Chapter 2565 The Crew with Slow Progress

USA, Michigan.

Many people think that since Hollywood is located outside of Los Angeles, all movies will be shot there.

In fact, this idea is wrong.

Many American film companies, including the seven major film giants, only registered in Hollywood, and their headquarters and operations have already moved out of here.

There are many reasons, but the high cost is definitely an important reason.

Take today's "The King's Speech" as an example. Its main filming location is Michigan in the northern United States, which is a state around the famous Great Lakes bordering Canada.

In fact, the plot of "The King's Speech" is not very complicated, but in order to find some suitable locations for medieval scenes, the crew also searched for a long time, and finally found such an antique town in Michigan, which looks very similar to England. The city in the eighth century was about the same.

In many parts of the United States, especially in the north, because there is no population pressure, there is no urbanization process and no large-scale development. Many places have maintained the appearance of a hundred years, or even two or three hundred years ago.

As a literary film, the original budget is not much. Tom Hopper, the director of "The King's Speech", just hoped that he could get an investment of 20 million US dollars, and use the name of the literary film to attract actors. That should be about the same.

Unexpectedly, he found his friend Helena, the wife of the great director Tim Burton. After playing Queen Elizabeth, Helena took him to find a young female producer—Megan ? Ellison.

Megan Ellison is not yet a friend of literary films in the future, but she has also invested in a lot of literary films in the past two years. In addition, she is the daughter of super rich Larry Ellison. Naturally, she is favored by many directors and hopes to get investment from her.

Helena really has a wide range of acquaintances. After talking for a while and reading the script, Meghan immediately decided on her own Hope Film Company, which will invest 30 million US dollars to film "The King's Speech", and even boasted about it. As long as the filming is good, funding is not a problem at all.

At first Hopper thought Meghan was hairless. Can't speak firmly.

How can 30 million US dollars be taken out casually? Even if your father is the president of Oracle, he wouldn't be so generous, would he? Unless your father is Xiao Qi! But Xiao Qi doesn't have a daughter as old as you!

But Hopper didn't know that it was Xiao Qi who was relying on Megan.

For the investment of 30 million U.S. dollars, she didn't even pay a penny, and Xiao Qi directly invested in it. The price she paid was just to let Huaguo's Kiwifruit Film and Television also be listed as the producer.

At that time, the news of Xiao Qi's acquisition of AMC Theaters had not yet spread, and Meghan didn't know that AMC Theaters would be given to Kiwi Film and Television Group by Xiao Qi. After Kiwi Film Group announced that it wholly owns AMC Cinemas, Meghan really admired herself, and actually made another deal that kills two birds with one stone!

Your Kiwi Film and Television is the producer of "The King's Speech", so when the movie is released, are you ashamed not to give more screens and not focus on promoting it?

Hopper would be even happier!

Not only is the budget 50% higher than before, but he has also attracted such a giant. Not only can he hit the Oscars, but he can also make a breakthrough in the box office!

This person is happy. It is easy to be impulsive.

With more budget, Hopper is not so careful with it, plus Megan who also wants to be a hit. I urged him to "be ready", "keep improving"... and other words, but he waited until the actors were exhausted. After setting up the scene and doing the preparatory work well, there will be more than 5 million yuan left.

Megan blushed a little, and didn't need Hopper to look at herself with too many sad eyes, and directly called the big guy - Mr. the world's richest man, who cheated 20 million US dollars, so that Helena had to admire this girl It does fool people.

Although the price to be paid is that the speech therapist Lionel's wife must be emphasized, and she must also be from China, and be played by a small movie star from China. But neither the screenwriter nor the director Hopper has any opinion on this.

Stuff people into the crew. It's not just a practice in Hong Kong and the mainland. American investors are also familiar with it, and it's even invented by them.

However, after taking the money, you still have to do things.

The screenwriter immediately multiplied the direct appearance of this dispensable character several times, and Hopper also decided to increase the number of appearances of her. It can't be said that it is comparable to the three main protagonists, but it is second only to them, and that is no problem. Yes, at most add a little bit of Lionel's family life.

Under such circumstances, Du Feixing arrived in the United States in April and joined the crew.

As a Chinese who has never lived in the UK, Du Feixing's English is not very good, let alone classical English, so after she came, apart from being familiar with the script, she was desperately learning British classical English. This spirit of striving made the serious female teacher feel very emotional. Hua people are still the same as before, and they are the best at learning.

Because of her hard work, the progress of filming has not been delayed. After all, there is one more point. Although Mona played by Du Feixing has an appearance, there will be no long lines, and there will be no rich and exciting scenes. The performance of emotion, so in general, she behaved very easily, at least her acting skills are good enough.

Americans don't like the beauties in Huaguo very much. They like the ones that Huaguo people generally think are ugly, with flat noses, small eyes, and flat faces... just like that super popular supermodel.

So Du Feixing, a charming beauty like Du Feixing, who is loved by the whole country, looks a little ugly to Americans.

However, there are a lot of Americans who like to hunt for novelties, and places like film crews are even more mixed. In the absence of any good entertainment, many people have their eyes on Du Feixing.

But in the end, few people dared to act.

At first, many people knew that Du Feixing was brought in by the investor, and the entire film crew was able to shoot with the investor's 50 million US dollars. If the investor was annoyed, no matter how big the background was, they would have to leave.

The second is that there are several female bodyguards around Du Feixing at all times, almost all of whom never leave her body for a moment. How can a simple person be able to spy on a woman who has this kind of guards?

And the third reason is that Du Feixing likes to be quiet. On weekdays, during filming, she would watch how the director and actors communicated and filmed without her. After filming, she would go back to her room to rest. They don't participate in any PARTY at all, and it's impossible for people to start hooking up.

Therefore, the closest person to Du Feixing is the producer of the film—Miss Megan.

As soon as Megan saw Du Feixing's battle, she knew that she was really Xiao Qi's woman, because whether it was Tang Mingxiang or Little Taylor, there were such female bodyguards around her.

Although secretly scolding men is not a good thing, but after a long time of contact, Megan fell in love with this little woman who is as quiet as a chrysanthemum.

Her own personality is bold and masculine, and a delicate woman like Du Feixing just suits her appetite, making her willing to take care of Du Feixing. ——Although in terms of the ages of the two girls, Du Feixing is still seven years older than Megan! But no matter how you look at it, Megan is more like a sister.

So, when there was nothing to do, Megan would go to Du Feixing's room to eat and chat.

Although Du Feixing doesn't like a complicated environment, she still likes a carefree and hearty woman like Megan, so the two girls get along well.

The progress of "The King's Speech" is not too fast, coupled with sufficient funds, Hopper intends to make more classic movies, so he often cannot shoot a few shots in a day.

But the cast and crew are not complaining.

The actors knew that "The King's Speech" was going to hit the Oscars, so they all wanted to perform better and get a nomination. It would be even better if they could win an award.

The staff mainly make money, as long as you pay enough, no matter how long the filming will be, they would like to keep filming forever.

Everyone was filming in a small town, and there were not many lively and bustling entertainment venues around. In fact, after a long time, it was still a bit boring.

But these actors and staff are very professional, so generally speaking, the atmosphere remains good.

That night, after work was over, Megan brought another bottle of red wine and came over to eat with a smile.

The female bodyguards on Du Feixing's side are not used to the stupid American food, so they drive to nearby towns every time they take a break, and buy a lot of condiments and ingredients to cook Chinese dishes. .

For Megan, many of Huaguo's dishes are to my liking, much better than those fried and grilled ones.

Of course Du Feixing likes such a little sister to come to eat, there are so many people and it's lively.

Of course, the pure Du Feixing didn't know that Megan had "sinister" intentions to befriend her so well.

The funds for this movie are sufficient, but if you want to hit the Oscars, you must spend a lot of money on public relations!

I hope that the film industry doesn't have much money in the first place, and the film crew doesn't even have any money, so the publicity and public relations funds will naturally fall on Xiao Qi, who has been taken advantage of!

Megan has asked Xiao Qi for funding twice, and if she asks her again, she is afraid that she will be beaten by Xiao Qi, so it is best to leave this matter to Xiao Qi's woman, who is also an important supporting role in this movie On Du Fei Xing!

As long as the relationship is established, and then beg this kind and silly woman to let her blow the pillow, the matter will most likely be done! (to be continued ~^~)