"Are you addicted to buying scripts from Asia? Or are you doing this to take care of the big subject matter you're talking about? ”

Hearing Levy mention Asia again, Alexander immediately thought of something.

Sometimes science fiction movies need to pay attention to a racial issue: because science fiction movies often appear in the image of 'humans', since they are all human beings, they can't just be white. Therefore, in Star Trek, you have to find a yellow person, find a black person. And in the second part, in order to show that 'all the major industrial countries are involved', we have to find a hairy man - although this makes people want to complain about what a black man is doing like this, where did the black industrial country come from - sometimes, science fiction movies have to do this, you have to find people of different races and civilizations to star, the theme is grand, and the scale naturally has to be grand.

"With this in mind, if I shoot a science fiction movie, I will definitely need a lot of yellow actors, and I have to be very good yellow actors, and I really need the help of Asian film companies." Levy nodded, "However, the bigger reason is because there are really good works over there." ”

Levy did not deny this: he didn't make anything related to China, and if he made a film about China, then it would be difficult for him to tolerate those Chinese actors in Hollywood.

It's just that those guys look obscene, and the Chinese they speak is not Mandarin or Cantonese, that kind of thing, it's a pain in the eye. Americans think that the actors they have found are Chinese, but in reality, such actors cannot attract Chinese audiences at all.

If Levy were to make a movie, that would definitely change. In the past, there was no way, but now it is different: the films of several countries in East Asia are all undergoing reforms, so why is it difficult to find them to film?

However, this is not the main reason.

"Good work...... Gun Dream or Ghost in the Shell? Alexander thought about it for a while, and got only these two answers.

There is no shortage of science fiction works in Japan. But if it can meet Levy's points, there are not many. For example, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy and other works, although they can be called very good themes, are too far from science - the latter is basically a steampunk thing, far from reality, while the former plays the apocalyptic flow and has nothing to do with science at all: if there is really a zombie in the world that can work infinitely without any power source, it is not a crisis, it is simply a lossless new energy. A New Hope for Humanity......

That kind of thing can be used to shoot commercial films, but to talk about science fiction films? Alexander believed that it was not what Levy wanted.

Of course, Alexander is not familiar with science fiction, and he doesn't know what kind of works Gunmon and Ghost in the Shell are. But he knew that the works of these two men were mentioned and highly regarded in the United States, so Levy mentioned that he had earned from Asia, and he naturally thought of these two works.

But his question only made Levy smile bitterly. "Do you think it's possible? Is the copyright of those two works so easy to buy? ”

Sure enough, I didn't buy it...... Alexander shrugged and didn't say anything. He remembered that it seemed that the copyright of Gun Dream was in Cameron's hands, and the copyright of Ghost in the Shell was in DreamWorks. If Levy hadn't bought it, it wouldn't have surprised him, "So what do you want to shoot?" ”

"When I was in Asia, I saw a good science fiction writer and I thought he would be able to write the script I wanted......"

What are the works of other Asian writers?

If this had been said before. Then Alexander may just scoff: where did Asia come from with good enough works? Unless it was something like Ghost in the Shell that was recognized by the whole world, Alexander refused to believe that there would be good work in Asia.

But now, Mystery has just finished filming Infernal Affairs. His mind has changed. He also has to admit that Asia does have some good works, so he is not in a hurry to laugh at it.

"Yes, the works of Asian writers...... I have some short stories there, and I can show them to you when I get back to the company. ”

"So what are you waiting for? It's better to go back now. Alexander immediately opened his mouth categorically, "For big-budget movies that can make money, I don't want to delay for a second!" ”――

"Are you sure the person who wrote this thing is really an electrician?"

Looking at the novel in his hand, Alexander asked with a tone of amazement. He never imagined that a novel written by an Asian electrician would shock him - such a brilliant novel would be acceptable if it had been written by an American, but a foreigner would ...... Alexander was somewhat surprised.

"I'm pretty sure." Levy smiled, though he knew that the writer was not an electrician...... But he wasn't in the mood to debunk it. It's also quite interesting to watch Alexander surprised.

Sitting across from him, Levy opened his mouth with a hint of smugness, "It's not badly written, isn't it?" I found someone to help translate, and the level of translation is very high, and the polishing is good......"

Alexander waved his hand, motioning for Levy not to speak.

Levy only smiled at Alexander's attitude: he understood Alexander's attitude very well: he dared to show it to Alexander because he believed that Alexander would be impressed.

And now, as it is. After flipping through the novel that Levy handed him, it was a long time before Alexander breathed a sigh of relief.

"No wonder you want him to write...... I found that his stuff, and the subject matter of your film, can be pasted as well. A wandering earth, approaching a lost human being in solitude...... Is that what you mean by more ambitious thinking? No longer clinging to the loneliness of one or two people, but raising this loneliness to the level of loneliness of all mankind? ”

If when Levy just talked about science fiction films, Alexander still didn't understand Levy's thoughts, looking at the things in his hand, Alexander also understood Levy's thoughts a little.

In the past, although Levy's movies also focused on the universal loneliness that everyone has, this mood is inevitably a little too delicate, and it always makes people feel sad and sad and not heavy enough. However, if this kind of thinking is linked to the fate of the whole human race, so that the lonely person is no longer an individual but the whole human race, then the theme of Levy's film can be deepened a lot at once.

The loneliness of human beings must correspond to the vastness of the universe, and the lonely human beings will inevitably explore the universe, and the lonely human beings will inevitably become pessimistic as a result - and there is no story more moving than tragedy.

The things that seemed to be a little delicate in the original theme of Levy's film have become incomparably thick and magnificent in this context.

No wonder Spielberg said that the future direction of film development is to write about things in the universe - the eyes of great directors are always different.

"It's really rare, you can find such a work, presumably, it took a lot of thought, right?"

Alexander's question, which only made Levy smile, did not speak. In his previous life, he had already read Da Liu's book, how difficult was it to find him?

Of course, it can't be said that there is no difficulty at all: he was not an avid book fan before, and he was not particularly familiar with Da Liu, and it didn't take long for Da Liu to start writing science fiction in 1999.

Until 2000, among his works, Levy felt that the only things that could be seen were the just-published Earth Fire and The Wandering Earth. Other works, such as The Village Teacher and Full-Band Blocking Interference, have not yet been published.

However, since only one or two short films have been published, it does not prevent Levy from finding him and saying that he admires him and hopes that he will write a long story.

Of course, what Levy said about appreciation was not air-to-air nonsense - he asked Da Liu to bring a contract over, and clearly told him that he wanted him to write a long story, and Levy would pay for it.

In Levy's memory, although Da Liu's works are good, his income has not been very good. It is rumored that in order to make money to buy a house, the three-body problem 3 was hastily published, and the result was written with sighs. In his previous life, he couldn't do anything about it. And now, since he already has a company, why not discuss with Da Liu, pay for his copyright, give him financial assistance, and let him write his works better?

Anyway, for Levy, this money is nothing, and it is not a big deal to spend a little money on him. He didn't want to wait many more years to see these works, and it would be good to relieve his worries and let him start writing novels earlier.

Ghost in the Shell and Gun Dream can't get their hands on it, so it's better to train a science fiction writer to write a science fiction script for yourself - as a traverser, why should the solution to the problem be robbed?

"Nick, I have to admit, this novel is good. But a writer who has just been writing science fiction for a year or two? Even if he writes really well, I still think it's too sloppy. Isn't it a bit risky to make a movie with the work of such a writer? ”

Alexander already understood Levy's idea, and since this was the case, he thought about it, that is, to shoot a movie. With this in mind, the idea that he had been excited about just now became quickly revealed, and he also began to think about the reality - let a writer who had only written a few short stories write a script for himself and make a movie? This is a movie that may invest hundreds of millions, not just talking.

"I didn't say I'm going to make a movie right away — what did I contact the TV station for? Not for the sake of filming a TV series? Of course, it's impossible to shoot a movie right now, and I'm not sure that even if it's a high-rated TV series, I'm not looking for a sci-fi channel to work with? Their TV station has low ratings, and I dare to put the script in them to try. ”

Levy's answer made Alexander stunned for a long time, and after a while, he exhaled, "If that's the case, then it's better......"

He actually forgot that he came to Levy not because Levy wanted to make a movie, but because Levi was contacting a science fiction TV station to shoot a science fiction TV series.

For people like Levy, how can they break ground if they are not well prepared? (To be continued......)