February 7, 2001
Chinese traditional festival Lantern Festival
On this day, all the crew and cast members of "The Fast and the Furious" from China arrived safely in the United States and checked into the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
Accompanying them were Han Shanye from China Film Group, Yu Dong from Bona Films, Yang Shoucheng from Yinghuang Entertainment, and Chen Kaige, a well-known domestic director and his wife.
Yang Shoucheng, Han Shanye, and Yu Dongfei came over, and Sun Hao could understand, because he had reached an agreement with Harvey Weinstein in private, Miramax Films would not be the producer of "Fast and Furious" to participate in the production, Therefore, the producer's cooperation agreement needs to be re-signed.
But the sudden arrival of Chen Kaige and his wife made Sun Hao very puzzled.
Fortunately, Yu Dong has a wide network of contacts and various sources of information. Seeing Sun Hao standing at the entrance of the hotel frowning, he immediately pulled him into the hotel and sat down in a leisure corner in the lobby.
"Sun Hao..."
"Um?"
"Are you puzzled by Director Kaige's sudden appearance here?"
"right!"
"Don't frown, let me tell you clearly, he is here for you."
"It's coming at me... why?"
Sun Hao was even more puzzled.
My buddy has always been honest and honest, he has never caused him any trouble, nor has he ever molested his beautiful wife, why did he come all the way to America to trouble me?
"Um…"
Sitting up straight, stretching his neck and looking around, seeing that the crew and crew who had completed the check-in formalities had all started to go upstairs, Yu Dong lowered his voice and said, "Miramax Pictures suddenly withdrew from film production, and the 190 million US dollars The three of us have to redistribute production costs, and this will squeeze the next budget of China Film Group."
"Yes, Not Bad!"
Sun Hao nodded in agreement with this statement.
China Film Group is a state-owned enterprise, and the budget invested in film production is fixed every year. If the budget for this film is higher, the budget for other films will be lower.
"I don't know if it was stimulated by "The Martian", but after the low-budget film "With You", Director Kaige decided to launch a magical blockbuster with an estimated total investment of 50 million US dollars.
Originally, two days ago, Director Kaige had almost negotiated with the China Film Group, and the China Film Group could probably eat 80% of the investment in his new film.
But after all calculations, Director Kaige never expected that you would kick Harvey Weinstein out of the game at this time, so that China Film Group will increase its investment in "Fast and Furious"..."
Yu Dong was very eloquent, and within three minutes, he explained the whole story to Sun Hao clearly.
But Sun Hao was thinking about another thing. Could it be because his own butterfly flapped its wings indiscriminately, which suddenly enlightened director Chen Kaige, who should have had the idea of shooting a magical blockbuster after "The Lord of the Rings" hit the theaters? Want to shoot his predestined movie "The Promise" early?
"Sun Hao..."
"Um?"
"Boss Han means that the production cycle of "Fast and Furious" is relatively short, and it will be released at the end of the year at most, so, Director Kai Ge, he will stretch it first, in case it can't be stretched anymore.
And on your side..."
Speaking of this, Yu Dong stretched out his arms and hugged Sun Hao's shoulders affectionately.
"Mr. Han means to ask you to take care of it. Director Kaige is in Los Angeles these days. If you want to hang out with your crew, you can let him hang out; if you want to see how you make a movie, let him watch it." ;Even while watching, his hands itch for a while, and he wants to command twice, so you let him make gestures?"
Sun Hao thought for a while, then nodded.
The latest investment agreement hasn't been signed yet, buddies should deal with this matter first.
However, at this time, Yu Dong suddenly warned: "Sun Hao, we have agreed, since you agreed to me, then don't cheat people, especially Director Kaige."
"Well…"
"Forget it, others don't know you, how can I not understand you, Sun Hao, the corners of your mouth will only slightly turn up when you are cheating people."
"Who said that!"
Sun Hao was 'angry'.
At present, Chen Kaige is a banner of Chinese films, but he was commended by Deng Gong back then, even if my buddies wanted to cause him some trouble, the idea was just fleeting.
"Who said that... of course I said it!" Yu Dong, who was laughing like a thief, stood up, hugged Sun Hao and walked upstairs to the hotel.
"Sun Hao, the variety show "I Guess I Guess I Guess Guess" you recorded was broadcast on Phoenix Satellite TV, and I watched it.
When I saw you standing in the center of the stage with such an expression on your face, I knew that Comrade Shorty Tight was in trouble.
Sure enough, he immediately went bankrupt and supported the bid for the Beijing Olympic Games. "
When Yu Dong said this, Sun Hao had been observing him all the time, and found that this guy had really learned the essence of his facial expressions.
He touched his chin involuntarily, wrinkled his nose, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly...
Well, it's time to change your habits!
...
For the next few days, Sun Hao and Zeng Li stayed at the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
He thought that Chen Kaige and his wife, who lived on the same floor, would take this opportunity to chat with him about the specific matters of film investment, but Sun Hao didn't expect that the couple didn't talk about the topic of "film investment" at all.
Even if we met in the hotel corridor, we just chatted about the weather, the Avenue of Fame in Los Angeles, and how far we are currently preparing for "Fast and Furious" ~www.mtlnovel.com~ Specifically, when do you want to launch.
If they don't talk about it, Sun Hao is naturally happy to be quiet, how busy he is, or how busy he is, renting a large transport plane, signing a cooperation agreement with the Los Angeles Skydiving Club, and coordinating with Colorado State, striving to be in the film during the filming of "Fast and Furious", They can temporarily close the Pikes Peak Expressway temporarily, um... what Sun Hao wants is a full closure!
Generally speaking, Harvey Weinstein's coordination ability is quite good. The crew submitted an application on February 8, and on February 10, Elba S County, where the Pikes Peak Expressway is located, approved the application.
In the words of the old gangster Harvey Weinstein, anyway, there are sparsely populated there, and it is no different from not blocking it. If it is temporarily blocked, they can still earn a lot of money for the use of the "Fast and Furious" crew. .
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is February 14th, Valentine's Day.
...
On Valentine's Day, Sun Hao got up very early.
While running downstairs, he bought two beautiful roses on the side of the street and put them on Zeng Li's bedside. After that, Sun Hao went to the nearby airport and boarded the large transport plane rented by the crew.
Inside the transport plane, there are already five modified sports cars parked at the moment, they are Chevrolet Camaro Z/8, Jeep Wrangler, Dodge Charger R/T and Subaru Impreza WRXSTI.
"Hey..., Director Kaige, why are you here?"
"Sun Hao, I want to see how your "Fast and Furious" was filmed, can you?"
"sure!"
In this regard, Sun Hao, who had been prepared for a long time, signaled the staff of the skydiving club to firmly fix this old comrade on the bulkhead of the transport plane.
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