Cheng Long's mouth opened wide, and he didn't close it for a long time.

The agent called him several times on the phone, and he came to his senses, then stammered and asked the agent if he was sure.

Is Jamie Dutton really going to adapt "The Adventures of Cheng Long" into a live-action movie?

"Besides, can you think of any other reasons why Jamie Dutton wanted to buy the Dragon's Treasure?"

After trying to digest this shocking news, Cheng Long immediately thought of something more important.

Jamie is going to make a live-action version of "The Adventures of Cheng Long", so who will play himself in the cartoon?

The brokers all laughed when they heard the question.

"Dear Chen, you don't really think that Jamie Dutton invited you to say hello because he couldn't get along with Columbia, and he was willing to give you 20% of the shares as compensation."

"Remember what I told you earlier? Favors are favors, business is business, Jamie Dutton may really be your fan, but he's definitely not a fool! ”

"If it weren't for convincing you to be the lead character of the live-action film "The Adventures of Cheng Long", do you think Jamie Dutton needs to give such good terms?"

Cheng Long didn't think this was funny, but looked serious.

"What about the sci-fi action movie that Spielberg invited me to make?"

On the other end of the phone, the agent's voice also became serious.

"Jackie, that's exactly what I want to tell you."

"You have been complaining to me since the filming of "Rush Hour 2", although you are already a super first-line superstar with a salary of 20 million US dollars, but the script you received was either looking for you to play a police officer or let you play a secret agent, you are already tired of it."

That's right, Cheng Long did say such things.

But he immediately explained that it was just his complaint.

After choosing so many scripts, Cheng Long finally found that he was suitable to play roles such as police officers and agents.

"But the audience gets tired of it, doesn't it?"

The agent pointed out sharply.

"I recommended that film project to you before, of course, there is a reason why Spielberg is the producer, but I told you at the time, don't pay too much attention to it, the film produced by Spielberg and the film directed by Spielberg are completely different things."

"Again, Spielberg's current situation is not very optimistic, since the establishment of DreamWorks, other Hollywood studios have tacitly suppressed it, and no one will want to have one more competitor to compete with everyone to compete for the market."

"The reason why I really recommend that movie to you is that I have communicated with the director and screenwriter, and the male protagonist in the movie is different from your previous roles, he is just an ordinary person, and he only becomes very capable of playing after wearing a high-tech costume."

"This kind of setting can give full play to your kung fu expertise, and at the same time can be different from your previous roles, coupled with the theme of science fiction films, a good shot can really give the audience a refreshing feeling."

After hesitating again and again, Cheng Long spoke.

"So you're telling Jamie Dutton to wait?"

Wait?

The broker immediately denied this.

He didn't think Jamie Dutton would be willing to wait for Cheng Long to finish the film produced by Spielberg before starting the live-action film "The Adventures of Cheng Long".

There are two reasons for this.

The first point is that Cheng Long has just finished filming "Rush Hour 2", and it is now at the time when Hollywood's popularity is at its highest.

Whether it is Jamie or Spielberg, they must all hope that Cheng Long will play the leading role in the movie when he is at his most popular.

The second reason is simpler.

If Jamie Dutton was willing to wait, he wouldn't have proposed to Cheng Long right now that he wanted to buy Dragon Treasure Studios.

Anyway, apart from him, no one else showed much interest in the cartoon.

It is completely possible to wait for Cheng Long to buy it when he has free time to shoot in the future, and it is the same.

So now in front of Cheng Long will only be a choice between two or the other.

"Do you think anime adaptations of live-action movies are really feasible in Hollywood?"

After holding the mobile phone in one hand, Cheng Long asked very seriously.

Comic adaptation of live-action movies, Cheng Long is actually no stranger.

In 93, Cheng Long filmed a "City Hunter" with Hong Kong Island director Wang Jin, which won a box office of 30.76 million, ranking fourth in the annual box office of Hong Kong Island that year.

At that time, the original author of the comic book was aiming for Cheng Long to be the starring role, so he agreed to authorize the filming.

Although the box office of the film was good after its release, the script adapted by Wang Jin caused a lot of controversy.

At the same time, the box office of the movie was far lower than Cheng Long's previous expectations.

So after that, he never cooperated with Wang Jin again, nor did he make a manga live-action movie.

The agent didn't watch Cheng Long's movie, but this did not prevent him from telling Cheng Long that with the increasing maturity of digital special effects technology in films, manga live-action movies will be a major trend in Hollywood in the future.

Hollywood studios have already begun to lay out this track.

Sony will release "Spider-Man" next year, Warner is preparing to reboot Superman, and Weststar Pictures has also announced a series of comic book adaptation plans for "X-Men", "Fantastic Four" and "Deadpool".

In addition, Cheng Long is more worried about the limited audience of cartoons.

This year's box office beating "Rush Hour 2" 3D animated film "Shrek" is enough to prove that a good enough animated film can also attract audiences of all ages to buy tickets to enter the theater.

However, the agent is only responsible for providing advice to Cheng Long, and Cheng Long himself has to make the real decision.

The next day, Jamie received a call from Cheng Long's agent.

Cheng Long wants to meet Jamie.

It's tomorrow afternoon.

The location, of course, is in New York.

At that time, Cheng Long will fly over from Los Angeles.

Cheng Long's urgency can be seen from the time of meeting.

Because in a few days it will be the opening game of the NBA new season, the Bulls vs. the Pacers, Cheng Long can actually wait until that time to meet with Jamie in detail.

But Cheng Long couldn't wait.

Jamie told John about it, and there was silence on the other end of the line for a moment.

In fact, John regretted saying that night when he said that.

It's not that I'm reluctant to invest the money in the movie, but I feel that I shouldn't be so "strict" on Jamie.

Impose your unrealistic ideas on your son.

Of course, another reason is that John has never watched "The Adventures of Cheng Long" in his two lives, and he has no idea what this cartoon is about.

For this reason, Jamie was not allowed to "popularize science" to his father.

"When I saw this cartoon when I was a child, I once thought it was a domestic cartoon, and it was strange that the painting style was a little peculiar, but this did not prevent me from watching it with relish."

"When I started to be an UP master when I grew up, this cartoon suddenly became popular again, and it also fed a large number of peers in the ghost animal area."

"At that time, I watched the animation again, only to find that the production of this cartoon was really hard, the producers and animators have definitely watched all Cheng Long's movies, and tributes to Cheng Long's various classic movies can be seen everywhere in the animation."

"In addition, the positive and negative characters in the animation have distinct personalities and are very interesting."

"There are also twelve charms, eight demons, and ghost legion masks, which are a good combination of cultural elements such as the twelve zodiac signs of the East, the demons of the West, the ninjas of the small day, and the ghost faces."

"It is no exaggeration to say that this is the best and most successful story I have seen in so many European and American movies that integrate Chinese and Western cultures."

"When I first watched cartoons, I thought more than once about what it would be like if cartoons could be made into live-action movies, so making this movie is not only your dream, but also mine!"

The next day, when he met Cheng Long at a Chinese restaurant in New York's Chinatown, Jamie said almost the same thing.

It's just that he hid the part of his past life and changed it to the cartoon he saw on TV last year, and he was so inspired that he had the idea of making it into a live-action movie.

Cheng Long was convinced of this statement.

After all, sitting in front of him was a foreigner who spoke Chinese better than him, loved all his movies, and even chose to meet in a Cantonese restaurant in Chinatown.

In the past, Cheng Long invited foreigners to Chinatown to eat Chinese food, and it was really the first time that a foreigner was invited to Chinatown to eat Chinese food.

Of course, the most surprising person present was Cheng Long's agent.

Cheng Long had a phone call with Jamie and knew that he spoke Chinese very slippery.

Cheng Long's agent didn't know this, and when he saw Jamie and Cheng Long talking in Chinese throughout the whole process, he was in a state of confusion.

The translator who came with the agent felt the same way.

Originally, his task was to translate some words that Cheng Long could not express clearly in English to Jamie.

As a result, he now needs to translate the Chinese conversation between Jamie and Cheng Long into English to Cheng Long's agent.

The point is that there are some words that he translates inaccurately, and Jamie will correct his statements in English.

It's made the translation mentality collapse.

Who is the foreigner of the two of us?

Taking advantage of the waiter's tea, Cheng Long gave the agent a look.

The broker immediately spoke.

"Mr. Dutton, if my translation is not wrong just now, can I understand that you are going to make the live-action movie "The Adventures of Cheng Long" into an oriental superhero movie based on Jackie."

Jamie gave Cheng Long's agent an affirmative and encouraging look.

"That's right, creating an oriental superhero was actually an idea I had when I was watching American comics."

"You know that the mysterious Orient is rarely involved in American comics, and even if there is, it is a negative stereotype like Manchurian, and I have even written letters to Marvel and DC, hoping that they can consider adding an Oriental superhero to the comics, and I even helped them choose a name, just call Captain Celestial Empire or Kung Fu Man!"

"It's a pity that neither of them responded, so I had to do it myself."

(End of chapter)