Chapter 177: Name Change
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Eric didn't think about the thoughts of the two of them, Quentin and Lawrence didn't agree immediately, so he stopped talking about the topic, anyway, as long as this cooperation is pleasant, Firefly will definitely be Quentin's first choice for the two to work with. Looking at his watch, Eric continued: "Let's put this matter down for now, time is running out, let's talk about the script, I can invest in this movie, and the budget doesn't have to be limited to a million dollars, you two can shoot as much as you want." ”
Quentin and Lawrence were a little hesitant about Eric's invitation to join the Firefly, but seeing that the other party had so easily skipped the matter, the two of them were disappointed at the same time, keenly feeling that they had missed a rare opportunity, and regretting that they didn't agree immediately. This kind of affection made the two people not even able to immediately reflect what Eric said, and it wasn't until Eric finished speaking, raised his head and stared at the two people, that Lawrence was the first to react, and confirmed with a happy face: "Eric, do you mean it really?"
Quentin also reacted at this time, and looked at Eric with the same look of surprise.
Eric nodded again: "Of course it's true, but I have a few conditions. ”
The two of them suddenly showed such expressions, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief, if Eric came up and solicited and promised to invest, but there were no additional conditions, then hell. The two of them only hope that Eric will not interfere too much with the production of the film.
"First of all, the actors of the movie must all be selected from the agency UTA, do you know UTA?" said at the end, Eric asked uncertainly, he had paid little attention to the operation of UTA during this time, only occasionally had a few phone calls with Kapoor Sid, and roughly only knew that the agency was in good shape, and the rest was not very clear. Because of his growing fame, in order to avoid suspicion, he rarely interfered in the management of UTA. It's not that there is no media to provoke the UTA monopoly, but it has not caused any waves. In fact, the anti-monopoly law in North America is not as strict as imagined, just a few decades ago, because of the Paramount Act, the film company can not operate the theater vertically, this law now has little binding force on the big film companies, although it cannot be said to be a void, but in the North American theater chain, only on the bright side, the number of theater screens owned by several major film companies has exceeded one-tenth of the total number of screens, and the theaters selected by the big film companies, the location and the like must be the best, and this one-tenth of the theaters is almost the essence of all theaters in North America, and the theaters that are secretly controlled by big film companies are larger, which is the result of the federal government turning a blind eye, because the Paramount Act, although it cut off the monopoly of big studios, also dealt a big blow to the Hollywood film industry. Now that Hollywood movies are developing rapidly, the scale of profits is getting bigger and bigger, and even has a huge influence all over the world.
Hearing Eric's inquiry, Lawrence Bender nodded hurriedly and said, "Of course, of course I know," after speaking, Lawrence looked at his friend before saying, "This condition is no problem." ”
"Also, the script also needs to be revised......" After Eric finished speaking, Quentin immediately showed a look of displeasure, but he didn't dare to express it too obviously, Eric just smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I'm very satisfied with the content, it's just that the name is too weird, and I thought of another good name." ”
While Quentin breathed a sigh of relief, Lawrence was even more relieved, if Eric was going to make a big deal with the script, Lawrence was worried that his friends would jump out and oppose it and mess up the collaboration, and Eric just proposed to change the name of the movie, which was not unacceptable.
Eric looked down and picked up the pen and wrote two words directly on the script and handed them to the other side.
Quentin and Lawrence put their heads together and read out in unison, "Rservs?"
"Yes," Eric smiled a slightly wicked smile, "I think the name fits the story very well, and all the characters in the story seem to me to be reservoir dogs, aren't they?"
This time, Lawrence Bender looked at Quentin, who stretched out his index finger and scratched his broad forehead a few times, and after a little entanglement, he reluctantly nodded: "Okay, just call it." He actually felt that this name was much better than the original one, but as the author of the script, the name of the movie was directly modified by the young man opposite, which was quite depressing.
"Another point, I think seven robbers are a bit too much, six is good, I read the script, three of them died directly, and because of this, there are several more dialogues in the plot that I look a little redundant, of course, here I just mention a Jianyì, willing to modify it in you. Eric added that this little building was just an improvised idea, entirely out of an attempt to make this classic B-movie more in line with the bad taste of the previous life version, and if Quentin is unwilling to change it, it is actually nothing, and the highlight of this script is the non-linear narrative structure.
If you straighten it out, it will be a very boring thing: a gang boss gathers several robbers with code names and robs a jewelry store with diamonds, only to be betrayed by undercover agents and surrounded by police, and several of them die in a shootout, and the survivors flee into the warehouse, starting a series of encounters, and finally there is infighting, and everyone dies together.
That's all.
The strength of the film is that it can use a variety of narrative methods to show a mediocre company in an interesting way.
"I'll think about it," Quentin nodded when he saw that Eric was indeed just mentioning yì, although his first reaction was not to change, but he did not explicitly refuse, as for what happened in the end, he still decided to go back and discuss with his close friend.
"Well, I don't have a problem here. Eric leaned back in his chair and looked at the two of them, "Do you have any questions?"
Quentin pulled the script over and pressed it under his hand before asking, "Eric, about ...... Something about film directors?"
Eric shrugged with a smile: "Since I agreed to invest, it must be equivalent to agreeing to your previous conditions, I will not interfere with the content of this movie at all, you can let it go, and the final editing rights will also belong to you." He didn't have any expectations for this TV at the box office, in his memory the movie was very famous, but it didn't get any amazing box office, but it became popular with several good actors, and it is this that Eric likes the most, as long as all the actors who are used are UTA, even if they only gain some fame in the end and fail to recover the cost, it is worth it for Eric. (The novel will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up!)