Lance knew that Cole was telling the truth. Frank Miller has always been very protective of the "Sin City" comics, as if he had raised adult children with his own hands, and even if Cole convinced everyone around Frank, Frank still wouldn't let go. Unless there's a clear and well-established proposal, full of wisdom and talent, that can really impress Frank, it's like convincing Tom to join Murder with a Knife in the first place.

Therefore, convincing Frank to let go of the adaptation rights is bound to be done by the director or producer.

But here's the problem, Lance is now focused on the filming of "Kill with a Knife", and under the pressure of wearing four hats, he simply has no spare energy to juggle other tasks - even sleep time has become incomparably precious, and Lance is not a superman who can continue to work without sleep. Not to mention writing the script for "Sin City", not to mention meeting Frank in person, Lance didn't even have the time to think about the idea of creating a movie.

The lack of skills is the biggest problem facing Lance at the moment. At the same time, Reims will have to face strong competition from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, if not every second.

This made Lance also have a question, is he in a hurry? "Murder with a Knife" has not yet finished filming, and I can't wait to think about "Sin City". If you can't chew too much, it is very likely to lead to an empty-handed ending, especially since Chaos Pictures does not have such an ability now.

The thumb of the left hand rubbed gently against the pad of the index finger, slowly, slowly...... Lance realized that this could be a major turning point in the inception of Chaos Pictures.

First of all, the cost problem is the first to bear the brunt, although Lance has not been calculated in detail, but the cost of making a "sin city" is at least 30 million upwards, and maybe more than 40 million is not impossible. The main reason is that the visual effects requirements of the movie are too high, and almost the entire movie must be processed by computer post-production. Therefore, it will become very difficult to control costs. At present, all the proceeds of Chaos Pictures are invested in "borrowing a knife to kill", which is completely desperate. There is simply no extra money to invest in the system of "Sin City".

Secondly, it is assumed that the funding problem is solved, and it is also assumed that Lance takes the rights to adapt "Sin City" according to the expected goal. But the filming of "Killing with a Knife" has not yet been completed. Even if it is finished, it must be put into the intensive post-production, even if the crew is quickly assembled, and then it is put into the filming of "Sin City", but obviously this is not an easy work to shoot, and it is a little careless. It is possible that the director was sloppy and frivolous in filming, ruining the work - and even worse, the later stage of "borrowing a knife to kill" also took care of one or the other, and the quality of the finished product was not satisfactory.

If it ends up being beaten and the two ends fail, this is the real gain for Chaos Pictures.

When Lance first proposed this plan, he was still inconsiderate - and this was his shortcoming, and these important issues were not seriously considered. In the past, in Diorama Pictures, Ryan would pull him in the back and control the company's development rhythm, but now. Ian still didn't know much about the film industry, which is why he came to this crossroads.

So, what should we do now? The wisest choice is undoubtedly to abandon Sin City, control the pace of Chaos Pictures, or seek another suitable project. After all, this is Hollywood, and hundreds or thousands of brand new projects appear almost every day.

However, is it just a light way to give up?

Cole saw Lance raise his eyes, his brows slightly furrowed, and his thoughts were troubled. The blue eyes were unobstructed, and he tried to find clues in the brilliance, but he failed, and the unpredictable halo was intricate. It's always unclear, but the motionless eyes reveal a hint of firmness and stubbornness.

Cole savored it in his mind, several different options swirling around the tip of his tongue, and finally his teeth closed slightly, and a faint smell of blood came from the tip of his tongue, as if he had made up his mind. "Lance, I mean, you're going to give me at least something, a reason to convince Frank, at least an excuse to stall, or a reason to persuade Frank to make a decision after meeting with you. ”

Cole is the agent, and even if he has a good tongue, he can't replace Lance in the film profession to do the work. But it can be heard from Cole's simple sentence that no matter what Lance decides, he still hopes to carry this matter to the end, showing the courage of Huashan.

By this, Cole is actually saying that he will try to buy as much time as possible.

Lance's eyebrows raised slightly, no matter whether Chaos Pictures can get the adaptation rights of "Sin City" in the end, and whether "Sin City" will make Chaos Pictures lose the other, these are things that have not happened yet, in his opinion, after getting the adaptation rights first, then slowly consider whether they want to make this movie. It's like a sudden audition from Shirley Lansing and others at that time, first win the role, and then decide whether to play it. Lance is accustomed to holding the right to "refuse" in the palm of his hand.

"The reason why I came up with the 'Sin City' comic book is actually from the concept of 'City of God'." Lance explained, "In 'City of God', it's about a sin city in the real world, which has been shrouded in darkness, but people think it's a fictional world, or a world that is very far away from them. After seeing the bleak reality of those crimes, people went on to enjoy their dinner. ”

Lance's words drew Cole into the past, not only because of the deep meaning of the words, but also because they were the key to convincing Frank. "By the time of the work 'Murder by the Sword', this cruel and bloody thought has evolved into a reality around them, and people are indifferent to the crimes that occur in social life, or even turn a blind eye, because everyone only cares about their own interests, does not hesitate to commit crimes to achieve this, and uses high-sounding reasons to cover up their crimes, and the darkness from the city of God is spreading little by little."

Like the old woman in Rashomon, she plucked the hair from the corpse of a young woman, only to explain that she just wanted to make a living from her hair as a hood.

"As it continued to grow, it evolved into Sin City. In this city, sin has gone deep into the marrow, the bishop, the Senate, the police/prosecutors, these groups that are supposed to uphold justice, but instead become the root of evil, so that the whole city began to rot, and what is even more tragic is that justice has almost been extinguished, everyone can only succumb to the oppression of sin in order to protect themselves, and the crumbling light of hope seems to be extinguished at any time. ”

Lance's words sent Cole deep in thought, and he had to say that Lance's ambition had once again shocked him. Lance actually used three completely different stories and three completely different movies to tell a core of thought in the same vein, and truly completed the so-called sin trilogy, and the huge ideological system is not inferior even to "Lord of the Rings" or "Star Wars".

What is even more profound is that the story is actually progressing little by little, "City of God" tells the story of the 60s to 80s of the last century, "Murder by the Knife" tells the story of the modern present, and "Sin City" depicts an imaginary world in the future. The three isolated years tell a majestic eulogy of social degradation and decline.

Raising his head, Cole looked at Lance in front of him seriously, his unfazed blue eyes didn't seem to show any ambition, but it was precisely this calm and indifference that made Cole feel shocked, "People see the bleak reality of those crimes, and then continue to enjoy their dinner?" This sentence undoubtedly left the deepest impression on Cole, and it is also the culprit who retreated the real society into the abyss step by step.

Inexplicably, Cole remembered the madness of the anonymous man in the "Seven Deadly Sins" - he hoped to awaken the conscience of the whole society with a bloody and brutal shocking education, so he set up seven victims of the seven deadly sins; However, the trilogy constructed by Lance is to allow ** and darkness to gradually swallow up all hope and justice, and witness the fragmentation of society.

Cole knew that Lance had a strong personality and never hid his ambition and ambition - a man who struggled in Hollywood without ambition would not reach the top. But today, Cole has a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg, and he believes that this is only a very small part of the grand blueprint of Reims's career, and just such a corner is enough to make Cole admire again.

Perhaps, the end of Lance's career was far more than he imagined.

Lance retracted his jaw, which was his idea for the trilogy of Sins, but if he was to convince Frank, Lance knew it wasn't enough. Because Frank's concern is that the script adaptation will lose the essence of the original comics and become unrecognizable. The most straightforward way to get Frank's head is to write a script or shoot a dail, showing the essence of the "Sin City" comics and evoking Frank's empathy.

However, whether it is a script or a sample film, it takes time, and it is really difficult to do it without evidence.

"So, can you give Frank a glimpse of the whole blueprint?" Lance's question is very clever, he doesn't say whether Cole understands, but whether Cole can make Frank understand, which is the real problem.

Cole didn't answer immediately, but paused to think deeply, and then raised his voice and said, "Can you give me the script for 'City of God' and 'Murder by the Sword'?" I'll find a way to get Frank to read the script. Cole smiled and raised his right hand and made an oath, "Of course, I promise that the script of 'Killing with a Knife' will not be leaked." (To be continued.) )

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