Fortunately, Jamie didn't point out the "ambiguity" in that sentence in public.

While Li Yu and his wife breathed a sigh of relief, they hurriedly and warmly invited the guests into the house.

In front of the fireplace in the living room, the host and guest are seated.

During the casual conversation, Lee explained to Ovitz why he chose to live in New York instead of Los Angeles.

Mainly for family reasons.

Li Yu's wife works in New York, and her children go to school here, and Li Yu is a very family-oriented person.

Of course, this kind of Gu family was forced at first.

Li told Ovitz that after graduating from the New York Film School, he couldn't find a job for a long time, and relied on his wife to earn money to support the whole family.

It wasn't until the filming of the "Father Trilogy" became famous and began to enter the sight of mainstream Hollywood studios that Li Yan's income began to surpass that of his wife.

Even so, Li Yu's wife still has no idea of resigning and returning home to be a full-time wife.

In Li Yan's own joking statement, his wife dislikes being a director, and his income is too unstable, and if the movie hits the street one day, once he loses his job, the whole family will starve.

It is precisely because his wife gave Li Eucalyptus the confidence to "eat soft rice and hard food", so Li Eucalyptus also bluntly said that he would only make movies according to his own ideas.

If the work can be liked by the audience, it is his luck.

If you don't like him, you won't be discouraged and will wait patiently for the next opportunity.

is worthy of being a man who will win the Oscar for the second time in the future, and he can be said to be so straightforward and fresh when he eats soft rice.

And Li Yu's reason seems to be very reasonable.

In order to pursue the film art in my mind, what's wrong with eating soft rice?

After listening to Li Huan's words, Ovitz immediately apologized solemnly, saying that he had misunderstood Li Jian before.

This confused Li Yu?

Strictly speaking, the two only met for the first time today, and it only took more than ten minutes from entering the door to starting to chat.

What misunderstanding can you have about me?

"I always thought that Mr. Lee, like most Chinese Americans, had a strong patriarchal mentality, but I found that this was a complete stereotype, and Mr. Li was actually a person who respected women and even admired women."

Li Yu looked confused.

He just eats a soft meal, how can he still worship women?

Without waiting for Li to clarify, Ovitz turned to look at Jamie.

"On the way here, I was still a little worried, you re-revised the script because of Jack Cheng's resignation, and focused on the heroine, will it lead to Director Li Yan's opinion on the script, now it seems that I am completely overwhelmed."

Li Yu was stunned again.

Has the script been revised?

This is also confirmed by Ovitz's next words, telling Li that "Instant Universe" is a film with a female perspective.

"Jamie also deliberately gave this movie a nice Chinese name, "Mother's Multiverse"!"

Looking at Li Yu's wide-eyed stunned expression, Ovitz was very proud.

In order to practice the Chinese pronunciation of these six characters, he specifically asked Jamie for advice, and he deliberately practiced in front of the mirror many times before coming.

It looks pretty good!

Before Li Yu came back to his senses, Jamie suddenly spoke.

"Mr. Li, this name is what I took out to play when I was bored, and the official Chinese name of this movie is "Tianmaxing"."

The Mandarin with round words sounds much more pleasant to the ear than the broken foreign-style Chinese that Ovitz just now.

Ovitz's voice rang out immediately.

"What are you talking about?"

Jamie replied in English:

"I am very talented in learning Chinese in Kwa Ling."

Ovitz turned his head to Li in confusion.

Li Yu could only nod awkwardly and was forced to help Jamie lie.

The main Li Yu is also very helpless.

I can't tell Ovitz that he almost heard the Chinese name of "Instant Universe" as a swear trash talk.

The breadth and profundity of Chinese is by no means something that a foreigner like Ovitz can learn to understand after learning a few words of pronunciation.

Of course, Jamie is an exception.

Fortunately, Ovitz didn't pay much attention to this matter, and he told Li Yu that these were all warm-up for the next major event, the script discussion of "Instant Universe".

Li Yu was indeed successfully interested in the two names of "Imagination" and "Mother's Multiverse".

He wondered what kind of story it would be to put on two seemingly completely different names at the same time.

Jamie didn't sell it, and it took about half an hour and minutes to tell the story of "The Universe in an Instant" in its entirety.

Details to the details of the film that pay tribute to other movies, Jamie has picked them out one by one.

Because some of the tribute imitation movies have not yet been made in this world, Jamie has no psychological pressure to turn it into his own original.

When those movies are made in the future, the famous scenes in them will change from original to tribute.

If there is any similarity, you copy me!

Finally, Jamie added:

"Originally, Brother Cheng Long said that he would come to be the leading actor, but then he pushed it down, so I had to revise the script again and focus the story on a mother, and later found that the story actually became more interesting because of this, which is also an unexpected gain."

Before Li Yu could react, Ovitz's voice rang out first.

"The only bad thing is that the original theme of father-son reconciliation has become mother-daughter reconciliation, and the previous stereotype made me think that Mr. Li was only good at making films that explored the relationship between father and son."

This was originally intended to echo Jamie's previous statement, but he didn't expect Jamie to be the first to stand up and contradict.

"I actually wrote it on purpose."

Under Ovitz's astonished gaze, Jamie went on to explain:

"The father-son theme has become Mr. Li's comfort zone, if you can't get out of it, it's a meaningless repetition, this is also what I thought when I saw the outline of the previous version of the script of "Hulk", and my first reaction at that time was why is this set again, can it be a little new?"

Li Yu's face was scornful.

He was embarrassed to explain that the father-son setting in "The Incredible Hulk" was actually added by his former agent Carl Meyer, on the grounds that it could enhance the producer's confidence in directing Li Yu.

Li Yu was most famous for the "Father and Son Trilogy" before "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", so whether it is CAA or Universal, I feel that it will be more secure to add the father and son setting.

Jamie's voice continued to ring.

"After this revision, the only bad thing is not that father and son become mother and daughter as Michael said just now, in fact, whether it is father and son or mother and daughter, it is essentially exploring the gap between the two generations."

"The only thing that may be a little hindering is that the actor's role is compressed to the same as a supporting actor, on the way here, Michael talked to me about the choice of the actor, he wants to find Li Lianjie to play this role, Mr. Li, what do you think?"

Li Yu hesitated.

At first, when I heard that Ovitz was interested in finding Li Lianjie as the leading actor, Li Yu was quite happy.

It's a pity that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" couldn't cooperate, but I didn't expect it to be continued here.

didn't be happy for a few seconds, and immediately Li Yu realized a serious problem.

There is no first in the text, and there is no second in the martial arts!

Most action actors have a bit of a competitive element in their personalities.

This is reflected in Cheng Long's good face, and Li Lianjie is high-spirited.

In order to be able to get ahead in Hollywood, Li Lianjie is willing to take any role, and the only condition is that he must play the leading role.

Let Li Lianjie match people, and also be a green leaf for an actress, with Li Yu's understanding of Li Lianjie, the other party will not agree to it nine times out of ten.

Li Yu did not explicitly say that Li Lianjie would not act if he was not the protagonist, but vaguely mentioned that the other party might not be very satisfied with the existing role.

Ovitz understood in seconds, and then asked rhetorically:

"Even if we give him the salary and treatment of the actor, can't we?"

Of course, this money is not given for free, and Li Lianjie will definitely be used as the main selling point when the movie is promoted.

The movie poster is also a proper C-position reservation.

But that's not the case when it comes to awards.

No matter how much the producer exaggerates Li Lianjie's status in the movie, the judges are not blind, and will only count it as a supporting actor.

Unless Li Lianjie's performance in the movie is too amazing, just like Hannibal in "The Silence of the Lambs", he won the Oscar after only 16 minutes.

Of course, as long as the money is in place, Li Lianjie will most likely take over this drama.

Even if the film is questioned after its release, Li Lianjie can also throw the pot to Li Yu.

The sentence "He acted in this drama for Li Huan's face", he didn't take less money, and he also earned Li Huan's favor for nothing.

Li Lianjie definitely doesn't lose, but Li Yu feels like a loss!

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has proven that Li Lianjie's failure to act was his loss, not Li Yan's.

After a moment of hesitation, Li recommended another actor to Ovitz.

Zhou Runfa!

It's not that Li Lianjie is bad, but Zhou Runfa is more cost-effective!

Of course, this is what Li Yan thinks in his heart, and on the surface, the reason why he recommended Zhou Yunfa is simpler.

Li Lianjie's kung fu has nothing to say, but his acting skills are slightly inferior.

In particular, "Instant Universe" is positioned as a funny comedy, and the image of the male protagonist in different universes spans a lot, and it is estimated that it will be very difficult to deal with these different roles with Li Lianjie's acting skills.

In contrast, the skills of the actor are not so important.

After all, most of the kung fu scenes in the film, Jamie has moved to the heroine when he revised the script.

Ovitz's knowledge of Zhou Runfa is limited to the white-clothed knight flying around in the bamboo forest in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

After all, Zhou Runfa does not have kung fu labels like Cheng Long and Li Lianjie, and even if ordinary foreigners have watched Zhou Runfa's movies, it is difficult to put people in the right seats.

Fortunately, there was a Jamie at the scene who was very familiar with Hong Kong Island and Chinese movies.

After listening to Lee's suggestion, Ovitz immediately set his eyes on Jamie, who was sitting by the fireplace.

"What does Mr. Lee mean is that the original cast of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was used to shoot "Instant Universe"?"

Li Yu was the first to be stunned.

He just recommended Zhou Yunfa to play the leading role, and he didn't say that other actors should also use the actors of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!

However, Jamie obviously did not say this to him, but to Ovitz on the side.

Ovitz's eyes lit up.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" grossed more than $200 million worldwide last year, and it also brought a wave of oriental martial arts films.

This heat is not rubbed in vain!

Without giving Li Yan any chance to deny it, Ovitz spoke first:

"That's right, I think the most suitable candidate for the heroine of the movie is Ms. Yang Ziqiong, and it just so happens that she is also an old friend of Mr. Li, I think Mr. Li definitely doesn't mind working with each other again, right?"

The corners of Li Yu's mouth flashed with a helpless wry smile.

To be reasonable, Li Yu also agrees that Yang Ziqiong is the most suitable person to play the heroine of "The Universe".

But this feeling of being passive everywhere, like being pushed forward, still makes Li Yu feel very unaccustomed.

knew that the other party's real purpose was to consume the reputation and reputation of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but Li Yu had no way at all.

It's good now, Li Yan has completely lost his say in the selection of roles in the film.

I could only watch Ovitz follow the cast list of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and finalize the main roles in "Instant Universe" one by one.

The heroine Yang Ziqiong.

The male protagonist Zhou Runfa.

daughter Zhang Ziyi.

The heroine's father-in-law Lang Xiong.

Except for Zhou Runfa, the other three characters are not from Li Yan's original intention.

It's not that Li Yan is dissatisfied with these three actors, if he really lets him choose by himself, there is a high probability that he will only choose these three people.

Obviously, it was not chosen by Li Eucalyptus himself, but it was so suitable that people couldn't find any fault, this contradictory and awkward feeling, Li Eucalyptus encountered it for the first time.

Li Yu now even suspects that "Instant Universe" is simply a sequel that Jamie "copycated" according to the cast of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

How could it be such a coincidence that all the characters fit so "tightly"?

Of course, Li Yu didn't dare to ask this directly, so he could only ask Jamie how he came up with the idea of writing such a script.

Jamie shrugged and replied, half-jokingly, half-seriously:

"I thought Mr. Li would first ask me why a true American would write a story that focuses on Chinese Americans."

Li Yu was speechless for a while.

As a foreigner who speaks Mandarin more than many Chinese Americans, is it strange to write a story that focuses on the Chinese community?

Fortunately, Jamie didn't dwell too much on this issue, and then explained:

"Actually, Mr. Li should have guessed that I copied this script!"

"Of course, it would be more accurate to stitch together the interesting parts of other films."

"For example, the setting of the multiverse is copied from Li Lianjie's "Cosmic Pursuit" released last month, and then the relationship between the characters is copied from the "Terminator" series, and there are many fights in it, which are also tributes to some classic Hong Kong films."

"And just now, I thought of a good idea, about the different identities of the male and female protagonists in the multiverse, which can pay tribute to the character settings in those classic Hong Kong films they have filmed before."

"For example, Zhou Yunfa's identity in the multiverse can be the killer Brother Pony, the gambling god Gao Jin, and the racing driver Ah Lang, which will definitely be a very interesting easter egg for audiences who are familiar with Hong Kong films!"

(End of chapter)