nightcrawler in los angeles

Chapter 232 Life is like a play, all depends on acting skills
What makes Hollywood great is not his big investment and Hollywood stars, but his shooting skills.

If you have money, you can gather all the talents and camera equipment needed for shooting in one day in Burbank. As for the script, it ranges from 100-5000 US dollars.

Brother Long looked at everything in the MGM studio, everything was very fresh. It’s not that he didn’t have a movie that was shown in Hollywood, such as [Enter the Dragon], although he was a bit of a player there, with only ten seconds of footage, but at that time he very happy.

For example, Killer Trap, but this movie can only be said to be made in Hong Kong and distributed in Hollywood, and any distribution of this movie in Hollywood has nothing to do with him.

But "New Police Story" is not, this is his first real Hollywood movie.

Hollywood shooting, Hollywood production, Hollywood distribution, and he participated in many steps in the role of assistant director to learn crazily.

The cost of the film also shot up to $400 million from an initial $1000 million.

He didn't even dare to think about this before. In order to make Brother Long a hit, all the family members, the Hong family class, and his former brothers and sisters all came.

Not for anything else, just to make Chinese Kung Fu resonate in Americans.

"Aaron, this shot is not bad, let's take a break!"

Upon seeing this, Brother Long first greeted the rest of his colleagues and then walked towards the chief director of the crew: "Director James, what about my shot?"

James Cameron frowned and carefully combed every movement of the camera.

The translator on the side kept explaining Cameron's suggestions to Brother Long and the deputy director Yuan Heping from Hong Kong. Yuan Heping occasionally gave advice to the director who relied on the "Terminator" and "Alien" fires.

Brother Long's fellow apprentices around him have long been used to these things, but Sanmao, as the actual person in charge of Golden Harvest this time, handles the problems of the crew with a conscientious face. Occasionally, Jerry Bruckheimer will discuss with him very gossip Chinese Kongfu.

"Brother, our group of senior brothers are all under Aaron's favor."

Sanmao saw Yuan Kui and nodded with a smile: "That's right, if the entire Hong Kong police were really our seniors, the crime rate wouldn't be so high."

"Hey, why do you think that foreigner understands us so well? He actually suggested that we all act in the movie New Police Story. What a fool!" Yuan Kui squatted in the corner, smoking a cigarette and asking questions.

Sanmao leaned against the corner and replied casually: "Actually, I don't know the specific situation. You know that you need to know that this big guy can block all the distribution channels of Shaw Brothers in Southeast Asia with one word."

Yuan Kui froze instantly when he heard this sentence.

"So it's true that TV Tokyo and Fuji TV jointly banned Shaw Brothers not long ago?"

Sanmao nodded seriously: "That's right, if it wasn't for the heroine of our crew to come forward, Shaw Brothers would probably decline."

Yuan Kui poked his head and looked towards the parasol not far away.

At this time, Zhou Huimin was sitting there nervously being touched up by a foreign makeup artist, and the assistants and translators around couldn't wait to kneel down and kowtow to Zhou Huimin.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's unusual."

"Then what happened to Guan Zhilin? I heard that Aaron and the others came back at that time, but that woman stayed in the United States for another month, and finally brought back a script?"

Sanmao curled his lips and said nothing, but Yuan Kui's heart of gossip was burning again, and he frantically followed behind his senior brother's ass to ask questions.

But this time, Sanmao refused to say anything.

When he got tired of being asked, he pushed him to Brother Long. Brother Long, who was resting, saw that it was his senior brother and immediately moved out a seat: "Senior brother, sit down."

"Aaron, be polite, be polite. Without you this time, I wouldn't be able to earn the $40 appearance fee."

Brother Long couldn't help rolling his eyes when he saw his senior brother's gossiping expression: "Senior brother, this place is no better than Hong Kong, don't ask about anything, if it really makes people unhappy, then we are finished!"

"It's not easy for me to go abroad, and I'll gain more knowledge when I come out~"

Brother Long kept his mouth shut and said nothing.

He really knows a little about the big boss of the MGM film studio.

It is nothing new for Shaw Brothers to be jointly blocked by major TV stations in Southeast Asia. What really surprised him was that the big boss actually relied on the gimmick of playing against Disney.

With a horror film that was filmed within a week, it won a box office of more than 6000 million U.S. dollars in its first week in North America.

In fact, this is not a big deal. What surprised Long Ge most was that the big boss was able to coordinate the Twin Towers, a landmark building in New York, for them to film.

It's really not about the money anymore.

James Cameron, who was sitting not far away, glanced at the crew's schedule and the very affluent budget, and looked at Brother Long enviously.

After filming "Alien 2" and successfully getting 7 Oscar nominations, he didn't need to come to this crew at all.

In his opinion, this formation is completely insignificant, but he still has to come, because Tao Xi is now the financial backer of MGM, and MGM is the most wealthy film studio in Hollywood.

Under this severe situation, the only company that can mobilize huge funds to accompany you in making games is MGM.

Originally, he heard that they wanted to find Spielberg for this movie, but the other party refused. Although James didn't know why the old guy refused, he knew that Spielberg would definitely regret it.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, so James has always wanted to create his own "special effects studio".

But no one in Hollywood except Spielberg and Disney pays attention to this anymore.

It wasn't until MGM Studios announced that it would take a stake in AMD and become AMD's largest shareholder. James Cameron felt that he had found a fellow man again.

Because Peter Lamont announced that AMD, a company that manufactures computers in the United States, will be merged into the film special effects company under MGM.

From that moment on, James Cameron felt his chance had come.

For this reason, he not only took the initiative to bend down to make friends with MGM, but also took over two movies, one is this "Kung Fu movie" and the other is a horror movie.

The appearance of [The Night of the Clown's Return to the Soul] even allowed him to win the December box office king again.

But this movie shot in the amusement park also made him completely offend Disney, because the background of the entire horror movie is based on Disney's background.

No matter what game you play, whatever character you play will be hunted down by clowns until you kill the last one.

The plot is very simple, but when everyone in the United States knows that MGM and Disney are in the ring, everyone wants to see whose movie is better.

MGM has the upper hand at the moment, because he heard that old guy Caden Warren was gassed and hospitalized by the cemetery that Taosi built near Disney.

It's just that this matter is only spread in a small area.

He just happens to be the one who knows.

"Hey, your kung fu is very good, I like it very much."

Brother Long was also very happy to see this great director who was nominated for an Academy Award take the initiative to talk to him: "You can come to Hong Kong when you have time, and I can show you my martial arts gym. It's very good."

"wow."

"When Terminator 2 is filming, I must ask Arnold to go to Hong Kong to learn two tricks from you, otherwise I will change the protagonist!"

Brother Long laughed when he heard that James Cameron was so humorous, and the whole set of "New Police Story" was peaceful.

But Tao Xi, who was sitting on the top floor of the MGM administration building, frowned and looked at Old Shay with dissatisfaction: "As I said, it was Disney who overturned the table first!"

Old Shay looked at Tao Xi on the opposite side with a puzzled expression, not knowing what to say.

The thing is actually very simple, that is, the shareholders behind Disney can't sit still. They need to make Tao Xi stop his behavior. If Tao Xi continues like this, Disney will not go bankrupt, and his century-old foundation will also be cut in half.

"Tao Xi, I know this matter is embarrassing for you, why not just end it like this."

"They'll make it up to you, and"

When Tao Xi heard the compensation, his eyes turned green, but he couldn't show his timidity. After all, his money is no longer saved in Wells Fargo Bank. Only he knows whether he has money in his pocket or not.

Otherwise, he would be treated like mud by these damned Wall Street elites!

"Old Shay, the reason why I can still sit here and talk to you calmly about this matter means that I am still willing to regard you as a friend!"

"My East African oilfield worth tens of billions of assets was replaced by you with a railway that can only earn a few million a year."

"Now I'm going to knock Disney down, and you're here to tell me to stop."

"Is America yours? Am I your little brother?"

"If you continue to talk about this topic, why not ask you to leave."

Tao Xi pretended to be angry while calling Jin Xizhen at the door to come in and send Old Shay away.

Old Shay looked at Tao Xi on the opposite side with an uncertain expression.

He knew about the matter between Disney and MGM, but no one could accept the fact that Disney was defeated by Tao Xi. Disney had existed for too long, and the interests involved were too deep.

So deep that even Old Shay, the real controller of Wells Fargo, doesn't know who their funds have invested capital in.

And Tao Xi sitting opposite him is not an honest person either!
The North American Locksmiths Union has admitted nearly 80 veterans in just one month, and even the leader of the Democratic Party is discussing whether it is necessary to absorb Tao Xi, the union president, into the Democratic Party .

After all, at this juncture, not everyone has the courage to spend nearly 1 million US dollars in medical subsidies every month to those big soldiers to win people's hearts.

"Tausy!"

"It's really hard for me to do."

"What if you bought Disney?"

"You're now ahead of almost 80 percent of the population in America."

"Many things you want can be realized, even if you don't look at their face, you just look at mine."

"And I heard that you are going to Switzerland to acquire a company, and then I can let them cut the flesh!"

Tao Xi was already dying of joy in his heart.

But Tao Xi still had to put on a look of "I've been wronged, I'm very angry" and kept complaining to Old Shay.

Because Tao Xi really has no money in his pocket.

The hospital is really making money, but the hospital is really costing money, so Tao Xi has to restrict these veterans, because the damn Veterans Administration really doesn't do anything.

Soldiers eat and drink when they use them, but when they don't use them, they prescribe a lot of prescription drugs for them.

Thomas, who has retired from the army, even said privately to many union members, "The union is not easy, and we can't make the most of it. We must regard the union as a place where we can retire and let him earn more money."

This is the current situation in the welfare hospital under the North American Locksmiths Union.

This group of trade union members will unconsciously undergo surgery in the welfare hospital or enjoy various medical facilities for treatment. After their surgery last night, they will go to the Veterans Administration to apply for medicine.

What followed was an increase in personnel costs, while drug expenditures were much less.

"Okay, Tao Xi, I see."

"What else do you need, I will try my best to let those old guys help you."

Tao Xi's operation of complaining to Old Shay finally made Old Shay realize his true intention: "Government subsidies, veterans subsidize my hospital, I bear part of the expenses, and the government bears part."

"How much is your hospital spending each month now?"

Tao Xi directly handed a document to Old Shay: "A month is 2 million US dollars!"

"Oh! Fxxk! You asked the Ministry of Finance to subsidize a private hospital with 1 million U.S. dollars every month. Are you drinking too much?"

Old Shay condemned Tao Xi with a dejected expression, but Tao Xi on the opposite side replied with a relaxed expression: "This is a deal, I make an offer, and you bargain!"

"shit!"

"I'm just a middleman. As for how you talk about it later, how much they are willing to pay has nothing to do with me."

"And Veteran's subsidy is out of the question! It's Medicaid!"

Tao Xi smiled and made an "OK" gesture. Seeing Tao Xi's smiling face, Old Shay wanted to smash the document in his hand on Tao Xi's head.

"Taucy, are you a dog?"

"No, no, old Shay, I'm just a businessman like you!"

Tao Xi couldn't help laughing when he saw the back of Old Shay leaving angrily: "Tsk tsk tsk, why bother if everyone is an actor, if your medical subsidy can reimburse me 20%, I will be very happy."

When Jin Xizhen saw the old Shay who was cursing and leaving at the door, he couldn't help asking: "Are you sure nothing happened?"

"I heard the new Police Story is starting?"

"Correct!"

"Walk, walk, take me to see."

(End of this chapter)