"So...... Director, what do you want to change? Jane asked.

Everyone sat down in the conference room and started discussing.

"Hmm, first straighten out the logic, I saw some places in this play where the logic is not smooth, such as ......"

He Fang took the script and began to explain the parts he marked, in fact, there is not much about the logical aspect, and the overall logic of "X-Men Reverse the Future" can still be justified.

"Actually, I think the biggest problems with this script are that they are not exciting enough, there are no fight scenes that are pushed to the climax step by step, including the last battle."

"Second, there is too much nonsense throughout, I suggest cutting the amount of lines by half, this is a movie, not a talk show, and the crackling in it is all rap-like things."

"Third, the character's emotions are not sincere enough, can you tell me what is the role of Uncle Wolf in it? Just a tandem figure, then passive, without his emotional expression. ”

"Fourth ......"

As He Fang listed the problems of the script one by one and told the three screenwriters, the three screenwriters shook their heads again and again, feeling that they had spent so much effort on things, and where they were all loopholes.

"Three, I need an extremely exciting story, I need to let the audience see a great concept of time travel, but also to see the protagonist go through the ups and downs of the plot in 120 minutes, he needs to use actions to break through layers of barriers, without the whole line, in the face of these obstacles I want to see more and more exciting and unique fight scenes."

"Every fight needs to have its own unique point of view, and then in the final battle it needs to get all the audience excited."

Speaking of this, He Fang threw the script on the table, "Obviously, you still need to change a few more sentences." ”

"Oh no, he, it's not a matter of changing a few words, it feels like it's a reinvention." Simon Kinberg shook his head.

"No, Simon, it's actually just a few words, I just said a few words about revisions."

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The three of them were confused, that is, He Fang only said a few words, but your few words were involved from the overall design to the character changes to the rhythm advancement and lines, which was simply a earth-shaking change.

"Actually, I didn't want to challenge your screenwriting skills, and I didn't want to provoke you, but the truth is that I really need a good story. And the existing story is still a little bit short of the good story in my heart, just a little bit. So, would you like to help you improve it? ”

"If you have a little patience now, and you can win more than $900 million at the global box office in the future, is this also helping you?"

Saying that, He Fang stood up and walked in front of the three screenwriters, then stretched out his hand to shake hands one by one, and said it in his mouth.

"Please, Simon, thanks."

"Please, Jane, beautiful lady."

"Please, Matthew, I know you have a lot of ideas."

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The three screenwriters were dumbfounded, what does this mean? When did you promise to change it like this?

No, aren't the three of them supposed to go up and complain and then boycott somewhere?

But this guy is very reasonable, and very polite.

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Obviously, it seems that the story of where to shoot Hollywood superheroes is not warmly welcomed by the main creators, and the superhero story of a Western person, let a Chinese come to film, they are somewhat repulsed.

From the perspective of cultural barriers, this is also normal. If we let a Hollywood director shoot "Western Game", it is estimated that we will be rejected.

So He Fang communicated with the three screenwriters sincerely, carefully, respected them and tried not to provoke them.

He didn't want to have a stiff relationship with the three of them, what would happen if it got into trouble with Fox's management?

Don't come to the global breaking news "He Fang was kicked out of the crew because of a conflict with the main creator of [X-Men]", then it's funny, they really would do this kind of thing.

Don't look at what Fox executives say they want to give creative space and power, and let him save the X-Men series. But if the main creators of the group resist, the words of the top will not work.

This is not in East Asia, where leaders have the absolute right to speak, but in Europe and the United States, where there are multiple factors.

Even with the support of Fox's senior management, he has to pay attention to ways and means, and he can't come to the Hollywood crew with the absolute authority of the director in China, and it is estimated that he will die quickly.

Hollywood crews have at least two positions that are no worse than those of directors, one is a screenwriter and the other is a producer. If there is a conflict between the two positions and the director, it is really difficult to say who will lose and who will win.

Especially in the American drama crew, the status of the screenwriter is extremely high, the actor writes the character to death without listening to the screenwriter, and the director has a conflict, so he drives the director away.

Why do screenwriters in American dramas have such a high status? Because whether the drama can continue to be popular depends on whether the screenwriter writes it well, and the fate of the whole drama is in the hands of the screenwriter.

He Fang understands the rules of Hollywood, so the communication with his three screenwriters is careful.

The same is true of the communication with producer Lauren Schuller Donner, when he finished communicating with the three screenwriters, he discussed it with Lauren alone.

The 63-year-old woman has no end in communication with He Fang, she is a veteran producer of Fox, and she has always been in charge of the series "X-Men", although "X-Men" has not performed well and she has been under some pressure, but her authority is still there.

"Hey, Ho, welcome to the X-Men team, I heard you want to give your own opinion to the actors? Can you tell me about it? Maybe I'll help you. ”

"Of course, Hugh Jackman and James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are hard to move, because Hugh's Wolverine has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and James's Professor X has also established a strong impression in the hearts of the audience, Michael's Magneto has always performed well, hasn't it?."

Hearing Lauren's words, He Fang nodded with a wry smile, "I know, and the storm girl Halle Berry can't move either, because she has already played three X-Men in a row." Don't be nervous, dear Ms. Lauren, I'm not going to make a big deal about the actors, it's not in line with the continuity of the series. ”

He Fang explained, and it was only then that Lauren breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, we're looking forward to working with you, but we're worried about your drastic changes. Although we all know that we must change in order for X-Men to shine, we are worried that if the change is not changed, it will be doomed. ”

"Yes, Ms. Lauren, I understand your feelings. Although I said that I must make "X-Men" a movie with a box office of no less than $900 million, I am also worried that it will be self-defeating and become a 90 million box office movie. ”

"Haha, that shouldn't be." Lauren laughed.

"No, you have to be careful about it. So, the change I need must be something that will make the audience's eyes shine, such as changing the actor of the Witch to Anne Heather, what do you think? She is beautiful and sexy, and her acting skills are very good. He asked.

"Wow......" Lauren was a little surprised, she didn't expect that He Fang would be a top star as soon as he came, indeed...... Only the top big stars have attention, and it seems right to do so.

But...... Will this top-notch affect the development of subsequent series? This is something that Lauren needs to think about holistically.

She pondered for a moment, "We thought about using Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence, after all, she's not bad, she's still younger, and it might be more beneficial for the development of this series." Lauren said.

"No, Lauren, the current situation of "X-Men" is not the stage of slowly cultivating actors and audiences, "X-Men" has already cultivated three films, and now it needs to explode, and it needs to use a "X-Men" to make the eyes of the global audience shine, and if it doesn't explode, the audience will lose patience and find a way to forget it."

"So, how can you explode? A popular A-list star is necessary. In addition to having A-list stars that can be accepted by Western audiences, we also need A-list stars from major Asian box office regions to mobilize the Asian box office. ”

"You have to know that the Asian box office is much higher than the North American and European box office. The box office in North America is $10 billion a year, and the box office in Europe is less than 6.5 billion euros a year, but the box office in Asia and East Asia and Southeast Asia combined is $16 billion a year. ”

He Fang shrugged his shoulders, and Lauren nodded, "Then what do you mean, how to get Asian actors to join in?" ”

"The Phantom Cat and the Flashing Actors may be replaced by East Asian actors, especially the Phantom Cat, and we can set up a plot where she wears on an East Asian while traveling through an object, and it can't be lifted for the time being."

Lauren nodded, "So is there anything else to suggest?" ”

"That's the case with actors for the time being, if you can find a male actor who can best make female fans scream, it's okay to participate, you need a good look."

He Fang spread his hands.

Lauren nodded, "I took note of the actor's suggestion, and I will let the company meet to discuss it." So...... What are the requirements in terms of production? ”

"Of course there are ......"

Although He Fang was very careful and attentive in communicating with the creators of "X-Men" for the first time, his thoughts and expressions were not lacking at all.

That's what he wants to see the creator of "X-Men" help him do, and that's how he expresses it.

So, in the evening of the same day, the president of Fox and the head of the production company got together to look at the report of He Fang's communication with the creators.

"Fauci, how's it going? Do you think what you are asking for makes sense? Or can these changes really bring about improvement? Group President Stacey asked Fauci.

Fauci pulled the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, "Although the communication between our main creative team and him is still a little unfamiliar, everyone still thinks that his suggestion still has some truth." ”

"Uh-huh, like?"

For example, his opinion on the script revision is really favorable, which will increase the excitement of the story. However, we have different opinions about his advice to the actors. Fauci said.

"What disagreement?" Stacey asked.

"Anne is good, but she's too expensive, and the top business performance doesn't show up. Besides, she has no late-mover advantage over Jennifer. Fauci said.

"No, I think He's right, now is not the time to think about the future, what we have to think about now is how to revitalize this "X-Men" and become a top movie with a billion-dollar box office. Therefore, it is still necessary to use top stars, and we will talk about it later. Stacy waved his hand.

"Then what he said about the East Asian actress ......"

"It's just two small supporting roles, just do what he says. Since we have chosen to trust him, then don't hesitate, just like electing the commander, we used our votes to elect him, no matter how bad it is, we have to let him finish these four years, right? ”

Stacey shrugged his shoulders before picking up his cigar and taking a puff.

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In the last two days of April, He Fang went to Fox again for a more in-depth exchange of views on some issues, the first day he was just to test, and the second day he wanted to confirm whether the other party could accept his request, and if he accepted, there would be more and more changes.

For example, insert some more thought-provoking content, bad guys are not blindly bad, if they just brainlessly eliminate all mutants and humans, then what if they get this world?

This is an important logical question raised by He Fang, which makes the three screenwriters very difficult.

So, perhaps some mutant mutant has raised a related question, why would the mutants smear them into heinous figures? If the technocrats are so ignorant, how can mutants still have such a hard time dealing with it? Why do mutants mutiny? ”

Therefore, we need a villain who is intelligent, and decency also has a good reason to defeat the villain. For example, although the villain's side has a moral reason to eliminate mutants and humans, the approach is anti-human and lacks morality, so that the decent battle can be just. ”

He Fang is changing little by little, he wants to add thinking about values to their films, so that the audience has the ability to think independently.

Because now under the baptism of Western monotheism, many audiences have a two-sided view of things, what is good for them is right, and what is unfavorable is wrong and must be eliminated. Don't think about why others rebel? Is it that you are not good enough to do well or that the other party is asking too much and your desires are not satisfied?

For example, a girl has a strange disease, and the blessings and divine water she receives from the priest cannot cure the disease, so she ends up going to the witch, and the witch cures her, but she does not join the witch's side.

But at this time, the people knew about it and decided to put her to death, and they would not listen to the girl's arguments, because the girl had betrayed them and been contaminated with witchcraft, so the girl had become their opposite.

Is this right or wrong in every way?

It's like another story where a bunch of dockers in the West went to church to donate money, and the priest thanked them and blessed them.

At this time, a prostitute also came to donate, but the priest thought that the prostitute had dirty money and refused the prostitute's donation.

But the dock workers told the priest that the money was not dirty, because they had earned it the docks.

So, should prostitutes be blessed by God?

He is to add this kind of thinking side to the movie, just a little, a few lines of lines.

The villain is a villain because he is cornered, although the methods he uses are somewhat extreme and immoral, but is he wrong?

On the contrary, do you think that you are doing something wrong? Is the United States and the West wrong?

Who wouldn't export ideology?

This kind of request is very reasonable, the logic is very smooth, and even the three screenwriters don't feel that there is anything wrong.

Of course, this small change is not limited to this place, and many places have added a little private goods on the grounds of fixing logical errors.

(End of chapter)