"When are you returning to Los Angeles?" Charles received a call from Megan Fox in a private club in Manhattan.
"In the next couple of days, what's up?"
"My movie, the sisterhood of the traveling pants, is premiering, and I want to hear your thoughts!"
"Hmm, wait until I get back. We can go to the cinema to watch it together then," Charles couldn't completely disregard Megan Fox's feelings, after all, it was her first movie as a leading actress.
After hanging up the phone, Charles returned to the room and continued chatting with Luc Besson, who was sitting opposite him.
Luc Besson came to America to promote danny the dog, which was released in North America this month, and its opening box office performance was only $10.6 million.
Half a month later, the North America box office is only around $20 million, and the movie's reputation isn't very high. Currently, the daily box office is only three to four hundred thousand dollars, and it's expected to be pulled from theaters on a large scale in less than a month.
"Charles, the production of the da vinci code in France is going very smoothly. Filming at the Louvre Museum was truly extraordinary!" EuropaCorp is the distributor of the da vinci code in France, and its French partner for this film.
Charles smiled, "The Louvre Museum, I don't think I've ever been inside!"
He then shook his head and changed the subject, saying, "I actually have an idea now that I'd like to collaborate on with EuropaCorp."
"Oh, what idea?" Luc Besson sat up straight and asked with interest.
"A retired agent whose daughter is kidnapped while traveling to Paris, and the agent father has 96 hours to rescue her... An action film, a genre you excel at," Charles was describing the plot of taken.
"Action alone isn't enough; it also needs some emotional elements, and the action sequences must be coherent..."
Luc Besson himself has a high level of accomplishment in action films; otherwise, series like 'District B13', 'The Transporter', and 'Taxi' wouldn't have emerged one after another.
"I need to prepare the script first. I'll send it to you to read when it's ready. If it works, we'll go straight into production!" Luc Besson already had a soft spot for action films, and this story sounded good.
"That's fine. I'm actually quite interested in your developed 'The Transporter' series. The second installment should be released this year, right?"
Luc Besson nodded and smiled, "It's releasing in France in August, and 20th Century Fox should have it scheduled for September here in America."
EuropaCorp develops films following the Hollywood model, and they have Hollywood studio partners in the North America market.
Charles nodded. Luc Besson has a lot of contact with Chinese filmmakers; many of the action directors in his films are action choreographers from Hong Kong, China.
"By the way, the story I just mentioned, the script can be titled taken!"
"taken," Luc Besson thought for a moment, then nodded, and immediately stood up,
"Charles, welcome back to France anytime. I'm returning to Paris tomorrow!"
"Paris, I will go!" Charles has always been keen on the major European film markets like England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.
Especially Spain, the status of the Spanish language in Latin America is too high. Mexico, Central America, and South America, excluding Portuguese-speaking Brazil, have too many Spanish speakers and a wide range of use.
After seeing Luc Besson off, Charles called Anne Hathaway, planning to ask her out for a meal.
As for the film project he just discussed with Luc Besson, he didn't know how long it would take him to complete the preliminary work, including the script.
Charles knew that danny the dog was a failure, but it was also Jet Li's biggest budget film to date, costing $45 million!
Jet Li also returned to Chinese-language films and is currently shooting the kung fu film fearless this year.
In recent years, he and Jackie Chan have had several works in Hollywood, but Jackie Chan has returned to Hong Kong for development after successive commercial failures with 'The Tuxedo', 'The Medallion', and 'Around the World in 80 Days'.
However, Charles knew that New Line Cinema was already preparing rush hour 3, which is Jackie Chan's ace series in Hollywood.
As the first Chinese movie star to participate in Hollywood A-list productions as a lead, Jackie Chan was the pioneer. However, DreamWorks and Sony Columbia's collaborative film memoirs of a geisha is set to be released this year, starring three Chinese actresses as Japanese geishas, and it's also an A-list production with a budget of $85 million.
Charles waited for a while in the room, and then Anne Hathaway arrived. The Lady, wearing a trench coat, walked in after opening the door.
As soon as Anne Hathaway entered, she hugged Charles and kissed him on the cheek, asking, "Why didn't you come to the hotel to find me? I went straight back to the hotel from the set and was waiting for you!"
"I just met and chatted with Luc Besson. We now have a collaboration with EuropaCorp," Charles said, embracing the Lady and sitting down on the sofa, then continued to ask, "Have you eaten yet?"
Anne Hathaway smiled and stood up, making Charles a bit puzzled, as she slowly untied the belt of her trench coat.
When the trench coat opened, Charles's eyes widened. Anne Hathaway had only worn a trench coat when she left, with nothing underneath!
Charles immediately stood up, pulled the Lady into a hug, and kissed her, then laughed, "The temperature in New York at night is only in the teens, right?"