Venice on the morning of September 11th.

At this time, it was already afternoon in the country.

Wang Meng was supposed to return to China today and hand over the matter to Zhang Lantian and Jia Zhangke.

However, Lionsgate's Miller is very interested in the adaptation of "This Man is from Earth".

Therefore, Wang Meng stayed.

Last night, the script was faxed over, and today I discussed the script with Miller, as well as the screening of a copy of "This Man is from Earth."

"This Man from Earth" had been screened in South Asia earlier, and the English version did not need to be deliberately translated, it only needed to be screened once.

The agreed European distributor and Miller, Mark and others came to the theater in the morning.

The film does not need to be introduced, in the form of science fiction and in the way of reasoning and narration, it briefly introduces the history of human evolution and the changes in ancient China.

For such a movie, this kind of brain-burning drama soft sci-fi, Europeans like it very much.

Internationally, Europe has the most brain-burning movie directors, and there is a reason for this.

After watching it, many people are more interested in this film, not only the history of China is fascinating, but also the history of human evolution is even more fascinating.

Therefore, after reading it, everyone was very interested and expressed their willingness to cooperate.

Wang Meng trusted Zhang Lantian's intersection ability very much, and left it all to him.

And several requirements were made:

One: The sequel rights and production rights are reserved, and the distributor only has the right to hairstyles.

Two: Making money is secondary, and the most important thing is to make friends, so as to lay the foundation for the future release of their own films in Europe.

Three: DVD and other film and television peripheral rights can also be sold, as much as possible, and it is really impossible to buy out and package it out.

Four: DreamWorks does not participate in all obligations except for providing films, and if you want to promote yourself to solve it, you can do it at a low price but do not assume publicity and other obligations. After all, if you are not familiar with life, you can't help it, so it's better to pack it out at once.

In this way, they make money and gain fame on their own, and they lose money and they also get paid for buying out, so they don't suffer losses.

…… waited for Wang Meng to mention six or seven requirements, and Zhang Lantian said that it could be done.

The rest was left to him, and Wang Meng took the script and began to discuss it with Miller of Lionsgate.

After Miller got the script, he didn't care about it at the beginning, but the more he watched it, the more he liked it, he didn't expect it to be so suitable for Midi's national conditions, and it was almost more exciting than the original.

Among them, the collision of beliefs is more powerful than the topic of the original Yellow Emperor, and the form of dialogue is almost written by an American screenwriter, and there is no Chinese screenwriter at all.

"King. First of all, I want to apologize, you know, I didn't care about it at first, but now I regret it, your script is beyond my expectations, I think you're better suited to go to Hollywood, this script can get you a lot of fame. After Miller finished reading it, he praised Wang Meng vigorously.

Wang Meng smiled and said in his heart: How can you not know that the script is wonderful? If it is not wonderful, the last life will be with you, and you will gain such a great reputation. In the previous life, you used DV to shoot, and the director couldn't release it, but now I've made him even more exciting, so it's no wonder you're not satisfied.

But he said: "Maybe in the future, now my focus is in China." ”

"That's a shame. ”

Wang Meng smiled: "Mr. Miller seems to be very satisfied with the script, which is easy to do." ”

Miller said, "Yes, I am satisfied, don't you have other ideas, king?"

Wang Meng did have some ideas, and said: "I can propose a little bit of construction, of course, it is only a construction of yì, as for the choice, it depends on your Lionmon decision." ”

"You say. I'd love to hear from you, after all, you have the biggest say. ”

"Thank you. Then I'll talk about it. I think it's best to make this film the same as my version, with a small cost. It's not that you don't have confidence in the script, you know that this show doesn't have big scenes, which will keep many fans out of the cinema. In addition, this film is very brain-burning, after all, there are few people who like such plots, and the peripheral DVDs are the big head. So all things considered, I built yì small cost. ”

Wang Meng is very similar to having a relationship with Lionsgate, and he also hopes that his script will get a certain amount of popularity.

I'm afraid of Lionsgate, it's good if it makes money.

I'm afraid that if I lose money, I won't be popular, so Hollywood reporters will change their ways to bury themselves, which will have a great impact on their reputation.

I want to break into Hollywood in the future. I don't want to be defined before I get to Hollywood.

After hearing this, Miller thought about it for a while and said, "What you are saying is that the small cost does not require a well-known actor?"

"Yes, the scene you see, almost nothing. There's nowhere to spend money if you want, so the only ones who spend money are actors. I'm not saying that all actors who are not famous, I just hope that your company had better be cautious and find one or two famous ones, without being too extravagant, so as to save costs and reduce risks. ”

Miller felt it made sense and nodded in agreement.

As Wang Meng said, the scene is not good, it has been frozen, just a room.

In addition to the scene is an actor, Hollywood actors are not like China, Hollywood is really level-based, who is popular in China, there is no fixed salary at all, even if you are an idol-level actor.

Hollywood's actors' guild will make reasonable judgments based on various aspects of sophistication and put a price on an actor.

You are a singer who sings very hot, and you will immediately become the starring role, which will be boycotted by the audience and the union. (Hollywood has it, too, only individually, and it is not scolded after that)

Only...... You are a real actor, and you have experience, and you will only be played if you have outstanding acting skills, otherwise you will not be able to have a director who is popular, and you will be specially found to play a role that does not require acting skills and is purely handsome.

The summary is that there is too much competition, too many good actors and famous ones, which is the expression of mature film physique.

In China, it's not a smear, it's immature overall, as long as you are popular now, you can play a role, it doesn't matter what your acting skills are, let's talk about it after you make money.

As for being scolded later, that's what fans consider. Of course, you are so popular that there are many 'brain-dead fans', who dares to say that you don't act well, the 'brain-dead fans' can scold him half-through.

In short, our idols are the best, and it's your fault if you don't say it well, you should 'kneel and lick' like us.

Otherwise it's your fault.

The reason for this difference is very simple, it is not that the Chinese people are stupid, and it is not that the Chinese people are irrational.

It's a precipitation that doesn't have time.

How many years of history of Hollywood, how many years of our films, and the real start of Chinese films has only slowly changed since 1983.

There is a gap of half a century from others, so it is not mature.

We're just catching up, don't look at Hollywood now, people look like people.

In fact, Hollywood at the beginning was more powerful and dirty, and the title of capital has never been well reflected, including film investors with rampant capital.

It's still the same sentence, I've suffered losses, I've been fooled, I've fallen, I've been confused, I've experienced, so I've made progress.

It's just going through it at home.

The conversation between the two lasted for more than three hours, and Wang Meng, who had all kinds of words, told Miller about the construction.

Miller said that it was very important and would report them to the head office one by one, and would clearly explain Wang Meng's opinions to Lionsgate's decision-makers.

In the end, the $150,000 script adaptation rights, plus Wang Meng's $100,000 script provision fees, totaled $250,000, and Lionsgate bought out the North American adaptation rights.

But, in the end, the script has the power and belongs to DreamWorks, and Lionsgate owns the rights to the North American version.

As for future sequels, it also needs to be agreed by DreamWorks, which has no more than 25% investment rights.

This is very troublesome, and Zhang Lantian found a lawyer to get it, Wang Meng is still the same, just a few requirements.

It is very important to give professionalism to professionals, and it is a state of mind.

It's useless to be stubborn.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Meng returned to China with his secretary and assistant, leaving Zhang Lantian and Jia Zhangke busy......

…… (To be continued.) )