Chapter 555 556, Chicken Cheat

Omelette, bacon, hash browns, milk…

American breakfast has very few varieties, and there are only the same ones. But there is no way, in order to fill your stomach, you have to eat no matter how disgusting it is.

At nine o'clock in the morning, after returning from running, Sun Hao and Zeng Li were working hard on a food called [Scones with Gravy] in the downstairs restaurant, and a sleepy Yu Dong also came over.

"Morning!"

"morning!"

"I read the entertainment news just now, Haozi. Now you can say that you have enjoyed the treatment of James Cameron and Steven Spielberg in Hollywood~ The new movie was immediately sold by dozens of The media is rushing to report it!”

Regarding breakfast, Yu Dong wanted milk and sandwiches. He brought the food over, sat down opposite Sun Hao and Zeng Li, and started chatting.

"It's useless.

This is Hollywood. Both the media and the bosses of film and television companies are very realistic. If you can help them make money, let alone being reported by the entertainment news, they can even kneel down and call you daddy;

But if you lose your investment, even if it's just a movie, they probably won't pay attention to you if you kneel down and call them daddy. "

"Haha..., it's true!" Yu Dong thought for a while and smiled heartily.

"Oh, by the way, Haozi, now that the news is on the page, how many performance contracts do you think we can receive next?"

"How many servings?

I don't know. It depends on whether Tom Cruise, who is taking the lead, can do anything. If he works hard, the rest of the people can basically keep up.

However, Lao Yu, I received another performance contract. "

"Oh...whose is it?"

"Li Lianjie."

"he…"

Yu Dong was slightly stunned. We all transferred from Hong Kong Island together, and they were all sitting together in business class. At that time, he didn't say that he came to Sun Hao to ask for resources? !

"Haozi, did you agree?"

"Is that considered agreed?"

"Oh, how do you say it?"

The word "calculate" made Yu Dong suddenly curious.

"Steven Spielberg likes a movie script "Munich" that I created very much. I talked to Zeng Li last time and I agreed to transfer it to him. Today, this guy came to sign the contract.

Also coming with Steven Spielberg was his friend John Stankey, the chief operating officer of Time Warner..."

"Time Warner?"

Yu Dong was surprised. Everyone in the industry knew that Sun Hao's partners were very fixed. In China, they were China Film, Bona Pictures, and Yinghuang Entertainment, while in the United States, they were Miramax Pictures and Columbia Pictures.

Unexpectedly, Sun Hao now actually connected with another film and television company.

“Yes, Time Warner!

This company has a big IP called "Batman", and John Stankey, the chief operating officer of Time Warner, hopes that I can take over directing this series of movies. "

"You agreed?" Yu Dong rolled his eyes and asked.

"Not yet. Aren't we talking about conditions now? And Jet Li is one of the conditions."

"Lee Lianjie plays Batman?"

At this moment, Yu Dong really admired Sun Hao's imagination.

"Why, can't you?"

Sun Hao smiled and said no more.

Sometimes, people are always accustomed to a fixed mindset. Superheroes are all Westerners, while the only Chinese superhero is Sun Wukong.

But if you break this fixed thinking, you are likely to usher in a new world. For example, "Kung Fu Panda" Po's father turns out to be a quacking duck...

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Before coming, the company's board of directors hired someone to do a professional assessment!

From James Cameron, Steven Spielberg... all the way to the new British director Christopher Nolan.

Evaluate these directors' professional abilities, professionalism, control of the overall budget, and ability to control various big-name actors.

Contrary to the expectations of the board of directors, among these directors, Sun Hao, a young director from China, received the highest rating.

The first is budget execution. Since his debut, Sun Hao has not only never exceeded his expenses, but has also made a balance every time. Just like the movie "Fast and Furious", which invested 190 million U.S. dollars, the crew currently has 31 million U.S. dollars left to spend. It is said that his next movie "The Hangover" will be shot with this money.

In sharp contrast, there is James Cameron. When this guy makes movies, his ability to "overrun the budget" will definitely make major Hollywood movie investors hang themselves on branches with a hemp rope.

The second is professional ability. This is very easy to evaluate, and it is nothing more than word-of-mouth and box office. In these two aspects, it goes without saying that Sun Hao's abilities are great. From "Saw" to the just-released "The Martian", every one of them has won both reputation and box office. Strong.

And "The Martian" is the second highest-grossing movie in history.

Once again, it’s the control of big-name actors. In this aspect, Sun Hao is slightly weaker. He has not yet had the opportunity to show this ability, because the person who worked with him before was the most famous one, Yi Long.

…

Compared with the above-mentioned basic evaluation items, as a director, Sun Hao has another ability that other directors do not have, and that is the promotion and distribution of movies.

"Gonjiam", a supernatural incident, was reported by various media around the world; "Train to Busan", 200,000 young people in Seoul took to the streets to march, the first time in history that such a large-scale action was taken to protest against the release of a movie...

Just as I was thinking about it, the street cafe arrived.

Meet Sun Hao here.

Pushing the door and getting out of the car, straightening his clothes, John Stankey, the COO of Time Warner, followed his good friend Steven Spielberg and entered the cafe with a smile on his face.

"Hi, Sun!"

"Hello, Steven."

Although the two met for the first time, they hugged and greeted each other like old friends, and even kissed each other on the cheek.

"Hi, Director Sun Hao, I'm John Stankey, currently working for Time Warner."

"Hello, I'm Sun Hao!"

Compared with just now, the two were much more formal, shaking hands and smiling, then each stepped back and sat across the coffee table.

"Steven, this is the copyright transfer agreement for the movie script "Munich". You can take it back and let the lawyer study it. If there is no problem, sign it and fax it to me."

"Well, okay!"

Steven Spielberg was a little excited. He glanced at the contract text and put it in his bag.

Going back today, I should be able to prepare for this movie!

"Director Sun Hao, our company also studied Munich and found that the script of this movie is really good. Why don't you keep it for yourself?"

Unlike others who like to get straight to the point, John Stankey prefers to be roundabout in negotiations. He will start with the topic that the other party is most interested in, from shallow to deep, and take it slowly.

"The main reason is that I don't have time!"

Sun Hao smiled and took a sip of coffee.

"Mr. John Stankey, my work schedule is full now. The Hangover will start shooting tomorrow, and the shooting time is about half a month.

After the shooting is completed, I will take Fast and Furious and The Hangover back to China for post-production editing. For example, Fast and Furious is very strict in post-production special effects production.

Next, I will also direct an evening party about the bid for the Olympics, and then go to Taiwan Province of our country to shoot the TV series Prison Break, which has been prepared for more than half a year..."

John Stankey regretted it a little.

Fuck him, Sun Hao is too cunning. He first portrayed himself as a very busy person. If you ask him to direct a movie, you must offer a higher price.

Eh…, if I had known this, I should have made it clear just now.

However, John Stankey was not a pushover. He turned the coffee cup in his hand and asked with a smile:

"Director Sun Hao, are you so sure that Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie and others will take over your latest movie "The Hangover"?

If they don't, I think your movie won't be able to be filmed normally tomorrow, right?"

"Yes!"

Sun Hao answered very confidently.