Interestingly, the helmsman of Lionsgate Films was also named Bob, the same name as the adorable a street cat named bob in Su Yu's upcoming film project.
In recent days, the operating conditions of Lionsgate Films had been deteriorating, as if it had fallen into a quagmire, unable to extricate itself.
The company's market value had also shrunk significantly, now having fallen to over 2 billion US dollars.
The reason for this was that the box office flop, "Demon Slayer," was largely to blame; the negative impact it brought to Lionsgate Films was like a heavy bomb, causing immense damage and leaving the company severely weakened, estimated to take a considerable amount of time to slowly recover.
However, Bob was, after all, a shrewd businessman who had been in the commercial world for a long time; he deeply understood the principle of business is business and would never bring personal emotions or grievances into his work.
In his eyes, Su Yu was currently a dazzling star in Hollywood, a hot commodity that everyone was eagerly pursuing.
Su Yu's unexpected opening of investment opportunities for the film project was undoubtedly a rare chance for Lionsgate Films.
Why shouldn't they give it a try?
Perhaps with good luck, they could get a piece of the pie and alleviate the company's current predicament.
Moreover, Bob firmly believed that even a talented creator like Su Yu would not turn down money; as long as the conditions were right, cooperation was not impossible.
With the host's announcement, the simple yet unique Chinese-style launch ceremony officially began.
A group of foreigners from different cultural backgrounds, with expressions of curiosity and reverence, solemnly bowed to the "Machine God" along with Su Yu.
Although they did not fully understand the meaning of this traditional ceremony, seeing the solemn and mysterious atmosphere on site, they all felt that it seemed to contain some powerful force, perhaps this was the secret to Su Yu's success in every film he made.
Many people secretly thought to themselves that when their own companies had a launch ceremony again, they would definitely follow suit and bow to the cameras, hoping to catch some of this good luck.
Due to the tight schedule today and many important matters to attend to, Su Yu, as the director, only symbolically shot a few scenes after completing the simple launch ceremony, then ended the day's filming tasks.
However, the crew of "murder on the orient express" indeed gave a considerable shock to everyone present.
This time, at Su Yu's request, Disney even managed to get a scrapped old train, not only refurbishing it to look like the one in the script, but also making the interior decoration of the train incredibly exquisite.
The most shocking thing was that for the sake of realism during filming, Su Yu even requested a large machine to be placed under the train to simulate its swaying.
The cost of this single item alone was already equivalent to that of a small to medium-budget film.
And as a result, the effect of the filming was obvious to all.
Everyone believed that after adding snow and wind special effects in post-production, it would definitely be indistinguishable from reality!
Another thing that surprised them was Su Yu's directing skill.
Many people were seeing Su Yu direct a film for the first time.
Before, it was all just rumors!
But this time, they saw Su Yu's strength as a director.
He had the entire crew under clear control, and when he encountered unsatisfactory shots or filming scenes, this guy would actually demonstrate them to the actors on the spot!
This also allowed everyone present to witness the terrifying extent of Su Yu's acting skills for the first time!
He wrote good scripts, had first-class directing skills, and could even act himself?
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, who could have imagined that Su Yu was so versatile in TV dramas and films as well?
this man comes from blue star, he was a monster.
Especially for Robert, who was the lead actor this time, his worldview was overturned the most drastically.
He had heard Kerry say before that Su Yu not only had high directing skills but also often demonstrated acting to them, and at that time, he thought Kerry was exaggerating and deifying Su Yu.
But now?
He felt that Kerry's praise for Su Yu was still a bit understated.
This led to some immense pressure on him, a Hollywood A-list male star.
The other people in the same crew, however, adapted better than him.
Why?
Because they had all appeared in "this man comes from blue star," directed by Su Yu!
They had already been repeatedly shocked in the short filming period of less than half a month.
And this time, with just a phone call from Su Yu, they eagerly came to continue cooperating.
They were all unknown minor actors before; who would refuse to follow a big shot like Su Yu?
They even hoped to perform well this time and strive to join Su Yu's company before filming wrapped up.
This way, their future would also be secured.
After the scenes to be filmed today were completed, Su Yu enthusiastically led Director Zhao Xiaolu and the visiting guests to the carefully prepared reception.
At this moment, the representatives of the major film companies all understood that today's real highlight—the negotiation regarding investment cooperation for the new project—was finally about to begin.
And upon arriving at the reception, everyone first saw a stunning Chinese woman.
Many people recognized her; wasn't she Su Yu's girlfriend, Han Jiangxue?
As for Wang Tianfeng, who was beside Han Jiangxue? The senior executives of the film companies present were also aware of him.
One of the three giants of Tianxing Entertainment, his status was even higher than that of their company's CEO!
Now Wang Tianfeng was also the second-largest shareholder of Tianxing Entertainment; he was a true big shot.
What surprised them, however, was that it was just a cooperation project; did Tianxing Entertainment really need to send such a figure?
Bob of Lionsgate Films looked a bit awkward when he saw Wang Tianfeng.
It was Wang Tianfeng who represented Tianxing Entertainment in their acquisition talks back then.
At that time, Tianxing Entertainment did not have its current status and strength, so Bob did not give Wang Tianfeng a good impression.
But now? The gap between the two had long since become vast!
Bob only hoped that Wang Tianfeng would not hold a grudge against him.
Conversely, the people from MGM's eyes lit up when they saw Wang Tianfeng!
Because among those present, besides Su Yu, only they knew why Wang Tianfeng had come.
After some clinking of glasses, Su Yu finally brought out the project "a street cat named bob."
The final production cost of this project was set at 100 million US dollars.
This was already an astronomical sum that many found hard to imagine.
Because for such a script and small-scale setting, to put it bluntly, ten million US dollars would have been completely sufficient.
But Su Yu managed to make it 100 million US dollars! Absolutely shameless!
Of that, Su Yu's script and producer fees alone amounted to 30 million US dollars.
This was no longer shameless; it was outright robbery!
Kerry's acting fee was 15 million US dollars.
This was considered reasonable, as with the success of his two films, Kerry's remuneration had already reached the tens of millions.
Then, Zhao Xiaolu's directing fee was 10 million US dollars.
This was a bit infuriating!