"Ahem!" Lin Dong was shocked by such a great ambition. He was indeed a crazy filmmaker. He was determined to fight against Hollywood alone. Wasn't this the legendary mantis trying to stop a chariot? Of course, this kind of spirit was worthy of recognition! Lin Dong paused and organized his words. "The script is good, but isn't it a little too rash to ask me to be the supporting male character? You have to know that I don't know how to act! "
"I'm the director. I know who is suitable and who isn't! I'm the most professional! " Director Li retorted bluntly. "Some people are born with an aura. As long as they stand in front of the camera, they will be very eye-catching. No plot or image can hide their brilliance. That's a superstar! You've never acted in a film before, but it doesn't matter because you have the confidence and aura of a superstar. Every move you make, even the most ordinary actions in life, has its own unique characteristics. Plus, I wrote this script specifically for you. So, all you need to do is be yourself. "
"Written for me?" Lin Dong broke into a sweat.
"Of course!" Director Li affirmed. "There are two difficulties with this movie. The first is the female lead. I believe you can tell that this is a movie for the female lead. The male lead and supporting male character are just bystanders. This movie will only succeed if the female lead is chosen well! The second difficulty is the supporting male character. He has to be the finishing touch. Other than you, I don't think there's anyone else who can do it. Listen to me first. The male supporting role that I originally wrote wasn't this good. I only changed it bit by bit after collecting your information. You might not know this, but I've already revised the script thirty-five times. In order to make the supporting male character more suitable to you, I revised it twenty-eight times! "
"But I've never acted before!" Lin Dong still didn't know what he would look like in front of the camera!
"I can only say this. First, you just have to be yourself. Second, you just have to do what I ask you to do! If you know how to act, you won't have the feeling I want! "Director Li firmly believed in Lin Dong.
"Ah, I want to ask, who do you want to use as the female lead?" Cheng Mingge quickly changed the topic. This Director Li was too straightforward. It was better not to quarrel with Lin Dong.
"The Star War Queen. I think her acting skills should be able to take on the role of the female lead." Director Li clearly had a candidate in mind.
"This Star War Queen might not be able to accept such a book. Plus, she's so busy, she might not have the time." Yu Tongtong felt that it was difficult.
"You guys are in charge of hiring people. I'm only in charge of filming." Director Li's words made Lin Dong sweat even more. Hey, you're the director, okay? Shouldn't you be the one to invite people? How about asking the Star War Queen to be the female lead? Do you want me, the male supporting role, to invite them?
"What about the male lead?" Cheng Mingge asked again.
"Let's invite Xiao Li for the male lead. He used to be too young and too soft, and his acting skills were frivolous. Now that he's older and more mature, and after so many years, his acting skills have finally improved. He should be able to play the male lead." Director Li clearly didn't have much confidence in Xiao Li, but there weren't many candidates, so she could only choose Xiao Li.
"This male lead is a traitor. Xiao Li is willing to play the role?" Yu Tongtong sweated when she heard that.
"Xiao Li is now the eternal running companion of the Oscars. For the Oscars, he's going crazy. For the Oscars, he won't stop destroying his image. A mere traitor is nothing. As long as you guys say that this male lead has a high chance of winning the Oscars, I think he'll be easier to get than the Star War Queen! " Director Li was very good at grasping other people's weaknesses. If she didn't become a director and became a detective, who knew how many criminals she would catch.
"Even if you can hire him, the price won't be cheap. I think it'll be at least twenty million dollars!" Yu Tongtong was very doubtful that they would be able to break even if they hired a superstar like Xiao Li.
"The Star War Queen isn't cheap either!" Cheng Mingge thought about the script again and asked cautiously, "This will cost a hundred million, right?"
A hundred million, she meant US dollars.
But when Director Li heard that, she immediately shook her head and waved her hand. "A hundred million won't do. I think it'll be at least two hundred million!"
Yu Tongtong exclaimed, "Two hundred million dollars? Two hundred million dollars can break even? "
Director Li nodded. "Yes, two hundred million dollars."
As for whether or not they could break even, she was very confident. She felt that as long as Lin Dong acted well, it would be easy for him to take over Hollywood, let alone break even. Lin Dong was speechless at her confidence. Big brother, no, big sister, don't you know how much foreigners hate rabbits? Whether or not it'll be good doesn't matter, but if they don't arrange it for you and you can't screen it in theaters, it'll be useless no matter how classic you are!
And it'll be two hundred million.
Big sister, you're even more ruthless than me when it comes to robbing money. I'm still giving people the gene medicine, but you're just burning film …
Director Li took out a box of women's cigarettes from her clothes, but she didn't smoke it. In the end, she put it back. "I know it's very difficult. That's how making a movie is. Sometimes, even though you know it'll be good, you can't do it without the right opportunity. As for the money, I've already talked to Golden Tooth. He can pay a hundred million. If he pulls in some investments from other countries, he might be able to pull in ten million. The rest is up to you. If this movie can't break even, I'll sign a contract to help you pay off your debt. Anyway, I'll be happy if I can make this movie. Everything else doesn't matter! "
"It's not about the money!" When Cheng Mingge heard that, he quickly explained, "We're afraid that we'll spend the money and end up not being able to do the right thing. We'll be laughed at. As for the contract, there's no need to talk about it. We're not a company, not a unit. We don't have those kinds of restrictions. "
"We have to sign a contract, but not the kind you're talking about." Yu Tongtong nodded and said, "The script is indeed good. Let's discuss it first. As for whether he can act or not, I'll call you after the discussion!"
Director Li knew that this kind of thing couldn't be rushed. Besides, it was two hundred million dollars. Who would agree to it immediately?
So she bid farewell and left.
As soon as she left, Cheng Mingge and Yu Tongtong waited for her to leave and immediately asked someone to send her movie over.
They wanted to observe Director Li's filming standards and control ability. They didn't want to waste two hundred million US dollars! Director Li's movies could not be released in the country, but there were still underground copies. They were labeled as third-grade or banned movies to cheat money. In fact, most of these movies were sadomasochistic love stories, social documentaries, and some were lesbian movies.
The filmmaking skills were not professional, so they couldn't tell if it was good or bad, but the movie was not bad.
It was artistic too.
However, that kind of weird worldview was really not something Cheng Mingge and Yu Tongtong could understand. They couldn't figure out how three women could be like a love triangle. Moreover, it was a torturous torturous torturous torturous torturous torturous! In the end, they could only say that mortals could not understand the world of lesbians!
Lin Dong, on the other hand, considered another question. "Money is fleeting, but there's one thing. America is the territory of God's Eye. If there's no me, it'll be fine. If I'm a supporting character in it, will God's Eye let the movie be released? Even if it's released, what's the use of arranging a hundred or so screens? Moreover, all the mouthpieces and opinions are in the hands of God's Eye. At that time, it'll be hard enough to just review the movie, let alone win an award! "
"Indeed, even if you win an award, you still need to lobby!" Yu Tongtong also felt that it was hard enough.
"Then let's put it down first!" Cheng Mingge only felt that it was a pity for the script.
The filming of the movie had come to an end for the time being.
Whether it could work or not.
In the future, it would depend on the opportunity. Moreover, this was an investment of two hundred million US dollars. It seemed like a waste to just throw it away.
"There's a tycoon prince from the Middle East, and he's clamoring to see you!" Fatty Yu Feng called. Lin Dong could hear the noise on the other end. It was Hussain, The Little Prince.
"Let me talk to him." Lin Dong didn't wait for three seconds. Hussain, The Little Prince, couldn't wait to shout on the other end of the phone, "Hey, I'm Hussain. Do you remember me? I'm the brother who talked to you at the auction! Dear brother, I'm here to see you now. You must remember that I once said that I wanted to buy gene potions! "
"You have two billion US dollars?" Lin Dong sweated. Sure enough, he couldn't look down on the tycoon from the Middle East!
"Ha, although I have two billion, I want the one billion. As for the other, I want to give it to my wise father. If he had a stronger body, he would definitely be able to lead us to a higher peak!" The Little Prince, Hussain, was actually not the richest prince in the Middle East. The most powerful prince, Abdul, had seven Cadillacs and three airplanes at the age of 14. His weekly pocket money was six million US dollars, and he had 300 million US dollars a year. If this was not enough to spend, there was still 1.6 billion in his bank account waiting to be spent at any time. Even Buckingham Palace wanted to buy Abdul. Compared with Abdul, The Little Prince, Hussain, was just average rich. He was not particularly rich!
He begged his father for a long time before he finally got the two billion.
Most importantly, his father was also interested in gene potions. When the old Hussain learned about Griffon's physical changes through the intelligence of the underground Dark Guild, he was immediately willing to buy it with this large amount of money.
Two billion for a tycoon from the Middle East.
It was not a small amount, but it was really not a lot!
When Lin Dong finished the phone call and talked to Cheng Mingge and Yu Tongtong about this, the two women were sweating. What is a tycoon? This is! What is being rich and willful? This is! Only a tycoon from the Middle East would take out two billion US dollars to buy two needles! Griffon took out two billion for gene evolution. That was the pursuit of power. What did The Little Prince, Hussain, pursue? Did he need to hit people with his fists?
No matter what the purpose of The Little Prince, Hussain, wanting to become stronger was, it had nothing to do with Lin Dong.
And it was sold to people like him.
Not to mention Lin Dong, even Elder Yan, An Old Fox, and other people from the military raised their hands in agreement. Dean Qu almost cheered. Let the storm of tycoons come more fiercely!
The next day, Lin Dong pretended that the gene potion had been made. Accompanied by Ye Qianru, he went to the land of fish and rice. He found that The Little Prince, Hussain, and a large group of bodyguards were arm-wrestling with Lu Guoqiang and Chen Changfeng.
Of course, not to mention Lu Guoqiang and the others.
It was to compete with Fatty Yu Feng.
Not many of his bodyguards could win against him. Fatty Yu Feng's strengthening wasn't for nothing!
The Little Prince, Hussain, saw that his bodyguards lost miserably. On the contrary, he was very excited. Especially when he knew that Fatty Yu Feng was only enhanced and not gene potion, and his strength was so great, he couldn't help but laugh wildly. He could imagine that as long as he went back, he could sweep the entire Middle East …
At that time, life would be too beautiful!
"I believe that I am only the first batch. As long as I go back and show off my perfect body, I believe that those guys will be so jealous that their eyes will be on fire. Haha!" The Little Prince, Hussain, had a small wish. He hoped that he would have 1.2 billion. One billion from his father and two hundred million from his private secret. He also hoped that Lin Dong would not make an exception and would not inject more than one billion of gene potions into anyone, including his brother.
"Well, for the sake of our special affinity!" Lin Dong agreed.
"Can you enhance my fructose? I want the same kind of enhancement potion as the racehorse! Of course, I also want the racehorse. You must sell me a few. I want to sweep the entire Middle East racetrack! I like it so much. Your racehorse is the real racehorse! "The fructose in the mouth of The Little Prince, Hussain, was an adult lion.
"I can enhance it. Because it is a big customer, I will only charge ten million US dollars." Lin Dong first expressed that he could get a special discount, and then suddenly asked the tycoon prince, "When the lion becomes stronger, no one will be able to deal with it except for you. You can't possibly keep it in chains every day, can you? A king of beasts that no one can restrain, are you going to release it back to the prairie? "
"This …" The Little Prince, Hussain, was anxious. If I release it back to the prairie, why should I enhance it? Thinking about it carefully, the lion is definitely not as tame as the racehorse. This is indeed a problem! However, he had an idea. Since the "wood" brother could bring it up, there must be a solution. So, he patted his chest like a tycoon. "I know you can definitely solve this problem, right? Tell me, my dear brother. How much money do you need? Just tell me. For me, as long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem! Is twenty million okay? Fifty million? Isn't fifty million too … You said that it will only listen to my orders in the future, right? Tame like a racehorse? Even riding it is not a problem? That's great. Ahahaha, that group of cowards riding camels won't be scared when they see me riding a lion on the street, right? Okay, fifty million it is. Money is not a problem at all! "
Fatty Yu Feng listened on the side and was full of admiration.
What is a real tycoon?
This is a real tycoon!
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