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"Tom, why are you always staring at me? I'm just a man and I don't like men."

On a domestic flight, in first class.

Qin Dong saw Tom Cruise next door staring at him from time to time. He felt cold all over his body and couldn't help but complain.

We stayed one more day, and now it was the 18th. We couldn’t delay it any longer, so the entire crew of [Mission: Impossible] rushed to the country.

Tomorrow night, the night of the 19th, there will be another premiere in Kyoto, and the next day on the 20th, it will be officially released in China.

This is a sign of respect for domestic movie fans. Sometimes, you have to do some things, even if they are only superficial.

"Qin, my dear friend, you are this..."

Tom didn't care at all about Qin Dong's complaints. He said something with a smile and extended his thumb to make gestures.

"Don't get excited, Tom. In my opinion, this is a basic operation."

Qin Dong was just joking, and he knew why Tom was like that. At this time, he shook his head with a nonchalant and confident expression.

Tom laughed. This young man is really confident, not ordinary confident, but this is a fact and indisputable:

"Yeah...I believe you, you are really a genius."

"Yesterday's box office was 31.2 million. Although it barely exceeded 30 million, this figure was something I didn't expect."

"This is more than what the media predicted. I now believe that this movie will definitely exceed the box office of the first three Mission: Impossible films."

Qin Dong smiled and said nothing.

Tom didn't care either. It seemed that he had a lot to say. At this time, he looked excited and talked to himself:

"The box office in the first two days has already reached 56 million."

"Before I came, I talked with my agent, people from my company, and people from Paramount."

"Everyone agrees that if today's box office exceeds 25 million, the minimum in North America will be over 220 million."

Movies that have a box office of 80 million in the first three days of the weekend can reach 200 million in most cases when they are released.

As for movies that grossed 100 million in the first weekend, there are some movies like that, but they are rare. Normally 80 to 90 million is an absolutely good figure.

"Qin, my dear friend, can we talk about the script of Mission: Impossible Part 5 and Part 6?"

Originally, when other people watched Tom chatting with Qin Dong, they all consciously shut up and listened quietly.

This is a status gap.

Tom is a global superstar and Qin Dong is a talented director. They belong to two big guys and the other actors are very self-conscious.

At this time, they heard that the fifth and sixth parts of [Mission: Impossible] were mentioned. Immediately, other people's eyes widened, their ears stood up, their eyes drifted over inadvertently, and their curiosity was overwhelming.

"Aren't you going to sleep first?"

Qin Dong saw the looks in other people's eyes and asked speechlessly.

After watching the actors in the crew avoid Qin Dong's eyes, they looked at Tom and said:

"Hey, Tom, are you sure we can discuss this matter alone?"

Tom was stunned and laughed:

"That's right. Let Martin talk about it."

Qin Dong nodded, glanced at Elizabeth sitting next to him, and touched the woman's hair.

Elizabeth Olsen looked at Qin Dong in confusion, wondering what the man meant by this, in public.

Qin Dong ignored the woman, his eyes were half-closed, and he continued to stroke the woman's hair with his hand. After a while, he asked Tom:

"Tom, the script is basically ready, but there is still one problem that you may need to decide on your own."

Tom's eyes signaled Qin Dong to continue speaking.

"That is, do you think your team members need to be changed in the movie?"

Tom's eyes moved and he looked at Qin Dong's hand, which was slowly stroking a woman's head, and he immediately knew what Qin Dong meant.

In the current film [Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol], there are three members of his team. At the end of the film, another one is introduced, a team member from the first three Mission: Impossible films.

If the next movie is released and he plays the leading role, there will be a team of five people, which is a bit much.

Tom understood what Qin Dong meant. The director respected him and knew something about his character, so he decided for himself what direction the script would take.

Tom thought about it and became thoughtful.

In previous Tom movies, there was basically no heroine.

It’s not that there are no heroines, but the so-called heroines are really just embellishments, just giving the title of heroine. In fact, the appearance time and the importance of the role are not important. They belong to the vase, and the character’s appearance time is also very small.

But Elizabeth, a new female member of the team, and her relationship with Qin Dong, thinking of this, Tom turned his eyes and asked directly through Elizabeth:

"Qin, can you tell me the general direction of the story?"

Qin Dong paused after hearing this and did not hide anything:

"Tom, actually there is an introduction at the end of [Ghost Protocol], let's talk about the terrorist organization Syndicate."

"The fifth part is the story of this organization, and the sixth part is also a little bit involved."

"There are new female characters appearing in five or six scripts."

Speaking of this, Qin Dong glanced at Elizabeth:

"As for Elizabeth's role, it's up to you, Tom, to decide whether to appear or not."

"For Elizabeth, I have already arranged a series of movies with her as the heroine, so you don't need to be burdened or worry about me."

Elizabeth smiled when she heard this and had no objection to Qin Dong's arrangement.

Although she also wanted to see whether he would appear in the follow-up movie of [Mission: Impossible], it was not her turn to speak at this time, so the smart girl knew to keep smiling.

Tom looked at Qin Dong and Elizabeth thoughtfully, and understood what he said.

"OK, Qin, let's talk privately later."

There are some things that cannot be said face to face, and Qin Dong understands that.

One flight lasted more than ten hours, and while everyone was chatting, they consciously put on eye masks and started to rest.

...

"Sister, what is your relationship with Qin Dong?"

In Li Shuishui's studio, a woman asked Li Shuishui.

"What's the relationship? Director Qin and I are friends. I've gone to support all of his movies. It's not like you don't know that."

Facing his sister's question, Li Shuishui replied casually and continued to stare at the computer. On it was a novel specially translated by someone from the studio. The name of the novel was "Divergent".

"Yeah..."

Li Xue was noncommittal and did not believe her sister Li Shuishui's explanation.

The two sisters look very much alike. It can only be said that they are biological sisters. They are 70% similar. If they put on makeup, they could look real.

"Xue, there are some things, why should we be serious?"

Li Shuishui also knew that it was hard to deal with his sister, so he simply raised his head and said it seriously.

"..."

Li Xue was silent.

As for my sister, she suddenly received a call from CAA, inviting her to star in a series of movies adapted from the best-selling utopian novel "Divergent" in North America, and play a supporting role, an Asian character.

Why can I get a role even though I have done nothing?

Li Xue didn't want to think too much, but she couldn't help but keep popping up.

Regarding the circle, Li Xue has been an agent for 11 years and is very familiar with it, but if that person is her sister, she doesn't like it very much.

It's just that she is just an agent, not a star, so she knows what she knows, but she doesn't understand the star's thoughts.

Even if this celebrity is my sister, it's the same.

"Is it worth sacrificing your body for the role..."

Li Xue asked herself secretly that it would be inappropriate for her to ask her sister face to face.