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Back on top? No, I've always been at the top of Hollywood!

Stallone breathed out through his nostrils and said pretentiously to the reporters who came to interview him.

The old guy has always shown a tough stance to the outside world and has never shown weakness. And this time, as he dominates the Thanksgiving season, using a small budget of 30 million to produce a film that grossed over 100 million in box office in 10 days, he is naturally confident and has gained even more prestige externally.

However, reporters have actually long been accustomed to his attitude. Now that he has won two consecutive weekly box office awards, his works have been wildly successful, and his popularity is high, reporters are willing to report on whatever he has to say.

With the success of Black Hole Frequency, although most of the limelight was stolen by Stallone, the behind-the-scenes directors including Hugh Jackman, Gretchen and Wu Yuchen were also mentioned by the media.

And compared to the actors in front of the stage, professionals in the Hollywood industry actually pay more attention to the director and screenwriter Wu Yuchen.

Now Wu Yuchen's information has been put on the table for discussion by the Eighth Congress and various film producers.

I believe everyone knows what Stallone is like after 20 years. As for the producer Jeff, it is understood that he does not have such a high say in this project. Therefore, the creative core of the project is actually this young man who has just entered Hollywood. New director, Wu Yuchen!

He writes and directs himself, and he is able to handle the old guy Stallone in the crew. He perfectly integrates science fiction, family love, suspense, action, special effects and other elements. This new director has two skills!

Yes, I have seen his last work Run Lola Run. It was a work that won with creativity. But this Black Hole Frequency is different. It is a typical Hollywood commercial production, and the routines are used very skillfully. , not like a Hollywood newcomer at all.

In fact, compared to directors who succeed with creativity, the Eighth Congress prefers directors who can skillfully use mainstream commercial routines to achieve success. Because creativity will disappear once or twice, and then it may disappear from everyone. And if you can use commercial routines, you can have three or five movies if you have one, and there won't be any trouble for you.

For a director like Wu Yuchen who is both creative and talented, and can also skillfully use commercial routines, that's amazing. The representative of this kind of character is Spielberg, and it is possible for him to achieve great achievements in Hollywood!

Contact him to see if he has any other projects, and cooperate as much as possible if conditions permit.

Anyone who can gain a foothold in Hollywood is not a fool, and many manufacturers have made this decision.

Among them, the one I regret the most is Fox Searchlight.

I have long said that Wu is very talented and we should give him a chance! Frank was complaining to his colleagues at this time.

You must know that Fox Searchlight was the first two Hollywood companies to come into contact with Wu Yuchen, and even reached a cooperation with him and bought the copyright and adaptation rights of The Night the Comet Came.

As early as last year, Frank wanted to buy the script after seeing Wu Yuchen's script, but unfortunately the negotiation failed. Then he followed Wu Yuchen's Run Lola Run and entered Hollywood, but missed two good works in a row. And now...

The colleague next to him shrugged: Okay, Frank, this kind of thing happens all the time in Hollywood. Don't be troubled by regrets. We should look forward~

Frank still patted his thigh and said it lightly. This didn't happen to you. This was a successful project in which 30 million yuan was exchanged for over 100 million yuan in 10 days!

Then Frank began to curse again in his heart. It was all thanks to Cameron, the truck driver, that the filming of Titanic drained 20th Century Fox's liquidity. As a result, they had to live a tight life for the past two years, otherwise they could not Are you looking at good projects but unable to compete with Sony Columbia?

Frank calmed down. He wanted to contact Wu Yuchen quickly and try his best to get the opportunity to cooperate with him next time.

The happiest person is naturally Sony Colombia, which has received huge returns.

Stanton, you really made a very right decision this time!

Stanton, the senior executive who advocated the Black Hole Frequency project, also laughed and was very happy when he heard this.

The total investment in Black Hole Frequency is only 50 million, and now the North American box office has exceeded 100 million in just 10 days. According to this good reputation, with a long-term screening, the total box office in North America may be another 30 to 40 million. Woolen cloth?

And this is just the North American box office. Stallone is a well-known star all over the world. Once a movie has a good reputation, the audience will definitely be willing to watch his new movie, and the overseas box office will definitely be the same.

Coupled with the income from video tapes, discs and various peripherals, this project alone can make the company a net profit of 150-200 million. This naturally made Sony Colombia laugh!

Overseas promotion can already be started. By the way, Director Wu can continue to cooperate with him, and his salary will be increased to 5 million for the next film.

Stanton smiled after hearing this, and then said: I heard below that he is preparing a new project by himself and wants to produce it independently.

Others were not too surprised when they heard this: Independent production? Is it for project autonomy?

These directors are always like this. After achieving a certain level of success, they want to break through the limitations and do whatever they want.

After all, I came from the Berlin Film Festival, and I am still so young. I always want to pursue something artistic.

In the eyes of these senior executives, although a new Hollywood director like Wu Yuchen has succeeded once and is very talented, if he is separated from the company's control and risk assessment and allows his own artistic talents to shoot, it is likely to be another A niche literary film.

Stanton smiled: I'm still very optimistic about Wu. I'll ask someone to contact him and give him enough say to see if he is willing to cooperate with us on this work.

Others nodded when they heard this. After all, they had made so much money this time, so they were still very tolerant at this time.

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It was already very cold in the capital in December, and pedestrians on the road were passing by in a hurry, making the newsstand's business much quieter than before.

However, no matter how cold the weather is, it can't stop some regulars from reading newspapers and buying magazines. Liu Bin braked on his bicycle and said: Boss, get this Film Weekly.

When the newsstand owner saw that he was a regular customer, he immediately smiled and said: This issue is definitely worth buying, big news!

Liu Bin was curious and didn't ask. After taking the new issue of Film Weekly from his boss, he looked at the cover and saw that half of it was Wu Yuchen's photo. As a well-known domestic director, of course he knew him, and the other half It was Stallone, an international superstar he had known about ten years ago.

These domestic media have just received the news, but there are no photos or posters of Black Hole Frequency, so the cover of the magazine still shows Stallone's powerful appearance holding a machine gun in First Blood.

Then the title reads:

The great director John Woo leads Stallone to attack the city!

——Black Hole Frequency box office exceeded 100 million in 10 days and conquered the United States!

In 10 days, North America exceeded 100 million? !

Liu Bin quickly rubbed his eyes to make sure he hadn't read the name. It was Wu Yuchen, not Wu Yusen. It's not wrong. Even if the name is wrong, can the photo still be printed wrong?

But Liu Bin is still a little unbelievable. After all, the impression that Hollywood and American blockbusters are invincible has slowly penetrated into the hearts of Chinese movie fans.

In this era of worshiping foreigners and foreigners, the United States, the world's largest country and a global beacon, is synonymous with invincibility and is the place that the whole world yearns for.

A few months ago, when Wu Baige's Face Changing exceeded 100 million in box office in North America and became a huge success, he was directly named the number one Chinese director by the media!

Chen Kaige is regarded by the domestic media as the number one director in China, which is obviously limited to China, while Wu Baige is the number one director in China!

It can be seen that conquering the United States is such a glorious thing in the hearts of the Chinese people.

And now, Wu Yuchen, his own director, has exceeded 100 million at the North American box office!

Liu Bin couldn't help but hurriedly confirmed to his boss again: Is this true?!

The boss immediately took out two more newspapers: It's true, look at this China Film News and it's also the headline!

Liu Bin immediately grabbed the newspaper, and sure enough, the headline was the same: Great director Wu Yuchen has won the box office for two consecutive weeks, and Black Hole Frequency has exceeded 100 million in ten days to dominate the United States!

After Liu Bin confirmed this fact, he felt overjoyed and excited: Boss, if there are any newspapers reporting on this matter, please give me a copy!

Conquering the United States and dominating the United States, this is their own director from the mainland! He felt proud just thinking about it, and a sense of pride arose spontaneously, and he kept repeating words like awesome and awesome in his heart.

Liu Bin took the newspapers and magazines he bought and pedaled his bicycle hard towards his work. He couldn't wait to share this exciting news with his colleagues as soon as possible!

On the set of My Fair Princess, Jiang Qinqin had just crawled out of bed and was about to wash her face and brush her teeth when she heard a voice calling her from far away:

Sister Qinqin, sister Qinqin! Something big happened!

Jiang Qinqin turned around and saw Fan Bingbing, who was playing the role of her maid Jin Suo, running up to her happily wrapped in a cotton-padded jacket.

Jiang Qinqin immediately asked: What happened?

Big, great thing! It's Director Wu. Director Wu's box office in the United States has exceeded 100 million!

Fan Bingbing gasped and spread out a newspaper. Jiang Qinqin immediately put her head over it. After seeing the title, she was also extremely surprised. She took out her mobile phone and wanted to call Wu Yuchen.

Unfortunately, after dialing out, she remembered that she did not have international long-distance service, so she could only wait for Wu Yuchen to call her back. Even so, she held the newspaper in her hand and read it over and over, with a joyful smile on her face.

Beside him, Fan Bingbing kept boasting with stars twinkling in his eyes:

Sister Qinqin, Director Wu is so awesome that even the United States was conquered by him! Only a beauty like you, Sister Qinqin, can be worthy of Director Wu~

Jiang Qinqin reached out and gently wiped Fan Bingbing's face: My little mouth is like honey, you are the only one who can speak~

Sister Qinqin, everything I said is true! Fan Bingbing hugged Jiang Qinqin's arm. At this time, Fan Bingbing, who has not yet grown up, looks very cute, and she really looks like a little maid.

Not just them, this news has spread throughout China through newspapers and periodicals.

Tsk, tsk, tsk! This Wu Yuchen has really brought glory to us. Even Stallone has to listen to his command!

Director Wu surpassed Jurassic Park 2 in China before, so I said he was awesome and wiped out the foreign devils. Now Director Wu is still awesome in the United States!

Brother, who do you think is better, Director Wu or Stallone?

Of course Director Wu is great. He is the biggest director in the crew! The relationship between him and Stallone is that of a commander and a general. Whatever he asks Stallone to do, Stallone has to do it!

People here in China don’t know about the producer-centered system in Hollywood. In their opinion, the biggest director in the crew is Wu Yuchen. Isn’t it just like what the news said, that he led Stallone to attack the city?

Wu Yuchen's phone calls were basically non-stop. He asked his manager Carl to write down all the contacts from the United States. If they were not important, he would reply directly on his behalf. If they were important, he would call back himself.

But there were quite a few people from China contacting him. He just hung up the call from Beijing Cinema Director Hou Keming, and then received another call from Han Sanping:

Director Han, thank you! It's not a big deal. I'll think about it and talk about it when we get back. Okay, let's get together when we get back.

He had just finished answering the phone when Karl came over: Wu, Sony Colombia is contacting you.

Wu Yuchen's heart moved. He still had to pay attention to the call from the Eighth National Congress. After another round of communication, he let out a long breath.

He just temporarily rejected Sony Columbia's cooperation invitation. Not only them, but other companies responded in the same way.

He would not be willing to take the path of independent production unless he tried it himself. In fact, it is not just a matter of the right to speak, but also of benefits.

Like Black Hole Frequency, he also knew that if he left Sony Columbia, the project would probably not be as successful. But after a project, Sony earns 200 million, Stallone can earn more than 20,000, and he only earns 2 million.

It’s okay to be like this when you first enter Hollywood. It’s impossible for everyone to work like this. As for the Sniper Phone Booth project, even if he does it himself, he is confident that he will earn more than 10 million no matter what.

However, if you make more money than you earn, there is still a key figure. Let’s see if we can get him to join the team.

Now Wu Yuchen has achieved a record of over 100 million in Black Hole Frequency. Carrying this prestigious reputation has also added a lot of confidence to his journey of deception...ahem, persuasion.

The joys and sorrows of people are not connected with each other. Black Hole Frequency has a lot of good news, and the relevant personnel are celebrating, while some people are anxious.

Leonardo watched the agent walk in and immediately asked: How is it?

The agent shook his head helplessly: Now the entire Hollywood has put us on the silent list and will not contact us.

Leonardo took two steps back and forth and cursed: Damn it!

He now regrets taking on the movie Titanic.

Leonardo's stardom was actually very smooth. He made his TV debut at the age of 5, followed by a series of commercial shoots. He started acting in TV series at the age of 15, and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 19.

He just celebrated his 23rd birthday last month, but his salary has already reached 3.5 million. Among the male actors of the same period, he is basically ranked at the top.

But now all this has brought great uncertainty because of participating in Titanic.

Half a year ago, everything was actually normal. He joined the cast of The Man in the Iron Mask with a salary of 3.5 million to participate in the filming. But after three months of filming and returning to Hollywood, everything changed.

Most of the crews he auditioned for rejected him. For example, a month ago, when he auditioned for the movie Ride with the Devil, director Li An rejected him and chose Tobey Maguire. .

In name, it was of course saying that his audition was not good and he was not suitable, but in fact, DiCaprio knew that this was all because Titanic was about to be released.

Now the reputation of Titanic in Hollywood is not good. It is said that the entire Fox is about to be brought down by this project. Everyone in Hollywood thinks that Fox is crazy, as if he is a red-eyed gambler, and he keeps adding more money. chips.

Everyone was waiting to see the jokes in Titanic, and as the leading actor, he was naturally put on the no-contact list by various crews.

Now all the pressure is on Titanic, and DiCaprio is also suffering from anxiety.

We shouldn't have signed this contract then, and you shouldn't have persuaded me in the first place! DiCaprio complained endlessly to his agent.

Leon, before joining the team, who would have thought that Cameron would do this?! It was originally just a 100 million yuan production, but now it has been increased to 250 million yuan!

The agent said that he could not take the blame and blamed Cameron as the truck driver.

How much is the total investment in Future Water World? Xiao Lizi suddenly asked.

The manager opened his mouth. He originally wanted to persuade Xiao Lizi not to think too much, but he knew that it would be useless, so he could only say truthfully:

The filming cost is 175 million, plus publicity and distribution expenses, the total investment is about 250 million.

DiCaprio couldn't help but patted his head after hearing this. Waterworld was a huge money-loser in 1995, but the total investment was only 250 million, while the filming cost of Titanic alone was 250 million. Including promotion costs, the global box office would have to cost 800-100 million yuan to make back the money?

The global box office champion Independence Day in 1996 had a box office of 817 million, the number one Die Hard 3 in 1995 only had a box office of 360 million, and Cameron's highest box office Terminator 2 only had a box office of 360 million. 520 million, how can there be so much box office to pay him back?

When DiCaprio thought of this, he couldn't help but cursed Cameron, the damn truck driver, and the tyrant on the set!

He was originally the number one star in the same period, and his future was bright even if he didn't take on Titanic. But now he has been forced to take a huge risk by Cameron!