From today on is the king

Chapter 1206 1205. Invitation and Answer
"James, I'm glad you invited me to participate in the filming. Jeff and I need to think about it..."

Because Schwartz came to remind Liu Mang in advance, Liu Mang did not directly refuse. James Gartner left the script and left, coming and going in a hurry, and the Leviathan black tea was not ready yet...

After James Gartner left, Schwartz said to Liu Mang: "Ace, don't look at him, he is not well-known, and he is also very sloppy, but he is very talented. He is a very talented assistant director of Disney Pictures. It is only because he is a little neurotic and offended many people that he is not appreciated. This is the first time he has made a movie as the chief director of Disney. It will definitely be a great movie..."

Before Schwartz finished speaking, Liu Mang interjected, "Jeff, did you know each other before?"

"Ace, did you see that? Yes, we've known each other for many years. We used to be unsuccessful people. Only when we are a group of trash can we have something to talk about." Schwartz smiled wryly.

This... seemed to have aroused Schwartz's sadness. Liu Mang quickly comforted him: "Jeff, you are not trash, you are the No. [-] agent in the NBA. When Dwyane, Andre, and Josh get big contracts, you will be the No. [-] agent with the most money in the NBA!"

"Thank you for your reassurance, Ace, if it weren't for you, I might have switched careers to be a football agent, but my love is basketball.

This time I really hope that you can participate in the filming. James has been working in Disney for 40 years. Disney only agreed to let him make a movie independently. It is his medal of lifetime achievement in Disney. He will retire after making this movie. Without you, this movie will be very difficult to make, or even if it is made, it will be difficult to attract attention..." Schwartz made a rare request to Liu Mang, and began to explain the reason why the film that should have appeared earlier in Liu Mang's impression was difficult to produce.

Liu Mang probably understood what Schwartz said.

I don't know why, maybe it's because the NBA has taken away the attention of the NCAA's March Madness due to the influence of Liu Mang in the past three years. As a result, the filming of this movie failed to start smoothly, and it has not been filmed until now.

When Liu Mang heard the name "Road to Glory", he immediately remembered the inspirational basketball movie he watched back then.

Because the Football World Cup is coming, the football inspirational movie "Fame with One Goal" has been popular as early as March.

And "Road to Glory", the famous basketball inspirational movie, has not yet appeared.

Liu Mang didn't expect to find himself here, and it might be because of him.

If the NCAA does not agree to give Disney a free trial of portrait rights, the film cannot be shot against the background of the NCAA, and the attention will obviously drop sharply. Although Disney is quite humane and willing to fund James Gartner to make a movie, the budget given is not much.

This kind of inspirational movie does not need any special effects, so it will be shot very quickly, and it is very profitable, the cost is very low, and the props are all ready-made. Just use the NCAA arena to find some actors who are good-for-nothing. The main thing is the storyline.

But if you want to buy portrait rights with the NCAA, the price will be different. Compared with the NCAA executives...Adam Silva is like a pure angel...

Before James Gartner wanted to contact the NCAA to make a movie, the NCAA refused. They didn't want a bad old man to take advantage of them.

But if Liu Mang agrees to make this movie, everything will be easy to handle. Georgia Tech will definitely handle these things. Liu Mang is undoubtedly the best basketball player produced by Georgia Tech, and he is also the best basketball player produced by the NCAA in the new century.

And with Liu Mang participating, the budget given by Disney will definitely be higher.

James Gartner originally didn't want to find NBA players to make this movie, but Liu Mang's performance this year is so good. Liu Mang's "inspirational" thing has been widely publicized by the media. As a second-round pick, every honor Liu Mang gets now is a "record"!
Although Liu Mang's scoring average this season is a new low since he started as a starter, his evaluation is even higher than last year when he averaged 38 points per game.
Inspirational and selfless have become Liu Mang's labels. He is completely different from a certain Los Angeles player, and just became a positive teaching material...

Schwartz wants to expand Liu Mang's influence and further develop Liu Mang's influence, so he contacted this old friend, which can be regarded as helping this old friend fulfill his last dream before retirement.

Except for basketball, Liu Mang is too low-key in other places. James holds the title of Bliss Dance King and has earned millions in a few months. Liu Mang is the dance king who "created a precedent in the NBA", and he never thought of making money in this area.

Liu Mang doesn't like to make money from dancing, and Schwartz has no objection either. There is still a big difference between pole dancing and dances developed around the genre of Paradise.

But Schwartz heard that his old friend wanted to fulfill his final dream before retiring, and Schwartz began to actively promote this matter.

James Gartner's script has also been changed a lot because of Liu Mang's possible participation. It was supposed to be a team story, but it has also become a passionate dream basketball movie that focuses on personal plots and supplements the team.

Seeing that Schwartz was very serious, and that he would not be at a disadvantage in this matter anyway, Liu Mang responded: "Jeff, if I win the championship again this year, I will agree to make this movie. If I don't win the three consecutive championships, forget it."

Liu Mang liked this simple but exciting script very much, but he didn't immediately agree. If he didn't win the three consecutive championships, making this movie would be a joke!

The point is, after Liu Mang got the script, he saw that the plot of the story was simple but passionate. It didn’t take a lot of time to film the story, a few days was enough. After filming his part, he could go on to film other content and finally edit it together. He didn’t need to do too much.

The main thing is that the content to be filmed is very simple, such as basketball, interviews, training, locker room content, some very simple things, not as troublesome as he imagined when he first heard that he was going to make a movie.

"Great, Ace, I'll go discuss it with James right away..."

Watching Schwartz leave as soon as he said it, Liu Mang understands why after more than ten years of NBA agent change, only Schwartz, an old-fashioned agent, survived and became the number one agent in the NBA.

Human touch... For a superstar, a caring and righteous manager is the most important thing, as long as they are capable enough.

But Liu Wei didn't expect that his goal in the NBA was to stifle other people's dreams, but making a movie outside of the game would be about selling dreams.

(End of this chapter)