"Let's put it this way," He Mu thought for a while and asked, "Do you know the story of "The Red Lantern Hangs High"?" ”

"Of course, director Zhang Yimou's early representative works, in the 90s of the last century, our drama country relied on his works to understand China." Zhang Yimou's early works have basically been released on a small and medium-scale scale in Hollywood, and some have a box office of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

He Mu continued, "The reputation of "Glass Heart" on some movie websites is close to "Hang the Red Lantern", and the evaluation in China is very high, and the box office performance is also very good. In order to let Jeff understand what the concept of 50 million is in China, He Mu added, "It's equivalent to 50 million dollars in the United States." ”

Jeff nodded, "I can see that this is a good movie, but I didn't expect it to be so popular in China. ”

"Do you think the American people can appreciate it?" He Mu asked anxiously, the implication is that since you are so praised, why don't you accept it.

At this time, Jeff began to be less cheerful, "Do you know that the cultural differences between two different countries are not so easy to cross, "Glass Heart" is a very delicate, psychological portrayal of the movie, as a Chinese son-in-law, I was deeply attracted by the tangled feelings in the movie, not enough Americans have always been rough, I'm afraid ......"

"Okay. I know that this time I'm afraid it's a trip for nothing. He Mu pouted helplessly, he had expected this situation a long time ago. A Chinese film, the starring role is not a star with international reputation, and the director is not Zhang Yimou and Zhou Xingchi, it is almost delusional to enter the North American market with great cultural differences. Even if the story of the film is poorly told, there will be a lot of people rushing to pay for it.

Seeing He Mu's gloomy expression, Jeff changed the topic. "How could it be in vain, after watching this movie, I am more confident."

"What do you mean?" He Mu looked at Jeff in unison.

"The story is very well framed, a couple of lovers, after the initial love. Boys find girls getting more and more eccentric. She shows a lot of characteristics that ordinary people don't have, I think this story is a bit similar to "My Superman Girlfriend", but it's a comedy, and the mode of "Glass Heart" is more suitable for horror films, I have to say that the development of this story is more literary and artistic, and it is also very deep, but the Yankees are probably not easy to accept, have you ever considered changing the direction of the story. Let the heroine really not be a normal person, like the vampire or werewolf in "Twilight". We can make it a horror movie through and through. ”

"Twilight" is a youth fantasy movie produced by Summit Entertainment last year, telling the love story between a human girl and a vampire handsome guy and a werewolf handsome guy, the film creatively puts the story background on a high school campus, which is deeply loved by teenagers, although the reputation is average, but the box office is so high that countless glasses are lost, and the production cost of 30 million US dollars has created a global box office myth of 300 million US dollars, and the boss of Summit Entertainment can really wake up with a smile when he sleeps.

Hearing Jeff's suggestion, He Mu didn't react yet, and Tao Quduo immediately became interested, "Actually, I have considered writing a script with this idea before, and I have completed most of it, but considering the restrictions on horror films in China, and the market capacity of horror films is not large, I chose Xiao Mu's version of the script after the last......"

Next, Tao Quduo talked to Jeff about how he would shoot this movie if he followed his train of thought, if there was no constraint from radio and television, and received great praise from Jeff, He Mu was temporarily put aside, and he had to eat ice cream boringly.

When it comes to the most reluctant, the core idea is that Jeff is not optimistic about the market performance of "Glass Hearts" in North America, and it is not even possible to screen it on a large scale, but he likes this story prototype very much, and hopes that Lionsgate will adapt and recreate it to make an American version of "Glass Hearts", of course, the title must be changed.

As for the way of cooperation, Jeff hopes to win the North American copyright and adaptation rights of the film for $800,000, although it is not a lot of money, only 5 million yuan, but He Mu also knows that it is basically unrealistic for this film to make box office in the United States, Lionsgate is likely to buy it only to release DVDs and recover costs through channels such as Chinese TV, Jeff Ken took out so much money mainly for the adaptation, $800,000 exceeded the English adaptation fee of "Very Perfect", although it was far less than "Infernal Affairs" $1.75 million for the remake rights, but Lionsgate is very famous in China, far more famous than Mosaicmedia Group, which bought the remake rights to "Very Perfect".

In fact, the shortage of scripts is a problem of globalization, not only Chinese filmmakers are eager for good scripts, but Hollywood is also worried about finding good scripts and themes, otherwise they would not be so keen on remaking classics and making sequels, because there are really not so many original and new scripts that are so good, so it is safer to eat the old ones.

Hollywood has a short history of remaking films from other countries, and their favorite remakes are still Korean and Japanese horror films, such as "The Grudge", "Midnight Bell", etc., for Chinese films, only one remake of "Infernal Affairs", and it can be called a generation of classics, and finally won the little golden man, and there is "Very Perfect", which just sold the adaptation rights this year, but there is no plan to start filming yet, and now "Glass Heart" is the third Chinese film adapted by Hollywood studios, and it is also a well-known company like Lionsgate, It's still a lot to brag about.

However, Jeff emphasized one point, he hopes that Tao Quduo will stay and participate in the screenwriting work, he will find another Hollywood screenwriter to complete the creation of a new script with Tao Quduo, after all, Tao Quduo has invested a lot of effort in this story, and there are many eye-catching ideas, with his participation as the original author can make the script more watchable, and retain its unique perspective, and maybe add some oriental elements, and Hollywood screenwriters ensure that this is a work produced on the assembly line of Hollywood industry, Only the obvious Hollywood imprint can guarantee that it will work and eat well on American soil.

At first hearing Jeff's proposal, Tao Quduo was very happy and excited, it was his wish to be able to re-interpret the story according to his own ideas, he hoped to see the birth of a horror work with his Tao Qu Duo characteristics, and this is to participate in the work in Hollywood, this resume is also very good for his future, he is not those immature Hollywood fans, and he doesn't think that Hollywood movies are much better than them, but too many people in China have this idea, if he participates in the screenwriting of this movie can be sold in Hollywood, Then his domestic status may not be the same.

In view of these reasons, Tao Quduo wanted to agree to Jeff almost immediately, but he thought that he still had the project "Art School Girl" on hand, and he would start to control the project after Lin Qingyi completed the script, He Mu gave him more autonomy this time, allowing him to serve as the producer, and let him decide the choice of actors, behind-the-scenes and other personnel, and also increased his director's salary, and he listed this film as one of the most important film plans in Shuimu Forest in 2010. He even considered making this story into a series of movies to create China's "Curse" and "Midnight Bell".

He Mu's various trusts made Tao Qu hesitate, if he participated in the Hollywood transformation of "Glass Heart", it would inevitably affect the filming progress of "Art School Girls", maybe this impact would be a month or two or more, but maybe he Mu's overall layout.

At this time, it was He Mu who enlightened Tao Quduo, "Lao Tao, you can rest assured to stay in the United States, learn Lao Mei's advanced shooting skills, even if you study abroad, you will shine for the Shuimu Forest after you go back." ”

He Mu made a final decision, Tao Quduo temporarily stayed in the United States to participate in the script adaptation, and as for "Art School Girl", Lin Qingyi first asked Lin Qingyi to complete the script, and the filming could be slowed down. This Hollywood mission is a personal matter, and it is also for himself to make a name for himself, and it has nothing to do with Mizuki Forest, although there is a relationship with Jeff, but he can't influence the big boss to let Lionsgate and Mizuki cooperate, not to mention whether Lionsgate has this need, at least the newborn Mizuki doesn't have this qualification at all, it's too weak.

Jeff can make the decision if he cooperates with less than one million dollars, so he finalized the agreement with He Mu in Toronto and completed the legal process. After the incident of "Glass Heart", He Mu had no need to stay in Toronto, he booked a ticket back to China on the same day, and returned to China under the escort of his assistant and Wu Fa and Wu Tian's two bodyguards. Jeff originally wanted to invite He Mu to his and Song Xuan's home in California, but He Muwan refused, there is still a big mess at home, Zhang Zilin is now racing against time to take wedding photos, how can he still have the leisure to go to California as a guest, this time if it wasn't for the spread of the influence of "Glass Heart", He Mu would not have come to Toronto at all.

Before he got on the plane, he had already called the company to start a new round of hype, so when he was still enjoying the white clouds and rainbows on the plane, the domestic media had already spread the news that "Glass Heart" had sold the remake rights.

Tengxun Entertainment: After "Very Perfect", Shuimu Forest's new work "Glass Heart" was once again selected by Hollywood, and it is expected to meet the audience next year.

Fox Movies: Lionsgate wants to turn "Hearts of Glass" into a series of horror films, which may replace "Saw Horror" as a classic.

Phoenix Entertainment: He Mu personally went to Canada to discuss cooperation with Lionsgate's senior management, and sold the North American copyright and adaptation rights of "Glass Heart" at a sky-high price...... (To be continued......)

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