Sicily was the birthplace of the mafia, and the men here are very familiar with the gang rules, dare to fight and obey the discipline, and are the best fresh blood of the Corleone family.

Shen Long is not just thinking about making a movie to make money, now the main members of the family are left over from the godfather era, and he also needs his own power, if he can pull a group of people from Sicily, he will become his backbone in the future.

"It's not the kind of solution you think, I'll call you in a few days, and you come over and read the script." Shen Long had already begun to ponder whether to copy that movie.

After sending Johnny and Nino away, Shen Long stayed in the room and went through all the movies he had watched related to Sicily in his mind, the "Godfather" series is definitely not good, "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily"? This doesn't seem to be appropriate, the godfather is very conservative in dealing with the relationship between men and women, and the U.S. military in this movie is not so positive, now it's the Cold War period, don't get yourself into unnecessary trouble because of a movie.

Luc Besson's "Blue Sea and Blue Sky"? This movie shows the beautiful blue sea and blue sky of Sicily, but the story is a bit literary, and there are many underwater shots, I don't know if it can be filmed in this era, the shooting is difficult, the investment is high, and the return is not high, which is obviously not suitable.

"The Postman" tells the story of the Chilean poet Neruda in Sicily, but Neruda went to Sicily more than ten years later, and now he is still a member of the Chilean parliament.

The rest are some movies that reflect the Sicilian mafia, or Shen Long specially watched them for this mission, which is not as suitable as "The Godfather".

After thinking about it, there is only one "Cinema Paradiso" left, which, like "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", is the work of Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore, and the story takes place in a small village in Sicily.

Duoduo is a quirky child, and Alfedo is the projectionist of the "Paradise Cinema", because the film threads the needle, so that they establish a relationship of teacher and friend; The projectionist plays the role of a leader, leading Duoduo to grow up in childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and even old age; After his death, he left Duoduo a box of film, reconnecting Duoduo's lost memories and emotions for 30 years.

The story is warm and touching, there should be many people like to watch it, and the artistic value is also very high, and it has won many awards such as the Oscar for foreign language films.

It's just that the background of the story needs to be slightly modified, and the story in the original work spans a long time, from Duoduo's childhood to his success, from the forties and fifties to the nineties, and now it is only 1945.

Maybe you can move the time forward a little, and the identity of the protagonist has also been changed from an old director to a famous Hollywood actor, the same as Johnny; The establishment of American cinema hegemony in Europe was a matter of the post-World War I, and the background of the story can be placed at this time, and correspondingly, the classic scenes that appear in the film must also be selected from the classic works of the first and twenties.

But was there a cinema in a small village in Sicily at that time? Or you may need to move the location of the story from a small village to a small town.

It took Shen Long several days to recall and revise the story, and after a week, when the first draft was finally written, he called Johnny, called him to the hotel, and showed him the story.

It's not a finished script, it's just a rough story, Johnny took the script and read it, and slowly he was immersed in the story.

He watched it over and over again, and didn't wake up until he watched it for the third time, and said to Shen Long excitedly, "This is really a good story, I feel like I'm like Duoduo in the story, and the godfather is like the projectionist Aifedo, providing me with life guidance and caring for me to grow up!" ”

Hey, it's really a bit like that, Shen Long didn't think so much when he copied this story, but now when he hears Johnny say this, he thinks it's like this, Duoduo was raised by Alfedor, and Johnny also grew up under the care of his godfather since he was a child; Alfedo didn't let Duoduo stay in the village as a projectionist and let him go to the big city, and his godfather didn't let Johnny get involved in the family affairs, so he went to Hollywood to develop.

As Toto grows up, Alfedo uses his rich life experience to guide him, and his godfather helps Johnny grow again and again; Duoduo eventually became a big director, and Johnny also became a big star.

"It's good to like it, that's probably the story, and you still need to find someone to fill in more details." For example, how to choose the films that appear in the movie, how to cut those classic shots that are cut, historical research, customs research, etc., are all very meticulous and time-consuming work, and Shen Long doesn't have the energy.

"No problem, with this story, I can write a good script by finding a few screenwriters who are familiar with Sicily!" These are small questions, and Johnny can easily handle them, "By the way, who wrote this story?" ”

Shen Long shrugged, "You can sign your name, and maybe you can get back an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay." "This film won the Best Screenplay Award in the UK that year, and in Hollywood more than 40 years ago, it will definitely be able to beat these screenwriters now.

"Fredo, you're not going to tell me you wrote it, are you?" Johnny's eyes widened, and he vaguely guessed the truth from the typewriter on the table and the scrap paper.

"I don't need this reputation, but you, if I can win this award, it will be a great thing for our film studio; You don't have to worry too much about the future, maybe I can provide you with a script in the future. "If this continues, maybe in this world, in the future, the eight major Hollywood companies will have one more company controlled by the Corleone family.

"Oh, Fredo, you're definitely better suited to be the owner of this movie studio than I am." Johnny was grateful, not even knowing what to say.

"Don't be too excited, go back and think about how to make this movie well, this is our company's first work, and we must not fail!" Shen Long patted him on the shoulder, "By the way, when the time comes to go to Sicily to shoot, remember to call me too, I also want to go back to Corleone Village to have a look." ”

After finishing the script, Shen Long asked him about the recent progress of his work, "How is the preparation of the studio?" ”

"Most of it went well, but there were a few minor problems." Johnny frowned again.