Chapter 2077 Steven Spielberg
But on the other hand, there are very few films that invest at high cost and obtain high profit returns.
These Hollywood film companies love and hate Cameron.
They were eye-opening about the script creativity created by Cameron, a hot-tempered and arrogant director, and so far, no failed film has been released in his directorial career.
As for hatred, we have to mention his ability to burn money.
From "Titanic" to later "Avatar", the world's most expensive film investment and production cost record was broken by Cameron several times.
Of course, it is also very appropriate to use the principle of not leaving children but not being trapped in wolves.
The box office of "Titanic" and "Avatar" finally won ten times the difference between the movie's investment.
It made countless production companies and filmmakers who were preparing to watch Cameron jokes shocked them.
Looking back, Lee Hyun-cheol unconcealedly revealed his idea of investing in the sequel to the sequel of "Avatar" to the old man in front of him, and the other party was not surprised at all about his idea.
But... When he was an intermediary, when he helped him get Cameron out as usual, the old man did not agree directly, but instead took this as an opportunity to mention another thing to him.
This incident also caused him to suffer from insomnia recently and eventually came to the hospital for treatment.
"Lee...you are my best friend, right?"
Lee Hyun-chul didn't see what the other party wanted to do for a moment, but just followed his words and said "Of course."
"Then...you say, what should I do if I was asked to make a movie by someone holding a gun?"
"Hey Steven, today is not International April Fool's Day, so you don't need to make such a joke, right?"
Lee Hyun-cheol was stunned and sat upright, "Who are you? Steven Spielberg...Who will go crazy and point a gun at you to make a movie?"
"I also hope today is April Fool's Day, but... it's true."
Spielberg smiled bitterly, "I didn't mention this to anyone, including James.
But God probably sympathized with my experience, so I met you here."
At this point, it was already obvious that Spielberg asked for help!
"Is there really such a thing?"
After repeatedly confirming that this old friend was not pranking him, Lee Hyun-cheol frowned and began to think.
To be honest, Wall Street bankers have pushed their capitalist hands into Hollywood since the 1930s.
The dream land is similar to the early HK entertainment industry where underworld invested in movies and forced artists to make money for them, so that when the public mentioned these things, they looked like they were not surprised.
However, it was just that such a thing happened to Spielberg that Lee Hyun-cheol felt a little incredible.
In Hollywood, any film company that can gain a foothold is closely related to the local underworld.
Not to mention whether the senior management has its own black background, there are still cases where the so-called payment of protection fees or the local snake's arms and faces each other, and are as close as brothers.
Not to mention the distant companies, the closer Disney CEO Kevin Tsujihara and Marvel Kevin Feige.
The difference is that the local snake they know is strictly speaking, it is no longer comparable to those small street gangsters of all religions and ranks.
When the gang grows to a certain level, they will face the choice of whitewashing and transformation.
Investing in the entertainment industry is something that many gangsters choose to do.
Today, among the senior executives of Disney and Marvel Studios, there are many with black backgrounds.
The older ones come from well-known local groups, while the younger ones are just named in some clubs.
Putting aside Wall Street bankers and local gangs investing in movies and laundering money, it has long been a public secret.
Lee Hyun-cheol thinks that Spielberg is the top director in Hollywood and even the world. Those who are more powerful in influence and fame than him have already entered the grave.
Therefore, even if there is capital to find Spielberg to make movies, there is no need to use such low-level, untechnical and easy to offend people.
Unless...the movies they asked Spielberg to shoot are something that ordinary directors can't do?
"Who is going to make a movie with you?"
Li Xianzhe had already vaguely guessed the reason why Spielberg was so embarrassed, but his head was still a little messy at this moment. He always felt that he had caught something, but he couldn't figure it out clearly.
"I am from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Chinatown, New York."
Huaxia Chamber of Commerce?
Lee Hyun-chul's eyes twitched when he heard this.
This... is indeed a person of great origin.
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce is an organization established in New York by a group of Qing people who came to the United States from China to work hard in the San Francisco gold rush in their early years.
At first it was to join forces to deal with the exclusion of local black people.
With the development of time, this chamber of commerce gradually developed into the largest Chinese businessman organization in the United States, controlling half of the United States' exports from China to the United States.
Of course, there is another unknown thing that is that the predecessor of this chamber of commerce has appeared many times in a frequently mentioned organization in Chinese online novels - Hongmen.
It can also be said that the Chinese Chamber of Commerce is the product of the Hongmen's transformation from an ancient organization to a modern enterprise.
"It shouldn't be..."
When Lee Hyun-cheol was in charge of real estate for Lee Soo-man in the United States in his early years, he had contacted people from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
Apart from the fact that their history of becoming famous is somewhat "complex" and that many American politicians do not like them (because they do not participate in the voting election), most members of this chamber of commerce are entrepreneurs with good reputations in the industry.
If you really want to ask a director of Spielberg to make a movie, you will be completely ok as long as you pay for it.
I can make trouble so much that I can force the latter to shoot...
"The head of this chamber of commerce, the son of the former head, gave me a check of 300 million US dollars, saying that it was the filming and production cost of the movie, plus 100 million US dollars, saying that it was my personal compensation."
“What?”
Even though Lee Hyun-cheol was prepared, he couldn't help but open his eyes when he heard the price.
Four hundred million US dollars, even if Spielberg's 100 million yuan reward is removed and 300 million US dollars is used to make a movie, this is already the ceiling of current Hollywood movie investment.
In my impression, only Cameron's "Avatar" has achieved it.
But...that is the sum of the investments Cameron has brought in several times.
Perhaps the investment of the 200 million US dollars of "Titanic" more than a decade ago is definitely more than what Spielberg received today.
In addition, the box office revenue system of Hollywood movies is followed.
Lee Hyun-cheol believes that if this movie wants to make a profit, Spielberg must ensure that its final box office is more than one billion US dollars.
Even Marvel, which has made a big hit in superhero movies, cannot praise such a Haikou.
The box office of the first film "Avengers" only reached 1.5 billion with the preparation of many superheroes' personal films and the universe world view has taken shape.
If there were no independent movies of heroes such as Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor, who had been released from the beginning on the "Avengers" series, the final box office would not have been that high.
Chapter completed!