MTL - Hollywood Lover-Chapter 548 joke? The Passion of the Christ?
After some careful preparations, Dongcheng Pictures officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange on September 28, 2000!
Zhang Dongcheng and several important shareholders of the company were all dressed in formal attire, waiting for the bell-ringing ceremony of the New York Stock Exchange. At this time, the trading floor was full of people, and they were all eagerly looking forward to the official listing of Dongcheng Films.
According to the practice of ringing the bell for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, first the guest who rings the bell is seated, and this guest is not necessarily an executive of the company to ring, but invites some relevant people to participate, such as in Sina When Weibo was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, actor Yao Chen and singer Wang Leehom were invited to ring the bell.
For the listing of Dongcheng Pictures, Zhang Dongcheng selected eight guests to participate in the bell-ringing ceremony, including Scarlett Johansson, Patricia and fan Suzanne, as well as journalist Song Wen from China and so on.
Even Zhang Dongcheng invited Chinese player Wang Zhizhi, who is playing for the Dallas Mavericks, to attend the bell-ringing ceremony.
"Congratulations!"
"Congratulations, Mr. Smith!"
Countless congratulations sounded around Zhang Dongcheng, but Zhang Dongcheng responded with a smile, but his mood was extremely excited. In less than six years, he had grown from a penniless college graduate to a wealthy superstar. The overlord of entertainment, and then the listed financing company, his identity has changed again and again, which really makes people dazzled.
According to the latest version of the prospectus before listing, the issue price range of Dongcheng Films is 20 to 25 US dollars, the total number of shares issued is 100 million shares, and the maximum financing is 2.5 billion US dollars. In terms of pricing market value, the value of Dongcheng Films Will reach 30 billion US dollars huge!
Although compared to other companies such as Time Warner's 68.7 billion US dollars, Disney's 159.4 billion US dollars, and Dongcheng Pictures' 30 billion US dollars, it is not much, but for others, this is already a number that countless believe.
Zhang Dongcheng, who holds 51% of the shares, can sit on a wealth of more than 15.3 billion US dollars overnight!
People who knew each other, and those who didn’t know, crowded up to say congratulations to Zhang Dongcheng, and when the time to ring the bell came, Zhang Dongcheng stood on the stage with seven guests, waiting for that moment.
"Ahh!"
Someone cheered, causing the entire exchange to cheer!
"Ding Ding Ding..."
The bell rang, and Zhang Dongcheng heard the thunderous applause in front of him, and the corners of his eyes were a little moist. The dream that he couldn't even imagine came true in just six or seven years.
Dongcheng Pictures, officially listed!
$25...$25.5...$27, the stock price of Dongcheng Films rose rapidly as soon as it was listed, which made people jaw-dropping.
In the end, the stock price of Dongcheng Pictures was fixed at 33 US dollars, and Zhang Dongcheng raised more than 2 billion US dollars in one fell swoop, and his net worth skyrocketed, which has become an indisputable fact.
Major media outlets in the U.S. were collectively overwhelmed by this, expressing their views on the IPO listing of Dongcheng Pictures.
"Smith Chang, the real American dream come true!"
Starting from the mummy four or five years ago, Smith Zhang quietly landed in Hollywood, USA. No one realized that there was a person beside him who would turn the world upside down in the future and make the whole Hollywood look pale.
One after another, blockbuster and acclaimed movies, superstars who have been excavated one after another and reincarnated into life, one after another surprising acquisitions, Zhang Dongcheng swayed the banknotes, and everywhere he went was full of joy. , flock to it.
He never knew what it was like to fail. His eyes seemed to be able to see through time and space. When it made people feel that Smith Zhang would be dragged into **** by his super courage, everyone was surprised to find that he had brought a large number of people with him. Those who follow him ascend to heaven!
Film fund, a super unsolvable killer, and a financing method that other people can't play at all, let Smith and Zhang go straight to the top like a rocket, as if entering the land of no one, invincible!
Smith Zhang, a bold and wise investor, industrialist, and the youngest Oscar-winning director!
He has realized the American dream that countless people look forward to. He is the role model and pride of the new generation of young people in the United States. We now believe that he will continue to be brilliant and let the world be amazed and mentioned again and again. , be looked up to!
Smith Zhang, the true realizer of the American dream!
This is an article from the New York Times. Although Zhang Dongcheng is exaggerated, Zhang Dongcheng is still a little dissatisfied.
American dream? I never thought about the American dream, what I want is my entertainment kingdom to conquer the world!
Endless domineering is fully displayed, Zhang Dongcheng's goals and dreams have been raised one step further, he wants to rule the world!
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Taking Megan Fox and Laticia to see Miss Anne's choreography, it was really extraordinary. The youthful, passionate, unique and unrestrained dance was full of the impulsive and dreamy qualities of high school students. Zhang Dongcheng expressed his satisfaction.
The dance choreographed by Ms. Annie is obviously far superior to the choreography in the original version. Zhang Dongcheng was completely relieved. After watching the dance of Megan Fox and Laticia for a while, someone came over again.
This is the photographer Jack Scott who has been with him since London, England. He has already won the first Oscar for Best Photography in his life, relying on him as his right-hand man.
"Hey, Jack, what do you want me to do?" Looking at Jack's face, Zhang Dongcheng felt a little strange. This person who has always been very calm in front of him dare not raise his head or look at him. Like a little daughter-in-law who made a mistake.
"Oh, yes, Mr. Smith, I have something to ask you." Taking a deep breath, Jack's face changed a few times, and finally he almost gritted his teeth before making a decision.
Strange, what happened to Jack? Never seen him like this before.
Zhang Dongcheng was surprised in his heart, but his face was different. He just motioned for Jack to sit down and said, "Come on, I just got some boxes of China's top-quality Biluochun, and you can try it too."
Jack just responded, sat down, and took a sip of the top-quality tea.
"Okay, Jack, we've been friends for so many years, just tell me what's going on, I'm worried for you seeing you like this." Zhang Dongcheng curled his lips, really speechless, after waiting for a long time, Jack still didn't say.
"Smith, it's like this, I think, I want to go, I want to be a director!" Jack opened his mouth, and finally seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, and said what was hidden in his heart in one breath.
As soon as these words came out, Jack's miserable expression slowly returned to normal, and the burden in his heart was finally relieved.
As a director? Zhang Dongcheng was slightly taken aback.
It's not uncommon for photographers to switch careers to become directors, but it's quite common. In China alone, Zhang Yimou, who was like a thunderbolt, was also a photographer at the beginning, but he became a hit in the director's circle, and he shot the shocking film that shocked the world. Red sorghum.
In addition to Zhang Yimou, his royal photographer Gu Changwei also changed careers and became a director after helping him shoot Red Sorghum, Ju Dou, Chen Kaige and Jiang Wen in Farewell My Concubine and Sunny Day.
In Hollywood, there are many more examples of cameramen switching careers to become directors, so I won’t list them one by one here, otherwise it would be suspected of making up numbers...
Looking at Jack's expectant eyes, Zhang Dongcheng smiled slightly: "Jack, do you want to be a director? I personally have no objection at all. Dongcheng Pictures needs directors. We will start filming more than fourteen major productions next year. Need a famous and competent director! To be honest, man, after working together for so long, I think you should jump out and be a director, although your salary is not bad, haha!"
Zhang Dongcheng’s words are not wrong. There are 10 to 15 top Hollywood photographers, and their weekly salary is between 25,000 and 30,000. The general film shooting cycle is 12 weeks, or a little more. In other words, top photographers can earn up to 400,000 yuan per movie.
People familiar with the matter revealed that, for example, Roger Deakins, nominated for 10 Oscars for Best Cinematography, Emmanuel Lubezki, who won an Oscar for "Gravity", and Martin Scorsese's old partner Robert ?Richardson and other films can get 800,000 US dollars or more. The weekly salary of a slightly experienced photographer is 10,000 to 20,000. In an independent production, the photographer can only get 2,000 to 5,000 dollars a week.
In the field of TV dramas, the weekly salary of photographers is between 5,000 and 8,000.
Almost one or two works a year are considered high-yield, and Jack, who has followed Zhang Dongcheng the longest and is the most handy, has one of the highest salaries. He can get a salary of about one million dollars a year, and there are A lot of share bonuses can be divided.
However, this one million dollar a year job has been going on for a long time, and everyone will want to make more progress. Besides, seeing the leading actors and directors of Dongcheng Films get soft hands in one after another extremely popular movie. , no matter who is a little envious.
Dongcheng Films' dividend system has long since broken the fixed salary system used by Hollywood, but adopted a more advanced system of fixed salary plus box office dividends.
The original directors and actors took the money and left after making a movie. The box office has nothing to do with them, so everything is maintained by their personal self-consciousness. They don't care that much.
What you get is a dead salary, and it is enough to do the right thing.
But in Dongcheng Films, whether it is the leading role or the director, etc., all the main creators have box office dividends other than the fixed salary. For example, director Smith Zhang Da made a movie perfume, in order to impress Leonardo handsome again, Zhang Dongcheng is generous Paid 15 million US dollars plus 7% of the box office!
The better the acting and the better the filming, the higher the income will naturally be. Who wouldn't understand this truth?
Therefore, the salary system of Dongcheng Films soon led the entire Hollywood, making the big-name leading actors work harder and making the blockbuster more vigorous.
The same is true for directors. The income of tens of millions of dollars is less than tens of millions of dollars for making a film, and the income difference between the chief director and chief photographer of Dongcheng Films like Wu Yusen is more than ten times. It seems that Jack also wants to make himself better. floor up.
Hearing Zhang Dongcheng's praise for him, Jack couldn't help feeling relieved. He was originally the queen photographer of director Smith Zhang Da, and Zhang Dongcheng had recently decided to shoot the new movie High School Musical, but he had to run away It is human nature to be afraid that Zhang Dongcheng will be unhappy and not let others go when shooting his own movie.
But Zhang Dongcheng is not as unreasonable as Jack thinks. After his family's great success, making his subordinates get rich can be regarded as fulfilling his dream in some aspects. I suddenly raised it before shooting, but I felt a little caught off guard.
Where can I find a replacement for Jack, and find a photographer who I am happy to work with and who cooperates very well?
Zhang Dongcheng temporarily put the question aside, and just said to Jack with a pleasant face: "You want to be a director, and I fully support it, but you came to me suddenly, do you have a good script?"
Yes, if there is no good script, Jack will definitely not be in a hurry to talk to himself about this matter. He can definitely delay it for three or four months, and then make his own movie after he settles it on his side.
"Yes, I have a good script." Mentioning his movie, Jack said excitedly, and his eyes were blazing.
Such light seems to be full of dreams, as if returning to his youthful years, warm and seductive, making people want to do it right away and fulfill his dream.
"Haha, it looks like you are very satisfied with the script! Why don't you tell me so that I can help you as a staff member?" Seeing Jack's appearance, Zhang Dongcheng just laughed and raised his teacup to take a sip.
Seeing that Zhang Dongcheng was fully supportive of himself, Jack was also happy: "It's like this, Mel Gibson is a friend I met in Hollywood, the one who played Braveheart, he came to me suddenly recently, and wanted to find me Make a movie with him as the lead."
"Mel Gibson?" Although he knew that the top circle in Hollywood was so big, Zhang Dongcheng was still a little surprised that Jack knew Mel Gibson.
The reason is very simple, Mel Gibson, this is not an ordinary name, this is the most expensive actor in Hollywood at present!
$25 million, Hollywood's top actor!
Mel Gibson, born in Peekskill, New York, USA, is an Irish-American-Australian film actor, director and producer. In "Braveheart" in 1995, he created a legendary patriotic hero—William Wallace for the world. In 2000, he brought another great "Patriot"—Benjamin Martin to the world. His sharp-edged face, handsome and resolute temperament, and his masculinity make him perfectly dedicate to the world two great patriots who defended the sacred homeland with their lives. With his own strength, he has become a top Hollywood movie. superstar.
After he starred in a large number of films and worked as a producer, he began to "act well and direct". In 1993, Gibson directed the film "The Man Without a Face" for the first time. In 1990, he founded his own film production company ICON Productions and produced such films as "Hamlet" and "Forever Young" .
In 1995, Gibson directed and acted in the costume film "Braveheart" (Braveheart), which gave the world an extraordinary shock. In the film, he epically described the life of William Wallace, the leader of Scotland in the 13th century, and the struggle history of establishing an independent kingdom. Gibson poured all his energy and emotion into a performance of extraordinary talent. The film was nominated for 10 Oscars in 1996, and finally won five Oscars (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Makeup). In his golden year, he is well-deservedly called a world superstar.
In 2000, at the invitation of the great director Wim Wenders, Gibson guest starred in "The Million Dollar Hotel" (The Million Dollar Hotel), playing the role of a murder police officer. A lot of charm. During the summer, Gibson appeared in costume again after "Braveheart" and starred in the blockbuster movie "The Patriot" (The Patriot). Directed by "Independence Day" director Roland Emmerich and written by "Saving Private Ryan" Robert Rodette, the film is about an American during the American Revolutionary War in the 1770s The story of heroically fighting against the British invaders. Benjamin Martin, played by Gibson, is a widower with 7 children. He is a war hero who does not hesitate to fight to protect the safety of his family and shouts "Forward" in the flames of war. The film has a huge scene, which is both spectacular and touching, showing a strong sense of heroism, and achieved good box office results. Gibson further establishes his screen "hero" with this film
That is, this year, Gibson just finished filming the Patriots, but now he suddenly came to find Jack to make a movie, and said he wanted to be the leading role?
What kind of movie will the most famous man in the world and the sexiest man be in?
Zhang Dongcheng hoped to hear a famous name with great anticipation, but he never expected Jack to say excitedly: "The movie he wants to shoot is called "The Passion of the Christ", and he wants to play **** in his movie, and I am also a Catholic, he wants me to be the director!"
What, what are you kidding, The Passion of the Christ!
As soon as Zhang Dongcheng heard this name, his smile froze on his face. This name made him cool down the heated discussion in an instant.
what happened? Is The Passion of the Christ a good movie?
