In the editing room of Touchstone, Li Wei is eagerly communicating with the three editors. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

All three were very professional, Lee. Smith has been in the industry for seven years, has accumulated a wealth of editing experience, and is well-known in Hollywood, and he is also an all-rounder, good at editing in various techniques.

Christopher. Lawther also spoke eloquently, commenting on Li Wei's first two films and expressing his views in the professional field.

Sally. Monk, the oldest of the three, is 40 years old this year, and she is a top student at New York University, a long-time staff member at CBS, who not only has a rich theoretical background, but also has a resume of documentary editing for many years, and she has also shown her strengths.

Li Wei talked with them for a long time. Smith was ruled out first, this person doesn't seem to be very interested in "The Outlaw", he vaguely indicated a meaning, Li Wei's movies are to attract audiences with martial arts, the first two movies do not pay attention to editing, only pursue the coherence of the plot, it is impossible to win the award in this way, as a behind-the-scenes person, the box office of the movie will not affect the editor's income, and the award is the key to determining the value.

In this way, of course, Li Wei will not hire him.

Li Wei was going to select one of the remaining two.

Christopher. Lawther is fond of the handling of action shots, keen on the rapid jump of the shot, and has a strong sense of rhythm, which is very suitable for Li Wei's film style. Monk is more suitable for editing "The Outlaw".

The film is a sign of the maturity of American action blockbusters, has a unique place in film history, incorporates various commercial elements, and will become a teaching material for major film schools around the world in the future.

The editing method of "The Outlaw" is a linear cross-cut, especially the beginning, which quickly and frequently combines multiple episodes that occur at the same time and in different places, creating an attractive suspenseful atmosphere and reinforcing the conflict, which is exactly what Sally is. Monk's specialty.

This woman will use this editing technique with green fire and innocence when editing "Pulp Fiction" in the future, and she has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Editing.

After careful consideration, Li Wei repeatedly compared the future editing works of these two people, and finally handed over the offer to Sally. Monk, he needs to maintain the editing style of "The Outlaws".

Actually, Sally. Monk is also capable of fast-paced action editing, and in her previous life, she participated in two "Kill Bill", which shows that she has the ability to do this, and it is not a problem to run in with Li Wei's works.

After the signing was completed, Sally. Meng Ke settled in the editing room on the same day and began to organize the materials.

At the same time, Hans. Zimmer's soundtrack work is also in full swing, he arrived on the set after returning from Africa at the beginning of the year, and with the completion of "The Outlaw", the behind-the-scenes staff of these departments are already busy.

A lot of work awaits Li Wei, and he even has to fly back and forth between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

"The Outlaw" received a total of seven Oscar nominations in its previous life, including the Best Soundtrack Award, as well as the Best Sound Sound Editing Award and other technical awards, but there was no Best Visual Effects Award, and Li Wei is ready to get a nomination for this award as well.

His special effects department is based in San Francisco's Industrial Light & Magic, and he invested heavily in many of the special effects shots in the film that needed to be solved using CGI technology, believing that the visual standards would far exceed the original.

The investment in this film is 40 million dollars like in the previous life, but the original film includes the actor Harrison. Ford's salary of tens of millions, Li Wei is self-directed and self-acted, without getting a penny of remuneration, he spent all this money on film production, his "The End of the World" scene is grander, the special effects are more shocking, but it retains the commercial elements of the original film, the quality will definitely be higher, as long as the publicity remains the same scale as the original, the box office has greater expectations.

In the days that followed, the team at Legendary Pictures initiated negotiations with Miramax and a funding deal was successfully reached.

The capital injection of "Cyborg 2" is 800,000 US dollars, and if the film is profitable, Li Wei will get the corresponding dividends.

He will be the film's producer and action director at the same time, and according to the contract, he needs to provide action design for the show, and he hired several martial arts instructors in advance to train Anji, and when the fight scenes are filmed, he will fly to New York, which is expected to take about a week.

Just finished this, Nora. Evern came to the door again with the script.

The meeting took place in the conference room of Legendary Pictures.

Li Wei is reading the script at the moment, the name is "Sleepless Nights in Seattle", and the plot is not much different from the original film he watched in his previous life.

Li Wei had already decided to invest in the film, but the preparation of the project was not an easy task, and in the next few months, his company had to promote "The Outlaw" and secretly launch a plan to acquire Miramax. Höller & Michael. Linton had a lot of responsibilities on his shoulders and couldn't lead the project, and he needed to hire a new team.

"Ms. Eveen, do you have a claim to the producer's authority?" Li Wei put down the script and asked.

"I want to get the casting rights of the male and female leads, as well as the editing rights in the later stage!" Nora. Efern is self-aware, if it is a small investment, she will shout the price, if it is a big investment, she will compromise and accept the arrangement.

Li Wei asked her again: "The selling point of this movie is love, and the male and female leading actors are very important, do you have a suitable candidate?" ”

Nora. Evern then said, "Heroine, I'm inclined to Julia. Roberts, her "Pretty Woman" I like very much, the best script for me, the male lead actor I tend to Dennis . Quaid, he fits the image of the hero in my mind! ”

If Li Wei is not mistaken, Julia. Roberts is currently in drug rehabilitation, and it is unlikely that she will appear in the film, and she will deduce all the film appointments this year.

In fact, Li Wei's inquiry was just out of respect, he already had candidates for all the actors in this movie, he said: "We will sign a contract first, the script must be sold to my legendary pictures, I will start this project within half a year, you are the only candidate for the director!" But you only have the right to suggest the selection and editing of actors! ”

Nora. Evon frowned, half a year dragged on too long, she was a little unacceptable, so she said: "Li, I implore you to start preparations as soon as possible, if you have to delay it for half a year, I hope you can make a guarantee of the investment amount!" ”

"I will come up with no less than fifteen million funds, and I will make this movie a big project!" Li Wei gave a clear answer.

Nora. Avern breathed a sigh of relief, this is a big investment, and the cost of romance films is mainly focused on actors, enough to invite A-list stars to join, she is more satisfied with this figure, she agreed to Li Wei's request after thinking about it.

said that it was half a year, in fact, Li Wei would set up the project in advance, he needed to hurry up and sign Big Tom, and then he had to find a competent producer, Gary, the old partner of "Hurricane Rescue". Goldstein was his go-to target.