Chapter 664: Speaking of the Script
Barber has personally experienced Yang Ming's amazing talent in screenwriting, but he doesn't know much about Yang Ming's musical talent, but he has heard about it and knows that Yang Ming has several very classic English songs.
Moreover, Yang Ming is also the winner of the Academy Award for Best Film Music, and he is also a double yolk egg, and two film music songs won at the same time.
But music and pop songs are two different things entirely.
Although he was full of worries about Yang Ming holding a solo concert in the United States and Europe, seeing Liu Xinsheng's unusually confident appearance, his heart moved, and he was ready to go back and listen to Yang Ming's music carefully.
Compared with Barber's worries, Liu Xinsheng is full of confidence in Yang Ming, and even more confident than whether Yang Ming's movie can be a big hit.
If there is anyone in this world who knows more about Yang Ming's talent in music, Liu Xinsheng patted his chest and said that it was himself, and there would definitely be no second person who knew Yang Ming's terrifying and demonic talent in music better than him.
Therefore, he not only did not worry about Yang Ming holding a solo concert in the West, but even looked forward to it.
After the three chatted for a while about the schedule of Yang Ming's concert, the topic turned to Hollywood, especially the development plan of Oriental DreamWorks in Hollywood.
Online Film Company was wholly acquired by Oriental DreamWorks, a third-tier film company in Hollywood, which does not have too many classic movies that it can handle, and there are no film copyrights in the copyright library that other film companies are concerned about.
During the time that Barber took over the company, he reorganized all aspects of the company's business, inserted his old subordinates from Pan American Entertainment, and personally reviewed the filming plan that the company was supposed to carry out.
Originally, all the filming plans of Lianlian Film Company were stopped by Yang Ming, but he was too busy to spare time, so he had to hand over all these things to Barber and hurriedly returned to Huaxia.
And after Bobble carefully looked at all the film shooting plans that were stopped by Yang Ming, he was secretly glad that Yang Ming stopped it in time.
He can't look at these movie shooting plans.
If these film shooting plans are still carried out by the previous online film company, it is not a big problem, but for the current Oriental DreamWorks, it is not good.
Because these film shooting plans are not in line with the positioning of Oriental DreamWorks in Hollywood.
Barber himself would not allow these plans to be made at most third-rate films to barely save the capital, and he could not afford to lose this person if they were implemented in his hands.
During this period of time, he used various channels and relationships to find some excellent scripts that were in line with the current situation of Oriental DreamWorks.
But he looked around and didn't find a movie script suitable for Oriental Dream's work.
Good movie scripts are either thrown into big film companies, or they are held in the hands of other film companies, and it is impossible for them to let go; even if they can make a small profit, they can't look down on poor scripts.
Some people may say that Barber is not a golden finger? Do you often dig up movies that are not well received?
But you must know that the reputation and popularity of Oriental DreamWorks in Hollywood is not as good as that of Pan American Entertainment, which he was in charge of before, and the two are not at the same level at all.
"Bobble, do you have any shooting plans over there now?" Yang Ming asked.
Listening to Bobble's recent work report, Yang Ming not only asked with concern that he was too busy some time ago, and he hurried back to China before he had time to sort out the shooting plan over there.
"Not yet, I've asked people to look for it, I have to say that the copyright resources in the hands of the online film company are too few, and there is basically nothing worth spending money on filming now, and those old copyright resources can't afford our requirements. Bobble shook his head and said with a solemn expression.
Yang Ming slowly thought about Bobble's words in his mind and understood what he meant, although Bobble's requirements were a little too harsh, but they were more in line with his taste.
Either you don't do it, or if you want to do it, you can do it well.
Oriental DreamWorks is not the previous online movie, and the goal is just to make ends meet, the Oriental DreamWorks in his mind is destined to confront those giants in the future, and to snatch the film market from their mouths, in this case, how could he relax his requirements for himself!
But with the current situation of Oriental DreamWorks in Hollywood, it is too tricky for Bobble, and the few scripts he used to attract Bobble before, although they are all classic movie scripts, but each script needs a lot of time to make a movie.
And according to the plan, those scripts need to be paved through guò comics or novels, gain a certain degree of popularity, and have a certain audience base before they can be made into movies and released on the screen.
Far water can't quench your thirst!
Yang Ming calmly thought about Barber's situation in Hollywood at this time, with Barber's past reputation in Hollywood, his life is indeed not easy now.
But he will definitely devote himself to the filming of "2012" in a few days, and he can't help Barber much, otherwise he can find a few big-selling commercial movies from his previous life to shoot them, and first prop up the scenes of Oriental DreamWorks.
But he really can't do anything.
"Can you find a director over there who is suitable for making gunfight movies?" Yang Ming thought of something, and said thoughtfully, "Or the kind that is good at making police and gangster movies!"
"Huh?" Barber was stunned for a moment, and then recovered, he frowned and thought for a while, and said slowly: "After Lianlian was acquired by the company, I took a look at the directors who often work with the company, and there are several directors who have helped the company make shootout films, but they are all average, but more excellent directors, with my face, I can still find them, but it depends on the quality of the script." ”
Speaking of this, Barber suddenly understood what Yang Ming meant.
Yang Ming nodded and said: "I have an idea here, tell it to you, if you can, make a series, there should be no problem." ”
A series?
Barber and Liu Xinsheng both looked up at Yang Ming with surprise on their faces, for the film industry, excellent movie scripts are relatively rare, especially movies that can be made into a series, it is even rarer.
After all, as long as the first part is successful, as long as the next sequel doesn't have too many problems, you can lie there very comfortably and hold money.
Yang Ming didn't notice the surprise of Barber and Liu Xinsheng, and then he began to talk about his idea.
Detective John travels from New York to Los Angeles to see his wife, Holly, who has been separated for half a year. He was invited to a Christmas party on the 30th floor of a building. However, a group of bandits came up with the idea of more than 600 million yuan of public bonds stored in the building's vault. They cordoned off the building and took the attendees of the gala hostage. John escapes and fights the bandits alone.
Originally, when Barber heard Yang Ming, a police detective named John, he didn't feel anything special, and even a little disapproving.
Why?
Because in Hollywood, police and gangster movies have long been filmed, and even several police and gangster films will be released every year, and the box office results are average, it can be said that from the moment the movie was born, the story of the police and the thief began to be staged in the movie.
After so many years of non-stop shooting, it can be said that the routine of police and gangster movies is already rotten on the street.
But as Yang Ming slowly began to tell the next plot, the more Barber listened, the more interested he became, because he felt that this was a somewhat different police movie.
Especially when he heard Yang Ming's setting for this movie, a group of thugs occupying a small space, and the action movie of the police fighting with their bare hands as ordinary heroes, his eyes lit up when he heard it, and the more he listened to it, the more interested he became.
When Barber heard John call for help by fire alarm and then by radio, they were unsuccessful. In desperation, he threw the body of a bandit from the upper floor and smashed it on the car of Powell, a black police officer who came to patrol, before he succeeded in calling the police.
He himself couldn't help but shush lightly, rejoicing that John had succeeded in calling the police.
Next, Barber was completely attracted by Yang Ming's idea of this police film, and the whole person couldn't help but indulge in it, which he didn't even find out about.
For half an hour, when Yang Ming stopped talking, Barber suddenly realized that the script was over.
HE IMMEDIATELY SAID EXCITEDLY: "GOOD, VERYGOOD, YANG, YOUR IDEA OF THIS POLICE AND BANDIT SHOOTOUT MOVIE IS REALLY FANTASTIC, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR SETTING, CONFINED THE POLICE AND BANDITS TO A SMALL SPACE, IT CAN BE SAID THAT THIS IDEA IS REALLY GREAT, I CAN SAY THAT HOLLYWOOD HAS NEVER HAD THIS IDEA!"
Yang Ming smiled and joked, this movie established the status of a super-action superstar in the previous life Bruce Willis, and also created a new mode of action movies in which a group of thugs occupy a small space and ordinary heroes fight with their bare hands.
However, he still reminded Barber: "In order to make this film, the director must show highly professional action film processing skills, especially for the creation of tension and the effect of explosion, which must be able to make the audience break out in a cold sweat." ”
Hearing Yang Ming's words, Barber said heartily: "Yang, don't worry, there is nothing else in Hollywood, there will never be a shortage of directors and actors, I will definitely find a suitable director for this very good script." ”
After listening to Yang Ming's script on the side, Liu Xinsheng couldn't help but say: "Ming Shao, this script can also be filmed in China, right?"
"NO, NO, Liu, don't grab this script with me, I'll have to wait for this script to open the pot!" Barber heard Liu Xinsheng's words, and couldn't help but finally burst out in Chinese, which made Yang Ming and Liu Xinsheng laugh.
However, Yang Ming thought for a while, Huaxia can also shoot another version, and then there will be two different versions, which may have an unexpected effect.
For Yang Ming's mention, Barber and Liu Xinsheng thought about it for a while, and they had to admit that it was very marketable.
"Ming Shao, what's the name of this movie?" asked Liu Xinsheng.
"Die Hard," Yang Ming said softly.
"Yang, do you still have any ideas? You know that the company wants to open up the situation quickly in Hollywood, and this script alone is not enough. Bobble asked casually.
Unexpectedly, Yang Ming frowned and thought for a while, and said, "It's really there!"
Suddenly, Barber and Liu Xinsheng were stunned.