Nicolas Cage? ”

"I don't have a problem with him!"

After hearing this name, Roland's first reaction in his head was that the defendant was black.

No way, who still clearly remembers that when he and James Cameron discussed the release schedule of "Spider-Man", in order to avoid "Independence Day" and "Tornado", he deliberately picked a soft pinch among all the persimmons?

At that time, he was blocked and suffered a heavy blow was Nicolas Cage's "Brave Island".

Although through the disc market, the film finally returned to profit, but in terms of box office, it was a mess, and the global box office of more than 300 million in the previous life was nowhere to be found, even if the screening time was extended, the final box office was only more than 100 million.

After that, Roland was very careful about this guy and didn't want to run into him.

After all, everyone is their own people, and it's not good to have such a back-and-forth infighting.

However, Roland felt that he had no problem, but Francis Coppola felt that Roland's problem was too big, the old man looked at Roland a few more times with his stomach straight, and then shook his head with emotion: "I haven't said anything specific yet, why did you get rid of yourself first?" I heard that you were the most troublesome guy in Hollywood, and I didn't believe it at the time, I thought they were joking, but now...... You really don't want to cause any trouble! ”

It's not that I don't want to cause trouble, I just don't want to cause some inexplicable housework. ’

Roland complained secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he shrugged his shoulders.

The indifferent attitude also made Francis Coppola unable to dig deeper, touched his chin, and entered the topic, "The failure of "Brave Death Island" in 96 had a certain impact on him, but after all, it was on you, so the industry did not look down on him much, so after the failure of "Brave Death Island", Jerry Bruckheimer still found him and invited him to participate in the project "Prison in the Air". ”

After reading the script, he gladly accepted the job, and in June last year, the film was officially released, with an investment of 75 million, and a box office of nearly 225 million, although it did not make much profit, but it was also a relief for him.

Because of this, he admires the director of "Prison in the Air" very much.

"Because before the start of filming, he made a lot of suggestions to the other party, including the beginning of the film, describing the eight-year behind bars of his character Cameron, which he asked to join, you are an actor, you should know that if the director changes the script according to your ideas, then you will definitely appreciate the other party, right?"

Speaking of which, Francis Coppola winked at Roland.

Roland, yes, laughed back with the most understanding.

Roland is perhaps the best-grumpy actor in the world, and he admires all the directors he has worked with.

Because the directors who have worked with him have basically changed their books for him.

"Of course, appreciation is just an opportunity, not the point." Francis Coppola, who got the response, continued.

"The point is that after the success of "Prison in the Air", that director Simon West approached Jerry Bruckheimer and told him that he had always had a desire in his heart to make a film and hoped to get his support."

But after hearing about the project, Jerry Bruckheimer did not respond immediately, but shirked it.

"So, Simon West found my nephew."

"And my nephew, after hearing Simon West's idea, decided to help, even though he didn't think it was appropriate."

"You know, one second I just told someone that I admire you very much, and the next second I turned my face and said that this project is not good."

"That's not how things work, are they?"

So, he went to Ambleline and Kennedy Marshall, but neither of them was interested.

After asking around, all he got was rejection.

"So, he asked me to ask you, if you're not interested, then ......"

"He can only tell Simon West this 'bad' news."

Francis Coppola went around and said in a big circle, and Roland was in a fog when he heard it.

If you want to talk about the project, then just talk about the content, yesorno, how easy is that!

You have to go around in a big circle, like constipation, and explain the reason, what are you doing?

But when Francis Coppola added the volume to the word 'Badnews' at the end, Roland, who already felt something was wrong, was alerted, and if it weren't for some tricky project, this guy would never have hinted at him so obviously.

So, Roland, who wanted to complain about 'Are you old and not quick in thinking', put away the idea of teasing and joking, and after staring at the old man for a long time to confirm that this guy was indeed serious, he quietly asked.

"Is this project a pit? Even Steven, they don't do it? ”

"It's a pit, eh...... No, it's not exactly a pit. ”

"I don't understand what you say! Can you be specific? ”

"This project is based on real events."

"How real is it?"

"'1993', 'Somalia', 'Super 61'."

Nima!

When Roland heard the three referential nouns coming out of Francis Coppola's mouth, his whole body exploded!

When, 1993?

Location, Somalia?

Codename, Super 61?

Isn't this the Black Hawk incident?

Since 1840, Somalia has been invaded and partitioned by colonial empires such as Italy, Britain and France.

In forty-one years, the British occupied Italian Somalia, and eight years later, it was handed over to Italy.

In 60, British Somalia and Italian Somalia became independent successively, and then merged and established the state.

In '69, Siad came to power and implemented a policy of comprehensive closeness and dependence on the woolly bear.

However, after the guy who announced the dissolution of the hairy bear came to power, the hairy bear began to adopt a strategy of contraction, cutting off the aid of the client states of the three continents of Asia, Africa and Latin America, and achieving reconciliation with America. In this case, Siad, who had previously relied on woolly bear aid to suppress his opponents in the civil war, collapsed in January '91, and after Siad was overthrown, Somalia quickly descended into large-scale warlord warfare, resulting in a large number of civilian casualties and flights.

In '92, 'the whole world' saw scrawny Somalis on TV, and the international community decided that something should be done for the Somalis, and relief began to arrive in Somalia. But in the process, supplies for the poor were looted by warlords.

As a result, the United Nations decided to launch a peacekeeping campaign called Operation Restore Hope, which focused on addressing the massive famine in Somalia and then disarming the warlords in Somalia. But Somali warlords believe that the U.N. peacekeeping force, led by the U.S. military, is not trying to help Somalis out of humanitarianism, but to gain oil rights.

As a result, shortly after the United Nations peacekeeping force entered Somalia, armed Somali warlords clashed with them.

In June '93, a shootout broke out between the warlord forces and the peacekeepers, killing more than 20 Pakistani peacekeepers.

In the aftermath of this incident, the United Nations authorized the peacekeeping force to take a number of necessary measures, including the arrest of those responsible for the incident. Because the U.S. military had also been attacked before, in August of that year, they dispatched hundreds of Delta special forces to capture the leader of the Somali armed forces, Aideed.

In October, the U.S. military, which had received intelligence, sent several Black Hawk helicopters carrying 160 Delta and Ranger special forces soldiers to land on the streets of downtown Mogadishu. Twenty-four Somali armed men were captured in the adjacent building.

However, during the retreat, a Black Hawk helicopter was hit by a rocket launcher and fell, and when the rescue force rushed to the helicopter crash site to try to save the surviving American troops, another helicopter was shot down, and a search and rescue helicopter was damaged, and at the same time, a five-ton running truck was blown to pieces by rockets.

The 160 U.S. troops who participated in the operation were trapped in the streets of Mogadishu, and in order to save people, the U.S. military sent another full company, and the rescue operation continued until late at night. When the U.S. troops returned to the base, they found that a total of 18 people had been killed, 73 wounded, one captured, two helicopters shot down, and three damaged.

Of course, this is not the point, the point is that when the bodies of American soldiers were dragged through the streets by the Aideed forces the next day, public opinion in America was in an uproar, Zipton was angrily sprayed by the domestic media, and international public opinion, including Britain, Egypt, France, and Germany, also believed that what the US military did was beyond the scope of 'humanitarian mission' and was conducting 'a dirty war'.

Under much pressure, the two sides negotiated, and Aideed handed over the bodies of the captured pilot Durant and the American soldier; The U.S. military released all of Aideed's captives and no longer targeted the Aideedes.

Until March '95, the last peacekeeping troops withdrew from Mogadishu, and the peacekeeping operation, which lasted 27 months and cost more than $2 billion, ended in failure; More than 100 peacekeepers and nearly 10,000 Somalis were killed in the operation.

To put it bluntly, this is a shame.

And put a shame that has only passed five years on the table?

This is the old birthday star hanging, enough has happened!

Thinking of this, Roland looked at Francis Coppola and scolded, "Oh, fuck! ”

"Isn't this project a pitfall?"

"If it costs money to shoot "Death of a Virgin", then it will cost you to shoot "Black Eagle Incident", which is terrible!"

Although Roland knew that the 'Black Hawk Incident' had indeed been made into a movie in his previous life, and the reputation was not bad, although the box office did not recover, but the sales of DVDs and videotapes were very good, this would not be the reason for Roland to take over the project.

Because of the movie "Black Hawk Down", its composition is more complex than "Schindler's List", and there are too many stakeholders related to it, and no one will be able to please anyone!

Since you can't make money by taking this thing, and it's easy to get into a commotion, then, a fool will do it!

The crisp refusal did not surprise Francis Coppola either.

After all, he also knew that it was a tricky matter.

With Roland's refusal, the third question ended, and the topic between the two did not extend further.

Now that the matter has been discussed, Francis Coppola no longer occupies Roland, takes him to Kate, who is looking at famous paintings in the collection room, and then accompanies the two of them around the hilltop mansion with his wife.

The extremely luxurious arrangement, Kate is smiling at the corner of her eyebrows, and Roland is ......

That, of course, is full of promises.

Whether it's the Italian black gold flower background wall in the living room or the two-foot-tall golden deer in the pantry, as long as Kate thinks it looks good, Roland will say that she will get the same material and work on the design with her.

Because they didn't hide it, those promises were clearly heard by the old man and his wife.

The affectionate words and doting gestures made Francis Coppola smile, and when he turned his head, he found that his daughter-in-law cast star eyes at the little couple side by side.

‘Shit！ ’

'It's over! ’

The old man knows that Roland is very rich now, and he can build a mansion on the top of a hill like himself, so don't look at Kate's thoughts, but on Roland's side, it's just a change of materials to build it, but he himself can't toss like this, if his wife wants this and that like Kate, then his old life will have to be compensated.

So, after glancing at the time, he said, "Ah, it's already seven o'clock?" Why don't we have dinner and see......"

In the process of going to the restaurant, he deliberately pulled Roland behind, constantly hinting at 'I'm not as rich as you', 'Women are unreasonable', 'Don't show affection there in front of my wife', 'If I go bankrupt, I'll go to your house for dinner' and a series of slightly threatening but constantly admitting words, Roland, who understood it, did not stalk him, forcing him to a dead end, and after dinner, he said goodbye with Kate and returned to the hotel.

"What did he talk to you about today?"

As soon as she returned to the hotel, Kate asked about her situation after being separated by the other party.

The three things that Francis Coppola said were not classified either, so Roland did not hide them and told them all.

The transfer of power in "The Death of a Virgin" and the firm endorsement of "The New York Times" are all within Kate's acceptance, but on the "Black Hawk Incident", she has some doubts, "Is the 'Black Hawk Incident' really impossible to film?" ”

"It's not that I can't shoot it, it's that this matter is too sensitive." Roland told the truth.

"I know sensitive, and I mean, isn't sensitive topic your favorite thing?"

Since she decided not to be an actor, and she has to take a good look at her own man, Kate has put a lot of hard work into the position of producer, don't look at the project "Saving Private Ryan", she didn't do anything, but in the past year, she has studied all the projects invested by Roland.

"Isn't your favorite thing to do is to find the right opportunity for a bad project?"

"The Seven Deadly Sins", "Forrest Gump", "The Shawshank Redemption" ......"

"It's all like that."

Kate's words, in fact, are not much wrong.

Roland's favorite thing to do is not to make a good film at all, but to adapt to current events and become the pig on the tuyere!

But the problem is, whether it is "The Seven Deadly Sins" or "The Shawshank Redemption", their success has nothing to do with Roland! Roland only knew that they would catch fire, but it was only after he did it that he knew why they were on fire!

But alas, Roland understands that this kind of self-aware truth cannot be said directly.

So, he could only explain in a roundabout way: ""The Shawshank Redemption" was an accident. ”

"The Seven Deadly Sins was also an accident."

"Except for "Forrest Gump", other movies are actually not directly controlled by people, it can only be said that at some point we did something, but God let him go to an extreme."

"It's like 'Field Platoon.'"

"No one knows that in that year, the Great Commander will attack Libya!"

"The foreign war that year brought the anti-war sentiment in America to a peak, so the "Field Platoon" was invincible in that year, whoever touched it died, and the opponent in the same period was poured blood mold!"

Since it is said that under what circumstances a war film should be successful, Roland also extended it, "If you want to make the 'Black Hawk Incident' valuable, you must encounter some big things when it is released......

"But the question is, how can there be so many big things to touch?"

"Besides, the only thing that can make war movies sweep the world is the war itself, and war, it's better not to fight......"

At this point, the words came to an abrupt end.

Just as Roland kept denying the value of "Black Hawk Down", he suddenly remembered something.

Wait a minute!

Isn't the "Black Hawk Down" in his memory the movie four years later?

and "Spider-Man", which was originally contemporaneous.

Because of 'September11attacks', "Spider-Man" was forced to move gears, but "Black Hawk Down" was released on time, and then a movie that was not favored by everyone, in a garbage schedule, in the case of national grief, sold 17.2 billion box office, although according to the investment of 92 million, this movie is a huge loss, but ......

This should be the time of day, right?

If you package it a little and release it before 'September11attacks', then there is a lot of room for operation - before 'September11attacks', promote this film in the form of anti-war, and promote 'how cruel war is, unnecessary intervention will only kill your children, husband, and father'; Peace talks can't solve anything, tolerance for those terrorists is cruelty to oneself, that is, to put one's own and the lives of one's family in his hands, and they must be killed with the power of thunder, only the death of those people can be exchanged for the peace and security of the country and the people of America! ’

In this way, isn't it just to adapt to current events?

Before 'September11attacks', the America people's desire for war was not strong, so it was the right position to promote anti-war, but after 'September11attacks', the America people's desire for war was unprecedentedly high.

Of course, the most important thing is that in less than a month, the war on terror has begun, and during the war, the then commander-in-chief has repeatedly said that "Black Hawk Down" is his favorite movie!

If "Black Hawk Down" can help him stir up public opinion, then even if he still loses money, it doesn't matter!

Because he is in line with the interests of the Grand Commander, and in line with the interests of those military salaries behind the Grand Commander!

As long as they are happy and willing to meet Roland, then this business is blood to earn!

But......

This is eating human blood steamed buns!

The point is that if the East Window incident occurs, it will stir up public opinion and promote the pot of all-people war......

No one can carry it!