Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Shannetti's office is also located on the top floor of the Dongfeng Building, next door to Jed's office next door.Since Jed lived next door to his personal attorney, John, and his paralegal, Nancy, Shannette thought it was a good arrangement.After all, Shannetti had many things to discuss with Jed in private, and at the same time she had to have a private lawyer to assess the degree of danger to Jed, and such a three-person office arrangement was very good.

The first thing Shannette did when she came to the office was to modify Jed's Chamber of Secrets.After more than a week of revisions, the entire secret room has taken shape, because Shannetti intends to modify it into a secret war room for a three-person meeting.For this reason, Shannetti equipped the entire secret room with a lot of cash equipment, and John was very satisfied with this transformation.Originally, Jed's half-baked arrangement really made John feel very hurt. Since it is a secret room, why do you arrange a bed?This is obviously a place to discuss confidential matters. If you really want to rest, just buy a few good chairs!After seeing Shannetti's transformation, Jed didn't say anything.

Because the renovation had to be hidden from other people in the company, they used the name of decorating Shannity's office. Fortunately, Shannity's office was already the innermost one, so no one would suspect what was going on here after a little separation. .Because his own office is also being modified to Shannette's needs, Jed has to meet guests at a bar in Los Angeles.Fortunately, this bar is a membership system, so I don't worry about reporters taking pictures of things.

Now there are not many people who can make Jed take the time to meet, and there are even fewer people who can make Jed wait so actively.But the person Jed is waiting for today is the future king of Hollywood commercial films - Michael Bay.Originally, Jed wanted him to join, but unfortunately he was too confident in his "Bad Boys".In the end, the film's box office performance was acceptable, but the film critics received a lot of bad reviews. The general definition of the film critics is that Michael Bay's portrayal of the characters is not strong enough, which makes everyone feel a little superficial.

Although a movie with wonderful pictures is actually half the battle, but such movies are often short-lived on the box office list.There are many movies in Hollywood that top the box office in the first week and end up being dropped within ten weeks of release.Although the box office champion is very important, in addition to winning the box office champion for several consecutive weeks, a truly strong movie can also keep its release for more than [-] weeks. .Michael Bay obviously wanted to make a film like the latter, but he found he couldn't make it.He is a very thoughtful director, but he lacks an excellent screenwriter to support him.

Right after Bad Boys, Michael Bay was hesitant to talk to Jed Sherman again.But soon Michael Bay found out that Jade found Wu Yusen after he failed to talk to him. Michael also went to see Wu Yusen's "James of the Brave".Although this is just a movie about family adventures, Michael still sees that Wu Yusen's sense of picture and editing skills are not inferior to his own. Michael can do it.

Michael Bay suddenly felt that he might not be that important, did he overestimate himself.Just when Michael was a little frustrated, news came from the directors' union that there was a good script from the screenwriters' union, and he hoped he could pass it.Moreover, this film was invested by Galaxy Films, and Jed named him and hoped to direct it himself.This makes Michael a little strange, isn't it enough to have a John Woo in Galaxy Movie?Although Michael had various doubts, he agreed to meet with Jed to talk about his views on the movie.

The bar arranged by Jed is located near Sunset Boulevard, which can be regarded as the most prosperous area in Los Angeles.But the bar is on the second floor, and if there is no special guidance, maybe no one cares that there is a bar here.This bar can be regarded as a "refuge" place for some celebrities. There are no reporters and paparazzi, only good wine and food.Jed seemed to have been there waiting for some time when Michael felt it, which made Michael a little embarrassed.In any case, Jed will most likely become his own boss, and letting his boss wait for him is not a mistake that should be made in the workplace.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect to be late." Michael Bay confessed his mistake very directly.

"I came earlier because you were worth the wait." Jed gestured for Michael Bay to sit down, "I ordered some food, and the Italian snacks here are very good, and they are paired with their special Italian wine. A nice treat."

Jed waved, and soon a waiter brought food and wine over.Jed continued: "The promise I made to you at the beginning is still valid, and Galaxy Movies still welcomes you to join. I have a pretty good script, and I think only you can make it well."

"May I know what kind of a story this is?" Michael Bay asked.

"There is a very famous abandoned federal prison site in the San Francisco Bay Area—Alcatraz Prison." Jed recounted the story of "Into the Deadly Island", "One day, this island was occupied by a group of American rebels. They also took dozens of civilians as hostages. The most frightening thing is that they have poison gas missiles that the US military has not yet equipped, and these missiles are all aimed at San Francisco. As long as one missile explodes in San Francisco, the whole of San Francisco will be destroyed. City. They held the government for ransom, and the government had to get the FBI and Pentagon to deal with it. To deal with this group of desperadoes, they released a 'non-existent prisoner' from a secret federal prison, because historically only He managed to escape from Alcatraz Prison."

"Army, police, I think the budget of this movie should not be low?" Michael Bay quickly asked a key question.

"You don't have to worry about the budget. The surplus of Galaxy Movies this year is very high." Jed responded, "Your movie will have a production budget of 7500 million US dollars, excluding promotional expenses. My requirements are authenticity, shock and refreshing. !"

"It's not difficult. I happen to have some connections in the Ministry of Defense. I can ask them to borrow some real equipment." Michael Bay is recognized by later generations as the one with the best relationship with the Pentagon among Hollywood directors.Whether it's "Into the Deadly Island" or "Transformers", he not only borrowed real US military equipment, but also invited real US military to complete the filming.

"That's good." But Jed didn't intend to let Michael Bay go lightly, who would let him have anything to do with it? "If possible, I would like to invite the SEALs to participate in the scene of raiding the arsenal at the beginning of the movie?"

"Huh?" Michael Bay was taken aback, but then said, "I'll try it."

The reason why Jed chose the name of the SEALs is because later generations have seen too many legends about "Into the Deadly Island", and it has been rumored that the fluent sneak attack at the beginning of the movie was done by real SEALs.In addition, Jed also determined that the only special forces that the United States can cooperate with are the SEALs, because the power to mobilize the US military is in the US Congress, and the only army that the US federal government can control is the SEALs.Jed just mentioned it in passing, but he didn't expect Michael Bay to agree.

Jed handed over the script of "Brave to Kill the Island" to Michael Bay, "Your time is very limited, I hope to see the raw film in April next year. Because according to our plan, this movie will be released in May. It will be released in the middle and late months of the month."

Michael Bay flipped through the script and found that the story did not involve many scenes, and the time span was only a few days.Four months of shooting is more than enough, so I nodded and agreed.After the two chatted about some details, Jed took out the contract, and after Michael Bay looked it over, he signed his name.After chatting for a while, the two said goodbye to each other, and Michael Bay took the script of "Brave to Kill the Island" given by Jed and left.

After returning home, Michael Bay carefully studied the script and found that the script contained a lot of things.This movie will be a play between three leading actors and three supporting actors, and almost no female characters appear, so it is determined that the theme of this movie has nothing to do with love.And what surprised Michael Bay was that there was no real "bad guy" among the three male protagonists. In Michael's view, even the villain in the movie, General Hammer, was a tragic hero.

He chose treason because the country did not recognize the honor of his subordinates.For a soldier, nothing is more important than honor, but the country just declared them "missing". Not only did they not give them a funeral that symbolized honor, they didn't even have a minimum certificate.General Hammer's treason was not only to seek justice for his subordinates, but also to protest against the silent government.

Jed wrote the script more emotionally than the original version, because he used more ink on General Hammer.When Michael Bay saw that General Hammer was killed by mercenaries for refusing to launch gas bombs on San Francisco, he couldn't help but get a little wet in his eyes.What soldiers care most about is honor, but what soldiers care least about is life.For General Hammer, death at the hands of a despicable mercenary is probably the greatest punishment for him.

It took one night for Michael Bay to convert Jade's written script into the first version of the shot script. There was only one sentence in his mind, I want to make this movie!Moreover, Michael Bay also knew that Jed had prepared a budget of 7500 million yuan for himself, so he could borrow the most authentic US military equipment and make a real American blockbuster.

At the same time, as expected by Jade, "12 Monkeys" really succeeded in counterattacking the weekend box office rankings in the second week, from the top 20 to the top of the list, which shocked countless film critics.

But for film and television reporters, more important things have begun, and that is the annual Hollywood awards season.Before the Christmas holiday, the association awards and some second-tier awards have been awarded, and Jade's "Apollo NO.13" is naturally the darling of the awards.Although this movie is not as dazzling as "Toy Story" and "Jumanji", but in terms of ideology and artistry, it is a complete explosion of these two purely commercial works.

But it's a pity that "12 Monkeys" was released late, so it can only compete for next year's awards.However, according to sources at the American Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, "12 Monkeys" has been affirmed by most of the Saturn Award judges.

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