Made in Hollywood

In Los Angeles in June, the weather was as hot as a stove. Under the hot summer days, several staff members took luggage from two RVs, and under the command of the business captain, pushed them into the luggage compartment of the plane one by one.

Los Angeles has not rained for more than two months. After Duke got out of the car, he felt that the air in his lungs was burning. He lowered the brim of his hat, took off the sunglasses hanging in his pocket, and put them in front of his eyes. The fiery feeling brought by the bright sunlight has slightly improved.

The door of the RV was pushed open again, and Tina Fey came over with her phone.

"I've already contacted the people over there." She habitually stood a little behind Duke. "People from the organizing committee and Warner branch will be there to pick you up."

Duke nodded and took the lead in getting on his business jet. In fact, he and Tina Fey were the only ones who really went there.

For example, other members of the crew such as Liam Neeson will still stay in North America to run announcements and do publicity. After all, now is not the future. The capacity of the opposite market is not large enough for him to pull the entire crew over. North America It is still the most important foundation and the largest ticket market.

In fact, Duke doesn't care if anyone picks up the plane, but the opposite is a veritable state of etiquette, and he attaches great importance to the etiquette of welcoming and sending.

The plane quickly climbed into the sky, and after the flight was in a stable state, a flight attendant brought two cold drinks to Duke and Tina Fey.

Tina Fey took a sip of the juice and said to Duke, who was sitting opposite, "I think we should bring an interpreter. Although I can speak some Japanese, I can't speak Chinese."

"They will provide translators for formal occasions." Duke didn't care much. "In private, I'm the best translator."

"Do you understand Chinese?" Tina Fei asked curiously.

She had never seen Duke speak Chinese or learn Chinese.

"I studied for a while when I was in school."

This is not a lie. Duke has taken Chinese as an elective. It is not easy to graduate from university, and he must take enough credits. Since he has an advantage, he will of course take Chinese as an elective. This can also find a reason for listening to Chinese in the future.

But any language is left behind for too long. They will become rusty, and Duke is no exception. In the absence of sufficient practice, his level is indeed higher than that of most foreigners, but he wants to be as smooth as before, but he can't do it.

And after graduating from university, he has never communicated with people in Chinese.

It's been a long journey. Sleep is the best way to pass the time, but after the plane landed and took off in Hawaii, Duke couldn't sleep anymore. He opened his eyes and looked at Tina Fey, who was sitting across from him with his eyes closed. He got up and took the notebook. Just flip through the most recent emails.

There are a few letters from Charles Rowan. After the filming of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he became a lot more relaxed as a producer. In recent years, he has been in a state of half work and half rest. Since Robin Grande will be in charge of the Harry Potter series for a long time, Charles Rowan will continue to be responsible for Duke's new projects.

The new project has already been reviewed by Warner Bros. Although the project has not yet been established, Charles Rowan has begun to contact some people under Duke's instruction.

The production team will use people who have worked with Duke for many years, and the contact is mainly from the actors. Especially the one who played Bruce Wayne.

Duke's priority is still Christian Bale, and Charles Rowan is also in talks with the other side's agent, but as always, Duke will not hang on any tree, Ben Affleck, Ivan ? McGregor, Michael? Fassbender and Gerald? Butler are also potential candidates.

Even Duke called Leonardo DiCaprio, and if Xiao Li was willing to act, he would immediately throw away the other actors.

It's a pity that, as Xiao Li told him before, after "Titanic", he really didn't have much pursuit in business.

At present, all the contacts are in the initial stage. Apart from the actor's own reputation, ability and temperament, the price is also the focus of Duke's consideration.

If Christian Bale refuses the invitation, Duke will not be reluctant. This is Hollywood, and who will play Master Wayne, the difference is really not very big.

After completing this event and returning to North America, Duke is ready to determine the candidate for the male lead. The reason is very simple. No matter who plays Bruce Wayne, he must go through a long period of fitness and fighting training.

There was also an email from Marvel, where Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige asked for his opinion on when the first Marvel movie should start.

After more than two years of preparation, Marvel has sorted out a relatively complete plan for the future. With the continuous success of "Spider-Man" and "X-Men", the management can't wait, and they are eager to ask Duke The largest shareholder of Marvel, escorted the first film of the Marvel series.

Duke hasn't made up his mind yet, after all, in the coming year, the new Batman debut will distract him from most of his energy.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy has just achieved great success, and Duke must not neglect the next work.

After reading some emails and thinking about the movie plans of Marvel and DC, Duke fell asleep again at some point. When he woke up, he was already covered with a blanket. Refreshing with coffee.

"Almost there?" Duke asked, removing the blanket.

Tina Fey put down the coffee cup, reached for the blanket, handed it to the stewardess who came over, and said, "There's still half an hour."

Half an hour later, the business jet did land at Shanghai Airport, but like most cities with heavy traffic in the world, the plane hovered in the air for more than 20 minutes before landing on the ground.

All customs clearance procedures were handled by special personnel. After everything was busy, Duke and Tina Fey each dragged their luggage and walked out of the airport passage.

As soon as he walked out, Duke saw a conspicuous banner - warmly welcome the Oscar best director Duke Rosenberg to attend the Shanghai Film Festival!

The banners were surrounded by reporters, and the first few of them hurriedly greeted him and Tina Fey after seeing him.

"Hi, Phil."

Walking in the forefront was the head of Warner Bros. Greater China. Duke knew him well and said hello, "Long time no see."

"Yeah." Phil shook hands with Duke, "You're now the number one box office in the world and the best director at the Oscars."

After speaking, he shook hands with Tina Fey again, "Hello, Tina."

There were a lot of reporters around, and the frequency of the flashing lights was fast enough, but these people were stopped by the security personnel. Phil turned to introduce the two representatives of the Chinese side to Duke, "Duke, this is Ma Liang. Mr. Yu, the vice chairman of the film festival organizing committee. This is Mr. Li Yuming, the secretary general of the organizing committee."

"Mr. Li, Mr. Ma, this is Director Rosenberg, and this is Miss Tina Fey, CEO of Duke Pictures."

"Nice to meet you."

Duke spoke a little bit of Chinese. After hearing that, the two were stunned for a while, and then returned to normal. After all, they were not ordinary people. They shook hands with Duke and Tina Fei one by one as usual.

After a brief introduction, under the support of many security personnel, the group got into three cars and left the airport and drove towards the city.

Duke stayed at the Peace Hotel on the Bund. After arriving at the hotel, due to the need to avoid jet lag, he simply chatted with the two of them, declined their invitation to dinner, and prepared to sleep.

The age is getting older, and although there is no sign of decline in physical strength and energy, Duke still pays great attention to maintenance.

This sleep fell on and off until the next morning. Since there were still a few days before the opening of the film festival, Duke was not in a hurry to go out. in order to determine the itinerary for the next few days.

Since he came here, Duke didn't plan to just show up and go back. Although it is still far from the outbreak of the market here, how can he be familiar with the fans here and those who are interested in movies.

It’s not the 1990s, directors have an increasing influence on film marketing, and even some directors can attract a large number of idiot fans. In this populous country, idiot fans alone can often boost a film’s box office .

This time, Duke is not focusing on the present, but the future.

"The itinerary has been confirmed."

After Duke finished washing, Tina Fey had come to his suite, holding a plan and said, "You have to go to the opening ceremony of the film festival first."

This is not surprising. Now that the war on terror is in full swing, Sino-US relations are in a relative honeymoon period. If there is no work to be shown at the film festival as a screening part, Duke believes that the organizing committee will definitely invite him to be a judge. a member of the meeting.

"It was followed by a China-US Film Forum, and a formal dinner jointly organized by Shanghai officials and China Film Group."

Seeing that Duke had no objection, Tina Fey continued, "Finally a TV interview and a university speech."

The two sides have communicated before, and Tina Fei is making the final confirmation, "The TV station can choose from the talk show of the other party's national TV station and the show of a female host who has studied in the United States. There are three universities to choose from. A formal invitation has been issued..."

Without thinking, Duke said, "Push off the official TV station."

This is not prejudice, it is just a need for political correctness. He is a mainstream director who can no longer be mainstream. Unless his head is flooded, he will accept an exclusive interview with the national TV station here.

"Where's the university?" Tina Fey said the names of the three schools.

"We're not going to the north." Duke thought for a while, "It's just Fudan."

Almost all activities were arranged on Shang Hai's side, and Duke didn't want to fly to the north again. (To be continued ~^~)