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Chapter 161 Director Lynch
Money can turn the devil around.

Netflix Entertainment's funds are still relatively abundant, and the preparations for "The Walking Dead" are progressing smoothly.

David Lynch, who has won the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival, is the chief director of the whole play.

This director has filmed the sci-fi action movie "Dune" and also directed and acted in the crime suspense TV series "Shuangfeng".

Because he is 62 years old, David Lynch has long lost the attention of Hollywood patrons, and now he can only make short films with little influence.

As the first drama of Netflix Entertainment.

Compared to finding some young directors, Su Rui felt it was better to be safe.

Veterans like David Lynch play more stably, and their works are real and delicate, which is easy to produce a sense of substitution.

The most important thing is that such an old director is used to seeing big winds and waves, unlike many ambitious middle-aged people who are easily seduced and fall into a trap.

Considering that the replacement of the general director may have a serious negative impact on the entire "Walking Dead" series.

Su Rui has no doubt that those giants of film and television media dare to pry the wall and hollow out their team.

Therefore, no matter in terms of actors or production team, for some key positions, Su Rui mostly uses very capable but almost outdated candidates.

They have succeeded and they have failed.

Compared with some guys with high hearts, he understands the reason why opportunities are hard-won, and will not choose to change jobs easily.

of course.

Compared with gambling people's hearts, Su Rui is more willing to believe in huge liquidated damages.

For example, director David Lynch, if the first "The Walking Dead" is successful, he will shoot another three seasons, and the salary increase for each season is set at 12%. If he chooses to leave, the "breakup fee" will be very high...

The day before Thanksgiving.

In the office of Netflix's film and television production department, Su Ruigang had a meeting with David Lynch and others, and the filming time was set on December [-]st.

After the meeting, director David Lynch smoked a cigar with Suri, telling:

"The first season plans to shoot 20 episodes, with a total budget of 4000 million US dollars, and the average production cost of each episode is 200 million US dollars. If you use less special effects, it should be more generous. The main reason is that group performances, makeup, and venue layout are too expensive. Especially for some big scenes, hundreds of ensemble performers are needed, and several streets are cleared."

Suri, smoking a cigar, replied:

"Saving where should be saved, special effects are also very important, such as some shocking shots, showing the desolation of the city, and the scene of the army trying to control the spread of the crisis and blowing up the city at the beginning of the crisis, etc. The audience of "The Walking Dead" mainly For these young people, it is very important to create a doomsday background, which is conducive to the audience’s participation. If it is not enough, I can add another budget, but it is best not to use it.”

Director David Lynch hasn't fully figured out Su Rui's temper, and the two sides are in the running-in stage.

After listening to Min Min, he found that Su Rui belonged to the type of funder who valued the quality of film and television dramas more than expenses, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, it is a big production. If he is too stingy in terms of expenses, he is really not sure to make this drama well, and the final product will easily be petty.

Open the window to ventilate the smell, Director Lynch continued:
"Miss Daddario's salary is 10 US dollars per episode, Ashton Kutcher is also willing to lower his own value, and starred in 15 US dollars per episode, and the other actors together, the total salary is about 15 U.S. dollars, equal to 20% of the production budget in terms of remuneration. I plan to spend another 20% as special effects costs, a total of about 400 million U.S. dollars to depict the world under the doomsday, so that when shooting the second season, it will be It will be much easier."

Suri said after listening:

"You have more experience than me. I don't intend to interfere with your work. The studio where the script is created is in Hawaii. I will arrange for the screenwriter to follow the crew and communicate with you. When the filming starts, add a little bit of human reflection, but doomsday The next priority is survival, and you must not make the audience hate you just to be a good person."

Director Lynch replied:
"Of course, the apocalypse lacks order. Being a good person can easily kill your companions. I think we should be more wary of living people than zombies."

Su Rui arranged the scriptwriting studio on Lanai Island in order to firmly control the direction of the plot.

Although he doesn't know how to make TV dramas or write scripts, it's not difficult to tell a good story from a bad one.

Until now, the screenwriter team of "The Walking Dead" still conceived the branch line of each episode in advance, and sent an email to Su Rui to make a choice before they actually started writing.

since this time.

Su Rui wandered around, and the screenwriters had already created six episodes, enough to shoot until February next year.

American dramas often like to write while shooting, and make decisions based on the ratings.

And Su Rui is very confident in the theme of "The Walking Dead", just as the screenwriters are idle, so he plans to write as much as he can before Christmas, so that Director Lynch can control the follow-up plot.

……

Hoshino Yuko has not been working recently.

I was shopping in a nearby mall, waiting for Su Rui to end the meeting.

She had never been to Los Angeles before, but this time she visited a lot of scenic spots as a tourist, and felt that the local area was more interesting than Hawaii.

When meeting Suri.

Yuko Hoshino was trying on clothes in Dior's store and told:
"Are all Los Angeles men's strike-up skills so old-fashioned? Just now there was a sloppy white man who said he was a talent scout and asked for my contact information."

Suri had already walked the red carpet with her at the surprise party after the Victoria's Secret show.

When I first arrived in Miami, I was in the same car with Daddario and was photographed by the media, so I am not worried about being seen when I appear in public.

Suri laughed and said:

"You know their strike-up skills are old-fashioned, and they themselves know the same, but countless girls come to Hollywood, dreaming of suddenly becoming a star, there will always be stupid women who will be fooled. Even if they succeed once or twice out of ten, these bad boys There will also be a lot of good luck, there are too many scammers on the street."

Hoshino Yuko continued: "Are there really many women who are stupid enough to be fooled?"

"Don't overestimate the IQ of many people. Some stupid girls even think that going to New Mexico is going abroad. What else can I say?"

"Damn it, do I look so stupid that I'm being treated as a silly girl who is easy to attack?"

Yuko Hoshino was arranging her clothes. She was wearing a floral dress with a price tag of more than 3000 US dollars.

The price is relatively cheap.

The starting price of Dior's haute couture dresses is [-] euros, while the entry price of Chanel's haute couture dresses is as high as [-] euros.

Every time they walk on the red carpet, the actresses compete not only for financial resources, but also for personal connections and power.

With a smile on his face, Su Rui replied:

"Maybe it's really a scout? But if you want to act, just come to me directly. I can customize a cool role for you, such as female agent, female researcher and so on."

Before switching, Hoshino Yuko would most likely choose to refuse.

However, this trip to Miami made her experience the taste of being underestimated. The media and celebrities didn't know her, and there was no news about Victoria's Secret's draft.

therefore.

Hoshino Yuko said:
"Okay, it's better to have a role where I'm Daddario's counterpart and punch her like a panda eye."

How could Su Rui dare to take the blame, and forcibly changed the subject and said:

"What clothes are you looking at? Swipe my card today. The sales of the album have exceeded 200 million copies. Let me take you to celebrate..."

(End of this chapter)