Mark Gordon looked up at the confident but polite Lance, he stood at the desk, did not take the initiative to extend his right hand to greet, nor did he sit down directly past the master, but straightened his back, stood calmly in place, smiling, and his clear eyebrows seemed calm.'

The first impression is eye-catching.

However, Mark didn't plan to say much, he didn't like men, and naturally he didn't have any interest in Lance; He is not a philanthropist and has no interest in sponsoring ** film companies. "I know your intentions, but I don't think there is any need for us to talk about it, the director and screenwriter of 'The Day After Tomorrow' have been decided, and we have already made a decision on the production company we will work with. Therefore, there is no need to discuss this project, and it is no longer on the table. ”

Mark didn't give Lance a chance at all, and he directly punched hard at the beginning, and even saved the dismount, and opened his mouth to drive people. Obviously, for this emerging director who has relied on the "City of God" to attract a lot of attention, in Mark's eyes, there is not much value at all.

"If everything has been decided, then I don't know what exactly the purpose of today's meeting is." Lance's counterattack was timely, barely having any reaction time and hitting back directly from wall to wall, causing Mark to pause for half a second, giving Lance space to continue talking, "I tried to book this meeting back and forth, five times, and finally I showed up here, I think, the reason is not just that you want to reject me in person." ”

This is Twentieth Century Fox, one of the eight major Hollywood studios, and if they really want to reject a ** film company producer like Lance, Lance doesn't even have a chance to enter the door.

Mark's fingers under the table were slightly raised, and his heart fluctuated slightly, but his expression still did not react, and when he was about to open his mouth to mock Lance's "arrogance", Lance then opened his mouth and said, "What if I said that I have a way to make the script of 'the day after tomorrow' perfect, so that everyone can agree?" ”

After saying this, Lance visibly paused, waiting for Mark's response?.? 'It's not just Lance and Mark, it's all of Hollywood that Roland Emmerich is best at scheduling, not scriptwriting. Even on the "** day" when the box office was a big success, the script was far from perfect.

But, as Lance said before, the most important thing in the popcorn commercial blockbuster of the audio-visual feast is not the script, but the rhythm. Therefore, Roland has also become Hollywood's best director at making disaster movies - if "Titanic" is not a disaster movie.

But no one can deny the importance of the script, which is the backbone of a work, not even Steven Spielberg James Cameron (James-) can deny it. "Star Wars" is famous in history, and the script composed of the unbridled imagination and complete background setting is even more significant.

The script of a disaster movie can almost be said to have no main line, because the main line is - disaster, the destruction and chaos after the disaster comes. This also puts forward higher requirements for the script of disaster works, how to show how the scene is coordinated, how to set up the plot, and most importantly, how to set the core idea, so that the disaster movie is not just a blasting and blasting like "Transformers".

"Are young people so arrogant these days?" Mark raised his eyebrows, his eyes revealed a hint of impatience, and he said angrily, "I have already said that this proposal is no longer on the table, and you still haven't understood?" Who do you think you are? Can you write a better script than Roland? It's ridiculous to be so arrogant, so presumptuous. ”

Mark had almost no reservations, except that he didn't swear directly, and his tone was even more unpleasant. But Lance didn't seem to hear it, just listened with a smile on his face, quietly waiting for Mark to finish speaking, but in the end, he didn't hear Mark say "get out" or ask the security guard to come in and get someone.

"Arrogance never discriminates between ages." Lance replied with a sentence that made Mark look at Lance incredulously - obviously he didn't expect Lance to come back with such a hint and an explicit irony, such a bold move was really unusual?.?? `c?o?m

However, Lance ignored Mark's actions, opened his handbag by himself, and then took out the materials from it, which was still the size of a book, and printed it out in the shape of a slideshow, and the words "Ice Age" were written on the first page, which was simple and clear, "As a disaster movie, the main line is undoubtedly the simplest," The assumption at this time is that Lance has not read the script of "The Day After Tomorrow", so he needs to explain from the beginning, "After global warming, the ice shells of the Antarctic and Arctic melt, thus leading to a sudden change in ocean currents, the Earth entered the Ice Age in a single day. ”

One day? When Mark heard this word, his brows couldn't help but furrow slightly, this idea was far bolder than Roland's.

"But the question is, how do people respond to a disaster, my personal idea, is to lead the ice crust in the Arctic to melt and the whole northern hemisphere to ice, so people have to go all the way south, and that leads to two branches, the first of which is the obstacles to people moving south, such as Mexico's refusal of entry to Americans......"

At this point in Lance's words, Mark blurted out "ridiculous", which made Lance pause slightly. Illegal immigrants from Mexico have always been one of America's biggest annoyances, but now Lance is doing the opposite, with a strong black irony. This plot was actually in the "day after tomorrow" in the previous life, which left a deep impression on Lance, but Lance didn't expect it, and this time Roland didn't expect this.

However, Reims did not pause at Mark's words, and continued, "For example, Africa refuses to allow Europeans to enter the country. This is Lance's own idea, and one of the biggest regrets of the "Day After Tomorrow" script is that the catastrophe covering the entire northern hemisphere is only focused on the United States, and Japan and India are only two shots. The setting of globalization can make the scene more magnificent, and at the same time, it can also make the overseas market more resonant.

"The second branch line is the people who cross the United States along the snow line, which includes two groups of people, one is the people who are eager to survive, but they don't have time to rush to the south, and they all freeze to death on the road," the understatement but with a decisive tone made Mark's eyes flash slightly, this part of Roland has also mentioned, but it is obviously not as clear as Lance, this branch line is also the core of the recent script debate, "The other part is the people who voluntarily sent to death, in other words, the troops to save their loved ones." ”

Mark propped up his chin and fell into deep thought. In this branch, Lance's setting is very similar to Roland's, but it seems to be very different.

"It seems to me that we could set up a group of kids who are stuck in New York, and then their parents form a team and cross the U.S. just to save their own kids. The team could accommodate about seven or eight people, but during the crossing, they encountered continuous snowstorms, and one fell behind one after another. ”

In a few words, the tension and intensity of the plot come to the face: on the vast snowfield, a group of people are traveling for a long time, just to be able to reunite with their relatives, passing through cities on the road, and seeing the landmark buildings of each city buried in the thick snow, vast and magnificent, tragic and tragic.

"At the same time, these children are trapped in New York, and they also need to try to survive, and I think we can arrange for the children to mix with people of different races, Asian-Americans, African-Latinos, people from different classes, professions, and cultures, all of them come together, like Noah's Ark."

This thought made Mark subconsciously purse his lips, which was also a part they hadn't thought of before, but it could definitely be the highlight of "political correctness".

"Underneath these two branches, the negotiations between political figures, the help of the state in the face of disaster, the confrontation between scientists and politicians, the relationship between parents and children, the relationship between children, the relationship between people trapped in the same place and desperate to survive, the relationship within an expedition that travels long distances together to try to reunite with their families...... These can be finely polished. ”

Lance didn't explain in depth, just showed a piece of cardboard with various character settings written on it, and then intertwined them with clues, looking dazzling. In fact, the relationship between these characters and the relationship between the forces and the forces can be completely deepened and become the highlight of the film's ironic reality, making the theme of the movie more profound without adding redundant plots.

Pulling out this jam, and then it's time for the special effects, Lance drew some renderings of the special effects himself, but Lance looked down at the jam, raised his head and smiled at Mark, "As for this part, I think Mr. Emmerich must be better than me, so I won't show off." ”

The subtext is that he is clearly better at the script part.

Mark couldn't help but scoff, "Arrogance and arrogance make people so ignorant. ”

Lance raised an eyebrow, "The same goes for being self-centered. This is ridiculing Mark's tough attitude, and immediately Mark's face fell, and the look of listening carefully just now disappeared, Mark snorted coldly, "I said, this movie has finalized all the links, just waiting for the start of filming, you are just working in vain." ”

Lance didn't care at all, and slowly put all the information into his briefcase, "I don't know the result if I don't try, I'm this kind of person." As for having tried......" Lance shrugged his shoulders with a chuckle, "who knows?" ”

"I can tell you the answer, failure, still failure!" Mark rolled his eyes and said mercilessly, "If you've already tried, you can leave now." I don't want to delay you any longer. ”

"Fair enough." After Lance packed up his things, he didn't stop at all, and simply turned around and left, "I hope there will be a chance to meet next time." ”

Mark looked at the back of Lance leaving, and instantly completed the change of face, those anger and arrogance precipitated in a blink of an eye, and his eyes fell on the project on the desk, and the cover was a promotional poster of "City of God".