The time for Liang Kun to come to Hollywood is just right. He won’t be so smoothly even if he gets to his thighs earlier or later.

In 1995, the "Dream Factory" created by the creator of the box office miracle and the great director Steven Spielberg, the wizard who created the Disney animation miracle, was officially established by the record industry tycoon and billionaire David Geffen.

DreamWorks soon became a dazzling brand. Katzenberg was responsible for cartoons and gained a foothold with "The Prince of Egypt" and "The Shrek of the Little Ant", and after 2001, the company made a fortune. Spieburg was responsible for feature films, directing or producing masterpieces such as "Saving Private Ryan", "American Beauty" and "Gladiator".

Unfortunately, independent film companies have huge weaknesses, and a crushing defeat in a work may lead to a slump. Disney's movies are lost, and theme parks and ABC radio networks are connected with each other. Paramount's movies are lost, and there are giants like Viacom behind them. Dreamworks is not good, the company is very small, and the money earned by three movies may not be as good as the money lost by one movie.

From its establishment to the present, DreamWorks has produced more than 50 movies, many of which have failed. There are always crises, and they have stumbled through 10 years of "free" creation. Moreover, DreamWorks has no financial strength to charge at the same time on the four positions of television, movies, music and the Internet. In the past two years, it has focused its energy on the production of movies and some TV series.

DreamWorks has performed poorly this year. After the animation film production company led by Katzenberg went public, its stock price fell, and it also added $500 million in debt.

If "Escape from the Cloned Island" which will be released on the 22nd of this month and "Red-Eye Flight" which will be released on the 19th of next month fail, DreamWorks will be completely unable to hold on. The company cannot meet the investors' profit requirements at all, and can only consider "selling oneself".

As one of the bosses of DreamWorks, Spielberg has great say in his opinion, and he has the final say in live-action movies. Liang Kun wanted to make a small-cost movie at this critical moment, but he agreed without much consideration.

Spipberg's new film "Munich" is about to start filming, and the company is unable to make big movies anymore. A small-cost horror comedy is a good choice for making big big money. Now he is willing to launch projects. If it is a little later, he will have to focus on directing the movies until the company sells it.

Liang Kun’s plan is very comprehensive. He doesn’t have to run around shooting in Los Angeles. He can also play the leading role.

In this way, the only important roles to be chosen is the villain. Liang Kun is famous in Asia and his acting skills have been recognized. He is willing to write, direct and act on his own, but Spipberg did not object. The script clearly states that the male protagonist is a Chinese.

On July 10, Spieburg invited Liang Kun to DreamWorks.

Gong Wei and Constantine also went together because they were going to sign the contract officially today, so they helped to advise.

Liang Kun does not plan to find economic people in the United States for the time being because he wants to make decisions on important issues. When he starts developing economic people, he may not only not be able to provide him with help, but may also be dragging him down.

A good agent is like a boat that can carry a boat or overturn it.

There were examples a few years ago. Shu Qi's agent Wen Jun turned down "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" without telling Shu Qi about the reason that the filming cycle was too long and delayed other scenes. Later, Shu Qi learned that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" had found her, and she quit her agent in anger. If Shu Qi had taken over "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the process of entering the international community would have been much shorter and more popular.

Liang Kun is a reborn person. He only needs to use a magic mirror to communicate with his subconscious mind. In this world, there is no way anyone in the entertainment industry has a better vision than him. If he is an actor and the American manager asks him to take bad movies, will he spend some time convincing the other party? As a director, he doesn't need the manager to point fingers in any way he wants to film anything he wants.

The agency team he needs is obedient and will not make random claims. You can raise opinions, but don’t want to control him. If there is a major signing, he can ask a lawyer to help him check the contract.

Moreover, Liang Kun is not just an actor, he becomes a director as soon as he comes.

Some directors and agents may help negotiate some cooperation matters, including cooperation projects and prices. Liang Kun just came to the United States and it was too difficult to find a trustworthy American agent. The famous ones are probably not as good as newcomers like him, and it is better to find someone who is not capable of finding one.

The producer arranged by Spieburg was Stewart Confield, born in 1952, who was older than Liang Kun's parents. Liang Kun met him at the company. He was a fat uncle with black-framed glasses and a messy beard. He was almost bald, with only a little hair on both sides of his head, but his temperament looked quite energetic.

From 1997 to the present, Stewart has produced many movies, most of which are comedy. Last year, he released two comedy films as producers, "Crazy Dodgeball" and "The Two Pokers".

In 2003, his productions include "Double-Floor Apartment" and "Single Men's Club". "Double-Floor Apartment" starred Speeburg's goddaughters Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller. The film topped the North American box office in its first week of release in the United States, and eventually won $160 million in global box office.

Liang Kun did not know this producer when he communicated with his subconscious mind, and it was often difficult for the workers behind the scenes to be outstanding. Stewart is very capable. In the parallel world, he is also the producer of high-box movies such as "Tropical Thunder" and "Super Bad Guy".

Liang Kun's contract includes the script, the male lead and the director. The film is written, directed and acted by himself. His salary was raised by an integer, totaling $500,000.

Liang Kun had no objection to this. When he came, he had inspected what the market in Hollywood was. Spieburg was optimistic about his prospects and wanted him to join him, otherwise he could suppress his salary.

According to Hollywood rules, Liang Kun did not suffer any loss. Spieburg knew that he was not short of money and had to give face, so even if he was a rookie, the director's pay was not low.

As for the male lead’s pay, it’s just a little bit of a thing. Except for the female lead, no one else is important in this movie, and there is not much room for acting. Although this is a small-cost movie, Spieburg can invest 5 million US dollars according to Liang Kun’s plan, most of the money will be spent on filming.

In the 2005 market, the new director directed a movie with a pay of only 2.3 million, and it won't increase much in the future. When Simon Kinberg directed his debut film "X-Men: Dark Phoenix", the pay was only 500,000 US dollars, which was a special effects blockbuster.

The pay for new actors is even lower. Zhang Ziyi has been in Hollywood for a few years. She is said to have a pay of only $500,000 for filming "Memoirs of Geisha".

In parallel world, Scarlett Johnson became famous at a young age and also has a masterpiece. When she played Black Widow in "Iron Man 2", her salary was only 400,000 US dollars, and Robert Downey Jr. didn't have much more when she first starred in "Iron Man".

"Wonder Woman" has been recognized in "Don't hit me, my mom is Martha". When starring in "Wonder Woman", Gal Gadot's salary was only $300,000.

Hollywood is like this, the price is here, and you like to shoot or not. If you don’t shoot, some people will grab roles. Actors who are not famous will be willing to play important roles as long as they see the opportunity, they will give you some money. This will make a big fight. Most handsome men and beautiful women can only play supporting roles and don’t even have lines.

Hollywood screenwriters have no status. As long as there is no big butterfly effect, a major strike will occur in 2007, lasting more than 100 days. More than 12,000 screenwriters participated in the strike. Conservative calculations have led to the loss of at least $500 million in the US entertainment industry.

Of course, there are also contents in the contract that Liang Kun is dissatisfied with.

For example, actors were selected by DreamWorks audition, and Liang Kun did not have the right to recommend actors. No one trusted Liang Kun in this regard. Spieburg believed that producer Stewart must be checked. Because Liang Kun was too young, he was only 23 years old. He just arrived in the United States again. How many Hollywood actors did he know? Do you understand the preferences of American audiences?

Liang Kun knows that many actors will become famous in the future, now they are supporting actors and are not recognized. There are too many people like Hollywood. If he is asked to choose an actor, he will be very interesting to choose a group of all-stars. Unfortunately, he does not have the right to choose an actor, so this plan can only fail.

He could understand that if he was the boss, a young man from mainland China would have become a director. In order to ensure that the movie can be profitable, it is impossible to give rookies too much rights.

Similarly, Liang Kun does not have the right to edit the movie. His task is to shoot the film materials. Stewart finds editors to edit the movie into a way that suits the tastes of American audiences and controls the movie to a suitable length of time.

Stewart's power is much greater than Liang Kun. He is responsible for staring at Liang Kun, afraid that he will have no experience and make random things.

Spieburg tested Liang Kun, but he still felt that he was too young and lacked a gradual process. Liang Kun could participate in the editing, but he had no say. To put it bluntly, just watch it from the side.

Spipberg was recognized as a genius director when he was young, but he practiced it step by step.

In 1957, when he was 10 years old, he filmed the 14-minute movie "The Boy Scout" with a home 8mm camera. In 1958, he joined the Boy Scout and was awarded for filming a 9-minute and 8-ms short film called "The Last Gunfight". In 1960, he produced the 40-minute World War II-themed movie "Nowhere to Escape" and received a prize for a 16-mm camera at the Arizona Film Competition.

In 1968, Spieburg won a $100,000 investment from a wealthy man from an optical instrument company to film the 35mm format short film "Amperlin", which won the award at the second Atlanta Film Festival. The film attracted the attention of the head of the Global Company, who signed a seven-year director contract with him, and at the age of 22, he officially entered the film industry.

He then filmed a TV series, and he didn't complete his first feature film "Rampage and Escape" until 1974. He was almost 28 years old at that time.

Age is Liang Kun's advantage and disadvantage. After chatting with Spipberg, he could only agree to this arrangement.
Chapter completed!