Heads Up Hollywood

Leonardo Ricaprio's personality is very crazy, and his private life is unruly, even more exaggerated than Tang En.

He runs a late-night bar in Los Angeles, the kind that has striptease performances. The main purpose is to ensure that he can have safety guarantees when he is flirting with girls, and at the same time avoid paparazzi harassment.

It is daytime now, the bar is not open yet, only an old man in his sixties is running the bar.

And in front of the bar, sat two young men with a great reputation in Hollywood—Dawn Walker and Leonardo Ricaprio.

The entire bar was empty, and the service staff were far away, looking in this direction with curious and admiring eyes.

"This old man is Kane. He was my neighbor when I was young. He was very kind to me." Every close friend of Tang En's was very affectionate and loyal, and so was Leonardo. "After his wife passed away, My son and daughter are all married, so I asked him to come to Los Angeles to help me."

Tang En nodded, "It should be, being with young people, maybe you can get some vitality, his ears?"

"During the Vietnam War, I was injured by a shell, and I could still hear it in the early years, but now it is difficult to hear it with hearing aids." Leonardo sighed.

Tang En immediately stood up in awe, raised his wine glass, and paid respects to the old man.

Leonardo smiled, "What's the matter in such a hurry to find me? If you want to find a girl, then the appointment is at the wrong time. My girls are all night shifts."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Tang En glared at him angrily, "There is business."

"Movie?"

"What do you think? It's impossible for me to talk to you about venture capital, right?"

Leonardo chuckled, then his face changed slightly, and he raised his voice, "Twain, it can't be "The Viceroy of New York", right?"

Tang En's face was a little embarrassed, "It's "The Viceroy of New York", hehe, I think this project can still be invested."

As early as last month, Leonardo told Twain that he had received a film contract, which was "The West in New York" by the famous director Martin Scorsese.

Moreover, the partner actors are Daniel Day Lewis and Cameron Diaz, the script is very good, and the characters have a lot of room to play.

Unfortunately, Martin Scorsese intends to cooperate with Miramax!

And Tang En Pictures' ban on Disney has not yet been lifted. As a friend, Leonardo is really not easy to tear things apart.

Tang En at that time, after hearing about it, advised him a few words. "New York Vice" did not win Leonardo an Oscar nomination, and it is unnecessary to join in for such a film with a lower salary.

In fact, this is indeed the case. As a historical film, "The Viceroy of New York" is black, violent, dull, and boring. The director wanted to sublimate the film's theme like an opera, but was severely restricted by the boring story.

Of course, "The Viceroy of New York" has a lot of master-level lens language, and with the wonderful performances of Daniel Lewis and Leonardo Ricaprio, it is indeed very shocking.

It's a pity that this is by no means the proud work of director Martin Scorsese.

Moreover, the movie "The Wind and Cloud of New York" is now approved, and the schedule will be in the autumn and winter months of next year.

At that time, it happened that the "911 incident" broke out!

All films about violence must give way one after another.

"New York Vice" is not immune, and the schedule will definitely be postponed.

Movies are time-sensitive. After this stage of screening, the influence of the market will seriously decline.

So Dunn didn't invest in the project, and Martin Scorsese had to find Harvey Weinstein.

"The Viceroy of New York" is definitely a niche film, but the investment cost is as high as 100 million US dollars!

This is not enough, in order to meet the remuneration requirements of Martin Scorsese, Daniel Day Lewis, Leonardo Ricaprio and Cameron Diaz, the four main creators need to share 10% share of the global box office.

Throughout Hollywood, there are such daring film investors, except for Dunn Walker, the only one is Harvey Weinstein!

As for the banning order of Tang En Pictures, I'm sorry, but for a director of Martin Scorsese's level, it is useless.

Now the situation has changed. Since Harvey Weinstein is so interested in this project, Dunn doesn't mind cutting it off.

With Harvey Weinstein's status, it is almost impossible for Twain to touch him now.

But give him eye drops, Tang En is very interested.

Leonardo was very angry, "Twain, what are you doing?"

Tang En didn't hide anything, and told the truth, "Because I don't want Miramax to invest in this project!"

Among all the works of Martin Scorsese, "The Viceroy of New York" is not as classic as "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull", but it has also gained a lot, with a global box office of 190 million US dollars and an Oscar. With 10 nominations, it can be said that the scenery is infinite.

More importantly, the "New York Vice" project established the starting point for the cooperation between Martin Scorsese and Miramax, and then the two sides cooperated to launch "The Aviator" and other works.

Hearing Tang En's explanation, Leonardo felt relieved and lowered his voice, "Harvey...has provoked you again?"

Tang En snorted coldly, "I will kill that bastard sooner or later!"

"I support you, hehe." Leonardo smiled sinisterly, and then there was a bit of bitterness, "But I have already rejected Martin's invitation. I can't cooperate with Miramax, and I deliberately demolished you?"

Tang En said with a smile: "It's okay, let's cooperate today and get this project back!"

"I'm afraid it's difficult?" Leonardo frowned. "I heard that Martin and Harvey have already negotiated."

"The project hasn't officially started yet. At most, it's an initialed contract. It may even be a verbal agreement. There are countless things to do." Tang En waved his hand nonchalantly, "I've already made an appointment with Martin, and it should be here soon."

"Ah? Have an appointment? Here?"

"Yeah, I think it would be nice to have a couple of glasses of wine here and talk about work."

Leonardo shook his head, smiling wickedly, "That's because you haven't been here at night... If you have a chance, come here at night, and I'll let you understand what it means to be happy!"

Tang En curled his lips in disdain, "I'm not interested in those prostitutes!"

Leonardo rolled his eyes, "You don't understand this, do you? There is a specialization in surgery, and only professionals can bring professional enjoyment! Oh, you, you don't understand life."

"Forget it, I'm still more interested in celebrities." Tang En's voice was extremely low, even if there was no one around, and Mr. Kane was also hard of hearing.

"star?"

The corner of Leonardo's mouth twitched, and he muttered in a low voice, "Those female stars... are really not necessarily cleaner than the girls in my store."

Tang En coughed lightly, "This...you choose the best, hehe, I know it well."

...

Half an hour later, director Martin Scorsese, who was nearly sixty years old, walked into the bar slowly, wearing a black top hat and leaning on a black walking stick.

"Hey, Martin! Come here!"

Leonardo made a casual move, as if he had met his best friend, careless and unreasonable.

Tang En naturally wanted to respect the old man, got up, walked over, and said with a smile: "Martin, you are dressed like this, and if you are a little fatter, you are simply a copy of Churchill!"

Martin Scorsese couldn't help laughing, "I thought you would turn against me directly!"

"Why?"

"You don't know?" Martin Scorsese glanced at him. "I was talking about a project with Miramax recently. I'm going to collaborate on a movie."

Leonardo listened from the sidelines, and laughed loudly, "Martin, you're right, that's why Tang En invited you over today!"

"oh?"

Tang En was a little angry, this Leonardo is simply a pig teammate!

He originally prepared a complete set of rhetoric in order to persuade Martin Scorsese, but unexpectedly, Leonardo shattered everything in one sentence.

Tang En had no choice but to bite the bullet and get on with it, "That's right, I've taken a fancy to the "New York Vice" project."

Martin Scorsese took a deep look at Tang En, "Little guy, you're late!"

"No, as long as the movie hasn't been filmed, it's not too late." Tang En led him towards the bar, and said with a smile, "Classic movies need an excellent production company behind them."

Martin Scorsese asked for a glass of strong tequila, shook his head frequently, "No, I already promised him."

Old guy, you must pay attention to face.

Tang En said with a smile: "It's very simple, just bid!"

Leonardo slapped the table and said loudly: "Yes, that's the word, bidding! Haha, Tang En is rich, so why not kill Miramax?"

Martin Scorsese raised his eyes slightly, lowered his head and took a big sip of wine, calm as if drinking plain water, he looked like an alcoholic, he said calmly: "Harvey paid a full 8,000 yuan for this project. million-dollar budget."

Leonardo froze for a moment.

For a movie with the theme of "The Viceroy of New York", the investment budget is 80 million US dollars, which is definitely high.

Tang En felt happy in his heart.

In the previous life, the cost of "New York Vice" was as high as 100 million US dollars, but now Martin Scorsese said that it was only 80 million US dollars. It can be seen that the 20 million US dollars must have been won by him in the follow-up shooting of the project.

In this way, Tang En's confidence was even stronger.

"This Harvey is too deceitful!" Tang En slapped the table angrily, and said angrily, "Martin, you are a famous director in Hollywood, and "The Viceroy of New York" is a project you have been planning for decades. Isn’t it insulting to invest only $80 million?”

Martin Scorsese had a half-smile, "Twain, your sowing discord is not considered a success."

Tang En shook his head indifferently, with a firm expression on his face, "Well, if you cooperate with Tang En Pictures to shoot "The Viceroy of New York", I will give you an additional 20 million to the budget! No, add another 40 million US dollars!"

Another $40 million!

Tang En's voice was powerful and powerful.

Leonardo looked at Tang En in astonishment, speechless in surprise, and muttered: "This... this is an investment of 120 million US dollars, Tang En, are you kidding me?"

The commercial blockbuster "Pearl Harbor" that Disney mobilized and invested in with all its heart and soul, the investment scale is only 140 million US dollars. But "The Viceroy of New York" is just a feature film involving historical wars, and it can actually get an investment of 120 million US dollars?

too exaggerated!

Even the veteran director Martin Scorsese, who has been calm and calm since he entered the door, was surprised and his eyes were bright.