King of Hollywood

Rachel Weisz's state can be regarded as a type of "not treating famous women as human beings", but it is different from Nicole and Zeta Jones. Adrian still likes her, and the conflict of interests between them Not as deep as they are either. His relationship with her is special, and like Britney, Rachel has a unique attribute among Adrian's women.

Adrian liked Rachel in this way very much, just like the excitement she showed in the desperate struggle. As for Rachel's thoughts, it doesn't matter, although she may have realized her problem, if her sadomasochism was mild at first, now she is completely controlled by Adrian, You know, her sadomasochism complex is psychological rather than physical.

Well, back to the topic, there is no doubt that "Tomb Raider" has achieved considerable success. On the first day of its premiere, it won a box office of 15 million in 3,000 North American theaters. There was an increase, so the final box office for the three days of the weekend was more than 47 million, and it did my part to sit at the top of the weekend box office list.

"Amazing special effects and interesting plots, and the acting skills of the actors are also very commendable. Stephen Sommers has made a wonderful movie." "Variety" commented.

Roger Robert also affirmed the film: "It's hard to say that this film is to my liking, but I applaud almost every moment. I don't argue about the script, scene scheduling or acting skills and mummy, but what is certain is that I do not It's not boring, it's inexplicably enjoyable at times, and it's a good movie."

Even if one thinks that the mummy isn't quite as scary as it should be, and that the mood is tempered by ill-timed innocuous jokes, it's equally acknowledging that, as far as entertainment is concerned, the movie is pretty good.

Sommers is also proud of this, and the setbacks he suffered because of "Deep Cold" have been reduced a lot, but it is not the time to completely relax. Although the film has a very good momentum, after all, he spent nearly 80 million in investment. Oh, until he earns back the cost, he won't be too stable in his heart, so even if he has the idea of ​​making a sequel, he can only temporarily suppress it.

But he can ignore this for the time being, it doesn't mean that others will also ignore it.

"I know that you may still be a little worried, so what I have to do now is to outline the outline of the sequel, and then slowly fill in the content, so that I won't waste too much time when I start preparations. I always do this. Adrian explained to him with a smile, "Besides, you know, the movie has foreshadowing."

Of course Sommers knew that Adrian had reminded him as early as filming that it was best to foreshadow the sequel in the movie, such as Imerton's name for Evelyn, and the two had a discussion about it .

"It's very simple. It is impossible for ordinary people to participate in this kind of thing. We can work on causality. For example, what is the important person in Rick's Evelyn's previous life-set Evelyn as the pharaoh's daughter, you see How? Yes, we're talking about a sequel, but why not start with the first episode? If there's a sequel," Adrian said at the time.

That being the case, Sommers had nothing to say, anyway, he was just modifying a few lines in the movie. So Imerton changed slightly after meeting Evelyn for the first time, and his attitude towards her changed accordingly.

"His Royal Highness? Please follow me, Ansuna!" Imerton said.

In addition, after eating the first American, Imerton also added the words "Her Royal Highness" to Evelyn. Of course, in order not to make this title look like a pit, the subsequent conversations with the curator and others in the library were also slightly modified.

"He called me Her Royal Highness and Ansuna, what does that mean?" Evelyn asked the curator.

"Ansuna is his lover, and that's why he was punished. As for Her Royal Highness...Ansuna is not a princess." The curator replied.

"Maybe he's been buried in the ground for thousands of years, and he's old and confused?" Jonathan joked.

Ansuna is the daughter of a certain nobleman, and it's okay to be called Her Royal Highness—let's not get entangled in these details, the problem we are facing is serious, and he obviously wants to resurrect her. "Ades, the man in black, replied.

With these foreshadowings, it will be easier to round up the story after the sequel comes out, and those viewers who pay attention to this incomplete bug will suddenly realize it. But it's too early to talk about the sequel, so Adrian just asked Sommers to prepare the outline for the time being, and wait until the first part is fully fermented.

After the premiere, and staying for two days to confirm the weekend box office, Adrian returned to New Zealand once again. Even though Rachael looks great in Tomb Raider and she's basically in his hands, Adrian isn't playing the game he's been playing a lot during this time, and it's a long way to go. Before leaving, he didn't forget to check on his daughter and the two pregnant women who were pregnant with big bellies and started to get emotional.

Although both Monica and Sophie hoped that he could be with them for a few more days, who Adrian chose the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy? Both Monica and Sophie lost their temper because of this. If it was before, they would not understand, but now they are pregnant women, or pregnant women who have been pregnant for several months, so they have to be understood.

Adrian is naturally not the kind of person who doesn't understand. It took a lot of effort to coax them down, and he promised to return to Los Angeles again at the end of the month, and spend all his time with them. Anyway, the next period of time is relatively calm, and there is nothing to urgently pay attention to, as long as the progress of "Lord of the Rings" does not fall behind.

In fact, the progress can’t be missed. Jackson did a really good job. He completed the task that Adrian left when he left because he participated in the premiere of "The Trap" and he was very satisfied. This time he went back to participate in "" Before Tomb Raider, he specially arranged a few key shots for him to try to direct, and the result was also very good.

More importantly, he was not as obsessed with those big scenes and grand narrative techniques as he was at the beginning. What Adrian instilled in him obviously worked.

"Good job, it seems that even without me, you can independently produce this trilogy." He joked to Jackson, "It seems that the rest of the shots can be handed over to you."

Of course, this is just talk, although most of my version is similar to the original version, but there are also many adjustments, and this kind of adjustment can only be done by someone who knows the pros and cons of the original version. However, the production of some scenes can indeed be handed over to Jackson, but it will take another month or so, because the southern hemisphere has completely entered winter.

"What should I say? Sympathy for your misfortune?" After Adrian complained about the weather, Cameron, holding a beer bottle, asked teasingly.

"No, no, no, James, as long as you let your studio try to produce good effects at the lowest price, that will be the greatest help to me." Adrian shook his head like a rattle.

"That's none of my business, you know, my pursuit of perfection is endless." Cameron laughed.

"The problem is, I'm not you, and I don't plan to spend unlimited money on a movie." Adrian took a sip of beer.

"Ha, so you admit it, at least in some respects you are inferior to me." Cameron shouted as if he had discovered a new world.

Who knows that Adrian spread his hands: "When did I say that I surpass you in all aspects? Yes, I am indeed good at some aspects, but I am not all-rounder. Is it a shame to admit that I am not as good as others?" ?"

"Damn it, can't you make me happy for a few minutes?" Cameron sighed, feeling a punch in the air, and then raised the beer bottle in his hand to touch his, making a clear ding .

"You know, if you want to make good special effects, the necessary expenditure is certain. Of course, if you have any extraordinary suggestions, you can also tell them." Cameron said afterwards.

"Speaking of... I do have a suggestion." Adrian suddenly thought of something, "Don't you think outsourcing some special effects can make the studio more efficient?"

"Outsourcing? Are you kidding?" Cameron raised his eyebrows, "Or you want to tell me that you think my studio is not doing well enough, so you plan to outsource to Industrial Light and Magic?"

"Of course not," Adrian laughed, "I know what you mean, James, I just want to say that those with relatively low technical content, such as those hand-painted long-range CG maps-what do you think of outsourcing to China? Sample?"

"China? That centralized country? What kind of CG map can they draw? If you want to talk about Hong Kong, it's still possible." Cameron frowned.

"My company started dealing with Chinese people four or five years ago. I may not know much about that ancient country, but definitely not many people know it. They may not be doing well now, but it will be hard to say in the future. " Adrian said leisurely, and then swallowed the sentence "In a few years, you will have to go to them to promote the new movie."

As a reborn person, he would not be ignorant of how big the Chinese market is, so when a Hollywood film company started planning to go to China to try, he persuaded Claude to participate in it on the grounds of "market". At the beginning, because the influence was not enough, it basically cooperated with Paramount to "open up wasteland". A few years later, the company gradually grew, and with the acquisition of Universal, one of the seven major film companies, it gradually began to deal with Chinese officials independently.

This doesn't affect anything, as long as you find the right people and connections, it's very simple to cooperate, and Adrian is undoubtedly more aware of the twists and turns than other film companies. In addition, he also registered a lot of things in the China Intellectual Property Office - such as the penguin.

Although the Chinese Patent Office was established in 1980, not many people cared about it. It was not until the Japanese stole countless technologies and registered them all over the world, and then asked them to pay patent fees in turn. What's interesting is that Westerners who are now going to China to develop the market do not have this awareness. They may register trademarks and patents in Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places, but selectively forget about the mainland.

The most famous example is Apple. It’s just that Western companies have advantages, means, and backing. Unlike China in the 1980s, they knew that they were tricked by Japan and had no choice. Even so, many Western companies have also suffered a lot in this regard, so Adrian will not let this happen to him, he is now a capitalist.

However, although it has easily obtained the ipad trademarks around the world - I have to say that Jobs is a crazy and powerful guy, now Apple has completely come out of the predicament and has begun to make a profit, although there are factors that IT stocks have begun to swell, But it has nothing to do with his personal ability. Maybe the ipad plan is already in his mind, so it is necessary to get the trademark in advance and win over the relationship at that time.

As for other people, he doesn't care that much, he is not great enough to remind others. As for China, anyway, most of his current achievements come from his previous life, and some things must be faced, but don't worry, he already has plans, and he always has many plans.

Well, let’s get far, Adrian did not continue the topic of outsourcing, although he did think about it, it also depends on the specific situation.

"Are you still taking a leisurely vacation? No other ideas?" Adrian asked.

"Who told you? I'm still on vacation but I haven't stopped filming. I'm making a documentary about the ocean." Cameron said eloquently.

"I heard that Fox has the idea of ​​making "Terminator 3". Don't you want to be the director?" Adrian asked deliberately.

"Come on, I told you that this series is over after "Terminator 2". The director's cut version has already explained my attitude." Cameron said a little dissatisfied, obviously not liking Fox's third In the first place, they modified his favorite ending in order to prepare for the sequel, so they had to put it in the director's cut version.

"But the producer and screenwriter still need you." Adrian laughed.

"Yes, yes, I know." Cameron sighed, "Let's talk about you, Ed, you promised me before that there will be a movie that is very suitable for me to direct. When do you plan to fulfill it? You know , I always thought you were talking about "Spider-Man", I didn't expect... This is really sad."

Hearing his sigh, Adrian couldn't help but shook his head with a smile. Who knew that the "King of the World" was an avid fan of "Spider-Man" before he became obsessed with movies because of "2001: A Space Odyssey". In fact, when he finished "Terminator 2" in the early 1990s, he had the idea of ​​putting "Spider-Man" on the big screen, and he also found a film company to support him, and they also got the film copyright from Marvel. .

However, unfortunately or fortunately, because it sold the animation and TV copyrights of "Spider-Man" from Marvel, Sony also has some film copyrights in its hands. It couldn't be solved by procrastination. The company only bought a five-year term, and Cameron started to get busy with "Titanic" again, and it finally fell through.

The copyright of Marvel’s cartoon characters has always been chaotic. It happens from time to time that a character is sold to several companies. When the media acquired Marvel, Wall Street analysts warned that if the copyright issue cannot be resolved, then these comic characters will be very difficult to obtain. Being transformed into capital, thus causing negative impact.

So after the completion of the acquisition, the media began to integrate Marvel and began to take back the copyright of comic characters. Sony can open its mouth to that company Lion, but it cannot do this to the media. It is a little bit of cooperation between each other, and it is also a little bit of surprise in the hands of the media-in the case of a lawsuit, the media has a great advantage.

In addition, the part of the movie copyright that Sony got is permanent. Does this world have permanent copyright? What's more, the media is an American company. Once it goes to court, there are not many chances of winning, so it's better to go along with the flow and do personal favors.

Adrian just used a few bad comic characters and scripts in exchange for all the film copyrights of "Spider-Man". Fortunately, no one realized the value of surprise at this time, otherwise it would definitely not be so smooth.

"That's not okay, dear James, I saw your script for "Spider-Man", to be honest, it's not bad, but it's a bit dark and too adult." Adrian said.

"Is there any problem with superhero movies becoming more adult and darker?" Cameron said dissatisfied.

"Of course not. The greatest charm of Marvel's superheroes is that they are all flawed." Adrian shrugged. Everyone recognizes the magic of Marvel's superheroes, so the movie is at least PG-13."

Cameron's script isn't all that talky, Peter Parker is a foul-mouthed bad boy, and he has sex with Mary on the Brooklyn Bridge, and that, at least, needs to be tempered before it opens up for surprise.

"Come on, at least this version of the script also retains the setting you designed to shoot spider silk from the wrist. If you want, I can let them write your name on the script." Adrian patted Came Long shoulders.

That's right, in the comics, Peter Parker sprayed out spider silk with the equipment he designed himself, but Cameron's original script set it to spray out the spider silk directly and fully, and the version that is currently going to be released at the end of the year retains his spider silk. design.

"No, I'm not a stingy person." Cameron said with a smile. (Note)

"Okay, I have to go. I will arrange for everyone to go to the ski resort in Queenstown tomorrow. I have to ask." Adrian looked at the time and drank the beer in his hand.

"Wait, Ed." Cameron stopped him suddenly, with a strange expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Adrian looked at him.

"We're old friends, aren't we?"

"certainly."

"...sometimes, it's better to have some proportions."\u003c/p\u003e