Two days later, Stallone boarded a plane back to the United States.

With him back, there is a script called "rambo" in the bag.

Stallone is a determined person and is very independent, but this time, in order to sign the contract, he still couldn't help calling his mother who was dependent on each other.

I don’t know what his mother said on the phone, Stallone finally agreed to the conditions offered by Yin Jun and signed a contract for 10 movies for 20 years at Schwarzenegger’s price.

Then he got the script written by Yin Jun.

rambo, the Chinese translation is a person's name, called Rambo.

The movie with this name is not famous at all in China, but if it is expressed in Chinese, everyone will soon realize it.

Its other name

It's called

"The First Drop of Blood".

This trilogy, which was a classic series in China in the 1980s, was also extremely popular in the United States, completely surpassing "Rocky" and established Stallone as a first-class Hollywood superstar in one fell swoop.

It can be said that "Rocky" only helped Stallone become famous, but what really made him famous was "The First Drop of Blood".

Moreover, "The First Drop of Blood" is one of the few movies in the 1980s and 1990s that were better than one.

Even in 2020, Yin Jun saw some TV stations, and they were playing one, two or three of "The First Blood" at night.

The first episode is indeed a bit old from the perspective of 2000 years later, but if you look at it in the context of 1981, it is very trendy and reflects the reality of American society in recent years, which is very appropriate.

The general content of the first episode is very simple. The protagonist Rambo is a veteran who came back from the Vietnam War. However, when he returned to his hometown, he received all kinds of unfair treatment. So he directly broke the scene and fought against a group of policemen and even soldiers. He was very fierce and finally won.

This movie script is not original by Yin Jun.

This is a novel published in the 1970s. Yin Jun knew that it was exactly the same as the movie's name, so he asked Tang Shuxuan to buy the movie adaptation rights of this book last year.

The script written by Yin Jun himself was written long before he bought the adaptation rights.

The content of the novel is actually much darker and more depressing than "The First Blood". Stallone's version has been modified a lot. When it comes to Yin Jun, some unnecessary conflicts and some abrupt parts have been modified.

For example, the sheriff in that small town actually thought that Jing Zhong was a good policeman in the book, but he became vicious in the movie. In Yin Jun's opinion, this was completely unnecessary.

If you want to create conflict, the correct way should be to start to break the two people's different values ​​and analyze and ponder, so that the audience can see more.

There are also some details, Yin Jun also made modifications according to the evaluations of it by later generations. When Yin Jun changed it to an English script, he felt that it could increase the visibility by about 20% compared to the original version.

Although Stallone is big and thick, he is actually a very sensitive and delicate person.

After watching the shocking match between boxing champion Ali and an amateur boxer, he could notice the topic of "from grassroots to amazing things", and immediately wrote it into a script, which was the "Rocky" on which he became famous.

Stallone can see what kind of social issues the script of "The First Drop of Blood" reflects.

Even after 40 years, the pain of the West is still in the United States. Not to mention the present, which has just ended for a few years.

Since Americans have deep feelings, this movie can be done, and it has a big idea!

Stallone immediately decided to put down his "Rocky 3" for the time being and make "The First Blood" first.

The copyright of "Rocky" belongs to him, and you can do it anytime. In addition, the second episode was only made two years ago, and the audience was more or less tired, so they could just wait and talk about it.

"The First Drop of Blood" is now made, just to strike while the iron is hot, and its production is relatively not complicated, and there are no special effects requirements. The area where it takes place is just a small town and the mountainous area behind it.

Such places can be found everywhere in the United States.

Yin Jun gave him a budget of 15 million US dollars. Stallone was very happy. This was the first time he got such a high budget.

When it was "Rocky", I didn't even have the money to hire more than twenty extras, and the entire budget was less than 1 million US dollars.

"Rocky 2" has risen a lot, but it is less than 10 million.

Now "The First Blood" is just $15 million, so he is of course happy.

He didn't know that Yin Jun only had US$20 million for "Terminator" that needed special effects.

The first film "Terminator" in his previous life did not exceed 10 million US dollars, and Yin Jun doubled the price, but he didn't have any confidence in his heart.

He didn't know when the truck driver's journey to being a technical madman began. If he saw that the boss was very rich, he would just do something big and spend 30 to 50 million yuan. Yin Jun was really helpless.

So, Yin Jun first gave him 20 million US dollars, and then left him with 10 million room, and he would definitely not give it again.

Although it is good to be serious about technology, the first movie should let the truck driver know a little about savings. Otherwise, he would guarantee that he could get a sky-high production fee for "Terminator 2" and "Titanic".

Stallone is most happy about the production funds at the moment, but the trust and power that Yin Jun gives him.

The producer, director and starring of "The First Blood" are all him, Sylvester Stallone!

This means that on the set, he is the one who controls everything, and the whole movie can reflect the will he wants to express.

And when the edit was finally made, Stallone still had the power to propose.

He was even more happy about this.

Since "Gate of Heaven" almost defeated Lianyi Film Company, the seven major Hollywood giants have quickly revoked almost all of the final editing rights.

The only exception is Spielberg.

George Lucas has his own company, so he can't count it.

Stallone knew that of course he could not compare with Spielberg. He did not have the qualifications to edit the final editor, and it was a great advantage to allow him to attend and express his opinions.

Yin Jun did not treat him badly in terms of the payroll. All 10 movies had a basic salary of 2 million yuan, plus a 2% North American box office share.

Now is not the era of 20 million clubs and 30 million clubs led by Schwarzenegger.

Hollywood stars, such as Stallone, are already considered very high for a movie to get a pay of 1 million or 2 million.

It will still take until the 1990s to be the era when the real pay rises.

With so many promises and generous conditions, Stallone feels that joining the Kirin Group is definitely a good thing!

Therefore, he couldn't wait to say goodbye to Yin Jun and prepare to return to the United States and go to Lianyi Film Company to choose his own production team.

Now the team of Lianyi Film Company has been selected by Brookheimer and Cameron has selected some of them. There are not many talents left, so he still has to carefully select them.

As a producer and director, Stallone is not afraid of anyone being disobedient. He just needs to choose the most suitable person.

As for the actor, he also has many suitable friends who are suitable for starring in this movie.

It feels so good that nothing is restricted!

...

Stallone was happy, and Yin Jun was even happier.

It is definitely a very cost-effective thing to recruit Stallone.

It's 1981 now, and Yin Jun can't capture the two superstars Stallone and Schwarzenegger.

Therefore, it is best to start everything early.

Now the superstars in Yin Jun’s memory have basically not made their debut, and some are even children, with plenty of time.

If there are still people I need to recruit in recent years, Yin Jun actually knows it.

In fact, Hollywood will basically be divided into two stages in the next forty years.

These two stages are divided by the emergence of "Iron Man" in 2008.

Hollywood's future for more than 20 years will be an era of looking at superstars.

"I watch any movies that Harrison Ford starred in."

"Schwarzenegger's movies don't support them, what other movies can you watch?"

"Bruce Willis? A hot and iron-blooded man! You have to see it!"

“…”

Thoughts like this represent the attitude of movie fans towards the movie.

At this time, they didn't care about the movie itself, but about which superstar appeared.

So the 20 million US dollars club, the 30 million US dollars club, the 20 million US dollars club, is so popular.

However, after "Iron Man", after movies based on special effects and selling points appeared, Hollywood seemed to be less in need of superstars.

Because except for those few people, I can rely on plot and special effects to promote the movie. I can create some new stars by myself, and the price doesn’t have to be high, so why not do it?

For example, Andre Garfield, who was successful in the first and second parts of "Amazing Spider-Man", was replaced directly with the high pay, and the protagonist of "Amazing Spider-Man" was replaced with the Dutch brother with a very low pay.

In this era, big stars are not essential at all. The super IPs of film companies are the most important conditions to attract movie fans to enter the cinema.

But the special effects technology at that time was also very expensive, and it cost 50 million to 60 million or even hundreds of millions at every turn, which is much more expensive than hiring a superstar ten years ago.

Therefore, both have their own advantages and disadvantages.

What Yin Jun is meeting now is the era when superstars are needed.

And there are a few superstars he remembers that can be recruited slowly!

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