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Chapter 58 Another Price

A young man who looks very arrogant is reading a book. Although he does not take good care of books, just looking at the number of books and the traces of having read them, one can tell that he has a lot of knowledge.

The most important thing is that the books he reads are not ordinary novels, but more professional books.

Combined with the look of a street thug, it gives people a sense of contrast.

At this moment, the camera turned to show a young man with protruding ears and short hair, who looked more like a gangster than Wang Zhiwen, no, more like a bandit, riding a bicycle through the alley and stopping at the door of the protagonist's house.

Without knocking on the door, just a howl, the protagonist came out and sat in the back seat.

The scene changes to a classroom at Jiaotong University.

The teacher left a problem on the blackboard in the corridor for the undergraduate students, and made it sound very difficult. The undergraduate students who could solve it had mathematical attainments in this field that were good enough to take a doctorate exam.

The class was over and two students were pointing at the questions. At this moment, a young man sweeping the floor appeared on the screen. He was the protagonist.

He looked at the question for a while, then went back and calculated it, and wrote the correct answer on the blackboard.

Between discovering the question and writing down the answer, there are scenes describing the protagonist's living conditions.

When I have nothing to do and I am short of money, I go with my buddies to repair my bicycle. If I have money, I will go around and visit here and there.

In this era, this kind of people are commonly known as street urchins.

In the original film, there is a fight, but in the United States, they are arrested, released, and then go to court after a while, while in China, they are directly detained. The process is different.

Therefore, Huang Ze moved the scene where the protagonist solves the second problem a little bit forward.

The professor found out that the problem had been solved, but no one among the students acknowledged it, so he wrote the problem that he had spent more than half a year working on on the blackboard, and issued a new challenge. Whoever could solve it would become famous throughout the school, and the professor would be responsible for subsidizing his living expenses.

Then, the professor passed by the blackboard again and again, and there was only that question on the blackboard, and no one came to solve it.

Until one time, the professor saw a cleaner writing and drawing on the blackboard. He thought the cleaner was just scribbling and ruining his question. The anger that he had accumulated before suddenly burst out and he walked over angrily.

After the protagonist finished writing the questions and left, the professor discovered that the densely packed steps and answers on the five blackboards were correct.

I have been using it for more than half a year, but the other party seems to have not used it for even a week.

He suddenly realized that this was a one-in-a-million mathematical genius!
"Oh huh?"

A fat man sitting in the seat had his eyes light up.

If Huang Ze looked over, he would know that this person was Harvey Weinstein, whom he had met once before.

He said to his fat brother Bob, "This plot setting is very interesting."

"A cleaner solved a problem that was difficult for the professor to solve. When the audience sees this part, they will be attracted by the film."

“Even a change of cultural environment is possible.”

"Just pick any university in the United States, like Harvard or MIT, and you can remake the American version."

"Yes." Bob nodded, "I just don't know how to set up the next plot."

"Keep reading."

After some inquiries, the mathematics professor learned that the young man was introduced by a professor in the school, so he contacted the professor and learned the identity of the young man.

The professor from the same school said that the young man was named Ma Yuan, and was discovered by his old friend when he was sweeping the toilet. Since he had no parents since childhood, he was often bullied by other children and seemed a bit eccentric, so his old friend would chat with him from time to time.

Realizing that the young man had a high talent for mathematics and an amazing memory, he passed on his mathematical knowledge to him.

This teaching lasted for many years.

"Then you should let him take the college entrance exam, right? With his talent, he should be able to do well in other subjects, so he should be able to get into a university. Such a genius should not be buried."

“I know that too!” The professor from the same school sighed, and then this scene happened.

The old friend wearing glasses was beaten up by a group of young people on the stage, while the young people were controlled and watched their older friend being beaten with their own eyes.

After the beating, my old friend fell seriously ill in bed and died soon after.

"After that, he started to exile himself, like a gangster. I tried to persuade him, but it was useless! Later, I was worried that he would starve to death, so I asked him to come to the school to clean for two days a week, so that he could earn some money for food."

"That's it..."

The mathematics professor gave a wry smile.

But he still felt extremely unwilling.

Such a genius should not be idle, he should enter the world of mathematics to overcome difficulties. Then, he found the protagonist who was detained for fighting.

He paid for the protagonist and obtained the victim's forgiveness. The protagonist was released, but he had no interest in studying mathematics, taking the college entrance examination, or special recruitment as he said, and continued to live an idle life.

I helped him find a few rare psychologists in the country, but the psychologists were so angry with the protagonist that they left.

Finally, he went to find a friend of his.

It was the character played by Li Baotian, with a big beard, who looked like an ordinary old man.

The first time the psychiatrist met the protagonist was at his home.

However, the protagonist didn't pay much attention to his deception, but focused his attention on a painting in the house.

He smoked a cigarette and looked at the painting with a playful expression.

It was a man, rowing a boat, fighting the storm on the sea.

“You’re in the middle of a storm, you’re terrified, and you’re desperately looking for a safe haven, like becoming a psychologist.”

"Maybe you married the wrong person."

"She abandoned you?"

"If you say that again, I'll kill you." The psychologist instantly transformed into a macho man and grabbed the protagonist's neck.

The protagonist, however, looked nonchalant, "It's time."

After the protagonist left, the psychology professor stared at the painting for a long time. Like the protagonist, he had a wound buried deep in his heart.

However, he did not give up the commission from his old friend and continued to get along with the protagonist.

The plot continues to advance, and in the end, he cured the protagonist's psychological problems, and he also got out of it through the two of them getting along.

The two healed each other's souls.

The story begins with Jiang Wen going to find the protagonist, and ends with Jiang Wen going to find the protagonist.

The scene ends with a lot of laughter as the character played by Jiang Wen discovers that the protagonist is not at home and has gone to take the college entrance examination.

The cast began to appear on screen.

There was a burst of applause.

When the lights in the exhibition hall came on, there was thunderous applause.

Amidst the applause, some fans even cheered, "Huang, good movie! You are the best singer I have ever seen in a movie."

“He’s also the best singing film director I’ve ever seen!”

When the applause ended, Harvey and his brother came over first and held out their hands. "Remember me? I told you I would buy your next movie. It's the same as last time. How about $400,000? The copyright and remake rights in the United States."

"Little!" Without waiting for the China Film representative to speak, Huang Ze said firmly, "The US copyright is one price, and adding the remake rights, that's another price."

If I remember correctly, the previous version of "Good Will Hunting" was released by Harvey.

This guy obviously wants to make an American version of it.

If it's bought for 400,000, then doesn't the remake rights have to be given away for free?

The representative of China Film Corporation wanted to say something and put the money where his mouth is, but Huang Ze now is no longer the Huang Ze of last year. Thinking of the great achievements Huang Ze has made in the United States and that the director of this film is Huang Ze, he chose to wait and see.

"Then how much do you want? Double it, eight hundred thousand dollars?" Harvey asked with a smile.

"One million dollars. I don't accept deposits. I just want full payment. Within two days!"

Ken immediately offered to double the price. This guy might be trying to just give the deposit and regret it later.

Because no film producers are interested in it, some production companies that hope to enter the US market will eventually choose to sell it at a deposit price.

Huang Ze directly blocked the other party's way of playing tricks.

"No, at your price, no one in the world will buy it."

"One million, I'll buy it." Just then, a blond, blue-eyed middle-aged foreign man walked over.

(End of this chapter)