In Century City, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Ang Lee walked out of the Fox Building with a blank face, came to a black sedan, pulled the door and got on the co-pilot.

"How's it going?" asked the middle-aged woman in the driver's seat.

Li An didn't speak, just shook his head slowly.

The middle-aged woman patted Li An's hand gently: "It's okay." ”

Ang Lee's expression was a little heavy: "Huijia, why didn't I think about the consequences of failure when I took over the filming of "Hulk"?"

Lin Huijia comforted: "No one can guarantee the success of the movie, who knows that the audience can't accept the movie......?"

"What is the blame for the audience?" Ang Lee shook his head: "I'm not a film critic." ”

He suddenly changed his words: "Actually, before I accepted the invitation from Universal Pictures, I knew that this film might fail. ”

Hearing this, Lin Huijia looked at her husband incredulously, even if she was as virtuous as her, her eyes showed surprise.

Ang Lee said softly: "Before I took over the filming, I went to ask Ronan's opinion. ”

Lin Huijia asked, "Ronan Anderson, who worked with you?"

Li An nodded lightly: "It's him." Ronan specifically analyzed for me that this film may have a big risk, but I didn't take it to heart and still took this film on, and the result was ...... What a painful lesson. ”

"It's already in the past. Lin Huijia said softly: "Don't think about it anymore. ”

How could Ang Lee not think about it, dreaming of a movie once in ten years, succeeded, failed again, and then succeeded again, and failed again.

Think about yourself, how bumpy the road to directing is.

Ang Lee threw the script in his hand to the back seat and said, "Except for Universal Pictures, we have all been to the six major companies, and no one wants to work with me anymore." New Line Pictures and Lionsgate also rejected me, and I became an unpopular director in Hollywood, probably on their blacklist. ”

Lin Huijia said: "Is it as difficult as when we first started? Ang Lee, it's a big deal for us to start over! It's not like we haven't failed!"

Li An suddenly smiled, grabbed his wife's hand, and said, "Huijia, thank you for supporting me." Don't worry, this difficulty won't defeat me!"

Lin Huijia started the car and asked, "Where are we going?"

Ang Lee took out his mobile phone: "It seems that I have only one choice, he is very good to me, but I have failed him, if ......"

Lin Huijia encouraged: "Ronan Anderson, right? He believes in you, and I believe in you, and you can bring him more in return." ”

Encouraged by his wife, Ang Lee pressed a number, said a few words after connecting, then put away his mobile phone and said, "He didn't go to work today, he's at home." Let's go to the future world estate. ”

Lin Huijia stepped on the accelerator lightly, and the car drove out of Century City, and soon turned onto Mulholland Road.

During the drive, she glanced at her husband a few times, and found that he was much more relaxed than before, as if his previous failures were nothing.

Ronan Anderson, what kind of person is that? can give her husband such a strong confidence.

It didn't take long, just fifteen minutes later, Lin Huijia met Ronan Anderson in a reception room, and it didn't seem like anything special.

Thin and tall figure, with short spiritual hair, the clothes are very ordinary, without any trademarks, but obviously high-end handmade clothes, people are particularly kind, quite enthusiastic.

There was also a girl next to her, not tall, unusually sexy, like a movie star.

"Good morning, Ronan. Ang Lee shook hands with Ronan: "It's a bit presumptuous to come." ”

Ronan smiled and said, "It's okay, we're old friends, and you're always welcome here." ”

Then, he shook hands with Lin Huijia: "Good morning, Mrs. Li, welcome to the future world." ”

"It's because we're being presumptuous. Lin Huijia has the good cultivation of an oriental woman: "Disturbed." ”

Ang Lee also shook hands with Scarlett Johansson and said hello, although out of a man's psychology, he was a little curious about the relationship between Scarlett Johansson, the blonde stunner, and Ronan, but when I thought of some rumors about Ronan, it was not difficult to guess.

After a while of greetings between the two sides, the topic between Ronan and Ang Lee gradually turned to the movie.

Lin Huijia was a very virtuous woman, and knew that the next topic was not suitable for her participation, so she took the initiative to say, "Mr. Anderson, can I visit your manor?"

Ronan had a very good impression of Lin Huijia, and said to Scarlett Johansson, "You take Mrs. Li around." ”

Scarlett Johansson was not stupid either, and immediately stood up to invite Lin Huijia, and the two women left the reception room one after another.

"What film projects have you been working on lately?" Ronan asked directly, "Have you thought of the next work?"

Ang Lee is very familiar with Ronan, and he doesn't hide it, and says directly: "I wrote a new script and want you to help read it." ”

Ronan nodded and said, "Lee, I said that the door to relativity entertainment is always open to you. ”

Ang Lee took out the script and handed it to Ronan: "This is a new script, called "The Last Knight". ”

Ronan took it and flipped through it, it looked like an action movie, but if you look closely, it looks more like the type of family ethics that Ang Lee is good at.

The male protagonist was a notorious Jiangyang thief, who was designed during a robbery, not only missed but also killed his wife, and later surrendered to the police and was sentenced to a heavy sentence.

Thirty years later, the released actor returns to his 1969 GTO for revenge......

Ang Lee whispered next to him: "The main plot of the script is based on real people and real events. The prototype of the male protagonist is a horse racing gambler, who is greedy for small profits from the beginning to fall into the abyss step by step. Through this film, I want to focus on the impact of his fall on the whole family, and reflect some of the shortcomings that exist in American society from the side. ”

Ronan finished reading the script and did not speak immediately, but fell into thought.

There is no doubt that he has never watched a film with such content shot by Ang Lee, and some of Ang Lee's early works Ronan have not seen it, but since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he has seen all the movies directed by Ang Lee at that time, and he will have some impressions.

It is possible that Ang Lee once wrote such a script, but no one was willing to invest.

Thinking about this possibility, the tragic failure of "The Incredible Hulk" has put Ang Lee in a rather embarrassing position in Hollywood, and no company dares to invest in Ang Lee's film projects easily.

Maybe the failure of "The Incredible Hulk" is not too damaging to a white director who has won an Oscar, but for Ang Lee, the situation is completely different.

Even if we turn a blind eye, something is well known in Hollywood.

Ronan can even be said to be the only well-known producer in the Hollywood circle who treats Chinese directors equally, and the more active Chinese directors in Hollywood have also broken through cooperation with Relativity Entertainment.

Ang Lee's current stage of stranded projects is too normal.

On the other hand, Ronan feels that Ang Lee has not completely gotten rid of the shadow of "The Incredible Hulk", and the content of the script is said to be a family ethics type, and it also has a typical commercial flavor of action scenes, but the commercial flavor is not strong......

It's quite a bit of a combination of family ethics and action, but it gives people the feeling that the two parts of the play are independent.

Ronan put down the script and said directly: "Li, this script is not complete enough." ”

Ang Lee didn't realize what his problem was, and asked, "Script...... I've been writing for almost half a year and I feel ......"

Ronan reminded: "Are you making an action commercial film, or a family ethics film?"

This made Li Ang stunned for a moment, when others vetoed his project, they would not give any hints, and they would not explain the problem to him patiently like Ronan.

In fact, the problem of the script is more obvious, and it is often difficult for the original author to see it.

Just like an exam, outsiders can often see at a glance that the answer is wrong, and the person who answers the question still thinks there is no problem after checking it many times.

Ang Lee took his script and quickly flipped through it.

Ronan reminded again: "If you want to make a family ethics film, don't spend so much ink on action scenes, and vice versa. ”

Ang Lee roughly flipped through the script, suddenly threw it on the coffee table, and said: "There is something wrong with my mentality, such an obvious problem, I didn't even notice it." ”

Ronan said calmly: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, failure is nothing, I have also experienced failure, and the company went bankrupt in a small step." ”

"I'll turn over!" Ang Lee is really the kind of director who becomes more and more courageous: "Failure can never defeat me." ”

He picked up the script: "Ronan, there is a problem with this project, I can't bother you." ”

Ronan asked, "You're going to rewrite?"

Li An shook his head slowly: "Because of my personal mentality, there may have been a problem in the preliminary preparation, and I will no longer consider this project in the short term." ”

"That's fine. Ronan wholeheartedly agrees: "The choices you make when you have an unbalanced mindset may not be the right one." ”

Ang Lee put away the script that had been decided to be invalidated, and said, "Ronan, thank you for the reminder, otherwise I will make another big mistake." ”

Ronan smiled and said, "Even if I don't warn, you'll find out soon." ”

Although Ang Lee is determined, the failure of "The Incredible Hulk" has a certain impact on him after all.

There are many well-known directors and actors who have been depressed and gradually disappeared from Hollywood because of a similar blow of serious failure.

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "Li, I'll give you a copy, maybe it can calm your mind." ”

Li Anxin moved: "Okay." ”

"Wait a minute. Ronan picked up the phone, dialed it, and said, "Nikia, you go to the study and get Anne Purux's set." ”

Anne-Plumx Ang Lee had a vague impression of where she had read the short stories.

Thinking about it carefully, the more I thought about it, the more familiar it felt, and Ang Lee was sure that he must have seen it, but he was not impressed and couldn't remember it clearly.

Soon, there is a knock on the reception room door, and Nikia pushes the door in, handing Anne Plumx's set to Ronan.

"Some of it is well written. Ronan handed it to Ang Lee: "There is an article about gay love, which is very beautifully written. ”

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