With the help of the Thai masseuse to translate the English dialogue, Bai Quinn quickly took out the American-style modified script and made many changes compared with the original film. Some of the changes came from Bai Quinn's flash of ideas.

Some are imitations of the narrative style of other films. After all, he has spent most of his time watching movies in the past few months, and his understanding of movies has surpassed that of ordinary viewers, and he can be considered a senior movie fan.

The next day, Bai Quinn dragged his exhausted body to Blockbuster. Repeatedly reading the memory fragments was too exhausting. Plus staying up late to write the script, Bai Quinn felt that he was about to be drained.

What's even more outrageous is that at this critical moment, Samantha actually wants to make a date with him!

Decisive! Not a drop left!

Said burst out laughing when he saw Bai Quinn's script. As expected, Bai Quinn only produced a plot script with only scenes, characters, and dialogue.

Really amateur!

Taking a closer look, Said discovered that the content of Bai Quinn's script was not particularly bad. The early plot was compact, with the two teams of robbers acting independently, a bit like the multi-line narratives of "The Rain Is Coming" and "Pulp Fiction".

In the middle period, flashbacks and multi-party conflicts were relied on to shape the characters. The ending was quite good, with both reversal and foreshadowing, and the emotional drama was also acceptable.

Overall, as a low-budget movie, this script is qualified.

Since Bai Quinn expects to invest 500,000 yuan in the project, if the cost is controlled well and some other selling points are added, it will not be a problem to rely on the video rental market to recover the cost, and if it operates well, it will even make a profit.

"How about it? Said, I will play the male lead and add some action scenes to this movie, not like Jack..."

Isn't that right? How can you compare with my Jack Cheng... Hey... wait, you mean you look down on my Jack Cheng?

Looking at Bai Quinn's tendons again, Said still swallowed his complaints.

The action style that Bai Quinn conceived is the street fighting style in a Korean movie from his memory fragments. It is simple and direct, with punches that hit the flesh. After watching it, it makes people feel inexplicably refreshed.

"More realistic, more impactful, more sharp, quick to win..."

Americans, you like the kind of muscle clashing that has no sense of beauty, aesthetics is a problem.

Finally, Said expressed his opinion, "The story is a good story, but this..." Said shook the script written by Bai Quinn, "It cannot be regarded as a script!"

"Come on, QB, let me show you what the real script looks like..." Said took out a stack of paper from his desk and pushed it to Bai Quinn.

This is the first time Bai Quinn has seen the format of a formal script, including plot outline, character description, scene description, lighting, photography requirements, even lens selection, depth of field and setting, as well as each character's

The script alone, and the most critical part is the split shots at the end. The hand-painted split shots showed him almost all the content that the movie screen wanted to present.

"This...this...you wrote this?"

Said said proudly: "Of course, I am studying screenwriting... a professional! How about it? Do you want me to help you polish the script?"

Bai Quinn spread his hands: "The best thing you can do is help me. First of all, I don't have much money, so you have to make more concessions on the price."

Syed: "$5,000!"

Bai Quinn: "$500!"

Saeed: "$3,000!"

Bai Quinn: “$800!”

Said knew that Bai Quinn really had no money, so he had to look troubled and said with great determination: "1,000 dollars, it can't be less. You still need to agree to two conditions, otherwise I will be short of 3,000 dollars."

Don’t do it! No one will invest in an unprofessional script like yours..."

Although the investor is Uncle Tony, Bai Quinn also feels that his semi-finished product is really far behind other people's professional scripts. He wants to use a professional attitude to convince Uncle Tony instead of relying solely on emotional cards.

"What conditions?"

Said grinned and said: "First, I want to sign."

Bai Quinn had already considered this situation, nodded and said: "No problem, we will sign jointly."

"Okay..." Said continued: "Second, if I make a movie in the future, you need to be an actor."

"You make movies?" Bai Quinn thought Said's second condition was too harsh.

That's it?

"A screenwriter who doesn't want to be a director is not a good producer. The purpose of my coming to the United States to study is to direct and shoot my own movies in the future. What do you think? Do you agree?"

Said raised his head to the sky at 45 degrees, his face full of pride.

"Okay! But then you have to take care of my schedule, and the price will be determined according to my coffee position!"

Bai Quinn, if you can blow, I can blow better than you!

"Do you think you can really become a big star?"

"Then you think you can really become a director?"

"Then it's settled. Can it be changed tomorrow?" Bai Quinn said.

"Tomorrow, QB, are you kidding? It will be at least three days, at least three days. We have to do it together..."

Bai Quinn had no choice but to tell Chris the situation and ask him to wait for two more days.

Since the idea for the entire film came entirely from Bai Quinn, Said had to communicate with him at all times when writing scripts. The two agreed to go to Said's apartment to work together.

Said's home is not far from Central Park. It is considered a middle-class community. The environment is much better than that of East Harlem. Bai Quinn feels that there is no need for people who can afford to rent here to go to Blockbuster to earn the three melons.

date.

Entering the house with suspicion, Bai Quinn found that the house was covered with thick handmade carpets, the home style was quite Arabic, and there were no women's shoes in the shoe cabinet at the door.

"You live here alone?" Bai Quinn asked curiously, "It's very clean. You did it yourself? Where's the hostess? Lisa told me that you are married..."

Bai Quinn's very Chinese-style approach did not arouse Said's disgust. While turning on the computer on his desk, he replied: "My wives are all in Saudi Arabia. I think they are too noisy and affect me."

For their study and creation, they are only allowed to come here for three months every year.”

Wives...

It hurts my heart!

After two cups of Arabic black tea were brewed, the IBM computer finally started up. However, what Said opened was not Word 5 that Bai Quinn was familiar with, but a strange software.

Said saw Bai Quinn's confusion, "This is Final Draft software, a professional script editing software. Let's put it this way, if you submit a script to a big company in Hollywood, they will only accept FD electronic files."

"Submitting articles through email?" Bai Quinn is not an Internet novice. It's just that after graduating from high school, without the school's public computers, he has never been exposed to computers and the Internet. Computers are too expensive and he can't afford them.

"Yes, through email, QB, do you have an email?"

Bai Quinn recalled it and said, "No."

"Then let me register one for you. By the way, do you know Yahoo?"

"I saw it in the newspaper..."

"Then let's register a Yahoo email..."

Accompanied by the scream of the modem, Said opened a page. Under the red Yahoo icon was a colorful page.

[Minister of Finance: The World Trade Organization (WTO) is putting billions of people in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa on the fast elevator to prosperity]

[BBC Exclusive Interview: Princess Diana: My depression destabilized my family...]

【IE2, the terminator of Netscape!】

[Toy Story’s first-day box office: US$4.8 million! The next day’s Thanksgiving box office: US$5.12 million! Authoritative sources believe that the upcoming weekend will usher in a peak movie viewing!]

…

"Wait a minute, let me check the news..."

Bai Quinn skillfully took over the mouse and clicked on articles related to "Toy Story". The image of toy cowboy Woody and the small Pixar lamp gave him a sense of familiarity.

After reading the news, he found that Said had gone to cook. Bai Quinn registered his email address, then skillfully entered the search box and typed: "QB".

There is no special information. I didn’t see the cartoon penguin wearing a scarf.

Then enter: "google"

Still nothing, what does Google mean?

"QB, what are you checking?" Said suddenly appeared from behind with two plates in his hands.

Bai Quinn was startled and almost crushed the mouse.

"Just take a look around. By the way, I've registered my email address, BaiQuinn, and the full spelling of my name. You can also send me emails in the future. Okay, let's get to work!"

Bai Quinn gave up her seat and took the plate brought by Said. Inside was a long microwaved pancake, with a lump of green paste in the middle of the pancake, and the top of the paste was dotted with a few pickled olives.

Said returned to the computer, spread out Bai Quinn's manuscript, and said: "QB, I suggest that your movie should be renamed."

"Isn't "Robbers, Robbers" bad?"

"Not good, very bad!"

"What do you suggest changing it?"

"Can the heroine's name be changed? Jessica doesn't have any special meaning. I suggest you change it to Bonnie. The hero should be named Frick... it will still work."

Bai Quinn was wondering, shouldn't I change the name of the movie? How should I change my character's name?

Said typed out a line: Bonnie and Fleck.

"Isn't it like that...the movie starring Faye Dunaway..."Bonnie and Clyde"! If it were me, I would also rob a bank for the beautiful Bonnie!"

Quinn Bai completely remembered that "Bonnie and Clyde" is a classic film of the 1960s. The hero and heroine are one of the most famous couples in film history, and they are also two bank robbers!

Syed is going to use the movie title "Bonnie and Frank" to compete with "Bonnie and Clyde"!

This is indeed a good move. When "Bonnie and Clyde" is mentioned, Americans will think of male and female thieves. This is right. In addition, the image of Bonnie is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. She is a beautiful femme fatale woman with blond hair and red lips and fashionable clothes. It is an era.

synonymous with sexy.

Bai Quinn slapped her thigh, "What a great idea! The heroine should also choose a beauty like Bonnie, and she will be the cover of the video. The rental rate of this kind of video is definitely high!"

"Yes, that's right! Just like "Lovers on the Bridge," that big boring movie, with Julia Binoche's pure and lustful face on the cover, it can be rented out of stock!"

Bai Quinn strongly agreed, because "Lovers at the New Bridge" was so popular that he often had to replace it with empty video cassettes on the shelf when it ran out of rent.

"There is also "Pulp Fiction", Uma Thurman's beautiful legs in stockings..." Said stuffed the green paste on the roll into his mouth.

Bai Quinn was a little excited, "If a big company is willing to distribute it, it is not impossible to enter the theaters! I plan to finish the filming quickly and participate in next year's Sundance..."

Before he finished speaking, he was immediately hit, "Sundance? You can't show your film. You can only get a set of equipment to play it in the square. I hope that the buyer from the distributor happens to pass by and be attracted by your film again."

I was attracted to it, and my brain got excited, so I decided to spend a lot of money to buy it.”

Bai Quinn was not convinced. After all, it was still a fragment of his own memory. Moreover, he had also put a lot of effort into "localizing" the adaptation. There is a great possibility that it would soar into the sky!

"We'll see!"

"You're thinking too much... Okay, let's get to work... Let's start with the first scene. Bonnie meets the resident singer Frick in the bar. What type of singer is Frick? It's definitely not country.

Country singers don’t rob banks…”

"Rock, rock singer!"

"Eat it quickly, it's almost cold. This is authentic Holmes sauce, made by my mother herself and flown here at a high price!"

…

The two of them were busy for three days.

What surprised Said the most in these three days——

It's not that Bai Quinn seems to have constructed a complete movie scene in his mind, and can describe the plot as if he were there in person.

It's not like Bai Quinn can start sketching out storyboard shots with simple drawings after a simple study.

But Bai Quinn’s huge appetite!

Bai Quinn eats at least five times as much as him!

He ate up all the stock in his house, including the Holmes sauce made by his mother.

Said finally knew how a strong man was raised.

After eating up all their food, the two of them had no choice but to order takeout. They had two 12-inch pizzas for dinner. At ten o'clock, they were still hungry, and it seemed that they were really hungry and had no energy left, so they called again.

Ordered two turkey burritos!

When the printer spit out the last piece of paper, both of them breathed a sigh of relief and finally completed the script within the deadline.

Said could fall asleep immediately, while Bai Quinn had to drive to Jersey and give the script to Uncle Tony and Christopher.

In the car, Bai Quinn found a spare battery and turned on the Motorola, which had been shut down for nearly two days.

A long list of missed calls and messages popped up on the phone, all from Samantha.

Is this woman so anxious?

After hesitating for a while, Bai Quinn called back.

"Hello? Quinn?" Samantha on the opposite side was panting rapidly.

It must have been a run just now... right?

"Are you looking for me? I've been a little busy these past two days and didn't notice that my phone was out of battery..."

Samantha said anxiously, "I don't have much time... Where are you? I need to see you!"

Bai Quinn still had business to do, "I'm on my way to Jersey. Is there anything I can't talk about over the phone?"

"I can't tell you on the phone, are you going back to New York tonight?" Samantha's side was a little noisy, there was the sound of a radio, and the speaker was very passionate.

"Return."

"Then can you come to me at 40 Wall Street? Please." Samantha's tone was almost pleading.

"What's up?"

"You don't know? Well, some work stuff."

"You won't want me to be a model again, will you?"

"Almost, let's talk about it in person, okay?" Samantha's voice became more and more noisy.

Before hanging up the phone, Bai Quinn faintly heard the man on the radio saying, "We will host Miss Universe 1996...".
Chapter completed!