Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

After a full four minutes, Longmeyer put down the paper in his hand.

But it seemed like he was hesitant to speak. I don't know what he was thinking at this time.

In Longmeyer's opinion, the plot of "Home Alone" can only be described as average, not outstanding, but not bad either.

If a newcomer were to submit a script like this everywhere, no company would take notice of it, and no one would be stupid enough to do this.

But now that the script has Lin Daoqiu's name in front of it, Longmeyer had to seriously consider whether to collaborate with Lin Daoqiu once.

"Mr. Lin, how much did it cost to make this movie?"

Longmeyer wanted to know how much money Lin Daoqiu planned to spend to make the movie, and how much Universal wanted to spend on it.

"The production cost of this movie is about five million US dollars, and I personally financed the filming."

Spending five million US dollars to produce a comedy movie like this can only be said to be average, and definitely not a big production.

However, one thing that makes Longmeyer very satisfied is that in this cooperation, Universal does not have to pay for the production fee and only needs to be responsible for distribution. This can actually reduce a lot of risks for Universal.

"I wonder what Mr. Lin wants to get from Universal?"

Longmeyer is already somewhat inclined to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu, but he must first figure out what the other party wants.

Collecting the paper on the table and putting it into his pocket, Lin Daoqiu directly made his request to Longmeyer straight to the point.

"The box office is split in half. Universal has to give me 1,500 screens for this movie when it is released. In addition, it will increase publicity before it is released."

Most directors or producers would not even dare to mention these three requirements of Lin Daoqiu in front of Longmeyer, and even one of them would be very reluctant.

It is conceivable that after listening to these requests made by Lin Daoqiu, Longmeyer might have been frightened by these requests made by the other party.

Because the specifications requested by Lin Daoqiu are all requirements that only well-known producers dare to make, and basically these conditions match those of big-budget movies.

If Lin Daoqiu was presented with a big-budget action movie today, Longmeyer would agree to his request after a little consideration.

But now he is taking a comedy film, and it is a film with an investment of only five million US dollars, which makes it difficult for Longmeyer to nod.

So after Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Longmeyer fell into silence again. He wanted to refuse, but on the other hand, he wanted to give it a try because he always felt that Lin Daoqiu might surprise him.

"If Universal is willing to cooperate with me, then I can hand over "The Mummy" currently being filmed to Universal for distribution."

When Lin Daoqiu saw Langmeyer's hesitation, he knew that if he didn't throw out this bait, he might have to find someone again.

But there is nothing that can be done about it. Although he is somewhat famous in Hollywood, it is only limited to action movies.

Now that a comedy film suddenly came out, it was normal that no one wanted to take a risk with him, so he could only use the distribution rights of "The Mummy" in exchange.

After all, we have been delayed in Hollywood for almost a week. It is not a good thing to delay it like this, so Lin Daoqiu can only find a way to finalize the matter as soon as possible.

""mummy"?"

Suddenly hearing Lin Daoqiu mention this name, Langmeyer immediately raised his head and looked at Lin Daoqiu with a puzzled expression.

"This is an adventure action film with an investment of 20 million US dollars. The heroine is Brigitte Lin, who previously played "Mission: Impossible", and I plan to use a Hollywood star as the hero."

Compared to "Home Alone", Longmeyer was obviously more interested in "The Mummy" mentioned by Lin Daoqiu. After all, this is a big-budget movie, and it also stars Brigitte Lin.

You must know that Brigitte Lin became famous in Hollywood because of "Mission: Impossible". Although she did not reach the level of a big star, basically everyone who watched the movie would fall in love with her involuntarily, and Longmeyer was one of them.

"Can you tell me more about the plot of "The Mummy"?"

Now Longmeyer only has "The Mummy" in his mind, and other things seem to have nothing to do with him.

Seeing that the other party was so interested, Lin Daoqiu had no choice but to introduce the basic plot of "The Mummy" to him. They chatted for almost two hours.

"Please be sure to hand over this movie to Universal for distribution."

Longmeyer really liked the movie "The Mummy" that Lin Daoqiu mentioned. He felt that if this movie was made, it would definitely cause a sensation in Hollywood.

"What about my "Home Alone"?"

Lin Daoqiu has not forgotten the purpose of coming here today. If the other party is still hesitating, then what Lin Daoqiu said before may be in vain.

"I promise you what Mr. Lin just said. You can sign the contract today."

The reason why Langmeyer agreed so readily was entirely because Lin Daoqiu brought up the movie "The Mummy".

Otherwise, it is probably unknown whether Longmeyer would agree to accept Lin Daoqiu's request to distribute "Home Alone".

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation."

Lin Daoqiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief as he finally settled the matter.

It is conceivable that after "Home Alone" is released, he will never encounter such problems in Hollywood.

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For a 24-year-old young man who had just arrived in Hollywood from Australia and had only appeared in two movies, it was hard not to be excited when he suddenly received a call from the screenwriter who was the box office winner last year.

In order to leave a good impression on Lin Daoqiu, Mel Gibson dressed up carefully before going out.

But even though he had prepared in advance, he was still not very satisfied with his look before going out. If he hadn't been worried that he would be late, he might have continued to do it.

Mel Gibson hurriedly arrived at the coffee shop he had made an appointment with. Mel Gibson thought he had arrived very early because there were still five minutes left before the agreed time.

But as soon as he entered the door, Lin Daoqiu noticed this frizzy young man.

"The guy we made an appointment with today couldn't be this young man, right?"

Lin Daoqiu reminded Karls who came with him.

Carls turned around and found Mel Gibson looking around at the door of the restaurant. Because he had never seen Lin Daoqiu and Carls, he had no idea what the other party looked like.

"That's him. How about it? He's handsome, isn't he?"

After Carls finished speaking, he immediately stood up and motioned to Mel Gibson at the door.

Mel Gibson saw Carls waving to him, so he quickly walked towards them. Mel Gibson did not expect that they arrived before him.