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In this "Taken", Daenerys Entertainment obviously adopted the model of Jack Cheng's "Rush Hour" very flatteringly, and successfully achieved differentiation.Jet Lee's kung fu style is real and violent, far from the humorous and funny style of Jack Cheng. The white male lead partner played by Sam Rockwell is obviously weakened compared with Chris Tucker in "Rush Hour". It's okay to say that it's a male supporting role.However, this role is just right to achieve the film's skin tone balance.

After all, if a movie does not have a familiar skin color as the protagonist, it will inevitably make the audience lack some sense of substitution.

In other respects, there are also many bright spots.

First of all, the high-concept plot is completed in one go, with global pursuit and killing without urine point, which is undoubtedly another key to success.

Secondly, with family affection as the core, and regardless of everything for the sake of relatives, the emotional resonance between different races is once again realized.

Thirdly, Jeter Lee has transformed from a simple and honest Chinese man into a bloodthirsty killer who makes the entire human trafficking gang in the film tearful, and it fits Hollywood's best-selling popcorn that everyone has a superhero dream Movie template.

Finally, there is Chinese Kung Fu, which has become popular again in recent years.

All the elements come together perfectly, and it would be unreasonable for this film not to succeed.

Chris Lee certainly understands the heart of the John Kelly problem, can Sony follow suit?

Of course.

Chris Lee happened to have cooperated with the Hong Kong film industry. On the other side of the ocean, if Kung Fu stars are caught, the other party will definitely be happy to cooperate with Hollywood.

However, the key question is whether it can achieve the level of "Taken".

After all, we all know that in addition to black and white in Hollywood, the risks of other types of films are inherently increased by several levels.

If you just follow the trend, lack of innovation that can catch the audience's attention, and under the premise of being born with a disadvantage of type, success is accidental, and failure is inevitable.

In the long history of Hollywood, it is not difficult to find out that the top box office films, even if you don’t talk about the phenomenon-level films that created new types, are just regular types of films, and there are very few films that are big sellers. Great success comes by following suit.

Chapter 1119 Jiang Anqi

Thinking about the success factors of "Taken" in his heart, Chris Lee did not ignore the boss's question, and thought for a while and said: "John, if you think it is necessary, I can contact Asia in the near future."

John Kelly asked: "Couldn't it be possible to directly court Jack Cheng or Jeter Lee?"

"Jett and Daenerys have signed three film contracts, and we will definitely not have a chance before we finish," Chris Lee said, adding: "Jack can try, after last year's "Rush Hour", his salary It's very high, basically the same as the first-tier Hollywood. The "Police Story 4" we tried to compete with last year ended up in Disney's hands, and they paid a very high price. Moreover, even if we are willing to ask for a price, Jack will not have it in the short term. Schedule, "Rush Hour 2" will start filming in the second half of the year."

After weighing it up, John Kelly said, "In this case, let's get in touch with Asia first."

Chris Lee nodded.

Actually didn't expect much.

With the strength of Daenerys Entertainment, in Hollywood now, it is no longer a question of whether other film companies can make good movies.

Still take this "Taken" as an example, with a production cost of 2500 million US dollars, under normal circumstances, the scale of publicity and distribution should be about 1000 million US dollars.However, with the recent widespread popularity of this film on the Internet, TV, print media, etc., it is definitely not the momentum that 1000 million US dollars in publicity and distribution expenses can create.

Then why?

Because Daenerys Entertainment owns the ABC TV network and many other cable TV channels, because the Westeros system holds the interface of the largest network platform, Ygritte, because Simon Westeros and the Los Angeles Times, The families behind the New York Times and other major newspapers have very good relationships.

Therefore, when Daenerys Entertainment's film is released, there is no need to even say hello, and these media platforms will naturally give enough exposure.

Not only that, due to the continuous success of the films produced by Daenerys Entertainment, coupled with Daenerys Entertainment's own pressure operation, major theaters in North America and even overseas will also give Daenerys Entertainment films more Good screen resources, better screening time, and even more active marketing through its own channels.

These will inevitably make it easier for Daenerys Entertainment's films to obtain higher box office.

Even outside of theaters and video channels, Daenerys Entertainment controls Blockbuster, the world's largest video chain company, and the Amazon online store under Eaglet. The sales of video tapes have also shown a geometric growth trend in recent years.

And TV, too.

All these resources have unknowingly built a potential barrier, making Daenerys Entertainment, the strong one, stronger, and making other studios, the weak weaker.

The fate of the weak is likely to be eliminated.

After expelling Peter Cooper and Jon Peters, Sony has been in a state of continuous losses in recent years, and there are news that the Japanese are going to quit Hollywood every few days.

As an insider, Chris Lee sees it better.

In the past few years, the global economy has been improving, and Sony can still support it. Now, the new technology bubble has burst, and Sony’s main business will inevitably be implicated. In addition, Tinkber’s iPlayer, iCam and other products have greatly affected Sony’s traditional players and cameras. The impact of other businesses, as well as the rapid decline of Sony's record business caused by Internet piracy, unless there is a miracle, the Japanese really can only choose to give up the movie business this time.

John Kelly is 67 years old this year, because Sony withdrew from Hollywood and lost his job, he can retire directly.Chris Lee himself is only 41 years old, in his prime, and there is still a long way to go in the future.

The two heads of Sony Pictures had a discussion in this VIP screening hall, and it was already evening when they left the theater.

After Chris Lee had dinner with his family after get off work, he went out again and drove to the mansion of WMA head Jonathan Friedman in the mountains of Bel Air.

Various parties and receptions are regularly held to promote exchanges between filmmakers and studios, so as to achieve more cooperation. This is something that major Hollywood brokerage companies will frequently do. Tonight, Jonathan Friedman’s mansion That's it.

Speaking of which, before becoming the president of Columbia Pictures, it was not easy for Chris Lee, who was not considered a top Hollywood producer, to attend some high-end occasions at the top of the Hollywood pyramid. This is the biggest benefit of this job.Chris Lee has never let go of similar opportunities to expand his network in the past six months since he took office.

In the backyard of the mansion where you can see the night view of Los Angeles down the mountain, this time it was a very leisurely cocktail party, only the occasional sound of some guests playing the piano.

Mostly, looking at the crowd, Sylvester Stallone, Roland Emmerich, Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Will Smith, Michael Bay, Francis Coppola, Al Pacino, John Wu...all big names.

This is also the most important network resource for Chris Lee.

Like an old farmer diligently watering and fertilizing his crops, Chris Lee greeted them one by one, until he met Alec Baldwin, one of the four Baldwin brothers who he was familiar with, and whispered a few words. Westeros was also here, arriving only a few minutes earlier than him, and Chris Lee was immediately more excited.

Because once he loses his current job in the next two years, Chris Lee is most likely to be an independent producer for a period of time.

The current Hollywood producer, the best partner is undoubtedly Daenerys Entertainment under the control of Simon Westeros.

After asking a few words in a low voice, I learned from Baldwin that Westeros was on the terrace on the second floor of the villa. Chris Lee did not go straight there, and continued to communicate with the guests at the scene, and was still listening to the piano by the pool. Al Pacino sighed for a while, and finally came to the villa and went directly to the stairs on the second floor.

It happened that John Wu came down with another Asian man whose name Chris Lee also recognized, and he quickly greeted the two with a smile: "Hi, Wu, nice to meet you, and , you are Zhou, right, that, "The True Colors of a Hero."

Fa Ge, who came to North America because of some things in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", saw Chris Lee recognized him, nodded politely, and asked, "Hi, may I ask who you are?"

"I'm Chris Lee and I'm currently the president of Columbia Pictures."

As Chris Lee spoke, he took out his business cards and handed them out to the two of them.

John Wu, who was originally a little cold, soon smiled when he heard Chris Lee introduce himself, and reached out his hand after taking the business card.

Chris Lee shook hands with John Wu and said with a smile: "John, I have watched your "Broken Arrow" and "Mission: Impossible 2", oh, and the "Heroes" that created a box office miracle in Hong Kong "True Color", it just so happens that Chinese kung fu has been very popular in Hollywood in the past two years, do you have any thoughts on this, maybe we can cooperate?"

The two looked at each other, and John Wu said: "I just finished "Face Changing", and I don't have any new film plans yet, and Ah Fa happens to be the same. However, if you want to talk about ideas, Chris, I'm sorry, we don't have any plans yet. .”

"This is not a problem. We can take some time to chat, and we will definitely come up with good ideas, two, how about tomorrow?"

Chris Lee sent out the invitation directly again, mainly because he was keenly aware of the subtext in John Wu's words. After "Face Changing", Wu and Daenerys Entertainment did not reach a follow-up intention, and there were obviously other studios willingness to cooperate.

John Wu Chao, who was about to say something, winked at Fa Ge, took over the conversation and said, "I'm sorry, Chris, I don't have time with Zhou tomorrow."

"It's okay. In this way, can you leave me a contact information, can we contact by phone recently?"

This time, John Wu did not refuse again, but Fa Ge will go to New York next Monday. The later stage of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was mainly completed there. He could not stay in Los Angeles to meet with Chris Lee, so he had to entrust it to John. Wu.

After such a conversation, Chris Lee is basically sure that the intention has been reached, which can be regarded as a real harvest tonight.

After watching the two of them walk away, Chris Lee stepped up the steps to the second-floor terrace.

Then he saw a target figure at a glance.

Simon Westeros was leaning on the couch facing the railing, and there were four girls sitting on the left and right, two generations of heterogeneous girls on the left, an Asian girl on the right, and the actress from the recent "Scary Ghost" Actress Mia Sara.

In addition to the other three familiar faces, after a second look, I recognized that the Asian girl was the girl who played the kidnapped sister of Jeter Lee in the "Taken" I just watched this afternoon.Even though there are differences in the aesthetics of the East and the West, the girl is obviously different from the Asians commonly seen on Western screens. Chris Lee was still amazed when he watched the movie in the afternoon.

Because it's really beautiful.

Now, seeing the other party appear here, Chris Lee suddenly felt that it was so.

How could Simon Westeros miss such a little beauty.

Or, presumably, the little beauties were hand-picked by Simon Westeros.

In addition to Simon Westero, who is hugging left and right, Jonathan Friedman, the owner of the mansion that Chris Lee has never seen just now, sits on the sofas next to him, as well as "Taken" and "Scary Ghost" Several main creators of the two films, Jeter Lee, Ben Stiller, Doug Liman and Peter Jackson.

Perhaps it was purposely gathered together to celebrate the success of a recent string of films.

Among the four films related to Daenerys Entertainment in the Easter schedule, only Jim Carrey in "Cable TV Repairman" did not appear. Chris Lee, who happened to know some rumors in the circle, did not find it strange.

Seeing Chris Lee appear, everyone who was chatting enthusiastically looked over together.

Jonathan Friedman, who was closest to the stairway and was the owner's house, recognized Chris Lee, stood up, shook hands with him with a smile, and took Li to an empty seat next to him without waiting for others to follow suit. Up and down.

Apparently for entertainment purposes, six sets of sofas, large and small, are placed in an arc around the elliptical coffee table near the railing on the terrace of more than 100 square meters, which is enough to hold a tea party for more than ten people.

Jonathan waited for Li to sit down and helped to introduce. Li, who had just touched the sofa cushion, got up slightly and nodded to everyone.

In fact, I really want to exchange some business cards.

After all, whether it is Jeter Lee, Doug Liman, Peter Jackson, etc., they will all be popular in Hollywood in the next few years.However, the scene is obviously not suitable at this time, and there is no rush. There must be a chance later.

Simon has been paying close attention to the trends in Hollywood. He also knew about the change of management at Sony Pictures last year. It was the first time he met the head of Columbia Studios. After Li greeted him, he casually asked, "Van Hoo Wen's "Starship Troopers", how is the post-production effect?"

Chris Lee did not expect that Simon Westeros would suddenly ask himself this question. Even though this kind of question about inquiring about sensitive information of competitors is a bit inappropriate, Westeros has a casual attitude and a casual tone, but Li He didn't dare to be perfunctory at all, and didn't hesitate to hide it. He sat up a little and said, "Starship Troopers is the team of Samsung Pictures. Shock."

Simon was noncommittal, and asked with a smile: "Norio Oga must be very angry these days?"

Chris Lee was a little embarrassed, but still told the truth: "Mr. Dahe had a video connection with us just this morning, and he was really... not very happy."

Simon smiled, stroked the slender waist of the Asian girl next to him with his palm, looked at Chris Lee and seemed to comfort him and said: "Actually, you should do your own job well. Hollywood belongs to us aborigines after all, and the Japanese belong to it." Outsiders, outsiders come and go, we're still the masters of Hollywood."

Chris Lee nodded subconsciously.

but.

Soon he realized something again.

Simon Westeros, these words obviously hope that the Japanese can 'come and go' as soon as possible.

Or, it also means to win over yourself.

Why win over?

Probably, it is hoped that he can promote the Japanese to 'come and go' as soon as possible.

As the main production label of Sony Pictures, it is not easy for Chris Lee to do well, but it is too easy to screw up.

Thinking of this, Chris Lee tentatively looked at the admirable young tycoon on the opposite side, but the other party had already turned his eyes away, but Jonathan Friedman next to him also looked enlightened. look, smiling at him.

With these thoughts in mind, Chris Lee didn't stay here much, and took the initiative to get up and leave.

When Chris Lee left, everyone seemed to have forgotten what happened just now, and continued to chat about trivial things.

No one came up to say hello for a while, and Simon, who was free for a short time, also looked at the Asian girl next to him.Deliberately asked in not-so-fluent Chinese: "By the way, what does your name say, 'Qiqi'? It's very interesting."

Because I am not proficient in English, I corrected the girl who was at a loss just now with a smile: "It's 'qin', Mr. Westeros, this word means hardworking in Chinese, um, Hardworking."

"Oh I see."

The girl said cautiously, "Actually, Mr. Westeros, you can also be called Angel. This is my English name. In Chinese, it is Jiang Anqi."

There was a smile on the corner of Simon's mouth: "I think this name sounds better, just like you, as beautiful as an angel."

"Thank you for your appreciation, Mr. Westeros."

"Actually, you can also call me Simon, and you don't have to be so formal."

"It would be rude."

"No, people who are close to us here call each other names, aren't we close now?"