“no problem!”

Nicole Kidman said enthusiastically: “As long as you send me an audition invitation, I can make time for it anytime.”

Without waiting for Li Yishu to answer, she glanced at her husband Tom Cruise.

He said, “Li, if you have any new movie plans, you can send me an invitation. Since we collaborated on the Canon advertisement a few years ago, I am looking forward to continuing to work with you.”

“no problem.”

Li Yishu looked at the couple with a smile and said cheerfully, “When I have plans for a new film, I will definitely invite you two to audition.”

“Then it’s settled.”

Tom Cruise smiled with satisfaction: “I believe we can have a pleasant cooperation.”

“Of course!”

Li Yishu shrugged her shoulders. No matter how Tang Yuen’s acting skills were, at least one thing was certain: he was indeed an international superstar in the 1990s, and almost all the movies he starred in had bad box office results.

If possible, he actually doesn’t mind working with Tang Lily, even if it means bringing Nicole Kidman along.

After all, there is not much conflict between them, even though there were some misunderstandings between the two because of Tang’s agent, but Hollywood has always been profit-oriented. As long as money can be made, no matter how big the grudge is, it can be abandoned.

Moreover, Tang himself has been able to survive for decades and become an Ivy League star in Hollywood, so one can imagine his network of connections.

Thinking of this, Li Yishu remembered the Mission Impossible starring the other party. He saw a report in the newspaper yesterday that Liang Tang’s new film was scheduled to be released on May 5nd. He couldn’t help but ask: “Cruise, I saw in the newspaper that your new film is scheduled to be released in May?”

“Yes.”

Tom Cruise nodded and said, “On May 5, my new film Mission Impossible will be released in North America. It is a spy-themed film. Li, if you are free, you are welcome to attend my movie premiere?”

“OK!” Li Yishu thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Although Lee Ye-seok decided to take a one or two year break after finishing “Rush Hour”, it doesn’t mean she will just lie down at home.

He remembered the “Mission Impossible” series, which was interrupted for several years due to the deterioration of the relationship between Tom Cruise and Paramount.

In the end, Tang Yuen couldn’t stand the pressure anymore and restarted her cooperation with Paramount. The corresponding remuneration and share should be reduced.

In this case, Li Yishu is thinking of cooperating with the other party on a series of films, so as to take a dominant position in the negotiation process of future remuneration and profit sharing.

As for which series of movies to choose, and which one is suitable for soup.

That would naturally be “John Wick: Chapter 11”.

If Tang Lei plays the leading role of John Wick in the movie, he is actually no worse than Keanu Reeves. On the contrary, because of his fame, the box office will definitely be much higher than the original version.

And we can also learn from Marvel and develop a killer movie universe.

Whether it succeeds or not, you can always try.

Several people chatted for a while.

Tom took his wife away. They were a Hollywood superstar couple, with friends everywhere and good people around them. It was impossible for them to stay here and communicate with Li Yishu all the time.

Wait until they leave.

Naomi Watts whispered, “Honey, are you really going to work with Cruise?”

“Of course we should cooperate if there is an opportunity.”

Li Yishu smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Watts. Even if she works with Tom, Nicole won’t be the heroine. I do have an idea for a movie. If we really want to shoot it, there is an important role. I wonder if you are interested, Nawo?”

Husband-and-wife teams are not uncommon in the film industry, but Tom and Nicole’s husband-and-wife teams often end in failure.

Although Li Yishu doesn’t believe in these things, she still wants to avoid them if possible.

Hearing the answer she wanted to hear, Naomi Watts couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, she smiled and said, “If there is a role that suits me, of course I’m willing to give it a try.”

Cate Blanchett, who had been standing next to him, had a look of envy in her eyes. Is this the benefit of having someone powerful enough to support you?
Nicole had Tom personally advocate for her to get a role, and Nawo had a big director to designate her.

No!

I also need a big leg to lean on.

Cate Blanchett’s eyes were full of ambition as she looked around.

Will Smith, Tom Hanks, Spielberg, James Cameron, Kathleen Kennedy (producer)…

They are all big-name directors, big-name stars, and big-name producers.

No matter who she is with, it would be enough to benefit her a lot.

But if you really want to get benefits, you won’t be stood up.

Cate Blanchett has her sights set on Lee Yi-su.

He seems to be the best fit!
“Hey, Lee!”

After the two Toms left, someone came over immediately.

It’s Morgan Freeman.

He was accompanied by Will Smith.

Li Yishu said, “Long time no see, Freeman.”

Morgan Freeman said: “Yeah, long time no see, thank you for choosing my son.”

“Haha, it’s not that I chose him, but he is good enough, just like you.”

“Thank you, he is really nice.”

“…”

The two exchanged some words, and Morgan Freeman then introduced his companion: “Lee, this is Smith, he likes the movies you shot very much.”

“Hello Smith.” Li Yishu extended her hand.

Will Smith smiled and shook hands. “Hello, Lee. I really like your movies, especially Rumble in the Bronx with Jacky Cheung. It’s so cool. I heard that you are going to work with him on a new movie soon?”

Li Yishu nodded: “Yes, a movie with two male protagonists.”

“Cool, I heard that besides Jack Cheng, you also cast a black actor?”

“Yes, Chris Tucker, a very good black actor.”

“It’s a pity that I don’t have time, otherwise I would also like to cooperate with you.”

Several people greeted each other.

Will Smith left early because of something.

Morgan Freeman stayed and chatted for a few more minutes, then also found an excuse to leave.

After they left, more and more Hollywood celebrities came over to say hello.

After dealing with all the people, it was almost nine o’clock in the evening. Li Yishu thought it was getting late, and was about to take Nawo and Kate away when she saw a man and a woman approaching.

The man is the famous commercial film director Steven Spielberg, and the other is also very familiar, that is Gwyneth Paltrow, who played Pepper Potts in “Iron Man”.

Steven Spielberg came over with a smile: “Hey, Lee, how are you!”

Li Yishu stretched out her hand calmly: “Hello, Spielberg.”

Lee Yi-su doesn’t have a very good impression of Steven Spielberg. It’s true that he has a high status in commercial films and has shot many classic movies.

But this person has a lot of problems and black spots, so Li Yishu doesn’t really want to have too much contact with him.

Spielberg smiled and said, “Lee, I really like your movie Chicago, and the Kung Fu movie Sword Rain you shot. The bullet time is very impressive.”

“Thank you. I also really enjoyed your filming of Jurassic Park.”

“Hello Ms. Watts, your performance in Chicago was amazing. It took me back to the golden age of Hollywood and relived the musicals.”

“Thank you, this is all thanks to the director.”

Naomi Watts looked at Li Yishu. She didn’t expect that even a top Hollywood director like Spielberg would take the initiative to say hello.

Although Lee Ye-su is also a famous director, a large part of her fame in Hollywood comes from her identity as a director of art films and her achievement of winning gold awards at the three major European film festivals.

Even though he has made two commercial films that did well at the box office, he cannot be compared with the top directors of Hollywood commercial films.

After chatting for a while, Spielberg introduced his goddaughter Gwyneth, and then got down to business: “By the way, Lee, my goddaughter is a loyal fan of yours.”

Gwyneth nodded and said, “Yes, Director. I really like your films such as The Reader and Grand Central Station. I also like Chicago very much…”

At this moment, Gwyneth is still an artistic young woman. The movies she filmed in recent years are all literary dramas, such as “Mrs. Pike’s Lover”, “Jefferson in Paris”, “Seven Deadly Sins” and so on.

After hearing Gwyneth say this, and considering the path she was taking now, Li Yishu understood that she was probably aiming for her identity as a big art film director.

Lee Ye-seo smiled politely, “I’m glad to have a beautiful fan like you.”

After everyone got to know each other and exchanged business cards, Li Yishu left with Nawo and Kate.

“Godfather, why don’t you just tell him?”

Looking at the backs of Li Yishu and others leaving, Gwyneth held the goblet in her hand and said to her godfather Spielberg, “I believe he will not refuse you.”

Gwyneth is still very confident about her godfather’s influence in Hollywood.

Even though this Chinese director is quite famous and has earned the title of Godfather of Asian films, if you really compare him with Spielberg in Hollywood, almost everyone would choose Spielberg.

This is because most of the films directed by Spielberg and produced by him are world-famous, such as “Jaws”, “Indiana Jones”, “Back to the Future”, “Jurassic Park” and so on.

“Gwen, Lee is not an ordinary director.” Spielberg glanced at his goddaughter and said, “He is the owner of Golden Lion Pictures.”

“Golden Lion Pictures!”

Gwyneth was surprised and asked, “Godfather, you said that he founded Golden Lion Pictures?”

In the past two years, Golden Lion Pictures has been very famous in Hollywood, specializing in producing low-cost horror films.

If you win big with a small investment only once, it may be a coincidence.

However, in the past few years since Golden Lion Pictures was founded, it has produced six or seven low-cost horror films, with the highest-grossing “Final Destination” earning over $100 million.
Compared with its production fee of more than one million and its publicity and promotion expenses of several million, it is truly a model of making a small investment for a big gain.

However, most Hollywood stars don’t pay much attention to the situation of this company, nor have they learned about it in detail, because most of them look down on such low-cost productions.

“Yes.” Spielberg nodded and said, “And I heard that Li is very influential in Asia. The art film company he founded has already established a group in Asia. I heard that it not only has TV stations, but also newspapers, publishing houses, film companies, etc.”

“TV stations, newspapers…”

Gwyneth was dumbfounded: “Isn’t that the same as a media group?”

In this era, the information gap between the East and the West is very large. Even during the 08 Olympics, some foreigners thought that China still had whips.

The main source of this stereotype, in addition to media propaganda, is the channels for obtaining information.

Lee Ye-su doesn’t hang out in Hollywood often, so it’s no surprise that Gwyneth isn’t aware of his background.

And if he hadn’t won the Best Picture this time, probably so many people wouldn’t have come to say hello to him.

“Yeah, the media group.”

Spielberg nodded slightly. He had heard about this from a senior executive of Columbia University before. So when he took his goddaughter to meet Li Yishu just now, he did not rashly mention that he hoped the other party would give his goddaughter a chance.

Unbelievable!

Get the approval of the Godfather.

Gwyneth still couldn’t believe that Lee, a young director who looked about the same age as him, had actually founded a media group.

Even in Asia in the East, it is still a media group.

No wonder the other party doesn’t stay in Hollywood much.

the next day.

Major media newspapers in North America have begun reporting on the Academy Awards ceremony and the list of winners.

What shocked the readers was that Lee Yi-su actually won the Oscar for Best Picture!

You should know that the Academy Awards have been held for 68 years. So far, Li Yishu is the first Chinese director to win the Best Picture Award, and also the first yellow director.

Not only did it create history, it also made countless people curious about the movie “Chicago” and the Chinese director Lee Yi-su.

Taking advantage of this popularity, not only did the videotapes and VCDs of “Chicago” sell like hot cakes, but even Li Yishu’s previous art films were rented or purchased by a large number of people.

In a short time, Li Yishu’s fame in Hollywood rose rapidly.

Oprah, the hostess of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” who had participated in the show, contacted Li Yishu through personal connections as soon as possible, hoping to invite him to the show.

In addition to Oprah, there are also “The Late Late Show” and “Saturday Night Live”, etc., all hoping to take advantage of the post-Oscar popularity.

Li Yishu originally wanted to refuse these talk shows, but considering the upcoming “Rush Hour”, he agreed to participate in “The Oprah Winfrey Show”.

During this period, he discussed with Oprah whether he could bring Jackie Chan and black actor Chris Tucker along to promote his new movie which was about to start shooting.

Oprah readily agreed.

Not only can you get some popularity, but you can also get some extra revelations.

Of course there is no reason to refuse.

Because we had a very pleasant collaboration before, this time participating in the Oprah talk show went smoothly.

After learning that there was a black actor starring in the film, and Chris Tucker casually mentioned that the person who invested in “12 Years a Slave” was Li Yishu, Oprah became even more enthusiastic.

After participating in the Oprah Talk Show, Li Yishu went to Tom Hanks again and gave him some advice on directing experience. After a week of hard work, he returned to China to complete the filming of “Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms”. (End of this chapter)