The skies in Los Angeles are slightly overcast.

After Zhou Yang came to SKY Company, he couldn't help but wrap his coat.

With the explosion of movies such as "Saw Horror", "Struggle", "Men in Black" and "Jaws" in Europe and the United States, SKY, as a distribution company, is no longer unknown in Hollywood.

In addition, after Christian followed the black congressman to give speeches all over the United States, calling for peace, racial equality and environmental protection, and so on, SKY has risen in status among Hollywood side studios, squatting around a large group of reporters every day to ask this and that.

"Mr. Zhou, these reporters are like this every day, especially after the concert, these reporters think you are crazy, give up the palace-level music works and do not create, but want to make a superhero movie like "Spider-Man" that Chinese people can't understand, these days, I have received dozens of interviews about you in the crew......"

Zhou Yang's SKY company.

Zheng Jun pushed the door in, and after pushing the door in, Zheng Jun complained speechlessly for the first time.

These days, Zheng Jun wears a pair of black-framed glasses, a small mustache, and a small dreadlock, which has a literary sense of the old and beautiful hippies of the last century.

As the screenwriter of the first version of "Mine Bottom", Zheng Jun has been directing "American Gangster History", which he wrote and Zhou Yang revised.

"Okay, how did 'American Gangster History' go?"

"The sample is finished, but I don't know how to edit it in the post, and I want to talk to you about it."

In addition to the changes in his appearance, Zheng Jun's overall temperament seems to have changed a lot, and he no longer has the humility and discouragement that Zhou Yang had when he first saw him, on the contrary, his eyes were very bright, standing in front of Zhou Yang and standing straight with Zhou Yang, his words were like old friends who had been familiar for many years, and he subconsciously pulled a chair and sat down while talking.

"Don't know how to edit?"

"Yes, every plot I filmed, I think it is an indispensable part of the whole "American Gangster History", holding the sample film, I watched it for a long time and didn't know how to cut it, I didn't know how to start......

"How long is the dailies?"

"Seven hours."

"How much?"

"Seven Hours ......"

"A movie?"

"Uh, yes."

When Zheng Jun handed Zhou Yang a USB flash drive, Zhou Yang subconsciously opened the USB flash drive and entered the computer, and after opening the sample material of "American Gangster History", after watching the 420-minute sample, he was stunned.

The movie "American Gangster History" was written by Zheng Jun himself, and Zhou Yang's revised part was borrowed from the original time and space "Once Upon a Time in America", a movie about four hours long.

Before the filming of "American Gangster History", Zhou Yang felt that the film was about four hours long, but he never dreamed that more than two months later, Zheng Jun actually took a seven-hour sample and handed it to himself, which was longer than the original "Once Upon a Time in America"!

Zhou Yang was stunned, but he didn't say anything, but opened "History of American Gangsters" for the first time and began to read it.

He still has a lot of trust in Zheng Jun's talent, after seeing the script and sketch of the movie "Mine Bottom" for the first time two years ago, Zhou Yang was unconsciously impressed by his amazing imagination, the script is similar to the original world "Adventures in the Inner World" movie, but the plot and framework structure seem to be more complete and reasonable than "Adventures in the Inner World", and there are more races......

...."Mr. Zhou, this "History of American Gangsters" may not be a money-making movie, but it is definitely a good movie......"

Seeing that Zhou Yang was seriously clicking on the sample of "History of American Gangsters", Zheng Jun couldn't help but remind him.

Zhou Yang didn't say anything, but continued to watch seriously.

The seven-hour movie made Zhou Yang see it from the early morning of October 18 to about three o'clock in the afternoon, and after watching it, Zhou Yang silently turned off the sample and rubbed his eyes.

No matter how good a movie is, watching it for seven hours in a row will make anyone feel tired.

may be the reason for the relatively shallow historical understanding of Lao Mei, Zhou Yang does not have much sense of substitution for the plot, but I have to say that Zheng Jun's portrayal of the characters is quite meticulous and meticulous to the bones, especially the part where the protagonist peeks at the heroine dancing, Zhou Yang feels unprecedentedly amazed, and the final ending is also regrettable, there is a gloomy feeling that is swallowed in the throat and can't be spit out for a long time.

After slowing down for a long time, Zhou Yang sighed: "Director Zheng, I don't know what to say about this movie...... From a commercial point of view, it may be difficult to achieve the expected box office, but from a film art point of view......"

Zhou Yang suddenly couldn't speak anymore for a long time.

"The History of American Gangsters" is filmed in too detail, down to every small object in every scene, telling the audience the changes of every era, and the vaguely flashing shots are full of various rich lens languages, indicating the deep transformation of the protagonist......

Zhou Yang once thought about editing, but every detail seemed to have Zheng Jun's intentions, and after a while, Zhou Yang didn't know how to edit, so he could only shake his head in the end.

"What's wrong?" Zheng Jun asked subconsciously after seeing that Zhou Yang had not spoken.

"I didn't ...... It's good, the release of the movie is a problem......" Zhou Yang finally nodded after a pause.

From a commercial point of view, this movie is probably a tragedy, it is too long, although the full text has troughs and climaxes, and there are also expectations points, but when it is displayed in a seven-hour movie, Zhou Yang can basically be sure that there is no theater that will screen such a long movie, and the seven-hour screening hall can completely arrange three movies, three movies, which is not as fragrant as a seven-hour literary film? Even if the theater chain is willing to show it, it is impossible for fans to be willing to walk into the theater and watch such a long movie......

Except for a small number of filmmakers in the true sense, ordinary movie fans are still relatively indifferent to words such as "art" and "deep film art".

"Mr. Zhou, I just need a chance to ......" After seeing Zhou Yang's expression, Zheng Jun suddenly became a little anxious: "Mr. Zhou, I don't want to make money in this movie, I don't want a penny, the next movie, I promise to help you earn it back, I still keep the script of "Mine Bottom" I wrote before, the copyright is in our company, I believe this movie can definitely make a lot of money...... I need a chance to prove myself now...... It's really not difficult for me to make commercial money-making movies, Mr. Zhou, please believe me, this movie will definitely cause an unprecedented uproar in Lao Mei......"

....in the office.

Zheng Jun stood up, leaned in front of Zhou Yang and kept saying what was in his heart, and his whole face was so anxious that his face was about to turn red.

"That's it, don't worry, I'll call Christian first, you first handle the post-production and soundtrack of this movie, if it's really going to be released, the seven-hour movie, I'm afraid it will have to be split into three parts, you'd better make up some plot nodes, and add something to each movie that can hang the audience's appetite...... It seems to be difficult, though. ”

"I'll try, give me three days!"

"Huh?"

After listening to Zhou Yang's words, Zheng Jun turned around and left the office without saying a word.

Looking at the empty office, Zhou Yang picked up his mobile phone and made a call to Christian.

When he first received the call, Christian was quite happy, and he was working with Congressman Olsen in California on a documentary called "The Road to the President."

However, when he learned that Zheng Jun used the crew of "Lamb" to make a seven-hour literary movie, he was stunned.

"What do you say, O God, seven hours? FUCK, how do I find theatrical release? God, let's do it, it's divided into three parts, I look for familiar theaters, but the time for scheduling is at midnight or at noon, which is an invalid scheduling time, and it is difficult for such a movie to get a prime time......"

After reprieving for a long time, he could only say these words with a wry smile.

Zhou Yang naturally nodded, and he also knew the difficulty of these things.

Lao Mei is not Huaxia after all, Zhou Yang does not have his own related theaters, and it is unrealistic to take the movie "American Gangster History" to Huaxia to play, on the one hand, Huaxia's theaters are very full of films in the second half of the year, and they are fighting all kinds of relationships, on the other hand, this movie is not adapted to the past in Huaxia, and it is estimated that it will have to be more ruthless......

"Mr. Zhou Yang, God, you must stop making superhero movies, if you want to make some better superheroes, "Lizard Man" is too fluttering, and this movie is still a Waterloo encountered in the case of Lao Mei has a background...... "Spider-Man", although I haven't read the movie script, but probably I can think that this is definitely another biochemical mutation type movie, and this movie has no comic book background, Mr. Zhou Yang, superhero movies are really not as simple as you imagined......" finished "History of American Gangsters" After the incident, Zhou Yang chatted with Christian about "Spider-Man" for a while, and after Christian heard it, he suddenly became excited, and persuaded Zhou Yang for the first time like everyone else.

After listening to Christian's persuasion, Zhou Yang did not have any other reaction, but chatted casually with Christian and hung up the phone.

As soon as the phone was hung up, Zhou Yang's mobile phone rang again.

The call was made by Roddy.

Luo Di used to be Christian's assistant, and then helped shoot "Chainsaw" and "The Departed", Zhou Yang had a good relationship with Luo Di, and later because of Christian's unreliability, he could only shoot "American Gangster History" with Zheng Jun, and now the crew of "Spider-Man", Zhou Yang plans to invite Luo Di to be the assistant director and shoot "Spider-Man" together, thinking that "Spider-Man" will give Luo Di some box office share, after all, he has done so many things for himself diligently and conscientiously.

....But......

When Zhou Yang received the call, he heard Luo Di smile bitterly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou Yang, "Spider-Man", I'd better forget it, Mr. Zhou Yang, I've read the script, the script has highlights but not much, of course, this is an insignificant thing, after all, the script needs to look at the people and special effects filmed, superhero movies, just eat this piece, Mr. Zhou Yang, we are friends, I'll be honest with you, I'm very optimistic about the project of "Spider-Man", especially the special effects of the Chinese pioneers you said...... I talked to Mr. Zheng and Mr. Zheng the other day, and although Miss Sarina of [Digital Domain] will be involved in the mentoring work, but, sorry, I really don't like this project, and most importantly, I took on a big budget film from Midland Pictures, with an investment of close to $350 million in "Cleopatra", which is a big-budget film, and my teacher is the director, and I have to help him...... I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou Yang......"

On the phone, Roddy was very candid about a series of reasons.

Zhou Yang was silent for a while after listening, and then sighed: "That...... It's a pity, Mr. Roddy, can you help you contact the corresponding actors? ”

"Mr. Zhou Yang, actually, you asked me to help contact and introduce last month, and I have actually been in touch, but since "Lizard Man" hit the street, when I heard that a Chinese person was going to make a superhero movie, and it was "Spider-Man", those actors were far away, and a few actors were willing to participate, but they offered an unacceptable price......"

"What price?"

"$30 million!"

"What? How much? ”

"$30 million in ......"

“……”

When Zhou Yang heard this, the whole person was stunned.

The salary of 30 million US dollars is equivalent to 200 million yuan!

The investment in the entire "Spider-Man" is also higher than this at most......

With such an amazing salary, Zhou Yang naturally won't open it.

Mr. Zhou Yang...... Our Saw was indeed a huge success in Europe and the United States, but that was a thing of the past...... You may be powerful in China, but in the United States, sorry, Mr. Zhou Yang, your influence really can't be compared with other directors, some Hollywood stars, well, in your Chinese idiom, it is to watch the dishes, you go to social platforms, Twitter or YouTube to take a look, "Spider-Man" has not been filmed yet, a large number of people have already said that this is a big bad movie, and many people say that you are crazy...... Mr. Zhou Yang, if we don't take our time, or shoot "Departed 2", I may still be able to find time to shoot it......"

"I see...... What about some second-tier stars? ”

"Mr. Zhou Yang, let me be more blunt, although many Hollywood artists are second-tier in the European and American markets, many people are born with a natural sense of superiority...... Although they are not like other first-line artists, they offer $30 million at every turn, but their salary is also quoted at the edge of 10 million...... The cost performance is really not high, Mr. Zhou Yang, I will send you a quotation form in your mailbox later, this quotation form is basically the real data they fed back......"

After Zhou Yang finished chatting with Luo Di on the phone, a helpless smile appeared on his face.

"Lizard Man" hit the streets, which may be a good thing for Chinese films, at least let Chinese directors know that Hollywood movies will also have "bad industrial movies".

But the influence of this movie after hitting the street was too great, and it directly affected the filming of "Spider-Man".

At first, Zhou Yang also wanted to invite some slightly well-known actors in Hollywood to film, but when Zhou Yang opened the quotation form and saw that these second- and third-tier stars offered more than $10 million to "Spider-Man", Zhou Yang was numb.

Subsequently, Zhou Yang began to think about how he should make the movie "Spider-Man" in the future.

About three hours later, as the sun set, the phone rang again.

The call was from Christian.

Christian's phone call didn't bring any good news, but bad news.

"Mr. Zhou Yang, I originally thought that "The History of American Gangsters" could be played at least in the midnight or noon slots, but ...... Now it seems that none of the theaters are willing to show this movie...... Although Mr. Zheng Jun is a little famous for making the movie "The Departed" with him, after all, the United States is a capitalist society, and everyone only sees interests......

Zhou Yang closed his eyes.

He was high-spirited in Huaxia, but he suffered setbacks one after another on the first day he came to Lao Meicai.

Even though he had experienced the wind and waves, Zhou Yang, who had become accustomed to it, still felt a little gloomy in his heart.

After Zhou Yang finished chatting with Christian, he subconsciously boarded Lao Mei's Twitter and YouTube, but he didn't expect that the title of the tenth most popular was himself.

[Music composer Zhou Yang is crazy! 】

Zhou Yang clicked on Twitter, and after reading it for a long time, he found that all the people below were mocking him in English.

When he looked closely, Zhou Yang saw a lot of Chinese netizens, and even idioms such as "self-indulgence", "sitting in the well and watching the sky", and "blind arrogance" were used.

Zhou Yang turned off the Twitter headline, and then saw another tweet.

Another tweet was from "Lizard Man" director Corot. Packy's.

The following content on Zhou Yang's Twitter is mainly mocking, and about "Lizard Man" director Kro. Peggy's Twitter content is a large expanse of name-calling and all sorts of sarcastic voices.

All sorts of ugly words are full of Koro. Under Peggy's tweet, Zhou Yang was shocked when he saw it.

Just as Zhou Yang was looking at these messages, he became more and more sympathetic to Coro. Peggy's time was when there was a knock on the door of the office.

Zhou Yang turned off the computer: "Come in." ”

Then, Zhou Yang saw Xu Mei walk in, with a hint of entanglement on her face, as if she was holding something.

"Mr. Zhou, there is an American director who wants to meet you......"

"Who?"

"Coro. Peggy, the director of "Lizard Man", now has a bad reputation in the United States, and seems to have an unpleasant ...... with the DV company"

"Huh?" Zhou Yang was stunned when he heard it.

"He's here in person, and he's waiting at the door, are you going to meet him?"

"Huh? See you. Although Zhou Yang didn't know this Koro in his heart. Director Peggy came over to do something, but nodded anyway.

It's not a bad thing to meet, maybe there's some opportunity.

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