Zhang Xiao explained with a smile: "He is known as Chaplin in the CG era. He has played Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings", Snoke in "Star Wars", King Kong in "King Kong", etc."

"Even though he has never shown his face, his salary is much higher than even the top Hollywood stars."

Eddie Serkis' salary was US$12 million. When Zhang Xiao learned about this price, he was shocked.

You must know that this salary is already the salary of the top stars in Hollywood, but Caesar is also a well-deserved protagonist in the film. As long as Eddie Serkis can perform well, let alone 12 million, it will be 20 million

, Zhang Xiao won’t feel bad either.

Yang Mi said: "Well, husband, since you are going to the Lighthouse Country, the issue of the release of "Swordsman" and related matters will be left to you?"

"No problem!" Zhang Xiao nodded and said: "Speaking of this, "Swordsman" is really lucky. Our "God of War" gave them a good start. With the quality of this movie, it should be

It can be sold well overseas."

the next day.

Zhang Xiao took a flight directly to the Lighthouse Country, and the person who came to pick him up was Chen Li.

"Sister Lili, I heard that you have been very busy recently. Why do you have time to pick me up?" Zhang Xiao asked with a smile after seeing Chen Li.

Ever since Chen Li became Helena's agent, she has been busy working for her. With Zhang Xiao's reputation, she quickly won endorsements for several major brands for Helena, becoming a new upstart in the fashion industry.

Of course, Helena's main job is to be an actress, and Chen Li has not forgotten this.

After a careful selection process, Helena became the female lead in a feature film directed by the great director Victor.

The previous movie "Silence of the Lambs" was a hit, making Helena a quasi-A-list movie star in Hollywood. As long as this feature film can be a hit, it will definitely make her a A-list movie star.

Chen Li said with a smile: "Helena is filming in the crew, and I have been idle for half a month. When I heard that your boss Zhang was coming, I hurried over to take care of her!"

Zhang Xiao said: "This really flatters me. By the way, Sister Lili, you must have read the script of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". How do you feel about it?"

Chen Li answered truthfully: "Both the commercial atmosphere and the humanistic atmosphere are very strong, and it is a model of the combination of the two. As for whether you can make this movie well and win the love of the audience, it depends on you, a great director."

ability.”

"Hey, if the heroine is not Yang Mi, I will definitely fight for Helena."

Zhang Xiao waved his hand and said: "The lead in this drama is the orangutan Caesar. I, the male lead, and Mimi, the female lead, are just supporting characters serving the plot. They are not interesting."

Chen Li rolled her eyes and said, "Since it's not interesting, why don't you give this role to Mimi?"

Zhang Xiao explained: "If Mimi wants to give, such a role is undoubtedly the most suitable. Regardless of whether the movie is successful or not, Mimi will not be affected too much."

Upon hearing this, Chen Li smiled and said, "I didn't see it, but you thought very carefully about Mimi!"

"That's necessary!" Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Who made her the mother of my child? By the way, there has been no movement from Paramount and Columbia during this period, right?",

Chen Li said: "The two companies should have reached an agreement. No matter what movie they make, they will never ask for Disney's investment or actors."

When Zhang Xiao heard this, he sneered and said: "What about the theater chain? Don't you need it too?"

Chen Li replied: "If they don't use our theater chain, how can they show it?"

Behind Paramount, ViaCon and Columbia's Soli have jointly built more than a thousand theaters in Europe and the United States, but they do not cover the whole world. Without the supplement of other theater lines, it will definitely not work.

Zhang Xiao made a sound and said disdainfully: "I thought they were very awesome, but it turns out they are just two soft-legged shrimps."

Chen Li said: "Zhang Xiao, in one week, Wu Yusen's "Wind Whisperer" will be released globally. One day ahead of "Swordsman", the two movies are basically in PK status."

"Soli has high hopes for this movie. Their film review department even gave it a super high score of 9.5, and they invested US$150 million in promotional expenses alone."

"Some time ago, Wu Yusen called me, hoping that I could ask you to schedule the film through me, so I told him about "Swordsman". When he heard it, he might not be too happy.

.”

Zhang Xiao said calmly: "Although Wu Yusen is a Chinese director, "Wind Talker" is a Columbia Pictures film. Compared with the purely Chinese film "Swordsman", I will definitely support the latter.

"

"Since he didn't contact me, it means he knows it and I will definitely not give in."

In Hollywood, under normal circumstances, Zhang Xiao would definitely help directors and actors who are also Chinese, but that was under the premise that there were no purely domestic films released.

Now "Swordsman" and "Wind Whisperer" are premiering almost at the same time, and the latter is Suo Li's film. Zhang Xiao will definitely not add more films to the latter.

Logically speaking, Wu Yusen should not have made this call.

Chen Li said: "This year, domestic films will be in line with world films. In the future, there will probably be more and more competition like "Swordsman" and "Wind Whisperer."

"Yes!" Zhang Xiao nodded and said, "The Department of Culture has already started making preparations. Sunny Day will also build another 105,000 screens to meet the demand for domestic and foreign film screenings."

"If there is a chance, I will cooperate with Longda to build another theater chain across Asia, Europe, the United States and Australia. In this way, my theater chain layout will be completed."

"No matter what happens in the future, it will not affect me."

Chen Li said with a smile: "I heard Mimi say that you are really a maniac about building theater chains!"

"Hahahaha!" Zhang Xiao laughed.

After a night's rest at Holden Manor, Zhang Xiao began to work on the filming of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

The first thing he did was to meet Andy Serkis, the most critical motion capture actor. The two chatted for two full hours in a cafe to discuss the performance method of the gorilla Caesar.

For Zhang Xiao, who has SSS-level acting skills, he is also very successful in the field of dynamic capture performance.

Zhang Xiao unreservedly told Andy Serkis his understanding of Caesar's various stages. When it came to the most critical point, he even conducted a business meeting in person.

Andy Serkis was shocked. He found that Zhang Xiao was simply an expert in motion capture performance, and his movements and expressions were even much better than him in some details.

At the beginning, Andy Serkis could still discuss with Zhang Xiao, but later on, it was Zhang Xiao who gave the lecture, and he was just like a student listening to the lecture.

"Mr. Zhang, you are simply amazing."
Chapter completed!