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Of course Rowan wasn't only focused on the Asian Financial Crisis.

On May 17 1997, Passing by a newsstand on the road, L eonhard casually glanced and saw that ma ny newspapers had front-page reports on "The Fifth Element"

It was screened in 2,500 theaters in th e United States on May 9, and the box offic e in the first week was only 17.03 million.

The decline in the second week was o bvious, and it is impossible for the box offi ce to exceed 100 million...

Although he felt a little sorry for Luc B esson, Leonhard was in a good mood beca use this was almost the same as he predic ted, proving that there was no major proble m with the algorithm.

This also proves that his vision was co rrect and that "The Fifth Element" did not fi nd the formula for box office success in th e American market.

So is American Beauty okay?

Leonhard entered the café thinking.

The script discussions went smoothly. After talking for more than ten minute s, Leonhard bought the script of "American Beauty" for $200,000 in the name of his per sonal studio.

The price is not as expensive as those scripts written by gold medal screenwriters that earn millions, but it is still much more expensive than the few thousand yuan writ ten by new screenwriters.

Alan Ball is a veteran screenwriter, whi ch means there is no chance of taking adv antage of leaks, but it also means that he i s very realistic and will not ask for an exorb itant amount of money.

We are all professionals, so the negoti ation is quicker and there is no chance of g etting a bargain on price.

Leonhard was not sorry either. He smil ed and shook hands with Alan Ball. "It's a pl easure to work with you. I hope we can con tinue to work together next time. I plan to u se a budget of $10 million to produce Ame rican Beauty. It will probably be produced next year or the year after."

Alan Ball: "I'm looking forward to it."

"If you have new works, please send th em to my email."

"Of course, of course."

After a few polite words, Alan Ball left. Leonhard smiled and said to Urena, "T he blacklist plan has taken the first step."

"This is a difficult step to take."

Yurena said: "Some people waited for more than ten years for an opportunity but failed, and there is no possibility of turning around."

"I'm not just an actor."

"How are you going to shoot it? Be the director yourself?"

"I have this idea, but I am a little bit un confident about shooting such a difficult sc ript right away."

Leonhard thought for a moment and s aid, "Before filming American Beauty, I plan to shoot two or three scripts to hone my skills. I have already written most of America n Pie."

Yurena nodded, "The difficulty of Amer ican Pie is very suitable for you."

Rowan then turned towards Mary and said "Please help me keep an eye on the script. It's not as good as American Beauty, but a script suitable for a novice Iike me will do."

"I will. Though Don't forget that you have to join the team of Face/off to start " Mary stated

"I know but it's not like I am the main character most of the promotion should ve focused on Cafe and Travolta."

Oh how wrong he was Rowan didn't know until the next few days.

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"The young man who risked his life to catch the robbers few months ago Rowan Stark the American Hero is going to appear on the Silver Screen

The first role he played was an important role in the upcoming blockbuster "Face/Off" - Sean Trice.

The crew of "Face/Off" acknowledged this and highly praised Rowan Stark's act of saving lives.

At the same time, a photo of Rowan also appeared in the promotional poster for the movie of "Face/Off."

Mary put down the Parker pen in her hand. She gave a straightforward affirmative answer to the question Terrence Changhad just asked her over the phone.

The crew of "Face/Off" is also promoting Rowan, and they remain optimistic and supportive of Rowan's popularity.

At the same time part of the resources were tilted towards Rowan, who was supposed to be only a supporting charector but now has almost become the third lead of the movie because of which Rowan is busy constantly.

"Cousin Mary isn't this guy Rowan too talented, with the way he is going I think Flame Entertainment can grow through him alone." Sarah said

Mary nodded her head with a faint smile on her face. How can a brokerage company grow and develop? The most important assets to have is famous and influential celebrity.

Ad the way Rowan is growing he won't just stop at being a celebrity but capital as well how can Mary not be happy about it.

"Only by cultivating star clients who belong to our own company can we drive the development of other actors and form a virtuous circle.

When Rowan's becomes successful, we can also learn from CAA's packaging model and provide more opportunities for other grassroots actors."

"Have the crew of Face/Off arrived yet? Ask them to put up a few more posters and give out some more small gifts. Have you uploaded the videos I asked you to shoot to Yahoo?" Mary

"It's been uploaded. I heard it has received more than 10,000 hits. Does that mean more than 10,000 people have watched Rowan's performance?" Sarah said

"There will be more. Rowan said that Internet communication will gradually rise in the future. If we are one step ahead, we can fight for a better position. I heard that the Face Off crew will invite Jean- Claude Van Damme. He is already 37 years old this year. It will be great if they can tie later. Ask Rowan to hold back."

"Ok but I Don't think Rowan would do that. It all depends on how things play out. But as long as he's not worse than others, we should be basically safe."

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For the last few days Rowan has been busy with the promotion of the movie but not today, as Today he had something else he needed to do in the Paramount Studio.

On the way, Mary said, "I'm going to tell you about Saving Private Ryan now. Some of it is from the public promotional materiaIs, and some of it is what I asked people for."

Mary said slowly.

This project first started in 1994.

In 1994, screenwriter Robert Rodat's wife gave him a best-selling book called D-D ay.

The protagonist of the story was named Fritz Nilan, a soldier of Company E of the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army.

After Company E captured Carentan Bay, Fritz Nilan learned that his brother Bob, who was in the 82nd Airborne Division, had been killed. At the same time, his other brother, who was in the 4th Infantry Division, was also killed on the beach in Utah.

Soon after, his third brother was shot down and was reported missing in the same week (he was a member of the bomber crew)

On the same day. Mrs. Nilan received three telegrams saying that their sons had been killed in action. Fritz Nilan was the only surviving son in the family, so the army ordered him to be sent back home first.

After reading this book, Robert Rodarte was struck by a monument dedicated to those who died in various wars, especially because the last names of brothers killed in action were repeated again and again....

"I don't know whether it's true or not, but Robert Rodat said this in an interview."

Mary then continued: "Not to mention the strong prop aganda flavor in this, the news released by Robert Rodat was that he found producer Mark Gordon with this idea."

Mark Gordon then proposed the idea of Robert Rodat to Paramount Pictures.

Paramount Pictures executives liked the idea and commissioned Robert Rodat to write the screenplay.

The producers initially approached Michael Bay to direct the film, but he declined.

Callan of CAA read Robert Rodat's script and recommended it to his client, Spielberg.

At that time, Spielberg had already founded DreamWorks Pictures, and he immediately became interested in it after receiving the script.

After rounds of negotiations, Paramount and DreamWorks reached an agreement and brought in Amblin Entertainment and Mutual Pictures to co-finance and produce the film.

DreamWorks will handle American distribution of the film, while Paramount will distribute the film internationally.

"There are some undisclosed exchanges of interests, but that's not important."

"Anyway."

Stopping in front of the studio, Mary emphasized: "You have to remember that Spielberg has the final say. This is your chance, Rowan."

Rowan understood what Mary ment "I know Spielberg, but I don't think he can help me win the leading role fr om Tom Hanks."

"Even if our relationship is closer, objectively speaking, Spielberg and Tom Hanks have a much better relationship than I do."

Even when faced with a good opportunity, Rowan remained as calm as ever.

Mary corrected, "Our goal is not to be the leading man. Like you said, no one can take Tom Hanks' place."

"The target of our audition this time is a supporting role, the left-handed sniper, Private Daniel Jackson."

"I personally think that among all the supporting roles, this one is relatively outstanding and memorable. This is rare in war films."

"And with your current resume, the audition for this supporting role won't be too difficult"