Chapter 359: 21 Points for Victory

The smile on Yuan Heping's face came to an abrupt end with Chen Tian's words, and he was nearly sixty years old and wondered if his ears were not hallucinating.

Wang Jing is even more so, he has seen too many people in the film and television circles for so many years, some of them are awesome and some are lost.

He can find his place no matter what, which is why he has hardly failed in the past 20 years.

"Your expressions tell me that what I just said is not so credible, or that you are wondering if I was wrong." Chen Tian looked at Wang Jing and Yuan Heping's expressions and shook his head with a smile.

Monica, who was not far away, looked at Chen Tian with a side face, her eyes glowed with gold stars, praying that Chen Tian could secretly scratch the palm of her hand when she got off the plane.

"Teacher Yuan Heping said that your gambling film is very good, and it just so happens that although I haven't seen your photos and can't recognize you, it doesn't mean that I haven't heard of your films, and even I've seen them.

I very much agree with Mr. Yuan's evaluation of you, and Mr. Yuan said that there is a lack of an excellent gambling film in the European and American markets, which is the biggest driving force for me to make this decision.

As you said, I'm also a person who pursues a return on investment, and I think that if a good gambling film is produced in this environment, then it will definitely become the focus of the market.

So I want you to help me make a gambling movie! Chen Tian's smile was full of confidence, you must know that Wang Jing is more than 20 years older than him, but at this moment, Chen Tian is dominant.

"But you should know that my film is ...... at the box office At present, the box office of American gambling films is not optimistic, and the highest record in history seems to be the North American 100 million set by "Gambler Ma Huali" ten years ago. 180 million box office results worldwide.

Most of the other gambling films are not favored, such as "Showdown", which was released last year, is actually an excellent gambling film.

And there is also an actor in charge, and in the end, it is only a simple release and a simple end. ”

Wang Jing knew what Chen Tian meant. For Chen Tian, the film's box office has become an unspoken rule.

Chen Tian, and even the Miramax represented by Chen Tian are now like a myth, and the box office is the best shell.

Once a film is bad at the box office, it will undoubtedly have a bad negative impact on Miramax.

Even if in fact, any film and television company except for profitable films, it is an ironclad fact that most films are going to lose money.

Wang Jing's smile seemed to be much better than the previous obscenity in Chen Tian's eyes, but it gave him a sense of intimacy, giving Chen Tian a feeling that it might be good for this person to make friends.

"Let's be honest. It's a huge temptation for any director, especially for me.

I never thought I'd get the chance to direct a Hollywood film because I felt like I wasn't qualified at all.

But now I want to give it a try. Just like the eighth master said, gambling is what I am best at. Wang Jing said with a smile.

Although he has gained a very good reputation in Hong Kong and the mainland, he doesn't have to worry about having no filming and no money to make.

But he still hopes that he can go out of Hong Kong and enter the highest hall of film, even if it is just to study.

However, with so many years of growth and progress. After forty years of doubt, he has given up this opportunity.

However, at this moment, Chen Tian's words hooked his initial thoughts from his heart. At first, he thought it was just a joke and thought he wouldn't be able to.

But at this moment, he wants to try, try what he is best at, and if he fails, then he will not regret it for the rest of his life.

What's more, he believes that Chen Tian will not rashly say such a sentence to him, with the help of Success, a person who has never known what failure is, he believes that even if his dream journey is not successful, it will not be very bad.

"That's it. However, it may not be very similar to the gambling movie you imagined, and there is no special ability to rely on it completely! Chen Tian pointed to his head. Wait a minute, I'll bring the book! ”

"You're developed this time!" Yuan Heping said with a smile, "I have been in contact with him for so long, not long but not too short, and I have a relatively clear understanding of him as a person."

He is a very thoughtful and hard-working person, even if he is very young and has already succeeded.

You have to take advantage of this opportunity, and maybe you will change your one. ”

Wang Jing nodded: "When the time comes, I will have to trouble the eighth master to help more." ”

"By the way, it's no surprise that he may not only be interested in your talent in gambling films, if there is an invitation to cooperate, I don't think you should refuse.

Miramax is developing rapidly, but with confidence in every step, it may be a great opportunity for you. Yuan Heping didn't hide it at all, and said seriously.

He also wanted to find an opportunity to direct himself, but Hollywood would not give him this opportunity lightly.

Even if he is now recognized as Hollywood's No. 1 martial arts instructor, as long as there are action scenes, he is the one who is the one to be considered.

"Justin, are you alright?" Jessica. Alba asked with concern when he saw Chen Tian walking back, and the others also looked at Chen Tian.

"One qiē OK, to be exact, I met someone who shares my film beliefs." Chen Tian said with a smile, turned around and picked up the book on the table.

"The Capture of Las Vegas", the bold font on the front of the Las Vegas casino building on the cover, is also the title of the book.

And underneath the title of the book is a line of small print - The Lost Genius: The Inside Story of a Talented MIT Graduate Who Won Through the Casino.

The box office hit "21 Points" is based on this novel, "21 Points" is one of the most popular and traditional gambling games in the West, where the number of points is counted and the size is used to distinguish winners and losers.

Theoretically, it is possible to use the statistics and sophisticated memory of mathematics to "calculate" the number of cards and beat the dealer, and this novel is based on a true story.

It is also officially for this reason that this book has occupied the top of the best-selling list since its launch the year before last.

The book uses scientific arguments to tell others about how their brains can change the outcome of gambling with real human experiences.

Mainly talked about 1994, Ma Kaiwen, a Chinese American who was in his junior year at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, was invited by two classmates to join a card counting group by chance, specializing in playing "21 points" and card counting skills.

Although in real life, almost no one can do this, but Kevin Ma is a genius in this regard, with the nickname of "Intel chip".

Every weekend, they would carry $100,000 to casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City to "test the waters," sometimes winning more than $900,000 in one night.

Soon, they alerted the casino, and in order to prevent their true identities from being revealed, Kevin Ma and his companions often cleverly disguised themselves as tennis players, sometimes as businessmen in suits and leather shoes.

However, after a long time, they were still targeted, and now, as long as Ma Kaiwen entered the casino, the casino staff would keep an eye on them like a thief, and even refuse to provide services.

Under such circumstances, Ma Kaiwen and others were finally forced to give up this business.

Using the computing power of the brain to make the casino afraid, such a true story was written by the famous American best-selling author Ben the year before. After Mozridge's adaptation, it was very popular with readers as soon as it was released.

And the Chinese protagonist in the article, Kevin Ma, has become the idol and hero of many Americans who love heroic legends, even if Kevin Ma is a yellow-skinned person.

The book sold amazingly, and if it weren't for the fact that Bob was in London when Chen Tian was in London. Weinstein's recommendation, Chen Tian may not think of this book, but of the adaptation of this book "21 Points of Victory".

Even if this film got 80 million box office in North America in later generations, it got an excellent box office result of nearly 160 million worldwide.

When Bob. After Weinstein recommended it to him, Chen Tian immediately remembered the film, and after he agreed, Bob . Weinstein paid a full three million for all the rights to the bestseller.

Buying a best-selling book for three million seems to be a pretty good price, after all, this is just a prototype, and if you want to become a film and television, you still need to adapt and shoot a bunch of tedious work, and of course, you need more money.

But Bob. Weinstein still firmly defeated the competitor Sony Columbia's coveted with 3 million, which is why Chen Tian read this book. (To be continued......)

PS: I'll go to the company tomorrow to work overtime (revise a book that was named and criticized by the radio and television conference the day before yesterday (in fact, compared to too many books, the one under my command is already very good, but there is no way to accept such an arrangement without absolute strength.) ), and then add 10,000 words + word count of the review to be sent to the radio and television ...... next Monday I've been busy revising the million-word book for the past few nights, and I've had to do it myself, and the author doesn't want to fix it...... And there is overtime pay, so Xiao Ai is ready to secretly code words, so tomorrow's update will exceed 5,000 words......