What should I do if the system forces me to copy books?

"Evans, I figured it out, you guys are 'waiting' for me here!"

"No way, although I am one of the producers of this project, I am still too soft-spoken in front of the company's leaders, but if you add the weight of you, one of the authors, screenwriters and producers It's completely different." Up to now, Evans has no need to continue to hide it, and simply opened the skylight to speak out, hoping that Li Chungang can help him.

"there is a question."

"Li, if you have any questions, just ask." Since Li Chungang was going to come to the united front, Evans naturally knew everything without saying anything.

"You want to invite Ridley Scott to film the trilogy of the "Lord of the Rings" series, so have you communicated with the other party? Has the other party agreed to you?"

Evans thought that the other party would ask some tricky questions, but unexpectedly it was such a simple question, "Don't worry..."

Just as he opened his mouth, He Miao was caught off guard and interrupted: "If the other party doesn't agree, what do you think the share in your hand is, don't you ask knowingly?"

"..."

After quickly reacting, Li Chungang also realized what a stupid question he had asked just now. Didn’t he see that the director’s fee of 200 million US dollars was clearly marked at the end of the document in his hand? Willing to direct the film.

The only question before everyone now is whether Ridley Scott, who is over 80 years old, can continue to shoot! ?

In case something goes wrong in the middle of the filming, it will be a big problem, because if you find another director to take over, you will face severe situations such as re-shooting, previous investment in vain, and so on. The two directors went on to ask whether they would like to continue filming, and they said that the two different styles shot by two different directors would not violate the harmony in one film?

Li Chungang was still moved by Evans' proposal, but he planned to learn more about Ridley Scott to see if it was suitable for him!

Ridley Scott really has many good works. In another plane of time and space that Li Chungang doesn't understand, he is actually the director of the sequel "Hannibal" to "The Silence of the Lambs".

It's just that there is no such thing in this plane of oneself.

In addition, from the unlocked personal autobiography book, Li Chungang also learned that——

Ridley Scott has a real relationship with Aragorn, the emperor in "Lord of the Rings", because he has worked with three Aragorns.

For example, Ray didn't start making movies until he was 40 years old. The actor Robert Stephens in his first work "The Duelist" once played Aragorn in a BBC radio drama.

And John Hurt, who had a wonderful performance in his famous work "Alien", once played Aragon in the stage play.

And the hottest Aragon must be the actor Viggo Mortensen in the "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy. This actor once starred in "Ambition with Me". Needless to say, he is also directed by Ridley Scott s work.

This is simply having sex with Aragorn directly. If this is not love, what else is it?

After Li Chungang saw the content recorded in his personal autobiography, the whole person would laugh heartily. Mr. Ridley Scott, who lost the opportunity to shoot the "Lord of the Rings" movie in another plane, is in this plane. Is it possible to get what you want because of yourself?

There are many active old directors in Hollywood. For example, the old Dongmu Clint Eastwood is 7 years older than Mr. Ray. Films such as "Red Dead Redemption" were famous in the history of filming, and now they are close to 90 years old. , director and acting are still the same.

Your uncle is your uncle after all, not affected by age at all!

Of course, past achievements are just the past after all, and one cannot always rest on the credit book of the past.

If Ridley Scott's shooting plan and design cannot achieve the desired effect, then Li Chungang still cannot hand over "Lord of the Rings" to him.

What this series of movies needs is not excellence, but excellence!

"Hey, Lee. How are you thinking?"

At this time, Li Chungang was immersed in the [Literary Encyclopedia System], and on the surface he seemed to be resting on the sofa with his eyes closed, and did not hear Evans' words at all.

And Evans thought that Li Chungang's matter was important and needed to think carefully, so he didn't speak again, intending to let the young man think about it for a while.

Since winning the adaptation rights of the "Lord of the Rings" series until now, Universal Pictures has been investigating for almost three months. This time is actually nothing to film preparations. Movies may take several years or even ten years!

Chapter 634

"Mr. Evans, do you have a good chance of persuading the senior management of your company to choose Mr. Ridley Scott after you know him?"

"I dare not say 100%, but it is sure!"

Evans didn't dare to guarantee it completely, but in his vision, as long as the director candidate proposed by the young man in front of him, the company's senior management must definitely consider it carefully. This is exactly what Gao Ming who signed the cooperation agreement originally place.

Assuming that if the "Lord of the Rings" series explodes globally, Universal Pictures will have to carefully handle the cooperation relationship between itself and Li Chungang from now on, because in addition to the film copyright and peripheral business authorization of "The Lord of the Rings", The remaining series of derivative copyrights are still in the hands of the other party.

In other words, if Universal wants to further upgrade the series of classic movies into a certain movie universe, the key to open this door is in the hands of the author Li Chungang!

That's why Evans dared to have the certainty of being "quite sure", and dared to try to recruit the other party after the company had already selected three director candidates, and wanted to choose a more suitable director candidate in his opinion——Ridley S. Mr. Cotter.

knock --

First there was a knock on the door, and then the door of Evans' office was pushed open from the outside to the inside. A blond girl held a large stack of documents on her chest, leaned out half of her body and reminded:

"Mr. Evans, President Ashley asked me to inform you that Alfonso Cuaron and his agent have arrived at the company. I hope you can go there as soon as possible."

Li Chungang, who was looking for comments on Ridley Scott in his mind, felt someone shaking his body, so he had to pause for a moment to talk about it. At this time, the benefits of being rich and well-stocked were reflected. As long as there are books about "Ridley Scott", he can unlock them again, including but not limited to personal autobiography, other people's evaluations, etc...

Anyway, like this kind of books with slightly low literary value, it won't waste a lot of money to unlock them.

There are more than one hundred thousand, and there are even six or seven thousand, that is, there may be only a few dozen sentences in the six thousand books, and the effect is better than nothing!

The reason why it took so much time is mainly to extract useful information from a bunch of messy content.

No matter how top-level literary writers are, as long as it comes to the income of manuscript fees, there will be more or less word counts.It's just that a good writer can make no trace of it, and a poor reader can see through it at a glance.

No, as far as the content he is seeing now is serious, he can finish it in a few minutes, but now he has wasted more than ten minutes and hasn't finished it.

Fortunately, the "information" collected so far is enough to make a judgment.

Li Chungang opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Is director Alfonso Cuarón here? It just so happens that we can get in touch with him and hear his ideas, but what do we need to do now?"

"It's simple, meet with them, and then listen to the specifics. As far as I know, Alfonso may not want to take on the Lord of the Rings project personally. He is keen on filming the Olympic film recently, and he is likely to be an agent. Forced to come here."

While talking, another staff member knocked on the door and came in to remind them that they could go to the conference room.

Now Li Chungang is very accurate in positioning himself, that is, the melon-eaters who come to watch the excitement. Universal is definitely not willing to stretch out his hand to do it for him, even if Evans now wants to use his name to influence the top management.

In the conference room, the Oscar-best director looked fatter and calmer than the photos on the Internet. His gray hair, which was ironed, made him look a little bit vicissitudes. This director, who is never messy in film style, was In terms of shape, it deliberately pursues the artist's rough appearance.

"Good morning, gentlemen!" After shaking hands with Alfonso Cuarón and others, Evans pointed to Li Chungang and said, "Two, let me solemnly introduce you, this is the book "The Lord of the Rings" The author of the book, Mr. Li Chungang, is also one of the producers of our film, and will participate in our project discussion together today."

Li Chungang shook hands with Alfonso and his agent Tony Jackson and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm not afraid of making jokes when I say it. I'm still a fan of director Alfonso."

Everyone carried the bridal sedan chair, wearing it for thousands of times, but not wearing it. Regardless of whether Alfonso was filming the Lord of the Rings in the end, it would never hurt to be polite to the other party.

"This is a very remarkable work. I don't think Middle-earth is a fantasy at all. It feels like you watched the whole journey of the Fellowship of the Ring from the perspective of God." Alfonso praised, " Just imagining it in my mind is very shocking."

In the face of Oscar director's praise, Li Chungang will not be inflated by a few compliments, because he is the only one who knows that these compliments are actually addressed to Tolkien from another plane, and cannot be attributed to him. At most it is a "porter".

Tony Jackson's complexion didn't look very good over there. This was not aimed at Li Chungang, but purely because of the director under him.

After winning the Oscar for Best Director, there are of course countless projects coming to him. He will inevitably choose from here and there, but in the end, there is no one that looks good.

Fortunately, at this time, Universal Pictures is secretly recruiting directors for the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies. It is said to be a secret, but it is actually well known in the industry!

What the agent considers is earning power. The maximum salary for a literary film is 500-[-] million US dollars, but if you are directing a commercial blockbuster, [-] million US dollars is only the starting price, and there must be an additional clause of global box office dividends.

Finally, the competition here came to an end, but Alfonso Cuaron had another idea at the last moment.

Feng Fengguang won the Oscar for Best Director, of course he has to return home!

So after 20 years in Hollywood, I decided to go back to my hometown of Mexico to make a movie, to make a movie like a personal memoir.

Tony couldn't stop him at all, but he had already talked about the final stage with Universal Pictures. Even if he wanted to give up, he had to come face to face, lest the entire agency be blocked by Universal Pictures, the impact would be too bad up!

When Alfonso Cuarón told Evans about the situation himself, there was no sound in the conference room, and everyone was frightened by the brash operation. The reason was rather weird, but it gave enough face.

Anyway, the top director came to apologize in person, not just an email or a phone call.

Li Chungang almost took the previous greetings seriously, but in the end, he was just being polite. He probably didn't want to make a "Lord of the Rings" movie at all!

It is true that all directors know that as long as the filming of "Lord of the Rings" is not made by the producer, it is almost impossible to make money at the box office. The only remaining suspense is the question of how much money will be made, but not all Most directors pursue money first, and many people want to pursue ideals and art.

And Alfonso Cuarón is one of the latter. He who has achieved great success dares to say that he will not be short of money for the rest of his life. The final pursuit of ideals and art.

"This is very good. It directly helps us reduce the obstacles by one-third, so that we have a reason to add Ridley Scott to the list of candidate directors."

Evans didn't know what to say. He shook his head and said, "It can only be said that everyone has his own aspirations. No one can guess what an artist thinks."

"Maybe our film will be able to enter the Olympic Games, and it will be able to operate at that time."

The "Lord of the Rings" on another plane is a frequent visitor to the Oscars, especially "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" was exaggeratedly crushed with 11 nominations for 11 awards, and won all the awards!

Now Evans is quite surprised by Li Chungang's self-confidence. The difficulty of an Oscar is extraordinary, especially in the form of a commercial film. It is even more difficult to win an Oscar. Even if there are technologies such as visuals or editing, sound effects, and soundtracks at best Prizes have a chance.

It is not a good omen to open the door badly.

Now that they have already arrived in the conference room, everyone has no intention of moving back to the office. Anyway, the remaining two directors who have not met and communicated will still come over later, so they simply take this opportunity to share the remaining information about Reid. After reading Leigh Scott's comments, you will have a more intuitive understanding of Ridley Scott.

At the same time, Li Chungang had just found an opportunity to quietly send Lin Meng a message on WeChat. The content was roughly to let the other party collect all the information about "Ridley Scott" in the shortest possible time. Whether it is good or bad, it will be more foolproof if the evaluations between the two planes are compared with each other.

"Lord of the Rings" is still very different from the "Gladiator" movie shot by the other party, and they cannot be completely confused, but from some of them, we can still see Lei Lao's strength and foundation.

There is no doubt that "Gladiator" is a magnificent epic movie, which is well-produced and almost reproduces the glory and prosperity of the Roman Empire. It does not entangle too much in historical details and religious topics.

The majestic arena, the magnificent war, and the brave and skilled heroes all have a different charm and sense of gravity under his lens.

In the movie, whether it is the battle of the army in the forest or the fierce gladiatorial scenes, they are very realistic.

When there was a war between the Germanic tribes and the Roman legion, the roaring Roman cavalry, the black armored infantry, the sky rockets shot by bows and arrows, and the burning forest, these pictures are very visually impactful!

If it is applied to the epic battle between the major races in "The Lord of the Rings", it is actually similar, except that the warring parties need to be turned into fantasy races, which are also scenes of cold weapon wars.

If Li Chungang is a big hit on video site editing, then he can edit the scenes of the two movies together without too much sense of disobedience!

Ridley Scott is also very strong in action scenes, presenting the competition of the cold weapon war with light and shadow in all aspects.

It is precisely because of the combination of these factors that Li Chungang decided to give up Peter Jackson and choose to support Lei Lao. Maybe when this series of movies ends, he can also help him realize his Oscar dream and win the best director. people.

"If this project starts, Mr. Lei probably won't have the time to do other projects in the past few years. His films are really missing one after another, so we must cherish them!"

Evans didn't know that Li Chungang's personal tendency had changed so much in such a short period of time.If he really knew, it is estimated that at this time he would not need to frantically conceive in his mind how to continue to lobby Li Chungang to agree with his plan.

Maybe it's "heroes see the same thing"...

The reason why Evans is so interested in Mr. Ridley Scott being able to become the director of the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies is also because of the movie "Gladiator".

Because as long as you watch the movie "Gladiator" and the book "Lord of the Rings" at the same time, you will definitely be able to find a lot of similar "brilliant points".

Of course, it cannot be said that there is a problem with the thinking of the executives of Universal Pictures, because their starting point is "stability" and "caution". On the way, Ridley Scott had something to say. If the winter melon tofu cannot continue to be filmed, the loss will not be a little bit. This will undoubtedly increase the input cost of the entire project.

……

Next in this conference room.

Li Chungang and Evans successively met the remaining two well-known Hollywood directors Zack Schneider and Lin Yibin on the shortlist.

Generally speaking, the communication with the two great directors can be described as "a very happy conversation". The two of them can achieve such achievements and reputations in Hollywood, so naturally they are not some people who are not famous. Sit down After that, he put forward his own unique views on the filming of the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies.

It's just that these shooting opinions sounded to Li Chungang as a feeling that is not bad, but a fly in the ointment.

Strictly speaking, there is nothing special that can impress them, and it is more about the shooting techniques and techniques, but the content of this aspect does not need to be explained by the director himself. From the film works they have shot before It can be roughly seen.

It may also be influenced by Ridley Scott's jewels...

After meeting the three directors on the shortlist, except for Alfonso who made it clear that he would not shoot the movie "The Lord of the Rings", the other two were quite satisfactory, which made him more determined to let Mr. Lei come out and shoot it himself. determination.

It's just that this determination is still short of the final touch.

And this last kick may have to meet Mr. Lei in person, and have a real conversation with the other party before he can be kicked out completely!

Chapter 635

silence.

The conference room suddenly fell into a strange silence...

Li Chungang is thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of Ridley Scott directing "The Lord of the Rings", and at the same time, he is more concerned about sitting on the Diaoyutai and waiting for the price. After all, this is a suggestion made by Evans. At this time, the other party should take the initiative and take a dominant position in promoting the whole incident.

If possible, it would be better to reduce his personal influence as much as possible!

"Why don't I invite Ridley Scott to the conference room to meet with everyone and have a chat before making a decision?" Evans, who hesitated for a long time, was finally not so calm and took the lead to break the deadlock on the scene , put forward his own ideas, in his opinion, as long as Li Chungang meets Ridley Scott and has a deeper understanding of the latter, he will naturally get on the same boat.

"Yes! Let's do it like this."

Then the two began to "do their own thing" again, and Evans did not shy away from dialing the contact number of Ridley Scott's agency in front of Li Chungang in the conference room.

First, he confessed to the other party that he wanted to invite Ridley Scott to direct the filming of "The Lord of the Rings", and then he mentioned that the author of "The Lord of the Rings" also expressed his desire to meet Mr. Lei in person at the company...

The entire call should last no more than 3 minutes. Anyway, there is no need for Evans to speak. Li Chungang has already seen the answer from his face, and the brokerage company must have agreed.

"Ding-dong-"

It just so happened that the mobile phone's WeChat notification sounded. I didn't expect to ask Lin Meng to check Ridley Scott's information so soon that there would be news. Looking at the total size of this document "10.7M", if it is pure Written information is not too small, but if it is the kind with pictures and texts, it is not bad.

However, considering the limited time, it is not easy to collect to this extent.