Millennium director

Cheng Long really wants to have another series of movie projects in Hollywood. 6⃞ 9⃞ s⃞ h⃞ u⃞ x⃞ .⃞ c⃞ o⃞ m⃞

In 2002, Cheng Long ranked 16th on the "Hollywood Star Power Ranking" selected by "The Hollywood Reporter", making him a top-notch superstar.

But look at what movies he got next?

A co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States and Malaysia, he used his own fame to bring Malay girls and Hong Kong people to the "Royal Dragon" and the Hong Kong Island movie "The Dragon Reborn".

Gone.

Not to mention Hollywood's big productions, not even one movie with a cost of more than 50 million US dollars has been accepted.

Is it because he doesn't want to pick it up?

Although he did want to bring more Hong Kong stars into Hollywood after entering Hollywood because of his reputation in the Hong Kong industry, he still made a clear distinction between priorities.

It's just that there are really no suitable Hollywood movies for him.

It is really difficult for Asians in Hollywood to receive suitable scripts.

At this stage, the leading roles in big-budget movies being planned by Hollywood are all white. Let alone Asians, even black people cannot get leading roles. At most, they can play important supporting roles or villains.

Will Smith is the only exception.

This is because North America really needs a black superstar to take care of the increasing proportion of black people.

Asian?

There's really no place for you.

There were also a few Hollywood movies where Cheng Long was approached to act, but he was still in the same old mold, hoping that he would play a cruel villain from mysterious China, the kind of character who is highly skilled in martial arts, does all kinds of bad things behind the scenes, and is ultimately defeated by the righteous protagonist.

Considering that he represents the entire Chinese actor community in Hollywood, Cheng Long really doesn't dare to take on such a role that damages the image of Chinese people.

Compared with director Wu Yuan, it is more difficult for Asian actors to get along in Hollywood.

Now that there is an opportunity to be the leading actor in a new series, why wouldn't Cheng Long be willing to do it?

If he had the chance, he wouldn't want to act in those bad movies!

He is not old yet and can still work hard!

"Director Wu, whether it's "Rush Hour 3" or the subsequent "Kings Agent" series, I will follow the director's arrangements."

Perhaps because he was afraid that Wu Yuan would misunderstand that he was a drama tyrant, after all Chris had fallen out with him, Cheng Long took the initiative and said, "I always follow the director's will when working on the set."

"Chris didn't want to star in "Rush Hour 3" because the salary he offered was too high. It wasn't because I excluded him or acted like a domineering actor on the set."

He knew that in the eyes of the outside world, the "Rush Hour" series belonged to Cheng Long.

He is the most important character in this series, and anyone else can be replaced, but not him.

This will inevitably lead to misunderstanding. Cheng Long is the one with the most say in the crew. Everyone must listen to him and look up to him, including the director.

but it is not the truth.

Although Cheng Long's private life is a bit chaotic, with various young girls coming and going in his room every day, at work, he is still very serious and hard-working and never oversteps his authority.

An Asian who went to Hollywood to work hard cannot be said to have been conscientious, but he certainly did not dare to act like a domineering actor.

"I have heard of Brother Cheng Long's reputation." Wu Yuan looked at Cheng Long with a half-smile, and did not deny what he said.

Cheng Long, apart from his chaotic private life and failing to take care of Prince Fang, is indeed admirable at work and has good personal conduct.

At least Cheng Long's refusal to play a vilified Chinese villain in Hollywood is enough for Wu Yuan to appreciate.

If he hadn't always maintained this bottom line, he wouldn't have been unable to receive big-budget Hollywood blockbusters when he was at his peak due to the huge sales of "Rush Hour 2".

Hollywood is still happy to make commercial blockbusters about heroic white heroes who, after going through hardships, defeat evil Chinese villains.

"I personally hope that Brother Cheng Long can continue to play the leading role in "Kingsman"."

Wu Yuan shrugged: "I have even thought about it. If New Line does not intend to cooperate, I can find Universal or Fox to make the "Kings Agent" series."

"At that time, I will also recommend you to them to play the leading role, but the background story will definitely have to be revised."

"Without Detective Li, we can still have Agent Chen, right?"

When Wu Yuan said this, he had no intention of avoiding Elad, and he specifically used English.

Elad, who was sitting next to Cheng Long, heard clearly, and his expression was wonderful.

"No, no, no, Daniel, since I came to visit you with Jackie, of course I want to cooperate with you."

Elad said nervously: "It is not a good thing to cooperate with big companies like Universal and Fox. Not only do these big companies impose harsh conditions, but they also take away most of the profits. They are not a good partner. "

"As for the script idea you proposed for "Rush Hour 3," we went back to discuss it and thought it was great."

"Jackie has no problem with the "Kings Agent" series, and we have no problem with New Line. We can indeed have in-depth cooperation."

When the topic came to this point, Wu Yuan felt that enough was enough.

He interrupted loudly: "Of course, New Line is definitely the best partner for this project."

"As long as you are willing to cooperate, then we can sit down and talk slowly."

"But I'm going back to China next, so I'll discuss the specific details with John."

Wu Yuan offered another cup of tea to Cheng Long and Elad, "If the script of "Rush Hour 3" is written according to my ideas, I can accept US$10 million + 5% of the box office split, and I will take over the movie. Directing work.”

"As for the "Kings Agent" series, I may not have time to direct it myself. Maybe I will need to find a new director by then.

Wu Yuan joined forces with Cheng Long to make money, not to frame himself.

It's enough to pick up "Rush Hour 3", wrap up the new line, and start the layout of the "Kings Agent" series.

Let him shoot the "Kings Agent" series again?

How long will it last?

Wu Yuan has a clear plan for his Hollywood director career. In addition to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, he also has several movies to be produced before 2010. He really has no time to be responsible for the "Kingsman" series.

Ellard also doesn't force Wu Yuan to direct the "Kings Agent" series himself.

The recent release of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has been really great.

Every fool knows that Wu Yuan's current focus must be on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, and it is impossible to create a brand new series of movies.

Fortunately, Ellard's original plan was to ask Wu Yuan to take over "Rush Hour 3" and help wrap up the show.

Elad was already very lucky that Wu Yuan could agree.

"Then it's settled first?" Wu Yuan saw that Elad had no objection, so he continued: "I plan to write the script of "Rush Hour 3" myself."

"There is also the script of "Kingsman", and I will be personally responsible for the follow-up."

"I want 20% of the copyright to "Rush Hour 3". After all, I wrote the script."

"In the "Kings Agent" series, Time Times and New Line will each invest 50%, and the copyright will also be half."

"is that OK?"

If you are an ordinary screenwriter and want 20% of the copyright for just writing a script, it is a no-brainer.

But who said that the person who proposed this condition was Wu Yuan.

Taking into account the follow-up "Kings Agent" series that they will collaborate with, and the importance of "Rush Hour 3" as a prequel to "Kings Agent", Ellard agreed to Wu Yuan's request.

Cheng Long can ask for 15% of the box office share, but it is still acceptable for Wu Yuan to take 20% of the copyright.

The copyright income from the "Rush Hour" series is quite high, or in other words, the copyright income from movies starring Chinese Kung Fu superstars is pretty good.

After all, in North America, various kung fu movies and Cheng Long's action movies sell really well in the DVD rental market, bringing tens of millions of dollars in revenue to New Line every year.

"No problem!" Elad nodded in agreement.

"Okay, then I wish us a happy cooperation in advance." Wu Yuan showed a bright smile on his face.

Cheng Long also laughed. His stumbling journey to Hollywood seemed to finally be on a prosperous road.

Regarding the specific cooperation on the "Kingsman" project, it was left to John to negotiate with New Line. He will also be one of the producers of this series.

Of course, even if everything is settled, this new series will not be launched very early.

Even "Rush Hour 3" is not expected to start filming until the first half of 2004 at the earliest, aiming to be released in the summer of 2004.

"Kingsman" is even missing. The first one will not start filming until 2005 or even 2006.

After finalizing this cooperation, Wu Yuan's work in North America has been completed for the time being.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" is still in theaters and has been the box office champion for two weeks in a row. The total box office has exceeded 100 million US dollars.

It's a pity that no matter how high the box office of this movie is, Wu Yuan won't be able to get a share of the money. He is now more concerned about his new movie than this.

On July 28, Wu Yuan left the United States and flew back to China.

Still no one came to pick him up, so he took a taxi and went back to the courtyard.

But it's different from before.

When Wu Yuan came home this time, he saw a Mercedes-Benz C Series parked in the courtyard.

This was ordered by someone before he went to the United States. It was an imported car, the price was not very expensive, and the license plate was already on it. It was just right for transportation.

Having just returned home, he had no intention of testing the car. After taking a few glances, he went back to the house to take a nap to adjust to the jet lag.

However, before going to bed, he edited a text message and sent it to many people before turning off his phone and falling asleep.

Magic City, in the small white building of Tangren Film and Television.

Since signing a seven-year, five-film cooperation agreement with Light and Shadow Times, Tangren has breathed a sigh of relief.

The new TV series project, which was originally not planned to be promoted for the time being and needed to wait until the capital turnover started, also immediately entered the preparatory stage.

The next TV series that Tang Dynasty wants to make is "Strange Stories from a Chinese Liaozhai Studio". Liaozhai is one of the few fantasy IPs with open copyright in China, and Cai Yinong has long wanted to get involved.

Previously, I was worried that there would be insufficient funds to create exquisite magic special effects, so I kept putting off making this TV series.

Now that we have a cooperation agreement with Light Era, what are we afraid of?

But just when Cai Yinong was planning to collaborate with Wu Yuan on the script of "New Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", a Taiwanese colleague she met when she was in Hong Kong approached her.

The other company bought the copyright of the game "Legend of Sword and Fairy". After thinking about it for several years, it failed to produce it and wanted to transfer it to Tangren.

There is no script for the game. Cai Yinong studied it all night and read thousands of comments from forum netizens. He was pleasantly surprised to find that this game has a large number of loyal fans, which is a free audience.

When making a TV series, it is of course best to have a fan base, so that there will be a group of viewers to watch it when it is aired. The starting point is higher than other TV series, and it is easier to become popular.

She immediately wrote a 5,000-word synopsis, and within three days she decided to film "Sword of Immortality".

He even thought about the actors.

Although the company wanted to hire Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities such as Ruby Lin, Nicholas Tse, and Gu Ji, she felt that based on the original work, it would be best to find two actors around the age of 18 for the male and female protagonists.

Especially for the male protagonist, she wanted to use Hu Ge from her own company.

Although, when Hu Ge signed with Tang Dynasty, he put on ancient costumes and the costume hair accessories made his face look elongated and very ugly, so he was blacklisted by Li Guoli.

But Cai Yinong feels that Hu Ge is suitable for ancient costumes, but the makeup is not done well.

Obviously, the company's management didn't think so, and they were almost in a quarrel.

After much thought, Cai Yinong realized that it was not good to be arbitrary on his own, but finding a foreign aid to support him was different.

Moreover, the adaptation of a game like "Legend of Sword and Fairy" into a TV series requires a lot of special effects, and it is also a very expensive and large-scale production. We must find the "taken advantage of" the Light and Shadow Era to bear the risk.

So she wanted to talk to Wu Yuan about the TV series and see if she could get support from him. If he supported Hu Ge in playing the male lead, Tangren's management would have nothing to say to refute it.

However, Guangying Times has not yet found a suitable manager, and Wu Yuan is not in China.

Just when Cai Yinong was thinking about making a cross-country call to Wu Yuan to talk about this matter, her cell phone rang first.

Wu Yuan sent a text message.

"Mr. Cai, I am currently casting for my new movie. If you are willing to participate, I will bring three actors, Hu Ge, Yuan Hong, and Sun Li, to audition at Light and Shadow Times at 10 a.m. on August 1st."

Everything about "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "New Liaozhai" were immediately forgotten by Cai Yinong.

Beijing, Shunyi.

For every student, summer vacation is a very enjoyable time.

The same goes for Liu Yifei.

Although, after the rehearsal of the drama, she could no longer see Wu Yuan often, which made her feel a little sad in private, but this sadness was soon diluted by the happy vacation.

"Dragon" has not been aired yet, and for the time being, she only has one work, "The Golden Family", so she can still enjoy a leisurely life.

Lying on the bed with her legs crossed, Liu Yifei concentrated on playing the Snake game that came with her phone.

Whenever the greedy snake she controls eats a candy, she will happily shake her legs in the air.

"Sissi, don't stay in your room all the time during the holidays!"

"Mom, let's take you to swim in the afternoon. There is a new swimming pool opened in Tiantongyuan."

"Or it would be good if we go to Shichahai for a walk."

Her mother's cry came from outside the door, which disrupted Liu Yifei's concentration. With a shake of her hand, the greedy snake hit her body and broke into pieces. The game was over.

"Mom!" Liu Yifei pouted and shouted unhappily. Just as she was about to refuse, her phone dinged.

She opened it absentmindedly and took a look, and a text message caught her eye.

"Classmate Sissi, my new movie has officially entered the casting stage. I hope you can come to Light and Shadow Times to audition for the heroine at 10 a.m. on August 1st!"

After looking at the note name of the sender, Liu Yifei clenched her fist in excitement.

"Mom!" This time she shouted with excitement and happiness.

"Director Wu invited me to audition for his new movie!!"

Or two in one.