"Hi Locke, I was just about to call you, the overseas release of "This Man is from Earth" went very well, this is a joint success for us!" Shay hugged Jude warmly, parted, pointed to the bookshelf behind his desk and said, "I have a bottle of '82 Lafite here, just in time to celebrate!" ”

Shay was about to tell Lisa to come in with two cups, but Lee, who was following Jude, stopped him first.

"Mr. White, we're not here to celebrate with you today."

Shay glanced at Jude, meaning that you decide this matter.

"Mr. White, is there any better wine here?"

Jude came out of his mouth with a sentence that made Shay feel inexplicable, and when he turned his head to look at Lee, he found that Jude's agent also had a puzzled expression.

The natural conditions of the main French wine producing areas in 82 years are close to perfect, not only Lafite, but also many other Bordeaux wineries have made perfect wine in 82, so 82 years are also known as Bordeaux's "century beautiful year", this vintage Lafite is basically sold for more than 20,000 US dollars per bottle, and Shay can take it out to share It has been very generous.

"Isn't that enough?" Shay frowned and asked.

Jude laughs and explains: "I know the value of Lafite '82, but today I have a bigger surprise for Mr. White, and I fear that it will be a waste of fun if Mr. White doesn't come up with a better wine to celebrate." ”

"Really?" Shay had a playful smile on his face, "It's okay, I don't have a better wine here, but I still have a few bottles of Lafite of the same vintage, as long as you can really surprise me, I don't mind opening another bottle." ”

"So what are we waiting for? I can't wait to get a taste of Lafite '82. Jude made a gesture of please.

Shay called her assistant Lisa in and told her to open the bottle of wine and bring in three more glasses.

Soon, all three of them had a glass of red wine in their hands, but Jude was the only one who was really in the mood to taste the wine.

Shay was holding his glass, watching Jude's reaction as he drank, while Leet was doing the same thing, except that his attention was on Shay.

After each of the three people with their own hearts raised their glasses, they finally put the wine aside and officially cut into the theme of this meeting.

Before that, Jude asked Shay for a whiteboard to facilitate the presentation.

This move made Shay even more curious, he really couldn't think of any script that he couldn't understand with dictation, and he still needed to draw pictures to explain it.

Jude stood in front of the whiteboard, and now wrote the name of the new film at the top.

Locks, stocks, and barrels, three things that are completely unrelated to each other, what kind of movie name is this?

Shay couldn't help but have such a question in his heart, and he was also troubled by Li Te, who was sitting on the side.

"Don't just take the meaning of the title literally, try to tie it together, Lock, Stock-and-Barrel is a popular saying right now, and it means 'all, all, and put it together.'"

As soon as Jude explained this, Shay and Leet finally understood that the derivatives of lock, stock, and barrel refer to the three key components of a gun: the ignition device, the butt, and the barrel of the gun.

"The explanation of the name is very interesting, but not everyone knows this saying, so it seems that the main target of your film should be the young people of the moment?"

Shay, who has been in the industry for many years, has a very keen business sense, and only from Jude's explanation of the film's name, he has found the positioning of the film.

"You're right, but that's just the first meaning of the film's name." Jude shrugged his shoulders and drew a circle on the words Lock, Stock, and Barrel, "In the gangster's secret words, Lock stands for big. Hemp, Stock represents money, and Barrel represents guns, so the name of this movie can be understood as big. Hemp, money, and shotguns. ”

Shay's eyes lit up, such an explanation was obviously more in line with his appetite.

"I guess your story contains these three elements, or these three things are the key to driving the plot."

"It's such a pleasure to talk to smart people!" Jude nodded at Shay and further introduced, "This story is the beginning of a gamble, the end of the gun, and the big. Hemp and money run through the movie, that's why I gave it that name. ”

"Very good!" Shay nodded appreciatively, but also made a little suggestion: "Is there a more popular name, it will be a hard time to say the full name every time you mention this movie." ”

Without thinking, Jude replied, "What do you think of Two Smoking Guns?" ”

"Very well, that's the name we'll use in private." Shay made a direct decision, and now he can't wait to know what kind of story Jude is going to shoot this time.

"Before introducing the plot, I would like to state one thing first, there are many characters in this movie, and there are many plot clues, so it is necessary to number the characters to explain clearly."

After Jude said this, Shay, who was intently preparing to listen, couldn't help but frown.

If Shay is not mistaken, not long ago, when many film critics mentioned "This Man from Earth", the main criticism was focused on the film's weak plot, or that there was no plot at all, purely driven by character dialogue, although the reputation of the movie was good, but many people felt that it was Jude's luck, and thought of a good idea and script, including the one-shot shooting method is also more due to the photographer, and they don't think Jude is so good.

The main force of criticism is Shay's old friend Armond Kyle, although Jude calmly accepted the other party's film reviews on "Oprah Talk Show", but this does not mean that Jude is really convinced.

Through this period of contact, Shay can be sure that Jude is a very "vindictive" guy, as can be seen from the fact that he took the initiative to send Amond a movie tape.

Because of this, Shay was a little worried.

From the simple plot structure of "This Man is from Earth", to a type like "Two Big Smoking Guns" with more than a dozen main characters and several story clues, Jude really won't play it off?

Shay was very skeptical of this.

Of course, he didn't show this idea directly on his face, he just raised his hand to signal Jude to continue, but in his heart he was thinking that if the plot was too bad, it would be a big deal to refuse it in the end.