Hualiu Director

Chapter 301 DC sets sail

On the second day after the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony, Lin Hong took Song Xiaohan to some attractions in Los Angeles and Hollywood, from Madame Tussauds to the Avenue of Stars, from Sunset Boulevard to the Staples Center Arena, every place Both left behind the figure of the young couple.

According to the original plan, Lin Hong planned to return to China after playing in Los Angeles for a day, because the later stage of "Hello, Li Huanying" is still waiting for him to go back to check.

Moreover, the later publicity has also entered the most critical period, and his time is really rushed.

However, Spielberg temporarily postponed all his schedules, and warmly invited Lin Hong to visit his Amblin Films and DreamWorks.

Lin Hong is not very interested in Amblin, who doesn't have a film company yet.

But DreamWorks is different. This is one of the best animation film production companies in the world, and it is also a famous special effects company. At least compared to Lin Hong's Star Animation, DreamWorks is crushing in terms of strength and reputation. The presence of pressure levels.

However, Xingchen Animation now has its own super ip copyright, and there are more than one, coupled with Lin Hong's God's perspective guidance and continuous capital investment, I believe it will not take a few years to achieve worldwide rise, even if it catches up It is not impossible for DreamWorks to catch up with Pixar.

Early the next morning, Spielberg sent his assistant to drive to the hotel to welcome Lin Hong and Song Xiaohan. Only when Lin Hong arrived at Amblin did he realize that Spielberg was still an excellent business manager.

Lin Hong is a time traveler, but he is not sure if Spielberg is a time traveler, but he really deserves to be Jewish. Although this not small company has hired a professional manager, Spielberg is still responsible for the big and small things. Berg checked it himself, and the manager was just a senior assistant.

But even after Spielberg had to take care of a series of things such as filming, he still managed the company in an orderly manner.

DreamWorks is relatively better, and Spielberg's co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg is the company's CEO. His outstanding management skills allow the Jewish old man to make movies and handle Amblin's affairs with confidence.

In fact, the role of visiting Amblin and DreamWorks for Lin Hong is to open his eyes and know where the gap between his two companies and the top in the industry lies.

As for the specific learning, it is not necessarily true. After all, the national conditions of the two countries are different, and the management methods that work in Hollywood may be a joke in China.

In the morning, I visited two companies of Spielberg, and the arrangement in the afternoon was to invite Lin Hong to visit the USC Film School.

It's just that no one thought that Lin Hong would want to arrange lunch in the dining hall of the University of Southern California Film Academy.

"The last time Ang Lee was in the capital, I took him to my alma mater, the Beijing Film Academy. I really enjoyed my study time on campus, and by the way, I have a natural intimacy with the cafeteria."

Spielberg was a little bit in trouble, because he had been to China, and he had also been to Huaqing University to give a speech. At that time, Huaqing University also entertained him in the box of the school cafeteria.

Although the dishes they ate were different from those in ordinary student windows, he was deeply impressed by the variety of food in the student window.

Although USC is one of the best universities in the United States, Spielberg himself can only hehe when it comes to the school cafeteria.

"Director Lin Hong, first let me say yes, I don't know what food will be served today, if I will be hungry later, I can only order Chinese takeaway for you."

Spielberg thought that there were still one or two authentic Chinese restaurants in Los Angeles, and he felt a little relieved that this could be considered as an alternative.

"Don't worry, Mr. Spielberg, my girlfriend and I are not that demanding about food. Who we eat with is more important than what we eat."

This means that Spielberg doesn't know what eating dog food is, otherwise he would call Lin Hong two American barks.

Spielberg is not only a legendary alumnus of USC, he is also an honorary professor of the Academy of Film, and even has his office and exclusive parking space here.

When Spielberg, Lin Hong and others appeared in the restaurant, there was a burst of cheers, but fortunately, none of them rushed over to ask for a group photo and autograph. Lin Hong felt that domestic students should learn from this point.

14 knives per person for a buffet, this price in China can be enough to eat in a small buffet restaurant with ordinary seafood and beef, but here there are only pizza, burgers and French fries, you can have spicy chicken wings anyway, it’s just very expensive Unfortunately not.

There are quite a few choices of drinks, seven or eight kinds of carbonated drinks and coffee, and of course the ice cream that is available all year round.

Lin Hong ate French fries and hamburgers and drank espresso, thinking that the food in this capitalist school is just like this. No wonder the business is so poor. It seems that domestic canteens with financial subsidies are more reliable.

"Lin Hong, isn't Southern California known as a world-class school? Why is the food so unpalatable?"

While Spielberg was picking up the meal, Song Xiaohan complained mercilessly about the food in front of her.

"University tuition fees in the beautiful country are ridiculously expensive. Rich students don't eat here, while poor students basically get their tuition fees from loans. Besides attending classes, they have to work part-time to earn living expenses and repay loans.

The 14 dollars a meal is considered a good meal. As for whether it is delicious or not, how do you tell the students who grew up eating these junk foods? Maybe they think it is delicious.

So there is a classic saying in the international food industry, 'If you go to China once, you will get anorexia after returning home'! "

Song Xiaohan nodded. She recalled her life of eating kimchi for several years in South Korea. Indeed, if any country compares food with China, it is a der!

After having an impressive lunch, Spielberg took Lin Hong and others for a walk around the campus of the USC Film School, and Lin Hong also got a little glimpse of their teaching methods.

A professor of acting put forward a topic, that is, should we follow the emotions of the characters during the performance, or should we follow the director's requirements.

In the following class, the students brainstormed based on this topic, and occasionally gave some examples of classic fragments to prove that they were right, and then the students who were divided into two factions had a free debate.

I have to say that their relaxed teaching atmosphere is good, but Lin Hong doesn't think Jingying is suitable for this kind of brainstorming teaching method.

It's not because the individual quality of Jingying's students is not enough, but because this kind of discussion has no central point, and everyone's opinions are too messy.

As for whether to follow the emotions of the actor's own character or listen to the director, it's needless to say, of course the director should listen.

Movies are the art of directing, and you have to pay attention to the art of performance first of all to meet the requirements of the director.

Besides, is the character's emotion that the actor thinks really logical? To put it bluntly, isn't it still the actor's self-righteous emotion?

Don't worry about what's there or what's not, Lin Hong feels that the teaching level of the well-known USC Film Academy is just like this.

In fact, what Lin Hong wanted to see the most was the Film Technology Research Laboratory, but unfortunately these laboratories are not open to the public, they are all joint research subjects of some optical equipment companies and colleges, and the degree of secrecy is quite high.
After an afternoon of shopping at USC Film Academy, Spielberg took Lin Hong and others to a high-end restaurant with three Michelin stars.

This time, Lin Hong did not make any strange requests, but let Spielberg arrange the whole process, and then he really had a sumptuous Western meal.

"Stephen, if you want to start the DC universe, which hero should you start with?"

While eating the delicious Wellington steak, Lin Hong asked a very interesting question. As for calling the other party Stephen, this is also Spielberg's own request. Maybe he thinks that after a day of contact, he has already met Lin Hong. Hate the feeling of being late.

"Actually, I have also thought about this issue. Personally, I think the DC universe should be based on darkness, so if I want to start this universe, I actually don't want to start with a hero.

If I can, I hope to explore some deeper things, such as why Gotham City is full of violence and crime, why society has become so deformed, why everyone calls for heroes, but fears heroes!

It is because of these questions that DC is so attractive! "

Spielberg's words made Lin Hong feel very emotional. The master is indeed a master, and his three consecutive questions can show his high degree of conciseness in the plot.

"Stephen, I also have the same idea as you. The root of DC's problem is not the criminals, but the social form that has created so many anti-social criminals. This is what the movie should delve into.

So when I was thinking about opening the DC Universe, the first thing I thought of was not Superman, Batman, or the earliest Wonder Woman in the timeline, but a villain full of charm, that is the Joker!

In my opinion, the role of the clown is the most tragic and typical role among all the villains. His neuroticism reflects the pathology of the entire DC society.

If you want to compare it, clowns are like cancer cells, and those superheroes are like special drugs that exist to destroy cancer cells.

So in essence, the clown made the later superheroes, and he should be the beginning of DC as a matter of course. "

The more Spielberg listened, the more delighted he became, and he looked at Lin Hong as if he suddenly found a fellow on a lonely journey.

Seeing Spielberg nodding continuously, Song Xiaohan was very proud. Looking at Lin Hong at this time, her eyes were also full of admiration and pride.

"That's right, the clown was not born for no reason, he must have a process of incubation, and this sick society is the root of the clown from good to evil."

"Yes, yes, the sick Gotham City deprived the clown of all the identity labels of kindness. In the end, he became the strongest cancer cell in Gotham, and then quickly ignited social contradictions, splitting into countless large and small cancer cells. , and finally let Gotham City slide into the abyss of crime."

"That's right, that's why Gotham City became a sinful city..."

"What is the identity of the clown?"

"It's the clown, he is a clown actor, he likes to laugh, he likes to heal others with laughter."

"But he can't be cured by anyone, because this society is sick, and everyone who can really laugh is dead..."

"So the clown is not just him alone, he is a collection of the outbursts of suffering and hardship of the people at the bottom, and a spiritual symbol of all high-pressure resistance..."

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Seeing Spielberg and Lin Hong chattering nonsense, Song Xiaohan suddenly felt that the old man was really annoying, even the Wellington steak and cream of mushroom soup on the plate were not tasty.

That night, Song Xiaohan felt the world's strong malice towards her, because her boyfriend who was supposed to sleep with her was in the next room with an old man writing a script.

At dawn, Lin Hong finally came back from the next room, and then fell asleep. Song Xiaohan was so angry that she took off the black silk she had been wearing all night, hey, put it on next time.

After co-writing the script of "Joker-Origin of Evil" with Spielberg, Lin Hong boarded the plane back to Beijing that afternoon.

Three days later, a piece of news shocked the entire Hollywood and even the world.

"Amblin Pictures spent a huge amount of money to acquire the film and television adaptation rights of 'DC Universe'!"

When Spielberg accompanied Lin Hong to visit the company and USC, the media reported that the two companies might cooperate, but he never expected that Lin Hong would give them the best "DC Universe" in his hand. Why not give it to the eight major film companies?

While the outside world was discussing this, Star Animation, Paramount Pictures and Warner Pictures respectively issued official announcements.

"Star Animation has reached a cooperation agreement with Paramount Pictures on the film and television adaptation rights of 'X-Men Universe'!"

"Star Animation has reached a cooperation agreement with Warner Pictures on the film and television adaptation rights of some heroes in 'Star Universe'!"

The three consecutive pieces of heavy news quickly attracted the attention of comic fans and movie fans all over the world. They all realized that this was the arrival of the international market that Hualiu was going to participate in, and the film and television adaptation of these super IPs was about to start.

Just when everyone was looking forward to which big IP would be the first to shoot the first work, the good news came unexpectedly soon.

On January 1th, Shangri-La Hotel in Beijing, Hualiu Film and Television and Amblin Film invited more than 16 news media from all over the world, and they held a joint press conference.

Xiao Di and the general manager of Amblin signed a strategic cooperation agreement between the two companies, and at the same time announced that the filming of the first film of the "DC Universe" "Joker-Origin of Evil" will start in June this year.

"Yes, the beginning of 'DC Universe' is the clown. This is a decision jointly discussed by Director Lin Hong and Mr. Spielberg."

""Joker-Origin of Evil" is a work co-written by the two of them, and will also be co-directed and filmed by them!"

What Xiao Di said caused the scene to explode. The two big directors co-wrote the screenplay and also co-directed. Is this a joint hype?

Or is the movie really so good that neither of them are willing to let it go?

"The estimated total investment of this film is 7000 million US dollars. It is produced and produced by Amblin Films. Currently, 6 film companies including Hualiu Films are participating in the investment."

What Amblin's manager said made the media speculate a lot. It is obvious that these 6 companies must be big film and television companies. Although it is not known which other 5 companies are besides Hualiu, they will definitely not be small companies.

It was only at this time that many Chinese media realized that Lin Hong and Hua Liu had already achieved this step. The director Lin Hong, who had only debuted for two years, was already qualified to co-direct super blockbuster movies with the international director Spielberg.

Oh, by the way, since he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, Lin Hong has become not only a great director in China, but also a great international director.

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