On the night of Teacher's Day, DreamWorks Studios released a concept poster, a comic book image with cool characters in sunglasses that looked as if they were in the digital world.As soon as the poster was released, it immediately attracted countless messages from fans and fans, and the public's long-awaited new project of director Lee Hyuk soon became eyebrow-raising.Some netizens with sharp eyes found that the string of numbers vaguely resembled two words, empire.According to the information revealed by Li He in "Let's Talk", I guessed that the title of the film was "The Matrix".Li He saw the highest comment, and couldn't help but like it, and commented at the bottom: "I was actually discovered......"
This fan was also very surprised, Li He rarely replied to comments such as Weibo, which made this fan feel like he had won the lottery.Then DreamWorks Studios released a second Weibo, saying that Director Li He's new film is a sci-fi action movie, and Director Li He himself said that it would be a very brain-burning movie, but the film has a lot of action scenes, and it is exciting enough.In the past, when the word brain-burning was mentioned, the first image of most fans was to be pretentious, surrounded by clouds and mountains, anyway, it was so that the audience couldn't understand it, and this kind of movie had no viewing experience at all.However, Li He is different, whether it is "Seven Deadly Sins of Heaven" or "Source Code", the two films with the same brain-burning plots did not make the audience feel bored and incomprehensible, but have been immersed in the film atmosphere created by Li He and followed the plot.It's just that no one knows what the four words "The Matrix" represent, as a classic science fiction movie in the previous life, "The Matrix" is a good presentation of a cyberpunk apocalyptic world controlled by robots, and also explores philosophy, religion and other issues.The most important thing is that despite the fact that the theme of the film is so profound, it has been a huge commercial success, and it can be said that it is a good balance between art and business.Although Li He is currently known as the first person in domestic science fiction films, it is not enough, and the trust of domestic audiences in domestic science fiction films is still not enough.Therefore, Li He needs a landmark sci-fi film work to strengthen the audience's belief and establish his own position.As soon as the project review was sent, Penguin Pictures and Light Pictures passed the review at almost the speed of light, and the investment of 550 million RMB required by Li He was quickly approved, Cheng Zhiwen also told Li He that if the investment of 550 million was not enough, Penguin Pictures could increase investment, and the same was true for Wang Changtian.As a top director in the industry, Li He naturally got the best director's salary.DreamWorks has been acquired by Penguin Pictures and Light Pictures, and DreamWorks no longer invests in films, but instead concentrates on serving Li He and becoming a production studio.It is impossible for Li He to participate in the investment anymore, and he is also the major shareholder of Penguin and Light, and he also has a share in the investment of the two companies, but it is impossible for Li He to take the general salary he used to be.For the sake of his prestige and status, Li He entrusted Yang Xuewu to win a 1+2 salary for himself, one of the highest in the industry.The so-called 1+2 or 2+1 in Hollywood refers to a salary of 10 million+ US dollars, with more than 20% of the box office share.or a salary of 20 million+, more than 10% of the box office share.In fact, Hollywood's top superstars can often get 2+2 or even more exaggerated salaries.The reason why the production cost of "Pirates of the Caribbean Series" has repeatedly hit new highs is because Johnny Depp, who plays Captain Jack, has a higher salary than the other, but "Pirates of the Caribbean" can't play without him, so the producer had to agree to Depp's high salary.We often hear about who and who, and how high the salary of which star is, but we have never heard of the director's salary, because the public does not pay much attention to the director behind the scenes.However, in the information age, directors have gradually come to the front of the stage, and everyone is also concerned about the income of directors.The other Li He doesn't know very well, but the salary of the national teacher for filming "The Great Wall" is 100 million RMB, and other directors are not expected to exceed this figure.So after several negotiations with the producer, Li He's screenwriter, director, and producer's salaries combined reached 80 million RMB, and the eldest brother Cheng Long is also worth this value, and Li He also has a ladder of up to 25% of the share.With such a high salary, of course, it is necessary to operate a wave of public relations to let the audience know that Li He's salary is the top in the industry, just like his status.Li He's ultra-high salary has not caused any other discussions, if it is a little fresh meat, the traffic star will drown in the saliva of netizens if he gets such a high salary.But Li He took such a high salary, but netizens took it for granted, and some netizens even thought that this salary was not enough, it was too low for Li He.The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, as the most complicated special effects production in a science fiction movie, it has been produced before the film has even started filming.As Li He's special effects studio, Industrial Light & Magic will definitely participate in Li He's new project.It's just that most of the manpower of Industrial Light & Magic is in the "Great Wall" project team, and there are not many resources tilted to Li He, but fortunately, there are still technical backbones.Li He held four or five meetings with Industrial Light and Magic, and clearly proposed to the production team the special effects he wanted.The production team spent a few days making a prototype, and Li He felt that it was okay after reading it, so he entrusted the special effects production to Industrial Light and Magic.In the early stage of a movie's preparation, the most important thing is the choice of actors, and a good actor brings no less help than a director.Lee Hyuk is an internationally renowned director, and I don't know how many people want to get on Lee Hyuk's relationship.Look at the superstars who came out of Li He's hands, Huang Xiaoming, Wu Jing, Hu Ge, Chen Kun, etc. all starred in Li He's movies and embarked on the road to superstardom.Yang Zi, Zhang Jingchu, and Li Qin have all sat firmly on the throne of first-line actresses, and even the other supporting roles in the film have their careers risen a lot.After the casting of "The Matrix" spread in the circle, stars from all walks of life were surging, showing their powers, running up and down, all hoping to star in Li He's film, even if they don't have the leading role, the supporting role is okay.It's a pity that Li He is a person, it is useless to talk about favors, he ignores the relationship between investors and investors, seduces and offends Tang Qianqian, and it doesn't work to bribe Li He, he has money.Of course, favors are still somewhat useful, and if the two are similar, Li He will definitely give priority to the one who is closer to him.However, before Li He considers his relationship with you, it is best to use his acting skills to impress Li He, in Li He's crew, strength is fundamental.Not to mention these troubles of casting, Li He is still having a headache for one thing!
The film's special effects budget exceeded expectations, and Lee Hyuk had to find a way to cut the budget.Is the special effects of this movie the top priority, how to do it, additional investment or find another way, Li He is a little conflicted.