At the request of "second entertainment", John Woo soon flew directly from Los Angeles to Shanghai. No way, Lin Feng personally invited, although he did not want to shoot "infinite terror", but he still wanted to come. Who invited Lin Feng. It's hard for anyone in the world to refuse Lin Feng's invitation. In particular, John Woo is also curious about what Lin Feng is going to use to convince himself.
John Woo met Lin Feng in Shanghai. Of course, for every new visitor, Lin Feng will introduce them to visit his "light of the century" building.
"Mr. Lin, I have always had a wish to make your miracles into a biographical film. Unfortunately, I'm not good at it. So, there's nothing I can do but to be a pity. " John Woo stands on the top floor of the "light of the century" and overlooks the whole of Shanghai from the top of the statue of Lin Feng.
This is both an exclamation and a refusal.
Lin Feng laughs.
"Wu Dao, although you are not good at making biographical movies, you are good at making action movies in the style of John Woo. And my infinite horror, I think, suits you very well Lin Feng smiles and takes out a new adapted script.
John Woo didn't get it.
"Mr. Lin, it's not that I don't want to shoot. It's that this infinite horror is really beyond my ability. " John Woo does not hide his limited ability. In fact, as far as John Woo is concerned, there is no director in the world who can completely master infinite terror. There are too many elements, too many, infinite scenes, and infinite elements of science fiction, magic, terror, and Doomsday in this movie. All kinds of elements are interspersed in it. It needs a versatile director, and John Woo is not a versatile director.
It is not because of his talent, but because of his self-knowledge that he has come to this position and become the only Chinese director on the Hollywood Walk of fame. It is because of this self-knowledge that he can succeed.
Lin Feng wanted him to make a film that was obviously beyond his ability, but he couldn't. Even if you shoot in front of you, you will fail in the end.
"Director Wu, this movie" infinite terror "has 45 minutes per episode, not counting the actor's salary, with an investment of 75 million US dollars. I'll give you $100 million for each episode if you're willing to take it! " Lin Feng said.
Hiss! John Woo takes a cool breath. That's a huge investment. This is not a general investment, but a super investment. 45 minutes is US $100 million. Now a Hollywood blockbuster usually takes about 120 minutes, that is, three more than 45 minutes. In other words, a Hollywood blockbuster costs US $300 million. And it's not counting the $300 million that actors make. This is horrible.
But John Woo shook his head.
"Mr. Lin, it's not that I don't want to make big movies, but that I'm not competent enough!" John Woo refused.
Lin Feng smiles.
"Why?" Lin fengxiao said.
"Er, Mr. Lin, to tell you the truth, I'm an action film director, and I'm good at action films, but this" infinite terror "also involves a lot of martial arts actions, which I'm really not good at..." John Woo had to give the first reason why he didn't want to shoot. Lin Feng is so sincere. He must give Lin Feng an explanation.
"Oh, it's simple. I'll ask yuan Heping to help you shoot the martial arts scenes! " Lin Feng snapped his fingers.
Yuan Heping, the most famous action director and famous director in Hong Kong. He went to help John Woo, and there was really no problem with the fighting scenes.
John Woo frowned.
"But there are also many famous movie scenes. It's not only a kind of destruction for me to shoot, but also I don't have the confidence to completely restore the flavor of the original work. I've read infinite terror carefully. To be honest, if I can't restore the flavor of the original work, I'm a failure! " John Woo gave a second reason.
"It's easy!" Lin Feng laughed and pointed again, "in every scene, I will ask the director of the original scene to help you. In addition, I, Lin Feng, can guarantee that I will let all the original movie characters appear in the script Lin Feng promised.
This... John Woo suddenly feels a lot of pressure. Lin Feng can give himself this kind of commitment, which shows that Lin Feng is determined to shoot "infinite terror". However, John Woo has another reason to refuse.
"I can't guarantee that your investment will recover the cost and may lose money." John Woo said helplessly.
This investment is too big, and the whole scene is too game oriented. Can we really make money? John Woo has been thinking about this. In his view, the audience may not buy it. In particular, the protagonists are mainly Chinese. In the west, the box office of films dominated by Chinese people will not be very good. It would be very nice to have $10 million or $20 million. In China, how high can the box office be? Especially, it's a 45 minute episode. Damn it, it's a show. That's what will be on TV. How much can a TV station buy? John Woo is very hopeless.
In case of shooting half, the loss is severe, how to do not shoot? John Woo didn't want to take a half shot, but finally left. In that case, he would rather not shoot.
"Ha ha, director Wu, you don't want to worry about the cost. I don't ask for cost recovery. As for the funds, you can rest assured that as long as you take over the shooting, I will give you 10 episodes of funds immediately, that is $1 billion! As long as you shoot, I'll pay you right away! " Lin Feng took out the checkbook and wrote a check for $1 billion on it.
As long as John Woo nods and signs the contract, this check will be the funding for John Woo's infinite terror.
John Woo clenched his fists. He came here today to refuse Lin Feng, but unexpectedly, he was convinced by Lin Feng. Yes, he was convinced. Lin Feng is so sincere. Can he stop shooting? What's more, if yuan Heping and the original director of each film were invited, he would be more confident. He didn't believe that he would fail. Of course, in terms of the final investment income, he is not at all sure.
If they were all Westerners, the investment income might be better.
"Ha ha, director Wu, this" infinite terror "is just a true story. Its real name should be" Legend of Zhongzhou team of infinite terror ", which tells the story of Zhongzhou team inside. If this film is shot well, I think I will shoot America and other teams in the future. At that time, its actors will be actors from all over the world. " Lin Feng throws a bait again.
Hearing this, John Woo has no worries. On the contrary, there was an urge in his heart.
"Mr. Lin, I'd like to shoot infinite terror." John Woo said it almost word for word.
"Director Wu, I wish us a happy cooperation in advance!" Lin Feng laughed.
A billion dollar check went to John Woo. It's a kind of trust and an expectation.
John Woo held the check tightly. In any case, even if he doesn't eat, drink or sleep for the next year or three years, he must make a good film of "infinite terror".
"By the way, Mr. Lin, about Mr. Yuan Heping and the original directors, I think we should speed up our contact time." John Woo thought about it and reminded him. This can't be delayed. There are many people in it. They are all famous directors now. How many classic movies have appeared in this movie, such as biochemical crisis, alien, Jurassic Park, death is coming, and so on. Among them, the director of biochemical crisis is Paul Anderson, a famous British director, Of course, he is also the husband of Mira Jovovich, the protagonist of the biochemical crisis series《 The director of alien is James Cameron, which is a real Hollywood gold medal director. It's hard for John Woo to see his side.
And Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg, a Hollywood gold medalist《 The director of the series "death is coming" is a little smaller. It's Huang Yiyu, a Chinese director. But if you don't tell these people in advance, how can you invite them here? Of course, there is copyright, and the most troublesome is copyright.
Lin Feng laughs.
"Director Wu, in fact, before I decided to invest in shooting infinite terror, I had already finished these things. The most difficult thing about these actors is Huang Yiyu. I ordered someone to go to Hong Kong in person and invited him. Others, I'm just about a phone call. " Lin fengxiao said.
John Woo was stunned. Huang Yiyu is the least famous among them, which is the best to handle. How can Lin Feng say that it's the easiest solution? It's amazing.
"Ha ha, it's very simple. Because security Anderson is the director. As long as it's a British director, I have a way. " Lin Feng smiles.
John Woo suddenly. Lin Feng has a good relationship with Prince William, who is the most popular royal in Britain, surpassing his mother, Princess Diana. It's easy to say that Prince William has come forward. But what about James Cameron and Steven Spielberg? These are the two golden directors in Hollywood. How can Lin Feng solve them?
Lin Feng laughed.
"Director Wu, these two great directors are now the contract directors of the U.S. headquarters of second entertainment. Do you think they won't come if I just make a phone call?" Lin Feng laughs.
John Woo is completely speechless. How could he forget that. It may be difficult for other people to invite these two gold medal directors, but for Lin Feng, it's really a phone call. Who let these two gold medal directors under Lin Feng.
What about copyright?
"Ha ha, the copyright is simple. When I developed infinite terror, I signed the relevant copyright agreements with major companies. At that time, I wrote the copyright of shooting movies and TV series. Ha ha, those companies didn't care about this at that time, so they agreed. So, there is no problem at all! " Lin Feng said with a smile, "director Wu, are you satisfied now?"
"Satisfied, absolutely satisfied! Mr. Lin, you can rest assured that this time I will not be a director if I don't make "infinite terror" which satisfies everyone John Woo patted his chest and said( It's not finished yet. If you like this work, you are welcome to start (Qidian. Com) to vote for recommendation and monthly ticket. Your support is my biggest motivation.)