Chapter 46: Shi Jian
"Walter, this is Shi Jian, the villain of the movie we co-produced. ”
At the reception, Zou Wenhuai, who was dressed in a black suit, held a wine glass and smiled to introduce all the members of the filming of "Enter the Dragon", which had been established.
The one in front of him, naturally, is still the same as in history, Shi Jian, who was handpicked by Zou Wenhuai and Bruce Lee to become the villain of "Enter the Dragon", Mr. Han, of course, the villain played by Shi Jian in this life will naturally not be surnamed Han, his villain's name is Mr. Fu, a strong bad taste.
Although Walter copied the original script of "Enter the Dragon" and told the plot for Disney's screenwriter to write the script, all kinds of actors, except for Bruce Lee's name, the other names have been changed by Walter. After all, in the final analysis, it is plagiarism, and the plot is similar and easy to explain, but if even the name of the protagonist actor is exactly the same, isn't this an obvious handle to give plagiarism to others?
Just like the later generations of online articles, some street writers plagiarized in translation, did not say anything about the full text of the copying plot, added some descriptions casually, and did not change the names of some places, isn't this a reason to blame?
Therefore, since Walter dared to cut off "Enter the Dragon", he naturally would not give such a big handle to Warner Bros., so except for the name of the protagonist Lee played by Bruce Lee, the others have all changed. Even in order to make a gimmick, he directly wrote the original protagonist's name as Bruce Lee, and after the film was completed, he bombarded public opinion with Bruce Lee's name.
Anyway, the U.S. economy is not good right now, and most media outlets are selling sluggishly, so as long as you pay for it, they will be happy to publish the news you want. Of course, the same will be true in future generations, but if you want to get money, it must be more than what you have now, the so-called freedom of speech, more precisely, should be the freedom of money, the black is washed into white, the white slanders the black, all countries in the world, much the same, especially in the political and entertainment circles, almost all of them are routines, and they can't be prevented.
Shi Jian's special face shape and eyebrows, just like in the memory of his previous life, don't look like a good person, and he is a kung fu iron man, it's a pity not to play the villain of this kind of kung fu movie, and it's no wonder that Zou Wenhuai and Bruce Lee, the two big bosses of Concord Company, want to handpick him as the villain of the movie, he is too suitable for the positioning of "traitorous man".
"Hello, Mr. Walter Fu, I'm Shi Jian. ”
"Hello, just call me Walter. ”
The two greeted each other, Walter then chatted with Zou Wenhua, leaving Shi Jian aside, the other party was not embarrassed, just standing next to the two, think about it, the two around him are big guys, even if he has qualifications in the actors, he is not enough to see in front of the two of them, he can appear more in front of the big guys, and there will be more resources for filming in the future, right?
"Have the two American masters in the movie arrived?"
"Not yet, according to the itinerary, John and Jim are expected to arrive the day after tomorrow. ”
"It's not a big problem, after all, we only made an appointment with them on an ad hoc basis. Walter said that just like the original movie, in the "Enter the Dragon" film, Walter still found two American masters to accompany Bruce Lee, they are John Saxon - John Saxon and Jim Kelly - Jim Kelly, at this time because of temporary appointments, neither of them has flown to Hong Kong.
Originally, Walter planned that since the main public opinion gimmick and selling point was Bruce Lee, it would be better to directly replace all the movie characters with yellow people, but after thinking about it, forget it.
It's a western cowboy-style personal heroic kung fu film, if it is all replaced by yellows, it will be too discordant, it is better to change two Americans, one white and one black, after all, the all-Asian movie, I can't be sure if it will be acceptable to American audiences, he doesn't want to mess up the box office because he changed history without authorization.
Moreover, a public opinion selling point about who is the most powerful among the three of yellows, whites and blacks will also attract European and American audiences.
"That's good, is the movie start time confirmed?"
"The day after tomorrow to start. ”
"Well! Walter replied, as long as the movie can be started early, he doesn't want to waste his time in Hong Kong, he has long thought that as long as the movie runs normally after it starts, then Robert will be left to deal with "Enter the Dragon" on his behalf, and he will fly to the United States to deal with other things.
As a producer, hanging himself from a tree is obviously inappropriate, just like playing with a woman, it is not worth giving up the whole forest for the sake of a woman, after all, Walter can't just rely on a movie to get the attention of the board, and the performance needs one after another to be convincing.
"By the way, Raymond, Bruce has no idea about two Americans participating in the show, right?" Thinking about it, Walter expressed his worries and said that the script he gave Bruce Lee did not indicate the specific racial identities between the villains, and now he suddenly added two Americans to set him off, invisibly sharing a lot of his role, thinking of the proud Bruce Lee, Walter was worried that he would be dissatisfied with himself.
"It's better to ask him about this than to ask him personally. ”
"But I haven't seen Bruce yet, where has he gone?"
Zou Wenhuai replied to Walter's words with a smile, Walter was puzzled, and even asked him where Bruce Lee was, but as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a familiar voice from behind, "Am I not here?"
"Oh!" Walter shouted, then turned around quickly, and saw Bruce Lee in a suit and leather shoes at the moment, and hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands and said, "Brother Long, hello, long time no see." ”
"Hello, Walter!" Bruce Lee continued, "I can understand the matter of John and Jim, but ...... In the future, I don't want to stuff foreign actors to me, and I think there are still a lot of flaws in the script, and I will revise it myself, I don't want you to stuff a few more American screenwriters into me later, I don't want to see that result. ”
Bruce Lee seems to have changed as a different person, and his words are not as kind as when he was in the United States, Walter feels that there is a lot more irritable atmosphere in his words, and it seems that he still has a lot of complaints about himself shoehorning two American actors.
After all, he has appointed Bruce Lee as the director and promised that everything in the film will be under his command, and now he suddenly wants two American actors, and it is strange that he can be happy in his heart.
Even though Walter had informed Bruce Lee in advance and got his promise, however, proud people may not be able to wipe their face and agree, but they have always remembered it in their hearts.
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