Hollywood superstars: Start as a child star

Investing in “Hero”

“You’re making a blockbuster! Do you want me to invest?” Claire replied subconsciously. There was no way, since “The Notebook” made a lot of money, many scripts came to the door, hoping that Claire could bring money to join the team.

“Invest! This is a good investment!” Zhang Yimou was instantly attracted by this investment. yes! What he lacks most when making blockbusters is not only money, but also overseas distribution channels. If Claire joins, these two problems will be solved. Not bad!

Claire was shocked by Zhang Yimou’s reaction. When he calmly thought about it… Well, this year is 2000, so… is the movie “Hero” about to be conceived?

“Um, Uncle Zhang Yimou. Have you thought about what kind of blockbuster movie you want to make? Do you have a script? We need to evaluate it.” Claire straightened her thoughts and continued to ask.

“I have written the script a long time ago, and the theme is Chinese martial arts!”

“Chinese martial arts!?” That should be the movie “Hero” that has not been released.

“Well, Uncle Zhang Yimou, please send me the outline of the script. We will use the Hollywood model to evaluate various standards and investment levels.” “Okay!” … Early the next morning

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Claire

accepted The outline of the movie script signed “HERO” arrived.

Claire vaguely remembers that the reviews of this movie in its previous life were polarized, with mixed reviews. But no matter how you evaluate it, this film’s status as a pioneer in launching commercial films in China is unshakable.

If my appearance can help Zhang Yimou shoot “Hero” in advance and better improve “Hero”, it will be a kind of merit. There was an inexplicable surge in Claire’s heart.

“Uncle Zhang Yimou, good evening! Oh no, it’s morning over there! Haha!” Claire called at night, Los Angeles time. “We have read your script! It has the characteristics and sentiment of China. I have heard stories about Jing Ke’s assassination of the King of Qin and Gao Jianli’s assassination of the King of Qin since I was a child.” “Hahahaha~ It’s rare that you have heard of the story about the assassination of the King of Qin.” ”

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” We at Daydream Pictures are willing to invest in the movie “Hero”. The specific form of investment can be negotiated…” Before Claire could finish her words, she was interrupted by Zhang Yimou.

“Hahahaha~ OK! Thank you very much to Daydream Pictures for investing!”

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Claire discussed the specific matters with Zhang Yimou for a while.

At present, Claire’s Daydream Pictures can only be regarded as an empty shell enterprise. It is purely a tool for reasonable tax avoidance and convenient investment in other movies. It has almost no employees, and the only official employee is probably Martin.

Therefore, in North America, Daydream Pictures did not have a strong distribution channel to provide “Heroes”. This matter was initially resolved through Roxy’s matchmaking. That is to jointly distribute it with 20th Century Fox and use 20th Century Fox’s mature distribution channels in North America.

The investment amount of “Heroes” is estimated to be 30 million US dollars, which does not sound like much. It is on the same level as Claire’s previous film “The Notebook”, and compared with the investment amounts of more than 100 million US dollars in “Spider-Man” and “Pirates of the Caribbean” It’s really far from it.

However, this 30 million U.S. dollars is converted into RMB 250 million yuan, which has set a record for Chinese film production costs. After negotiation, Claire’s Daydream Pictures invested US$15 million (125 million yuan), and Zhang Yimou’s New Picture Film and Television Company invested US$15 million, half for each person.

Claire can still get this 15 million US dollars easily. “Spider-Man”‘s 13 million plus “The Notebook”‘s more than 34 million, already totaling more than 47 million US dollars.

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As long as the money is paid on time and the investment is guaranteed, there will be nothing wrong with Claire during the filming of “Heroes”.

Zhang Yimou is a photographer by training. His control of film colors can be said to be superb. He is a master-level figure in how to express oriental aesthetics.

Of course Claire couldn’t let go of this learning opportunity. During the filming of the movie, he specially went to Guilin, one of the location filming locations. Firstly, it was a visit to a movie that he had invested 15 million US dollars in, after all, and secondly, he was going on a vacation with Jessica. Now that he is rich and free, Guilin has the best scenery in the world, how can he not go?

Claire and Jessica flew to Guangzhou, and then transferred from Guangzhou to Guilin. The crew of Zhang Yimou’s “Hero” is filming locally, and its momentum is huge and extraordinary. As the most watched film crew in China in this millennium, with the largest number of celebrities from across the Taiwan Strait and three places, it is natural that reporters from all walks of life are following the filming. After all, every time these big names sneeze, it will be on the news.

The arrival of Claire and Jessica naturally attracted the attention of many reporters.

“Claire, you’re here! Welcome!” Zhang Yimou had already received Claire’s letter and visit information. As soon as he saw Claire, he immediately walked up and gave her a warm Western-style hug.

“Uncle Zhang Yimou, long time no see!” Claire responded with a smile.

“I thought you had forgotten this movie, why haven’t you come to watch it for so long!” Zhang Yimou said angrily.

“Aren’t I afraid of disturbing your filming…and I’ve been busy preparing for the filming of “Spider-Man 2″ recently, so I just took time to come over…”

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“That guy speaks Chinese very well. Who are the foreigners?”

This time, the only ones who came to Guilin for filming were Maggie Cheung who played “Flying Snow” and Tony Leung who played “The Broken Sword”. The other actors were filming in other places.

Maggie Cheung asked the agent beside her curiously.

“He, despite his young age, he invested in the movie you are making now and holds half of the shares.” The agent explained: “His name is Claire Dillon, you know “Spider-Man”, right? He starred in it.”

“Oh, it’s him!” Maggie Cheung suddenly realized. Her circles are mostly in the literary and artistic circles of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Europe, and she does not belong to the same circle as Claire, who is struggling in Hollywood commercial blockbusters.

“Manyu, let’s go and say hello to him.” Tony Leung said calmly on the side.

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Claire’s eyes lit up when he saw Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung walking towards him when they were at their peak appearance.

“I’m very happy to meet you two. I have watched “In the Mood for Love”, which you collaborated with before, and I like it very much…”

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The reporters from major media who had gathered aside naturally refused to let go. After finding exclusive news topics, they began to shoot and write articles one after another.

[Claire Bar]

# Everyone, Claire and her girlfriend Jessica went to Guilin to visit the crew of “Hero” directed by Zhang Yimou!

# Why? Have they ever had any friendship? ?