Ten minutes later, Todd Phillips sat in Shen Huan's villa, looking up and down by two oriental women.

The cultures of the East and the West are different, and he doesn't know who these two are from Shen Huan, so he doesn't dare to say hello rashly.

It's just that being able to enter Shen Huan's villa, Todd Phillips understands that it must be the word "clown" before him that plays a role.

He was right.

It was the character of the Joker who "saved" him.

As one of the favorite leisure and entertainment activities of fishing wire, Shen Huan still likes movies very much.

So it just so happened that he had seen this movie with the clown as the main character.

It was the end of 2019, and a movie called "Joker" came out, which swept the box office of more than $1 billion worldwide, directly surpassing "Deadpool" and becoming the No. 1 R-rated movie grossing champion in history.

This is a movie featuring DC's very notorious villain, that is, Batman's antagonist, the Joker.

In fact, the story is not about preaching sin, but about reflecting on what happens after sin and why sin becomes sin.

Coupled with the director's sharp editing, the perfect performance of the actors, and the audience's tiredness of ordinary face heroes...... And so on, that's why this classic has been achieved.

Shen Huan himself likes this "Joker" very much, and he is also quite impressed.

According to the normal trajectory, "Joker" was released in 2019, and it should have been produced in 2018, so the script must have appeared earlier, at least in 2017, or 2016.

Now is the right time.

In other words, the script written by Todd Phillips is likely to be the "Joker" that made a box office of $1 billion.

If that's the case, then this movie is definitely worth Shen Huan's investment.

Shen Huan is not a person who hates money, he can make money openly, of course he likes it.

And he can make money without relying on a good master, and he can earn a lot of money, and Shen Huan is even more proud.

However, before talking about investment cooperation, it is still necessary to confirm whether this script is the one you see.

So after inviting Todd Phillips to his house, Shen Huan was reading the script with him.

Todd Phillips' script is very detailed, with dozens of pages of introductions, and then a lot of storyboards, makeup sets, and characters that must be represented in various scenes.

But this script, in fact, has nothing to do with the clown in DC Comics.

To be precise, this should be called "The Prequel to the Joker", which tells the story of how the Joker became a mentally depressed person and became a crazy mad villain.

Some of the stories it tells have no archetypes and story references in the comics.

It's a fictional story.

But Shen Huan was very satisfied when he saw it.

Because the "Joker" he saw happened to be like this in the storyline, but there were some discrepancies in the content.

It's also natural that it's almost impossible for the content of the script to be fully presented in the movie.

There are those deleted and added by the directors themselves, some by the producers, and some by the film companies.

Such a continuous modification of the work,80% of the original work can be regarded as a high degree of restoration,Many are even directly unrecognizable.。

"Joker" is okay, not much has been changed, perhaps it has something to do with its producer Martin Scorsese, the Oscar-winning director's style happens to be very suitable for the black humor and cruel style of "Joker", so it has not been changed much.

I put down the script, and before I knew it, half an hour had passed.

Todd Phillips's cup of black tea has been drunk, but his expression is becoming more and more relaxed.

Because the more carefully Shen Huan reads it, the more he proves that he takes this script as a serious matter in his heart.

If Shen Huan puts down the script in three or five minutes, the possibility of fooling Shen Huan's investment is basically zero.

"Mr. Phillips. Shen Huan asked him: "I don't understand what you are doing writing such a script, the Joker is a character in DC Comics." If you write the script yourself without their consent, and if others dare to invest, if Warner Bros. doesn't agree to make it, won't the money be wasted?"

Todd Phillips nodded, "You know so much about the clown's copyright, it's true. But I don't know you, I have a good cooperation with Warners, and we had a good cooperation with the previous "Hangover" series. This year, my "Arms Dealer" was also produced and distributed by Warner Bros.

So even if the story of "Joker" does not match theirs, even if they have no plans to shoot. As long as I can find the money, shoot it for them to distribute, and give them ample royalties, then the film will be fine. ”

Shen Huan smiled, "It's not that simple, isn't it?How did you discuss it with Warner?What's difficult in the middle?You might as well tell me directly, or I can think about it seriously." ”

Todd Phillips was surprised and hesitated.

Shen Huan didn't urge him, and drank his black tea slowly.

Wang Zhen and Zhang Yaya took the opportunity to sit over and asked in a low voice what was going on.

Although they could understand English, they didn't know what they were talking about.

Shen Huan didn't treat them as outsiders, so he told them about the specific cause and effect relationship.

"Oh, this is not reliable!" Wang Zhen studied media and knows a lot about the film and television industry, "Yanhuang Pictures also had a lot of investment in the United States before, but most of them were cheated by others!

This group of people in Hollywood dare to do anything in order to cheat money! When they beg you, they are grandchildren, and if you give money, they will be uncles!"

"Yes, I saw that inside, Hollywood people are very shameless, they dare to do any fake accounts, and they will make money without making money, really!" Zhang Yaya swore solemnly.

Shen Huan nodded when he listened, the suggestions of the two girls were really dry.

In fact, Hollywood people are even more excessive than they say, and they are completely the kind that has no bottom line.

The groaning young man assured them, "Don't worry, if it's not reliable, I won't be stupid enough to invest." But this script is very good, and you can give it a try if you have the chance. ”

"You're not a professional, how do you know if the script is good or not?" Wang Zhen persuaded again.

"But I have the best writers and scriptwriters in the world as my advisers. Shen Huan laughed.

Before Wang Zhen could react, Zhang Yaya suddenly realized: "Teacher Chu Liuxiang!"

"Oh, it's Teacher Chu!" Wang Zhen nodded again and again, so that she had nothing to say.

In the hearts of Chinese people, Mr. Chu Liuxiang is the greatest contemporary writer.

Although such a name is a bit too heavy, since "The Gift of Room No. 7" came out, even the old men of orthodox literature have praised this mysterious writer.

Even the old men are like that, let alone ordinary people.

Especially young people who have a little literary dream in their hearts, they regard Teacher Chu Liuxiang as a spiritual totem.

Whether it is "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles", or "Love Letter", or "The Gift of Room No. 7", or "The Story of Little Eight", which has ended serialization, they are all fascinated.

The incomparably popular popularity of these stories represents their admiration and respect for Teacher Chu Liuxiang.

Wang Zhen is naturally a young woman with literary dreams, and of course her admiration for Chu Liuxiang is sincere.

Thinking that Shen Huan and Teacher Chu Liuxiang could be a staff officer, the popular host was no longer worried that Shen Huan would miscalculate in the story.