"Hey, Jonathan, do you have time? Come to the VIP box at Wembley Stadium and I'll introduce you to someone! ”

Two days before the League Cup final, Ye Qiu gave Jonathan? Wilson made a phone call, and Jonathan? Wilson was writing his column, so he smiled and asked, "Do you want me to say more nice things about you in the column?" You know, many people are not optimistic about you now! ”

Indeed, Tottenham Hotspur has not been in very good form in the past half month, but its fame and influence are there.

"Please, believe it or not, I'll take your column down and make it a three-page girl advertisement!" Ye Qiu threatened on the other side of the phone.

To take down Jonathan? Wilson's column, it seems, is not very difficult, for example, to buy an entire advertisement in the space he occupies.

"Okay, okay, you rich people just like to around like that!" Jonathan? Wilson smiled and conceded.

"I'll introduce you to someone, and then I'll introduce you to a part-time job!" Ye Qiu said with a smile on the phone.

Jonathan? When Wilson heard this, he shook his head and said, "You know, I'm not short of money!" ”

This guy's manuscript fee income can make him a lot of money, where will he be short of money?

"Anyway, you'll know when you come, or you'll regret it!" After speaking, Ye Qiu hung up the phone.

As a result, there was no news at all, and it wasn't until the day of the League Cup final that Ye Qiu asked the club's staff to give Jonathan again? Wilson made a phone call and told him the number of the box and told him to go directly to the box himself, Peter? Kenyon and Ron? Gully would be waiting for him over there.

Which makes Jonathan? Wilson has always wondered who he wanted to introduce to himself, and he was accompanied by two powerful factions of Tottenham Hotspur, of course, it may be more because of the League Cup final.

With such doubts, Jonathan? Wilson arrived at Wembley Stadium, touched the box familiarly, and after knocking on the door, it was Tottenham Hotspur's head of press who came to open the door. Milson.

"Hi Jonathan, you're late!" Milson smiled and put Jonathan? Wilson pulled in.

"Traffic jam!" Jonathan? Wilson used an old-fashioned excuse that didn't change for thousands of years.

After walking into this box, Jonathan? Wilson was a little surprised, because he originally thought that this box should be quite empty, but he didn't expect that the entire box was almost full of people, and many people were sitting in their positions, facing the court, with their backs to Jonathan, who came in the door? Wilson.

Except for Peter? Kenyon and Ron? Outside of Gulley, the others, Jonathan? Wilson didn't even see who it was, only a back, or even a head, who knew who it was?

"I'll introduce you!" Robert? Milson with Jonathan? Wilson came to the seat, "Famous Hollywood director Oliver? Stone! ”

In Robert? Milson's introduction, Jonathan? Wilson was surprised to find that the person who stood up and turned around was really the famous Hollywood Oliver? Stone, he's such a great figure in Hollywood and the world of cinema, how could he be here?

Just Jonathan? When Wilson was surprised, a man next to him stood up and laughed, "Oh, please, Jonathan, it stunned you when I saw Oliver, didn't you?" ”

Looking sideways, the person who said this is what all Tottenham Hotspur fans all over the world talk about, the famous Hollywood movie star Jude Noe, he is a die-hard fan of Tottenham Hotspur, he has his own special business seat at Stratford Stadium, every game must be there, and even during the filming of the movie, he has to take time to come back to watch.

Also because of the relationship between Tottenham Hotspur and the fact that they both live in London, Jude Noe and Jonathan? Wilson is familiar.

"Matt, this is the most famous football journalist in the UK, Jonathan? Wilson! ”

Under Jude Now's introduction, Jonathan? Wilson saw another Hollywood star, Matt? Damon.

This time Jonathan? Wilson was a little confused, he couldn't figure out what was going on, wasn't this a Carabao Cup final? Why are there so many Hollywood stars all of a sudden?

"Hello, Jonathan!" Oliver? Stone took the initiative to talk to Jonathan? Wilson shook hands, "Nice to meet you, I heard, you are a very good football journalist and expert in football tactics analysis!" ”

"It's over!" Jonathan? Wilson responded politely.

"We're going to make a football movie, about Tottenham Hotspur!" Oliver? Stone was straight to the point.

Making a movie? Hollywood? Football?

Jonathan? Those three words quickly crossed Wilson's mind, but he never felt that they could ever be combined, because football had been a taboo in Hollywood for many, many years.

When it comes to football movies, the most famous is [One Goal Fame], but even this movie actually started filming after it was strongly sponsored by Adidas, and only two films were made, and the box office was not very good, so the third part did not come out directly.

Arsenal have a very famous novelist fan named Nick? Hornby, he wrote a novel about football called "Extreme Mania", which was favored by many people, such as Johnny? Depp, but when it was adapted into a movie, the team at Twentieth Century Fox switched the sport from football to baseball.

Therefore, what Arsenal fans were very talking about was originally urged to find out in the end that in this movie, football has become baseball, Arsenal has become the Boston Red Sox, and there is nothing for them at all, and they are happy in vain.

Jonathan? Wilson once mentioned this to Jude No, and that's why football doesn't work in Hollywood.

Jude Noe cites the famous director Ken? According to Roach, the latter is also a British fan, but as a director in Hollywood, he thinks the two have different narratives and rhythms.

In Hollywood, all movies pay attention to star effect, especially to make a box office blockbuster movie, you need some big stars, but often big stars do not have the foundation of football, in this case, how do you make these big stars in the movie to interpret all kinds of skills on the football field to life?

In fact, in the United States, the number of fans is increasing, even in Hollywood, there are very, very many people who like football, especially with the strong rise of Tottenham Hotspur in recent years, it has attracted countless Hollywood stars, such as the famous Oscar-winning actress Charlize? Theron has mentioned more than once that he likes Tottenham Hotspur very much and manager Ye Qiu.

There are also many film company executives, famous directors, and big-name actors, who are all avid football fans, but they just can't create good football movies, which causes more and more filmmakers to stay away from football.

"You're going to make a Tottenham Hotspur-themed film?" Jonathan? Wilson still couldn't believe it.

Oliver? Stone smiled, Peter? Kenyon nodded, "Yes, Jonathan, this has been basically determined, and it includes Jude Nor Matt?" Damon, they are all willing to join this movie, and Adele is also willing to sing the theme song for this movie, reinterpreting Tottenham Hotspur's team song and fan songs! ”

Adele is a world-famous pop singer, Grammy Best Pop Singer, born in north London, and is an absolute die-hard Tottenham Hotspur loyalist, and she and Jude Noe can be seen in the stands at almost every game.

"Here's how it started!" Robert? Milson to Jonathan? Wilson recounted what had happened.

Ye Qiu once, once used to play Oliver? Stone's "Challenge Sunday" to encourage and motivate the players was spread by the outside media. After Si informed about this incident, he also remembered the names of Tottenham Hotspur and Ye Qiu, especially in recent years, Tottenham Hotspur has been in full swing in North America.

During the trip to Tottenham Hotspur in China this summer, it happened to be Oliver? Stone also went to China, and by chance, he met Ye Qiu, and the two sides talked, and Ye Qiu smiled and said that maybe he should make a movie.

"Football is described as a battlefield without gunpowder, a football game worth hundreds of millions, or even more than a billion euros, attracting the attention of hundreds of millions of people around the world, such a war can be said to be a world war!"

"Those people can't shoot football because they don't really know football!"

Is this time, Oliver? Stone was full of interest in the football described by Ye Qiu, so he began to have a concept, and often communicated with Ye Qiu on the Internet and emails, and the more the two sides talked, the more interested they became, especially in the past few years, Tottenham Hotspur's legendary journey, there are too many materials that can be filmed, and even a movie can't be summarized.

Oliver this time? Stone arrived in London and, in addition to getting a first-hand look at the Carabao Cup final, he was also planning to watch Tottenham Hotspur play live and start preparing the script.

"Shoot football in the way of war?" Jonathan? Wilson was a little surprised.

War films, in Hollywood movies, almost represent commercial blockbusters.

But Oliver? Stone became famous by making war movies, and his famous work is the movie "Field Platoon" that depicts the Vietnam War, and he himself is a veteran who has experienced the Vietnam War, so he always has a feeling about the war that others can't understand.

This is vividly reflected in his shooting of "Challenge Sunday", the kind of emphasis on teamwork, the tacit understanding of putting each other's lives in each other's hands, isn't it actually the same as war?

"Football is a very delicate sport, with gorgeous individual performances, but at the same time there is a great emphasis on team combat, which is the same as war, but a very important reason why football is difficult to move to the big screen is that the whole structure of the football game cannot adapt to the requirements of the movie, which is the biggest difference between it and war."

"Therefore, the most important thing in making a football movie is to have a balance, to capture the essence of football and its most fascinating aspects, to embody the spirit and core of the sport, to emphasize what it bears most in common with war, and then to understand the emotional resonance of guò and the interesting story, so that all viewers can understand why football is the greatest sport on the planet!"

Oliver? Stone expressed his feelings about football movies, which were actually the combination of Ye Qiu's football professionalism and Oliver's football expertise after an in-depth conversation with Ye Qiu? Stone's own ability to understand the film eventually came to a conclusion.

That is, if sports movies want to be successful, they must not be too obsessed with the sport itself, but should integrate it into the whole society, transform sports and competitions into a metaphorical way, and then resonate emotionally with the audience.

In other words, this film will interpret the charm of football in a new way and from a new perspective.

Oliver? Stone has even thought about it, the movie is taken from Ye Qiu's first season in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, which is the material of a typical competitive movie, the movie is directly a tragic life-and-death battle at the beginning, but Tottenham Hotspur suffered a miserable defeat, the ranking fell to the relegation zone, all the media, reporters and fans are frantically bombarding and blaming, and the team's situation is precarious.

Then cut back to the time when he just took over the team half a year ago, and what happened after that, and then slowly pick up the beginning, and finally after a long period of foreshadowing and brewing, there is a big explosion of emotions, games and achievements in the second half of the movie.

This is also the model of a typical Hollywood commercial film, as long as it is done well, the rhythm and narrative mode of the commercial film can be completely discharged.

Passing through Oliver? Stone said so, Jonathan? Wilson was a little surprised, "Aren't you going to make a biographical film about Tottenham Hotspur?" How does it feel like it's going to be a series? ”

Oliver? Stone and Peter? Kenyon burst out laughing, and the latter said, "If the first movie is a hit, then we'll launch a sequel, at least two or three, right?" ”

Based on Tottenham Hotspur in the past few years, it is true that it can be filmed into several films, but the key is to depend on the director and screenwriter, as well as how well the results are filmed, as well as the box office results.

"That'...... You're looking for me...... "Jonathan?" Wilson was a little confused.

"We'd love to invite you as a technical guide!" Oliver? Stone said.

The so-called technical guidance is actually to give some professional advice on some football game details, or tactical layout, Jonathan? Wilson is an expert in tactical analysis and has watched football for so many years and knows the sport very well.

"Why don't you invite Ye Qiu? He is more professional than me! "Jonathan? Wilson asked curiously.

Oliver? Stone and Peter? Kenyon glanced at each other, and they all smiled a little helplessly, originally they all thought that Ye Qiu was the most suitable, after all, many ideas were Ye Qiu and Oliver? Stone discussed, but Ye Qiu planned to accompany his wife on a trip around the world and didn't have time to participate in this kind of thing, so he recommended Jonathan? Wilson.

However, Ye Qiu is one of the investors in this film, and at present, Huangtian Group is already the largest owner of China's cinema chain, and has also acquired AMC, the second largest cinema chain in the United States, and has also established a film investment company, which is already one of the top film investors in China.

With such a background, coupled with the fact that the movie tells the story of Tottenham Hotspur and Ye Qiu, with Tottenham Hotspur's current influence in North America and the world, plus Oliver? Stone's directing ability, as well as Matt? Damon, Jude Noe and Tottenham Hotspur have the market appeal of a number of stars, and I believe that this movie is still quite marketable.

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In Jonathan? Wilson and Oliver? While Stone and others frantically exchanged details and ideas about the movie in the VIP box, the game on the stadium was not postponed because they lost their attention, and it still started in full swing amid the cheers of tens of thousands of fans in the stadium.

Tottenham Hotspur's first half still did not show the strength of the invincible Tottenham Hotspur team in the past, and the slightly weaker Tottenham Hotspur used passive scenes to confirm why some people thought before the game that Tottenham Hotspur would be crushed by Manuel Pellegrini's Manchester City.

Especially in the first 20 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur played very, very hard, Ye Qiu shouted on the sidelines almost every minute, constantly reminding players to be careful of this, pay attention to that, commanded very frequently, and it could be seen that he was also very dissatisfied with the team's performance.

In the case that the league has basically won the game, Ye Qiu obviously hopes to continue to make breakthroughs in the cup and the Champions League, especially the League Cup, which has reached the final, there is no reason to let go of such a trophy in vain, isn't it?

Yaya? Toure and De Rossi, two strong men, teamed up to limit Tottenham Hotspur's midfield, and they played quite well after the opening, especially Yaya? Toure, the well-bodied Ivorian was very active in this game, and Tottenham Hotspur paid the price for their sluggish form in the thirtieth minute, when Aguero received Yaya? Toure's assist opened the scoring for Manchester City.

This makes everyone worry about Tottenham Hotspur, because judging from the first half, Tottenham Hotspur continued the team's recent sluggish form, if it is against a weak team like Norwich, Tottenham Hotspur can still rely on the strength of the team to overpower the opponent, but now it is facing Manchester City.

In terms of the strength of the players and the thickness of the squad, Manchester City is not lost to Tottenham Hotspur at all, and even surpasses Tottenham Hotspur, so the outside world is not very optimistic about Tottenham Hotspur in this game.

And after being scored by the Manchester City team, Ye Qiu simply gave up walking around the sidelines, pointing and directing, he simply put his hands on his chest, stood there, looked at the players on the field coldly, and didn't say a word.

Strange to say, after being scored by Manchester City, Tottenham's performance has improved a bit, especially after 40 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur had a threatening attack, but failed to break through the Manchester City goal, but it was a good start.

Pellegrini became passionate, and he also went to the sidelines to direct the game hard, and it was obvious that he also felt that Tottenham Hotspur, the sleeping Lions, had been awakened.