rising director

Wan Xiaohu promoted this book to Li An for the simple reason that he had already bought the film adaptation rights of this book and wanted to make it out.However, he himself is not very good at art and commercial films with religious metaphors, and Li An is the most suitable director.

In the last track, the film "Life of Pi", which was adapted from this novel, earned 4.84 million US dollars worldwide, and made Li An a second Oscar for best director. It can be said to be a hugely successful film.As a reborn person, Wan Xiaohu was naturally reluctant to give up.

No, taking this opportunity, I started looking for a director.

0310【Beautiful like an angel】

Finding a director for "Life of Pi" is just a small episode, and Li An said that he will consider it, after all, he has not read the book, and he needs to wait until he has finished reading it before answering.

The next step was to discuss the plans for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. The meeting lasted for a whole day, and finally eliminated a few plans that were obviously not grand enough, determined some links, and then adjourned the meeting.Wait for a more complete plan to come out, and then come to a meeting to discuss it.

Originally, the Beijing Olympic Committee held a dinner party, but Wan Xiaohu left directly. He had already promised Su Ya that he would go to the future mother-in-law's house for dinner in the evening.

Su Ya's father, Su Zhicheng, is a major general of the Air Force and he is busy with business, so he can't come back for dinner at night.Su Ya's mother works in the military hospital, so she is very leisurely and cooks a good meal in the evening.

"Are you busy with work recently?" Su Ya's mother asked while eating.

Wan Xiaohu nodded: "A little bit, mainly because there are many trivial things. The Olympic team needs to communicate with their director team from time to time. "Kung Fu Panda" is about to be released, and with the preparations for "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", thousands of A lot of thoughts."

"Then can you still spare time? Your parents have said that you and Su Ya had better have a wedding this year, or you will get bigger and bigger. If you procrastinate, it will not be good for future children. And the work has not stopped. The ones who come down can't just ignore everything because of work." Su Ya's mother was a little dissatisfied with Wan Xiaohu's busyness.

Su Ya said: "Mom, Xiaohu and I have discussed it. We will find time in the second half of this year to hold a simple wedding. We will invite relatives from the two families over for a meal. We will not make too much of a show."

Wan Xiaohu interjected and said, "Auntie, I'm in favor of holding it grandly, and it's not short of money now. I originally wanted to hold a wedding at sea. Anyway, yachts are not often used when they are parked at sea. Weddings at sea are more interesting, but Su Ya didn't agree."

Su Ya's mother looked at Su Ya and asked: "A woman only has one wedding in her lifetime. I think Xiaohu's proposal is very good. Weddings at sea are considered elegant. What do you think?"

"Oh, mom, now the company is busy with going public and financing, how can I have so much time to prepare for the wedding." Su Ya sighed.

"Silly girl, you just treat it like this once in a lifetime. Can't the company operate without you?"

Su Ya asked back, "Mom, how did you and my father get married?"

Su Ya's mother was a little embarrassed, and said to the two juniors openly: "At that time, I was introduced by someone, and I got along with your father, and it felt okay. We got married in the military compound marriage."

"Is it a big scene?"

"At that time, can it be compared with now? Your father and I are only one daughter of you. If you want to marry off, the mother of course hopes that you will marry off in a prosperous way. Although you are still young now, it is clearly written in the household registration book. I'm 25 years old, I'm not a little girl anymore. I can't regret it."

Wan Xiaohu saw what the future mother-in-law meant, so he said: "Su Ya, let's listen to Auntie, let's take some time to make preparations. It's a big event for Guang Yao's family that I marry you, a rich young lady, back home. In all aspects, young and old have to give an explanation. Besides, we are not incapable of holding a grand wedding, and I don't want you to have regrets in the future."

Su Ya's mother was very satisfied and said: "Listen to Xiaohu's opinion, don't be born without knowing your blessings, no matter how big the company is, can it compare with your future life?"

Su Ya glanced at Wan Xiaohu, with a sweet smile in her eyes, but on the surface she was reluctant: "That. Well, let's go back and discuss it."

"That's right, come, eat vegetables. Xiaohu, eat vegetables."

"Hey, Auntie, you also eat vegetables."

After finishing the meal warmly, they watched TV for a while, before Su Zhicheng came back, Wan Xiaohu and Su Ya left.Now Su Ya is also living in a villa she bought outside.

Wan Xiaohu was driving the car, and Su Ya asked beside him, "We really want to have a big wedding, do you have time?"

"Time is like a woman's vagina, there is always a squeeze." Wan Xiaohu said with a smile.

"Hate, tell the truth."

"I'll go back and make arrangements. I originally planned to produce several superhero movies this year, especially "Invincible Hulk". I plan to focus on follow-up, so the time will be a little tight. However, compared with marrying a wife, these are small things One. The most difficult motion expression capture technology in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" still needs to be coordinated with the "Avatar" team, and there is no rush. I have done the math, and I can spare more than a month, which is enough for us to plan It's a wedding."

The Marvel Cinematic Universe project has already started at full capacity. This year, two superhero movies will be released at the same time, one is "Iron Man" and the other is "The Incredible Hulk".

"Iron Man" has invited Jon Favreau to direct and star Robert Downey Jr.Speaking of the pair of directors and leading actors, Wan Xiaohu personally chose them.

Jon Favreau is a fat director. Before going to Hollywood to develop, he worked as a handyman, from cleaning the garage vent to working in an investment company on Wall Street. Later, he moved to Chicago and began to work in some soap operas and theaters. , for a comedy show.

However, Ya is really not a qualified actor. He has acted for a long time, but he has just mixed up his accomplishments and status as a second-rate actor. Fortunately, acting is an industry with a good income, which allows Jon Favreau to have time to think about what he can do. What.He has self-knowledge about himself, he is not handsome, and his acting skills are mediocre, so he has no hope of becoming a star.

So he began to try to develop in the field of writing and directing. While working as a second-rate actor, he sold his own scripts to major Hollywood companies. It was not until 2001 that he was able to direct his debut film "Manufacturing", but unfortunately, the response of this film was mediocre. In 2003, Jon Favreau ushered in a turning point in his career. New Line invested 3300 million US dollars and asked him to direct "Christmas Elf".

In one fell swoop, it won a global box office of 2.2 million U.S. dollars, allowing this fat man to step into the 2 million yuan director club.

But unfortunately, it didn't take long for him to become famous. In 2005, "Game of the Brave 2" had a terrible box office reputation, which almost ruined this guy, and he almost couldn't get a movie.

When Wan Xiaohu picked him to be the director of "Iron Man", the chubby was almost stunned. You must know that "Iron Man" is not a small film, but a major A-level production with a planned investment of 1.4 million US dollars.Immediately, Jon Favreau accepted the job gratefully.

It's not that no one questioned Wan Xiaohu's decision, but there was no way, Wan Xiaohu was the big boss.He is also a director known for his outstanding investment vision, so no one would dare to oppose him.And he himself understands what he is doing better, because this fat man is the father of the famous Iron Man in the future.

The previous trajectory created Iron Man's great reputation single-handedly.

You know, Iron Man is among all the superheroes in Marvel.It’s not pleasing, because firstly, ordinary people wear high-tech equipment and have no superpowers; secondly, their personality is playboy and arrogant; thirdly, the creator Stan Lee once said that Iron Man is used to deceive It was a waste of money, and there was no intention to conceive the plot at all.

Popularity is not high.

As a result, "Iron Man" directed by Jon Favreau got $5.85 million, and "Iron Man 2" got $6.24 million.It is second only to the crazy box office of the Spider-Man series, and its reputation is not bad, which shocked people's eyes.

For such a director, Wan Xiaohu had a brain problem if he didn't choose him.

In addition to the director, there is another person who made Iron Man, and that is Robert Downey Jr., the actor selected by Wan Xiaohu.It endows Iron Man with a unique charm and attracts a large number of fans.

It can be said that after finding Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr., Wan Xiaohu doesn't need to worry too much about "Iron Man".What he really needs to worry about is The Incredible Hulk.Because this is the only work produced by Marvel itself that failed.

As early as 2003, when the Hulk copyright was still in the hands of Universal Pictures, Li An directed the "Hulk" movie. As a result, it invested 1.37 million yuan and only received 2.45 million box office.As well as the poor reputation, Universal has been afraid to touch superheroes for several years.

Marvel's superheroes have an agreement when they sell their copyrights. If the holder exceeds a certain number of years and no new movies are released, the copyright will automatically return to Marvel, so the Hulk returned early.As one of the most popular comics under Marvel.Naturally, his films are being rebooted.

It's a pity that this version of "Invincible Hulk" invested 1.5 million yuan, but only got 2.63 million box office, which is not as good as "Hulk" back then.If you lose, you will lose, but it turned out that it was because of a loophole in the contract.Leading actor Edward Norton also refused to participate in the follow-up movie "The Avengers", so Marvel had to be replaced temporarily.

Learning from the previous trajectory, Wan Xiaohu needs a new story, a new director and new actors, otherwise the tragedy of "The Incredible Hulk" will be replicated sooner or later.

Su Ya naturally knew about Wan Xiaohu's work.

"Speaking of Xiaohu, to be honest, if you don't have time, I really don't need a big wedding. You know, as long as we can get married, I don't care about the rest."

Wan Xiaohu was relieved by Su Ya's empathy, but at the same time felt ashamed.

Speaking of which, he is indeed busy this year, but not because of work. "Kung Fu Panda" he can at most participate in the premiere promotion, "Invincible Hulk" only needs to finalize the script and starring candidates planned by others, and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is not in a hurry to finish filming immediately.

After all, to complete the performance of the chimpanzee in the movie, expression and motion capture technology is needed. The team that has mastered this technology is working hard to help James Cameron shoot "Avatar", and Wan Xiaohu can only wait in line.

What he is busy with is that Jun Ji Hyun is going to have a baby this year!

And he had to deal with Jessica Alba's suspicions that he was going to her less and less.

As a man, it is really cool to have three top-quality women, but its happiness is like a person who knows how warm and cold drinking water is. Sometimes Wan Xiaohu thinks, if only he can cultivate the avatar technique, he won't have to So tired!

"Time doesn't wait for me. I have to vaccinate a few women. The incident will be exposed sooner or later. Prevent it early so as not to panic when the time comes!"

Hypocrisy has become synonymous with Wan Xiaohu. He was thinking about this question in his mind, but he kept talking sweetly: "Su Ya, don't worry, I, Wan Xiaohu, are not romantic enough, but for a grand wedding, we must give You. It's my responsibility."