Tsui Hark is still the same, very thin and with messy hair.

Ronald took him and Corey Yeun to an expensive restaurant to catch up with them.

Tsui Hark also studied in America, and his English is better than Ang Lee. He can talk to Ronald directly, and Ronald can understand a little Cantonese, so the three of them put aside the translation.

We started chatting about the progress of the new film directly at the dinner table.

The script that Corey Yeun came up with is called "Twin Swords of the Dragon and Phoenix".

The background of the story is San Francisco and Hong Kong in the 1980s. Kate Thompson, a female movie star in San Francisco, did not film for a while because she divorced her husband, a producer.

During her break, she became very interested in the Chinese martial arts gyms in San Francisco. After learning some Wing Chun techniques from a master who had served as a stunt double in "The Dragon King", she made rapid progress and liked it very much.

A martial art that looks quite feminine.

Kate Thompson decided to go to Hong Kong, the source of Wing Chun, to continue her studies. She also sought opportunities to develop in the film industry in Hong Kong. She heard that it was a film production center in East Asia. His agent also reminded him that there was a film maker in Hong Kong named Wei Lung.

The action star needs white women to join his new drama.

When they arrived in Hong Kong, Kate met a Chinese martial arts master, Lin Feilong. He heard that Kate wanted to learn authentic Wing Chun, so he took her to meet his grandmother, a martial arts teacher who had practiced Wing Chun for many years, Bai Guizhen.

Bai Guizhen saw Kate's excellent physical fitness and was willing to learn. She taught her without any secrets. She even taught Kate the Wing Chun trick "Dragon and Phoenix Swords". After a few months, Kate was already very good at fighting and filming moves.

There is no problem with the movie either.

At this time, Veyron's new film was facing some difficulties. The film's investor was a gangster, and he interfered randomly with the script and filming, which put Veyron under pressure. After Kate joined the filming team, the gang boss took a fancy to Kate's

She is beautiful and tries to forcefully intervene in her life.

As a good friend of Kate, Lin Feilong worked as her bodyguard on the set. In the end, the gang boss couldn't help but behaved rudely to Kate. In the end, Lin Feilong used Wing Chun taught by his grandmother to face the investor and his younger brothers.

.Kate fought side by side with him, and the two used the dragon and phoenix swords to knock down the black boss's younger brother.

At this time, the black boss took out a pistol. Seeing that it was about to escalate into an international incident, the big star Weilong, who was also the producer, couldn't help but take action. He stepped forward and knocked the black boss to the ground with a folding stool handle.

At this moment, the consulate counselor who received Kate's alarm call arrived with Mr. O and CID to bring the black boss to justice.

The movie had no investors and was about to fail. At this time, Kate's agent rushed to Hong Kong. There was a big director in Hollywood who wanted to make an action movie. After seeing the script that Kate sent to her agent, he greatly appreciated it and decided to invest in filming in San Francisco.

this movie.

Lin Feilong, Kate, Weilong and others went to San Francisco together. The filming of the movie was a great success, and Lin Feilong and Kate finally got married.

"Hiss..." Ronald scratched his head. The completion of this script is not very good, and the plot in many places is empty. For example, in the fighting scene, the hero and heroine fight here for five minutes...

And he could also tell that many of the characters in it were based on Jackie Chan and other real-life characters. The whole script seemed to have a peculiar feeling of a Hong Kong B-movie.

Seeing that the two Xiangjiang friends were looking at him eagerly, hoping for an answer, Ronald put away the script and cleared his throat.

"The story of the script is pretty good, and it's a good idea to shoot in Hong Kong and San Francisco. However, Hollywood has different requirements for scripts. The fighting scenes need to be refined, and the story itself needs to be modified. There are still some problems with Kate's character.

.I can help you find a script doctor to take a look.

How do you divide the work now? Is the screenwriter responsible?"

The two took a look, and finally Corey Yuen pointed to Tsui Hark, "He is the screenwriter." The final English script was written by Tsui Hark.

"Ah...ok, I'll arrange for you to meet. He's also Chinese, so we can chat." Ronald put the script down and looked at Corey Yuen, "Then you are the director?"

"Yes...yes..." Corey Yuen was excited. He had the opportunity to direct a multi-million dollar movie in Hong Kong. Jackie Chan, the biggest star there, had a plan A sequel with a budget of only 3.8 million US dollars.

Who would have thought that they would have the opportunity to take on such a big production.

"Okay, find a time and I'll arrange for you to meet with the casting director. Kate has to choose a very beautiful actress."

"Here, Director Luo? In our play, Kate has a lot of martial arts scenes. It can't just be about looks, she also has to be able to fight."

"You know how to fight? You don't have to know how to fight. This is an action movie. The heroine only needs to be good-looking and move like that." Ronald didn't understand why a female star playing the role of Kate would fight in a movie like this.

"You might as well take a look at two Hollywood movies from the past few years. One is 'Excalibur', starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bridget Nielsen. The other one is 'Crocodile Dundee', which

The comparison between the cultural landscape of America and foreign countries is very clever. You should make more changes in this direction.

Then these fighting actions also need to be written in detail. We have a celebrity insurance system in Hollywood. If there is no appropriate description, no company will be willing to insure it."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "This... we all make temporary decisions in Xiangjiang. We will shoot the martial arts drama tomorrow, and our martial arts instructors and martial artists can choreograph it today. It is not a literary drama, so we have to write it first

A plot.”

"This... when we shoot action movies in Xiangjiang, the literary drama directors are responsible for things like love, broken love, etc., and the martial arts directors are responsible for directing the martial arts dramas. I asked Tsui Hark to come together because I wanted to divide the work. He would direct the literary dramas and I would direct the martial arts dramas.

"

"Hahaha..." Ronald rushed over and laughed, "This is not okay. All Hollywood practitioners here must be supervised by the union. According to the regulations of the Directors Guild, a movie can only have one director, and it is impossible to divide

What kind of literary and martial arts drama..."

"This..." Corey Yuen was very disappointed when he heard this. Everything was done according to the rules. Ronald didn't know how long it would take to revise the script to his satisfaction. With this effort, three movies were filmed in Hong Kong.

Tsui Hark, who once studied in America, knows the rules here better, "Director Luo, it's not that we don't respect the rules of Hollywood, it's just that our technicians and martial arts masters are used to our working methods there.

"

Tsui Hark filmed a movie called "Swordsman" starring three female stars in Hong Kong. It cost a lot of money, but it failed at the box office. For a while, no investors were willing to ask him to make a movie. He had to work behind the scenes to help several other shareholders in the company.

Did some unnamed behind-the-scenes work.

That's why this time, he was persuaded by Corey Yuen to work together on this five-million-dollar "big production" that has never been made by a Hong Kong native.

He wanted to persuade again, but Ronald raised his hand to stop him. "Well, you are also tired today. I have booked a Hilton executive suite for you. You can have a good rest. We are jet-lagged and we will continue talking tomorrow. You also have it.

Give it more time to think about it and be mature."

Corey Yuen went back to talk to the martial arts masters in Xiangjiang about the progress, and then fell asleep. Tsui Hark was still very interested and asked to visit the set of Daydream.

Ronald asked his assistant to take him to the Daydream equipment showroom. There were lightning lights, camera stabilizers, various tapes, a portable toilet that could be hung on the back of the trailer, and some expensive wires.

"These steel wires are in compliance with the guidelines of the Hollywood Stunt Guild. The quality of our production is very good and can be used repeatedly for more than 3,000 times without any fatigue or strength reduction problems."

The assistant saw that he was very concerned about the wire, so he came up to introduce it.

"How much does a one-meter wire like this cost?" Tsui Hark touched it and it felt really good.

"Seventeen and a half dollars a foot..."

"How much?" Tsui Hark sighed in his heart. The quality is good, but it is really expensive. In Xiangjiang, you can buy this wire for ten Hong Kong dollars per foot.

He looked at the prices of other equipment and had an idea.

"Corey, get up." As soon as Tsui Hark returned to the hotel, he knocked on Corey Yuen's door.

"It's not that simple. Costs here in Hollywood are very expensive. An extra actor costs more than 200 US dollars a day, five million US dollars. It's not a big production here. When I studied abroad, it wasn't so expensive. Now we can negotiate the price.

I tried it three times and the swelling was huge."

"It's so expensive? It's not like our Xiangjiang. It would be nice if a walk-in person has a box lunch to eat."

The two of them now understood that the shooting budget that Ronald had mentioned was five million US dollars, which was calculated based on the shooting costs in Hollywood. Of course, this money would be very valuable in Hong Kong, so it was best to negotiate the budget. Most shootings

If you put it in Xiangjiang, you will be wealthy.

The next day, regardless of fatigue, the two came to Ronald's office to ask for a meeting and explain what they had agreed upon.

"This?" Ronald felt a little unsure when he heard the two people's plans. He didn't dare to make serious productions in Hollywood. The film industry in Hong Kong was operated in the form of B-level movies from the beginning.

The shooting speed is fast, the script is not standardized, and the actors and directors have a lot of random on-site performances. If they change their minds, they may not really be able to film anymore. Unless they stay in Hollywood as an intern for a period of time and follow a crew, they can make movies in the Hollywood way.

.

"If you want to shoot like this, it's the way to shoot a B-level movie. Our company can't invest too much, and you have to find a suitable Hong Kong investor."

Ronald explained that Hollywood is a long-arm jurisdiction. If your company invests in making movies overseas and holds more than 50% of the shares, it must also abide by various union regulations and register with the American Film Association.

Otherwise, if you have to follow the filming method of Xiangjiang and do not register the script in advance with the Producers Association, then it will be an overseas film and it will be introduced through import. The taxation, marketing, and distribution channels of the two are different.

It seems that two friends from Hong Kong have been poured cold water on their heads. This is really unexpected. No wonder the two reporters from Jiahe would rather invest in Hollywood projects or do overseas distribution than come to Hollywood for filming. It seems that they

He has suffered a loss.

Ronald looked at the two of them and thought that if nothing was agreed upon this time, then the cooperation in Xiangjiang would be cut off. In order to open up a new production base and introduce talents and knowledge from Xiangjiang, he would have to

To complete this project, even if you lose money, you still have to set an example.

Just can't pay too much.

"In this way, although my company cannot invest in the production of films in Hong Kong, it can invest in your company in my own name. After you make the film, sell me the distribution rights in America, Japan, Europe and other places. In this way, we can

It's a win-win situation." Ronald thought for a while and decided to invest 1.5 million US dollars to shoot the two of them.

"Overseas distribution..." The two of them looked at each other and said nothing. Jiahe's movies distributed overseas have always been excused for various reasons and the satellite companies were not allowed to settle overseas profits. When asked about these two gentlemen, they were losing money...

I don't have the ability to check the accounts.

Ronald continued to make offers.

"I personally invested 1.5 million US dollars, and you also provided talents and equipment accordingly. I put two high-end cameras at Brother Long's place and you can borrow them. The equipment and film are all in accordance with high standards.

You are responsible for the local release in Hong Kong. If the box office makes money, we will share the profits. For overseas distribution, America will pay you a copy fee, and then we will share the settlement with you after the release.

For distribution in other places, we will negotiate the price according to the market conditions after attending the Cannes and Tokyo Film Festival exhibitions next year. But don’t hold out too much hope. The buyout fee there is only tens of thousands of dollars per country.

"

"How do you like these conditions? If you are not satisfied with them, we can still discuss them."
To be continued...