After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

At the same time, it grasps the essence of what Mission: Impossible should have been.

The agent played by Cruise, his agility and ever-changing disguise skills are all amazing.

Under this kind of shooting, several months passed quickly, and some occasional small conflicts were quelled under Kevin's suppression.

...

The time came four months later, which is mid-September.

Kevin has returned to Hollywood with the crew, and is doing the final green screen shooting.

The chase scene of Cruise on the train is naturally impossible to be as real as Jackie Chan. Not only Cruise dare not, but the producer and insurance company who have been following him all the time are not allowed.

Once something unexpected happens to Cruise, it basically means that the crew is over.

The investment of up to 8000 million U.S. dollars was naturally in vain.

"Card!"

Watching Cruise complete the last shot, Kevin decisively stopped.

"Thank you for your cooperation with me in the crew. Here, I won't say much. If the box office sells well, everyone present will get a bonus."

"Now, I've arranged the party, everyone pack up and let's go."

When Kevin put away his undeniable strong attitude when directing, he said with a smile on his face.

Chapter 49 USC Senior George Lucas (Father of Star Wars)

"Oh!"

"Director Kevin, great job!"

"..."

The cast members cheered again.

In Hollywood, not all movies will hold a party after the film is finished.

After all, it costs money.

But Kevin naturally didn't care about this little money, and he generously saved $[-] from the production cost for the final wrap-up party.

Tom Cruise finally breathed a sigh of relief. After running around for four consecutive months, even Iron Man would feel tired.

What's more, he's just a mortal body.

The follow-up production has nothing to do with him, what he has to do is to publicize in advance, but before the publicity, he has to go home and rest for a few days.

...

In a five-star hotel.

After a great party.

Tom Cruise came to Kevin's side and said with a little sigh:

"I believe that Mission: Impossible will be another masterpiece in the hands of director Kevin. I am very honored to have cooperated with director Kevin in this movie. I hope there will be more opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Whether a movie will become bad money can actually be felt during shooting.

A good movie can stimulate the potential of the actors in the movie and release their best state.

And for a bad movie, the audience can directly feel the embarrassing acting skills of the actors.

This is an unconscious behavior, sometimes even the actors themselves don't feel it, but it's very real, after all, knowing that they are acting in a bad movie, sometimes the actors often have no energy in acting, so they naturally relax very much.

Like Nicolas Cage, there are very few people whose acting skills are very stable no matter what movie.

And Tom Cruise can feel Kevin's careful design of this movie from Kevin's direction, whether it is an action scene, character characteristics, or the layout of the play.

Simply put, this is a play with a stalk.

And this kind of play, often the box office is not too bad.

"There is a chance, Cruise, you are a very good actor."

Tom Cruise, in later generations, has countless controversies surrounding him.

But for an actor, the most important thing is whether he is qualified in his own job.

And this, for Kevin who has worked with him.

There is only one word, admiration.

In Kevin's mind, Tom Cruise can be described as extremely professional. Except for some too dangerous actions that were rejected by the insurance company's staff and producers, he was fearless in others.

In this kind of action scene, he suffered some minor injuries to some extent, but Cruise never said anything because of these minor injuries.

This made Kevin couldn't help but sigh, becoming a superstar still has his own abilities.

And until this time, Kevin also asked his own question.

"Cruise, why did you choose to join them?"

"Because I belong to the top of them."

Cruise's words were simple, but Kevin instantly understood what he wanted to say.

It's not that he was bewitched by them, but that they directly recruited him from a high-level position.

They harmed the middle and lower classes, and high-level people like him would only enjoy their resources if they joined them, and there was no harm.

He had no reason to refuse.

Kevin, who owns two countries at the same time, did not question his choice.

After all, other people's choices have nothing to do with him.

As long as Tom Cruise is a qualified and good actor, that's enough.

...

The next day, other members of the crew started their vacation careers.

Kevin didn't rest at all, except last night, he had a good sex with Julie to vent his fatigue.

At this moment, he rushed directly to the MGM building.

Before the shooting, he made an agreement that the editing would be placed in MGM, so that it would be convenient for MGM to be the first to rate Mission: Impossible after the editing was completed.

This is actually indifferent to Warner and Paramount, but it is very important to MGM who attaches great importance to this movie.

Leiter looked at Kevin's haggard face with a disheveled beard after four months of running around, and he couldn't help saying solemnly:

"Everything is up to you."

"give it to me."

Kevin smiled and plunged into the editing room.

...

Seven days later, Tom Cruise, Jolie and other main supporting actors, after a few days of rest, started busy publicity again.

Including but not limited to various TV programs controlled by the big capital behind Warner and Paramount, chatting about various interesting things about Mission: Impossible.

In this regard, MGM is at a disadvantage, which is why he fell out of the top five film companies and can only maintain the top eight film companies in Hollywood.

The lack of a large capital behind it has led to failures in various aspects.

.....

The external publicity has basically nothing to do with Kevin. Now that the Internet age has not yet arrived, people often don't pay attention to the director of a movie.

They pay more attention to the stars who appear in the movie.

After more than ten days of editing, the first cut version of the movie finally came out, and then Kevin was busy with dubbing and adjusting the tone of the picture.

Of course, the most important thing is the processing of special effects.

On this point, MGM President Leiter recommended to him the industrial light and magic special effects company founded by George Lucas.

George Lucas and Big Ship director James Cameron are both directors of special effects technology.

They pay more attention to the use of various special effects techniques in movies.

The movies they shoot often show people an unprecedented shock.

Especially Cameron, the appearance of each of his films is accompanied by technological progress in the film industry.

The success of Avatar is inseparable from his research on 3D movie technology.

...

Under Leiter's introduction, Kevin also went directly to the place where Industrial Light & Magic Special Effects Company was located.

And his arrival was warmly welcomed by Lucas.

"Steve Kevin, I'm George Lucas, and I'm also a student at the University of Southern California, so I count as your old senior."

With a neatly trimmed beard, Lucas looked very serious and laughed.

As students of the University of Southern California, they naturally belong to the same faction in Hollywood.

In the absence of a conflict of interest, it is normal to help one's juniors and seniors casually.

The faction of the University of Southern California has a force that cannot be underestimated in Hollywood.

Among other things, it definitely plays a crucial role in rushing to the Olympic Games.

Kevin also laughed. He has been in Hollywood for more than a year, because he spends most of his time making movies, so his contacts in Hollywood are actually quite ordinary.

But since there is such a faction, he has no reason not to join, and Kevin also responded positively to Lucas' overtures.

"Senior Lucas, I'm here today to ask Industrial Light and Magic to make some special effects for Mission: Impossible."

"As the strongest special effects company in Hollywood, if there is a need in this regard, I must have come to the senior directly."

After a few compliments, I briefly chatted about the secret talks in Hollywood.

The two quickly entered into a formal business conversation.

There are not too many special effects shots in Mission: Impossible 1, but the difficulty is not small, so it also costs a lot of money.

After some negotiations, a two-month period and hundreds of special effects shots were finally agreed upon.

After talking about the business, after agreeing to accept the party belonging to the University of Southern California that Lucas will host at an uncertain time.

Kevin left Industrial Light and Magic and started working on other films.

Kevin is generally satisfied with this movie. The only pity is that because of the advance and the lack of money, Kevin almost spent 8000 yuan without finding a suitable advertiser. Wan's investment can be described as rich and powerful.

Chapter 50

After dealing with matters related to special effects, Kevin first came to the office building he rented near Hollywood.

Here is the Chenxi Film Company where he is the boss.

Of course, although it is a film company, Chenxi Film Company is just a shell film company at this time, and does not involve distribution, copyright development, etc. other content.

At present, the only business in the company is that Kevin invested 30% of Mission: Impossible.

It's too early to pay back.

However, the biggest purpose of Kevin's establishment of the company is to avoid taxes, and a large amount of money will be transferred to his company's corporate account immediately.

Consumption goes to the company's account, which can greatly reduce and exempt a lot of taxes.

From the box office share of the chainsaw horror, as well as the editing and director's fees, plus the subsequent sale of copyrights, the income is close to 3000 million US dollars.

Among them, the villa in Beverly Hills and various other messy expenses were removed, plus the tax paid after tax avoidance through a professional tax company in April, and only more than 1000 million US dollars were left in the end.

In theory, this amount of money is actually not enough to invest in Mission: Impossible.

However, Kevin, who has absolute confidence in Mission: Impossible, directly spent all the income from his three professions of screenwriter, director, and producer, plus all the money in his hand, in exchange for 30% of Mission: Impossible. investment share.

And other film companies are also happy to see the success. As the director, Kevin has paid so much, it is naturally impossible to play tricks on the Mission: Impossible project, and will only be more careful in the production.

Having said so much, there is only one meaning, Kevin has no money.

Now I have to go to the Warner Brothers to get back the investment share of the escape from the town. The two parties are still in the honeymoon period of cooperation at this time, but it will be hard to say when Kevin gets the shares of MGM. .

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Kevin decided to take this opportunity to get the box office share first, and sell the follow-up income directly to Warner at a discount.