"Let's play freely a few times first."

The filming site of the public service advertisement "Packing".

Lu Ping'an gave an order to a table of actors in the restaurant.

After saying that, he looked sideways at the tall white man who had been waiting all morning on the outside of the crew.

Nolan was dressed in a formal suit, a black suit and trousers, a white shirt, and a tie.

I have the impression that Nolan seems to be dressed like this in front of the camera later, as well as the dress with side-parted hair, not once, Lu Ping'an really doubts whether Nolan's wardrobe is full of shirts and suits, but the color is slightly different.

Seeing Lu Ping'an looking over, Nolan smiled at him.

Lu Ping'an also nodded and smiled, and then continued to look back at the monitor.

Nolan didn't feel neglected, after all, the other party was working, and he had something to ask for, so it wasn't a big problem to wait for a while.

Now Nolan is famous, but not big.

After spending $6,000 on his first film "Following" in '96, he has only two new films so far.

"Fragments of Memory" and "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night", the box office of the two movies is not bad, which gives him some capital to fight for big IP and big productions and then become a big director.

Batman is his target.

The IP's film series is almost dead now, and if it can be brought back to life, it will have a greater impact than making a few original movies that hit the movies.

After all, to make a movie, it still depends on the fan base.

Batman is an IP that has been around for decades, and its fan base is huge.

So before talking to Warner, he had a rough idea of how the movie would be made.

Just after determining the general direction, I heard the news that Warner had rented out "Batman".

The good news is that the renter is also his old friend.

Back then, "Memory Fragments" was excavated at the peak, and the relationship between the two parties was not bad.

Nolan tried to call and ask if there was a chance to get involved.

He didn't have much hope, after all, IP leasing is not uncommon in Hollywood, and the company that rents IP must have a plan, otherwise it wouldn't have spent a lot of money like a "wronged head".

But what he didn't expect was that Dingfeng actually told him that he could talk.

It's just that there is still not much hope, and the summit Watzberg said that this is an opportunity given in the face of an old friend, and success or failure is not guaranteed.

Nolan felt that he had to seize the opportunity.

As for the worst-case scenario, he had already thought about it.

Then the crew continued to shoot, and Nolan watched the filming process, and he already knew the general situation of the project.

This is a public service announcement about caring for Alzheimer's disease.

The ideas and scripts are all from Lu Ping'an.

The key is that after Lu Ping'an won the short film Grand Slam, he pushed down millions of dollars of commercials, and only accepted public service advertisements, which made Nolan a little awe-inspired.

Half an hour later, the filming of "Packing" was completed.

It's a very simple commercial, which was shot in one morning, and the rest is post-production, plus music and narration, in less than a week at most.

The filming of "What is Love" started in the afternoon, and the actors have been found, and it can be done in one afternoon.

After the shooting, the big guys took the opportunity to have lunch in the restaurant.

Lu Ping'an met with Nolan at this time.

"Hello, Director Lu."

"Hello, Director Nolan."

Lu Ping'an shook hands with the slightly cramped future director, and then asked, "Don't you mind having dinner together?" ”

"Of course, I've been longing for Chinese food for a long time."

Nolan said a kind word.

Lu Ping'an didn't care whether it was true or not, and invited him to sit down and eat together.

During the meal, I didn't talk about the project, but just chatted briefly, and the topic was more about Chinese food.

The Chinese are hospitable, Nolan is either polite, or really attracted by Chinese food, and eats quite freely.

"The authentic Chinese food is better than I expected."

After eating, Nolan liked it.

Lu Ping'an responded with a smile: "Come often in the future." ”

After eating, the crew moved to the filming location of the next advertisement, and Lu Ping'an did not talk to Nolan about business, but continued to work.

The advertisement "What is Love" has 8 actors, all of which are found by CCTV, and there are no stars, the purpose is to weaken the attention of the actors and highlight the theme instead.

Everyone was very respectful after seeing Lu Ping'an.

After a brief meeting, we chatted about the script and started filming.

Nolan also probably knew the theme of this advertisement through the translation, how do you think I don't know, anyway, respecting Lu Ping'an was there from the beginning.

About three hours later, the commercial was filmed, and it was still a very simple advertisement, a few shots, and you could walk through.

The crew's affairs were handed over to the staff, and Lu Ping'an focused on Nolan.

The two came to the company, made tea, and began to talk about business.

"Director Nolan, Batman's investment will exceed $100 million, you want to be a director, please give me a reason to convince me."

Lu Ping'an didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly.

The other party has a good attitude, and he is the original owner.

To give is to give for sure.

But the process must be sawed a bit.

Nolan is also prepared, he is not completely sure that Lu Ping'an will become the director of Batman, but Lu Ping'an is the person in charge of this project, he knows this, Watts said, Lu Ping'an has the final say in this project.

So if you really want to win the director, you have to get a safe road.

He said seriously: "I've been studying Batman for a long time"

He only gave a general idea.

Everything is said verbally, and Nolan also knows to keep a hand.

In terms of script, if you want to revitalize the IP, you have to shape Batman more three-dimensionally, and the perspective starts from before Batman, and guides the audience to re-understand this superhero step by step.

In terms of actors, he highly recommends his friend Christian Bale, who is the male protagonist of the original version.

Regarding shooting, he proposed that IMAX related equipment can be used to strive to make the film the best and give fans a new visual experience.

In terms of funds, he knows that the contract between Summit and Warner is no less than 100 million.

He said that as a director, he will try his best to control about 100 million while ensuring quality.

Nolan clicked a lot, but Lu Ping'an's face was very calm.

This made Nolan a little confused, was he talking too quickly that he couldn't understand, or was his thoughts not able to arouse his interest?

Just thinking about it, Lu Ping'an spoke: "The idea is very good, it is very similar to my thinking." ”

It's like, but it's also very different.

Either that, or the other side keeps too much.

Either that, the final script is very different from the original.

But it doesn't matter, because Lu Ping'an's script is a complete trilogy.

Now Nolan's initial thoughts are similar to Lu Ping'an's ideas, so you can have a wave of "appreciation".

When Nolan heard this, his eyes lit up, and his heart suddenly felt a little happy.

He is not here to compete for IP, but to compete for the director, to put it bluntly, he is here to work.

If you agree with the boss's idea, the success rate will naturally be much higher.

Nolan couldn't help but say confidently: "It seems that if we cooperate, it will be very pleasant." ”

After speaking, he asked again: "Lu, is there a candidate for director?" ”

Lu Ping'an smiled: "You don't seem to be very good at negotiation. ”

A bit reckless.

I can't translate that.

But Lu Ping'an really thinks so.

Nolan spread his hands: "I'm a director, I'm here, just out of professionalism and love, what I can tell you is that I have full confidence to do a good job in this project, you give it to me, I will definitely give you a satisfactory result." ”

Very American style of negotiation.

He really didn't have any leverage.

The past results are average, not much different from the current Lu Ping'an's achievements in Hollywood, he has not been involved in big IP, he has no special connections in Hollywood, and the team under his command is not large.

What can be used can only rely on talent and sincerity.

This is the dilemma of most small directors.

Not to mention that this is still a big project.

Of course, if you do this, there is a high probability that there will be no drama of Bole meeting Maxima.

Fortunately, in this worst-case scenario, Nolan had already thought of it and was mentally prepared.

So this time I'm here to fight for it.

Just like Lu Ping'an asked people to ask about "Batman" at that time.

It's lucky to be able to achieve it, and it's okay if you can't, but you still have to ask.

"I have to say, you came to China thousands of miles away, and waited for me in the crew for another day, and your sincerity really touched me."

Lu Ping'an also praised at this time.

But then he said, "But without a script, I can't give you an answer just by talking about it." ”

Nolan was a little helpless after hearing it, the script was just a general idea, and he didn't register, because he didn't have time, he called last night, and Lu Ping'an made an appointment with him today after knowing the situation, how can he have time.

Even those I just said were all on the plane and what I thought about today.

Besides, even if you take out the script now, there is no guarantee that people will not steal it.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in Hollywood, where one side is strong and the other side is weak.

What's more, it's still China, and I'm not familiar with the place, and the lawsuits are all transnational lawsuits, which makes it even more difficult.

So Nolan said, "My script hasn't been registered yet, but I can give it to you when I get back." ”

"Then it can't be helped."

Lu Ping'an spread his hands directly.

Nolan sighed in his heart, and sure enough, the worst happened.

"Then I'll have to use my script."

As a result, at this time, Lu Ping'an said again.

Nolan: "??? ”

Lu Ping'an didn't explain either, and took out a thick script from the drawer with a smile, the first to the third, complete.

"Here's my script, you can take a look at it first."

If you take it out now, it will be a ruin to the future of others, otherwise the other party will be a director and editor, so what is the matter with Lu Ping'an.

Nolan took the script with excitement in his heart.

After reading the first few pages of the first part, I suddenly realized that what Lu Ping'an said was right.

The two are indeed a little close in their thinking, but Lu Ping'an's script is too complete.

Continue to watch, the second and third parts are quite exciting.

No wonder Pinnacle has the confidence to spend money in vain!

At this time, he suddenly noticed the signature of the script, and then realized a question: "Lu, director, is it also yourself?" ”

There was shock in Nolan's eyes, but more of disappointment.

If Lu Ping'an is the director, then what else is there to him.

People are both responsible and director, and their ideas are better than their own, how can they give themselves?

However, Lu Ping'an said at this time: "Within a month, if you can come up with a detailed shooting plan, I can let you be the director." ”

Is there anything to refuse this?

After hearing this, Nolan directly assured for whatever reason: "No problem." ”

This is the road to the great director!

Batman movie, he's bound to win!

(End of chapter)