After carefully reading the draft script of the movie "History of American Gangsters", Zhou Yang couldn't help but marvel at Zheng Jun's talent.

The original film of "American Gangster History" is a very typical film with a staggered structure of time and space, and the draft script will write flashbacks, interludes, and sequences to show the events that occurred in the United States from the twenties to the sixties of the twentieth century through dialogue, stories, and extremes, especially the understanding of the culture of the United States during that period, which is simply three points, so that Zhou Yang can't help but suspect that the author who wrote the draft script of "A History of American Gangsters" is an authentic old American local scholar......

However, the draft script of "A History of American Gangsters" is not flawless, and the narrative of events is perfect, but the more perfect things are, the more cumbersome and lengthy they are, and the story is too dragging its feet

It's okay to make a TV series, but if you really want to bring this story to the big screen, you may not be able to shoot it in 20 hours......

In addition to the narrative being more verbose than "Once Upon a Time in America", the inconsequential side plot is also quite cumbersome, Zhou Yang's first feeling after watching "American Gangster History" is that Zheng Jun pays too much attention to the so-called art, but forgets the trade-offs of the movie itself, although it is very down-to-earth, but the theme to be expressed in the whole movie is slightly lacking.

In the space of two days.

Zhou Yang turned off his mobile phone, cut off all communication tools with the outside world, locked himself in a small room in Sky Company, carefully flipped through various materials, and pondered the plot of "Once Upon a Time in America" in the depths of his memory......

Two years ago, Zhou Yang didn't know so much about movies, and after watching the commentary of "Once Upon a Time in America", he didn't care about some of the details in it.

But two years later, when Zhou Yang recalled the scenes of "Once Upon a Time in America", he felt more and more that this movie was a classic, and even regretted why he didn't see this movie from beginning to end.

The draft script of "A History of American Gangsters" was partially cut by Zhou Yang, and the classic plot of "Once Upon a Time in America" was added to his memory, and the themes of childhood friendship, love, loss, greed, violence, the passage of time, the breakdown of relationships, and the former American criminal gangs were sublimated one by one through the plot.

"Whew!"

The early morning sun in Los Angeles shone on Zhou Yang's desk.

Zhou Yang, who hadn't adjusted to the jet lag, stayed up all night, and he didn't feel tired, but felt extra energetic.

He carefully reviewed the draft of "A History of American Gangsters" and his own revised draft, and the printer typed out a dozen pages of revised content.

He was not gifted, in fact, he was standing on the basis of "Once Upon a Time in America" to make changes, carefully searched the memories in his mind, and when he confirmed that he could no longer make any modifications and improvements, he breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had done something, and he was extremely happy.

He got up from his office chair, stretched, and opened the door after he had eaten something.

"Mr. Zhou!"

Doorway......

Zheng Jun had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Zhou Yang come out, he immediately stood up excitedly, and began to speak incoherently: "We, it's exploded!" Burst, burst! ”

Walkway crossings.

Zheng Jun's voice was very loud, which shook Zhou Yang's eardrums and trembled.

"What's exploding?"

""The Departed is out! The box office is six million dollars, which is higher than "Chainsaw"! Mr. Zhou, I did it...... Yes, I did...... Mr. Zhou, I can do ......"

Zheng Jun shouted excitedly, and then trembled and handed a large stack of box office data to Zhou Yang, he stared at Zhou Yang tightly, his eyes were full of anticipation, vaguely, as if a flame was burning in it, emitting a blazing light.

Debuted in your twenties!

I wanted to prove my level in the film industry, and took the film to overseas exhibitions, but I committed a taboo and was banned.

Youth is gone, dreams are shattered, and even poor for a time, barely surviving by selling scripts.

But the frustrations of life did not knock down this fanatical filmmaker after all, and the flame in his heart not only did not go out, but became brighter in repeated blows.

He was so eager to get it right the first time!

Even if the success is extremely short-lived, even if it is just the dust of this great era, it will be carried away by the wind at any time!

At the entrance of the aisle, he cheered half-white, like a child.

After not getting a response from Zhou Yang for a long time, his excited expression suddenly began to become a little panicked, and the smile on his face gradually stiffened, and then began to become embarrassed.

Immediately after, the aisle entrance began to become silent, and Zhou Yang just looked at him silently......

His heart suddenly began to sink a little, as if a burst of darkness had swept over his body again, and finally he was engulfed in darkness and could not extricate himself.

The investment of 10 million US dollars is not a small amount after all, and Mr. Zhou himself has not made such a big investment, I am afraid that he will ......

Suddenly, this thought appeared in my mind, and when this thought appeared, I couldn't suppress it in an instant.

He subconsciously lowered his head.

"I've changed the script a little, you can see if it's okay......"

"If you think it's okay, shoot like this, if you don't think it's okay, shoot according to your ideas......"

"Ten million dollars, you tell the finance department, I will give you a note, how much should you get paid for "The Departed", not a penny less!"

“……”

At this time, Zhou Yang's voice came into his mind.

He was shocked, and then raised his head in disbelief, only to see Zhou Yang show a smile.

The smile is extraordinarily gentle, like a touch of warm sun in winter, which makes him very warm!

Subsequently, Zhou Yang printed out the revised "History of American Gangsters" and handed it to him.

He watched the revised version of "American Gangster History" for the first time, and the more he watched it, the more surprised he became, and the more he watched it, the more excited he became!

His draft script is just a concept and a story in the movie, and many details in it need to be carved repeatedly, analyzed and selected over and over again, but Zhou Yang has refined the story, and even sorted out the entire script context clearly, completely reaching his ideal state......

Little by little, time passed.

He carefully saw the end from the beginning of the script......

After reading it, his pupils shrank suddenly, and then his eyes widened, only to feel that his goosebumps straightened, and his whole scalp was numb!

"This ......"

"Mr. Zhou, this movie, if it is really made like this, it will definitely become a classic movie in the United States, not inferior to the classic movie of "New York 1920"!"

"Yes, absolutely!"

"I promise ......"

"Mr. Zhou, I didn't expect you to be so powerful, and your understanding of Lao Mei's era and the art of movies is so ......"

"I'll definitely shoot it well, give me some time, and I'll read the script carefully again......"

Zheng Jun gasped, his voice trembling, echoing over and over again at the entrance of the aisle.

…………………………

"Superman 2" is in full swing.

Fifty-three million, this is a milestone for Chinese films. Another peak in Lee's career.

James. Lee was naturally happy.

But it was only fun, and it wasn't as excited as others thought.

"More than a hundred years ago, my ancestors had their own colony in this place, and everyone knelt before us......"

"More than a hundred years later, I'm just doing the same thing as my ancestors, just in a different realm, that's all......"

When the assistant excitedly told James the box office data of "Superman 2" the next day. After Li, he sat on the chair in the presidential suite of the Yanjing Hotel, overlooking the entire Yanjing, and then took out the various pursuits of the directors in the Chinese entertainment industry for his "lecture", and showed a little smile on his face.

This year......

Perhaps because of Zhou Yang's birth, or the operation of relevant departments in China, Hollywood movies are not too good at the box office in China.

After the appearance of "The Grandmaster", there is a vague tendency to compete with Hollywood movies......

This made many Hollywood directors feel embarrassed, and Robert Jr., the director of "Interstellar", was even laughed at by all his Hollywood colleagues, feeling that his movies were simply discrediting Hollywood, and the shame was lost to China.

Director Robert Jr. was even ridiculed for suffering from depression at one point.

At first, Superman 2 was prepared for release in mid-September.

However, when I saw that the movie "Infernal Affairs" suddenly emerged, and "Men in Black" director Chels actually changed the schedule in order not to compete with "Infernal Affairs" at the box office, and a large number of old American movies ridiculed Chels, and even some people took the rhythm and said that Hollywood movies lost their due dominance in the Chinese region. Li instantly began to sit still, he remembered his ancestors, and remembered today's Chinese movies......

Thereupon!

He adjusted the schedule of "Superman 2" to August and fought "Infernal Affairs" in the ring.

In fact......

The results are really good.

"Mr. James, we're almost home......"

"Returning home? It's really a little reluctant, many directors in Huaxia have an almost crazy worship for those of us, and I stayed in Huaxia like a slave owner...... When I return to the United States, I may feel a sense of disparity......"

in the room.

He sighed.

He really enjoyed staying in Huaxia and being superior.

No matter where they go, they are all hugging each other, casually talking about something about the movie, even if there is no nutritional thing, these directors can always find the deepest movie philosophy, and then they are sought after and regarded as classics......

The assistant laughed.

Before he could say anything more, he heard the phone vibrate, and then, the assistant received a movie message from Lao Mei.

When he received the message, the assistant's expression was extraordinary.

"Mr. James, it seems that our "Superman 2" did not meet expectations at the box office in the United States......"

"Huh?"

James. The smile on Lee's face froze, and then he glanced at his assistant suspiciously.

"And the word-of-mouth of Tomato Movies on the Internet was surpassed by a "Departed" ......" The assistant turned on the computer, and then muttered in disbelief: "Christian and Black. MP Olsen is promoting the film......"

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