hours later. Peter Jackson and Jamie drove together to the headquarters of the company, and on the way Peter Jackson kept complaining that Jamie should have told him the good news earlier.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been unprepared. Even before seeing Lin Mu, Peter and Jackson pulled Jamie to ask him if he was dressed appropriately today.

"Peter, when have you not been well prepared before, but what has been the result? If the production company really appreciates your ideas, no one cares if you're dressed modestly, it's not casting actors! Jamie's words poured like a basin of cold water on Peter Jackson's head, and also calmed his dizzy head,

"If you're energetic, you might as well think about what you should say after you meet him, if even he isn't interested in your thoughts, then I'm afraid you'll really have to go to court with Miramax this time!" They stayed in the reception room for about ten minutes, and Lin Mu's assistant invited the two into Chairman Paramount's office.

This is the first official meeting between Lin Mu and Peter and Jackson, and the memory of Lin Mu's previous life in the film industry

Compared with "Peter the Great", Peter and Jackson at this time had not grown such an exaggerated beard, and when he saw himself, he was even a little restrained.

At last night's party, Lin Mu unexpectedly ran into independent producer Jamie, and the two chatted a few words very simply, Lin Mu didn't take what he said to heart at the beginning, but he finally mentioned Peter and Jackson.

The familiar name immediately caught the attention of Lin Mu. Finally, the most successful commercial film director in Hollywood in the new century, Peter Jackson and his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy represent the latest achievements of Hollywood commercial films in the new century, and the subsequent new version of "King Kong", which cost a huge amount of money, also achieved good results after its release.

These dazzling achievements have made Peter Jackson an indispensable figure in the world film industry. Lin Mu had also thought about looking for Peter Jackson before, but due to various poisons.

Things dragged on like this, and if he hadn't run into Jamie by chance at a party, he might have missed out on the classic Lord of the Rings trilogy.

This will become an irreparable regret for Lin Mu. Fortunately, his luck was indeed good, and Peter and Jackson sent it to the door himself.

"Mr. Jackson, at yesterday's gathering I heard Mr. Jamie talk about a film that you are now working on, and I heard that the script for the film is based on Tolkien's famous magical The Lord of the Rings, and I happen to be a big reader of this book, so I am also interested in the film you are working on right now. And Mr. Jamie also told me that you're in a little trouble right now, but that's no problem at all! Lin Mu cut to the chase from the start, and the first thing he wanted to determine was whether Peter Jackson would be willing to work with Paramount.

"Sir, I do need your help now!" Lin Muyi came up with the idea. As soon as Peter Jackson immediately expressed a strong willingness to cooperate, he was really desperate now, and Paramount was his only hope now.

"Very well, so let's talk about your film now. You know I'm also a screenwriter, and I think the adaptation of the script has always been something I'm good at."

Although it was talking about Peter Jackson's movie, Lin Mu initially led the topic to his own production.

Peter and Jackson didn't answer, he was quietly waiting for Lin Mu's next words, he knew that Lin Mu was not boasting, among the six Osten screenwriting awards he had won, five of them were Best Adapted Screenplay Awards, Lin Mu must have ulterior motives when he said this.

Sure enough, as Peter and Jackson expected, Lin Mu changed his conversation and brought the topic back to the topic.

"Actually, I once had the idea of wanting to change Tolkien's classic, but after I re-read this one, I found that it is not very easy to adapt it into a movie, "The Lord of the Rings" is a movie that is admittedly very difficult to make, because if it is made exactly according to the plan, it is estimated that the film will be scolded as worthless as soon as it is released, and no one will watch a movie like watching one, because the movie must maintain a reasonable rhythm in just a few hours, That's how you can attract the audience, and not so. The standard market for a complete movie cannot, in principle, exceed 2 and a half hours, and the original book has three books, which is not enough to read one of them even if the time reflecting the three movies is combined. How to make a successful film into a movie, it depends on the understanding of the original book and the level of adaptation, Lin Mu feels that it is very difficult, and it is also not an easy thing for Peter and Jackson.

"The process of adapting the script was really difficult, from the very beginning, in order to adapt to the needs of the film. I had to make a lot of adjustments. As I envisioned. At the beginning of the story, the cheerful atmosphere shows the grand one hundred and eleventh birthday party of Bilbo Baggins Sr. Gandalf soon watched Frodo and Sam embark on their journey to escort the Lord of the Rings. The two of them ran into Merry and Pippin on the way, and the combination of the four hobbits began to take shape, and Lin Mu knew that this was not how the plot developed in the middle of the story, Frodo was not as young as Peter Jackson had imagined, Frodo was thirty-three years old when Bilbo was one hundred and eleventh birthday, and he was actually on the road after his fiftieth birthday, that is. Seventeen years have passed, and Melly and Pippin have not joined by accident as in the films, they have always been Frodo's most loyal friends, joining the project in the first place" and helping Frodo do many things.

But Lin Mu fully agrees with Peter Jackson's idea, he knows that the reason why the film has made such a change is probably because it is to ensure the rhythm of the film, if it is to tell the trivial events that happened in the past seventeen years according to the original book, I am afraid that no one can stand it, and the audience may not be interested in a fifty-year-old old hobbit.

That's the biggest difference between commercial movies and them. Peter and Jackson introduced his ideas and general situation to Lin Mu in detail.

Lin Mu listened attentively, and after Peter Jackson had finished speaking, he asked the question that Frodo and his companions had encountered many dangers while passing through the Wicker River and the ancient tombs, but fortunately they were able to continue their adventure with the help of Tom Bombardier and his wife Goldberry.

Bomba Shoer has extraordinary abilities, and he has a distinct personality and is very interesting, which is a character that Lin Mu likes very much, but in Peter and Jackson's description, he does not find any trace of this character.

"Bombardier is a very interesting character in the original book, but after careful consideration, I decided to delete this whole part because it is a complete branching plot. The original book did not appear in Bomba Hurl after this, in order to ensure the main line of the film. I also had to reluctantly cut off my love for him, and Jackson explained that he didn't expect Lin Mu to have such a deep understanding of the original book. It seems that the idea of adapting this one that he once mentioned was not nonsense.

"According to Mr. Jackson's idea, cooperation is perfectly fine, but I don't understand it. Aren't the original books three books? Why only two episodes? Isn't three episodes better? After figuring out the details of some plot adaptations, Lin Mu finally asked such a question.

"Because at the beginning, Miramax only agreed to shoot the story of The Lord of the Rings into two episodes, so the script was conceived from the beginning. That's how I adapted. Due to the capacity of the film, I had to give up some great content and interesting ideas! Peter and Jackson heard the hint in Lin Mu's words, and he immediately showed that in addition to being dissatisfied with this idea, he also understood that as long as Lin Mu agreed, he would have no problem adapting the movie into three episodes.

Peter and Jackson changed their tune so quickly, which inevitably caused some concern for Lin Mu. Usually the second part of the trilogy always plays the role of before and after, so the excitement is always lacking.

In his memory, the second part of Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" did not escape such a fate The "Two Towers" began with the battle between Arachai and others and the orcs, but in order to ensure the excitement of the first part of the movie, this part of the story was put by Peter and Jackson at the end of "The Fellowship of the Ring", and the second part of the film is relatively bland compared with the other two, and in the film version of the trilogy, the second part also has the least box office revenue.

Now that he already knows that there will be such a loophole in the film, Lin Mu will naturally not sit idly by and watch this happen, he believes that the most ideal trilogy should be the slow entry of the plot**, one is more attractive than the other, so that it is the most perfect state.

And the kind of casualness that Peter Jackson had just shown had already made Lin Mu feel that he might make the same mistake again this time.

"Since Mr. Jackson had prepared a two-episode adaptation, if the shooting plan is changed to three episodes, my biggest concern is that the middle part of the film will be very different from the first and third parts in terms of plot quality. So I hope Mr. Jackson will rethink the whole script, if you just rely on the current script, and then add some plot in between. In cutting out part of the plot of the first and third parts and adding it to the second part, then I think this plot must be a failure! Peter Jackson felt that Lin Mu's worries were a bit unnecessary.

But nodded yes. In his opinion, a rigorous and professional investor is much better than those who only focus on costs and benefits.

Lin Mu is modest, and he doesn't have that sense of superiority just because he is the chairman of Paramount and Peter Jackson is just a New Zealand director who is not well-known in Hollywood.

This feeling of spring breeze made Peter and Jackson feel very dear. Only then did he understand why the big directors in Hollywood like to work with Lin Mu.

Because this kind of collaboration is a pleasant experience in itself. With a new investment from Paramount, Peter Jackson paid off his debts, and his partnership with Miramax came to an end.

Now Peter Jackson can be described as a spring breeze, the original embarrassment of asking for people in 4 places has long been left behind him, and he ambitiously took the check written by Paramount and recruited troops in Hollywood with great fanfare.

From Miramax to Paramount, the same film gets very different treatment.

This is another movie that is not favored by the public, but Lin Mu's investment this time did not cause too much controversy like "The Matrix", perhaps after the success of the Matrix.

Now people are more willing to believe in the vision of the woods. After some comparisons, people were surprised to find that Peter Jackson's new film has too many similarities with "The Matrix": the directors are not too famous, the ownership of the film is repeated, the original investors are not optimistic about the future of the film, and Paramount has uncharacteristically invested heavily after taking over.

These similarities have made it natural for the media to come to the conclusion that Peter Jackson's new film will be another dark horse in the Hollywood film industry.

Peter Jackson's own commotion alone may not be enough to attract media attention, but Paramount's huge investment in this film is undoubtedly a strong signal to Hollywood.

Paramount is willing to spend so much money on such a movie, there is only one reasonable explanation, and Paramount's chairman Lin Mu is very optimistic about this movie.

Lin Mu's attitude has made the media's attention to this film reach an unprecedented height, and in Hollywood newspapers, you can see tracking reports on the progress of the film's preparation every day, and the starring role in the film has become an issue of extraordinary concern to people.

With a check written by Paramount, one of his Jacksons made a lot of noise in Hollywood.

But on the latest list of actors, there is not a single Hollywood actor's name. Peter Jackson's approach immediately caused a lot of controversy, and the producer also took a lot of pressure for this, if it weren't for Lin Mu's clear and resolute support for Peter Jackson to make his own choice.

There will definitely be directors who will come forward and demand the removal of the actors. But Paramount is, after all, a Hollywood studio.

Under the banner of Hollywood movies, Jackson doesn't use a Hollywood actor, which is somewhat unexplainable for Hollywood fans.

Moreover, Peter Jackson's approach also annoyed some Hollywood media, and many critical voices made the crew that Peter Jackson had just formed feel pressure.