Franklin Leonard felt his breath a little short, and an indescribable tension came over him. It's a bit ridiculous www.biquge.info it's not the first time he's met Lance, in fact, it's the umpteenth time, but ...... But he still couldn't control the surging of nervousness, which seemed to be the first time the two had met in a non-work setting, reminding him of the first time they had met at the Oscar luncheon. Who would have imagined that an unexpected attendance would become a turning point in his career?

Taking a deep breath, Franklin walked into the dining room, and what caught his eye was a reddish-brown wall, which was like a stepping stone for rock climbing, inlaid with marble trays in a patchwork manner, and on each tray was placed a delicate chopstick box with various names written on it.

"Welcome, do you have an appointment?" The waiter's polite inquiry interrupted Franklin's gaze.

“…… Strello. Franklin hesitated for a moment, then came to his senses.

The waiter immediately smiled politely, "Mr. Strello is waiting for your arrival. This made Franklin a little nervous, he was late, he was actually late. But before he could react, the waiter was already walking ahead and began to lead the way, and Franklin could only walk forward quickly.

The dark black lacquered square tables are staggered between the antique screens, and the hollow carved wooden screens are so exquisite that people can't help but want to take a closer look, these screens separate the guests from each other, and maintain everyone's privacy as much as possible, but because of the hollow design but not too airtight, to maintain enough ventilation, the charming Chinese/Chinese food aroma in the air is permeated in the trivial noise, and the footsteps can't help but be cheerful.

Bypassing another screen, Franklin saw Lance sitting at the table, a simple navy shirt with vertical stripes, sleeves simply rolled up, and a plate of peanuts and a cup of tea on the table, as if everything around him had calmed down.

It's unimaginable that in the face of the current bad situation of Chaos Pictures, Lance is still as stable as Mount Tai.

"Sorry, I'm late." Franklin hurriedly stepped forward, but his steps were only a little bigger, and he accidentally touched the screen next to him, he hurriedly held it with both hands, looked sideways, and saw in front of him a carving of a lady playing with butterflies, even the fluttering of the skirt and the wings of the butterfly were clearly visible, which made Franklin stunned, and when he turned his head, he saw the smile on the corner of Lance's mouth, Franklin cleared his throat in embarrassment, "This kind of place is not common in Los Angeles." ”

"You can stay in New York for a while longer, if you want." Lance said with a smile.

It seems that in the eyes of people, Los Angeles and New York are both the world's top metropolises, and the difference should not be so exaggerated, but only those who have actually lived in the two cities know that in fact, these two cities are two completely different styles from the blood.

Franklin nodded, he came to New York this time, in fact, for a meeting, now that the blacklist has spread in the major film companies, he needs to unite more industry insiders to really build this list, so he has been running around constantly - this is also related to the setting of the American Writers Guild, the union will also be divided into the Eastern Screenwriters Guild and the Western Screenwriters Guild, a lot of work is carried out separately, and in the two union branches, there will also be many small regional groups, intertwined. So, he couldn't do all the work in Los Angeles and had to travel all the time.

This was the first time he had visited New York since the blacklist was announced, and before he had time to have a meeting, he was summoned by Lance, which led to today's meeting.

"So, you're looking for me?" Franklin sat down and couldn't wait to speak.

Lance chuckled, "There's no need to be in such a hurry, we can have lunch first." At the very least, you should start with a cup of tea. "This is an authentic Chinese/national railway Guanyin, and it is quite surprising that Lance can taste such a pure hometown taste in a foreign country.

Franklin picked up the teacup, Lance poured a cup of tea for him, and then saw Franklin pour the tea into his mouth like a cow chewing a peony, and then his whole face wrinkled, and the bitter taste could be clearly seen on his face, which made Lance laugh dumbly.

Beckoning the waiter to come over, Lance ordered the food unhurriedly, and then exchanged pleasantries with Franklin for a while, but finally Franklin couldn't help but get angry and asked again, "So, what's the matter today?" Is it because of the blacklist? ”

Franklin was still nervous after all, this tension could hardly be concealed, Lance smiled and nodded, did not "torture" him again, and said, "Indeed, there is a work in the blacklist that I want to inquire about in detail. The meaning of the blacklist, Lance knows better than anyone, even if the "hangover" can be used as a guaranteed item to achieve Lance's goal, but Lance still looked through the blacklist in detail again.

There are eighty-six works in the blacklist, and Lance only roughly scanned it for the first time, but after reading it in detail, he made a new discovery. "There's a project in it called 'Mad Max', but there's not much to say about this project, other than to describe it as: this is a new version of Max, a fearless Max who has lost all his loved ones after the apocalypse of nuclear war, trying to survive. Other than that, there is nothing superfluous. ”

Lance only said the first half of the story, and Franklin understood, after all, this blacklist poured all his heart and soul into it, and he couldn't say everything about the works in it, but he definitely remembered it well, "Yes, there is indeed such a project, if I remember correctly, more than fifteen people recommended this script." ”

Lance nodded, "Seventeen." "To be precise, it's not a script, it's just a concept, an idea, an idea, but it's incredible that it can be blacklisted.

"Are you curious about how a script without any framework and without any content can get so many recommendations?" When it comes to his profession, Franklin is noticeably more relaxed, as it seems from the original Oscar nomination luncheon to the present. "Actually, there's a reason for that."

Franklin explained, but Lance didn't need to explain at all, because he knew better than anyone the value of the project.

"Mad Max" is a series of works, the first filmed in 1979, this is a set of sci-fi action movies set in the desolate world of the future, it can be said that the earliest pioneer of the post-apocalyptic genre film, that year became popular actor Mel Gibson, became the starting point of Mel's attention in Hollywood.

However, "Mad Max" has always been considered a masterpiece of cult cinema because of its subject matter and style, and the first work was the debut film of director Gee-Miller, who shot it with his work as an emergency room doctor, and cost only $350,000. The film did well at the box office in Australia, but it did not cause much discussion in the United States, and its reputation was not as good as that of its contemporaries such as "Elephant Man", "Evil Player", "Little Restaurant", etc., not to mention the epoch-making "Star Wars".

The last installment in the series was shot in 1985, and the results of the two films deteriorated and ended abruptly. As a director, George has successively dedicated works favored by the Oscars such as "Regeneration Journey", "Baby Pig", and "Happy Feet", and his personal style has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the "Mad Max" series has been piled up with historical dust and no one cares about it.

It can be said that the "Mad Max" series is groundbreaking for the setting of the end times, and has had a profound impact on many later genre films. With the precipitation and fermentation of time, the series has been widely circulated among many professional fans in the United States, such as Quentin Tarantino, who likes the series very much.

So, when George was ready to relaunch the "Mad Max" series, loyal fans like Franklin began to get excited, and so, without a script, no framework, and no content, they still got a lot of recommendations. Judging from the number of recommended people on the blacklist, it is obvious that there are a lot of enthusiastic fans.

However, Lance did not interrupt Franklin's explanation, and he needed to reconfirm whether the information he had received in the previous life had changed now. After the situation was confirmed one by one, Lance nodded slightly, "What about the current situation of this project?" ”

Franklin was stunned, the words of inquiry had already come to his lips, but he swallowed anyway, "Shelving." Previously, in 2003, Warner Bros. actually wanted to shoot it, but then they felt that it was too risky and the style was too unique to do well at the box office, so they gave up. ”

Franklin, as the former film and television pre-manager, knew all about these situations, revealing many things that Lance did not know, "Later, George took the project to find several other companies, and the harvest was not great, and everyone was not optimistic about the movie." You know, everybody wants this movie to make money, and so does George, but such a post-apocalyptic cult movie, North America doesn't seem to like this style, and now the apocalyptic genre movies are not getting much better. ”

Franklin shrugged his shoulders and smiled self-deprecatingly, which is why the blacklist came out, those potential projects that were ignored by the big studios, "And later, because of the Iraq war, the United States tightened travel and transportation restrictions between countries, and it was even more difficult to shoot, and George was forced to give up." At the end of last year, George actually planned to shoot a 3D cartoon, but this idea went around in the big six film companies, and it was still ...... No one wants to take any chances. I saw the project at the time, but there wasn't much I could do, and the next thing you know, the creation of the blacklist. ”

After finishing speaking, Franklin paused, and finally couldn't hold back his curiosity, "Lance, are you going to shoot this work?" (To be continued.) )