949: Frozen
Li Donglai has not been idle for this period of time. Given the unexpected big sale after Li Donglai took over the second part, Disney and Marvel have stepped up their plans for the third sequel. He is going to film "Iron Man 3".
"Why did my script have two new characters?" During the meeting on the first day of the crew's reunion, Li Donglai looked at the producer Kevin Feige in surprise.
Hollywood has a strict producer system, and producers are the boss in a movie. They can decide on get off work hours, decide on scene shooting plans, and even if the budget exceeds the standard, they can change the subsequent script, the final editing version of the movie, and even decide on the director's stay or stay.
If he is an unknown director, his status in the crew is even worse than that of a well-known film protagonist. In addition to the producer, the film's protagonist has the second most rights in the crew. But this kind of thing has never happened to Li Donglai. First, most of his movies were invested by himself in the past, and second, with his current influence and appeal, there are still people who dare to change his script? He was surprised.
The new Marvel CEO explained seriously: "This is exactly what you want to discuss with you. Judging from the first two movies, China has a very large box office potential, and we feel it is necessary to add Chinese elements in the film. In your movie script, the bodyguard you plays was seriously injured and dying at the beginning of the film, and we are very worried that this will affect the box office. Moreover, the Chinese actor who plays the two doctors is also your friends, Bingbing Fan and Xueqi Wang."
"This is the result of how many times you have held a meeting to discuss it?"
It is not the unique hobby of Chinese leaders. The meetings of Hollywood producers are enough to blow up Chinese leaders. From changing the plot of the script to the hairstyle of the protagonist, you can argue for a day before you decide the result. Li Donglai is no longer a Hollywood rookie, and he knows a lot about their style.
"It really took a lot of effort." Kevin hadn't heard the sarcasm in Li Donglai's words, "Of course, your opinion is the most important."
Li Donglai nodded and said seriously: "Kevin, I have never suffered any losses in the movies I have invested in before. Do you know the secret to my success?"
"What?" Kevin Feige was a little confused.
"The secret is that when I filmed my movie, no one will ever make any moves on my own." Li Dong's voice became louder and everyone else looked at him in surprise, and Kevin Feige's eyes widened.
"Then let's talk about the matter." Li Donglai threw the script on the table. "Do you think two cardiologists who are dispensable, let Iron Man go to Chinese primary schools to take a walk. Can it be considered a Chinese element? Regardless of whether Iron Man will be bombarded by the Chinese Air Force when he arrives over China, do you think I am a fool or other Chinese people are fools."
Another producer of the film, Shane Black, said: "Lee, you think too much, things are not that serious. They accepted the more harsh conditions before."
Li Donglai has not heard of anything. I heard that a remark that Li Donglai has recently begun to dislike Li Donglai's salary. His directorial share and salary have exceeded the Hollywood standard line. Just one person has to share a box office of 16.5% and a director salary of 40 million yuan. Under such remarks, naturally, enthusiastic people have begun to look for alternatives to Li Donglai. Mr. Shane Black is one of the candidates.
Robert Downey, who was unknown, came over to smooth things over and said, "Lee, what happened? Don't be like this guy, you can say something well."
Li Donglai glanced at Kevin and Shane coldly, but then smiled suddenly and said, "It doesn't matter. Since you think it's appropriate, I will take the photo as I take. But I said that in the front, my box office passing line is 1 billion US dollars. If the box office does not meet the standards, I will not bear any responsibility."
Kevin Feige gasped, how many directors can Hollywood dare to call out the $1 billion pass line so righteously?! He was silent for a moment and smiled helplessly: "sorry, Lee. I changed your script and didn't tell you this in advance. We apologize to you. Since you think the role is not suitable, you can shoot it according to your script. We will reject Fan."
Li Donglai spread his hands, "I didn't say it's not good to join a Chinese actor, but I just don't add these brain-dead plots. Since Bingbingfan is going to play, I'll give her the role of the female botanist Maya."
As soon as he said that, Shane couldn't help but interrupt, "Shane's role has been decided by Rebecca Hall..."
"Rebecca is just one of the candidates, we haven't signed yet," Kevin added.
"Yes, no contract was signed. I don't mean it must be her. But if the second heroine is also replaced by a Chinese actor, will it cause American audiences to be unaccustomed? After all, the United States is the base camp."
"The United States will give you a box office of up to 300 million yuan." Li Donglai said suddenly: "You can discuss my proposal slowly." He began to look at the watch, "But since the discussion has not been done yet, the official shooting seems to be not possible. It just so happened that Emma is going to have a pregnancy test, so I need to take a step first and make a decision before calling me. Donnie, it seems that you have been in vain today."
Robert Downey Jr. probably heard that the atmosphere was wrong, so he stood up and hugged him considerately, "It's okay, it's always annoying. Say hello to Emma for me."
"I will."
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Emma's belly was already very obvious. During the routine pregnancy test today, the doctor just mentioned casually, "Do you want to see if the baby is a man or a woman?" She couldn't wait to see it.
Li Donglai shook his head from the side, "I still think it's better to keep the suspense, so the surprise will be greater when the child is born."
"Too much." Emma glared at him dissatisfiedly, "Just just record the fairy tale honestly."
Li Donglai flipped over the thick Andersen fairy tale in his hand depressedly, "Are you sure that prenatal education is effective? It looks stupid."
Emma was also stunned. She was idle and read fairy tales and listened to music a lot. Because Li Donglai was not at home often, and it was difficult to learn Chinese. Based on the concept that education should start from the fetus, he took advantage of his free time to grab a bag and let him record the father's version of Andersen's fairy tale. But the question of whether prenatal education is effective has never been carefully considered, so he couldn't help looking at Guo Biting for help. Guo Biting spread his hands and pointed at the pregnancy test doctor: "Does the doctor should ask her more about it here?"
The pregnancy test doctor said: "Scientific explanations, prenatal education is effective. The fetus has amazing abilities. The research results of Thomas, a famous American medical expert, show that at 6 months, the number of brain cells in the fetus is close to adults, and various sensory organs tend to be perfect, and can respond to stimulation inside and outside the mother."
"At every time the fetus develops and grows, education on vision, hearing, touch, etc., such as light, music, dialogue, patting, touch, etc., so that the fetal brain nerve cells continue to proliferate, and the functions of the nervous system and various organs are reasonably developed and trained to maximize the fetus' intellectual potential and achieve the goal of improving human quality..."
"OK!" Li Donglai quickly stopped and continued to read the "Snow Queen" that he had not finished reading just now on the tape recorder: "...Spring is here, Gerda and Gayi come home, they hold hands and sit on the small bridge together, feeling very happy!"
A fairy tale was read by Li Donglai in ups and downs, and Emma's round belly was still applying green crystal paste to facilitate perspective.
"Have you finished reading?" Her Chinese level is really not high.
"I've finished reading." The answer was Guo Biting, "Anssen is worthy of being the king of fairy tales. Even when I hear fairy tales at my age, I will feel it."
"OK, my dear, let's start recording the next article, Snow White." Emma shouted, but unexpectedly found Li Donglai in a daze, "Dear..."
"Hmm?" Li Dong came back to his senses, "I suddenly thought of an idea. How about you talking about changing Snow Queen into a movie?"
"Not good at all!" Emma said angrily: "I asked you to read fairy tales, when can't the movie be filmed?"
Li Donglai ignored it. Sometimes when the inspiration comes, he can let go of everything, and runs to the study excitedly. Emma is angry, "Don't you want to know whether a child is a man or a woman?"
"I don't want to, don't tell me if I know, so as not to lose surprises." He shouted without looking back.
"I want to tell you." Emma shouted loudly at the top of her voice, expressing her dissatisfaction.
Li Donglai still knew that the first child in his life would be a girl. This was very good, and he also gave his daughter a name, Elsa. It happened to be the heroine of his newly written script "Frozen". However, Emma despised Li Donglai for being careless and not paying attention to it enough, so she had to think about it herself and give the child an elegant name.
Li Donglai found it funny and said, "Give you two choices, namely Elsa-Lee, or Anna-Lee. I want to make an animated film based on the story of "The Snow Queen". Elsa and Anna are the names of the two heroines of the film. Maybe after the movie is made, the whole world will go crazy about these two names, so that our children will be envied by the children of the world. If you give other names, the children will resent you in the future."
Emma was hesitant and Li Donglai Knocked again, N won consecutive victories. He drove the sports car to the Phantom Animation.
The latest animated feature of Phantom Animation, "The Story of Old Reis", has entered the final stage of publicity. This film, adapted from a comic written by Dr. Seuss in 1971, directed by Despicable Director Chris Renard, will be released across the United States on the first weekend of March.
Chapter completed!