Chapter 3: Newcomers are Difficult

After thinking about it, Liang Xiaolong finally decided to write "The Mummy of the Tomb Robbery", which is also a series, as long as the first part is a hit, the second and third parts can get a lot of money.

The choice of "Tomb Robbery Maze", Liang Xiaolong was fully considered, because "Tomb Robbery: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" was filmed in China, which can show Chinese culture to the world. And the film also uses Li Liangjie and Michelle Yeoh, two Chinese martial arts superstars, which is indeed helpful for Chinese movie stars to enter Hollywood.

Although the box office of "Tomb Robbery: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" is not as good as the first two, Liang Xiaolong, as a senior film critic, can make further modifications to "Tomb Robbery: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" according to the comments on the Internet in his previous life, even if it can't be pierced at the box office, it can better show Chinese culture to the world. After all, the original editor was a foreigner, and it was impossible to know much about Chinese culture.

Under the ambitious patriarch, Liang Xiaolong was full of motivation, and when he returned to the dormitory, he began to write scripts, or pirated scripts, but his pirated hearts were at ease: "I pirated to promote the development of Hollywood films, and all Hollywood filmmakers and fans all over the world should thank me." ”

"Xiaolong, what are you doing? So seriously? Carl walked up to the computer and immediately exclaimed, "Oh my God, you're writing a script, are you really going to make a movie?" That's great, you will definitely become a big star, and I can say when I meet people in the future, the big star Liang Xiaolong is my brother. Liang Xiaolong gave him a blank look: "Man, don't shout, your inspiration has been scared away by you." Of course, you're right, I'm going to be a big star, a superstar beyond Stallone and Schwarzenegger. ”

"Yes, you can." After seeing Liang Xiaolong's wonderful performance, Carl is very confident in Liang Xiaolong, or Chinese kung fu: "Then I won't bother you, when the script comes out, I will be the first reader." Liang Xiaolong smiled faintly: "No problem, I still want you to help me review it." ”

Writing a script is definitely not an easy task, and it is necessary to clearly explain the dialogues, monologues, narrations, and stage directions of the characters in the play. Among them, dialogues, monologues and narrations can all be spoken, and Liang Xiaolong can easily write them as long as he recalls them. However, the stage direction is very troublesome, and it is necessary to explain the time and place of the plot from the perspective of the playwright; Describe the person's image characteristics, physical movements, and inner activities; Even the scene, the atmosphere, the lighting, and so on.

If the film company creates the script by itself, it basically only draws up an outline first, and then a large group of people work together, some of whom specialize in writing lines, describing the background, and making storyboards, just like an assembly line, which greatly improves the speed of script creation. And the script that comes out of this way is like a machine, which is composed of various parts, lacking artistic surname, which also makes it difficult for the film to have the ability to impact the Oscars.

Liang Xiaolong is now reading processing, but in order to be able to be seen by the film company smoothly, he is still ready to do his best, which is also destined to take him a lot of time. After an all-night stay, less than one-fifth of "Tomb Robbery" was written, but I was tired enough. However, Liang Xiaolong did not fall asleep immediately, since he was a child, he had long developed the habit of not practicing for a day, and his whole body was not relaxed. Moreover, the body after rebirth is not as good as before, Liang Xiaolong must return to the state of his previous life in a short time, and at the worst of all, he has to cultivate the true qi of the inner family.

In the early morning, there was no one on the field, so Liang Xiaolong naturally put on a posture and played a set of Chen-style Taijiquan first. Chen-style Taijiquan is not a Taijiquan for the elderly to exercise, but a set of extremely clever and powerful boxing methods with strong practical value, divided into two sets of old racks and cannon hammers.

The old frame is the 14th Chen Changxing of the Chen family, its movements are slow and urgent, both rigid and soft, there are jumps, strength, shaking feet, the frame is wide, the momentum is magnificent. Cannon hammer is the auxiliary of the old frame, the potential method is heavy, as fierce as a cannon, the action is fast, more jumps and strength, the frame is carried out, and the momentum is magnificent. The fusion of the old frame and the cannon hammer, combined with the true qi of the inner family, emitted the qi extremely fast. In his previous life, Liang Xiaolong used a cannon hammer, and a punch could shatter the trunk of a tree with a large bowl mouth.

However, Liang Xiaolong's boxing now no longer pursues strength, but pursues feeling, which can also be said to be a kind of artistic conception. This is also the biggest difference between inner boxing and outer boxing, outer boxing is from the outside out, through continuous training, enhance physical fitness, improve explosiveness, Bruce Lee is the best example; The inner fist chases from the inside out, cultivates the inner true qi, integrates the inner armor true qi into the fist strength, and bursts out with faster speed and stronger strength.

After ten days of fighting, Liang Xiaolong finally wrote the scripts of "The Sun Is Like Me" and "Tomb Robbery", and Carl was fortunate to be the first to read it. However, it is obvious that this guy with an extremely developed economy is not interested in art, and "The Sun Like Me" is not worth it in his eyes, you must know that this is the Oscar for Best Screenplay.

However, this guy is very interested in "Tomb Robbery": "Mysterious treasures, amazing adventures, quirky mummies, romantic adventure love, this is the movie that men should watch." Especially the fight scenes you designed Xiaolong, although there are only simple sketches, I can imagine how wonderful he is. For Hollywood action movies, Bruce Leung has always held the view that the fights are not exciting enough, so when he pirated "Tomb Robbery", Bruce Leung also modified the fight scenes in the film and incorporated more Chinese kung fu, making an Egyptian feature film full of Chinese elements.

"But Xiaolong, do you know any producers or directors?" Carl asked suddenly.

"No, I'm bothered too." Liang Xiaolong couldn't help sighing, in Hollywood, if you want to shoot a script, the easiest way is to know the producer or director, you can directly submit the script to them for review, and once it is approved, it will basically be made into a movie.

However, it is obvious that Liang Xiaolong does not have such conditions, so he can only find an agency or a private film production group. Find an agency, which will sell the script to the film production company for a set number of years, and if it is successful, they need a cut. If you are interested in your script, they will help you get sponsorship, make it into a reading movie, and then sell the film to the studio. Not to mention the complexity of the process, and once it fails, it will waste a lot of labor and money.

"Find an agency." Although the chance of the agency's script being made into a movie is less than one percent, Liang Xiaolong is still relatively confident in his script, after all, it has been tested by history, a best screenplay, and a high-grossing script. However, it is also very troublesome to find an agency, because there are many people who write scripts, and each agency has accumulated countless scripts, and if you want to fight your way out of these scripts, in addition to strength, you also need luck. Moreover, it often takes a lot of time, and the last thing Liang Xiaolong wants now is to waste time.

Because it's April '95 now, the script has to be put into production as soon as possible, and it must be released this year so that it can compete for the Oscars next February.

"It's not enough to just find an agency, you have to go hand in hand, and it's better to know the producer or director." Liang Xiaolong looked at Carl: "Do you know any producers or directors?" Karl rolled his eyes: "How is it possible, why don't we go straight to the door?" ”

It is not uncommon to come to the door directly, but most of them are swept away. However, Liang Xiaolong felt that he could give it a try, as long as he could persuade the other party to read his script, there was no reason not to succeed with the quality of his script: "Find Miramax Film Company first." "Miragmac Pictures is a subsidiary of the Disney Company, which is responsible for distributing niche films with higher or less popular artistic surnames. As long as you can successfully recommend "The Sun is Like Me" to the other party, you can use the other party's relationship to recommend "Tomb Robbery" to Disney, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

However, Liang Xiaolong still thinks things too simply, except for those famous editors, it is generally the production company that chooses the script, not the script that chooses the production company, especially a novice like Liang Xiaolong.

When he came to Miragmac Films, Liang Xiaolong went to ask the front desk lady: "Hello, may I ask Wayne. Is Mr. Stan there? Wayne. Stan was the founder of Milagmac Films, and remained the general manager of Milagmack Pictures after the company was acquired by Disney.

"Hello." The front desk lady said politely: "What do you have to do with our general manager?" ”

"That's right, I wrote two scripts, hoping to be filmed by your company."

"Do you have an appointment?"

"Nope." Liang Xiaolong shrugged: "But my script is great, you general managers will definitely like it." ”

"Sorry sir, our general manager is busy, I can't let you in without an appointment."

"Beauty, do me a favor, my script is really good."

"I'm really sorry, sir."

"Okay then." Liang Xiaolong said helplessly: "Then can I meet Mr. Jon Gordon?" ”

"Mr. Jon is the production manager, and I still can't let you in without an appointment."

"Hell, how can a small company be so rule-breaking." Liang Xiaolong didn't mention how depressed he was, and he was a little depressed, today's encounter made him fully realize the difficulties of newcomers, and if he wants to become famous, it is not enough to have a good script. Liang Xiaolong held back his anger and asked again, "Then can you inform Jon. Mr. Gordon? Maybe he'd like to see me? ”

"Sir, I'm really sorry, I wouldn't dare bother them if I didn't make an appointment." Seeing that Liang Xiaolong was so annoying, the front desk lady was a little impatient, and scolded even more secretly in her heart: "Damn the Chinese guys, you want to be crazy if you want to be famous, right?" Our Milagmac Company is the leader of Reading Power Film Company, and our senior personnel are what you want to meet? ”

"I'm sorry for you." Liang Xiaolong walked out of Miragmac Company with some frustration: "A small company makes me hit a wall everywhere, if this is a big company, maybe people will blow it out before they enter the door, is there really only one way to find an agency?" "PS: Urgent need for support, collections, and recommendations are the greatest support for white bones.

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