World-class directors in the entertainment industry

"Director Qin, here's a toast to you. Thank you again for inviting me."

"Congratulations on having your own baby."

As soon as Qin Dong finished talking to Jessica Chastain, someone came over immediately.

After the first female lead and the second female lead, the villain boss Jason Statham makes a grand appearance to steal the show.

"Jason, you're welcome. Speaking of which, I should thank you for your two friendly appearances in my company's movies..."

"I heard from Wu Jing that last time you went to the set of [Wolf Warrior], you brought your girlfriend with you. Maybe you will have a child soon."

Qin Dong said this after holding a wine glass and clinking it with Jason.

Although Qin Dong’s status in the global entertainment industry now completely overwhelms Jason Statham.

But one code equals one code.

At first, Qin Dong did not fulfill the benefits, but only made a verbal promise, allowing Jason Statham, the most capable and active action star in the world's action movies, to come to China in person to star in two movies that were destined to only be released domestically. But when the time is up,

It has been a year now, and they have given me enough face, so Qin Dong will naturally appreciate it.

Even though both parties knew what they meant, Jason valued Qin Dong's status and talent and tried every means to build a relationship.

Qin Dong also knew this, but he had indeed paid, so naturally he had to honor the benefits to the other party.

"Director Qin is very polite. I was paid for my role. In fact, there are not many movies that we action actors can star in. Of course I would be happy to make more money."

"Rosie, we, well, I love her and she loves me."

"It's just that our age gap is a bit big, a full twenty years apart. Rosie is still young now, and she didn't want to have a baby so soon."

"Although I really want to, but...I respect Rosie's choice."

Jason Statham is very talkative, and he chatted with Qin Dong without feeling unfamiliar at all.

When talking about his girlfriend Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Qin Dong did not hide anything.

For foreigners, chatting about these things is normal practice.

"Well, it's really up to the woman to make the decision about having children."

"Haha... Speaking of which, I've read your information. Why did you stop being a good athlete in the first place? You didn't have any injuries at that time, and you weren't too old to retire."

Qin Dong smiled, ignored the topic, and started gossiping.

Qin Dong was not interested at all in talking about other people's girlfriends.

This is a matter of individual personality, as well as different customs in different places.

"Oh, Gate, I actually don't want to talk about this past incident, mainly because I was shocked."

Jason shrugged, looking like he couldn't recall the past.

"Struck? Oh, MAN, I'm more interested now."

Qin Dong showed a narrow smile and continued to ask.

As a director, the basic ability to observe words and emotions is instinctive.

Therefore, it can be seen that Jason Statham actually does not take the past seriously. This is just a chatting technique to bring the relationship closer.

"Well, who told me to stay under your command for a few months?"

Jason looked helpless and said:

"Mainly my career as an athlete, I can't see the light of day."

"As a diver, the divers of your country, led by Qin at that time, were well-deserved No. 1 in the world."

"Well, there is also table tennis, which is also No. 1."

"That kind of gap is just like..."

Jason paused and thought about how to use the metaphor:

"Just like in today's entertainment industry, the box office of Hollywood movies is the same as the box office of movies in other countries. The gap is so huge that it is disappointing."

"I can't see the dawn of my diving career getting medals, so naturally I have to think about my future life..."

"While I'm young, and I'm also interested in acting..."

After Qin Dong listened, he smiled in agreement and picked up his wine glass:

"Congratulations, Jason, you made a very wise decision."

"Yes, I think so too."

Jason picked up his wine glass, touched it with Qin Dong, and replied.

Excluding some major sports, such as football, basketball and a few other sports, the primary goal of athletes in other sports is medals.

There is a huge difference between those with medals and those without medals, in terms of exposure, bonuses, advertising revenue, etc.

Most ordinary people know who has won gold medals among divers, long-distance runners, sprinters, hurdlers and other athletes, but few even know about silver and bronze medals, let alone those athletes who have never won a medal.

There are only some major team sports, such as football, basketball, etc. The top stars in these sports, even if they do not receive any honors, still make a lot of money.

Although he does not earn as much as those honor harvester superstars among his peers, he still belongs to the group of people who surpass 99% of the people in the world.

"I have a lot of action movies in my script inventory."

Qin Dong thought for a while and decided to speak more clearly, and to give the favor simply:

"These scripts will definitely be produced in the future, but I'm not sure I have the time to direct them myself."

"But whether it's me filming or a director under my company, Jason, you are still the number one candidate."

Today's global action stars are in their prime.

The old-school Jack Cheng, Stallone, and Schwarzenegger are all old.

No one in the new generation can succeed or stand out.

Currently, Jason Statham, a second-tier star, has become the leader of action movies.

It's a pity that Jason is a foreigner. Well, to Hollywood, Jason is a foreigner.

Even though Jason's home country, Eagle Country, is a dependent country of the United States, it still belongs to foreigners.

For such people, Hollywood will not fully pursue them.

Therefore, even though Jason is the most active and capable action star today, he still can only play the leading role in B-level movies most of the time.

In A-level productions and super-A-level blockbusters, the most you can do is be the second male lead or the leading villain.

Think about Jack Cheng, after a movie suffered a loss, he was immediately kicked out of Hollywood, and basically no one looked for him.

Think about Stallone and Schwarzenegger, these two old and American action stars, they have made more movies that lost money, but they are still active.

Even now that I am old, there are still occasional blockbusters released, but the production costs exceed those of Jason Statham who is still in his prime.

So clear at a glance.

In the future, within the last two to three years, a new generation of action stars from the United States will begin to appear.

As a local, this man has become the world's number one action star and a superstar in just three or two years.

Because this person's salary reached 20+20 in just two or three years.

Then the action star's film appointments were immediately received, and it was not until five or six years later that he was fully booked with film appointments.

Why is it so exaggerated? Why has it risen so quickly?

I understand everything.

"Thank you, Director Qin. I don't even know how to express my gratitude."

Jason looked excited and a little embarrassed.

As a movie actor, he is still an action actor who has no outstanding appearance, no outstanding acting skills, has never appeared in super productions, and can only carry B-level movies. Jason's income outside of movies is actually not much.

Most of his income still comes from film remuneration.

However, foreigners are too slow to make movies, and Jason has not appeared in many movies, not to mention that many of them are guest appearances and friendly appearances.

Nowadays, Qin Dong's brand name is resounding all over the world, and all movie fans know Qin Dong's screenwriting ability.

Even if Qin Dong does not direct it himself, as long as he can shoot a few movies written by Qin Dong, Jason Statham is very confident that he will make a lot of money and his reputation will definitely increase, and he will also be allowed to follow Qin Dong.

I will receive more scripts from other companies and directors outside of China.

A little bit of prying makes the surface move.

"hehe..."

Qin Dong reached out and patted Jason's shoulder, understanding the other person's mood:

"Jason, my crew, and the crew of directors under my company, we all hope that the actors will be more professional."

"Maybe you've heard about it, maybe you've asked about me."

"I'm most annoyed by actors who make trouble for me. I find it troublesome the most."

"Any actor who causes trouble for me, no matter what level he is, must get out."

"So...Jason, as long as you perform well on the set, that's enough."

It is very necessary to get vaccinated in advance.

Because Qin Dong learned about the crew of Zhou Shan, a good friend of his in a dormitory.

There are many directors under the company, but of course the one with the best connections only belongs to Zhou Shan, who lived in the same university dormitory for four years.

So Qin Dong was the first to bring Zhou Shan to Hollywood to start filming a movie that would be released around the world.

Even with Qin Dong's backing, Zhou Shan's crew still occasionally had minor troubles, which were all caused by the actors and staff of the crew.

Among them, Megan Fox, the heroine of the crew, has always been in trouble.

This kind of trouble is not the kind of intentional sincerity...

It's the common troubles faced by Hollywood actors. Well, famous actors generally have troubles, such as what kind of food they need to eat every day, what star-rated hotel room they need for accommodation, what kind of RV they need for travel, etc.

The more famous and high-status an actor is, the more requirements he has.

The most important thing is about food, clothing, housing and transportation. You can sign dozens of pages of contracts, which is scary to death.

However, this is the normal contract in Hollywood, and it has already formed a pattern and habit.

Even if the Big Six of Hollywood shoots movies, these actors still sign these contracts with the Big Six companies, and the Big Six have to hold their noses to sign.

As the heroine of Zhou Shan's movie, Megan Fox originally had Qin Dong behind Zhou Shan, and Megan was supposed to be honest.

But... because of Megan's relationship with Qin Dong's good friend Zhou Anping, this woman may have felt that someone was supporting her. Although she didn't ask for too much, she still made some requests, which caused other actors in the crew to have conflicts with the work.

The staff also started thinking about it.

The last time he had a gathering with Zhou Anping and Liu Shengda, Qin Dong had already said hello.

After this cooperation, Qin Dong's company will never cooperate with Megan Fox again in the future.

Zhou Anping also agreed, saying that he was just having fun and having fun.

After falling asleep many times, I almost lost interest.

"Director Qin, I am a strong man."

Jason Statham raised his arms to show his muscles:

"For people like me, as long as the crew provides safe food and a place to sleep quietly, it's enough."

As an actor who wants to have a relationship with Qin Dong, it is the most basic condition to find out Qin Dong's preferences clearly.

As soon as Jason heard Qin Dong's words, he understood what they meant.

As a global superstar, [Soup] Tom Cruise, even though Tom is the producer of [Mission: Impossible], when Qin Dong directed [Mission: Impossible 4], he was still very honest and did not cause any trouble.

Any trouble.

It can be seen from this that compared to Tom Cruise, even if Tom is old and his fame has declined, Jason still thinks that he cannot compare with Tom.

"Shred."

"Shred."

Qin Dong smiled when he heard this. He was happy to speak to smart people.

Just one click.

The two of them raised their glasses and clinked their glasses happily.