Chapter 31

At the same time grasp the essence of Mission Impossible.

The agents played by Cruise, with his flexible skills and ever-changing disguise techniques, are all amazing.

Under this kind of filming, several months passed quickly, and there were occasional minor conflicts, which were all subsided under Kevin's suppression.

....

The time came four months later, that is, mid-September.

Kevin has returned to Hollywood with the crew for the final green screen shoot.

Cruise's chase scene on the train is naturally impossible to play as real as Jackie Chan, not only Cruise dare not, but also the producers and insurance companies who have been following him.

Once something happens to Cruise, it basically means that the crew is over.

The investment of up to 80 million US dollars will naturally go to waste.

"Card!"

Watching Cruise complete the last shot, Kevin decisively called to stop.

"Thank you for your cooperation with me in the crew. I won't say much here. If the box office sells well, everyone here will have a bonus."

"Now, I have arranged the party, everyone pack up and let's go."

When Kevin put away the directing, he had a strong attitude that could not be denied, and said with a smile on his face.

Chapter 49 USC Senior George Lucas (Father of Star Wars)

"Oh!"

"Director Kevin, great job!"

"..."

The crew cheered again.

In Hollywood, not all movies will have parties after they are finished.

After all, it costs money.

However, Kevin naturally didn't care about this little money, and generously left $100,000 from the production cost for the final killing party.

Tom Cruise finally breathed a sigh of relief. After four consecutive months of running around, even the Iron Man would feel tired.

What's more, he's just a mortal body.

The next follow-up production has nothing to do with him. What he has to do is to promote it in advance, but before the promotion, he has to go home and rest for a few days.

...

in a five-star hotel.

After a hilarious party.

Tom Cruise came to Kevin's side and sighed a little:

"I believe that Mission Impossible will be another masterpiece in the hands of Director Kevin. I am honored to work with Director Kevin on this film, and I hope there will be more opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Whether a movie will become bad money, in fact, you can already feel it during the shooting.

A good movie can stimulate the actors' potential in the movie and release their best state.

In a bad movie, the audience can directly feel the embarrassing acting skills of the actors.

This is an unconscious behavior, sometimes even the actors themselves do not feel it, but it is very real. After all, they know that they are playing a bad money movie, and sometimes the actors often act boring, so naturally they are very relaxed.

Like Nicolas Cage, there are very few people who have very stable acting skills in any movie.

And Tom Cruise can feel Kevin's meticulous design for this movie from Kevin's directing, whether it is action scenes, character characteristics, or the layout of the play.

Simply put, it's a fun play.

And this kind of play, often the box office is not too bad.

"Have a chance, Cruise, you are a very good actor."

Tom Cruise, in later life, has countless controversies surrounding him.

But for an actor, the most important thing is whether he is qualified or not in his own job.

And this, for Kevin who has worked with him.

Just one word, admiration.

In Kevin's heart, Tom Cruise can be said to be extremely professional. Except for some too dangerous moves that are rejected by the insurance company's staff and producers, he is fearless.

In this kind of action scene, there are some minor injuries, but Cruise never said anything because of these minor injuries.

This made Kevin couldn't help but sigh that he still has his own ability to become a superstar.

And until this time, Kevin also asked his own question.

"Cruise, why did you choose to join them?"

"Because, I belong to the top of them."

Cruise's words were simple, but Kevin instantly understood what he wanted to say.

It was not that he was bewitched by them, but that they directly recruited him from a high-level position.

They are the scourges of the middle and lower levels. If a high-level like him joins them, they will only enjoy their resources, and there is no harm.

He had no reason to refuse.

Kevin, who owns two countries at the same time, did not question his choice.

In the end, other people's choices have nothing to do with him.

As long as Tom Cruise is a qualified good actor, that's enough.

....

The next day, the rest of the crew began their vacation careers.

Kevin didn't rest at all, except last night, he had a good roll with Julie and vented his fatigue.

At this time, he rushed directly to the MGM building.

Before shooting, he agreed that the editing would be placed in MGM, so that MGM would be the first to rate Mission Impossible after the editing was completed.

This doesn't really matter to Warners and Paramount, but it matters to MGM, who attaches great importance to the film.

Leiter looked at Kevin's haggard face with a messy beard after four months of running around, and could not help but solemnly say:

"Everything is up to you."

"give it to me."

Kevin smiled and plunged into the editing room.

...

Seven days later, Tom Cruise and Jolie, as well as the other main supporting characters, have resumed their busy promotions after a few days of rest.

Including but not limited to various interesting things about Mission Impossible in various TV programs controlled by the big capital behind Warner and Paramount.

In this regard, MGM suffers a bit, which is why he fell out of the five major film companies and can only maintain the eight major Hollywood film companies.

The lack of a big capital behind it has led to the inability to keep up in various aspects.

.....

The publicity of the outside world has basically nothing to do with Kevin. In the era before the Internet, people often don't pay attention to the director of a movie.

They focus more on the stars who appear in the movies.

After more than ten days of editing, the first cut version of the film finally came out, and then Kevin was busy with dubbing and adjusting the tone of the picture.

Of course, the most important thing is the handling of special effects.

On this point, MGM President Wright recommended him the Industrial Light and Magic special effects company founded by George Lucas.

George Lucas and Big Boat director James Cameron are both special effects technical directors.

They pay more attention to the use of various special effects techniques in the film.

The films they shoot often show people an unprecedented shock.

Cameron in particular, each of his films is accompanied by technological advancements in the film industry.

Avatar's success is inseparable from his research on 3D film technology.

...

Under the introduction of Leiter, Kevin also came directly to the place where the Industrial Light and Magic special effects company is located.

And his arrival was also warmly welcomed by Lucas.

"Steve Kevin, I'm George Lucas, I'm also a student at the University of Southern California, and I'm your old senior."

With a neatly trimmed beard, Lucas, who looked very serious, laughed.

The same students of the University of Southern California naturally belong to the same faction in Hollywood.

In the absence of a conflict of interest, it is normal to help one's juniors and seniors.

The faction of the University of Southern California has a force that cannot be underestimated in Hollywood.

If nothing else, it definitely plays a vital role in Chong Ao.

Kevin also laughed, and he has been in Hollywood for more than a year. Because most of the time he is shooting movies, his connections in Hollywood are actually quite ordinary.

However, since there is such a faction, he has no reason not to join. In the face of Lucas's favor, Kevin also gave a positive response.

"Hello, senior Lucas, I'm here today to find some special effects for Mission Impossible produced by Industrial Light and Magic."

"As the strongest special effects company in Hollywood, there is a need for this, so I must have come directly to the senior."

After a few compliments, I briefly talked about the secret conversation in Hollywood.

The two quickly entered into a formal business conversation.

There are not too many special effects shots in Mission Impossible 1, but the difficulty is not small, so it also costs a lot of money.

After some negotiation, two months and hundreds of special effects shots were finally settled.

After negotiating the business, after agreeing to accept the party of the people belonging to the University of Southern California hosted by Lucas at an indeterminate time.

Kevin left Industrial Light & Magic to start other specific work on the film.

Overall, Kevin is satisfied with this movie. The only pity is that, because of the advance and not very short of money, Kevin spent almost 8 real dollars without finding a suitable advertiser. Tens of millions of investment, can be described as deep pockets.

Chapter 50 The Company's Front Desk Sisters

After dealing with special effects-related matters, Kevin first came to the office building he rented near Hollywood.

Here is the Chenxi Film Company where he is the boss.

Of course, although it is a film company, Chenxi Film Company is just a shell film company at this time, and it does not involve other content such as distribution, copyright development and so on.

At present, the only business in the company is that Kevin invested 30% of Mission Impossible.

It's too early to pay back.

However, Kevin set up the company, in fact, the biggest purpose is to avoid tax, there will be a large amount of money, to be credited into his company's corporate account.

Consumers take the company's account, which can greatly reduce and exempt a lot of taxes.

From Chainsaw's box office share, as well as editing and director fees, plus the subsequent sale of copyrights, the total income of nearly 30 million US dollars.

Among them, after removing the villa in Beverly Hills and various other messy expenses, plus the tax paid after tax avoidance through a professional tax company in April, there was only more than ten million dollars left in the end.

In theory, this money is actually not enough to invest in Mission Impossible.

However, Kevin, who has absolute confidence in Mission Impossible, directly smashed all the income of his three occupations of screenwriter, director, and producer, plus all the money in his hand, in exchange for 30% of Mission Impossible investment share.

And other film companies are also happy to see it succeed. As a director, Kevin has paid so much, it is naturally impossible to play any tricks on the Mission Impossible project, and will only be more careful in production.

Having said so much, there is only one meaning, Kevin is out of money.

Now I have to go to Warner Bros. to get back the investment in Escape from the Dead Town. The two parties are still in the honeymoon period of cooperation at this time, but when Kevin gets the shares of MGM, it will be hard to say at that time. .

In order to avoid too many nightmares, Kevin decided to take this opportunity to get the box office share first, and then sell the follow-up income directly to Warner at a discount, and then get the money first.