In the afternoon, Gu Chen met George from the United States in the company's conference room. Lucas, for this legendary Hollywood director, he still has a respect, otherwise he would not be here today: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Lucas. ”

Westerners are not as modest and polite as Easterners, let alone George? Lucas himself is a person of status and status, but Gu Chen's personal reception, George? Lucas is still very surprised, you must know that today's Gu Chen is a great figure even in the eyes of most Westerners, because Westerners are more realistic than Easterners, they only respect the strong, just like the giant ship cannon diplomacy in the nineteenth century, everything is spoken with strength. And Gu Chen only took three years to build a level business empire all over the world, if it can't be called a strong person, then there will be no strong person in this world. In addition, when he came to Hong Kong this time, what he should have talked about was almost the same as Zeng Zhiwei, basically only the final contract, but he didn't expect Gu Chen to want to see him, so he spoke quite politely at this time: "It's an honor that Mr. Gu can take time out of his busy schedule to meet me." ”

"Hehe, Mr. Lucas's Star Wars series is a movie that I like very much, and I've wanted to meet the people who can make such a movie for a long time." Saying that, Gu Chen made a gesture of invitation to the chair, and he did it himself, and then changed the conversation: "I have heard Mr. Zeng say about cooperation, to be honest, I am very surprised that you took out "Star Wars" to cooperate with Tang Dynasty, as far as I know, you have cooperated with Warner in the previous "Star Wars" series of movies." ”

George? Lucas came to Hong Kong from the United States this time to formally discuss cooperation with Tang Dynasty Films, and what he was going to cooperate with Tang Dynasty was "Star Wars Episode 1". Director Lucas's most famous work is the Star Wars series, long before the communication. George? Lucas asked him to direct the film, and there could be no other than "Star Wars" that he could attach so much importance to.

George? Lucas shrugged his shoulders and said, "If it had been a year ago, I would have worked with Warners for this movie, but now I have a better option." Tang Dynasty Films is willing to offer me better terms of cooperation, you know, studios like Warner are vampires. Other than that. This time, I have higher requirements for "Star Wars Episode 1", and I have always admired the ability of Tang Dynasty Special Effects to make movie special effects, and if Industrial Light & Magic can cooperate with Tang Dynasty Special Effects, it will definitely be able to produce the best movie special effects. ”

Gu Chen nodded. George? Both of the reasons Lucas said made sense, especially the second reason, that he believed George? Lucas is a person who has a real pursuit of film art, and is more interested in the quality of the film itself. In the world, the only thing that can be compared with industrial light and magic in terms of film special effects production, and even the cooperation between the two sides can be greater than one plus one is the special effects of the Tang Dynasty, which is not Gu Chen's boasting. It is the result of his investment of a lot of money in exchange, you must know that since its establishment, he has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in special effects in the Tang Dynasty, and the entire company uses the most advanced technology in the world, and has poached a large number of top talents in the industry from all over the world, otherwise how could Tang Dynasty films have such strength in just over two years.

"Industrial Light & Magic is more powerful in model special effects, while Tang Dynasty special effects are more focused on computer special effects, and there are also good technologies in model special effects. This cooperation between the two parties can complement each other's advantages and will definitely bring a visual feast to fans around the world. ”

George? Lucas laughs and says: "It's exactly what I thought, it's really exciting, and I can't wait for it now. ”

"It's really exciting." Gu Chen smiled faintly, then pondered for a while, and asked, "I don't know what you think about actors?" ”

The question George? Lucas has not yet started discussions with Zeng Zhiwei, and has previously discussed issues in the general direction of investment and copyright. However, according to his thinking, he must have wanted to use Hollywood actors, because the faces of Westerners are the most consistent with his script, and if he used Hong Kong actors, he would definitely have to revise part of the script. But since it is a cooperation between the two sides. It is undoubtedly unrealistic for him to insist on using all Hollywood actors, and he has done some understanding of Gu Chen, knowing that Gu Chen has the habit of designating actors, which he was mentally prepared for before he came to Hong Kong, so he said: "Without changing the script, it is most appropriate to use Hollywood actors, but if Mr. Gu wants to use some Hong Kong actors, I don't think it's too much of a problem." ”

Needless to say, the influence of the "Star Wars" series of movies is needless to say, of course Gu Chen will not give up such an opportunity, why should he stuff one or two into it in terms of the main actors, see George now? Lucas smiled so intriguingly: "It seems that this is going to be a very pleasant collaboration." ”

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Put George? After Lucas sent him away, Zeng Zhiwei came to Gu Chen's office, and without Gu Chen's greeting, he sat down on the chair in front of the desk: "Originally, I planned to talk to him about the actor tomorrow, but I didn't expect you to say it first today, but it saved me a lot of trouble." ”

Gu Chen took a hard puff of his cigar and said lightly: "Whether it is from the position of the investor, or from the overall situation of Hong Kong films, there must be Hong Kong actors in this movie, and the proportion of the main actors must be more than 3o%, did you bring the script, I have to think about it, you think about it yourself, and see which roles are more suitable for us." ”

"Brought." Zeng Zhiwei took out a copy of the text from his briefcase and handed it to Gu Chen: "This is the initial script, just listened to George?" Lucas meant that the script must be changed, and for the sake of convenience, I think the characters in the script should be determined first, and then the script should be changed. ”

"You can discuss these with him, anyway, the preliminary preparation of this movie may take three or four months, and there is no hurry to revise the script."

Zeng Zhiwei nodded, and then seemed to remember something, and said: "By the way, there is something I almost forgot, Xu Ke came to me a few days ago, saying that he wanted to make a sequel to "A Chinese Ghost Story", and even the script was created, but his ambition is not small, he hopes to make the sequel into a large-scale zuò movie, the initial investment is 5ooo million Hong Kong dollars, and now I haven't promised him, what do you think about this?" ”

Although the copyright of "A Chinese Ghost Story" starring Wang Guxian belongs to the Tang Dynasty film, the copyright of the story "A Chinese Ghost Story" and the characters in it is not owned by the Tang Dynasty film.

"Oh? It seems that the continuous success of the Tang Dynasty in large-scale zuò movies has made many people tempted. In the previous life, the trilogy of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was all produced by Xu Ke, and the first part of "A Chinese Ghost Story" in this life was filmed in advance by the Tang Dynasty movie, and there was nothing wrong with Xu Ke.

Now Xu Ke plans to shoot the second part, which does not make Gu Chen feel strange, what surprises him is that Xu Ke actually wants to make the second part into a large-scale zuò movie, pinching his chin with his hand, pondering for a while, he said: "Show me the script first, and wait until I finish reading the script." ”

Judging from the box office and influence achieved by the first part, the second part should be sought after by some old audiences, coupled with more exciting and realistic special effects technology, it should be able to achieve good results if nothing else. But after all, it is a film with an investment of tens of millions, and he can't agree casually, not only the script must satisfy him, but also one thing is necessary, that is, Nie Xiaoqian must be played by Wang Guxian, no one in his heart is more suitable to play Nie Xiaoqian than Wang Guxian, Nie Xiaoqian should be like Wang Guxian. It's not that he's worried that Xu Ke won't agree, and Xu Ke doesn't have this worry. He is worried about Wang Guxian, Wang Guxian has been out of film for almost a year, in addition to accompanying him, other thoughts are spent on jewelry stores, and now Wang Guxian is willing to come back to make a movie, he is not sure, if Wang Guxian is unwilling, then Xu Ke's request for cooperation can only be refused, as for not cooperating with the Tang Dynasty, it is not his business who Xu Ke will cooperate with.

"I didn't bring the script, I'll go back to the company later, and ask the secretary to fax it. Okay, I'll go first if there's nothing else to do. After speaking, Zeng Zhiwei got up and was about to leave, but he stopped after walking a few steps: "There is one more thing, Yongsheng plans to start filming a comedy, which is adapted from Jin Yong's novel "The Legend of Deer and Ding", Xiang Huaqiang came to the company in person yesterday to find me and said to see if he could lend Zhou Xingchi to him. ”

Zeng Zhiwei didn't say anything, Gu Chen almost forgot about Zhou Xingchi, and after a little hesitation, he asked, "What has Xingzi been doing lately?" ”

"Yesterday, I asked Wu Mengda to find out, in the past few months, Xingzi has lived in seclusion, and has hardly had much contact with people from the outside world, and has never contacted Gong Li again." Speaking of this, Zeng Zhiwei suddenly showed a lewd smile on his face: "I said that you really can't bear it, and you haven't started yet, no wonder Huang Zhan despises you so much, your behavior is simply standing in the pit and not shiting." ”

Gu Chen rolled his eyes, too lazy to talk to Zeng Zhiwei: "Let's talk about this matter after a while, some people should give him a profound lesson, it's okay so easily, it's inevitable that the scar will be healed and forget the pain, if Xiang Huaqiang looks for you again, you can tell him what I said." ”

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