Oscars

Ronande suddenly grimaced and said dissatisfiedly:

"Are you taking too much advantage of this? It's just the authorization that took away nearly 15% of the profits..."

Kevin said forcefully:

"That's because you don't understand what a magnificent legacy the Pirates of the Caribbean will leave behind in the history of cinema, and its influence will last for ten, twenty, thirty years..."

"Even longer."

"I have set up countless settings for it, and the countless adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow's life will be born in my hands."

"I swear by Steve Kevin!"

"It's bound to become a classic!"

Kevin stared confidently at Ronande in front of him.

Hearing Kevin's words, Ronand hesitated.

If the Pirates of the Caribbean can achieve such results, then their tourism bureau will still make a lot of money.

But this undoubtedly carries huge risks.

unless···

Ronande thought for a while in his heart, and then said:

"Pirates of the Caribbean grossed over $100 million at the U.S. box office, and at the same time it had to make more than five sequels within 15 years before you could get that revenue. This condition will be written into the contract."

After all, Ronande stared at Kevin, trying to see the guilty conscience in his eyes.

With such a large investment, if he fails, he, the head of the tourism bureau, will also be under enormous pressure. He needs to gain confidence from Kevin, or lose his confidence.

Therefore, he decided to invest and rejected the plan.

However, Kevin's eyes were full of confidence, as if this plan could not fail at all.

After staring for a minute, Ronande finally made up his mind.

He could see the confidence of winning from Kevin's eyes, and since that was the case, he believed him once.

.....

Negotiations on specific details continued for another hour, and experts and legal professionals would naturally be invited to conduct professional evaluations on these things.

Kevin didn't care about the details in this regard, and handed it over to the assistant to run.

After the approximate task was completed, Kevin went to the special effects company and the prop company one after another to arrange the relevant content of the movie one by one.

After all the preparatory tasks before the start of filming have been completed, the time has come to three weeks later.

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In the Caribbean Sea, behind a huge large ship, there is a wooden sailboat. If anyone sees it, they can immediately react. This is the Black Pearl.

On the Black Pearl, Kevin sat behind the camera and watched the actors perform the scenes from the script one by one.

Filming is different from when it is shown.

It's never said that according to the plot, you go first, you shoot first.

Instead, it is arranged according to the actual situation of the plot and the preparation work.

The seaside town that appeared at the beginning of the plot, because the construction has just begun, the scene naturally has to be shot at the end.

By the same token, the final scene in the film, Barbossa's Cave of Hiding Treasures, also had to wait for Warners to complete the filming.

Therefore, what Kevin chose to shoot was actually part of the scenes at sea. Of course, only part of the scenes were actually shot, and some of them had to be shot in the studio.

At the same time, even these actual scenes have to undergo post-processing before they are officially completed.

As for the Black Pearl, it is a hull made in a hurry, and it is completely dependent on the consignment of the big ship to be able to sail on the sea.

Compared to building the real Black Pearl, this method will undoubtedly save a lot of money.

During this process, the scenes of Pirates of the Caribbean were filmed non-stop.

....

Time came to mid-February 1994. Pirates of the Caribbean had been filming in the Caribbean waters for nearly half a month. Finally, all the scenes here were filmed.

Looking at the tired crowd, Kevin raised the loudspeaker in his hand and said loudly:

"Everyone, starting from today, we will go back to New York, take a three-day break, and three days later, we will gather at the Warners studio, and everyone can find Director Zach at that time."

"Oh hoo hoo hoo!"

"Director Kevin, you are the best!"

Dozens of people suddenly made a loud noise, applauding Kevin's words.

Although Kevin is indeed a tyrant on the set, scolding is a common thing when filming, but he usually focuses on the matter and does not make any personal attacks, just pointing out the mistakes of others.

Unless this mistake occurs again and again, otherwise, Kevin will not make too much action.

At the same time, in view of sufficient funds, Kevin did not treat these actors and behind-the-scenes staff badly in terms of logistics. Everyone tasted various seafood dinners one by one, and the stay was quite good.

Coupled with sufficient wages, under this premise, Kevin still received praise from the staff.

In such laughter, the group embarked on the road back to New York.

The biggest reason why Kevin is so rushed is actually that he received a message from Warner to inform him, that is, his film Escape from the Dead Town successfully won the Oscar nomination for the Best Film Award and Nominated for Best Screenplay.

When Kevin was busy with his own affairs at hand, Warner Bros. did not stop, during the Oscar warm-up session during the release of Mission Impossible.

After investing millions of public relations expenses, the DVDs of Escape from the Dead Town were given to the judges one by one. At the same time, next to the DVD, a batch of valuable gifts was given according to the judges' hobbies.

Sending money directly is, of course, an insult to the sanctity of the Oscar, which will make many judges reject it, and even have a rebellious mentality, so they will vote for other movies.

But when it comes to gifts, it's different.

These are all unspoken rules that have gradually formed since the founding of the Oscars. As for the confidentiality principle of the Oscar judges?

In the eyes of a film company of Warner's level, it's just a joke.

They know the addresses and real identities of 99% of the Oscar judges. This is the background of the big film companies.

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Back in New York, Kevin didn't even have time to go home, he came to Warner Bros.

Robinov greeted him with a smile on his face, looked around, and after making sure it was safe, he said in a low voice:

"Kevin, there is a high probability that you will win the Best Screenplay Award for escaping from Breakthrough Town, congratulations!"

Kevin also smiled and said:

"Thanks to the follow-up PR from Warner Bros., this award is obtained, but unfortunately it is not the best picture or the best director award."

Having said that, Kevin also knows that at a time when the Black Lives Matter movement is not yet developed enough, the anti-war art film Escape from the Dead Town to defeat Schindler's List is a film that awakens and reflects the tragic experience of the Jewish people at the same time. There is no possibility in Hollywood, a circle dominated by Jewish capital.

The 1994 Oscar, the biggest winner, was exactly Spielberg's Schindler's List, the target of Kevin's pursuit.

As for escaping from Dead Town, under Warner's power, he finally ate a small piece of Oscar's cake.

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