Chapter 311: "Bodyguard"

"Mr. Fernandez, if my sister and I can take this opportunity to successfully transform into singers and actresses, then of course it would be the best, so that we have no problem inviting songwriters and singer-songwriters to sing, and as for the acting skills, we can also hone slowly, but all this has a premise, that is, our first film will be successful, but ......"

Richard Carpenter's face was embarrassed and hesitant, but his meaning was clear enough: movies, in addition to those film and television resources that have formed IP, such as MGM's "007 Series", such as George Lucas's "Star Wars", which has only been released in one but countless fans have begun to look forward to the second part...... Apart from these films, who can guarantee that their films will be successful? Even those great directors who have already had several successful works do not dare to guarantee that their next film will be successful.

Karen Carpenter hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Mr. Fernandez, with my brother and I, we can indeed attract the media to cover our first film, and we can also attract our fans to the cinema, but because this is our last credibility, we must not ......"

"I understand what you mean," looking at the Carpenter brothers and sisters who wanted to speak and stopped, Chen Geng sighed in his heart: Good people. smiled and said: "I can fully understand your worries, well, it just so happens that I heard someone talk about a script some time ago, Karen, I think it is more suitable for you, why don't you listen to it first, and then let's talk about how to shoot this story?"

Karen Carpenter was immediately interested and put on a deaf posture.

"Have you heard of Laurence Carsdan? This guy is a screenwriter. Without telling the story first, Chen Geng asked the Carpenter siblings first.

Karen Carpenter thought seriously and shook his head: "No, I haven't heard of it." ”

Richard Carpenter also nodded: "I've heard of Hollywood's more famous screenwriters, and I know some of them, but I've never heard of this Laurence Carsdan guy." ”

Both siblings were a little strange, what did Mr. Fernández do when he talked about such an unknown nobody?

It's strange that you've heard of it, this guy is just 30 this year, and he can only be regarded as a complete newcomer in Hollywood, but this guy's future is a mess, not only became the screenwriter of George Lucas's "Star Wars 2: The Empire Strikes Back" released next year, but later became the queen screenwriter of the "Star Wars" series, and he was also the screenwriter of the first part of Harrison Ford's iconic work "Raiders of the Lost Ark". In the next thirty or forty years, this brother will be one of the most famous screenwriters in Hollywood, but now, this kid who is just thirty years old is still running into walls in Hollywood......

"This story was written by Mr. Lawrence Castle to Steve McQueen in 1975......"

Before Chen Geng's words were finished, the Carpenter brothers and sisters exclaimed in unison: "You said that this story was written by this Mr. Lawrence Castle to Mr. Steve McQueen?"

No wonder the Carpenter siblings exclaimed, who is Steve McQueen? That is the most iconic screen tough guy in American cinema before the 80s, and even recognized as the first tough guy in Hollywood before the 80s. Mr. McQueen will die next November at the age of 50.

Well, it's quite young, it's a bit of a pity to die.

Hearing that this script was actually written by Lawrence Carsdan to Steve McQueen, the brother and sister were immediately excited, and Karen Carpenter asked excitedly: "Mr. Fernandez, you said that this script was written by this Mr. Lawrence Carsdan specifically for Mr. Steve McQueen?"

Richard Carpenter's eyes lit up even more excitedly, if this story is a script exclusively for Mr. Steve McQueen, although there is no guarantee that this script will be successful after it is made into a movie, but at least for this point, the success rate is 30%, and the brother and sister can't wait to hear what this story is about...... The brother and sister didn't expect that the reason why Steve McQueen bought and made this movie was because Steve McQueen didn't read the script at all, and subconsciously thought that it was because in 1975, Steve McQueen's physical condition no longer allowed him to make this movie.

Chen Gengle has such a misunderstanding, and he will not be stupid enough to explain this misunderstanding clearly: "The name of this story is "Bodyguard", and the general plot of the whole story is like this:

Retired Agent Frank, a former bodyguard of President Kennedy, was once President Kennedy's bodyguard, and after the assassination of President Kennedy, who shocked the world, he firmly believed that it was a huge negligence in his work that led to the assassination of Mr. President......

A few years later, the agent of the famous female singer Mellen asked Frank to be Mellen's bodyguard, Frank wanted to refuse, but when he saw Mellen's 5-year-old child**, he finally agreed......

When Frank arrives, he strengthens the protective measures in his home, but Mellen does not have a crush on him. A car chase confirms that Mellen's life is indeed in danger, and Mellen gradually changes his mind......

...... Just as Mellen was on stage, Frank suddenly spotted Bowman disguised as a photographer, and he instantly understood everything, Frank rushed to the stage to save Mellen, but he was shot and fell to the ground. He struggled to kill Bowman, then lost consciousness and Mellen was safe......

Frank puts her on a plane for a tour, and he's no longer Mellen's bodyguard. After a fierce struggle in her heart, Melen finally ran off the plane at the last moment before takeoff. In the wind, Mellen and Frank hugged and kissed tightly......"

"God, this is really a beautiful love story," Before Chen Geng finished the story of "Bodyguard", Karen Carpenter's eyes, who were naturally more emotional, were already red, probably thinking of himself, and tears fell down: "If I can meet such a love, even if I die, I will be happy......"

Why would you recommend Karen Carpenter for "The Bodyguard"?

First of all, because the film's word-of-mouth is good, it successfully softens thrilling, action, gunfights, entertainment and romantic tenderness, and film critics and the media have a high evaluation of the heroine, which is very conducive to Karen Carpenter's transformation;

secondly, the box office of the movie "Bodyguard" is good enough, with a cumulative global box office of 410.9 million US dollars, ranking second among all Hollywood movies released in 1992, and he can make a lot of money with this movie;

The most important thing is that Chen Geng remembers the movie "Bodyguard" very clearly, because of Whitney Houston's song "I ill alays love you" (I will always love you), Chen watched the movie several times, and now he is taking this opportunity to let Carpenter sing the classic song "I Will Always Love You" in the movie.

Chen Geng said with a smile: "I have a friend who heard this story with me at the time, and after listening to this story, he wrote a song specifically for this story, do you want to listen to it? Well, I think this song is very suitable as a theme song, and the setting of the heroine is a famous female singer in the United States, I think it is also a good choice to let the heroine sing this song in the movie." ”

The Carpenter siblings didn't think that Chen Geng's friend would be able to write a good song, but out of politeness, the two still expressed their great anticipation for the song...... Just look forward to it not being so ugly.

But when the rhythm of "I Will Always Love You" sounded, the Carpenter brothers and sisters, who have extremely high professional qualities, could no longer sit still.

With intuition, they instinctively perceived that this "I Will Always Love You" is very likely to become a classic song, and this song has extremely high requirements for singing skills, and Chen Gengna's singing level is not as good as that of a middle school music teacher.

The brother and sister, who originally planned to listen to this song symbolically, instantly forgot their previous thoughts, arranged and modified the song themselves, and three days later, after the final version of "I Will Always Love You" was sung with the piano accompaniment of Richard Carpenter, both Karen Carpenter and Richard Carpenter were excited: even if the film could not succeed, reliable with this song "I Will Always Love You", at least Karen Carpenter could smoothly transform.

"I love this song," Karen Carpenter made no secret of his love for the song "I Will Always Love You"......: "Mr. Fernandez, can you contact your friend and ask him to transfer the copyright of this song to me?"

$100,000 and 3% copyright dividends, which is undoubtedly the copyright profit share that can only be obtained by the top musicians in the United States, which can also show Karen Carpenter's love for the song "I Will Always Love You".

"Of course there is no problem," Chen Geng agreed without hesitation, anyway, the copyright of this song "I Will Always Love You" belongs to him, and what he doesn't give is just a sentence......?" Karen, now let's talk about the movie, what do you think?"