Chapter 1,296 Accident

The autumn frost covers every fruit, the clear sky is like blue embroidery against the white clouds, the fallen leaves bury all the sadness, and the poetry is like the passion of youth, the clouds reach up to nine days.

Cohen was a little dumbfounded. He was so cunning. He was really cunning. He had been in the entertainment industry for only a year or two, and he was considered an old man in the industry. However, he still didn't expect this at a time like this. Why did things become like this?

Will this friendship boat capsize?

Universal's movie didn't play its own part, so it pulled out Ye Ming, and also involved James, the future heir of the Murdoch family. This is definitely a cheating result, but if you think about it carefully, such a result is indeed very clever.

At this moment, Cohen said helplessly: "This matter seems to be simple as I thought. Some things are more complicated than I thought. Let me tell you, why did a Chinese like Ye Ming come to this matter?" Performance, it turns out that I have taken a fancy to the resources of Brilliant Film and Television."

As long as you have resources, you can make a lot of friends and connections. No matter how many of these friends are sincere, or whether they are fair-weather friends, no matter what they are, in this situation, One of the above questions is that if you don’t have resources, it will definitely be difficult to make friends.

Ye Ming is this kind of person with resources. Alexander nodded and said: "Huihui.com, no one can despise a website like this now. Do you know how much it costs to promote a movie on Huihui.com to give you a front-page advertisement? Anyway, even the package price is Not cheap.

Therefore, now that we are directly cooperating with Ye Ming, it will be easier to promote on Huihuang.com in the future.

And because of James' relationship, Murdoch has its own theater chain, so our movies will definitely have an advantage in scheduling.

Therefore, under such a situation, it is the most effective way for us to cooperate with Ye Ming.

At this time, Universal's senior management was also very smart in their calculations. There is naturally a reason to look for Ye Ming.

I'm afraid that you will look down on Ye Ming because he is a second-tier actor, so I want to say hello to you in advance. Ye Ming is not treated like a normal actor. "

There are no permanent friends, and there are no permanent enemies, there are just eternal interests. In fact, it is the same in Hollywood. Although the eight major film companies have competitive relationships, for example, Universal will generally not play with Fox. , but this does not mean that there is absolutely no fun. If there are enough interests involved, then cooperation is inevitable in such a matter. For example, what happened to Ye Ming this time.

This is a very good example. On such an issue, no matter how it is said, they are just mutually beneficial.

Cooperation seems very normal, and this is not the first time, nor will it be the last time something like this happens in Hollywood.

Cohen immediately said: "Don't worry, I'm not the first thousand people to make a movie. In the entertainment industry, I have to find who I can mess with and who I can't mess with. This guy Ye Ming hasn't made a movie with top stars, but in Hollywood His influence is not bad. I will not underestimate him. There is a saying in China that if you have money, you can let the devil make cakes. I think this is very philosophical.

To despise someone who is richer than me is out of my mind. "

What Cohen said is not wrong at all. If an actor has little money and goes to Hollywood just to make money, then as a director, Cohen may criticize the actor and despise him. This may be nothing. Don’t do it in Hollywood. There are not many, but there are many actors.

However, if the actor is very rich, and he does not act just to make money, he has money that he will never spend all in his lifetime, and he acts just for his own hobbies, then such an actor is not You can offend anyone casually.

If Cohen can be a director in Hollywood, he is definitely a person with very useful IQ and EQ.

And that is to say, when it comes to such an issue, no matter what it is, at such a time, Ye Ming's background does play a big role.

Alexander nodded with satisfaction and said: "I am very happy that you can think like this. This time, in fact, our main goal is not to make money. As long as we maintain capital, it is considered a victory. Do you know why I came to you?"

Yes, there are so many directors in Hollywood, but not many are looking for Cohen. Cohen's achievements in commercial films are not very outstanding. At this moment, Alexander's question made Cohen a little speechless. How would he answer such a thing? Besides, Cohen really didn't know.

Cohen shook his head and said, "If it's to make money, I can't figure out why you are looking for me?"

He really can't figure it out. In fact, he has been thinking about it until now. Why did he come to this matter? There are not just one or two directors in Hollywood who are good at this kind of film. There are many genre film directors who are better than him. .

Alexander nodded and said: "Actually, what the test tells you is that in a matter like this, what we require is not necessarily making money, as I just said.

In fact, what we want is to protect the capital. Making money is the best. But if it is possible to make money on such a problem, that is the best. But if it is not possible to make money, capital preservation is an acceptable result. I came to you because your performance has always been very stable. Although it is not that there are any big movie classics, it is impossible to find the kind that loses money miserably.

Stability is one of your greatest characteristics, and this is also an important reason why Universal came to you this time. After all, when it comes to a problem like this, the worst result we seek is to maintain capital. Of course, if the box office says it can make money, that would be the best. But if it’s not for making money, then there’s no problem. Do you understand? "

Universal is actually laundering money this time. Therefore, how the box office is handled at this time is really not that important. As long as the money can be laundered legally, the result is basically not a big problem.

Of course, regarding such an issue, producer Alexander felt that it would be very reasonable to communicate with his director for the filming of the movie.

Now Cohen also knows the inside story of such a matter. Therefore, Alexander feels that Cohen himself should be very clear about such a matter. If his crew can unify their thoughts, this is the most important thing. Alexander didn't want the crew to start, but his crew actually said that they were in trouble.

While talking, George had already rushed over with Ye Ming. The first thing George did after coming in was to introduce these two people to Ye Ming: "Mr. Ye, this is Mr. Alexander, the producer of Universal. We came here specifically to find you, Mr. Ye. It was Alexander who insisted on coming to you in person to sign the contract. And this person is Mr. Rob Cohen, the director of this movie [Fast and Furious]."

Rob Cohen is a bald man who seems to be a very kind-hearted person. At least there is no discrimination against yellow people from the expression. But this time George rushed over and introduced the two to Ye Ming immediately, that is to say, because Ye Ming's status among the four people was very high. Naturally, I had to introduce the two of them to Ye Ming first.

Ye Ming nodded and immediately went over to shake hands with them. Anyway, no matter how you look at it, these two people are relatively well-intentioned. They come all the way from Hollywood, and they seem to be very polite. Naturally, Ye Ming is not easy to get rid of when it comes to such a problem. Losing face. Alexander and Ye Ming had met at the film festival before, but it was just a nodding acquaintance.

But no matter how it is said, now it is discovered that the two of them have participated in activities together, this is a very good start.

Alexander said very politely: "Mr. Ye Ming, I didn't expect to see you in such a situation. Last time we saw each other, I admired your acting skills very much, Mr. Ye. This time it will be I came here specifically to see you, Mr. Ye.”

Whether it was intentional or not, and how sincere it was, Ye Ming didn't really care about this.

Therefore, in such a situation, Ye Ming immediately said with a smile: "Mr. Alexander, you are so polite. This time I heard that I can cooperate with Universal, so I felt very excited. Speaking of which, this is my It’s my first time playing a leading role in a Hollywood movie, and I hope this is the beginning of a good collaboration between us.”

In such a matter, Ye Ming actually showed great sincerity.

Regarding such a question, Cohen also said very politely: "Mr. Ye, I am very honored to be able to work with you. I hope everyone will work together to shoot this movie."

Naturally, the director was very polite when he saw this. Ye Ming had no intention of being a big name, and according to his reputation in Hollywood, a supporting role in a first-tier movie or a protagonist in a second-tier movie might be enough. Therefore, he also said: "Director Cohen, I am also very interested in working with you. I hope you can give me more advice."

After everyone said hello, Alexander took out the contract and said: "Since Mr. Ye is here, I am not polite. Mr. George, I think I have told you what such a thing is like.

Now let me formally seek your personal opinion. "

In fact, a preliminary intention has been reached on a matter like this. Next, if there are no surprises, then at this time, in fact, if everyone looks at the contract and signs it, it will almost be completed. It was a one time thing.

Ye Ming nodded and said: "George has already communicated with me. If we follow the conditions George said, I think there will be no big problem."

Alexander also nodded immediately and said: "Very good, we have the basis for cooperation, but now we have some problems here. Universal cannot solely invest in this project. It is not that Universal does not have this ability, but because For some special reasons, Universal cannot be a sole proprietorship by itself, so we need to introduce some partners. During our inspection, we found that Mr. Ye Ming, you should be very interested in such a thing. of."

Ye Ming is indeed very interested in investing in movies. In fact, no one knew about this, so Alexander was able to come directly to the door. This time it’s about attracting investments, which is different from what we said before. In the past, Alexander and George were talking about co-making a movie, and they were talking about the actor's contract.

But this time it’s re-incorporated into something like co-financing and making a movie. This caught Ye Ming and George off guard. Especially George, he never thought that Alexander would dare to do something like this.

Therefore, seeing George's performance at this moment, he seemed not to be very happy. This is a very bad surprise in Western people's concept of doing things.

Westerners basically have one thing and another, and even the professions of agents and managers are very clear.

Therefore, when it comes to an issue like this, George and Alexander were talking about the actor's contract at first, and what they came up with at this time was actually an investment contract. This is not very kind.

Alexander seemed to be saying that he could tell that George's expression was very unhappy when something like this happened. In this regard, he immediately said: "George, I'm very sorry. In fact, the issue of investment this time is It was just decided by the headquarters, and the contract was just passed over. Therefore, it’s not that I won’t tell you, but it’s just that the headquarters has just finalized this matter.”

Such an explanation would make it difficult for George to say anything. After all, it’s not that Alexander didn’t say anything, but that there was no decision at the headquarters, and Alexander naturally didn’t dare to talk nonsense. Moreover, on such an issue, Alexander's qualifications are older than his own. He can explain it like this, which is already a great deal of face. (To be continued)