Chapter 440 (1/2)

Liang Kun came to Hollywood at the right time. He won't hold his thigh so smoothly sooner or later.

In 1995, Steven Spielberg, the creator and director of the box office miracle, Jeffrey cassenberg, the genius who created the Disney animation miracle, and David Geffen, the record tycoon and billionaire, jointly created the ”DreamWorks” and officially established it.

DreamWorks soon became a dazzling brand. Cassenberg is in charge of animation. He has established his foothold with the prince of Egypt and the little ant soldier. After 2001, the monster Shrek series and Madagascar made the company a lot of money. Spielberg is in charge of feature films and has directed or produced such famous works in film history as Saving Private Ryan, American beauty and gladiator.

Unfortunately, the independent film company has a huge weakness. The fiasco of a work may lead to a slump. Disney's films lost money, and theme parks and ABC Radio Network helped each other. Paramount's film lost, with giants like Viacom behind it. DreamWorks can't. the company is very small. The money made by three films may not be worth the loss of one film.

Since its establishment, DreamWorks has produced more than 50 films, and many have failed. There is a crisis all the time. It has stumbled through the 10 years of ”free” creation. Moreover, DreamWorks has no financial strength to charge at the same time in the four positions of TV, film, music and network. In the past two years, DreamWorks has focused on the production of films and some TV dramas.

DreamWorks's performance this year was poor. After the listing of the animation film production company led by casenberg, its revenue plummeted, its stock price fell, and it also had an additional debt of $500 million.

If ”escape from clone island” which will be released on the 22nd of this month and ”red eye flight” which will be released on the 19th of next month fail again, DreamWorks will not be able to hold on. The company can not meet the profit requirements of investors at all, so it can only consider ”selling”.

Spielberg has the final say as one of the DreamWorks owners. He is the one who has the final say in the real movie. Liang Kun wanted to make a low-cost film at this juncture, but he agreed without much consideration.

Spielberg's new film ”Munich” is about to start, and the company can't make more films. Small cost horror comedy is a good choice for small and broad. Now he is willing to set up a project. If he is later, he will have to focus on directing the film until the selling company has no time to control others.

Liang Kun's plan is very comprehensive. He can shoot in Los Angeles without running around. He can also play a leading actor.

In this way, the only important role to be chosen is the villain, except the female owner. Liang Kun is famous in Asia and his acting skills have been recognized. He is willing to write, direct and act by himself. Spielberg has no objection. It is clearly written in the script that the man is of Chinese descent.

On July 10, Spielberg invited Liang Kun to DreamWorks.

Gong Wei and Constantine also went together, because they are going to officially sign the contract today. They help to advise.

Liang Kun does not intend to find an economic man in the United States for the time being, because he wants to make his own decisions on important issues. At the beginning of economic development, an economic man can not help him, but may also delay him.

A good broker is like water pushing a boat. He can carry a boat or overturn it.

A few years ago, for example, Shu Qi's agent Wen Jun pushed out crouching tiger, Hidden Dragon without telling Shu Qi that the shooting cycle was too long and delayed other plays. Later, Shu Qi knew that crouching tiger, Hidden Dragon had been looking for her, and in a rage, he quit his agent. If Shu Qi had accepted crouching tiger, hidden dragon, the process of entering the world would be much shorter and more popular.

Liang Kun is a reborn. What film is suitable for him? He just needs to communicate with the subconscious with the magic mirror. In this world, no one in the entertainment industry has a better vision than him. If he is an actor and the American manager asks him to pick up bad films, does he bother to convince each other? As a director, he doesn't have to tell the manager what he wants to shoot.

The brokerage team he needs is obedient and won't make arbitrary opinions. You can raise opinions, but don't try to control him. If there is a major contract, he can ask a lawyer for help to see the contract.

And Liang Kun is not just an actor. He is a director as soon as he comes up.

Some directors also have agents who may help negotiate some cooperation matters, including cooperation projects and prices. Liang Kun has just come to the United States. It's too difficult to find a trusted American agent. 80% of the famous people don't like new people like him. It's better for him to find one than none.

The producer arranged by Spielberg was Stuart Confield, born in 1952, older than liang Kun's parents. Liang Kun met him in the company. He was a fat uncle with black framed glasses and a messy beard. He is almost bald, only a little hair on both sides of his head, but his temperament looks very energetic.

From 1997 to now, Stewart has made many films, mostly comedies. Last year, he released two producer comedies, crazy dodgeball and police.

In 2003, he worked as a producer and his works included double decker apartment and single men's club. ”Double decker apartment” starred Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller, the goddaughter of Spielberg. The film won the top box office in North America in its first week in the United States, and finally grossed $160 million worldwide.