Chapter 259: Changing the Script
Find a way to succeed and make excuses for failure. I believe that when the 2014 North American summer season comes to an end, there will be many Hollywood filmmakers who feel that the "worst pot in eight years" should be sent to the "World Cup".
Hollywood relies too much on overseas markets, and although the United States doesn't like football much, they rely on the European and South American markets and are too fanatical about football.
The Brazil World Cup in June caused the "six major film companies" to have a headache, and the schedules in various places were chaotic, either raised or postponed, and it was difficult to achieve simultaneous release. For example, "Transformers 4" in Europe and South America was not released until August.
Fortunately, North America and China, two of the world's top box office markets, have a worse love for football, otherwise this year's summer season will only be even worse.
Fox was not surprised when he saw that Lu Lin and Song Ge had thought of it in advance, and said with a smile: "Happy cooperation, I wish "League of Legends" a global hit!" This old man is not very familiar with the words "Male Soldier Company", and he is still used to calling it "League of Legends".
Lu Lin, Song Ge and the others also laughed together and said, "It's a big hit all over the world!"
When the cooperation was negotiated, there must be a reception dinner, and during the meal, Fox proposed that he wanted to co-produce with Longlin Pictures in China and the United States, and Song Ge was a little moved. But Lu Lin knows that it is very difficult for the two countries to co-produce, except for "Megalodon", which can be seen, the rest are pits, and the "Great Wall" of the National Teacher is no exception.
The film has a lot of slots, not to mention the strange story setting. There is a big problem with just watching the movie and the sense of substitution. The protagonist Matt Damon is a mercenary who comes to China to steal gunpowder, and it is the Chinese who hinder him from achieving his mission. Not to mention whether it is Lao Mei's routine to save the world or China, which definitely makes many people unhappy.
Moreover, the female general played by Jing Xiang, although there are many scenes, the character design is pale and empty, and she can't stand scrutiny at all, and she doesn't have any inner drama. Of course, it may also be that it was acted, and the audience didn't see it.
In short, the standard of the film is not high, if possible, I really want to persuade Jing Yan not to make this kind of movie.
Lu Lin politely refused, although Fox was unwilling, he could only give up, and flew back to the United States in a depressed way to work on the global distribution of "Company of Soldiers".
Lu Lin's side is still changing the script of "The Three-Body Problem". The book is magnificent, and it is quite difficult to adapt. In order to allow the screenwriter department to write with peace of mind, Longlin Pictures rented a villa in the western suburbs of Beijing for the people of the screenwriting department, which can be regarded as a semi-retreat!
During this period, Jing Yan would sometimes come and go every now and then, and he would disappear for more than ten days, which made Lu Lin very curious. On this day, he was taking the people from the screenwriting department to discuss the plot in the living room. Seeing that Jing Yan took his assistant and brought a bunch of drinks and snacks into the door.
Lu Lin asked someone to take over the things, came to the small courtyard with Jing Yan, and said with a smile: "Why are you so elusive, you come for a while, but you don't see anyone for a while?"
The young lady blinked her eyes and smiled sweetly: "Oh, I've been too lazy to go downstairs these days, so I haven't come over!"
"You've stopped all your work?" Lu Lin asked.
Jing Yan said: "Yes, you have to set aside a schedule! Otherwise, if I join another crew, your script will be changed suddenly, but it will be troublesome!"
"But this script has to be changed for a while!"
Jing Yan smiled: "It's okay, it's worth waiting for a long time!"
Lu Lin was speechless, remembering that when she filmed "The Great Wall", she had been closed for special training in the United States for half a year, so she didn't bother with anything.
The young lady said: "Actually, I've been at home recently, and I've also watched "The Three-Body Problem"!"
Lu Lin smiled: "What do you feel?"
Jing Yan had a bitter face, "I tried it a few times but didn't see it, the beginning was so boring!"
Lu Lin laughed loudly, "If you can't see it, don't force it!"
Jing Yan was puzzled, "But I recently asked some friends, especially those who do the Internet, and they all respect "The Three-Body Problem", this book is so profound!"
Lu Lin smiled slightly: "That's because the universe depicted by the three-body problem is very similar to the living environment of Internet companies!"
The young lady didn't seem to understand, and Lu Lin said: "Replace the civilization in "The Three-Body Problem" with Internet companies, and you will find that there is basically no sense of disobedience!"
Jing Yan wondered: "Really?"
Lu Lin said: "For example, survival is the first need of Internet start-ups; companies need to continue to expand, but the total market is limited; small companies may have a technological explosion at any time, and they can go ahead of large companies at once, or even destroy large companies; small companies should hide themselves so that their ideas are not copied; large companies should do a good job of cleaning up and constantly acquire to eliminate potential opponents; there is also a dimensionality reduction strike, and large companies can destroy small ......companies by burning money through continuous losses." ”
Although Jing Yan didn't finish reading the original book, he still read some introductions about it, and he could understand what Lu Lin said, "Dimensionality reduction strike?"
Lu Lin smiled: "That's right, like 360 cancel the price dimension, use free products to occupy the market!"
Jing Yan suddenly said: "Then what kind of two software for taxis recently, are they also considered dimensionality reduction attacks?" The assistant sister said that she has been using them recently, and it is very cost-effective!"
Lu Lin smiled, "That's right!" and then sighed, "The book "Three-Body Problem", there are too many bigwigs from all walks of life who like it, if you don't change it well, Long Lin's signboard will be miserable!"
Jing Yan persuaded: "Then you change slowly, don't be anxious! If the change is good, maybe many bigwigs will come to support the market and sell it all over the world!"
Lu Lin smiled: "I hope!"
Truth be told, there's still pressure. In the book "Three-Body Problem", special effects are indispensable, but they cannot dominate the world.
In terms of actors, Mr. Chen Zhiming replied and agreed to play Luo Ji, but he could only play the elderly Luo Ji, and the youth version asked Longlin Pictures to choose another person. Vice President Gao Hongze, who was in charge of contact, said that special effects could be used to make Chen Zhiming look younger on the screen.
As a result, this person replied, your company doesn't cost money to do special effects?
Vice President Gao was speechless and came back to report to Lu Lin. Lu Lin could only smile helplessly and call Deng Chao.
Although Deng Chao and Lu Lin have been busy in the past two years, they have always been in contact, and they have served as the captain of the "Running Man" program produced by Dragon Scale Pictures, so they can be regarded as good friends.
Therefore, Lu Lin made a phone call, and he agreed without hesitation, and even turned down other film appointments. Of course, mainly because it was Lu Lin who called, and I am afraid that other directors will have to consider and talk about the price.
In terms of actors, only Deng Chao and Jing Xiang were temporarily set, and Senior Brother Li Yangzhong was promised to give Wen Zhang a cameo role. As for the others, I'll wait until the script is over.
In the blink of an eye, in early May, the 67th Cannes International Film Festival is about to open. Lu Lin was originally not very interested in film festivals around the world. But "Company of Soldiers" aims at the global box office champion in the summer file, and it is distributed globally, and major film festivals have to run.
And Cannes is such a good publicity platform, Longlin Pictures can't afford to be left behind. In fact, in addition to "Male Soldier Company", Zhang Yimu's "Return", Jiang Wen's "One Step Away", Wu Baige's "Taiping Wheel" and other crews will participate in the Cannes Film Festival.
But unlike the above crews, the live-action actor of "Company of Soldiers" is famous for Jay Chou, and he has not yet been scheduled to walk with the crew. Lu Lin could only take Zhang Yishan and a few others to Cannes by plane for his first red carpet trip to a foreign film festival!
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