Chapter 1208 Milan Mansion (Part 1)

Filming delays and cost overruns are taboos in Hollywood, but James seems to be born for breaking taboos. He doesn't care how much money the company spends to get a hot schedule, as long as the movie is not effective. When the expected level is reached, he will never shout the word "Cut".

It turns out that James' movie will make money after all, but that's obviously just hindsight. When 20th Century Fox invested more than 200 million U.S. dollars for "Titanic" and only got less than 30 million box office in the first week, high-level decision-makers almost committed suicide.

Movies are the same as stocks, only when the money is in your hands can you really earn it. Although James’ money-making tricks have been tried and tested, the risk cost is really high. As a result, in 1997, James reached the peak of his career and reputation The pinnacle of the film, but no company dared to hire him to make a film. Businessmen are all shrewd. If you spend time looking for two more low-cost, high-grossing dark horses like the "Saw" series that can guarantee income in droughts and floods, who cares about commercial giants that must be applauded and well-received.

Therefore, the creator of the highest box office in film history, on the surface, enjoys being admired, but "unemployment" has become an indisputable fact. Fortunately, James will not let himself go for "employment", wasting his talent and persistence in perfection, so he would rather be an otaku and devote himself to Study the most cutting-edge film technology and recharge your batteries for the day when you will start again one day.

Filming documentaries is also a small means of income generation for James during his "unemployment". Of course, it is slightly different now, he and Guo Tailai have become friends. Guo Tailai suddenly wanted to make a blockbuster movie, and James immediately accepted it without hesitation. This is why Guo Tailai just mentioned it on the phone, and James rushed over.

Inviting James to make a film, you need to be mentally prepared to spend money like water. Guo Tailai felt uneasy precisely because he knew this characteristic of James. Two hundred million dollars, I'm afraid it may not be enough for James to burn!

However, James came to make this female-themed film, which is very consistent with the consistent female image in James' films. If you want to see the cute little lolita in all the handsome and beautiful movies, you are looking for the wrong person. For the women in James' movies, they are all hot girls. Don't try to despise or flirt. Demons, ghosts, aliens, and gods can't conquer them, except the man who is stronger enough to be the protagonist of the film.

This time it is mainly actresses, which will allow James to give full play to his traits. A few beauties with wild racing cars, isn't that exactly the image?

"It's too late to think about disembarking now!" James laughed out loud, indescribably proud: "The Titanic has already set sail, and it will never stop unless it hits an iceberg."

Guo Tailai raised his middle finger at James speechlessly: "If you dare to take pictures of these beauties like Phoenix as muscular girls like Sarah Connor, I will never end with you! Besides, I don't care how classic you are, but , all actresses must be beautiful and cool, and so are the cars. The special effects must be as dazzling as possible, and they must not be perfunctory!"

"Then I think you should prepare an extra 100 million!" James smiled after listening, and then responded with a casual smile. Others don't know how rich Guo Tailai is, how can James not guess? Every customer of Guo Tailai sent tens of millions of dollars in cash to Guo Tailai.

"Phoenix, remember to remind me to ask Sister Lin to help me find a person with the strictest financial approval to join the crew!" Guo Tailai pointed at Chu Fei and said in English deliberately: "Let this guy learn how to break a penny into money!" Two halves! For example, if you need to drive a truck, let this guy do it himself, saving you the money to hire a driver."

Chu Fei covered her mouth and snickered beside her. Guo Tailai was obviously joking about James' previous career as a truck driver.

However, even Chu Fei is very excited to be the absolute heroine of James' latest blockbuster. It's just that in the Miss World competition, she has learned how to keep calm under tense situations, and she is like this now. But Guo Tailai could feel that his muscles were trembling slightly against his seemingly calm body.

"Have you decided which one to find?" James didn't mind at all. He and Guo Tailai had a very unusual relationship now. What was this teasing? After Guo Tailai finished venting, he asked with a smile.

"Do you have any recommendations?" Guo Tailai repeated what he said to Chu Fei yesterday. The central idea is very clear, among the seven big Hollywood, six of them can help, even if they gather all seven big is not a problem.

"Then let's talk about it when the time comes." James also understood that Guo Tai was telling the truth, not bragging, and he nodded with a smile and said confidently: "Anyway, as long as they don't ask them to pay for the production, if someone makes it and asks them to release it, I made it." They will definitely be happy to make a movie. To put it bluntly, even without G's relationship with you, they will still grab the head."

Several film companies are just afraid that James' film will be greatly overrun and postponed, but if someone has already recited these costs and let them distribute it, they are absolutely happy. This is a risk-free, purely profitable business, who wouldn't like it?

"By the way, James, remember to add a few more small roles when writing the screenplay." Guo Tailai suddenly remembered something, and told James: "Maybe some friends will want to come and play guest roles, try to arrange it as much as possible."

"Don't worry, leave it to me!" James stretched out his hand and made an ok gesture, and then reminded Guo Tailai in turn: "You remember to organize the photos and materials of the car that need to appear in the scene first, and you need to use it when writing the screenplay."

"No problem." Guo Tailai nodded. These are all the materials that need to be understood in the preliminary preparations. Of course, Guo Tailai must be prepared. In addition, some manufacturers may need to talk about the sponsorship fee, otherwise, Guo Tailai, a designer, took the initiative to pay for their advertising, and it would be a bit too bad, right?

In addition, Guo Tailai also wanted to ask about the domestic meaning. It should be no problem for civilian warriors, Knight XV and battle shields to appear, but can LAPV and military warriors appear? This needs to be greeted and asked in advance.

"James, you are familiar with Hollywood. Is there any production company suitable for acquisition?" Guo Tailai asked James again: "If there is any suitable one, please recommend it."

"Okay!" James nodded and said, "I'll ask my assistant to sort out the materials and send them over later. Do you have any other requests?"

"Yes!" Guo Tailai suddenly remembered a very important question: "You are a tyrant on the set, I don't care how you treat other people, but you have to be kinder to Phoenix!"