Sun Ziming's performance on the Oprah talk show was very wonderful, not only successfully introducing "The Last Samurai", a film that Westerners may not be very interested in, to North American audiences, but also picking himself out of the whirlpool of politics.

However, this also brings two sequelae. The first is that Tom Cruise takes the crew around to promote the film, but he spends his days and nights in the studio with composers, arrangers, musicians, and sound recordists to recreate the soundtrack. It is even necessary to re-edit the films that have been made to cater to the audience's appreciation of the beauty of the artistic conception.

Another sequelae is a bit of a black comedy, Columbia (Asia) saw the promotional film of "The Last Samurai", which was sought after by the majority of fans, and immediately agreed to invest in Li Yu's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and promised Brian's lion to open his mouth and raise Fa Ge's salary from eight million dollars to 13 million. But after Fa Ge, who was not short of money at all, received the film contract, he remembered Sun Ziming's evaluation of Li Yu at the beginning, and hurriedly used various connections to lobby the Taiwanese director, and kicked off the former Columbia company, and he and Guangying set up a new company to invest in the Chinese director that Sun Ziming said he had said well.

"What? , Fa Ge also hung once? Has the agreement been signed? Hearing the report of the ear god Kayo Sato, his grandson Mingle, who yawned just now.

"Miss Jill has signed an agreement for our company to contribute US$30 million, and Mr. Zhou and Mr. Li to jointly contribute US$30 million......"

Kayo Sato, who is wearing a plain Chanel professional dress, has a soft and slender waist, a plump and round buttocks, and a very beautiful and attractive curve from the waist and hips. Sun Ziming, who was not sleepy under his happiness, listened to the delicate voice, looked at Kayo Sato's full chest, slender waist, and round and slender white legs under the plain short skirt, and pulled her into her arms without waiting for her to finish her report and began to lift her skirt.

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For a while, the soft moaning was like crying, and the spring was sultry.

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From the wonderful fluttering, Kayo Sato, who gradually woke up, pushed Sun Ziming, who was not moving on his body, only to find that he had fallen asleep soundly, and couldn't help but feel a sickly sense of satisfaction in his heart. This man is like a mountain, no matter what kind of wind and rain is useless to him, as long as he sees him, he feels at ease, not to mention that he can sleep with him.

Seven or eight hours later, Sun Ziming, who had slept enough, woke up with a clean and comfortable body and bed. Sun Ziming, who was refreshed after washing, returned to the company and re-summoned people from the distribution department to watch the re-edited and soundtracked film.

After watching the film, Phil Coulson, the manager of the distribution department, discussed a few words in a low voice with his colleagues, and hesitated: "Boss, the re-edited and soundtracked film has been improved in terms of viewing, but we think that the artistry has been weakened. As for which version to use for release, we are also not good at giving a good idea. ”

Sun Ziming is also very helpless about this, a heavy story, if the picture is too beautiful, the artistry will inevitably be weakened. But if the original dignified is maintained, the ornamentation will definitely not be guaranteed. Trying to have the best of both worlds, unless it's a remake of the film, but that's not possible.

After calculating the time, there is still nearly a month before it will be released, and Sun Ziming also hesitated: "Give me another five days to think about it, if I can't find a better balance, I will release it in Europe and the United States according to this version, and the previous version will be released as Asia." ”

“Yes/sir。”

Phil Coulson, who understood the original intention of this film, secretly sighed that it is not common for two versions to be released in two regions, and I am afraid it will cause controversy. The old version has high artistic value, and the new version has high commercial value, but it is also very difficult to perfectly combine the two. Hey, the huge difference between Eastern and Western cultures makes it really not so easy to make an excellent movie that Westerners can understand without losing the charm of Eastern culture, even if it is a genius like the boss, there are times when there is nothing to be done.

Sun Tzuming, who was poor in donkey skills, was distressed for a few days, and really couldn't think of a better way, so he had to consult Steven Spielberg. The two of them watched two versions of "The Last Samurai" in the small screening room of his house, the first person in Hollywood in Sun Ziming's mind, closed his eyes and reminisced for a while before he said frankly: "Ming, I admit that the first version has more ideological connotations, but from my personal point of view, I prefer the re-editing and soundtrack." I love the beautiful music, the oriental pictures, and the good story. ”

After talking about his own impressions, Steven said cautiously: "I think film is a kind of popular art, and the first thing is to make the audience accept it, rather than stubbornly expressing its own ideas." If the audience can't accept it, how will they understand what you're trying to say?

Just now you said that this is a movie that you want to see for Asians, and I suggest that you go to Asian directors and audiences to watch it, and then listen to their opinions on the two versions. ”

What kind of person Spielberg is, Sun Tzu Ming, who has been friends for seven or eight years, knows it well, and he is a humble and rounded person. He is euphemistically admonishing himself not to go astray from European films, but to find a balance between the personal style of the film and the audience's acceptance, or to pursue a personal style under the premise that the audience can accept it.

After saying goodbye to his old friend, Sun Ziming was still a little in a dilemma, and locked himself in the study in a daze when he returned home.

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Sun Ziming's troubles are not for Tom Cruise, as soon as he heard that the film remake was finished, he participated in a promotional event in Seattle, and hurriedly rushed back to Los Angeles with the main creative staff.

In the screening room of the light and shadow company, as soon as I watched the remade "The Last Samurai", Ken Watanabe, Kato Koyuki and others all said, "Yo Xi, this is the charm of Great Japan, better than the previous version, Sun Sang is worthy of being a genius!" ’

Phil Coulson, who watched it with everyone, was also excited when he saw Tom Cruise, and whispered hesitantly: "Cruise, the boss has a hard time choosing between the two versions of the film. ”

“Why?”

"Don't you think the first edition is more artistically valuable?"

Cruise, as a superstar, and with his own shrewdness and ability, became the most intelligent superstar in Hollywood, and he knew the reason after a little thought. The whole company of light and shadow regards their boss as a god, and even if they feel that something is wrong, they hope that he can come up with a better solution. But as an old friend of Sun Ziming, Cruise knows that he is not a god, at least not in this movie. The script of "The Last Samurai" has been changed for more than a year, and it has been adjusted at any time on the set, which is far less than the previous filming of "Forrest Gump", which was almost not as godly as shooting a superfluous scene.

"Did he find the best solution?"

Phil Coulson smiled bitterly and whispered, "I heard Douglas say that the boss went to Steven today, but the situation is not optimistic, let's get ready for the new version." ”

Douglas is a roundworm in China Ming's stomach, and as soon as Cruise heard Phil say this, he knew that the new version would be adopted in the end, and his heart was finally a boulder falling to the ground. The new version of "The Last Samurai" must have connotation, wonderful and exciting, and it must be another classic with a high box office.

However, Cruise was still a little worried about Sun Ziming. Although Sun Ziming only regards him as a partner, not a friend of his confidant, he regards Sun Ziming as his best friend in Hollywood. And Cruise has a very high emotional intelligence, Phil revealed these things to himself, it must have been instructed by Douglas, maybe that dog found out that his boss was a little wrong, he himself was not good at persuasion, and wanted to let himself help.

"What about Doug?"

"Waiting for you in his office".

That dog is becoming more and more like China, and even he can expect that he will fly back to Los Angeles immediately! Secretly cursing, Tom Cruise asked his assistant to arrange for Ken Watanabe and others to go to the airport to prepare for tomorrow's publicity in Philadelphia, and he went to Douglas's office.

Douglas's office is very simple, and if there is one thing that sets it apart from the others, it is that it is unusually tidy. Taking his coffee, Tom Cruise looked at the tidy office and teased, "Doug, this isn't your usual style." ”

"Don't make fun of me, I'm not an employee of the light and shadow company, I'm just boss's personal assistant and assistant director of the studio, and even this office is shared with Jiadai."

"But the salary of your personal assistant is several times higher than that of a regular employee, right?"

Cruise's ridicule made Douglas quite proud, if he was an employee of the company, he would definitely only be treated according to the company's regulations, how could he be as high as he is now?

Both of them are busy people, especially when the film is about to be released, and a few gossips get into the subject.

"Cruise, are you and the boss a little different from before?"

Cruise thought back for a moment and hesitated, "It's no different, it's the same as before on the set." Doug, what exactly are you trying to say? ”

"Ok, I think the boss is a little different. Just like this movie, if it were replaced by the previous one, it would be easy to adopt the latter version, and he would not be as hesitant as he is now, let alone lock himself up in distress. ”

Douglas's rounding made Cruise dissatisfied: "Doug, I know you studied psychology, and I heard that you even got a degree. If you have something to say, don't use the same set against those actors on me. ”

After a moment of silence, Douglas still said his opinion, "Ok, I think the boss is a bit of a savior plot. You see, a lot of what he did was beyond the behavior of a normal person. Just like this film, he has unconsciously given up his previous creative principles, and wants to put the discussion of traditional culture above the value of the film itself, which is the reason for his hesitation and distress.

You probably don't know, right? Boss wanted to use a new version of the film in North America, but in Asia he wanted to release it with the previous version. ”

"What?"

God, China Ming's guy got his head clipped?

Tom Cruise didn't have the heart to stay here any longer, so he quickly got up and went to his grandson Minna. What he said may not make China Ming change his mind, but he can't watch him do that. If two versions are released at the same time, and the Asian version has a higher artistic value, those film critics won't be noisy?