Chapter 1345 1345 Business Masterpiece

Sergio Mimika Gozan kept looking around, and when he saw the beautiful view where the water and sky meet at the end of his line of sight, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, no wonder people always yearn for the life of a rich man. …”

"If you go to an island in Australia, you can see a more wonderful view than this for almost no money." Hugo came out with coffee, motioned Sergio to sit down, and the two stood on the wooden floor of the inner courtyard. On the platform, the former lotus pond has been transformed into a basalt wine cabinet. The lower floor is a spacious storage space. The upper floor is usually placed with pebbles, and ice cubes are placed on the upper floor, and then the wine bottles can be placed on it. Since the black rock wine cooler is a swimming pool and tennis court, this open-air platform in the inner courtyard has become the best place for everyone to relax.

After a few months of living, the furniture in the villa began to increase gradually. Now there is a whole set of rattan chairs on the platform, and in the middle is a square marble table pier with dark brown rattan on it. There are also small wooden piers scattered around the tabletop, all of which can be used as chairs.

"But I admit, the view is priceless." Hugo adjusted the smoke-grey cushions on the rattan chair before sitting down.

Sergio raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "But the problem is, this is Malibu, not an Australian island." He didn't say the last half of the sentence, "That's why people envy the life of the rich", which makes Hugo also chuckled.

"Your place is cleaner than I thought, and I thought I had to pass through the paparazzi's wall when I came here." Sergio said with a smile, which made Hugo directly raise his hands to express his surrender, "I hope thousands of Don't do this, the scene is too scary to imagine."

Sergio looked left and right, then took a sip from the coffee cup, and nervously wiped the sweat from his palms on his thighs, "You should know the purpose of my coming here today, right?" Sergio and Hugo's friendship can only be said to be a good partner, far from the intimacy of a good friend, so Sergio doesn't know how to speak. But Sergio knew that Hugo was a very sincere person, and telling the truth often achieved better results.

Hugo chuckled and shook his head, "I don't know, you come and tell me. Did you make a special trip to visit my new home?"

This joke also made Sergio a little more relaxed, "The thing is this, Twentieth Century Fox is preparing a project, and they want to be able to meet and talk with you."

Unsurprisingly, Hugo raised his eyebrows, "Just to talk?" In the past few months, 20th Century Fox has been deepening its cooperation with Endeavour Elite Economics, and human pressure has accumulated a lot. Presumably this time Kevin Pence is bound to win, and it is difficult for Rick to refuse.

But Hugo also knew that if he really didn't want to, no one could force him, and the initiative was still in his hands. It's just that Hugo was very curious as to what project was worthy of such a big fight by Twentieth Century Fox.

"You know, cooperation is naturally the ultimate goal." Sergio said honestly in front of Hugo, "If nothing else, I will be the assistant director of this work."

Hugo suddenly realized and nodded, "Then, about the work itself, is there any news you can reveal to me in advance?"

At present, 20th Century Fox has a huge momentum. Before the cast lineup was established, the early publicity had already begun, but information about the project itself was very scarce.

"I don't know the specific situation at the moment." Sergio spread his hands regretfully, obviously unable to understand Twentieth Century Fox's act of being so careful and secretive, "However, if you want, they can contact Joe. Now, arrange your meeting with Roland and Dean."

"Roland? Dean?" Hugo looked at Sergio with wide eyes.

Sergio suddenly realized that Hugo really has no ability to remember names, and quickly explained, "Roland Emmerich (Roland. Emmerich), Dean. Devlin (Dean. Devlin), they are the 'reinvention warriors' (Universal. Soldier)' and 'Space Shock' director and writer."

Of course Hugo knew them, not because "Space Shock" ended the two consecutive "Pulp Fiction" titles last year, but because Roland is the famous king of disaster films.

In Hollywood, when it comes to the visual king, people must first recommend James Cameron, as well as Peter Jackson of the "Lord of the Rings" series, Michael Bay of the "Transformers" series, and "Batman Prequel" The series' Christopher Nolan (Christopher. Nolan) also has a huge crowd in the field of visual effects. Among many directors, Roland Emmerich, nicknamed the "King of Disaster Movies", is also a well-deserved visual effects master.

Like Michael Bay, Roland can be called a master of commercial movies. Although their works have been criticized for their connotations and ideas, and they often become representatives of high-grossing and bad scripts, no one can deny that Roland has injected into popcorn commercial movies. Unique Style.

For example, the slow motion of the object hitting the camera; for example, before the death of an important character, the camera is always zoomed in, so that the audience can see the process of pupil dilation; for example, the hero and heroine kiss in front of the glowing background; It's going to rain heavily. These are the hallmarks of Roland.

Like Michael Bay, Roland has his own unique understanding of the rhythm control, climax and visual effects scenes of commercial films, which has also allowed him to carve out a world of his own in Hollywood.

In the list of Roland's works, almost every work is familiar to people, "Independence Day (Independence. Day)", "Godzilla (Godzilla)", "Patriot (The. Patriot)", "The Day After Tomorrow" (The. Day. After. Tomorrow)", "2012", etc., all by the German director.

Hearing Sergio mention these two names, Hugo immediately remembered, "Independence Day" was released in 1996. Is it hard to say that this is the super blockbuster that 20th Century Fox has been brewing?

"Independence Day" can indeed be called this title. This work also occupied an important position in the 1990s when the masterpieces gathered, just like "Terminator 2", "True Lies", "Life and Death" and other works. , is a classic commercial action blockbuster. The difference is that the theme of "Independence Day" locks in the story of alien invasion, which also makes it the most successful alien movie of the 1990s.

The story of "Independence Day" is very simple. It tells the story of aliens entering the earth's atmosphere, causing panic all over the world, and a group of people gathered together to fight for the destiny of mankind and defend the earth.

This work, which was born in the 1990s, has a clear imprint of the American world hegemony-Americans save the world, but also has obvious personal heroism-single-handedly solve all problems, and also has obvious top-heavy characteristics-Special effects take away The screenplay and characters got the limelight.

Although it is said that "Independence Day" is not pleasing in the eyes of film critics, the ratings of film critics are almost the same as "True Lies" and "Terminator 2". It is generally considered that the plot is ordinary, full of loopholes and thin characters. This work can be said to be a model of popcorn commercial movies: wonderful pictures, ups and downs plots, climaxing rhythms, easy and simple stories, and shocking visual effects, all of which have become a model for later commercial movies.

It can be said that "Independence Day" has achieved unparalleled success at the box office. Even after entering the 21st century, "Transformers", "Avengers" and other works are considered alien themes. The box-office figures of "Day" also did not fall behind, occupying a place in the history of the film.

Even in 2014, "Independence Day" could have a place on the list of the most successful commercial films in film history. More importantly, the depiction of aliens invading the earth on Independence Day opened up a new era of film history. Before that, people's depictions of aliens were always spreading terror, and aliens were always hiding in the dark to make trouble and cause panic. But "Independence Day" made aliens and humans confront each other openly, just like the hostile forces facing each other in war, which has since then opened up a new type of alien movie, allowing aliens to appear in the public with dignity In front of it, even unfolding destruction.

"The Avengers" can be said to continue the "Independence Day" model, and "Independence Day" came out in the mid-1990s.

Hugo clearly remembered that "Independence Day" was only in China. fragrance of the country. Hong Kong and Taiwan. It was released in the Bay Area, and when he first rented a videotape of the film to watch at home, the shock was beyond words. Later, I don't remember the terrible plot of the movie at all, but I still have a deep impression on the magnificent war scene.

If you mention the most memorable commercial masterpieces of the 1990s, many people will say "Titanic" and "Independence Day", even "True Lies", "Terminator 2", "Speed ​​of Life" and other classic masterpieces All must stand aside. The reason is that "Independence Day" has opened up a whole new world on the subject of aliens.

As a commercial director, Roland's status in Hollywood is irreplaceable.

Before that, when Hugo considered the project planned by Twentieth Century Fox, he did not think of "Independence Day". That was because the cost of this work did not exceed 100 million. Hugo vaguely remembered that it did not even exceed 80 million. Among the many big productions in the mid-1990s, they could only be regarded as small speedboats, which did not reach the level of cruise ships at all.

Now it seems that the project that 20th Century Fox hopes to cooperate with Hugo is "Independence Day". Hugo suddenly thought of that in the so-called "Die Hard 3" celebration banquet before, he saw Bill Pullman, Adam Baldwin, Jeff Goldblum and others. The actors of "Independence Day", and the other unfamiliar faces, should be candidates.

Since April, Kevin Pence has been planning, what a big game. Now, Kevin has officially sat at the negotiating table, but the question is, is Hugo willing to take over the script of "Independence Day"?