Chapter 1875 1877 [Recent words]
After the filming of "Cosmic Dragon" started, although Xiang Nan had a gentleman's appointment with Xu Ke, Xu Ke still poked around and refused to settle down.
There were several scenes, and the shooting plan had already been finalized. Halfway through the shoot, he had a new idea and suggested that Xiang Nan should shoot again.
In the beginning, Xiang Nan didn't want to argue too much with him, so he compromised once or twice. Later, when he saw that he was going too far and wanted to overthrow the whole project and start over, he had no choice but to speak harshly to Xu Ke.
"Old Xu, I know that you want to make a good movie and make it as perfect as possible, but this is not the reason why you make changes every day." Xiang Nan said, "We have already finalized the plan for how to shoot this movie, so don't be arbitrary. It has been revised. Otherwise, the artificial fire consumption will cost a lot of money, and we cannot afford to delay it."
"Mr. Ning, the reason why you asked me to direct is because you believe in my ability. Now, as long as you make a small change, the quality of the movie can be greatly improved, and the box office can increase by tens of millions. Just trust me." Xu Ke advised road.
"Enough, old Xu, don't say any more. You have said similar things countless times. According to the addition of yours, the box office of this movie has exceeded one billion dollars. Do you think it is possible?
I believe in your ability, I know you can make good movies. But I also know your shortcomings, you are not a director with strong commercial ability.
You always have too many ideas, too many demands, so your movies will always overrun and perform up and down at the box office. Look, I put over thirty million dollars into this movie, and I'm not going to allow it to overrun, and I'm not going to allow it to fail at the box office.
So you just do what I say, I don't want to hurt my peace. "Xiang Nan couldn't bear it anymore and replied that he was really annoyed by Xu Ke.
Although Xu Ke has made many good movies and sold many hits, he also lost money. Films such as "New Legend of Shushan Swordsman", "Legend of Shushan", "Seven Swords", "Di Renjie: The Four Heavenly Kings" and so on, all failed at the box office.
When he made his first movie "Butterfly Change", in pursuit of authenticity, he bought butterflies everywhere, spent hundreds of thousands, and almost caught all the butterflies in Taiwan's Butterfly Valley, but the result was not enough.
Later, the producer Wu Siyuan came up with an idea to ask people to cut out butterflies from pieces of paper. Unexpectedly, they were so lifelike that they couldn’t be seen under the camera. Wu Siyuan was so depressed that he spent so much money on butterflies. I knew it earlier. Just use paper butterflies.
As a result, "Butterfly Transformation" was not a hit, and lost the first game.
Afterwards, Xu Ke's films of "No Door to Hell" and "The First Type of Danger" were not hits, so that during that time, no one dared to ask him to film.
New Art City had just been established, and there were really no talents under him, so he was found out. And New Art City is a group decision-making system. As long as everyone agrees and finalizes the shooting plan, even the director can't change it blindly.
Hence, Xu Ke has made several blockbuster films, such as "Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Xing" and "I Love Evening Fragrance" are all big hits, which also allowed him to regain a firm foothold in the Xiangjiang film industry.
Subsequently, Golden Harvest paid a lot of money to ask him to film "New Legend of Shushan Swordsman". As a result, Xu Ke made the same mistake as before, blindly pursuing special effects technology, and specially invited the special effects team of "Star Wars" to create it.
Thus, the majestic Shushan fairy sword has become the lightsaber in "Star Wars", which is nondescript and full of sense of violation. Therefore, this film, which invested more than 20 million yuan, only won the box office of the previous 5 million Hong Kong dollars.
And you must know that the box office champion "Best Partner" at that time cost only 8 million Hong Kong dollars, but the box office was 25 million. So Xu Ke caused Jiahe to lose a lot of money.
Because of Xu Ke's failures, Xiang Nan doesn't fully trust him. Furthermore, he has seen the original version of "Cosmic Dragon" and knows how it should be filmed, so he doesn't want Xu Ke to change it on his own.
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Xu Ke was robbed by Xiang Nan, so angry that he couldn't speak, he turned and left the set on the spot.
Halle Berry was a little surprised when he saw it, "What's wrong with you? Why did he leave?"
Xiang Nan waved his hand, "Forget it, let's call it a day."
There is no shortage of anything in Hollywood, and there are plenty of directors who want to stand out.
Xiang Nan also left the set afterwards, but instead of looking for Xu Ke, he wandered around Mexico City with Halle Berry, and tasted local specialties, such as Moxican burritos and crispy fried pork Leather, cactus, etc., can be regarded as broadening a lot of horizons.
In fact, the city of Moxico is a very beautiful place. It was built in the 16th century, and the underground is the remains of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Inca Empire. Therefore, it can be regarded as an ancient civilized city with many cultural relics.
With a population of more than 10 million, this city is one of the most populous cities in America, and it is also the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of Mexico.
Although it is located in the south of the Tropic of Cancer, it belongs to the subtropical region, but because it is located on a plateau with an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, the climate is cool and pleasant. In May, the hottest month, the temperature is only 26 degrees.
Although Mexico is a bit chaotic, Mexico City is quite safe. At least Xiang Nan has been here for more than a week, and he hasn't encountered any danger yet.
However, if everything is forewarned, it will be established, and if it is not forewarned, it will be abandoned. The crew still hired a security company to provide security for the filming.
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Turning around, everyone returned to the shooting location.
"Charles, will Xu come back?" asked the associate producer and assistant director.
They were sent by Karoco Films. In addition to being responsible for their own work, they also have the power to supervise and advise.
After all, this is a project with an investment of 60 million US dollars, which is higher than the market value of many companies. With a project this big, it's impossible not to stare.
"Don't worry, if he doesn't come, I will change the director." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "I promise that the shooting will not be delayed."
If it fails, he will do it himself.
The assistant producer and assistant director nodded.
Actually, Carolco Films was not willing to use Xu Ke. On the one hand, he is not well-known in Hollywood, and he is a complete newcomer; on the other hand, he has a lot of things to do, and he always puts forward various opinions, which makes Carloco Films find it difficult to handle.
If it wasn't for Xiang Nan's stubborn support, he would have been kicked out a long time ago.
So if the director is changed, Karoco Films will support it a hundred times. Now they even expected that it would be better if Xu Ke didn't come. In this case, they happened to change a famous director.
Unexpectedly, Xu Ke came back when work started at nine o'clock.
It turned out that Xiang Nan's words yesterday hit his sore spot, which made him feel ashamed, so he went back to the hotel. Originally thought that Xiang Nan would come to persuade him to stay, but he didn't expect to wait all night and he didn't come.
He discussed it with his wife Shi Nansheng again, and finally decided to return to the set.
After all, a large investment of 60 million US dollars may be the only time in his life.
Moreover, speaking of this matter, he was also unreasonable. It was agreed before that after the shooting started, the shooting plan could not be changed any more. He was the one who went back and forth and changed again and again.
Besides, the news that he came to Hollywood to film a movie spread throughout Xiangjiang, causing a great sensation. Now returning to Xiangjiang, he seems to have a backbone, but in fact he is the most shameless. It will be said that it is because of his poor strength that he was kicked out of the group.
No matter what, Xu Ke will not accept this injustice. Therefore, he is going to finish filming this movie, at least prove his strength, and then fight for his own face. Otherwise, it is self-defeating.
(end of this chapter)