"You are welcome back. Ronan shook hands with Lindsay Beale and said, "Good work. ”

Lindsay Beale smiled delicately and half-jokingly said, "It's not hard, I'm traveling in New York at public expense." ”

Ronan asked for coffee to be brought and turned to the topic: "How is the script written?" ”

Lindsay Beal opened the script, took out two documents, and first put the neatly bound one in front of Ronan: "This is the script for "The Devil Wears Prada", after I learned about the fashion industry in detail, it was finally completed. ”

Ronan picked it up, looked through it briefly, and said, "Go back and hand over the script to Shahai Entertainment, and I will inform them to start preparing for filming within the year." ”

Lindsay-Beale nodded slightly: "Okay." She asked, "Do you remember Lydia?"

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "That Miss Hearst." ”

"Yes. Lindsay Beale said: "She was very accomplished in fashion and helped me a lot, and before coming back, Lydia asked me if it was okay to ask her to be a special consultant for the film."

Ronan remembers this: "When the crew is formed, you notify her to come over...... Oh, by the way, Lindsay, you're not just a screenwriter on this project, you're in an executive producer position. ”

Ronan has mentioned this before, and Lindsay Beale is not surprised, saying: "As long as it doesn't conflict with my screenwriting work, I have no problem." ”

Ronan also said: "In the future, Shahai Entertainment will have a number of female-themed projects, and women understand women's needs best. Lindsay, you can consider going in this direction. ”

Lindsay Beale has been in Hollywood for several years, and knows one thing very well, the status of simple screenwriters in Hollywood is very low, and immediately said: "I will try." ”

Ronan returned to the project itself: "The original book has made it to the New York Times bestseller list, it already has a certain fame, and the foundation for the film adaptation is there. ”

Lindsey Beal, who was about to serve as the executive producer of the project, naturally became more concerned and asked, "Ronan, how do you think about the actors for the two leading roles?"

Ronan said again: "The heroine is planned to be played by Anne Hathaway, which I told you before, the supporting actress is initially scheduled for Meryl Streep, but the details will be discussed after contact with the other party." ”

Lindsey Beale also considered: "Meryl Streep hasn't played a female villain in a long time. ”

Ronan said: "This character is not a villain either. ”

Lindsay Beale has put herself in the work: "Can I be involved in the production of the set and negotiate with the actors?"

Of course, Ronan didn't take this to heart, and said, "This is your power. ”

After talking about "The Devil Wears Prada," Lindsay Beale handed Ronan another stack of papers and said, "Do you remember that Lydia said that her school life was richer than that of Mean Girls? ”

Ronan took a look at it, and its content mainly tells the life of a group of wealthy children on the Upper East Side of New York at school, which is roughly the drunken gold fans and tearing battles of young boys and girls, which has a bit of "Little Times" flavor.

Of course, Lindsey Beale is putting together the material, not the script.

In the material, high school students drinking, orchidism, and intrigue with each other are as common things as drinking water and eating.

After roughly flipping through the material, Ronan could only sigh secretly, if Lydia Hearst's description is true, how can the school life of these rich children be described as wonderful? Let's talk about Lydia Hirst, she herself described that she officially dated three boyfriends when she was in the eleventh grade, and she also had a relationship with her sister Amanda Hearst's boyfriend......

Look at these, and then think about your high school career, which can be described as hard.

At that time, as a high school student at the turn of the century, I walked a little closer to a girl, and once I was discovered by the teacher, it was a great thing.

There are students who are expelled because of early love every year.

Having said that, no matter how fat and ugly the school uniform design is, it can't hide the commotion of some people.

At that time, the school was also well-intentioned.

Putting down the material files, Ronan thought of an American drama from these, which seemed to be starring Blake Lively, which he hadn't seen but occasionally skimmed through the relevant introductions.

The former Blake Lively is a typical traffic star in Hollywood, and Ronan knows that her nickname of "Queen S" seems to have come from that show.

If memory serves, it should be called "Gossip Girl".

By the way, I have the impression that the production company on the other side of the Pacific bought the copyright and adaptation rights of "Gossip Girl" at that time, and was preparing to shoot the oriental version of "Gossip Girl".

If you really want to remake it, many things will have to be overturned and restarted, as a youth campus American drama, you will start if you don't agree with each other, and the relationship between men and women will be a mess.

The cultural and social environment is completely different.

It seems that there is a shadow of "Gossip Girl" in that "Little Times".

Ronan has limited knowledge of "Gossip Girl", so he simply asked directly: "Lindsay, what do you think about this." ”

Lindsay Beale is also an experienced screenwriter, saying: "I think these are very valuable for adaptation, ordinary people have always envied the lives of the rich, and they are also curious about the school life of the children of the rich, so they have a certain audience base." ”

Ronan asked, "Movie?"

"The film is too short. Lindsay Beale pointed to the text and said, "These are just some of what Lydia tells the story, and she promised me that if I could use it, I could collect more relevant material through her sister Amanda Hearst and other friends, and I thought it might be better to shoot a TV series." ”

She glanced at Ronan and asked, "Have you watched "** City"?"

Ronan nodded slightly: "I haven't seen it, but I know a little roughly." ”

Lindsey Beale added: "If we can, can we make it a youth version of "** City"?"

Ronan pondered for a moment and said, "That's it, Lindsay. You first take a script and write a plot for two or three episodes, and then we will discuss it with the production department of Shahai Entertainment. ”

"Yes. Lindsay Beale is confident: "This kind of female theme has a large audience on the small screen, and if we operate it properly, it may become a fashion trend vane for American teenagers." ”

Ronan said directly: "The preliminary work of this project will be handed over to you, and you can form a team for preliminary planning." ”

In any case, there should be a certain market for film and television dramas about the lives of the rich on the Upper East Side.

The Upper East Side of New York is the living circle of the city's elite, occupying the center of the city, and is a place where the famous rich gather, and has always been the focus of attention.

I remember someone said that if you love him, send him to New York, because it's heaven, and if you hate him, send him to New York, because it's hell.

New York has always been a favorite place for Hollywood movies and TV dramas.

Sending Lindsay Beale away, Ronan also thought about this project to some extent, especially the actors, who will inevitably link youth and fashion, youth and outstanding.

You must choose actors with excellent looks and figures, at least there must be no people who are too ugly to stand it.

In this drama, you can directly chant - appearance is justice!

In the following days, Ronan was working on the film project, and Tony Koch, who was far away in Germany, called, and the film "Eavesdropping Storm" that Ronan finalized last year had been filmed and would soon move to post-production, and Embassy Pictures was applying for the film to compete in the Berlin Film Festival.

This kind of stuffy film closely related to politics, participating in the Berlin Film Festival is the most suitable, and it must also take the route of rushing for awards.

Expect mainstream audiences to be captivated by this kind of film without awards, forget it.

"Eavesdropping Storm" will not only participate in the Berlin Film Festival, but will also move to North America to participate in Hollywood's awards season, with the ultimate goal of hitting the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

In addition, the Cannes Film Festival in May will also feature films by Relativity Entertainment, and Will Smith's main "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" will be in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

The purpose is, of course, to promote, this typical American dream, and the possibility of winning an award at a French film festival is too low.

Starting in February, the films released by Embassy Pictures will be released one after another, including sequels to some blockbuster films, and the number of films released by Embassy Pictures this year is more than ten, just like last year, there will be films released every month, and two more will be released in some months.

The first film released by Embassy Pictures was "The Passion of the Christ" directed by Mel Gibson.

This film with a special theme was scheduled for the North American opening of the weekend before this year's Oscars.

The schedule is not very good, the best schedule in February is Valentine's Day, but "The Passion of the Christ" is placed on Valentine's Day to open the painting to find their own death.

How many couples watch this kind of film during Valentine's Day? Do a couple want to use the film to cleanse their souls......

Ronan is not too worried about the controversy that the film may cause, as most of the film is based on the New Testament.

Besides, there's Mel Gibson, the director and producer.

Mel Gibson is a difficult person to control and a little bit of everything, and during the promotion of the film, a reporter questioned his purpose for making the film, and Mel Gibson directly announced that he would donate $100 million from the box office of the film to the traditional Catholic movement.

Embassy Pictures didn't intervene in any way, and if Mel Gibson was willing to donate the producer's share of the box office, whatever they were.