Chapter Seventy-Nine: Which One to Adapt

"Ah......" Early in the morning, a wolf howl came from the hotel room, Liang Xiaolong was completely stunned, he was naked, and Jessica was lying in his arms, what happened?

"Ah......h After a long time, the two of them stopped screaming and looked at each other, and Liang Xiaolong asked weakly: "Jesse, I didn't take you anything, did I?" Jessica gave him a blank look and snorted, "If you dare to do anything to me, I castrated you yesterday." Liang Xiaolong shrunk his neck and let out a long sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good, I finally didn't make a mistake." Jessica was not happy, obviously she was taken advantage of, hearing this, how could she feel like she was taking advantage of herself: "What's the matter, Miss Ben is not worthy of you?" ”

Liang Xiaolong smiled: "How can it, if you want to say that you are not worthy, I am not worthy of you, don't put a good flower on cow dung." Jessica snorted, "You are self-aware. Liang Xiaolong asked weakly again, "Jesse, what is the situation with us?" Jessica snorted, only to make it clear, it turned out that Jessica saw that Liang Xiaolong was stained with filth, so she took a towel to help him clean it up, but who knows, just when she was about to leave, Liang Xiaolong suddenly hugged her, this guy was so drunk that he thought it was Rachel who hugged him and didn't let go, Jessica couldn't break free, so he could only sleep on it for one night.

After speaking, Jessica didn't forget to tease Liang Xiaolong: "Captain, seriously, it's quite comfortable to lie in your arms." Liang Xiaolong was at a loss, even if he was molested, he could only smile: "Jesse, that, the paparazzi have been rampant recently, are we leaving before and after?" Jessica snorted, "I really want to stay here?" Let's go first, bye-bye. ”

"Huh" watched Jessica leave, Liang Xiaolong breathed a long sigh ......of relief, and there was always a trace of guilt in his heart that could not be erased. However, I suddenly felt a pity, it was a sweet beauty with an angelic face and a devilish figure, lying in my arms for a night, and I was stunned and didn't react, which was a pity: "Damn, when did I become so evil?" As he spoke, he quickly slapped himself and scattered this thought.

The film was finished, and the news spread like the wind, causing a great response among fans, and fans' calls for "Black Fist" are getting higher and higher. In addition, the fans' call for "Black Fist" is no less than that of movie fans, because Liang Xiaolong's fight gave them too deep an impression, but Liang Xiaolong is a filmmaker, which means that it is almost impossible for them to see Liang Xiaolong's ring fight, and they can only expect Liang Xiaolong to show his skills in "Black Fist".

Carl also began to specify a publicity plan, but "Black Fist" has almost reached a situation where everyone knows about it in the United States, and it is only a waste of money to promote it vigorously, and only a few press conferences need to be properly arranged. However, overseas publicity is indispensable, some countries with a large contribution to the box office must go once, of course, there is no need to be too extravagant publicity, because Liang Xiaolong's fight did not only affect the United States, IBF boxing champions and K1 champions are very popular, but they were knocked out by Liang Xiaolong in a few seconds, and audiences in many countries have long wanted to see Liang Xiaolong's demeanor in "Black Boxing".

"Man, this publicity plan is quite easy, but don't pull me in overseas publicity, I'm going back to China to accompany Rachel." Seeing this not heavy publicity plan, Liang Xiaolong still couldn't help complaining, he didn't like to fly around, not to mention that he was not the starring role of the film, and the publicity was still handed over to Wu Jing and Jessica. Because overseas audiences pay more attention to stars, rather than directors, unless the director is extremely famous, but Liang Xiaolong is obviously not a very famous director, he is just a very famous editor and kung fu master.

Carl snorted, "I knew you would say that, I've never seen you such a lazy director." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Man, do you think I'm idle?" I get to walk everywhere so I can be inspired. Karl said: "I see that you write a script like a hen laying eggs, I have never heard of a hen laying eggs and looking for inspiration." Liang Xiaolong said: "Anyway, I'm going back to China, you can watch what happens here." Carl said helplessly: "Yes, who made you the boss." But Xiaolong, I'm going to establish a partnership with the editorial union, and you know that a company can't rely on you alone to support the scripts it needs. ”

"I have no opinion, but at present, I try to choose films with small and medium-sized investments." Liang Xiaolong agrees with this 100%, although he can write a lot of scripts every year, but with the development of the film industry, the films he is familiar with will always be released, what about sixteen years later? Is it just for Yanhuang Film Company to close its doors? Therefore, it is very necessary to take precautions: "It is necessary to establish a good cooperative relationship not only with the editorial union, but also with the director's union, the actors' union, and the cinematographic union. Karl said: "I will arrange it, and the other thing is that do you have a plan for the second half of the year?" ”

Liang Xiaolong said: "In terms of script, don't worry, when "Black Fist" is released, the company will have liquidity, and it will be able to start filming immediately." It's about the martial arts hall, how did you talk to my country's martial arts association? I haven't heard you say anything lately. Carl couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This matter involves too many sects of fists, I went to your China and negotiated for two days, but nothing was discussed." However, your martial arts association is already stepping up preparations for this matter, and there should be results in the near future. ”

The more involved, the more troublesome things become, and the trouble of wanting the major factions in the United Nations to jointly open the window martial arts hall is no weaker than the negotiation and cooperation between the two countries, so such a result is also expected by Liang Xiaolong. However, as long as things can be successful, Chinese kung fu will definitely go further, and Yanhuang Film Company will also make a lot of profits: "Anyway, don't leave this thing behind, in addition, I will invest in a blockbuster film next year, and I need to do a lot of special effects, how is Weta Digital Studios developing?" I don't want to give money to another company next year. ”

Carl gave him a blank look: "I don't even know about my own company, you boss is really idle." At present, the development is not bad, as long as it is not a very dynamic special effect, it should be able to be produced. Liang Xiaolong said: "That's good, it won't be too demanding." Carl added: "But I'm ready to wait for the box office of "Black Fist" to come out, and continue to increase investment in Weta Digital Studios and buy more shares." ”

In his previous life, Weta Digital Studio's annual revenue was comparable to that of Hollywood's Big Eight, so Bruce Leung fully agreed with this decision: "If you can buy all the shares, then I can only say that you are strong." Karl said: "You think beautifully, you are a fool to be Peter, sell all the shares to you, and then work for you?" Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Anyway, you just try to buy it, how much you invest now, there will definitely be a return of ten times and dozens of times in the future." ”

mentioned the general direction of development, Liang Xiaolong left the company, the specific development still has to be done by Carl, he is not good at these at all, rather than making trouble for Carl, it is better to concentrate on doing a good job in the movie. In addition, before leaving, Carl also handed him a statement of the company's accounts, although the sales of "Cops and Thieves" in the CD release area are good, but CD sales must take a process, and there have been $23 million in revenue in the past few months. The sales of Daojian Pavilion are also very good, with a total of 11 million in the past two months, plus the remaining funds in the early stage, the funds are quite abundant, but in order to expand the overseas distribution system, the company spent a lot of money ago, and now there is only 48 million liquidity left. And the 48 million also includes the publicity expenses of "Black Fist" and "The Bride Is Not Me", which can be used only 30 million US dollars after liquidation.

"$30 million is enough to invest in a small and medium-sized film." As soon as the funds were enough, Liang Xiaolong's mind became active again, thinking about what kind of film he wanted to make. However, he is not in a hurry, Anne wants to shoot a kung fu dance film It takes a lot of time to understand Chinese kung fu and integrate kung fu with dance, and it is impossible to start filming in a short time, otherwise it will only be a second-rate product.

Secondly, he has promised Rachel and Kayla that in the second half of the year, he will make a film in which he is the director and they are the starring, and all this will have to wait for the completion of "Terracotta Warriors". In addition, he has promised Rachel to travel with Rachel for a period of time, visiting the mountains and rivers of China.

However, the script still has to be determined after some careful consideration, in terms of song and dance films, Liang Xiaolong has seen and liked "Chicago", "Dance Out of My Life", "Beautiful Girl Cheerleader", "Song and Dance Youth", "Street Dance Boy", and the domestic "Jingwumen" series are also good. Among them, "Chicago" is a group of criminal women who show a super film of an era through dance, which does not fit the theme of kung fu dance, so it can be ruled out. Of course, if you want to say that it is appropriate, "Jingwumen 1" is definitely the most suitable, but "Jingwumen" is indeed slightly worse than films such as "Dance Out of My Life" in terms of plot.

So Liang Xiaolong still feels that he still has to choose from "Dance Out of My Life", "Beautiful Girl Cheerleader", "Singing and Dancing Youth" and "Street Dance Boy", and at the same time, he has to make a lot of adaptations. Because the original film was not created to express kung fu hip-hop, if you want to integrate kung fu on the basis of the original film, not only the dance has to be changed again, but the background of the characters, the surnames of the characters, and the development of the plot also need to be drastically modified. Moreover, in Liang Xiaolong's view, if it is just a simple performance of kung fu and dance, the film will definitely lack the same connotation as "The Police and the Thief", and once the hot release period passes, the box office will drop significantly.

Therefore, while expressing kung fu and hip-hop, it is best to integrate a spirit, the spirit of Chinese kung fu, the artistic spirit of dancers, the spirit of love, inspiration, redemption, etc., which can not only make the film have a soul, but also make the plot more full and make the audience more immersive.

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