"Jan, now you can reveal the details of The Dark Knight's plans, right? Who are you going to find to be its director?"

Santa Monica, Los Angeles, in the bright and spacious office of the chairman of the Flame Film Company, Warner Bros. President Alan F. Horn is full of bright smiles, and now he can sleep peacefully; Jeff Robinoff, the director of the B Production Department, also has a smile on his face that has accepted the facts, B and FF officially signed the contract today, Wang Yang made a special trip back to Los Angeles to cooperate with the work, and the thunderous applause and laughter that resounded in the conference room are still in his ears.

However, Wang Yang also knows that his production plan will feel a little difficult to accept given the current situation, but in any case it is a necessary plan, and fortunately he has absolute decision-making power over "The Dark Knight", unless Warner Bros. chooses not to execute the contract.

"Allen, Jeff, everyone, ......" Looking at the several high-level B executives gathered in front of him, Wang Yang became very serious after showing a smile on his face, and the eyes of Mark Slunt, who knew the answer early, flashed a trace of helplessness, Wang Yang said in a serious tone: "Maybe you will be a little surprised, thinking that this is really bad, but believe me, this is a very, very correct decision, I don't joke about this." ”

Hearing these words, Horn's smile began to freeze, and a burst of panic swelled in his heart, and his voice was a little dull: "You mean...... You mean...... "Isn't it Justin Lin? Jeff Robinoff and the others are equally confused and nervous, it shouldn't be the two poisons Ann Lee and John Wu, James Win is obviously not suitable, so it doesn't seem to be an old friend of the flame movie? How could it not be Popcorn Forest!

Under the nervous gaze of everyone, Wang Yang leaned lightly on the back of his chair and continued his serious tone: "I am ready to invite Christopher Nolan to direct "The Dark Knight". ”

"What!?", "Poof-", "Chris...... Christopher!?Nolan!?","......"

The high-level B executives were stunned for a moment and then petrified, as if they had suddenly arrived in the Ice Age, and a penetrating coolness rushed from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads, it was really cold! The office was silent for a few seconds, Wang Yang spread his left palm slightly, and Mark Slimt reconciled: "He is serious." Horn suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell headlong on the desk, still smirking in disbelief: "Are you kidding? Young, are you kidding?"

What's the difference between Christopher Nolan and Darren Aronofsky!! isn't Gotham Town transferred from one big bad guy to another? Batman has no hope of resurrection! The B executives were so shocked that they couldn't speak, and even Jeff Robinoff could barely breathe.

"As I said, I never make such jokes. Wang Yang's expression was quite helpless, as if their reactions were even greater than he expected, and Aronovsky's ability to create psychological trauma was really extraordinary. He also introduced the plan in detail: "Nolan can do a good job, and I will invite Jonathan Nolan to join the screenwriting team again, and of course I will give some advice......" Horn did not feel at ease, but the more he thought about it, the more surprised and scared he became: "Oh! Amazing Young, oh God, what the hell is your idea?......"

Wang Yang looked at the iron-faced Jeff Robinov, and unexpectedly praised: "Actually, the direction you have adopted for "Time to Go to War" is correct. He said his thoughts: "There are two kinds of good superhero movies now, one is refreshing and smooth, both visually and plotically, and the other is to block its superhero label and make it not like a comic book movie, the collision of surreality and reality will produce a lot of interesting things, "Batman" is a good carrier, its heroic fantasy ability is based on realistic technology, which can bring greater realism, and Wayne's life experience and experience make him mentally traumatized, we can explore his wandering and lonely side... …”

"Jan, why do you have to discuss anything?" Horn interjected in a fit of emotion, he knew "Batman" better than anyone else! His crumpled old face had no smile on his face, and his voice became louder: "Aren't the lessons of Hulk and Time to War enough? ”

"I've been thinking about it all the time. Wang Yang nodded, but the next words almost made the B executives go crazy on the spot: "I have to say that "Hulk" and "Time to Go to War" are all good movies, they just lack a good rhythm, and the box office will fail miserably." He shrugged and smiled, "But you can trust Christopher Nolan's storytelling skills, that guy is very good at telling a dull story that is particularly engaging, and a good story goes straight to captivating." ”

Everyone was still expressionless, Wang Yang began to have a little headache, and frowned: "I don't think you have to worry at all, I will be optimistic about it!" And Tim Burton has proved this to be a feasible plan in 1989. ”

The 1989 version of "Batman" was groundbreaking, one of which was the dark style that brought the righteous superhero, which only made it unique among superhero adaptations, and it also had a profound influence on later similar films, and in 1992, "Batman Returns" , with the 411 million global box office of the first episode, Tim Burton swayed his style more wantonly, quite a bit to challenge the audience's bottom line, the darker style and crazy characters finally made the audience frown, and he also lost the director's microphone for the third episode; the next 95 years "Batman Forever" and 97 "Batman and Robin" are considered to have returned to the mainstream, but the results are not as ideal as Tim Burton's period.

The production idea of this year's "Time to War" is to return to the dark world of the 89 version, and finally chose Darren Aronofsky, Wang Yang knows that the original Nolan version of "Time to War" and "The Dark Knight" have traces of influence in the 89 version, but it has a wonderful and unique look suitable for the current generation.

"That was 1989 and now it's 2005. Horn took a deep breath, and the painful facts were in front of him, so how could he believe that the shady style was okay? He should not make the same mistake again!!!Horn's expression showed a toughness: "Young, change your mind!" Jeff Robinoff also expressed his attitude: "Young, although I made "Time to War", I think now superhero movies can't be dark, and it is better to give the audience an inspiring hero of justice. ”

God knows if the audience will be excited when the Joker is about to play Batman to death, will the audience be excited to hope that the Joker will actually play Wayne to death...... Wang Yang still didn't say these words to stimulate them, he knew that it was useless to explain now, and only left a tough attitude: "Allen, I won't change my mind! This is my plan, and I can guarantee that it will work! You will know later." ”

"Young...... Horn was so angry that his heart was almost beating, and his face and neck gradually turned red, could it be that this kid was cheating? Horn deliberately put on this kind of garbage scheme to force Warner Bros. to give up the contract? Horn tried his best to suppress his anger, but his voice couldn't stop trembling: "Young, business is not like this. ”

"What the hell do I have to say, you are willing to believe that this is a great plan!OK?!" Wang Yang sat up straight with a cold face, not to engage in meaningless entanglement with them, and glanced at the group of B high-level executives, he became more and more tough: "I know what business is, and I know what movies are!" So I didn't deal with you with that popcorn plan, I want a classic "The Dark Knight" to be born! But it's right that you don't understand, think about it!" He raised his left hand and asked loudly: " If you understand, do you still need to ask me to take over Batman? Just find someone, right!?"

There was silence in the huge office, only lingering echoes, the perpetual motion instrument on the table swayed, and a group of middle-aged people were frightened by the young man sitting opposite, Horn, Robinov and the others were stunned, and heard the calm but roaring voice.

"Don't try to understand me, because I know better than you!" Wang Yang scolded softly, his left hand suddenly slapped heavily on the table, and the loud muffled sound of "puffy" shook everyone's eardrums, and then heard him shout angrily: "If you are not satisfied, you can invest 60% in Flame Films, you 40%, we don't care! We are even willing to invest in full, and you will release it! Why, because we know that this is a feasible plan! Understand? Please don't think I'm fucking cheating, hell!" He punched the table again.

The sound of the fluffy puff made Horn and the others angry and almost cried, and there was no doubt that they were full of regret at this time!

However, the contracts have already been signed, even if B chooses not to put "The Dark Knight" into production, he can't take back the filming copyright of "I Am Legend", but who cares about the "ten-year project" with a price of only seven figures, B cares about "The Dark Knight"! Although the investment exceeds 150 million US dollars, FF will bear 40% of the investment amount; the global box office of the film does not exceed 600 million, and Wang Yang will personally direct two joint venture blockbusters...... "But ......" Horn and the others still had a lot of doubts and worries, Wang Yang coldly and suddenly flipped the things on the left side of the desktop away, and the perpetual motion instrument slammed into the floor with a "bang", and there were stacks of flying documents, and he had a determined look: "It's nothing, I just say okay." ”

This is how the conflicts between the top management of the company, the top of the company, and the producer and the top management of the company come about, and the official name of this kind of contradiction is "irreconcilable creative differences", and if you have a weak attitude, you will not be able to win the possibility of implementing your plan. But as long as the final result is good, who cares about the producer's temper? Mark Slant couldn't help but secretly sigh that the 18-year-old and 25-year-old Amazing Young are equally young, but the young teenager is a thing of the past, and he seems to laugh conciliatorily and says, "Jan, everyone wants "The Dark Knight" to be better, not so angry. ”

"I'm sorry. Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders, pointed to his head to Horn and the others, and said lightly: "Since I was injured here, my temper has been more irritable, you know what the sequelae are, I am already under control." ”

Horn and Robinoff looked at each other, not knowing what to say, they should have known that Wang Yang was a Howard Hughes, Tony Stark, he was a madman...... "Then Justin Lin ......" Thinking of Tony Stark, Horn suddenly had a heartache, damn it! This cunning Chinese kid, he is going to transfer Justin Lin to shoot "Iron Man" whose copyright belongs to FF, and 40% of the investment in "Iron Man" without copyright In a private phone call, Justin Lin said nicely, "I don't know what he thinks, if I direct "The Dark Knight", of course I am interested and confident", Horn is now very suspicious that Wang Yang has instructed Lin, and even added fuel to the rumors, taking the opportunity to confuse B! He wanted to cry and asked without tears: "What is going on with Lin?"

"Justin? I never said I would ask him to direct The Dark Knight. Wang Yang pressed his forehead helplessly, Lin Yibin really gave them a lot of expectations, he continued: "We have a good cooperation with Lin, and there is a 1+1 contract, so he will at least shoot another movie for the flames, but we have other plans, I know you may think that he is ready to take over "Iron Man", no, he will go to shoot "Old Boy", we bought the remake rights a few days ago." ”

Looking at the people who were completely stunned, Wang Yang smiled: "Gentlemen, believe me, I'm not joking...... If you really can't understand it, then don't think about it, do what you're told! ”

"Oh......" The B-level executives were about to groan in pain, could this guy deliberately murder Warner Bros. and then make two movies?

"What about "Iron Man"? Joss Whedon?" Horn had an urge to slap the table and smash things, what the hell was Wang Yang going to do? Was his brain really broken? Otherwise, how could he arrange Justin Lin to take over "Oldboy", what was that? Robinoff, who knew better, had an urge to faint and asked Lin to shoot "Oldboy"! Why didn't he ask Aronofsky to shoot "The Hangover 3"? What a! He couldn't understand it, how could he understand it? How could he understand it? This is simply a crazy man's idea!

In 2001, Joss Whedon did almost sign with the new line, but four years later, he lost his enthusiasm and feeling for "Iron Man", and now he is busy with "Firefly 2", "Firefly" TV series and so on. As for the director of "Iron Man", Wang Yang thinks that Jon Favreau of the original 08 version of "Iron Man" has done a good job, although he already has an idea, he smiled and said: "Allen, these are the internal affairs of the flames, but I can also tell you the answer: no." ”

"Jan, are you sure you want to do this? do you really understand what you're doing?" Horn still didn't give up, Wang Yang looked into his eyes and nodded: "Of course." "A group of B executives found themselves with nothing to say, and either gave up on executing the contract or went crazy with this madman...... Christopher Nolan directs "The Dark Knight"?Batman continues to be shady?Justin Lin directs "Old Boy"?A new generation of popcorn is a popular fried chicken, exploring the worst side of human nature?

"Confused, right?" Hearing this crazy and exciting news, the people in the industry all opened their mouths in shock, and they didn't get confused! YOUNG-ANG really made people guess! Anyway, if people guessed, is it still the madman Wang Yang?!

The top executives of Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Sony/Columbia, Lionsgate, and other large and small companies had mixed reactions in addition to common surprise, Brad Gray, the chairman and CEO of Paramount, who had just taken office this year, laughed, and now Horn must be! Lionsgate CEO Jon Fittimmeil is struggling to figure out why, and Young is so confident? The Weinstein brothers asked themselves what was the reason for the black hole if they couldn't make such a decision? Hollywood's stupidest and shortest producers understood that these were almost two dead ends. Knowing that Nolan directed "TDK", Michael Lynn, the CEO of the new line who is over sixty years old, is an unusual surprise, Justin Lin belongs to "Iron Man"! The news that followed made him feel like he had fallen from heaven to hell, that kid was too violent!!Then there was Joss Whedon?...... "Poof-cough-cough, what!?" Many star actors who pay close attention to the dynamics of the two films because of their interest or because of fame and fortune are also stupid, and many people squirt out directly with a mouthful of water, what kind of show is this being staged...... But there are still one star actor after another who clearly tells his agent without much consideration: "Continue to seek to join!

With the second weekend of September just around the corner, news of Hurricane Katrina's disaster area is still in the spotlight, but as the search for relief has plateaued, people have more to look at for the latest news.

"The Dark Knight" and "Old Boy" are the directors" -- Yahoo Entertainment, countless fans clicked on this piece of news, immediately blinked their eyes and blinked again, April Fool's Day has passed for five months, and Halloween is still two months away, does Magic Young want to joke or be scary? Normal people arrange according to normal thinking, and they will not get this result anyway! It seems that he hopes that Nolan will shoot popcorn "Batman" and Lin will shoot popcorn "Old Boy" is a more reasonable explanation...... Still incomprehensible!

"This is the magic Jan!", "I believe that MY will surprise us." Although I don't understand, many Yang fans still commented on message boards, their blogs and other places to express their support and expectations, Claire said: "How many people understood when Amazing Jan wanted to shoot "Song and Dance Youth" and "Juno"?"

"Good news, the king's brain is broken!", "Play and play! He won't always have good luck." "It's strange to me that there are still people talking about Wonder Young, didn't he die in a plane accident a little over a month ago? ”…… This is destined to be a happy festival for the blacks, which is great! This time it is different, and the two films are not directed by him himself, otherwise no one will have any nonsense. Throughout Wang Yang's production career, the much-questioned "Brokeback Mountain" and "League of Assassins" are actually a set of correct configurations, but they are questioning whether the poisons can be as good as before;

(To be continued)