December for Westerners is already the end of the year. At this time, foreigners are usually not in a hurry to work and like to relax and enjoy the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays.

But for Chen Xiyue, she doesn't care about Christmas and New Year's Day at all. There is only one most important festival for Chinese people, and that is the Spring Festival.

Chen Xiyue plans to return to China for the Spring Festival this year, and accept his parents' by the way

"Urging love and marriage bombing", they have not been nagged by them for a long time, and Chen Xiyue is worried that they will be sick. Therefore, before going back for vacation, Chen Xiyue has to do more things and deal with these things that should be done well, so that he can return to China with peace of mind.

Today she invited two famous directors, the Coen brothers, to come to the company to discuss things. In fact, this is not the first time Chen Xiyue has met with the Coen brothers, she has been in contact with them for the past three months, handing out the script.

And it wasn't until this time that the Coen brothers were invited to the Bou Stitch Monster. From this point of view, the biggest obstacle to cooperation between the two sides is gone.

Chen Xiyue invited the Coen brothers, naturally for Xuluo - the script of "Ice Blood Storm".

Now Chen Xiyue is no longer Wuxia Ameng, she is very proficient in the affairs of the film and television industry, and she is like a strong woman in the industry.

Gail Berman, the female president of Fox News, who has a very good relationship with her, jokingly said that she hopes that she will go to Fox News to help her, and Chen Xiyue will at least be the president of Fox News in the future.

Chen Xiyue thinks it's strange that Xuluo writes scripts, movies are movies, TV series are TV series, and there has never been a movie and TV series with the same name and similar content, but the subdivisions are a little different.

The TV series is more delicate, and the movie is more aggressive. But both scripts are very good, and they seem to be straight to the hearts of people.

This is also the reason why Chen Xiyue believed from the beginning that this movie and TV series called "Ice Storm" will definitely attract the Coen brothers.

In fact, Chen Xiyue did not approve of using the Coen brothers at first, although the dark, funny, and absurd movie atmosphere of "Ice Storm" is very suitable for the Coen brothers, but Hollywood is not the only Coen brothers who can direct such a movie.

The most good to come to the dock is a handsome man. female, but it's just as much as the director. There are at least tens of thousands of well-known and unknown directors combined.

There are still works for this. There is no more director of the work. These directors cover all genres, and there is no need to worry that they can't make a movie, many of them just lack an opportunity.

However, Xuluo demanded that the Coen brothers must be the director, and asked them to sign a contract for at least the next five seasons of the "Ice Storm" TV series - although Xuluo only gave the plot content and structure of the first three seasons.

Chen Xiyue believed in Xuluo's vision, so she chose to comply. As a result, the Coen brothers were reluctant at first, they were only willing to do their own screenwriting scripts, and felt that this would meet their characteristics, and the film would have a soul when directed.

But Chen Xiyue is not a vegetarian, she first sent the script of the movie over, and then sent the script of the TV series every once in a while.

Seeing two different kinds, but almost a dark comedy and absurd plot of "Ice Storm", the Coen brothers are really interested.

Especially after continuous communication with Chen Xiyue, it was determined that they had absolute control over the movies and TV series, including casting, production, editing, etc., and even the content could be modified, the Coen brothers finally relented and agreed to the interview.

In fact, Chen Xiyue had already figured out their habits. The Coen brothers don't like to be entangled with these studios, they like to be independent. Set up a movie, and then take it to major film festivals to compete, and then sell it for profit after winning the award.

That's how they made movies before. Now that they have agreed to have an interview with Chen Xiyue, of course, they have a strong idea of cooperation.

…… Milasovino brought the Coen brothers in, and after making three cups of coffee, he sat down in the corner, picked up a small notebook, and prepared to take notes.

"The condition is still that condition, if you have any opinions, we can talk about it." Chen Xiyue got straight to the point,

"But we hope to start production next year and release it the year after next at the latest, I wonder what the two of you think?" Compared with his brother Joel Cohen, Yin Sankoen is easier to communicate.

He said: "We heard you say before, Mr. Xuluo values us very much, so he has to let us shoot? What is the reason for this? Is it because we know him? "Last year, Xu Luo and they met at the Cannes Film Festival, and their work "Barton Fink" at that time was still the biggest competitor of "Farewell My Concubine".

Yin Sancohen's answer was not what he asked, which made Chen Xiyue stunned, and then said: "He didn't say much, but just said that the script of "Ice Blood Storm" he wrote happened to be inspired after reading the works of the two of you. So I'd love to ask you to help direct it. ”

"It's not just about seeing our work." Brother Joel Cohen shook his head: "For example, after Kia killed Carl at the end of the movie, he used a machine to crush wood to destroy the corpse, which was inspired by that eucalyptus in 86, right?" And ......" he said three similar eucalyptus in one breath, apparently having been studied.

Then he said: "The reason why we came to talk about it, the first reason must be that we like the script very much, and the second reason is that Mr. Xu's kung fu in writing the script is very strong and very serious, which is different from those who only pay attention to interests and just want to make money." "The Coen brothers are notoriously uncompromising and unwilling to work with big companies.

But a medium-sized company like Xuluo is a very capable and attractive company, but they can still cooperate.

Chen Xiyue looked at the attitude of the two, and immediately had a number in his heart,

"So Xiao Luo said, only you can make "Ice Storm", and only you can play the style of this movie and TV series...... He believes you can do a good job! This is in Chinese dialect, it is called the sympathy between heroes! Brother Coen nodded slightly.

They did feel Xuluo's sincerity. Of course, the most important thing is the sincerity of the script and the sincerity of the production leadership.

Otherwise, those Hollywood companies said it well, but in the end, they deprived you of the final editing rights, edited this movie to make it not look like your work, but still went out to sell it under your banner, which really made everyone feel embarrassed and angry!

Xuluo is different, he will do what he promises, and there is a contract to call the shots, which reduces their doubts.

"We have no opinion on the director's permissions, fees, or time." Yoon Sankorn continued,

"But in terms of the script, we had to make changes that fit our style...... Although Mr. False said he didn't mind, is that really the case? "The Coen brothers, they're also screenwriters.

So far, all the works they have shot have been written by themselves, so they know more about what a screenwriter cares about the most.

Chen Xiyue nodded directly,

"Yes, he said that it is normal for directors and screenwriters to have different views, as long as everyone's philosophy and goals are the same, then it doesn't matter if you revise it...... Especially for TV dramas, it is necessary to ask two directors to do at least five seasons of content, and it is natural to make changes for the sake of smoothness in the future. "If you want to say that, then it's negotiable.

The Coen brothers looked at each other and were satisfied. It's a good feeling to chat with Chinese people, which is more crisp than Miao people.

If you do it with such a person, there will be a lot less trouble.

"Then let's study it again!" Yin Sankorn and his brother stood up,

"Generally speaking, there should be no problem, but we need to do some more preparation and talk about this when we have done our work well! After all, it may take up a lot of our time in the future! ”

"There's no hurry." Chen Xiyue said: "In addition to the fact that we hope to do a good job as soon as possible, the TV series is still the same statement, when do you think it is appropriate, you can shoot it again." ”

"Okay, thank you!" The Coen brothers left satisfied. When Chen Xiyue sent the guests back, he found that Mila was still writing something.

She asked curiously,

"What are you doing?" Mira Dao,

"I'm sorting out the main points of the meeting later...... God knows what kind of demands the members of Tolkien's commission team will have! This is the fifth negotiation! ”

"Don't rush, things are always talked about slowly." Chen Xiyue comforted her and said,

"So you know why we Xiao Luo like to write their own scripts the most, right? It's the easiest and quickest. ”

"Why do you think they're so greedy?" Mira pointed to the terms on the notebook and said: "Not only is it required to pay $10 million in copyright fees, but also 30% of all copyright earnings of the film are divided...... What did they pay for? When you are a cornucopia? Chen Xiyue smiled,

"Don't say it, it's not just us who have the idea of playing "The Lord of the Rings", although their price is very high, but it's not much more reliable than at the beginning?" Mira shook her head and smiled bitterly.

The copyrights to Tolkien's books are all in a called

The "Tolkien Works Commission" is responsible for the management. If you want to do any film and television adaptation, you also need to find them.

The first time the Bubu Stitch Monster approached them, they heard that it was Xuluo's company, and they directly quoted the conditions of 30 million US dollars plus 50% share.

Then Chen Xiyue directly hung them for a while. Now they finally know that the Boob Stitch Monster is the most sincere party, and the success of "Jurassic Park" also gives them hope for the success of "The Lord of the Rings".

They expect that the production and box office results of "The Lord of the Rings" can beat "Jurassic Park" and become the number one in the world, so it is definitely more appropriate to find Xuluo to do it.

So this has lowered a lot of requirements and seems more pragmatic.

"The problem is that the second additional request that they have recently made seems to be a bit of a stretch." Mira said angrily,

"We just want The Lord of the Rings, and as a result, they want to bundle the rights to The Hobbit and sell it at such a high price, isn't it obvious that they are robbing us?" After a pause, Mira said, "Sister Xiyue, how did Mr. Xu respond?" This time it was Chen Xiyue's turn to smile bitterly,

"I don't know why the little guy loves "The Lord of the Rings" so much. He said that as long as he can obtain the film and television shooting rights of "The Lord of the Rings", he can agree to other requests. ”

"Huh!?" Mira was dumbfounded. Now she suddenly became suspicious of her own eyes. Even Mr. Xuluo desperately wants something to get, but he actually thinks it's not worth it?

Is this the difference between a genius and an ordinary person? I'd like to see how far The Lord of the Rings can go!

Is it really as he told Sister Xiyue before, it is more shocking and excellent than "Jurassic Park"!

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