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Text Chapter 71: Filming in Hollywood is actually very simple

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    It took Li Mingbao and the others half a month to complete a series of things, including office space, villas, cars, and even company registration, accompanied by lawyers.  By this time, Li Mingbao can proudly say that he also has a film company in Hollywood.  Of course, in fact, these things are not something to be proud of, especially in the United States, where as long as you have money, you can basically do anything.  As long as Li Mingbao is willing to spend money, he can even sponsor the election of the US president. As for why Li Mingbao himself does not run for US president, the main reason is that he is not an American and has not lived there long enough.  If these requirements are met, it would not be unusual for Li Mingbao to run for President of the United States. As for whether he can run for president in the end, that is another question.  During this period of time, Li Mingbao was not only busy with the company's problems. In half a month, under the leadership of a familiar person like Jiang Zhiqiang, Li Mingbao also had a good understanding of the operating model of Hollywood.  Great understanding.  ¡°At least it¡¯s not too difficult for Li Mingbao to make a movie now.  The process of shooting a movie in the United States is not complicated. It can even be said to be very simple. Otherwise, in more than ten or twenty years, no young people would be able to shoot a movie with a box office of hundreds of millions with their own DV.  .  Compared to Hong Kong, filming in the United States is very simple. There are professional rental companies for equipment. In the United States, the rental industry is very developed and involves everything from toothpaste and toothbrushes to aircraft and tanks (this is not an exaggeration).  It¡¯s an adjective, but a fact. Those things that appear in Hollywood movies are all the work of rental companies). As long as you have needs and are willing to spend money, the rental company will give you a satisfactory answer.  On the site, Li Mingbao directly used the large villa he just bought.  As for personnel, Li Mingbao doesn't have to worry about it. He can just call the Screen Actors Association and state his needs, and they can give Li Mingbao a satisfactory answer.  Don't think that they are just free agents. They just pay without getting anything in return. In fact, the Actors Guild also takes a commission. The contract signed with the introduction of the Actors Guild has a clause for them to take a commission in the contract.  Especially in Hollywood, everything can be lacking, but the most indispensable thing is the actors. On the first day Li Mingbao came to Hollywood, he saw more actors here than there are pets here.  Even if Li Mingbao asked for younger actors, the Screen Actors Association had no hesitation.  "Don't talk about children, even babies, as long as you need them, they can get them for you. Old men and ladies, you can get them if you need them.  You know, in Hollywood alone, there are more than 100,000 people registered with the Screen Actors Guild. This is based on the fact that more wild actors who do not want to pay money to the Screen Actors Guild do not register.  ??As for actors alone, Hong Kong, which calls itself the Hollywood of the East, has been completely blown away by Hollywood.  In Hong Kong, only TVB and ATV have some systematic actor training, and more actors are still born in Yeluzi.  In Hollywood, there are more acting schools alone than there are universities in Hong Kong. With such a gap, it is no wonder that Hong Kong movies will decline in the future. The gap between them is simply unbearable to look at.  Now Li Mingbao is not qualified to worry about the future of Hong Kong movies. What he needs to do now is how to make his first movie in Hollywood well.  When I was in Hong Kong, Wang Jing was the director of the movie "Baby Wisdom".  Now in Hollywood, naturally, Wang Jing cannot continue to be the director. After all, others are doing well in Hong Kong and have never followed Li Mingbao to Hollywood.  And in Hollywood, Li Mingbao is also not prepared to be a director.  The reasons are naturally different from those in Hong Kong. When filming this movie in Hong Kong, Li Mingbao felt that the movie he made would not be as funny as the one made by Wang Jing, and this was indeed the case.  But in Hollywood, Li Mingbao did not become a director solely for the sake of the movie's box office.  The situation in Hollywood has always been quite exclusive, although they always flaunt freedom.  Li Mingbao does not intend to argue with Hollywood on this issue, so for the sake of box office, if he wants to achieve good results, he must not allow himself to appear in front of the audience as a director.  Even a name that is unknown to Westerners will be more easily accepted by European and American markets than the name Li Mingbao.  Under such circumstances, Li Mingbao not only needed to find an actor, but also a director.  Of course, this director cannot be a big name like Spielberg, because Li Mingbao cannot afford the price, and because a big director will not be controlled by Li Mingbao, the film that will be filmed will be completely different from what Li Mingbao imagined.  But it can¡¯t be nothingThe so-called directors with experience are not responsible for their own films.  If you were in Hong Kong, such a problem would be a headache, but who said that the place where Li Mingbao is now is Hollywood?  This place not only has the Actors Guild, but also the Directors Guild, and even the Screenwriters Guild and other various associations related to the film industry.  If Li Mingbao wants to achieve the best effect, he naturally has to let the original director of the movie be the director of this drama. Li Mingbao also wanted to come at that time.  It's a pity that the original director of this movie, Chris Columbus, is still just a student. He hasn't learned much, let alone directing. Li Mingbao is completely wasting his money by giving this movie to him.  In the end, after choosing and choosing, Li Mingbao finally chose a barely suitable character, and that was Ivan Reitman.  This guy also makes comedies, and has published works before. The most important thing is that this guy's asking price is not high, and he was bought for only 200,000 US dollars.  "Compared to a less famous director like him, this price is actually very high. If we follow Li Mingbao's cost-saving logic, we don't have to consider this big-mouthed person at all.  But in the end, Li Mingbao chose him. There was no other reason. One was because this guy was very obedient after getting the high price. He would do whatever Li Mingbao asked him to do.  Another reason is because this guy has a good son named Jason Reitman. Compared to his father, Jason Reitman, as his son, is more respected by everyone in the director industry.  Welcome, "Juno" not only earned hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office, but also received multiple Oscar nominations.  Although this guy is still a child now, he finally caught a familiar figure. Even if he is a child, Li Mingbao can slowly train him.  It is for these two reasons that Lee Ming-pao finally decided to let Ivan Reitman be the director of "Home Alone", and he, Lee Ming-pao, will continue to be the film's producer and investor. Of course, here in the United States, producer generally  It's called a producer, but it actually means the same thing.  The director¡¯s affairs have been taken care of, and the behind-the-scenes work will be done by people introduced by Ivan Reitman. After all, he is the director of this movie, and it will be more convenient for him to have a behind-the-scenes team that he is familiar with.  As for the actors, other people, including the two stupid thieves, who were recommended by the Screen Actors Guild, could easily satisfy Li Mingbao. After all, he regards Hollywood, especially Hollywood in this era, even with such whiteness.  He couldn't even be said to be overly familiar with the help of magical tools. It was not that easy to find a 100% suitable actor.  Generally speaking, it¡¯s enough for Li Mingbao to find someone who is barely suitable, can see things through, and doesn¡¯t have to be paid too much to play these roles.  After all, he is someone who wants to make money, has good acting skills, and is famous. They are indeed suitable for this movie, but in terms of investment, the cost is much higher, which is really not cost-effective.  Others are easy to handle and can barely get by, but for the leading role of a child, although Li Mingbao does not require a famous child actor to play, he must at least make the character in the movie look smart and not just a child actor.  With a silly expression, how else could he prank the two bad guys?  You look like you are counting money after being sold to others. If you want to make your performance look smart, you can't do it at all.  So it's not that good of a choice for this role.  The Screen Actors Guild recommended many people, but Li Mingbao didn't like any of them. In the end, Li Mingbao decided on Ivan Reitman. He wanted to make the future great director and the current brat  Jason Reitman plays this role.  Originally, Li Mingbao had not set his sights on Jason Reitman, but one day when Jason Reitman came to see his father, he was suddenly targeted by Li Mingbao.  At that time, Li Mingbao was having a headache for the protagonist of "Home Alone", and Ivan Reitman was also having a headache for this role.  Now the entire crew is just short of one leading actor, and they can start filming immediately, but the leading actor has not shown up, so when Li Mingbao saw Ivan Reitman, he said to Ivan who was also casting at the side: "  Ivan, my friend, is this your child? He looks very cute and smart?" Hearing Li Mingbao's compliment, Ivan said with a smile: "Of course, our little Jason is very smart.  "Child. Don't you think who is his father?" "Well, I think if we really can't find a suitable candidate, why don't you say he is very good?"  Are you smart?" Li Mingbao's fox tail was exposed.  Hearing what Li Mingbao said, Ivan was surprised: "What did you say? This is impossible? Our Jason is not an actor, how can he play such a role? This statement is really?That's ridiculous.  " And Li Mingbao's answer was also very humorous: "No one is a born actor.  Since your son seems very smart and is filming normally for the crew, what if your son gives it a try?  It¡¯s not like he won¡¯t be paid, maybe he will be the next popular child star in Hollywood?  " In this way, Li Mingbao tricked the future great director Jason Reitman into becoming the star of "Home Alone".
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