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Zhang Xiao explained with a smile: "He is known as the Chaplin of the CG era. He has acted as Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings", Snooker in "Star Wars", King Kong in "King Kong" and so on."

"Although he has never shown his face, his salary is even much higher than that of Hollywood first-line stars."

Eddie Serkis' salary was 200 million US dollars. When Zhang Xiao learned of the price, he was also taken aback.

You must know that this salary is already the salary of the top Hollywood stars, but Caesar is also a well-deserved protagonist in the film. As long as Eddie Serkis can perform well, let alone 200 million, it will be 2000 million. Xiao won't feel bad either.

Yang Mi said: "Then husband, since you are going to the Lighthouse Country, I will leave the release of "Swordsman" and related matters to you?"

"No problem!" Zhang Xiao nodded, and said: "Speaking of which, the luck of this "Swordsman" is really good. Our "God of War Xing Tian" gave them a good start. With the quality of this movie, it should be It can be sold overseas."

the next day.

Zhang Xiao flew directly to the Lighthouse Country by flight, and Chen Li came to pick him up.

"Sister Lili, I heard that you are very busy recently, why are you free to pick me up?" Zhang Xiao asked with a smile after seeing Chen Li.

Ever since Chen Li became Helena's agent, she has been busy running around for her. With Zhang Xiao's name, she quickly won the endorsement of several big brands for Helena, becoming a newcomer in the fashion industry.

Of course, Helena's main job is to be an actress, which Chen Li did not forget.

After some careful selection, Helena became the lead actress in a feature film directed by the great director Victor.

Previously, the movie "The Silence of the Lambs" was a big hit, making Helena a quasi-a-list movie star in Hollywood. As long as this feature film can sell well, it can definitely make her a first-line movie star.

Chen Li said with a smile: "Helena is filming in the crew, and I have been free for half a month. I heard that your boss Zhang is coming, so I hurried over to serve you!"

Zhang Xiaodao: "This really flatters me a bit. By the way, Sister Lily, you should have read the script of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". How do you feel?"

Chen Li replied truthfully: "Both the commercial atmosphere and the humanistic atmosphere are very strong, which is a model of the combination of the two. As for whether you can make this movie well and win the audience's love, it depends on you, a great director." ability."

"Hey, if the heroine is not Yang Mi, I will definitely fight for Helena."

Zhang Xiao waved his hand and said, "The number one in this show is the orangutan Caesar, and the male number one and Mimi, the female number one, are just small supporting roles for the plot, which is meaningless."

Chen Li rolled her eyes and said, "Since it's not interesting, why don't you give this role to Mimi?"

Zhang Xiao explained: "If Mimi wants to give, such a role is undoubtedly the most suitable. No matter whether the movie is successful or not, Mimi will not be greatly affected."

Chen Li smiled and said, "I didn't see it, but you are very thoughtful about Mimi!"

"That's a must!" Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Who made her the mother of my child? By the way, Paramount and Columbia haven't had any movement during this time, have they?",

Chen Li said: "The two companies should have reached an agreement. No matter what movie they are making, they will never ask for our investment and actors from Disney."

When Zhang Xiao heard it, he sneered and said, "What about the theater chain, don't you need it?"

Chen Li replied: "If they don't use our theaters, how can they show it?"

Paramount is behind Viacom and Columbia's Suo Li has jointly built more than 1000 theaters in Europe and the United States, but it does not cover the world. Without the supplement of other theaters, it will definitely not work.

Zhang Xiao cut it, and said disdainfully: "I thought they were awesome, but they are just two soft-legged shrimps."

Chen Li said: "Zhang Xiao, after a week, Wu Yusen's "Wind Talker" will be released globally. It will be a day longer than "Swordsman". Basically, the two films will be in a PK state."

"Suo Li has high expectations for this film, and their review department even scored a super high score of 9.5, and the investment in publicity alone has reached 1.5 million U.S. dollars."

"Some time ago, Wu Yusen called me, hoping that I could ask you for a high-level film arrangement, so I told him about "Swordsman". After listening to it, he might not be very happy. .”

Zhang Xiao said indifferently: "Although Wu Yusen is the director of Huaguo, "Wind Talker" is a film produced by Columbia Film Company. Compared with the pure Huaguo film "Swordsman", I must support the latter. "

"Since he didn't contact me, it means he also knows that I will definitely not give in."

Also in Hollywood, if it was normal, Zhang Xiao would definitely help directors and actors who belonged to Hua nationality as much as he could, but that was on the premise that there were no purely domestic films released.

Now that "Swordsman" and "Wind Talker" are premiering almost at the same time, the latter is still Suo Li's film, so Zhang Xiao will definitely not add more films to the latter.

Logically speaking, Wu Yusen shouldn't have made this call.

Chen Li said: "This year domestic films will be in line with world films, and there will probably be more and more competition like "Swordsman" and "Wind Talker" in the future."

"Yes!" Zhang Xiao nodded, and said, "The Department of Culture has already started to make preparations. Sunshine will also build another 5000 yuan screen to meet the needs of domestic and foreign film screenings."

"If there is a chance, I will cooperate with Longda to build another theater circuit across Asia, Europe, America and Australia. In this way, my theater layout will be completely completed."

"No matter what happens in the future, it will not affect me."

Chen Li said with a smile: "I heard Mimi said that you are really a madman who builds theaters!"

"Hahahaha!" Zhang Xiao laughed loudly.

After a night of rest at Holden Manor, Zhang Xiao began to work on the filming of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

The first thing he did was to meet Andy Serkis, the most critical motion capture actor, and the two chatted for two hours in a cafe to discuss how the gorilla Caesar performed.

For Zhang Xiao, who has SSS-level acting skills, he is also very accomplished in the field of motion capture performance.

Zhang Xiao unreservedly told Andy Serkis his understanding of Caesar's various stages, and even performed a business performance in person when he reached the most critical point.

Andy Serkis was shocked, he found that Zhang Xiao is simply an expert in motion capture performance, and his movements and expressions are even better than him in some details.

At the beginning, Andy Serkis was still able to discuss with Zhang Xiao, but later on, it became Zhang Xiao talking directly, and he was like a student attending a class.

"Mr. Zhang, you are simply amazing."

Andy Serkis praised: "If you play Caesar yourself, I believe it will be more exciting than mine."