"Boss, you came to Los Angeles at the right time this time, and now there is something I want to report to you, and it is up to you to make the final decision."

After the plane arrived in Los Angeles, Chris. Anderson said immediately after getting into a car with Lin Yuquan.

"Oh, what's the matter, I'm in such a hurry, I have to say it now, and you don't let me rest and rest." The corners of Lin Yuquan's mouth turned up.

"Isn't this because you're very energetic, boss? There is no need to take a break at all, and in addition, I am really in a hurry, and I need to make a decision early, otherwise I may be taken by other companies. "Chris. Anderson laughed.

Hear from Chris. Anderson's words, Lin Yuquan suddenly became interested: "Wow, what kind of sought-after script?" ”

"Bingguo, the boss is really like a god, it's the script." Chris. Anderson slapped a sycophant lightly: "The name Darren Aronofsky, the boss should not be unfamiliar!" ”

"If you're talking about Darren Aronofsky, the director of 'Wrestler,' I'm certainly no stranger." Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, as the favorite of last year's awards season, he and the other party chatted a few times on the red carpet or at the celebration reception.

"Yes, it is the director of "Wrestler", he was going to direct a film that was turned around by Universal Pictures two days ago, the name of the film is "Black Swan", it is a ballet-themed feature film"

In Chris. Under Anderson's narration, Lin Yuquan quickly knew the story that happened in the film "Black Swan".

"Black Swan" is actually not the original name of the script, the original script was called "Substitute Actor", which tells the story that takes place in the New York Theater. Back ten years ago. The script was favored by Darren Aronofsky. Preparations for the shoot began. And as early as 2000, Natalie was finalized. Portman plays the lead actress in the film.

However, due to various reasons, the film was not officially approved, and it was not until early 2007 that Darren Aronofsky handed over a detailed shooting plan to Universal Pictures, hoping to get start-up funding for the shooting.

At that time, Darren Aronofsky had not yet filmed "Wrestler", and had just experienced the box office fiasco of "The Fountain of Love", which cost $35 million to produce. Jackman and Rachel. The film joined by two stars of Vichy. In the end, the North American box office was only a pitiful $10.41 million, and the overseas market only received $5.83 million.

Despite this, in view of the success of Darren Aronofsky's previous two small-budget films, "The Code of Death" and "Requiem for the Soul", Universal Pictures chose to agree to the filming of "Substitute Actor" and asked Darren Aronofsky to complete the filming in the shortest possible time, but because Darren Aronofsky did not have a definite script at the time, it ended in a miscarriage.

Darren Aronofsky then filmed Mark Heyman's "Wrestler", which was a huge success, winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, the Best Actor Award, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Plus the Oscar nominations that followed, and that's it. Darren Aronofsky's career as a director is back on track.

Due to the success of "Wrestler", Darren Aronofsky rekindled the idea of filming "Black Swan" and invited Mark Heyman to work with him again to adapt "Substitute" into "Black Swan", according to people who have read the script, "Black Swan" has some parts similar to 2001's "Island Horror", for some reason, this time Universal Pictures finally chose to abandon the film and turn the script around.

Although I haven't seen the script yet, because of the presence of Darren Aronofsky and Natalie. Portman's appeal, there are many film companies interested in "Black Swan".

"Chris, what kind of movie do you think Black Swan will be?" After listening to the narration, Lin Yuquan asked with a noncommittal smile.

"Heh, we have already had a meeting to discuss, according to the situation of Darren Aronofsky's previous films, "Black Swan" should belong to the kind of film that may be competitive in awards after being made, but the commercial value is mediocre, and I don't know how much investment Darren Aronofsky is asking for, Universal Pictures finally chose to give up production, and it is estimated that there is no profit prospect." Chris. Anderson laughed.

Lin Yuquan nodded with a smile in his eyes, this is obviously the most reasonable explanation, the award is important, but a reasonable return on investment is even more important, after all, the global financial crisis still continues to loom over Hollywood.

In particular, Universal Pictures itself is in a special period, due to the poor business of General Electric in the past two years, there have been rumors that General Electric is likely to choose to boldly withdraw money from the film and television industry in the next few years, before Universal Pictures sold its subsidiary Rogge Films, which mainly produces and distributes low-budget action and horror movies, for $150 million.

Therefore, it is natural that Universal Pictures will not rush to make a film with little hope of making a profit, even if the film may become a hit in next year's awards season.

"And Chris, do you think we should try to make a film like this?" Lin Yuquan then asked.

"It depends on what you mean, boss, I think we can look at the script first, and then evaluate the commercial return of the film, if the risk is controllable, we can try to produce, judging from Darren Aronofsky's past directing, maybe the box office cannot be guaranteed, but the quality is still guaranteed, and we can afford to lose money at this stage, so we don't need to deliberately tighten production funds." Chris. Anderson said calmly.

"That's great, I have time now, so why don't you make a decision before I leave Los Angeles!" Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, then took out his mobile phone, his mobile phone had Darren Aronofsky's phone number, and the phone was quickly connected: "Hi, Director Aronofsky, I'm Kung Fu Lin, I didn't disturb your work, I just arrived in Los Angeles and heard the information about the film "Black Swan" directed by you, yes, I'm very interested, can you send me the script now?" Okay"

Since it is back to Los Angeles, Lin Yuquan's own place will naturally not be a hotel, Yifei and Dandan obviously will not be either, considering the situation of a few people in the group, he also invited the other five people to his villa on the top of Beverly Hill to stay for one night, in the face of Lin Yuquan's invitation, the five people will not refuse, in Huang Bo's words, this is definitely the material for boasting in the future, and they are willing to sleep on the sofa.

However, dinner is not eaten at home, and it is true that he is an extraordinary cook, but not everyone can eat the dishes he cooks himself, after all, it is quite time-consuming to cook a beautiful and hearty meal.

After a delicious dinner at the Beverly Peninsula Hotel, Lin Yuquan had a brief chat with the crowd before reading the script for "The Black Swan" sent by Darren Aronofsky.

How so? Darren Aronofsky is indeed a very good independent film director, and it can be seen that he has his own ideas, and even thought of putting such a very representative ballet as "Swan Lake" into the film, through the echo between the stage characters and the real characters, the complementarity of the two stage roles of the white swan and the black swan, and a lot of metaphors to tell the fantasy of dual personality and virtual reality.

In the process of reading, Lin Yuquan gradually had his own ideas. (To be continued.) )