey Weinstein, the old pervert... Are you kidding me?"

"Of course I'm not kidding, really, don't you think of me among the tycoon candidates?"

"You?" Salize was a little unbelievable. In fact, until today, she didn't have a clear understanding of Gu Zhongyu's wealth. She just estimated that he should be a little richer than herself.

"I have an independent film company and publicity channels. I just need to find some people in Hollywood to cooperate. The shooting of a small-to-medium-cost suspense film is not a problem for me at all."

Since "Ball Lightning", Gu Zhongyu has been actively looking for reliable overseas distributors. It is extremely difficult for domestic films to go overseas. Without a powerful distributor, the quality of your film will be useless even if it is sky-high.

The famous "The Wandering Earth 2" did a very poor job in overseas publicity. It found a small company called Well Go USA, which was very weak, resulting in not many foreigners knowing that the film was being released. In the end, the overseas box office only took more than 10 million US dollars.

Don't underestimate this 10 million US dollars. It was one of the best performing Chinese-language films in the overseas market in those years. Although the domestic box office has repeatedly set new highs, there has been no major breakthrough in the international market. The overseas box office of Hong Kong films in the 1990s was better than it is now.

So after the last time the movie won an award in Cannes and Zongheng Pictures gained some popularity, Gu Zhongyu asked Zhang Miao, the head of the film department, to start looking for a new partner. Finally, they found Canada's Lionsgate Film Company.

This film company's production capabilities are average, and its strength is in promotion and distribution. It is responsible for North American distribution of films such as "Saw", "Lord of War" and "The Hunger Games".

And the conditions offered by this company are not outrageous. It's not like the big eight in Hollywood, where they chop your flesh with a kitchen knife as soon as you get started. It's like killing people like pigs.

Generally, there are two models for domestic movies to be released overseas, buyout or splitting the accounts.

A buyout is a one-time purchase of the distribution rights of a film from a foreign film studio, and the film is responsible for its own profits and losses, and all box office revenue belongs to the distributor.

Generally, the sharing plan is negotiated first. In the first week of the movie's release, the box office revenue is usually distributed in a ratio of 7:3 between the studio and the theater. If there is a guarantee agreement, the box office profits will be distributed according to the guarantee coefficient. Starting from the second week, the ratio of the film side's account sharing gradually decreases, for example, according to the ratio of 6:4, 5:5, 3:7, etc.

After the theater chain divides the accounts, how the remaining money is divided between the publisher and the producer depends on the previous discussions.

Mainland distribution companies generally only get about 10% of the distribution fee, while the six major Hollywood distribution agencies can get up to 30% of the distribution fee. The producers work hard but only get a small share of the profits, and they can use these to pay back the distribution fee. It all depends on Huang Silang's face. If you're not careful, he may find another reason to deduct points from you.

What Zongheng and Lionsgate finally achieved was an 82% release, which was already an ideal condition. For this reason, Zhang Miao went to the United States and drank and stayed up late with others until his hair was almost gone.

After listening to Gu Zhongyu's film career introduction in detail, Shalizi realized how big this man's appetite was. He was not satisfied with his achievements in Chinese films, and even wanted to join Hollywood?

In fact, Gu Zhongyu doesn't have that big ambition. As long as he works harder, after a few years of changes, the two parties will begin to decouple. Even if he does enter Hollywood, he will only be successful for a few years.

But this does not prevent him from earning some foreign exchange from foreigners and picking up a few Ocean Horses by the way.

"Then it seems that I only volunteered myself to get the chance to play the heroine, but I have nothing new to say in front of you?" Shalizi blinked, showing a rare hint of shyness.

"Who said that? There is something about you that is still a mystery to me!"

Hearing this, Shalizi rolled her eyes at him. It seemed that this man not only had a huge appetite, but also played in a very perverted way.

She did not comment, but stood up and walked slowly to the bathroom. When she looked back at Gu Zhongyu, there was no reaction, and she said helplessly: "Please, do you want me to invite you over?"

oh oh!

Gu Zhongyu immediately ran over, hugged Sha Liz and entered the bathroom...

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"Who went to your room two days ago?"

In the evening, in a Chinese restaurant on the pedestrian street, Gao Yuanyuan pulled the chicken nuggets on the plate and asked indifferently, pretending to be indifferent.

"Bai Bin! Don't you know this?"

"You keep pretending to me! Bai Bin is not acclimatized these days. She took medicine and went to bed early. Tell me, who is that foreign chicken?"

She has been so jealous recently that she has become numb. She has experienced both Zhang Zilin and Bai Bin. She feels that her heart is strong enough, and nothing can penetrate her strong heart!

Until she found out that she went to Gu Zhongyu's room today and found a few golden hairs on his bed...

Mad! Gu Zhongyu would rather look for pheasants outside than look for her. Does he still have any patriotism?

You would rather be with a friendly country than a domestic slave, right?

Gu Zhongyu almost spit out his mouthful of food. Are you kidding me? I have never been to a health care clinic in my entire life. Put aside the dirty work first, the young lady will ask him to collect money!

Don’t you know that someone in my care is a habitual prostitute?

"Don't talk nonsense. I'm also a colleague, and my international reputation is much greater than yours."

"Are you going to show off, who is it? Is it Mary Monroe who is attracted to you, or is it Audrey Hepburn?"

These words are too scary. Sister, he doesn't have the courage to be Ning Caichen yet, let alone become a corpse exorcist of the Celestial Dynasty.

Gu Zhongyu did not answer her question, but forked a piece of chicken, looked at it for a long time, and then asked the waiter who was cleaning the table: "Excuse me, what kind of dish is this?"

The waiter seemed to be a Chinese ABC, and he was very surprised and spoke a lot in broken Cantonese.

Seeing that Gu Zhongyu didn't understand a word, his face was full of questions, so he had to speak in English: "Aren't you from China? You don't know this famous dish?"

"I'm ashamed. Having lived in China for more than 20 years, I may be ignorant. I really didn't recognize what kind of dish this is?" At first, he thought he was eating sweet and sour pork, but as he chewed it, he felt a little like gourd. Eat meat.

Then the waiter said proudly: "It seems that the Chinese people are indeed living in dire straits, and they don't even know about the famous traditional dish General Tso's Chicken!"

"What chicken?"

"General Tso's chicken! Don't you people over there usually afford meat?"

Damn it! Why do I, a grown man from Yanjing, have to travel across mountains and rivers to the other side of the ocean to eat from a man...

Gao Yuanyuan was a little unhappy with him for changing the subject, but when she heard the name of the dish she was eating, she silently put down her chopsticks. Her thoughts were not so dirty, but she was just not used to eating such sweet chicken breast.

Look at these cheese-filled wontons and spring rolls dipped in tomato sauce...

If you don’t eat, what are you talking about?

"I told you not to come and try some American Chinese food. You have to come here to broaden your horizons if you don't believe me." After walking out of the restaurant, Gao Yuanyuan complained to him.

"You are curious! You will never know something unless you try it. You can only know if you come to this restaurant and try it. The Chinese food in China is the most delicious. How can those foreign things compare?"

After hearing this pun, Gao Yuanyuan's face looked a little better, and she took the initiative to hold Gu Zhongyu's hand.

Only in this foreign country can the two of them dare to be so intimate. It is almost impossible for domestic paparazzi to follow them here. Except for international students, almost no one will take secret photos of them.

The crew has almost finished filming in the United States these days. They will go to Wall Street tomorrow to shoot the last scene of the negotiation between the three male protagonists and the foreigner before returning home.

Before leaving, Gao Yuanyuan wanted to buy some clothes, so she took Gu Zhongyu to a fashion store.

Women all over the world are tireless when shopping for clothes. After Gao Yuanyuan carefully selected, she picked up a blue dress and asked him: "Does this look good?"

"Yes, the color suits you very well."

"What about this one?" She picked up a blue dress next to her.

Isn't this the same thing?

Gu Zhongyu, who couldn't see the difference at all, could only bite the bullet and say: "You look good in everything you wear, but this one should go with the clothes better and be more dignified."

"Really?" So Gao Yuanyuan turned around and brought out a dress and asked him which one looked better.

"This one is also good. It highlights the figure. It seems that this style is also popular this year."

Gao Yuanyuan glared at him and said angrily: "This is obviously the one I took just now. It hasn't been changed at all. You are too perfunctory!"

"Hey! Don't worry about these details. If you like it, just buy it and that's it. Anyway, I'm the one paying the bill."

"Who cares about you paying the bill! You have a serious attitude problem. I will go in and change clothes now. If you can't give me a satisfactory evaluation later, don't get on my boat in the future!"

Then don't even think about wearing other clothes in front of me in the future, you can only wear the emperor's new clothes!

Of course, Gu Zhongyu only dared to whisper these words in his heart without saying them out loud. This is what scumbags are like, they have no backbone.

This fashion store is a designer brand with a high consumption level. The price of a single piece of clothing is thousands of dollars, so there are not many customers. There are only two of them in the fitting area.

The waiter had also been sent away by Gao Yuanyuan a long time ago. Seeing no one around, Gu Zhongyu suddenly became a little playful.

So he sneaked into Gao Yuanyuan's fitting room.

"Pervert! Why did you come in?" Seeing Gu, Gao Yuanyuan quickly covered herself with her clothes. She was too exposed.

"I had a hunch that your zipper would get stuck, so I came in early to help you!"

"Go away! My skirt has no zipper at all..."