You made me a superstar

Chapter 402 Hannibal

"When Mr. Christian received the public script of "Infernal Affairs", he was sure that this movie would not be too popular in Europe and America..."

"Mr. Zheng Jun, who happened to have finished watching "Infernal Affairs", also had the idea of ​​​​remaking "The Departed", and tried to write an American version of the script of "Infernal Affairs."

"I don't know what happened later. On the one hand, he asked me to shoot "The Lamb", and on the other hand, he took another group of people from the "Lamb" crew to follow Mr. Zheng Jun to shoot "The Departed"..."

"So, how do I make 'The Lamb'?"

"I have no choice!"

"Since "Chain Saw", what Christian has been talking about is "commercial value". He thinks that "Lamb" will have very high artistic value, but it lacks commercial value. It's unlikely the movie will be a blockbuster..."

"..."

Christian has been preparing for "The Lamb" for almost ten years.

Originally thought that he would be very concerned about this movie, and even treat this movie as his other half of life...

No matter how harsh it is, it can be understood.

But the truth is...

Ever since SKY gradually emerged in Hollywood with the film "Chain Saw" and let him see the hope of SKY's rise, Christian seemed to have changed. In my heart, I am more inclined to the "commercial" goal of promoting SKY to the ninth largest film company in Hollywood.

His inflated ambition made him not only want to be a respected director, but also want to move in the direction of "capital"...

So "The Lamb" was filmed halfway, leaving Roddy with a mess that made his brain hurt!

in the office.

Roddy was heartbroken, and there was an indescribable sense of despair in his voice.

Meeting such a director is really a headache!

"He wasn't like this before!"

"Or, in the first half of last year, he wasn't like this..."

"Until I met Olsen, it was wrong!"

"..."

Luo Di looked at Zhou Yang, as if seeing a savior. At that moment, Zhou Yang felt that the assistant director Luo Di was like a little daughter-in-law who was abandoned, and he could feel his resentment from a few meters away.

Zhou Yang listened, but did not say anything, but glanced outside the house...

Outside is a group of noisy actors.

These actors were very angry and felt that they had been deceived, and even wanted to tear down the entire office. They must ask Christian to come out and give them an explanation.

How could Christian come out?

Even at this moment, he may not be in Los Angeles...

Zhou Yang withdrew his gaze, looked at the hard-pressed Luo Di, and smiled wryly.

No one knows that for no reason, this thing will turn out like this...

Luo Di took out a stack of "Lamb" materials.

Looking at this thick stack of materials, Zhou Yang was a little daunted.

"This is the plan for Mr. Christian's shooting. It looks like a lot, but in fact, I have read the plan seriously these days and found that there is only half of the plan... He seems to have no idea to shoot the other half from the very beginning. , or...he didn't have time to make the plan for the other half..."

"In fact, the script of "Lamb" has been changed over and over again, each time with a different ending. I follow him, and I don't even know how many endings he has made!"

"Wait, it seems that it didn't start with "Chain Saw". It seems that last year, when the movie "April on Earth" won the Palme d'Or, Mr. Christian started to become weird..."

Zhou Yang flipped through the thick shooting materials of "Lamb", especially when he turned to the shooting manual, he couldn't help being shocked by the detailed shooting content in the manual.

Every shooting line, every lighting, and every sentence is explained in detail, for fear that others may not understand.

However, there is only half of the plot, and that half of the plot, Christian has completely finished filming.

Zhou Yang opened the script of "Lamb" again.

It is different from the "Lamb" script I saw at the beginning. The direction of the plot has changed. From the original crime theme to more artistic, the whole began to vaguely carry some stream of consciousness that Zhou Yang could not understand. Looking down, I found that the script of "Lamb" has no ending.

"The ending of the original version was denied by Mr. Christian. Well, it was the ending when Mr. Zhou Yang and Mr. Christian met for the first time..." After seeing Zhou Yang's stunned expression, Rody began to speak seriously again. explained.

"Mr. Luo Di, so... what is Mr. Christian going to do?" Zhou Yang took a deep breath, put the script aside, and felt that his mind was in a mess.

"When Mr. Christian was filming the movie "April on Earth", two months after the filming, the editing didn't feel right, and he got the actors back, and re-shooted all over again with a completely different ending... At that time, he was opposed by investors, including everyone in the crew, and even some filmmakers got the news, and began to have doubts. If it weren't for the almost sweeping awards at Cannes, the movie "April on Earth" wouldn't even make much money. ..." Rody hesitated for a while, and finally replied.

"Mr. Luo Di, go and appease these actors first, and leave me alone for a while." Zhou Yang finally shook his head when he heard the noise outside the room was getting louder.

"Okay, Mr. Zhou Yang."

About a few minutes after Rody left the office, the noise outside the house finally stopped.

Zhou Yang silently took out "The Lamb" and watched it again.

There are always many inexplicable bad things in this world.

Zhou Yang met many...

But this time the bad thing was very speechless.

Who would have thought that Christian, such a famous director in Europe and America, would have such an unreliable side?
He picked up the script of "The Lamb" again and read it.

The more he read the script of "The Lamb", the more Zhou Yang's head hurt. After reading it for half an hour, he barely understood what kind of concept Christian wanted to express through "The Lamb".

That's human nature...

The script of "Lamb" is actually very good, there are a lot of thoughtful and terrifying plots in it, but unfortunately there is no ending.

Zhou Yang remembered the scene when he met Christian for the first time. At that time in Cannes, France, Christian told him a story about "Lamb" and showed him the script of "Lamb".

Carefully recalling the ending of "The Lamb", Zhou Yang suddenly felt very vague, and couldn't even think of the specific ending.

He came to the computer, turned on the computer, and played the first half of the plot of "Lamb". After watching it for a while, there was a wry smile on his face.

"Let me continue to shoot here, how do I shoot?"

"Is it possible that Christian didn't know how to shoot himself, so he just let me take the blame for the mess?"

After reading it several times, Zhou Yang felt his head was getting bigger.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a knock on the door in the office...

"Come in."

"Mr. Zhou Yang, can you take a picture?"

"Can't shoot..."

"Oh!" Roddy nodded, not disappointed.

The mess left by Christian, not to mention Zhou Yang, even if some famous Hollywood directors come to shoot, there is no way to shoot.

After hesitating for a while, he raised his head and looked at Zhou Yang with a questioning look, his expression became a little embarrassed: "Mr. Zhou Yang, how about...can you help me make a new movie under the name of "Lamb"? No matter what movie you make, as long as you can pay back a little bit... Otherwise, the total salary of dozens of actors in the crew is close to 2000 million U.S. dollars..."

"How much? How much did you say?"

"More than 2000 million US dollars... The investors saw Christian's appearance and all withdrew their funds, so the investment in "Lamb" included part of SKY's liquidity in addition to Mr. Christian's own pocket, and of course my money. I put The villa, car and house are all mortgaged, and they are all invested in "Lamb"... If "Lamb" cannot be filmed, I will lose a lot..." Luo Di looked at Zhou Yang, with a more bitter expression on his face.

A year ago, he was high-spirited and took several million dollars to join the "Lamb" movie, thinking that "Lamb" could make him a lot of money.

A year later, he felt like a dog...

Zhou Yang looked stunned, then embarrassed, and finally sat on a chair, opened the investment list of "Lamb" on the information, and when he saw that part of the working capital of SKY Company belonging to Christian was all invested in this movie, Zhou Yang was in a speechless and complicated mood.

However, Christian was still very moral, and did not invest in Zhou Yang's 20.00% shares.

But when he saw Roddy's aggrieved expression, he finally couldn't help but sighed in his heart.

This guy is really unlucky...

"Let me see if I can come up with a script. If I can come up with a script outline, I can try..." Zhou Yang thought for a while, and finally responded when the name of a movie came to mind.

"Okay!" Rody nodded hastily, a smile finally appeared on his originally bitter expression.

Later, he saw Zhou Yang lower his head, take out a blank script draft, and after thinking for a while, he wrote a group of names on the script.

Clarice Starling.

Buffalo Bill.

Hannibal Lecter...

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China.

The morning of August [-]th.

A new round of "Infernal Affairs" box office came out.

"Superman 2" 5000 million.

"Infernal Affairs" box office 300 million.

The huge disparity seems to tell all Chinese filmmakers the dominance of Hollywood blockbusters...

Django watched his "Nightwalker" earn 500 million yuan, 200 million yuan higher than "Infernal Affairs", but he didn't feel any joy in his heart, and even felt a sense of panic and anxiety from the bottom of his heart.

It was a guilty conscience, but also a kind of shame.

He picked up his cell phone and finally made a call.

"Once some things start, there is no turning back. Don't worry, nothing will go wrong!"

The other party is comforting him.

He bowed his head.

"Boom boom boom!"

A knock on the office door startled him, and he almost jumped out of his chair.

"Come in!"

When he saw clearly that the person who came was his assistant, he was inexplicably relieved.

"Director Jiang, "The Departed Walker" has become popular in the United States!"

"Ok?"

"This is news from the United States... It is estimated that there will be news from Huaxia soon."

"..."

Jiang Ge took the phone, and then saw a series of news.

["The Departed", the US version of "Infernal Affairs" is a big hit at the box office in Europe and America! 】

["The Departed" $800 million box office! "Superman 2" is only 500 million US dollars! 】

[US Congressman Olsen: The real superheroes are actually around us. They don't have superhuman strength, they don't have a body of steel, they are ordinary, but they are very strong! 】

(End of this chapter)