"I don't think it's possible to get "007" to take off the actor's trademark and put the director's trademark, after all, there are only two most recognizable virtual names in the whole of the UK, one is Sherlock Holmes and the other is James Bond, which is a British label, and I can't change this label." Nolan continued: "What I can do is to extend the life of "007", after all, the current new generation of fans do not have too many feelings for "007", we can find some slightly older actors to continue the whole context......"

I have to say that Nolan's thinking is indeed different, he actually reminisced from the old Bruce Willis in "Die Hard" to the "007" series, which is a bit of "The Mechanic" or "Bangkok Killer", and at the same time defined the trilogy as 'Bond felt really old when he completed another task after "Die Choose", because this task was too difficult to complete, a group of people who had never experienced war, The kid who doesn't even have the skills can make him tired as long as he gives them a computer and the cooperation of some criminals, so after completing the task, he submits his resignation', "Mrs. M found a successor for him, and the next thing is all James Bond's training for the heir, and then Mrs. M asks Bond to accompany the heir to complete the task to end the entire inheritance, so when the task is completed, the successor's life hangs by a thread to leave an open-ended ending to test the audience's reaction".

If the audience responds well, then it is inevitable that the third new agent will completely replace the old James, and if the audience does not want James to retire, the successor can die in the mission. Continue the journey.

During this period, Shao Yingying did not talk about the contract at all, if Nolan directed the director's treatment, his power, etc., he only participated in the discussion, such as whether the plot direction is too blunt, whether the choice of actors will not conform to the public's aesthetics, and whether the picture of joining the Internet teenager to play the old James Bond who does not understand new technology will anger fans who think that 007 is omnipotent, etc. He's just participating in the plot discussion and filming techniques.

Unconsciously, time passed slowly, Shao Yingying and Nolan talked more and more, and the two of them also opened the refrigerator in the hotel, took out a beer and drank it, chatting very happily.

"No, Director Nolan. I've always thought that the natural successor to 007 is the Englishman Jude Law, not Bale. I know you're very hard to appreciate as an actor like Bale, and I appreciate it too. But he wasn't fit to be the new 007. Shao Yingying denied the topic of the choice of Bell as the successor of 007, and completely pushed Nolan into the trap step by step.

Nolan and Shao Yingying argued, "Why? When did you start to shoehorn a leading actor into the director as the owner of an investment company? ”

In such a hot atmosphere, Shao Yingying opened his mouth and shouted: "If you are the director of the new "007" movie, you can use anyone, but you are not. Mr. Nolan! ”

The two really quarreled. Although they didn't argue, the two of them were stunned for a moment.

One of them is not the director of the film, and the other is a real investor, so there should be no dispute like zài in this case...... But the atmosphere just now is too much like a debate between investors and directors for a movie to change the lead actor to make the quality to the next level, who let the previous story direction, how to innovate, etc. pave too much, so that Nolan directly brought into the director's position?

"I'm sorry, Director Nolan, but I may have gone too far. But we have absolutely no reason to argue, right? ”

"Yes, of course. Mr. Shao, I'm also a little excessive. ”

Shao Yingying looked at the sky outside and said: "I hope it didn't disturb your mood today, thank you for coming up with so many ideas for this movie, if this movie uses your ideas, we will pay you a movie box office dividend, in short, we won't let you waste an afternoon." Also, I had a very pleasant chat today, and I hope we have a chance to really work together on a movie, I swear, you can let me play any role. ”

The last sentence is of course a joke, and Nolan can't let Shao Yingying really play tricks in his own movie, but after listening to these words, Nolan suddenly felt that his heart was empty!

Because the overall context planning, plot deduction, lens use, and rhythm control of the new movie "007" are all his! Now that he's talking to people beautifully, he's talking to people, and when he turns around, he has nothing to do with this movie, and he can't make up for this empty feeling when he leaves a love ....... falls.

He found himself like a wretched worm who had been hollowed out of his house and could not even go back.

This is Shao Yingying's hook, he is a person who is very good at hooking and can constantly change the shape of the hook. He knows what it is like for a creator to regard the things woven in his mind as the most valuable wealth, and this wealth has no shape, it is easy to be organized into words, at this time, one person's creativity will become more complete after the adaptation of others, but a work cannot belong to two people, which will inevitably cause one of the parties to say the regret of the idea.

What's even more interesting is that Shao Yingying didn't say his thoughts at all during the whole discussion, he kept denying Nolan and guiding Nolan to a better direction, so it became Nolan's own creativity, Shao Yingying was just a tinkerer, and now seeing that this idea is about to be used by others, all he gets is a box office dividend that doesn't even have a specific amount, what can Nolan think?

When he walked out of the door, Nolan felt that something was wrong, and the more he thought about it when he returned home, the more wrong it became, and he always felt that he was losing, but if he called MGM and said that you can't use his ideas, it seems too stingy, since people can't use you, why are you so enthusiastic to discuss with others? Everyone admits that they owe you favors, and they can give you a certain box office dividend at any time, why didn't you refuse at that time?

It's uncomfortable, anyway, Nolan is uncomfortable, so uncomfortable that he can't close his eyes, and when he closes his eyes, he will remember the situation of this matter.

It's okay to spend a day or two like this, but if you go through it for a week, Nolan will feel more and more panicked.

Coincidentally, at this time, Shao Yingying called over with a soul-like call: "Director Nolan, I have to trouble you, I have thought carefully about the story you told in the past two days, and I think it can be filmed, not only can it be made, but it can also be made into a good movie, and the investment can be about 80 million US dollars." However, I can't think of a suitable director, you see, the story and structure are all provided by you, and it's not right for someone else to shoot it. Do you know a Hollywood director who can handle this kind of subject matter for you? With such a big investment in us, money is definitely not a problem. ”

Nolan almost went crazy directly, it's enough to give you the plot and structure, why do you have to recommend the director?

"I don't know."

Touch.

Nolan hung up the phone directly.

Shao Yingying, from the chairman's office of MGM, laughed directly at the busy phone call, feeling like he was winning.

"Shao, what's there to be happy about being rejected?" Harry Sloan was completely incomprehensible to Shao Yingying's expression right now.

Shao Yingying explained: "Harry, if he could really recommend a director to me generously, I would have been rejected, and now, Nolan may not be able to direct "007" if he can't think about it." ”

"Why? He has the Batman series in his hands, even if the entire Batman series is filmed, he is not a low-level director who can't find something to shoot in Hollywood. ”

"We'll see."

After another week, Shao Yingying has already started the promotion in North America, and completely used the break time after participating in the promotion to call Nolan again: "Director Nolan, I have been looking around in Hollywood, and almost all the suitable directors have been found and discussed, but none of them can agree with our ideas, I don't want such a good thing to be filmed like I don't know at all, do you think it's good?" If you come and shoot two films for me, you can shoot two films, which is considered a favor for me, if I can't find a director, I guess I can only shoot it myself, but my rhythm is ...... with such a movie."

"I ...... Think about it! ”

This time, Nolan didn't directly refuse, because Shao Yingying softened as a boss.

He refused directly before he met Shao Yingying, because he didn't want to challenge the classics, if such a difficult movie can't be shot at the ideal height, it will be difficult to get praise, he is not the kind of director who promised Shao Yingying to invest in the next film. The second refusal was because after he had paid so much, Shao Yingying's request was to ask him to recommend another director to shoot his idea, although he refused first, but this feeling was still not very good. When he contacted MGM for the third time, Shao Yingying was in a rather helpless situation when he called this call, he had not much choice, either completely abandoned, or it was inevitable to agree, and the balance at this moment had shown an obvious tilt tendency.

He is reluctant, reluctant to let what he comes up with in his head become someone else's famous movie, even if he smashes it with his own hands, it is also his own, just like the gold nest and the silver nest are not as good as his own kennel, because it is his own, it is precious.

However, as a person who has already rejected once, he must save his face, that is, he can't agree too quickly.

When Shao Yingying called for the fourth time: "Okay, Boss Shao, I have never seen such a sincere company ask me to shoot a movie, my request is very simple, as long as you give me all the power in this movie, I am willing to accept this job." ”

Shao Yingying took the phone and said during the break of recording the show: "Except for the post-editing rights. ”

"Deal." (To be continued......)