King of Hollywood

"What are you laughing at, Ed?" Don Simpson, who was standing next to Adrian and talking to Jerry Bruckheimer, was the first to notice his smile, and then looked curiously in the direction of his gaze.

"It's nothing." Adrian turned his head, the smile on his face remained unchanged, "I bet Michael Bay must be thinking at this moment: Just stare, I'll surpass you sooner or later."

"Want to surpass James? It's not easy," Simpson looked at the other side and shrugged. "Mike is indeed a very talented director, but compared with James, he is still a long way behind. He is a bit too Obsessed with dazzling and hot images, always wanting the movie to look cooler and more impactful, thus ignoring the development of the plot.”

Granted, Simpson spoke to Bay's weakness, a problem that still haunted him years later.

"It's always good for young people to be enterprising. Even if there are such and other shortcomings, as long as he realizes them, he will naturally find a way to correct them. Didn't Jerry grow up under your guidance?" Adrian said, although Deep down in his heart, he didn't think that Michael Bay would really make adjustments, but who knew that he would definitely follow his memory in the future?

"That's true," Simpson nodded, and then someone looked at him, "Wait, you seem to belong to young people, Ed? Not to mention Jerry, Mike seems to be two years older than you, right? "

"Why, you and Jerry are allowed to rely on their old age, but I am not allowed to do so?" Adrian asked jokingly.

"Hey, I didn't say anything." Jerry Bruckheimer who was somehow involved raised his hands.

The three of them immediately laughed together. Adrian glanced not far away and said goodbye. After walking two steps, he turned his head and said, "I believe this will definitely be a blockbuster movie, Don, so there is Not interested in collaborating again?"

Simpson looked at Adrian with a surprised look: "Do you have any good ideas, Ed?"

"Yes, it's a very exciting, exciting and shocking story. I have already picked the producer and director." Adrian said, looking at Bruckheimer and then at the distance still with Came Michael Bay, whom Long was talking to, already had a very clear meaning, "I even have candidates for three leading roles. I believe that if we continue to cooperate, this will be another blockbuster movie."

"Can you talk about the general idea?" Simpson suddenly became interested.

"Now? Let's wait until the premiere of "Bad Boys" is over, and I just happened to summarize this idea systematically, so that I can explain it to you better," Adrian turned and walked away with a smile. "Excuse me."

Simpson shrugged his shoulders, although he felt a little regretful, but he didn't care. Adrian said so, so let's talk about it after he comes up with a specific idea. This young man has proved with many facts that his words have always been true. It's true.

"Oh, sorry, my boyfriend is here." Before Adrian could reach the front of the bar, the long-haired girl who spotted him dropped the man who was talking to her and walked over, holding his arm Show a sweet smile.

Adrian was a little surprised, but didn't show it on his face, and looked at her with a smile: "Did I bother you?"

"You never told me that you already have a boyfriend." The somewhat handsome man who looked between 20 and 30 suddenly showed disappointment and unwillingness, and completely ignored Adrian The presence.

"I don't?" The girl thought for a while, then smiled, "Sorry, I might have forgotten."

"Why are you here, Liv? I've been looking for you everywhere." At this time, how could Adrian not understand what was going on, and immediately asked in an intimate tone, while leaning close to her pretty face kissed.

"I saw that you were having a good time talking and didn't want to interrupt, so I walked around alone." Liv shrugged.

"I'm sorry, my dear, I left you out in the cold, please give me a chance to apologize?" Adrian said in a sincere tone, Liv quickly glanced at the man, pretended to think for a while, and smiled playfully :"All right."

Adrian then took her to another place, and smiled politely at the man. Although the guy was a little arrogant, he couldn't. The other party immediately raised his hands, said something cursingly, and left in the opposite direction.

"This is your date? It's not interesting at all." Adrian just looked away when Liv asked with dissatisfaction.

"What's wrong? Is there something annoying about the premiere of the movie?" Adrian asked puzzled.

"No, but it's no different from a party. I thought I could see something else." Liv pouted, "I've been partying since I was born, and it's enough. Can there be more parties in my life? Something else?"

There was a pause here, and she glanced around before she said: "Of course, I admit that this premiere is indeed different from a party, but... I just held a birthday party a few days ago, so... ..."

Liv made a gesture and didn't speak anymore, but she kept her mouth open, which made her playful and cute.

"It's a pity that I couldn't attend on July 1st, otherwise it would definitely make the atmosphere of the whole party more lively," Adrian said with a smile, "I hope you like my birthday present."

"It's not bad, but you're wasting the opportunity I gave you now, Ed," Liv suddenly threw off his arm, looked at him with her hands on her hips and said, "I won't say anything from the time I promised. The previous two dates were perfunctory and I can ignore it, but if it is still like this in the future, then I have to say goodbye to you."

funny girl. Looking at the girl's slightly dissatisfied blue eyes, Adrian narrowed his eyes slightly, and then smiled: "Well, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will take you to a very beautiful place, you will like it .”

"Really?" Liv blinked, unexpectedly flashing a moment of hesitation.

Adrian, who was surprised, was about to say something when Cameron's voice came over suddenly: "Hey, Ed, so you are here, no wonder I can't find you there."

"It seems that you finally got rid of them." Adrian smiled and shook hands with him.

"Fortunately, where did you find such a newcomer as a director? That kid has a lot of ideas about special effects." Cameron chattered for a while, and then found that Liv was standing beside Adrian, "This Yes?"

"There are always a lot of people looking for you, so I won't bother you, Ed, I'm waiting for our date." Liv immediately made a face, and quickly walked away without waiting for Adrian to speak.

"Liv Tyler, the heroine of the movie I worked with Tim Burton on." Adrian explained.

Cameron said meaningfully. He seemed to want to say something about it, but after looking at Adrian, he asked the same question as before: "How is it now?"

Although the question was nonsensical, Adrian knew what he was concerned about. Cameron's place would come to attend the premiere of "Bad Boys". In addition to being invited by Adrian, Another reason is that the box office of "True Lies" in North America has approached 100 million US dollars.

The Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee still affected the box office of the movie to some extent, but it could not stop the hit of "True Lies". Almost everyone knew that after the third week, it was certain that the box office in North America would exceed 100 million. It is overseas box office, because the unanimous ban in Arab countries may lose part of it, but as far as the film itself is concerned, it is not a problem to recover the cost. Now it is only a matter of earning more and less, so Cameron can't wait to find it again Adrian.

"Very good," Adrian smiled, but then brought up another topic, "How has the past six months been, James?"

"Very well, what's the matter?" Although Cameron didn't understand why he asked this, he still answered patiently.

"I mean, is there any interesting activity? Like travel or something." Adrian continued to ask with gestures.

"Of course, Linda and I went to Hawaii for vacation at the beginning of last month. We went to a deeper diving area. The world under the ocean is really beautiful." Cameron recalled.

"That's not necessarily true," Adrian smiled, "In deeper places, it's pitch black, with pitifully few creatures, and no beauty at all, such as the place where the largest ship in the world sank decades ago .”

"The biggest ship in the world at that time?" Cameron was taken aback, and then his eyes lit up. From the beginning of the conversation, he was wondering why Adrian said these words to him, and how could he not react now.

"You want to make a movie about the Titanic?" There was excitement in his tone.

"You know, last weekend, as a disaster film, "Tornado" easily pulled "True Lies" off the top of the North American box office chart, so I want to make-or find you to produce and direct a film. A disaster movie about the Titanic," Adrian said bluntly, "of course, it's not completely a disaster, and you can also add a touching love story, such as a poor boy and a rich girl. More importantly Yes--"

He made a long pause and continued after seeing that Cameron's appetite had been whetted. Looking at the wreck, you can also make a 1:1 super model ship for shooting. You can even spend three to four years making it. I just want to see a beautiful super large ship that can shock and amaze the whole world. Make it - don't tell me you can't"

"200 million dollars? Are you sure?" Even a madman like Cameron couldn't help swallowing after hearing this condition. His eyes were fixed on Adrian, for fear that he would tell him next time. It's just a joke.

"Yes, 200 million U.S. dollars is up to you to squander." Adrian spread his hands, "This is definitely not a joke, James, I said that I would create miracles with you, then I will definitely do what I say."

Then, he added: "Of course, only $200 million"

Although in Adrian's memory, the final cost of this unprecedented production was 240 million, but he only gave a budget of 200 million. Once Cameron burns money, let alone 200 million dollars, even if it is doubled, he will spend it without hesitation. Even if Adrian knows what benefits this movie can bring, it doesn’t mean He can tolerate Cameron's unrestrained burning of money, you must know that this is entirely funded by him personally.

So Adrian simply offered 200 million in funds directly. In this way, no matter how much money Cameron can burn, he has to weigh it. bigger.

Cameron did not hesitate, and agreed immediately. How many people in Hollywood have such courage? You can spend $200 million to make a movie? He would be an idiot if he missed it.

Frankly speaking, it's not that Adrian has never thought of directing this movie by himself. This is "Titanic", which broke the global box office record and has been worshiped by countless people. Even after hundreds of years, it will occupy a place in film history. position. However, after thinking twice, he still gave up this plan, because he really didn't have time to make such a huge movie that would take countless energy. Not to mention the various difficulties in the shooting, those details alone are enough to cause headaches, and Adrian can't achieve Cameron's level of excellence in every detail.

He remembered seeing the anecdote about Cameron's production of "Titanic". When he was filming the scenes of the banquet, because he found that the tableware used was not engraved with the handwriting of Titanic, Cameron directly It was announced that all the photos taken before would be invalidated, until I contacted the tableware manufacturer in the UK to re-customize the tableware, and then started to shoot again. This process cost almost hundreds of thousands, plus all the previous photos were invalidated, so the money was burned. .

This is not to say that Adrian can't make it. With Cameron's original version as a reference, and he has already "remade" many movies, he doesn't need to spend a year and a half in preparation like Cameron. It took a year and a half to shoot. But even so, he estimated in his heart that even if he didn't build a 1:1 model, it might still take nearly two years.

This is too long, and it will take up most of his energy. Although Adrian doesn't mind giving himself an extra halo, this is not his main purpose after all. Besides, he already has another plan for increasing the aura of the director, and the impact it will cause will definitely not be inferior to that of "Titanic", so it is better to leave this job that is both honor and pressure to Cameron. , This also fully demonstrates his vision and courage for people and movies.

The two didn't continue talking about this matter. Adrian made such a surprising promise, but the story was just an idea and didn't even have an outline. Although Cameron was pleasantly surprised and excited by this promise, he also felt a lot of pressure. Naturally, he had to go back and think about how to prepare.

"Jedi Men" is finally released, and the major film companies that are paying attention are finally relieved. Although the number of theaters is similar to that of "Tornado", the box office in the first week is only about 17 million. Ranked among the last few, there is no momentum from the previous "True Lies" and "Tornado". It's no wonder that a Paramount executive would proudly tell his assistant in private that big investment can make big money, so they have to participate in the end.

But they forgot that although the box office of "Bad Boys" in the first week was not as good as the previous two films, the cost was only about 20 million, which was a quarter of that of "Tornado" and a fifth of that of "True Lies". Moreover, these three films that stayed on the North American box office list were all produced by Bosworth Films, and Fox and Warner only participated in investment and distribution.

After this statement reached Adrian's ears, he just laughed it off. They had this idea, which was exactly what he wanted. Although after the media acquired TBS, the major film companies knew that it would be impossible to suppress Bosworth Films in an all-round way, but they did not give up their plans to make a stumbling block. It's too bright.

Fortunately, the early establishment of DreamWorks has attracted a lot of attention as Adrian expected. After financing and possessing a strong strength that other new companies do not have, Katzenberg ambitiously wants to make DreamWorks It has become a company that ranks with the seven major film companies, and at the same time extended its tentacles into multiple fields, such as movies, music, animation and so on.

How could such a big deal not attract people's attention? Some people think that DreamWorks, with Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, will become another trend in Hollywood that should not be underestimated. New forces, and some people think that it is hard to say how far DreamWorks can go. The executives of the major film companies have also begun to observe how much impact the establishment of DreamWorks will bring in the industry, and the attention paid to Bosworth Films has naturally decreased a lot.

Now that this kind of mentality is added, there is no need to worry, and the media now has New Line and Miramax, even if other companies really have some small moves, there is nothing to worry about.

In short, the big sales of the three films are already a certainty. At the same time, the popularity of the two black actors Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in "Bad Boys" has also begun to increase sharply-unfortunately, the protagonist of "Tornado" It's a tornado, so even though Kate is getting a lot of attention, it's still not as fast as these two bad boys in terms of popularity.

At Adrian's prompt, the brokerage company quickly pulled Will Smith over, and Martin Lawrence let it take its course. This is not because he is partial. Lawrence is from a black neighborhood, so he often speaks out of his own personality, while Smith grew up in a middle-class family, and his ideology is closer to the mainstream American society. So the former is a lot of trouble, while the latter is sought after by more people. Adrian has already prepared a new movie for him, a very exciting sci-fi movie. He was working before being acquired by the media.

Before that, of course, Adrian had an appointment to attend to.